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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-16


The Hon. A. II. STEPHENS, 10 his recent snesch nj
Atlanta, Ga, said:
Our enemies say that they only want to nrotact
the public property; and yet have it from uncu es
sioned authority that they have mined all the pnblsc
buildings In Washiastcn--the capitol and all the
other departments the purpose Of destrovins
them. They have called out rs o0o men, they say
70 psoIesI me PUBIC property now In their posses
sion and 10 retake and protect that which they have
been forced to give up; yet wherever they are
now, they nave prepared to DESTROY the p1.onertv
and have destroyed attempted to destroy ali that
we have compelled them to relinquish, because of
ther lhtentons 10 use 1t for the purpose of subu-
eating US. sumter was mined to be blown nm on
leaving 1t. Much of the property was burned IN
at Harpers Ferry, In hastily vacating that place:
and an attempt was made to burn IN not only ali
the public property on leaving Gasport Navy Yard.
but the whole city of Norfolk. This is one of the
most remarkable instances on record where Prov.
dence was on our side. Plans were laid to burn up
the Navy Yard and the whole city. The incepdary
fires were lighted; and, if their intentions had sue
cceded SUCH conhagration hiss never been wit
messed on this continent. and would have been
ond only to the burning of Moscow but, just at
the critical moment before the rayages had extend
ed, the wind turned. The winds of Heaven tarned.
and stayed the spread of the devouring element.
The same wind that kind Heaven sent TO keep of
the feet at Charleston till Sumter was reduced,
came to the relief of Norfolk at the critical moment
Providence was sgnally on our side. They at
tempted to blow up The dock, the most expensive
one on the continent-but there was break in the
train they had laid, and it failed They attempted
to burn down the old Pennsylvania, Germantown
and the Merimac They set the match while they
endeavored to get out of they way of their intend
ed destruction but the vessels sunk before the fire
caught-aDother remarkable instance of the inter
position of Providence our behalf, and the
strongest evidence of our rectitude. We were right
at FIRST are right now, and shall keep ourselves
right to the end.
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The TFue Issues.

Shall our troops b. sustain in the field and saved
from the penalties to be inflicted by bloody usur-
per, whose mercenaries shoot down men. women
and children, or shall they be abandoned and left
60 the fate Of rebels by the freemen of Tennessee
at the election on the 9Th of June? Shall LINCOLN
aid ANDY Jon son and his followers? Shall Ten
nessee be overrun by lawless despGradoes, because
LINCOLN and Cabinet are made to think that we
have Union sentiment" in the State, which ia
another name for = tory sentiment, under existing
circumstances! Are such loathsome creatures
murdered the people Of St. Louis, to be
qusrtered among us, to oVerawe unarmed
citizens and TO produce a reign of terror
such as hss not been Witnessed, since the days of
tie Frence revolution? Is Tennessee to submit to
be forever misrepresented and her patriotic i'm
pulses to be turned by her enemies into submission
10 the most despicsble tyranny, since the days of
RoBEsPERRE?
The Tennesseesn, who viii not arise and assist in
speaking TO our oppreSsOrs, in voice that can not
be misunderstood, is unworthy of his heroic
sires and should have been serf of Russia.
The Southerner that would uphold ssch usur-
patton as that az Washington snd would quietly
submit to it ought to have been born binder the yoke
of the vOmsn-whipper of Austria-the infamous
HATNAU. The who would himself play the
tyrant, if he had the power, is made of
material out Of which slaves are created.
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AFFAIRS Az washington.
THE Lincoln Administration Eager
for Blood.


