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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-24
Lewis County,,

At a meeting in the town of Newburgh on Mon
day, the 18th Of July, it being Circuit Court day,
RICHARD DowSET, Esq, chairman, T. T. CHRISTIAN,
secretary, the following resolutions were introduced
by A. C. COOPER, and adopted unanimously:
RESOLVED, That we have mistaken confidence in
the integrity and ability Of our present Governor
Isham g. Harris, and cordially approve his manly
and patriotic in resisting the wicked tyranny
and usurpGtion of Abraham Lincoln and the AbolI
ton Government, and we believe that in the present
crisis Of the country he should be reelected with.
out opposition, pledge HIM our support for that
Office,
Resogsed, That the course pursued by Thomas
AcNeilly as our Senator, and of W. G. Whtthorne
as Representative in the trying session Of the pre-
cent Legislature, meets our full appreciation, and
we tender to them our congratulations for the able
manner in which they have discharged their ardu
GUS duties.
ResolUsd, That the proceedings Of this meeting b,
published in the Herald at Columbia, and UNION AM
AMERICAN, az Nashville.
RICHARD DoTSET, Chairman.
7. 7. CHRIsTIAS, Secretary.
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WIN 1Ons ~ lie AAuCBts
correspondent of the Baltimore American,
writing from Paris, June 18th, had conversation
with Mr.. YANCEY on the previous evening. He
says:
In my conversation with Mr. Yancey, that ger
teman expressed his views unrestrsinedly. I told
HIM that my object IN seeking the interview was to
lay the result before the American people; that
believe my account of his remarks, whatever they
might be, would be widely read By the UBited
States and l wished him distinctly to understand
my intentions before giving utteTance to anything
he might desire to withhold from publication
He said he had no secrets. The object Of his
mission was well known, and ne had every reason
to anticipate complete success. England had not
yet made up her mind to recognize the indepeE-
dence Of the Southern COnfederacy, but six months
hence that is 10 say between the present time and
January ! 1862, that recognition would be iI fat
dccOmpi the part of both Great Britain sad
France, when the same line Of policy would be
adopted without difficulty by sl the other powers
of Europe. The influence Of England would be
paramount, and England must have cotton. Man
chester had supply until the first Of November,
but it hardly probable the British Government
would wait until the last bale had been reached be-
fore determining upon the Of continuing the
supply. II the blockade of the Southern ports was
maintained until the new crop should be ready for
shipment the blockade would then be forced By
Southern cruisers, when it should be found that
rigorous embargo upon the expectation of the sts-
pie through the Northern States had been ordered
by the Confederate Government
Mr.. Yancey had information that the Cotton crop
would amount TO three and half millions of bales
at the lowest estimate.
These are the main features Of a long interview,
during which became satisfied that Mr.. YanCey's
reputation for eloquence is not exaggerated, and
can readily imagine with what fervOr he must have
addressed political assembages during the Secession
campaign His manner is mild, affable and exquis-
itey courteous, and the impression left upon by
him that he possesses both great political talent
and fascinating social qualities He manifested no
hatred of the North, but regretted 20 find in him
the prejudice of many Southern men on the subject
of Northern courage. lie admits that the North
does not lack brave men, but thought that there
were more in the South. told him that possible
ere now the combatants might have learned to ap-
preeiste q yalor common to our whole country.
and confined to no section. Upon the issue Of that
conflict depends the fate of Mr. Yanceys missIOn-
nOt.upOn cotton. Ar. Iancey himself said that Eng
land and France could not or would NOT stultfy
themselves by recognizing the Southern COnfedera-
cy so long as they believed reconstruction of the
Union to be possible. lie Is, Of course, endeavOring
to convince them that such a contingency is impOs-
sible.
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How they Brag-

