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The St. Louis RErrBLICAN Cfthe 23l has the
following:
Arrangements have been completed by which
the southwest refugees for whose benefit the
S10, 600 assessment is now being made, can he
clothed and provisoned in a systematic man
ner. The old mansion belonging to the Paul5'
estate, and located on Elm street, between 4th
and 5ih, has been rented, and furnished with
beds and bedding sufficient TO accom- nodate
about sixty persons, The negro quarters, in
the rear Of the house, which are COnmOli-
Gus, arc also n DO fitted up, and in.
creased accommodations will thus be fur
nishcd. Tho refugees, as fast as they ar
rive in the city, are quartered at the mansion,
and remain long enough TO he fod and clothed
and properly proysiOned, and are then sent
forward 10 their final destinations in Illinois.
Their teams while in the city, are quartered in
a lot near the mansion, and prOvisiOned with
forage. A large supply Of provisions kept in
store i'm the basement of the mansion, and the
cuisine department is amply furnished with
cooking utensils; so that ample meals can be
furnished at short notice fully equAl 10 the de-
mand. The mansion is three stories high in
Guiding the basement, which is Sc. apart foi
the kitchen, dining and storcrooms. Two large
rooms In the upper story are used for storing
the clothing which has been contributed for The
refugees and ladies' are constantly employed
in asserting, repairing and rem m)leling the
| clothing, so as to render it sorviceable.
About six hundred refugees have been pro
vided for up to the present time and sent for
ward TO their destination. The exact numbe
Of refugees to be cared for is not known, but /
understood to be several thousand, and we ma,
look for their arrival in the city all through tn
winter. They are all in a state OF destitution
| and the contributions Of clothing, &c., whic
have been made, will soon he exhausted.
The sun., 1861-12-26
War Intelligence.

ErRNISU OF A RBHEL GuNBOAT
The Memphis AyALANCHE of the 10Th ult.
gives the following particulars of the burning
Of the rebel gunboat Tuscarora, on the 23i ult,
The Il iimes, when iirlt discovered, were seen
issuing from the forward end Of the boiler, AMI
directly Under tho wheel-hOuse. The wind was
blowing aft very strong and the flames spread
with fearful rapdity. The boat was run ashore
as soon as possible. BY this time tho whole
boat was in flames The engineer opened the
water pipes Immediately, so as TO save the
magazicc. He had hardly time TO knock out a
bulllhead and Jump into the water, before the
shells 10 the forward and aft she'll. locker COM
menced exploding. The crew tried to throw
the pow der in the magazine overheard, but had
not time to 10 50, the explosion Of the shells
commencing in seven minutes after the flames
were first discovered. The captain and all the
crew escaped unhurt.
The explosion Of the shells set the negro
quarters on Mr.. Harbutt's plantation on fire,
besides firing the tops Of trees and all combus'
tble material. The halyards were burnt on,
when the flag Of the stars AMI bars hoated oil
and lodged in the top Of a tree, and blazed out
10 the breeze just as il il had been placed there
by design. This singular occurrence Is inter
preted 6y that gallant engineer Samuel Book,
as an omen that our cause is bound TO triumph
under all circumstances.
The sun., 1861-12-26
THE NEW YORK SUN
THURSDAY MORNING. DEG 20 1861


