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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-26

HEROIC ExPLOIT.-We understand that a
body Of Lincoln cavalry, a few nights since,
made a descent upon the residence of Mr.. Hall,
situated on the Missouri shore in the bend a few
miles above Columbus, Kentucky, took Mr..
Hall prisoner and carried him to Cairo.
The Lincolnites, the day of the battle of Bel
mont, landed their troops at the place where
they made their recent capture, took Mr.. Han
prisoner and occupied his house as a temporary
hospital At the close of the fight, while the
Federals were double-quieking it to their boats,
Mr.. Hall made his escape from them.
We further learn that the Lincoln eun-boats,
for the last week or two, have not made their
appearance in the neighborhood of Columbus.
Possibly their officers think somebody might be
hurt with some Of those terrible submarine bat
teries which the northern papers state the bed
Of The river above Columbus is being paved
with.
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TEE wAR IN nuussnuRI.

Tn 81. Louis Republican, of the Doth. gives
Federal accounts of the progress of the war in
Missouri. We clip the following, which mus
of course be read with many grains of allow.
ance:
IL has been understood for several days pas
that a q" forward movement " was in progress il
the western part of that State, and that our army
was about to strike an effective blow at the rebels
in that section. Il was generally thought tina
the movement was designed to cut off the re
cruts for Prices army, mustered into service il
Lexington, and it turns out that the suppositior
was correct.
Gen. Halleck this morning received a dispatcI
from Brighten. Pope, announcing that after 4
forced march he had captured one hundred anC
fifty prisoners, out ofsome fifteen hundred rebel,
who were recruited at Lexington, together witt
baggage, camp equipage, etc.
The dispatch states that by a forced march
he (Gen. POpe) interpOsed between the enemy
and Clinton intersection road, from WaTrens.
burg to Clinton, near the Shawnee Mound.
The rebels were encamped six miles north.
west OF Chihowee, in johnson county, some
22OO in number, 1900 of whom were the Lex
ington recruits. AS soon as they learned of the
approach Of Gen. Pope, they Immediately broke
up their camp and beat a hasty retreat towards
Rose Hill, in the western part of Johnson
county.
Gen. Pope then threw forward ten companies
OF cavalry and a section of artillery in pursuit,
and then followed with his whole force-about
ten thousand. The rebels continued to retreat
in the most rapid manner, but were so closely
pursued that at JOhnstown, Bates county. thew
were compelled to scatter in various directions,
mostly towards Butler, the county seat of Bates
county, and Papinsville, in the southern part of
the same county.
Determined not to be foiled, Gen. Pope forced
a strong cavalry reconnaissance through from
Clinton to within 10 miles of OceOla, and there
intercepted l50Of the fleeing rebels and forced
them to surrender. Seven wagons, tents, bag
gage, horses, etc, fell into our hands.
The whole country, Gen. Pope says, is now
clear OF rebels as far west as Rose Hill, and as
far north as Grand river. The general will re-
turn to Sedalia with his main body, after send
ing a cavalry force to Lexington to destroy the
ferry boats.
Price has not at present more than 5000 men.
More OF MS soldiers are Leaving than are OBJ
tanned by his recruiting system. Deacon Tuck
ers proclamation hes been OF no great benefit
to him as yet.
The same paper has the following:
The mail Wednesday night brought us a hasty
hotS nun OtOiSeIONH, IetuS county, dated the
evening of the 18th, in which it is said: ''Heavy
firing heard this morning in the neighborhood OF
Clinton, Henry coun y" Clinton is some
twenty-five miles from Georgetown. Gen. Pope's
army left Otterville and Sedalia on the 18th with
the intention of getting in the rear of Prices
rebel army, reported on Monday as being be-
tween Clinton and Warensburg. Time enough
had elapsed for the opposing forces to have met
IN battle on Tuesday, and we may expect news
every hour.
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The Assault in Congress upon the ssenerais
of The Army.