The following is the manner in which Gen. Nc
DowEIL announces his progress towards the trap
into which he fell st Manassas:
FAIRFAX Court House, JAY Is.
To Liel Col l. D. TOlrHssHd assistant Adiut1Rt
GeueTaI Washington
The first Division, under Gen. Tyler, Is between
Germantown and Centreville.
The Second (Hunter's) is at this place lust about
to move forward to Centreyille.
The Fifth (MilesO is at the crossing of the old
Braddoch Road, with the road from this to Fairfax
Station, and is ordered forward to Centrtville by
the old Braddock Road.
Barry's Battery has joined it,
One of Col. Heintz1lm8n's Brigade (Wilcox) is at
Fairfax Station.
Col Heintzalmsn sad ais other Brigade are below
the Station but he has not reported to me since we
have been here, and have not been able to COM
nuniCate with him. think they are at Songster's
Station. The four men wounded yesterday belonged
to Col. Miles Division, who had some slight skir
missing in reaching the position.
Each column encountered abont the same OhstruC-
tons, trees felled across the road, but the
cleared them out IN a few moments.
There were extensive breastwOrks thrown up at
this place and some of them with eHlbrssures re
setted with sand bags. Extensive breastwOrks
were also thrown up at the Fairfax railroad sta
ton, and the road leading to SOngster's.
A great deal Of work has been done by them
and the number and size of their camps show they
have been here in great force.
Their retreat, therefore, must have a damaging
effect upon them They left in such haste that they
did not draw in their pckets, who came into one Of
our camps, thinking, it occupied the same place
that it was their own.
The obstructiOns to the railroad in the vicinity
of the station, including the deep cut filed in witt
earth, &c, can be cleared out in four hours Tn
Geographic poles are up, with the wires on them
look to having railroad telegraph communication
in very short time.
Much -four, some arms, forage, tents, camp equip
age, &C., were abandoned By them.
! am distressed to have TO report excuses by our
troops The excitement of the men found VEN
N burning and pillsging, which, however. wa
Don checked 1t distressed US all greatly. l got.
Jentreyille in few moments,
Very respectfully, &c,
IRWIN MCDOWELL,
Brig. Gen. Commanding.
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HORRIBLE BAKBAEITEEs-T ST. Louis Repat!cqn
OF the 10Th, makes the following brief mention of
the worse than Internal atrocities pcrpatrated by
tho LINCOLN hirelings in North Missouri:
The ath of DR.. Palmer, as Represented to US,
rivals arocty the acts of the widest sagaEes of
the mountains. BE was taken prisoner, and in the
hands Of the ZOuaves. They proposed TO hang him.
He enreated for his life declaring that he was loyal
to the Government. rope was put around his
mack. and he was taken the ira in the di-
rectIoD of q tree from which It was designed to
suspend him. Rather than suffer such fate he at
tempted to escape and the chivarOus soldiers fred
upon him. The balls tore his head of, and his body
was perforated with bullets. 1t said, but we will
not belieTe It, that the command was, TO take nc
prisoners.
A man called Bill Edwards was also killed.
At Jonesboro Station, father and two sons, by
the name Of Skinner, we're killed.
The Republican records the arrest of Dr. BAss, an
influential citizen, and his confinement in the Arse
nal He is member of tAe State Convention.
ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.
ST. LoUIS, July I9-The following proclamation
has Just been received from Brigadier General
PoFE:
ST, CHARLES, Mo- July IL.
To the People of Northern Missouri: By virtue Of
the proper authority, have assumed command in
4NOELuSIn mlsSOGI4. appear auOu3 you Win a
force strong enough TO maintain the authority of the
Government, and too strong to be resisted by any
means in your possession, usual in warfare Upon
your own assurances that yop would respect the
laws Of the United State, and preserve the peace,
no troops have hitherto been sent into your section
of the country. The occurrences Of the last ten
days however have plainly exhibited that you lack
either the power or inclination to fulfill your
pledges and the Gs vernment has, therefore, found
1t necessary to occupy North Missouri with force
powerful enough to compel Obedience to the laws.
So soon as it is manifest that you will respect its
authority, and put down the unlawful combinations
against it, you will be relieved of the presence of
the forces under my command but not until then.
therefore warn all persons taken in arms against
the Federal authority, who attempt to commit
depredstions upon public or private property. or
Who modest unOtiendng and peaceful oitlzens, that
they will be dealt with in the most summary man
ner, without awaiting civil process. JOHN PopE.
Brig. Gen. U. S. A. Cong.
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The Great Battle.