The journals contain little not already in the
SrS. Our English relations continue to be dis
cussed at great length, but We discover no new
CHARLES JEFFERDs, convicted Of thj murder
Of MATTHEWS, is generally considered dst
enc. Prom the special Washington dispatches
Of tie TDEs We take the following
The Mexican imbroglio is beginning to a..
sumo a most serious aspect The government
here addressed friendly letter to tbs Ministers
Of England, France and SPAN, informing their
Governments, through them, that the Udiied
States could not Join the tripartite treaty, bu.
that arrangements were about being made be-
tween the United 5 ates and Mexico whereby
EUgllnd and France would bo able to got thi
interest on the bonds which those Govern meat,
held, and which wouli obviate the necessity ot
those two Governments, at least, in joining said
expedition. But it appears from their ansSer
that this il ret satisfactory TO them. Tney
have other designs. They say Il 10 thsir put-
pose to restore law and order throughout that
country, 20 that not only foreign subjects but
foreign interests will bo safe and under an pie
protection
There s deep t-eachey behind al this.
4 London correspondent says;
The confederate hig is to be seem Ayiug side
by side with our own On the Aielphi Thol,ro,
in the = rand, whore Mr.. Don Blurciclult il
play ing the 'O,toro)n;" while ragged boys are
p5idiing tho elonou. onbl IN Of slavery at
penny apiece on tho steps Of Exeter Hall. Be-
iorc many weeks are over va shall, perhaps, 40 >
a British army rcprcssng slave insurrecIlOn
and British officer, aud troops detailed on over
set- duty.
I,s Lower Potomac correspondent, unicr dstO
Of Dec. 20, writes
Y s.srl,y and today the rebel bltle-ic, on
the rltom ~ have boon wonderfully employed
IN y ting powder and bail. Probably $1,000
would n.t replace the ammunition consumed IN
their pyro cChnic Displays Of the last iS hours.
NOV vessel has betn disabled, out Of the sixty
Nhich have run the blockade within the aJOyo
time, nor q soldier victim1cd OF injured.
Tie worID takes up tho question of labor
in is relation to cotton, ard gives statistics
proving that free labor in the Southern states
would bo more profitable than that Of slave at
present price,. T. continues the war inaugura-
tod ly the SrN, against those mouths OF hsll,
the concert saloons. 1t ha, the following in TO-
lat,on 10 the question OF an exchange Of ptiion-
ef-.
In consequence Of tho hesitation exhibited hy
the federal administration 10 sanction q form j
exchange ol prisoners, lest, 10y 40 doing, they
should IN some way embtrras, their position
and action in crushing the rebellion, a cont
mittee was recently appointol 10y tho Missi.
| chusetts III tUru Il Society 20 inqIirc into an
| report TO what extent an exchange Of prisoners
~ . ,it.D, u .rlUE The AmHrictn Revolution,
| .. ,s,v,i,lly % a.c.rt.in AID report #, by
| ..t exchanges, tho rights Of SOW
| Ivy n iu.I by tho crown wei.
u,pl.CI IN England TO have boon
. -uy wsy impaired or sc. aside. Frer
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The aenrch for DR.. YoEeI.

Tho London ATHENFuM says; Intelligence
has been received from the expedition in search
OF DIR. Vogel, the African traveller. On the
10Th of June the expedition was At Mssawa,
where DR.. Mundzinger, Of Berne, had joined,
swelling tho number Of members to that OF
twenty, exclusive Of servants. In few days
the party were TO start with fifteen cameb and
eight mules, for lieren, In the BogOe country,
and pass on through AOyssinia. Several Of the
Europeans bad been taken i'll from the gfeat
heat they endured. 1t was lately stated by DR..
Ule, the originator Of the expedition, that the
reports of DR.. Vogel being still alive assumed a
more definite shape, as thosc sent in search Of
him approached the place OF his supposed cap
tyity and il had been determined by the man
aging committee to dispa'ch a second expedi
tion by the road Vogel himself had taken (yiG
Tripolis, Murzuk, and Kuka) which would hay'
for its sole object the discovery and possible
rescue of Vogel himself, instead of being made Il
answer, as the first expedition, the ends OF hq
manity as well as those of science. For thi
purpose il would he composed Of only few in
| dividuals travelling in the guise OF merchant
and endeayoring to pass without exciting
| nntica- -
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The Canadian Gun Hont Fleet.