"a AAo army
From the New York HERALD
The abolition members Of the present Cor.
gress are playing the same part that the seess-
sion members acted last year-thsv are t1r,inr
the halls of Congress into sedition sbons, II
Whleh dlsateeti0n Is manufactured against the
government and the generals Of the army. aud
spread all over the country on the wings of the
press. In conjunction with the radical Journals
they are laborng 70 bring the army into con-
tempt, and to create division and mutiuv in its
ranks.
For instance, in the debate in the House of
Representatives on Wednesday. on the order
issued by General Halleck, not only was that
general denounced by Stevens and LOveioT. but
SO were Mcclellan, Dix and the rest. The ten
deney OF these attacks is to impair the popular
lty Of General Mcclellan with the army Of the
Potomac, and to weaken its confidence in him,
so essential to success. These Trades are ex-
ceedingly dangerous, and a stop ought to be put
TO them ut once, By the same exercise of execu-
tive power which arrested the Northern seees-
sion mutiaeeTs in their career of mischief. As
these turbulent men are within the lines of the
army, they come under the operation Of martial
law for tampering with the minds OF the troous.
Their insane, frantic babbling, reminds us of he
d~emagogues IN the French Constituent Assem-
bly,, whose violence within created q fierce aai-
tation without; and instead Of accomplishing
the needed reforms By legitimats means. ~
might have been done, the nation was preeipi-
tated into a series Of bloody scenes and f1g6t.
full e~xcesses, including the massacre of 81. Do-
mingo, without a parallel in history. II Ste
yens, Loyejoy, Greeley, Garrison, and the ultra
faction to which they belong, are allowed 10
proceed much further in their career with i'm.
Runity, we tear that the history Of the French
viii but repeat itself in the R%s,,lI;H
Of the United States.
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FROm
EhDIN AN'H-
Correspondents Of the Mobile ADVERTISE

1 Correspondence OF The mobile AuFrtarEA-l
PENSACOLA, Sunday Evening, Dec 22-ETom
the neighboriDg counties Of Alabama, the carts
and wagons are rolling into the city aud camp
loaded with substantial lUxuriss for the Christ
mas table. Quite a number have gone 70 the
camps below. where turkeys, chickens, eggs,
and the Ike, find ready sale, and at famine pri-
ees. SO the soldier viii not be without biz
Christmas cheer, though away from home andA
friends.
As L have mentioned before, the propOsitiono OF
Gen. Bragg to his twelTe-months men viii prove
a perfect success, if not int9fered with at Rich
mond. Numbers have already gone home on
Through, and others are to follow their example
I have etnversed with q great manyof the vol
unteers, and have not yet heard one say be in
tended retiring wholly from the service after his
term of enlistment expired
As an evidence Of the war feeling among the
twelve months scoops. ! viii state that the regi-
ment of Col Chalmers, designed for the war,
now numbers iFe hundred men, divided into
seven companies. with the following officers
Company A-Captain W. A. Rankin Company
B-Csptain I. Ii. Lynum; Company Cap
tain A. G. Mills; Company D-Captain 5. s.
Calhoun Company E-Ceptain J. Z. White;
Company F-Captain w. Y. Keith Company
G-CaDtain Z. Z. Whitfield. These companies,
/ am informed, are composed of the first material
in the eIny, and that Colonel Chalmers VIII be
eAAN"tA " go IT'S @-AZ@A- ~ NAI E~
and fifty men. BE viii, therefore, BE- sbs@
take the field early in the spring at thnvSs
fifteen hundred men-as good and trueTas ever
shOuldered musket or " bit cartridge Colonel
James r Chalmers nov commands Z E ist Mig-
sissiPpi at Warrington. -
Col. Henry d. Clayton, OF the First Alabama.
is also in the field for a reorganization Of his re-
giment, on whose banner is inscribed the ever
memorable 22d and 23d November, 1851. Two
companies Of this regiment 60 out Of service on
the I7th of January, two on the 18th Of Febru-
airy, and the whole corps on the 10Th Of March
l understand many of the officers (aIaong them
Lieut.. Col Steadman) as well as the men intend
going in for the wal, and keep G up the Organi-
cation Of the First. IL is the Oldest corps in the
Confederate service, and it IS TO be hoped tho
pride of AlSbamiaus viii not pernIis it to exist in
name only.
Inc frigate Niagara eft last night and has not
yet returned. Maybe she is on a visit 10 Ship
Island, which bids fair to be as notorious a place
as "Hatteras Inlet" OF 9 Hilton Head"
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HE Federal Rivsr Elect.
The FedeFaI hIYer FIpets
We clip the following from the Missouri Re
,,Iy;-,, Of tba O0gb.