r,o.,., n,.,.,o, a, .bo Cincinnati cornesrsai.
w.,,o,,r Nav 1s-Advices received to-day
,orar, -, 81. rrsphed on Saturday, In reference
sSnN' - ea ~, - the Rebel forces nov coacon-
seS: zf;ciuia Gen. Scott Knows Posiuveiy
,s.eu ~ ssereta number of men srmed and IN,
'AA' INC Hsscted AZ various points, from Hsrpers
go Ann "a Lynchbu-g does not exceed 70. OOO.
49, 81 the scouts sent out by the Government
=. --oved arrant towards and liars, they made
anorts hat bore stamp of exaggers,ion on Their
tsce One fellow returned yesterday with news
rat one hundred thousand men were about Rich-
mond Gen. Scott asked how be sscertained their
number? have eeen them all from hill said he,
The General had no further question to ask him.
The Government would fam see all three moRshs
men changed into volunteers for the war. 1t is
now evident that the call for three months service
will serve rather &C embarrass than benefit the
plans for Itbe suppression of rebellion. Three
hfths of the Northern troops enlisted under 1t now
here are, however, ready to enlist for the war.
The sloop of war Pawnee is anchored at the foot
of the main business street of Alexandria, with her
guns run out the port holes She crossed to prevent
interference with the Potomac navigation.
TIL disarmament of the Secession brigade In 81.
Louis, will be fully sustained by Government
Secession sympathisers still actively engaged
here in REASONABLE mactinaticns. Even IN the
Departments suspicious characters are still ioler-
ated
The Chiefs of the Fire Department of New York
and Philadephs are here to effer steam engines in
view of the reported attempt to fire the city.
A great pressureis brought to bear on Gen. Scott
to in duce him to order advance of troops into
Virginia Even members CT the Cabinet have be en-
exeriiug Themselves TO this effect But the saga
c;ous cid hero will not move on Richmond until ne
Is opite ready.
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American Affairs i'm Scotland,

friend sends US the following extract from the
Dundee (Scotland) Advertiser, of March 29. At the
time our Scottish contemporary received the intel
ligence upon which be predcates his article, LIN
COLIN was holding out the olive branch with one
hand while with the other he was preparing to
subjugate the South. The Governments of Europe
will be amazed when they receive the unimpeacha-
bic proof of the duplicity and perfdy of the LIN
coin Administration on this subject.
From the Dundee (scotland) Advertiser, March o.
In the United States or rather in the States that
were united, the storm clouds are fast drifting
away President Lincoln will not attempt coercion.
The North is divided-the South is as one. The
prompt and extensive measures by which the seced
ing States proved their readiness TO meet force with
force have saved them from having to resort to the
arbitration of the sword. In the North the cry of
abolition has resolved itself into very different
cry Some months ago an American gentleman of
Southern views told US that the cry of abolition
raised by the North was not sincere cry, but was
meant to mask movement in favor of protection.
We fear there was more truth than we were at the
time disposed to believe in the estimate our Ameri-
can friend gave US of the worth of the free State
clamor against slavery. Brought to the test the
Northerners have, at the first blush of danger Of
fered to enforce fugitive slave law throughout
the whole of the free territory. But, while thus
ready to surrender their principles, their adhesion
to peIf as shown in the tariff points out clear
ly enough what considerations have the first place
in their esteem. On the other hand, the seeding
states have, under the guidance of Dir. Jefferson
Davis, displayed amount of GOODNESS and patient
resolution fer which, judging from the fiery and
demonstrative temperament of their politicians, we
were hardly prepared. If friendly bearing to-
wards the people of this country will do anything
towards mitigating the dislike with which we of
this side the Atlantic regard the champions Of the
4" Domestic Institution" that friendship will be
sbundantly laVished on US. All that favorable
tariff, strict prohbIon of the African slave-trade
and the establishment of direct lines of steamers TO
England can do to propitiate the British will be
done. 1t is pity we cannot say much for the
people of the Nor h, from whom we are to expect
better things than from the South. II would seem
from the tariff that there people of the
New World content TO pick up and wear the cast
off clothes of the nations of Europe. Protection
isp, out at elbows and quite scare crow here. is
the fashion at Washington. Really, there is no
accounting for tastes One might suppose that our
Yankee cousins think it possible to become exclu-
sive in their dealings were the Japanese and yet
keep up their list Of exports and pocket the same
annual sums of European money.
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There are said to be guns that ''kiek harder than
they shoot" and infict more injury on the frer
than the "fred at" The Richmond Enquirer thinks
ABRAHAM LINCOLN will soon discover such gun in
his blockade He has not only blocksded our ports,
but in doing so has placed an embargo on bis own.
The Yankees own about ton of shipping for every
bale of Gotten grown in the South; their ships must
remain idle at their wharves, having no Southern
produce to carry and no returns to bring back, ans
We may safely assume, that in foreign ports prefer
ence will invariably be given to ships Of ether ma
.ons, from fear Of those guerrillas Of the ses-our
privsteers-who, traversiug every ocean, will soon
rsnder shipments in Yankee bottoms unsafe. Mas
sachueeits can no longer send US her shoes, hats
and blankets; Connecticut must keep her carriages,
wooden clocks, clshss pins, hoe handles and other
such cheats ct home; and the thousand articles we
have 60 long purchased from the Moth will remain
on their hands The Northwest also will be very
seriously ofscted, wing no market for her large
stock of provisions, which is usually scld in the
South.
Evidences are not wanting TO show that The North
is becoming restive under such restrictions. The
groans Of the Yankees, though suppressed, are oc-
casipnaly heard, through a muzzled press, and the
tyranny Of public sentiment. The LISCOLS Gov
eminent will yet learn that in running The ma
chine" somebody viii! be hurt"
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The EUROPEAN PEEsS on AMERICAN AFFAIRs-Ihe
latest English papers brought by the steamship Al
frics at this port comment freely upon the surren
der of Fort Sumter, Of which accounts had been
Just received The tone of these papers is very sig
ception, strong Southern bias. Even the Manches-
ter GUGTOsd1 always an opponent of slavery, Is OF
the opinion that the seeded States will have been
raised in estimation by the recent events at Char
lesion, and goes so far to charge Mr.. bincoln's
policy las including every kind of blunder." The
London Times is more reserved the hole affair st
Fort Sumter being utterly inexplicsole." The
Liverpool hsTclTy thinks the issue of the conflict
between the two great opposing sections "cau
gcsrcely form subject Tor speculation because the
North will be deprived of its most productive, pow
erfGl and wealthy districts.H The Liverpool foSt
anticipates fighting of the most terrible description
between armies IN many respects equally hStcHeu'
fired by that peculiar ferceDess which consanguIt-
ity ever gives TO the battles of brethren. Inc Lu-
ropean Times reviews recent events, ana peaas LOT
peace. 1t would not be strange if England should
conjure up some pretext for relieving the COTTON
trade from restrictions and avertIng disaster from
her manufactures With the intense feeling ikeiy
10 exist among the English people, and win vast ln
terests much affected, they will IND II oiIcult 10
remain passive spectators Moreover, Mr.. hnsselI
(Londen Tines correspondent representations OF
affairs in the South which read with eagerhees
all through the British Kingdom VIII pc nkey W.
borrow tint from the latitude in which they are
written, and exert powerful influence IN moulding
public opinion-Neio York journal Of Commerce.,
Wdy 10. 70 -
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The FcderaI Courts.