The swarm Of hornets, Gays the Montreal
GAzErrs, destined In case Of war TO play an
important part in tho contest, consists Of 2l0
vessels, anil 10 divided into four classcs. The
first class, of which the Flying Fish, one Of the
Pfince OF Wales squadron, was q specimen, Is
competed Cf screw steamers Of 200 feet in
length and 350 horse power, and carry two 100.
pound Atmstr jng pivot guns, and four ~
pound Armstrong brcadside guns. Tho pivot
guns arc placed one abaft tho foromast and one
between the funnels These beats aru very
fast, and draw about nine feet when light. Tho
crew is 100 men.
The stcord class are 15O feet long, 200 horse
power, cary four GS poundcrs, ant tho crew
numbers 80 hands The dryf "a ab ut foot
Tho thiri ella are a Ou' lOl tses loig, of 90
horse pcwor crliu's, armed with ono GS.pnunl-
er rivo gur, and two bHs, u p'uLder no Wit
ger, on ihc b'O d,ido. This tl's ~ hy f,r tn,
mos rumo Gus ut tho ilo''lli, their II ~ ir,it,
itCm ! to q feet enabling them 20 steam ia q
hclor crceks d iulct., whrc h,ir 'rrnii ,hlr
AMMAN snt tcLdCis them effective Elttiu.t the
srorgc tJrs Tho Who'c hllwaiks arc pro.
yilcl vi Il uov,hl, Wrought iron plates, rifle
prooi, aud rcHrhi w about seven Tee. above ths
'Cch, 20 - to p'ol,c tho men from tlo c'e n, 4
iiil rcn in cai' ot having 10 t,r'o tho ptts4t,
Oi rar-aw riyct' def n'c Nv sharp shooters
Tte fourth class ~ alro n u,, iul tlJ.iiA itc
WY shallow SIR ans Il closc in-shoic sorvicc.
| II COmrr's Nc,s l. Of about ciyhty t,ct loig
| the ongincs avoIalg NJ twenty horse power, Csch
| boat cirp ing two ~ pturdci pivot guns amid
| ships, the crew numbering thiiiy.six hands, Ok
| elusive d officers. Th1 diaf, or water, with
stores, am mrunition provisions aud luu5 on
boart, dos not cNcrod - to feet.
The whOlo hntllli Is provided with high
| p c.suto locomotive hollc's the plBcs n,cessai-
| II devoted to tho machinery rendering this OK
pccicnt absolutely impc -ativc TO &C ,uumisc tho
| limited area. Yet, small as the hor,c-poWo ap-
p,ars, the speed Of the fleet Of gun vessels is by
no means contemplate, tho tlowcst averaging
| toS knots, md tho lis ca, from 9to IL,
| hnuia.
The mortar beats, 100 in number, aye cutter
| rugged. " th ,hup suiis. Their tonna e aver.
ages l2O tons, an ,hcr draft of water f,om I
| 10 feet. Each ia abou. forty Zee, long and IL
broad, ana armed with ono 13.iuch mortar
| wei sliHg, with staLd. . tons. Some idea of
| the immense strength of the construction Of
| th,sr vessels may lc formed when IL ia men.
toned hat uudcr each dis,hargc the mortar
| r,,nils wi Ih pressure uf - tors
The whole of this inr,illa coul bn equipped
ior sea in iow week., aud their hostila pre-
~orrc uron the Canadian lkes would not only
cover all Western Canada fon attack, hut
tender tho American hko citio, very unplcl-
SAINT places nt tcsd,uc' Tor pcirrahlc people.
All can pass mp the st. Lawrence canals, and 4
great part Of them through the Chambly into
| Lake ChJmIluu.
The sun., 1861-12-26
The Great snow storm.

A Connecticut correspondent slys'-Fitty
years ago today began ono Of the most violent
spow storms that ever swept the Now England
COST" Tho great ChristmS storm. The
afternoon and evening Of Monday, December
Ito air from tho southwest; the gale suddenly
struck this meridian about half past eleven
o'clock from the northeast, and raged with ter
rifle fury through Tuesday. tho 2l'h, aud then
changing 10 the northwest 1t blew with but liz
tie less violence through the night and next
day-Christmas day, "Wednesday, 2jth-whirl-
ing the drifting snow in smothering volumes
the cold intense. Thursday, the 26th brought
moderate weather; but the storm had told ia
story OF loss and ruin in life and property II
does not seem so long ago-and yot II ls fifty
years.
The burning OF the Richmond theatre was
about the samo time, when 80 many lives were
lost. think it was the evening Of Thursday,
Dec. Goth, 1911.
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Miscellaneous.