We are grievOusly disappointed in not receiving
dispatches from our correspondent at Manassas.
We telegrsphed yesterday afternoon to Lynchburg
for the particulars of the fight, but received no
reply owing as we are informed to an interruption
of communication near Newbern Va.
There Is s painful anZiety among the friends of
the Tennesseans supposed 10 have been engaged in
che great battle, to know the fate of those gallant
spirits.
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JosETH. G. TAYLOR, Of the frat regiment Col
TUENET's) Of Tennessee volunteers in Virginia, who
killed Lieut. DAVIDSON, some months since, at Lynch
burg, Va, was examined before Mayor BRANCa, Of
that city on the 18th inst and cent on for further
trial on the charge Of murder.
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attacked cur rear So We were leaving camp. The
skirmishing in our rear lasted from that time till
half past one O'Clock p. b.. when Gen. Garrett was
killed The enemy did not attack at all after his
fall. Our loss consisted Of four Companies Of the
Georgia Regiment missing-suppOsed to be priso-
ners-and about 20 killed and wounded. One piece
Of artillery was abandoned the horses having been
killed and the tongue broken it was spiked and
upset, About fifteen of the baggage wagons
were used, with the approval Of Gsn. Gar
nett, TO block the mountain road and pre-
vent the passage Of the artillery of the enc
my This it undoubtedly did, ss no more shots
were fred from their artillery and their infantry
did not pursue but q short distance. In this skir-
mish, the enemy, must have lost in killed and
wounded, as many, if not more than 20 Hal it
not been fer the fact that force of less than 900
men had to be divided to resist the attack in rear
and meet the anticipated one in 'front.' we could
have turned upon Gen. Morris and whipped HIM.
With the exceptions above mentioned, and with
the less OF great deal of baggage the command Of
Gen Garnett reached Petersburg on the evening Of
the l6h, many hungry and needing rest but capable
of taking the field again in few days. The greater
portion of the command was expected at Monterey
on the 18th
Considering the number of the enemy, the wealth
tr,-fOr it rained for two days and nights after we
left Laurel Hill and 9th untowRrd circumstan-
ces, it is matter of surprise that any portion Of
the command should have escaped.
Up 70 the time of leaving Laurel HILL we had lost
Dut one man Killed and three Ounded. while the
enemy had lost at least twelve killed and as many
wounded.
AFFAIRS II THE SoRTHwEsT-S4FETY OF GEN. GARRETT
COMMAND Capture OF PRISONERS.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch
STAUSToN, Va July I9.-An Aid de-camp of Gen,
Garnett's arrived here this morning and reports
that all the troops of his command, except thirty
have succeeded in reaching Monterey and are now
there. strong force sf Confederate troops is be-
ing concentrated there.
A number of Col. PegTsm's command, who were
paroled by Gen. Mcclellan after their surrender,
have arrived here.
About three thousand troops arrived here to-
day.
The militia are turning out en- masse, and such a
militia as any nation, much less Yankees, might
fear.
A volunteer from Arkansas, named Baldwin was
killed here Wednesday. by falling from the top of a
car. His legs were cut off by the wheels, and his
body otherwise mangled.
Twenty one prisoners were brought in last night
from Beverly by our men. They were all Union
men with the exception Of one who was a regular
y enlisted Yankee soldier. The traitors are now in
Jail here.
Volunteer companies are rapidly forming here
and there is a determined disposition never TO let
the invaders touch a soil which they swear shall be
free.
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The St. Louis papers Ofthe 19th inst have not
ing definite in regard to the condition Of the war in
that State. Gen. Lyon was in Sp ingheld on the
I6lh, where he was resting his forces Nothing de-
finite was known OF the whereabouts of Governor
Jackson and Ben. Mccullough.
1t was reported at Syracuse, on the 18th, that
Col MazofHn had $50 men at Georgetown; also hat
State troops were concentrating near Arrow R0 OK.
There is doubt that the citizens Of that region
are almost unanimously opposed % acknowledging
the Federal Government g. now administered.
Nothing definite Is known of the fight between
Gen. Harris and Col. McNell's forces near Fulton
where a masked battery had been sprung on the
Frderals, good many of whom were hit. The
bridge and cuiverts on North Missouri Railroad
had been destroyed east of Hudson. The State
t-7ops are "bushwhacking,' GAd picking off senti-
Is freely
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rHE RArrLE OF cAETHAGE.