We clip the following from the Missouri Re
publican of the Goth;
THE TUG-BoAT FLEET-The "Spitfre'
leads the van of the last batch of the tug-boat
built at this place. The boats going to-day are
the four last built, and are improvements on the
first four in several particulars, being larger, more
roomy, with greater power, and larger propeller.
We understand that these tugs are to be con-
verted from mere tenders TO the gun-boats into
what we think win be the most efficient aud use
full portion of the armed Mississippi hotiIls.
They are to be armed with underground Par
rott guns, one forward and one aft, mounted on
pivots, and being NAL and susceptible of being
handled with great rapidity, they, if the guns are
properly served, will be able 10 do quite as good
service as their large eOnsOrts.
In fact we are satisfied, that the arming of
these tugs will add largely to the strength of
Commodore FOot's immense inland steam TO-
tilla.
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FROM WESTERN vmelSrA-FrOm a q gentle

FROM WESTERN VRGINIA.-From a gentle
man who arrived here on Saturday from west.
ern Virginia, we learn the following concerning
the army there.
Gen. Mallory, with his command, is at Cheat
Mountain.
Ex-Governor Ford is at Elkwater, with the
thirty-second Ohio regiment and a battery of
artillery.
There is one regiment at Huttonsyille.
AT Beverly the second Virginia regiment and
an Ohio regiment are stationed.
General Reynolds fell back a few days ago to
Philippi, where he now is with Col. Kimnell's
regiment and LOOMS Michigan battery.
The seventh Indiana, Col. Gavin, has gone to
ROmney.
Gen Dumont has been ordered to C~oyington,
Ky.-CiHeiRHah Gazette.
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n The New York Herald calls upon the peo-
pie of the North to prepare vigorously for coast
defense; by the enrolment of the citizens and
daily practice at the Notifications. 1t regards
war with England as inevitable, and says that
the excitement at the North concerning English
interference Is Increasing.
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LINCOLN YAEDALs AT EDDYvnLE.-A bapd

LINCOLN VANDALs AT EDDYvuLE-A hand
OF Lincoln Vandals, led by z. d. Yeiser. landed
at Eddyyile, on the 18th inst, and true 10 ibs;-
infamous instincts, forthwith SET about erslifv-
ing their thieving pTopensites. They entered
the office Of K. IL. Cobb, Esq, and DESTROYED
his desks, papers, aud everything else of a a.,
struetible character. They knocked a large boia
IN his vault, but failed in their efforts he oDeD
his safe. They destroyed everything IN he
office OF Robt. Cobb, who is now first Reutepspt
IN Capt Lyons artillery company at Bovine
Green They then made a descent apon he
grocery establishments, and after getting heartily
mnk they loaded their gunboaJ and steam -
away in search Of other pTey-LoE. Goa.
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Special Dispatch to the St Louis Republican,
CAIRO, December 19.-TheC onfed sraf
eT Prime came in sight below BIRDS
day, with a flag Of truce. Gen. CT
down to meet it on the ferry boat
The COnfederates brought up nin4
taken at Belmont. whose names are4RT
H. Harrington, 18th Illinois; Hill
Illinois; Martin Tanksley, both M
Black, 3lst Illinois A. Anderson. 27th
" Shaw, Both Illinois; II. 7. Slime, 9TH
w. E. Gregg, 9TH Iowa; W. W. Sapg. iowa;
+. NJ. Smith, Gen Grants body serrg
The prisoners had been confZsd in the Slave
zen at Memphis; and their comrades, eighty
eight IN number, now remain tlere-amone them
Captain Crabb and Adjutant Bowling, q the
7th Iowa
The prisoners state that Fort Pillow. sixty
miles above Memphis, has one hund,cd and
seventy guns, and is guarded BY two regiments.
that stakes are being driven across the river at
that point, and a lot Of boats are there to make
a floating bridge.
A dispatch from Richmond. dated the 18th.
says news from England demanding Mason and
shdel produced greet joy.
A dispatch from Knoxville saws two mora
bridge-burners had been hung also. that an
Union men found armed in East Tennessee
would De tried by court martial.
A review of all the troops at Cape Girardeau
was held there yesterday.
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soUTH FLORIDA CoAsr oprR.TIoys- -