THK Earl OF Aberdeen has abolished the game
laws on his estates, SLOWING his tenantTy TO hunt
game as they please.
EDWARD A. CUrLEr, Of Putnam, Conn, has
purchased $50, 900 worth Of cotton and is run
ming his mill iull time.
THE bridgeport FARMER, which was sup
pressed for treason last summer, Is annOutoed
for appearance.
CHOLERA is meking great raylges in India.
Al Ciwr pore the natives aro the principal vic.
tiu-. Al Kandahar eight thousand people diod
in oSb' cor da,s.
TIE p, sport syst,m ia mo strictly carried
on IN Poland. To get passport 20 leave tho
,uuu'Tv ruts Pole four hundred rubles,
vii ch i, a out two hundred atd eighty dollars
TuE Wa Lington correspondent Of the Proyi-
| det ce PRFsS hEcns England, II tho tone OF h 81
pro- 0r ul y itorion, to graSplng arrogant,
iullNlu-, suptrcillOus, hl pOcrticll old Pumble-
| vh,,k.
Srr CnRrsrnrnRn WHEN, while building St.
| Paul's received a salary OF only two hundred
| pouLds a year lie was hoist'd in basket 10
| the top OF the building three times week, at
| the great hazard Cf his life.
DoN JomS Of Bourbon the Spanish Preten-
| der has issued a decree for a loan vi twenty
million dollars, promising to repay II toniod as
| soon as the vote Of the nation shall call hun to
the throne Of his ancestors.
TuE French National Exhibition Of 1865 will
| be the greatest ever undertaken. Sir Joseph
Paxton will have charge of the erection OF the
building, which will be provided with done
| 800 feet high.
Ar the Worlds Horse Fair, to be held in Chi'
cago in September next, there will bs premiums
of II 900 for running hores $4,000 for eques'
trian performances by women, and others ioi
different classes.
| PEOPLE fond of long names will he interestef
| in learning that Prince Suwarrow Rymniksky
late Governor General of Livonia, has been aIt
| DointOd Governor. General eff st. Petersburg
and General Rokassowsky has been appointed
Governor OF Finland.
THERK is no theatre in Calcutta One exist
ed some twelve years ago, whom It was sold u
| the Jesuits for a church, Tor ten thousan'
rupees. Property has advanced 80 in Calcutta
I that the site OF this old theatre is today Wortl
one hundred thousand rupees.
FIERRE BETHI ER, a rich Pole Of Cracow
having in disdain spat upon the ground durln
| the reading OF u proclamation by the Russia
authorities, has been sentenced 10 serve for lit
, as a soldier in the dsc plinary companies OF tn
0Ienburg corps.
0 A MAN named Beck, who, under the inti'
snco of liqucT and the news from England, vi
s hurrahing for JEFF. Davis in tbs streets
Wheeling, Va, few days since, was cor
o pslied 70 sabsids by means Of q mysterio
q brick, ana hsa SinCs laid up Tor repairs.
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TIE I,urify OF gentlemen.

Perhaps geRd,mep arc rarer Personagos than
some,o us think Which ofus can point 20 many
such In his circle2 Men whose aims are goner-
GUS, whose trust is constant anil not only con-
slant in kind but elevated in degree, whose
want of meanncss makes them simple, who can
look the world honestly in the face, with an
equal manly sy mpathy for the great aud small
We all know hundred whose coats are well
made, and a score who have cxcollont manners,
and owe or two happy beings who are what they
call in tho inner circle, and have shot into the
very centre and bun's.eyc of fashion but o
gentlemen, how manyl Lot US take littl,
scrap Of paper and each make out his list.
The sun., 1861-12-26

leave Confederate SOIL stating that he considered
hin far more dangerous there than in the feds.
raj army.
In accordance, then, with this view, Critten-
don ordered q company Of cavalry TO conduct
Brownlow TO Zellicoffers camp, whencs he
could make his way TO the Federal lines aud
upon the strength Of this order-which Brown
low took the pfecaution 10 have committed to
psper-he made every preparation to leave. But
his disappointment can hest he imagined whom
he was taken prisoner the following evening,
on warrant issued by rebel connis .ioner
uamed Reynolds, an Inscriptions rasc al, who
wa ouly too glad Of any excuse TO deprive the
brave patfio, of his liberty.
The sun., 1861-12-26
Blind Jack Of Knarcsbsrouah.