Col Hughes of the First Regiment Missouri State
Guard, who was in the South, near Carthage. has
furnished the press with a report of the battle
1t an obstinate, desperate affair, continuing
from IL O'Clock in the morning until dark, on the
9TH Of July. The State troops lost Is killed and 80
wounded. including several officers. The ascer-
taIned loss of the Federss was $50 killed and 800
wounded, 20 prisoners, a cannon, baggage, and
horses
In the affair on the North Missouri Railroad, ReG-
Mivie station there were "A Of the Federal troops
killed. There was a complete understanding in
that neighbOrhoOd not to permit the passage of the
United States troops over the road.
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Nashville RuiIding AssOcj,,1Io an.

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ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.

has lust been received from Brigadier General
PoTE:
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The following is the manner in which Gen. Nc
DowELL announces his progress towards the trap
into which he fell at Manassas:
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A. J. DUNCAN & 90.
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Tho Policy Of Coercion.
FROM the Richmond Wing.

The advocates Of coercive measures towards South
Carolina point to the course pursued by Washing
ton when part of the State of Pennsylvania resist
cd the laws of Congress, and say that Mr.. Buchan
an finds precedent there for coercion. Not so. The
cases are not at all parallel The rebellion in Penn
svlvania known as the Whisky lnsurrecuon, in
cluded only part of the people Of that State, and
did not enlist the sympathy OF any other state.
Again. the measures taken by Gen. jackson n
regard 10 notification in 1882, quoted rs pre-
cedent for Mr. buchanan.
The attitude Of the people Of South Carolina, and
of other Southern States, is very different now from
what it was in 1892. Then her own people were
divided amongst themselves, and not solitary
| Southern State evnced any active sympathy VIII
| her Now her people &C. as one man, and four or
| five States stand ready TO follow her, and share
! her fate. Let a conflict of arms come, no matter
! by whom or for what cause brought about, and al
the slave States will rush madly to the conflict anC
| the fate Of the Union is scaled forever
| 1t seems to be the common belief that Genera
! jackson overawcd South Carolina by she presence
of large military force and that she backed down
| Such is not the fact. That prudent statesman and
cCnsumnlate soldier took 10 have large force
in Fort Mouuie, bat when he sent national vessel
| to collect the revenue he charged the officer II
drop of blood. This was such an instruction a:
| might have been expected from a man of Gen. Jack
| sons fearless character.
| That controversy between the General Govern
/ ment and South Carolina was settled by the media
torial interposition Of Virginia and satisfactory
modification of the tariff and not by the threat o.
| Gen. Jackson.
| 1t will be well for the present well as the in
coming Executive to study the precedents which are
cited 10 iuStify coercion, and understand whether
the facts and circumstances attending them CORES
! D0oi with those row existing.
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cov.r,or 1c,cher,s Message.