We are requested by Judge HUMPHREYS to state
in reply TO letters addressed to him, that the col
lison cases set for hearing at Nashville on the rat
Monday in June, will not be disposed of at tho:
time and that the Clerk of the District Court st
Jackson has been instructed not to transmit the
Record to this place.
We are also requested to state that, on the ap
ulication of WILLIAMS against the Southern Bank OF
kentucky for an injunction, he Judge HUxPHRETs)
has decided that the late Marshal AcLAEAHAN
hiss no power to execute any process except
o,ch az yxxs in his hands at the time of the sP-
ro;,,nent of his successor, and that the last ap-
Tointee has no authority to act till he is sworn and
has given security 8. required By act of Congress,
and there is therefore, no Marshal for the Western
Division Of the State.
We are also requested to state, that the Court at
Knoxville will not be held on the third Monday in
this month.
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The public anxiety 70 be advised as to the intend-
ed operations of the troops now being concentrated
in Virginia cannot, of course, says the Memphis
appeal, be grati6ed BY those having charge Of the
military preparations of the South. Publicity would
advise our enemies well as our friends and, II
forewarned, they would be more efficiently forearm
ed. Every refecting reader VIII see that prudence
requires the utmost caution the part of orr lead
era in the crest slrugglewhch is inaugurated Every
prudential consideration will convince the most aux
ious of the necessity eff secrecy, not only as to
movements, but as to means We have a willy foe
to deal with, and the people of the South can rely
with perfect confidence upon the sagacity and
patriotism Of those in whose hands our lives and
interests are placed, in this emergency The thou
sand questions hourly asked cannot be answered,
and the suspense must be bona If our preparations
are properly made, the result cannot be doubtful
Let our friends be patient and let there be Jetor pup
locations By The press as to the movements OF troops
Sc
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Message of the Cover nor of Massachu-
sets.