SMurs in bis olives of Engineers" r,lstos
some anecdotes Of q curious character with this
rsme, in England who, in spite Of his blind
ness was a. bold rider as ever took tho field.
He trusted much, no doubt, 10 the saR,city of
his horse but ho himself Wa apparently ro-
gardless Of Danger. Tho hunting adventures
which are related Of him, considering his blind
ness, seem altogether marvellous. He would
run his horse for tho petty prizes or plates given
at the fessts in the neghborhood, and on one
occasion he rode his horse in a match in Kuarcs-
borough Forest. Tho ground was marked out
by posts including q circle Of a mile, and the
race was thr times round Great odd, we're
laid against the blind man, because Of his sup
posed inability TO keep the course. But his in
gtnuity was never At fault. lie procured a
number Of dinner bells from the Hurogs,e inns,
and tet mon to ting them a. the several pos,t
Their sounl Was enough to direct him during
tho race, ard the blind msu camo in tho
winner
After this rscs wa, over, q gentleman who
Owntd a notorious RI away hor1c cams up,
and oti, rd 60 lay bot with Motc ali that he
could not lal'p tho hose hriy yards sud stop
a. within two huutroi. Mc'calf a-cep.cI tho
ho', with ,hi condition ia. IA, might choose
hs pa,u y. This wls a,r'oi ~, hu! "a ro ws
D. i,i h"r be 20 nor vail "a tc ia .c..
Nc'calt icrtl with pr c''',d o. tho .iish ,of
hOOC tf he largo bog. rear th, illr,og to Old
50, ard having PLAYED pct-'n a. tho .ine ia
~hi,h ho prep, "a to iiic. Who AZ, 30 .ia.
,'g 20 guide tim ly its sou'', b, mril'rd
rG rode Hrsirb' into the bcls, Vhcr, u had
h ho'sc II u,'ly sinpp q Wthu ,h, oupu-
h'od too hurd,,d yAui-, stuck up 10 vi sal
N, g''hs IL 'hc miro. a 'cdt .rrinllrd
Ut ani cl'imN' HE wager; bit It wa Nil
The gioatc-t difficulty that 90. hor.o could Dc
cNtricd,d The tlud man lso played al
lowls very su,c, s,lully, receiving tho odds Of
I.T h., s1af1.s Of ,t.sh.
H. had thus three bowl. for tho others ono I,
and h. took cato to rl,ca one iir, Il At the Jack
ard auo'hcr midway, who keeping up, cons ant
discpunc with him, cBshlcd him o. iiily to
Judge Of the distance In athletic sports, such
~ wrestling and boxing, he was also great
adopt AMI being tos iull-,rown man, Of
.l;rcat strength and robustness, about six foot
two in height, few dared try upon him the prsc.
ticil Jokes which coWircly persons ara som,-
times disposed 70 play upon tho blind.
The sun., 1861-12-26

A rcrCrel order from She War Department
dchnci tho regulations of the new all tnent
-ystcm in the army, rs follows:
First, The assi gnment of pay will bo m,do on
a separate roll to he executed under the super
vision of the captain or immcditte commander
Of the recruit, at tho time Of the oulis .mont Of
tho soldier in camp. Second, Whom completed,
tho allotment roll ia TO bo transmitted to the
Paymastor General, by whom tho deductions
will bo made on each subsequent pay roll, and
the Aggregate amount of zach com plny's as
sisnmout will he transferred by him - the is
tributsr Hamei in the roll together with a
copy OF said full.
The sun., 1861-12-26
The Ccmctcr les Of London

