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from. The proclamation Of Mr.. Lincolh
has been followed bv the secession of Vir.
ginia, the possession Of Harper's Ferry and
the Southern bank OF the river on which
Washington is placed. Every Virginian is
naturally tempted 70 make a.2dash at a
prize which lies on the very border of The
enemy's country. The consequence has
been that botli sides have been drawn on
to make the District Of Columbia their
battlefield. The Virginians collected in
numbers which appeared TO threaten the
Capital, and the danger reused the North
to military enthusiasm wlich has aston
ishcd even those who know the excitability
Of the American charater. But the most
important result Of this movement is the
present condition Of tho State Of Maryland
The troops which were poured down from
the North, and particularly she New Eng
landers, were looked upon as invaders,
ready to destroy the plantations, liberate
the slaves, and ruin, if not maltreat, the
white people themselves. A great part Of
the State. INCLUDING the large and turbulent
city Of Baltimore, rose in nsurreclion, and
Gov. Hicks was obliged to head move
ment which has, by this time, probably
ended in sencession though. as might Le
expected. large minority Of the people
are firm Unionists. 1t is perfectly plain
however, that the Federal armies will pay
no attention to- any ordinance of Mary.
land Legislature or Convention. If sugu.
CATION IS to be their policy, there p.ust be a
beginning made some,ohere, and 1t ,oiN be
made in this de6nteable land, ,phere s1aue
and free soil interminyse. When the last
mail left it seemed possible that The Mary.
landers might succeed in stopping the
march Of the Northern volunteers from
Annapolis to Washington. We learn that
the troops have been puslIed forward TO
the Capital, where already four New York
regiments had arrived; that the route was
kept open by Federal troops and that the
Capital was strong enough TO resist an at
tack. ,
Hence, rs it seems 10 us, the Southerners
are in difficulty. Their policy is as he.
fore, to keep within their own territory;
but now Washington is in their own terri
tory. If Maryland has seeded, orssen if,
though the Legislature be coerced, the body
of the population be in arms against tile
Union, it will become point of4honor
with the Confederate States to come to the
rescue Of their friends: Perhaps success,
Of thes Virginiaua and Marylanders at
Washington would even be calumity to.
the South, as committing it more than
ever to regular campaign beyond tile Po.
tomac,. in country easily commanded
from the sea. and in close neighborhood
with the most populons Northern, States.
On the other hand, should tue Marylanders
resist the passage Of troops, tliey niay cause
the Federal Government mucf: ,rouble.-
The North sends men in sufficient num-
bers; but transport lis scarce, ,proyhions
are few and may. lie cut of by The incur
gents, and lha troops may suffer all tba. il
inSolysd ih fighting in an enemy,s csan--
try. ~. '.!~-' :
Something like regular campaign in
! ta,is region q now unaxoidal,le.s That It
will be narrowed, at leastf5 ri astime, 10 .,he
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THE DREAMS.
l dreamed that was breath Of air.
And my love with heat Oppressed:
Oil fondly fnnn'd her bosom fair,
And wander'd round her breust
dreamed my love was rose that grew
The garden to adorn,
And 1 was drop of morning dew
On the rose without thorn.
dreamed my love was a sweet, wild tree,
All covered with purple bloom,
And methopght, was An nmor Gus bee,
That lov'd the rich perfume.
Sweet draughts of nectar sat to sip,
On jessamine just below;
l breathed her breath and kissed her lip,
And she was as chaste as snow.
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Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17
Virginia.

We have before US a copy of the act passed
by the legislature of Virginia, now in ses-
sion. providing for the call of State Con-
yention. The following is an extract from
the 1st section
At the same time the said commissioners
and officers shall open separate poll to
take the sense Of the qualified voters as to
whether any action of said Convention dis
solving our connection with the Federal
Union or changing the organic law Of the
State, shall be admitted to the people for
ratification or rejection; and liz order to as
certain the sense of the voters upon the
question aforesaid, the said officers shall
cause to be kept a poll tn be head d, upon
tie question of referring such action to the
people for their decisiOn,' which said poll
books shall have two columns, one beaded
for referring TO the peOple;" and the other
against referring to the peoples" and the
names Ofthose who vote for the former, shall
be written under the former heading, and
those who vote for the latter, under the lat
ter heading. When the said officers meet as
herein provided, they shall ascertain and
make return of the number of persons vot-
ing for each proposition. They shall forth
with send to the Clerk of their respective
counties or corporation, a copy thereof, whose
duty il shall b. TO transmit Immediately
copy thereof to the President of the COnven-
ton at Richmond, and also to the Governor
of the Commonwealth.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17