Boston, May 1.-THE special session Of the Leg.
islature met at noon to-day.
Gov. Andrews message is exceedingly patriotic,
and gives detailed account of the action of the
Common ealth. He says this is no war of sections
no war of the North on the South-it is not
waged to ayenge former wrongs nor to perpetuate
ancient griefs or memories of conflict but it is the
struggle of the people TO vindicate their own rights
TO retain and nvigOrate the institutions of their
fathers and the jestc effort of the national gov
eminent TO Vindicate power and execute its func
tons for the welfare and happiness of the people.
After speaking of financial affairs of the State,
he says that commissioners with letters of credit
for fifty thousand pounds had been sent in April to
Europe to purchase the most efficient arms for the
State and says when Congress meets they will
doubtless release US from paying duty thereon.
Another recommendation is tie establishment of
State encampmept for military instruction. He
recommends loan to meet the expenses OF any
emergency. ard suggests that the scrip be partly
issued in sums of $50 SIS, $780, that small capital
lists may share in the investment.
The message cohcludes by saying Heavy
sponsihilities have fallen in the providence of God
uoon this Government and people, and they are
welcome. They could not have been safely post
poned. They have not arrived too soon. They
will sift and try his peopie-all who lead-an who
follow but this trial is given revive past
and will breathe respiration of life into
national character and reassure the destiny of the
republic.
In the Senate today bill was introduced au-
thoIizing the Governor to form one or more camps,
to consist of 900 men, to be enlisted for three
years, and who to be governed by the United
States military law. These troops are to be liable
to draught on the requisitlon of the General Gov
eminent,
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From Cairo.
Special DiEpstch

Special Dispstch to the Cincinnati Enquirer
CAIRO May 13.-Our camp was disturbed last
night by rookie: sent up in Cairo, which called all
hands to the line
The cause was-the Belle of Memphis landed
on the Missouri shore and sent over for in
formation, with insh uciions 10 send up q
rocket if the boat could PASS. She was no: in
lerrupted.
SIX kegs of butter were taken eff the Kcnnett
to-day, thinking they were powder. AS soon
they were opened, they were delivered up to
the boat.
Sellers, the spy, is stilb in custody. Another
vas arrested to-day He is said to be NIessen-
ger for the Adams Express, from Jackson, Ten
nessee.
The horses for the cavalry companies from
Chicsgo came down Saturday night, and are
qusrtered wbarf-boAt The companies are
expected to-day.
All remains quiet here. The troubles in st
Louis have made cur soldiers more vigilsnt. Two
thirIy-two Founders arrived last night.
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The English Press on American Affairs.


Nature or somethif g that stands 10 its stead, is
81 i'll strong in the Americans They fight ''wiing
but viii unwilling minds" They lift the hand TO
strike they wing the instrument of death, but q
mysterious power sverts the stroke, or blunts the
edge, or deadsns the blow. Are they in earnest,
or are they playing st war, dreaming that they
strike, and still strike noe? It sounds more like
dangerous game than sad realty. Seven batter
les preached and bombsrded Fort Sumter for
forty hourF burned down its tracks, blew up
several Magazines threw shells into it innumersble,
and did a vast shaw Of destruction. The Fort re
Piled With like spirit. At length it surrendered,
the garrison marched out prisoners Of war, and it
was then found that not man was killed or an OH
Ger wounded on either side Many difficulty"
at q bar has cost more bloOdshed Was this pre-
concerted feat of cOrjuring? We're the rival Pres
idents ealuting one another 10 harmless fireworks
to smuse The grcundlings3 The whole affair is ut
terly inexplicsble.
What next? An attempt TO re capture Fort Sum
ter? A contest at Fort Pickeut? A struggle for
tAe Capitol. A diversion in TexssS renewal Of
uegotiatiopf No one knows, and what is worse
no one credits President Lincoln for any plan. We
can only compare the two sides and strike bal
ance. In the North there is army. and navy,
and money, and q more numerous white population,
without, too, the incumbus Of slavery. There is
also the tradition of the Union the Capitol, and the
successor of Washington. Modern warfare cannot
20 on without money, and tbs Northern States car
more easily raise and spend hundred millions of
dollars year than Inc Southern can raise ten
millions. All that is outside and material is in fs
vor Of the North. Il has the prepondersnce Of
everything that eau be counted, measured and
weighed; that can be bought and sold; that car 10
tered in ledgers and put on 8 talsDcssheet Il
has he msuHfsctores Lha building yards, the dock
yards the whole apparatus Of national wealth and
strength. 1t has the morey-msrket, and 1t Dor
rows more easily than Il . South. where however,
political zeal sustains fictitious credit So in
the North We read of numerous gatherings Of
Ststs forces; Of many steamers chartered stripped
Of their finery, filed With soldiers, food and am-
muuition, and steamipg Southwark. So much for
the NORTH In the South, on the contrary, there 10
little or nothing but that which often Bscones ne
counterbalance 70 everything elsa There sie q e
men Of aclicn, who can eerphips csns pire kssp
The secret, have . plan, cad csezE i pps without
vayeriog or finching The politicians at Wash
incton have been Yacillatlng between peace ard
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John RrccEtnr,dv.