SOUTH FLORIDA COAsr OPERATIONs-Tbe
Tampa Bay correspondent Of the Tallahassee,
EOTtdjaE writes:
Mayor W. LII Bowen, COMMANDING Al Tam
pa, seme weeks ago determine2 to brssk nm N,
netarioUs trade and communication that has bee,
gong on ever since the wa began. between on
southern coast and the United states autboritis
at Key West. To this end he Chartered IN
little steamer Scottish Chief, and went In scare
OF the fishing tribe, Armed with a six-pounde
ne soon secured a fine fishing smack and brougI
ner into Tampa Bay; but without going u5
town ne transferred his armament from N
steamer to the smack and went out again. An.
without Indulging in a lengthy story, he b.
captured twelve ssil-nine smacks and thr,
~schooners, and effectually broke up the infama
traffic, and put a stop to the easy and enc
means by which the enemy kept himself
touching our affairs upon the coast. The crew.
OF the several vessels captured arrived at he's
quarters on Saturday night, and have been du
transferred to the proper authorities for final III
position They number sixty-eic5L aud ar
mixed multitude, some Yankees, some Spanisrd !
some Portuguese, and some Key Westers. 4,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-26

e The New York Herald of December Is
has a strong editorial calling upon the banks to
suspend specie payment. 1t says that hitherto
the war has been carried on by means of loans.
One hundred and fifty millions had been obtained
by the government from the banks and the peo-
pie, and in three weeks the amount would be ex-
pended, and not a dollar left in the treasury. The
article recommends the issue of paper money,
based on the credit of the property of the ma
ton. and redeemable after the war"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-26

ADEFNITIoN OF KENTUCKY UNIoNIsM.-
Beard, the Cincinnati artist, an intense Lincoln
tie, tells the following;
Il have just come from a barber shop" said
Beard, " where | happened to overhear a colo
guy, between one Of the shavers and a quizzical
customer, that squarely hit the nail on the head y
DO they allow any abolition talk here said
the customer to the barber. "Does'nt know
what dat is, massa; nsber hearn any .Do
they allow secession talk Z" "Not mucb
massa" "Well, how is il about Union talk {"
" You can go Il on ths UHiOH, snassa, u you don't
90 Il too strOsg.'
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e A petition has been presented to the prop
er authority at Little Rock praying that provision
be adopted by the county court, in accordance
with an act of the Legislature, for the payment
of county and railroad taxes of Pulaski county,
in war bonds and treasury notes, and for the
redemption Of county scrip in the same kind of
funds.
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ET The Courier states that a Lincoln spy
was arrested a few days since, in the neighbor-
hood of UniOntOwn, Ky. His baggage was
searched, and a complete plan. of the fortifca-
tons at Bowling Green and Randolph, Tenn,
was found. 1t is to be hoped that the vile mis-
cTeant viii speedily meet with a just reward.
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" We clip the following paragraphs from the
Savonpob pe..U,oo, cf naeambor OF.

savannah HePhbtto0ni OF december Il:
Fort PULASKI The only news brought by
the Ida yesterday, was that there were five yes
sells off Tybee, and a heavy c~annonading yester-
day toward the northeast end of the Island,
which lasted for over a half hour. The shells
were observed from the fort, some to burst in the
air, and others, apparently, toward Little Tybee
Island. 1t has not transpired what they were
firing at, though We have our suspicious.
FIRING ON THE COAsT.-The Charleston cars
brought no additional news yesterday, of the
engagement in Port Royal river, As the train
passed last evening, heavy firing was heard in
that direction.
Passengers by the Gulf road, last night, report
heavy c~annonading in the direction Of Fernan-
dina, on Wednesday, and an unauthenticated
report was afoat of the taking of that town by
the feet.
The Cuban telegraph is silent On the subject,
from which we inter the report is without foum-
datioR.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-26

The BLoCKADE.-A southern Contemporary
very recently made the assertion, upon authority
entitled to credit, that Secretary Memminger had
expressed a decided opinion that the blockade
would be raised in thirty days. The remark may
have been prophetic, and indications now point
to its f~ul6llment. The southern people have
suffered some Inconvenience from the blockade,
much of which might have been avoided had the
spirit of e~xtortiOn been suppressed in its incipi-
encv; but we believe, after all, that Washington
is now the worst bIockaded city ON the American
continent. A gentleman who visited that mod
em Sodom a few days ago informs US that the
comforts and necessities Of life are by no means
so easily obtainable as the northern papers rep
resent and instances among other items the arti
Gle of wood, which is selling there at twenty dol
lars a cord-Riokmond Dispatch.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-26