F. INDlAxA,-The following from the New Al
bany Le.lger Of Saturday tells the truth no
doubt. and is in the right spirit The people
Of Indiana are disposed aud anxious to be
true 70 the Constitution and to sec the Union
maintained upon Just principles. What an
everlasting shame 1t would be if we of Ken
;ucky were 10 permit ourselves TO be precipi-
tated by Cotton State madness into desola-
ting warfare with such people,
TIE CRTTTENDEN CoNPRoNIsE.-Is there. can
there be. any doubt that the people of Indi-
ana are for the CritteEden amendment, two
20 one? There can be no question of the
fact in oar minds. In Floyd county, if the
question were submitted 10 tbe people, not
Two hundred votes would be east against it.
throughout Southern Indiana the vote for il
would be nearly unanimous, while in the
North the majority for il would be large. Then
why do the Republican leaders hold backl
Wbv do lOt the members of Congress of that
party give thsiE support TO the measures pro-
posed Oy the venerable and distinguished
Senator from Kentucky2 Can il be that they
are bent on PFeeipitaiing this people into CT
yiI var rather than abandon policy which
was secuted By both the old political par
tie:
We repeat, the PEOPLE are for the Crit
tsudsn Compromise, and it is shameful that,
in government protesting to be republican
IN form. their voice is stified by few party
managers who happen to be in high places.
Cannot the people take this subject into their
owH hands? Every mail should be loaded
down with memorials to Congress demanding
the submission OF Mr.. Critienden' g plan to the
people Of the States; aud, if their voice is
stIH not heard, there is a last resort, By which
the masses may make themselves heIrd and
understood.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17
From the National Intelligenoer, Jan. IA.
she DisuniOn Cabai.

We are sure no reader of this journal has
recovered from the surprise with which h
must have learned the revelations mad by our
correspondent eaton" in thu L.ftliigrscer OF
Fridat last, resp cling the programme of
operations which he ALLEGED 10 have been
conceived and planned in private caucus OF
secession Senator'S held in this City on Sat
uIday the 9Th instant. The astounding ma
lure of the secl ct proceedings which he thus
exposed may have doubtless Induced some TO
question tbtir authenticity, notwithstanding
tue assurances we gave resp citing the re-
sponsibl'. and reliable character OF our dis
ingushrd informant. That there is no room
however, for any doubt in the prem- es, will
be as obvious To the minds of our readers as
1t Is TO our own, when we place before them
the following confirmation of our correspon-
dents statements, as found in The Washing
ton despatch,.s of the Charleston Ms7cwy of
the Tth Instant. 9
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17
WASHINGTON OYer.eer.

There have been present in Richmond. for
some days past, several political Overseers
from the city of Washington. They came
hither, as we understand, to instruct the
members of the Legislature as to their duties
IN the present emergency. Among the num-
Der, is James NJ. Mason, the muttun-headed
individual. who represents Virginia in the
Senate Oft United States, and whose high
es. intellectual efforts, we are informed by a
Democratic contemporary, consists in peri
odically moving that the galleries OF the
Senate be cleared-an object always eXpedi-
tiously aud precipitately carried out, when
ever he himself rises to address the Senate
It's common remark about Washington
that Mason can clear the galleries quicker
than a regiment OF ZouaEes.
Another one of the overseers is ex-Secre-
tary Floyd, fresh from many field, as report
goes, in-which his financial talent has been
displayed in the Sbrewdest and most success
full manner. He is here, communicating to
the Legislature and to the Governor many
precious secrets in connection with the poll
cy of the Federal Government towards the
South. And yet he is due before an Investi-
eating Committee at Westinghouse COM
mittee which may throw a food of light on
the numerous star transactions in which the
eX-Secretary is said to be involved.
Now, what presumption In these men, who
have SO slgnaiiy eAntoiteu their incompetent
cy and their faithlessness at Washington, to
come down here to instruct and order the
Legislature as to its duties and responsible
tiesl If the Legislature had had the spirit
of mouse, it would. promptly and unani-
mOusly have adopted resolution, suggest
ing TO these eli-constituied overse,rs the
propriety ofatIending to their own business.
aud letting other peoples business alone
These incompetents aud imbeeiles-the idea
of their undertaking to control the deliber
atoms of he immediate representatives. of the
int ligeni Tree men of Virginia The NUT
fon-headed Senator aud tn tnancipring s. c.
rotary had better return to waliowiDg In the
polite i mire at Washington, and leave d.
cent and sensible men 10 discharge heir dt-
ties. without any disgusting Intrusion Or
dctation from them. 1t is the province of
The one 10 clear the galleries, and OF the
other to deplete the treasury-let them be
content with their northumberland IFhig
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17
Powder Robbery as New Orleans.