The late message of the Governor of Virginia IS
an excellent specimen of mosaic. On secession and
coercion he says:
7 have ALWAYS reyerenced the State Rights doc
trines of Virginia as incucated in the resolutions
of 1913 and the report of '99. believe the doctrines
therein asserted and the principles therein alhrmed
TO be worthy of all acceptatiOu. cordially lndofse
them, and in SO doing, indorse the doctrine OF Sc
cession. | do not propose to go into an argument
in support OF my opinion upon this question The
subject has been ably discussed for years on both
sides. and those arguments are familiar 10 all read
ING and wellinfOrmed men. | am content TO rest
the question upon the discussions which have taken
place and leave the people to form their own opln
ions and draw their own conclusions refer TO 1t
in this connection to declare my unquallhed hosuH
~ to the doctrine of coercion by the Federal Gov
ernment -, ,
In nv canvass for the Office which now hold,
declared my opinion frankly and tearlessly Oh TINS
uuestion and every man IN the State had the am
plest opportunity be informed OF my position In
written address 'to the voters of Virginia. issued
on the 18th of May. 1859, stated Shoud II be the
pleasure of the people to elevate me to the office OF
Governor will endeaFor III my administration 10
carry ont the time honOred State Rights principles OF
Virginia If at any time during my administration
tba Federal Government shall attempt to interfere
with the rights and institutions OF Virginia. II II
.baU at any time interfere with the rights OF
slavery or the rights of shareholders an cur State
will be prepared, with the and OF the people 70 re
sist anv efforts to coerce into submission lwll
resist anv attempt of Federal troops TO cross our
line 10 execute such unjust iniquitous and unconst
utonaI laws either in Virginia or any
state" My position now on tins question IS what
ii was then. 1t has not been changed OF ihoull1 u
7 viT rcgard an attempt to pass Federal troops
across the territory of Virginia, for the purpose OF
coercing Southern seeding State, as an act OF IN
vasion. which should be met and repealed. The al
legance of every citizen of Virginia Is due to her
and when her flag il unfurled II Is his duty TO Taly
70 i+e sunnort and defence The citizen of irginia
who will not respond to her call, is traitor to her
rights and her honor.
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Letter from Hon. p. e. Lave.

To tie Editor Of The Sarqmtah Daily Morning NetcS
DEAR SIR-I voted to raise the House Committee
OF Thrty-three Being appointed upon 1t, have
served to date in faith and would have have accept
ed cheerfulv. proper and efficient constitutional
guarantees. to the rights Of the South. Such have
not been rendered by the Republicans on the com
mittce of which am member. am informed by
Mr.. Toombs who is member of the Senate Com
lican members of that Committee. Mr.. Seward at
the head, Is that precision may be inserted ~ ne
Federal Constitution torJiddi,g Congress 10 Abolish
Slayay IN the STA7E!!! This, fear, closes the
case. The question is narrowed down, IN my
Judgment, to an unconditional, disgraceful subms-
sion his party and their degrading doctrines, CT
secession from the Union. | cannot doubt TO the
course my noble old State will take.
Respectfully. p. E. LOVE.
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Vhn1,rim Tcnncssee Do!

The Southern States have exhaused every consti'
tu4onal remedy They have made appeal after appeal
IL the Northern States to simply respect shelr rights
under the Constitution in the Union. These appeals
have have passed UNDECIDED. Black Repubhcanlsn
has been Incorporating bold. insolent and defiant
Inc south has now vyfugUy severed the ties ina,
bousd her 10 her unnatural Northern sisters, and
FOR the rectItEde of her course has made her last
appeal. not To the North. but to a just God. Ten
nessee Will not be long in determining her future
course OF conduct Identified As she Is in interest
with the southern States their fate will be her tate
Tennessee will act and act promptly. The deed IS
done-ihe die is cast ard Tennessee will stand VIII
her Southern sisters for veal or woe. Tennessee
will never become the taIl-cnd of a Northern Con
federacy. She viii never consent TO have her ne
groes turned loose upon her citizens, who in that
event would be forced 90 recognize them as social
and political equals. Nay God avert such calam'
iIN as This ----------L lLna-Lis.r.