ToCLEANA CARPEr-Toelean a Garnet shah
and heati it well lay it upon the Aoor and tac
1t firmly then with a clean flannel wash il ov,
with one quait Of bulloek's gall, mixed wit
three quarts Of soft cold water, and rub it o
with a clean flannel, or house cloth. ANY pa
ue1iarly dirty spot should be rubbed with pu
gall.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-26

a An amphitheater at the Lexington (Ky.)
Fair grounds, where a regiment of Federal
soldiers were e~ncamped, was burned on the
night of the 18th inst. Loss, about SI2,O 600.
During the excitement Lieut.. Joel Hickman
WAS shot
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-26

q We diTeet attention to the communication
signed N" in another column, on the Cotton
Planters Association. 1t presents the subject in
a clear aud foIeible manner, and by facts and
'tgRTe' shows the whole project to be utterly
Utopian.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-26

q The ASaiaHche man explains the little
piece OF -" sharp practice = which We attributed
to hin the other day, a 10 s
The only copy Of the dispatch alluded 10. 10
which sne had access, was directed to the ina
iaache alone and, further, it was placed IN the
telegraph ofhce for transmission southyard
some eight or ten hours before its appearance in
any paper in Memphis.
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TENNESSEE INTELLIGENCE.-A fire occurred
in Nashville on the morning of the 23d, which
resulted in the destruction of three buildings.
The loss is not stated.
Col W. A. Quarles' regiment having been or
deTed away from GAINESVILLE, Capt. Akers has
been appointed commander of that post.
A young man named Clemens, aged about Is
years, was instantly killed in Edge6eld, Tenn,
on Saturday evening last, by the wheel of a load
ed wood wagon passing over his head.
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p The British ship Cheshire, from Liver
pool, in attempting to run the blockade at sa-
vannah, was captured by the gunbOat Augusta,
and has been sent to New York in charge of a
prize crew.
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w~The Dispatch states Mr.. Faulkner yester-
day had an interview with congressman Ely, for
whom he is to be exchanged" according to the
usages of war. We presume they offered each
other their Congratulations on this new turn OF
affairs.
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CoSTRABAND-The Bowling Green Courier
says: A large lot Of hogs passed through Prince
ton the other day en- route for the pork houses at
GAINESVILLE, Tenn. The best Of the joke is they
were driven from Illinois. We learn that sew
eral thousand are now on their way from Madi-
~sonyille to the same point. Not a hog has been
driven North from the neighborhood of Madi-
@sonville. This doesn't look much ike starving
out the Southern Confederacy.
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DEATH OF Col. BULLoCK--We are deeply
panied to learn that Hon. E.. C.. Bullock, colonel
Of the 18th Alabama regiment, died in Mont
gomery on the 2Ith inst.
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FRED. DOUGLAS n THE JOHN BROWN
RAID.-Fred. Douglas, the negro abolition lee
turn, made a speechin Boston, on Tuesday night,
in which he acknowledged SOM previous knOwl-
edge and participation in the John Brown raid.
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q 1t is authOritatively stated that the Con-
federate government has consented to the ex-
change of Mr.. Ely for Mr.. Faulkner.
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| DbtNtoA ~ NA0 e ApA AlEH
WASHINGTON, December I8.-A Cabinet
meeting was held to-day, at which the Englisl
question was discussed, of course, informally
There was but one sentiment, and that is that n,
quarrel with England must be permitted to inter
feTe at this moment to stay the reduction of til,
rebels.
l have the best authority for saying that the
demands of England will be met with a spirit 0
Cancellation which will refute the report that Mr.
Seward, or any other member of the Cabinet
has been eager to provoke a foreign war.
A resolution offered in the Washington city
council, favoring the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia, was laid on the table by q
vote of 9 to 4.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Capt. George Cook
has arrived here from Boston with dispatches
from the American minister at London to Secre-
tary Seward. The contents of the dispatches
brought hither by the Queens messenger to
Lord Lyons had not been communicated to ouI
government up, to one O'Clock this afternoon.
1t is believed Lord Lyons has not yet made any
official communication to the Secretary OF State.
A number of private letters have been received
here from England. They represent the feeling
as being intense. 1t is believed here the affair
may be honorably adjusted.
Gen. Butler has arrived here.
Capt. Wilkes visited Congress to-day and was
cordially received.
Special to the New York Commercial Advertiser
There is a report here this morning which is
generally credited that one lieutenant and four
privates of the national troops, on picket duty
last night at Mount Vernon, were shot during
the night. A regiment was sent there this
morning.
Cabinet meeting was called for to-day noon,
the subject of consultation doubtless being the
demands of the British government in the Ma
son and Slidell affair.