We do not know whether our Kentucky
readers were or were not surprised by The in-
telligence published in our paper yesterday.
that the Orleans SecessiOnists have seiZ d
forty five hundred kegs of powder shipped
from the East for St. Louis aud appropriate.
it to their own use. Midnight or midday
robbery seems 10 be adopted import
ant part OF the secession programme wher-
ever and whenever such proceeding seems
calculated TO promote the ends OF the revo
lutionists.
These New Orleans robbers have not even
the excuse or prelext that The powder selz d
Ivy them either belonged to the Ganrral Gov
eminent or was on its way to non->ave-
holding State. Boldly and audaciously SET
ting all law and all morality at defiance. and
without even pretending that their State i
out of the Union. they establish wild reign
of anarchy and terror, breathing threats OF
blood and slaughter against all who may OPP
pose them or dare to gainsay their traitor
Gus edicts.
Inasmuch as the people of Kentucky are
invited and urged to go prec pitetely of
with these fiery and interruptions Secession
lists, ii is Certainly prudent and well 10 con-
slider the character of the acls. which these
people even in the incipieney of their move
meni against the Union, are perpe rating in
the face of earth and OF high heaven. We
u"Fe uot tut ltaoI dSSurdhCc' iitieea we DdEf
not the slightest reason 10 believe. that the
high secession functionaries in New Orleans
who have seiz d and appropriated to the use
OF their party between four and five thou
sand kegs of powder, the private property of
a ST. Louis fl IN, will not al the very first OPP
portunity seize anything belonging to private
citizens of Kentucy which they think can be
used for feeding their troops and otherwise
prosecuting the war which they contemplate
Secession, wherever it has strength, is inau-
gurating horrible condition of things, and
God knows, that, if the treason be not ar
rested, the middle and the end, if the end
shall ever come, will be far more horrible
than the beginning.-Lou. Journal.
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Latest from the United States!
r.nns..ae to 20 wiz. ti.e south,

The following important dispatch was re-
ceived from the Commissioners to Tennessee
by the Governor yesterday:
BONNEVILLE, Ala, Jan. II.
To Goy Il. B. Moore II will leave for
Montgomery to-day 1t is absolutely certain
tina. Tennessee will go with the South.
p. WALKER.
We find the foregoing despatch in the
Montgomery (Ala-) Advertiser of the I3ih
inst. If Gen. WALKER means to be under
stood as declaring that Tennessee Is prepared
to plunge into the seething cauldron OF Sc
cession, as South Carolina, Alabama, Florida.
and Mississippi have done, before tie nee
States have had ample time to give her the
guarantees which she may desire for the pres
eryation of her constitutional rights IN the
Union, he is, we believe. mistaken. If The
secessionists with whom he conferred. whilst
here, pledged the State to immediate seces-
sion, they had no authority to dc SO. The
people are yet to be consulted on the sab-
ject.
The dispatch of Gen. WALKER should open
the eyes of all who are opposed to immediate
secession. II discloses the schemes Of the
secessienists, who are opposing the submis-
sion of the action of the State Convention to
the people for their approval They intend,
if they can get majority in the Convention.
to passen ordinance Of immediate secession.
Now, in the election of delegates 10 the Con
vention, let this thing be understood, and
let not the people be deceived. Let the con-
test be open fair aud manly every CaDdi-
date avowing distinctly and uneqniyocaliy
whether he will vote for or against immedi-
ate secession, for or against submitting the
action of the Convention to vote Of the
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17
FROM Our OWN CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-The Senators from
those of the Southern States which have
called Conventions of their people met in
caucus last night, and adopted the following
resolutions:
Resoirsd, That we recommend 10 our respec-
tive S at,-s Immediate secession.
RESOLVED. That we recommend the holding
of General Convention of the said States,
to be holden in the city OF Montgomery Ala
hama. at some period not later than the 18th
day of February, 1861.
These resolutions were telegTaphed this
evening to b. Conventions of Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, and Florida. A third resolution is
also known to have been adopted, but it is OF
a confidential character, not to be divuLged at
present. There Was a good deal of discussion
in the caucus on the question of whether the
seeding States ought to continue their dele
cations in Congress ill the 4th of March, to
prevent unfriendly legislation. or whether
the Representatives OF the seeding States
should all It sign together, and leave clear
field to the Opposition to pass such bills,
looking 10 coercion, as they may see fit. 1t
is believed that the opinion that they should
remain prevailed.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17