Dying in London is about a, serious an opcr-
alton rs one can attempt, for ailoi to the orli-
nary gloom and doubt attendant on prcp,ra.
ton for the long journey, there are tho prob
lens in reference To the matter ur burial. which
nIc rather depressing to the miud, aud uot Of
easy sOlution. How many bodies havo uc,u-
pied the dust wh,ro am to he lid2 How
many will loo buried over mr2 How long be-
ioro my dust will hc shuvclcd circlr,sly away
10 make room for the intcrmcnt uf some litcr
cumcr2 These are QucatiOns Of serious import,
aud not quite a. UnswCrihlo in that mJdcru
li,bylon as in somc other portions OF the Garth.
Hurried in the rural districts, the dust Of 4 NOR.
tai Is usually uudi-turbcd. and = reasonable cor,
tainty OF this comes to most people ~ q last
u.ar., iur o. +. not unpl .,.,Tt to reflect thu
ME nla ard ri iti,c-, Rcquaintnnccs ant loved
'uc viii visit your gave VIII II you are almost
luI mi 'ss hcrcath the Stone which stands in mar.
I lv roiiccncc, telling your ago and virtues. But
iu the vast human web Of London the case il
very different The statistics are startling. 4
uu1un serial gives tho iollowinr "a far back a
~ "ln the metropolis are siacos Of groun.
which do not exceed 2O3 acres. closely surroun
| 'ct by the abu les Of tho living, liycr upur
lnv'r, each cen i,iins ofa populotion numcri
cllly equivalent To large a'mvuf2 % 900 lults
'nd nearly 20 100 youths and clil ltcn are every
| ,osr very impurtcc;ly iutarrcl lrihiu H. prf.
! ioi IF NE crvgHcc n NE present gcrcrd'im
| Dp'royds ofa million # tent must hare BEN in
! ftrred in those Same spares
| IL would appear that IN 1903, the deaths re
| gistcred in the Metropolis were nearly O2,vvU
Let these bo taken at 80, 600 annually (thoy ar,
row about 60, ,OOO), AMI London woull rcpur,
a pace equal to that of 81. James Park-oay "a
acr, s-tor It's burial ground. Again assume the
huinls TO he renewable in doconnil pliiO Is,
and tho space required would be equal to tho
to the areas OF Hyde Park, Of ST. James Park,
and Of the Green Park taken together.
To avoid making London a vast burial place
only, city Of dead rather than living, II has
been found necessary to os' Nli,h distant Clme-
terics to which railroad, are bull; and fu lcral
trains run, in sav three pu'rters tf an hour.
The sun., 1861-12-26

At Cas',luaudry, in the Auic, three nights
tack, Gays GNIIGNANO fro broke out IN tho
lover part Of convent, called the Bcsuinagc,
aud spread with great rnpidity. lu tho building
were forty pcrsons p being nuns, and tho rnst
giIlz, their pupls. All the nuns sNcep, ono
we're sleeping ON tho first door, and that one,
Nistor AlcNaudfino by naue, was in q wand on
the llooc above with the girls. When she alarm
a fire was given, the nuns on the ts floor sue
ccod ed IN ttcapinu-un,, however without dill :
Guilty, tho conhAgra'ion having reached tho
sisiroasc but Sister MoNlnlrino AMI tho pu-
pls were, on account Of the smoke and iino,
unable to descend The sister, at first, took tho
girls TO a garrett but tho fire sscended 80 rapid
" that, in short time, she obliged them to
seek refuge ON tho roof. There the girls,
most Of whom were in their night-drosSos,
raised loud cries for help, some persons who hal
been ced TO the spot fastened one ladder
IN the crd Of another, but oven 80 thoy
could not qui reach The roof and, unfUrtu.
natoly the situation Of the girls aud the nun
became every instant moro critical, owing 10
the flame. bursting through the tiles. \ man,
however placed himself on tho highest round
uf the ladders, and Others pltcod themselves at
intervals lower down. The sister then, At
great risk to herself proceeded 10 let down the
children one by one 20 the man, and they were
passed down the ladder. Ono little girl Of
weak intelloct, named Founicr, not having
obcyod the Instructions Of the sister, fell into
tho midst of tho flames and was burned To
death. Another terrified by the approach Of
the conilagmton, leaped from the roof, a
height of nearly 10 feet, but, strange to say,
received only slight conlusions. A third, in
getting down, accidentally fell from height OF
about 30 feet, together with the man who held
her, but neither was hurt. At last all the girls
having boon got down the sister herself was
rescued The local journals speak in the high
,st terms Of the courage and deyoteduess dis
played by this excellent nun, young woman
Of ~, named Leluel. As to the conhagration,
| 1t was no' extinguished until the put of the
| building in which il commenced was destroyed.
The sun., 1861-12-26

The Cincinnati GAZETTE says: We had the
pleasure Of an interview with Colonel G. +.
Trgg, one of the Fast Tennessee patriots, who
arrived in the city last evening from Knoxville.
He represented the condition Of affairs in East
Tennessee as desperate.
The day preceding the one on which Colonel
Trigg left Knoxville, Brownlow had an inter-
view with General G,orge b. Crittenden relA-
tive TO his conveyance TO the Federal lines in
Kentucky, as Benjamin, the rebel Secretary Of
War, hsd, in letter to General Cnttenden,
declared his willingness that Brownlow should