Cor. Anderson, batter known as Maj. ANDERSON
who surrendered Fort Sumpter to the South Caro-
lnIans stated at Harrisburg that JNo. C. BRECKIS.
RrDeE wonld meet him at Cincinnati and take com.
rnand under him. If he does, it will be in the
defence of Kentucky against LISCOLN'S mercensries
We had not supposed that Maj ANDERSON would so
soon abandon the flag he 80 desperately defended
But so it seems. Certain that JNO. c. BRaCK.
1ERIpoE will never turn traitor to the South.
In brief the whole statement is clearly lie made
and dispatched for political effect in Tennessee and
Kentucky. We warn the public against the lies
that will be circulated by the Government st Wash
ington, which now has the telegraphic wires Under
ahnir cnntrnl
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Estray in Dickson County.

FH7kKEN by j. O. Devore, in Hickman ty, Tenn IIh
Dist'i-t, tss Sd Of APRIL 1861. yeh1w gray Rilly
40 Ut "a hapds INCH hgn right hRa Lot white
up to 4 Joint! small ws her f5rehad biz
foot IknHs1 b. tie gear. R&DkAh, aan<er.
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Hon. A. r.. Rateler of VireinI a.

The Winchester CVa.) Republican publishes the
folio wing extract from letter frcm the Hon. a.
BoTELER the late member Of Congress from that dis
trict The Republican says Mr.. BorELER was one OF
the first to Join volunteer company private in
the ranks, and march to Rarper's Ferry, in obedi-
ence to the orders of Governor LETCHER. Mr.. BoTE-
LEE says
"In reply to the inquiry contained in your last
letter have no hesitation in answering that heart
ly approve of the recent action OF our State Con-
venton and expect to reterate my approval at the
polls.
You know with what devotion have loved the
Union, how faithfully labored with those VINO
struggled TO nsnain it upon its original Constitu-
tiona basis olastice and equality. and how reiuct-
snt was TO abandon the hope OF IFS re-cOLstruc-
tiun But alas the coerciye policy OF this peFhjl>
Gus Administration and the malig ant aiacrlfy wa
which that policy has been responded 20 by all par
ties in the North has sbunsunty testified that the
Union of nv love. the Union which our fathers
made for our protection, has been perverted by
sectional hatred into weapon of oppression that 1t
is no longer shield of safety over our heads, but
sword of eubiugatiOn at our hearts; and that the
only alternative left to US Is either base SaLn'nlS-
sion or revolutionary resistance.
Il therefore. Recognize no other ralying point for
my patriotism than the unfurled tag OF our good
old Commonwealth, and no true Virgnian will hes
ltate 20 follow lts fortunes TO fight beneath Its
folds
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PROCLAMATION.
Governor of the State of Tennessee

TBNO ShEs Of she counties CT Warren Cannon Coffee,
Van Franklin Linooln, Giles, Bedford Marshall,
Maury, Rutherr, williamson, Hickman Hardin, Wayne,
Lawrence, in said saeeethg You hereby commanded
open and no escon. at all The places CT folding ee
ns your respective countless the 9Th Of juno next
after having given the notice required By for the election Of
for the ID division Of the Militia Il said State,
f vacancy in said division and thereof make
to according 10 aE.
In testimony whereof, have hersupts set my hand
g. and caused the seal OF said State to Be axed
T. At Nashville, the 18th day Of April, 1861
by the Governor: ISHAM g. HARRIS.
J. q RAY, Secretary Of State.
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