mosthenes by those who fell at Marathcn,)
that no national wrong shall be doaes Have
we the savior, crowned of him who walked
the waves of Gallil-e, who when the tide of
popular feeling roars around US like an ocean
stormy, DEMONSTRATING. filling the air with
thunderous threatenings, shall go forth upon
the raging pillows and calm them with a
peace be siilis" Have We the law piyer
who, when section meets section with defiant
front, Hon-iike glazing into each others very
eyes, shall step between with a s.Thus saith
the Lord, !" BE sill and know that I am
Gedf' Ii time shall prove that that man
exists among US, let his monument, as the
Savior of the Republic stand side by side
with the Father of the Republic himself. I'm
to him be rendered the highest honors while
living-let his name echo like England's
sdrum- beat round the world''-and when
dead may new Mount Vernon receive him
to its peaceful shades. Side by side with him
who was our Prophet, Priest and Pioneer, he
shall stand 'frst in the hearts of his conn
trymen.o In the worlds memory he shall lie
embalmed side by side with him whom the
ploughman of Marathon blesses as be re-
members the struggle of his own land for
liberty; whom the Swiss peasant reverences
among men as he does Mont Blanc among
the mountains; upen whose statue the deep
eyed Italian gazes with an affeetionate en-
thusiasm; whom France remembers as the
bosom friend Of her Lafayette; who. while
Poland has one patriot exile, viii be loved
as the chief who led ON her Pulaske and her
Kosciusko; the man whom even .sthe Loor
Indian" has immortalized, by making him
the only ..pae face who will ever be allow
ed by the Great Spirit to enter the 'happy
hunting ground"
Turn We now to Death, the mighty mound
builder for all time. All. those mounds
low, mario mounds-he builds them every
day around US. Small they may be, seeming
ly, and yet they may hide all the sunlight
from us-nay, hide heaven itself. for sea-
son. Very narrow they may be, seemingly.
and yet they may hold all our earthly treas
ure, leaving US beggarded and utterly desc
late. Very short they may be, seemingly,
aud yet the shadow that falls from them may
daIken down along the weary years OF
lifetime. Whatever mausoleums we may
erect for ourselves he will surely raise for US
a little one of the green turf and purple
violet bloom. Yet, OBJ may he wait for us
until each shall have buildcd upon the hearts
around us some little mound of love upon
which, when the ciods cover US, those whom
we. have loved shall write in tear-drops-
.'FIDELIS.n
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17

SUIcIDE.-Elder R. g. RICE. of Eminence,
KY. committed suicide at the Spencer House
Saturday night, shooting himself with pis-
toll. He left the following letter addressed to
Mayor BISHOP:
IN. BIsHOP:-Please have my poor body
put in a genteel case and sent, without mo-
lestation, to Eninence, Ky, where hope IL
will be laid beside my dear Eliza, (hs first
wIfe.) Ny Christian character is impeached,
and by misfortune the means of vindication
are cut off l have been = true man, have
lived for the good of mankind and glory of
God. L never injured human being intcn-
tionally. / have preached faithfullythe true
Gospel of Christ, and TO the Cross of Christ
have ever chung, as the ground Of my hopes.
Take charge of my trunk, money and clothes
here, to pay all charges. Bat all is lost-my
mind fraHiic-my heart crushed.
K. G. RICE.
Beside the letter was an open Bible, and
leaf, embracing the ", V, Vi, VII, VII chapters
OF Z chariah, turned down.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17

ADVANCE IN TIE RATES OF INSURANCE TO
THE CoTroN PoRTs-The New York Courier
of Wednesday, says:
Several of The Marine Insurance Companies
of this city have already adopted The 'War
Clause; in their policies, viz: Warranted
cree from seizure or detention arising from
the acts of any seeding or revolving State"
The subject will come before the Board of
Underwriters tomorrow. when they will
probably agree upon this clause: if so, all
the companies will unite in the same reStric
ton We learn also that the companies have
generally advanced their rates 100 per cent.
on risks from this port TO Charleston. To
ports in the Gulf of Mexico the same adj
vance viii probably be demanded.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17
Charleston Items.

The negotiations and correspondence be-
tween Fort Sumter and the Executive Head
quarters which began on Friday, as we have
reported, were continued or renewed on Sat
urday, and many rumors were afioat concern
ing the objects aud results. 1t is useless to
mention such rumors, as the truth will be
known as soon as compatible with the public
service and sound policy.
Col. Isaac W. Hayne. under special COM
mission from the Governor, and Lieutenant
Hall, with dispatches from the Commander
of Fort Sumter, left on Saturday afternoon
for Washington. Robert n. Goufdin, Esq,
followed in the night train Of Saturday, on
the Northeastern Railroad. with commission
from Gov. Pickens.-C Courier, 14kk inst.