The national Republican., 1861-11-26
LATE FROM THE SOUTH.
IMPORTANT FROM TENNns,EE.
Organization Of Union Men.

AN. Ana 'o2 son. reen oddnF. home
e.' !; ss::; ;sss 9 a.: hut s;:; sss;
4 Tenne,s e,sed hemherss0f the legislature ars at
home max efusurrectionsry speeches.
Eight II sand Federals are reported at Red
springs, Macon county, where they have burn
ed the town.
Martial law had been proclaim d at Knox
vite, and Parson Brownlow had left for psr,s
| Chattanooga wa. >slso. under m sf,fd' faw' "
several arrests have beep .pide. aad.a <'rt
meat hadbeen placed a. Hlawnssee to guard the
railroad.
4 Major F. 8. Heiskel, a prominent Unioni,t OF
Mast Tennessee, has. been arrested on a charge
Of melting rsbslion. He mas been held to
szo,ooo bail for his appearance, at the Canfed!
! :, Action Of ths Lsgis.atara
a bill has been Introduced into the House Of
Representatives to.proyide for tHe defence of
ths State, which copfers upon the Guyernop
the power to impress into tn, service all shot
fguus and rifles, to hs paid for when the volun.
teere Atf d sbanded, or returned t the owner.
lat his optieA. It also ptovidgs for callin,.
10000 volunteers 'iut6 the State, tb serve f0r
twelve MONTHS unless sooner discharged. This
4 force may be increased TO 10000 men, II tn
Governor deems the exigency ,shal Require /,
NO. ~ Yankee nools.Sti
q 9 From she 1iehaosd IIbpassAiNo y. 20. .
We. are informed by one. dt, our principal
publishers, that The ds'hand tor fa,ltee books
Is not affected BY tie ,oaR, nnA''tHat, a few days
ago. he had an order for co1sidsrabb number
Of q Ysskeep arithmetic, alth9iSh his shelves
| ans nlled With work hy an, n,emiosnt Southern
scholar which is confes'ed'to ~, thb best ia
| II .tSs Soutb Il IN coptiana" "a,col lmsrc;,,
tributary of The North-d, above all IL h 10
flook TO- The rNarthdfor che e4Gcatidn Of, its,
lchildfen, 1t is subject and depeIdent prov1
| aud nothing more 6r less, no matter by whas
mocttog name of freedom itis deludeS
Il HSw long q war win IL raqaire to win this
people from deprndepce upon. the N0rth,f
Better ID shohld last fyraysr thao that Tie price
| "a vain, Ne have no reason to fspr thb Nortb
! in waf 'bue'when the army Of bayo o4ets b.
| COMES toh vert.I into G,s, army Of dr,lmmers
| the structure OF Southern indepeh tence will be
spbjeaS to q teat m nSre severe and terrible thar
any vhioh, sogorr or AeCLElLAS are tb.e to
apply - - ="
As soon a. this warts over, Northern
horde of.,saiesmsn wilt overtGn the, ,land. or
come here to live, and vote, down .anr iberties
Iiat the'polf.' Il, We d. not make pruvi}iou 10
CIR lays pspteVent .hsse eRjects;; Spnthtrn in
80
l' - .''"'' High Price of Salt E"'
q. ,Thsrs IA stated 70 be some hear bur ulng 10
the SURROUNDING. country toward MempAis, on
account OF the high, We may ,pyrmit 6prtel yes
to say. the e4tortionate fpf tces W4iich salf has
Bursting Of thu Big Gun at Columbus. Kk.
IT, The, following particulars are given by a
correspondentw whose letter /, published ib the
Memphis Appeal of the l4th inst g."
,"A most painful accident occurred hereI late
yesterday afternoon, being the explosion Of the
big pivot gun, the l28,pounder, that has so
frequently made the bills and valleys, for thirty
MILES around Columbus, re e.ho with its. p4ent
voice. The gun had been loaded during the
progress Of the battle nef,ths Sths while hot,
bit no oPpottunity Offering itself, in the LITTER
the ansmy,it was allowed 70 remain loaded up
TO- ysstsrday afternoon.,,I I am told that q enc
7 raj McGowap assured she ggnners That tue
| piece, you'd explode, suppnrti9gh hMnselfby a
lucid explanation gf tie pttnGIL Llcs npOn VI hch
he based his s,ibp9sitiOay kutthe'huge probo'
tiohs Of the gun were sapposed 70 he sGffceni
protection TO these sroun1 against the mine Of
isltpetre embedded in the breach, and the gun
| was fired, exploded, aud caught the mag AL ine
belonging to The piece, which iay Immediately
beneath thedgun,, Killing eigh, men, samot ota
whom wefB Liedt"nAnt of Artillery Snowden
and .Johp Dublin, citizen of CblIrrfbus, and
seriously wounding Ave others, sano ong whYm
are MAJOR Genera Folk, .who,.was knoolded ed
senseiess by the eoncussioH, having his clothes
literally torn off him, Captains If ..Ariillety
Reuker and Miller seriously though not dan
gerouslyowopnded and Captain Rickett; of the
Sappers and Miners, considerably bruised Ny
'ne 'ououanion ,s>o" - 49, '""'' h''-
Richmond papers Of the. 2oth instant turniih
the following Interesting items: '.'' ,''''
A disps'ch from cbatlestoni, dated Nove1
Der II, says: ,.., -. '.''p"
"The unexpected failure of our batteries st
Bay Point and Hilton Head to demolish at leaat
one Of the attacking. vessels, has sadly shake
the popular confidence in the efficiency of our
| guns against the. monster frigate and iron-clad
gunboAts which they may have aSaia 10. en-
counter, and now SO alarmed are many of ths
sordd souls that inftst all the Southern cities
that the effect may already be seen in tha
lengthening OF freight tfains &hioh leave aim ,sJ
hourly for the interier. Ss'.rf'
"In Savannah the panic is even more general
and decided, whole neighborho7ds having been
suddsiy left deserted by the exodus of the wive.
and children. Of those who are in arms at Fort
| Pula'ki and the batteries Oh the Savannah
4 river"
The Richmond papers Of Wednesday con
tain dispatches from the Confederate army tao
substance Of which Is as follows; %. ~ =.
| The smallpox, . violent typs'of the typhoid
fever, and the black measles, were prevailing
with irightfil mortality auoug the, 'Confedert'
ate troops near Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Large numbers were dying daily. ,,,.t
| The Uaion nneh arrested in Memphis are no.
placed in comfortable prisons, or fed by daint,
hands, as has been the case with some of cur
prisoners at Washington, but are put to work
upon the streets. with ball and chain alta shed
| to each. t.. 49,.
The Enquirer learns that Gen Winder con
templates sending large humber of the pris-
oners of war at present ia Richmond TO North
| Carolina and Florida, and that hereafter Rich
| mond will be regarded merely-as s.receiving
depot for such prisoners as may be taken, the
Intention being to send them further South as
soon as their numbers become burdensome
Thirty two Federal prisoners wero brought
to Rishnond on Monday by he Central train
Of