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HORRORS OF EAST TENNESSEE.


The National Intelligence is permitted
to take the following extract from pri-
yate letter addressed to Senator johnson,
of Tennessee, by gentleman at Grab
Orchard, Kentucky. The writer is an
East Tennesseean and an assistant sur.
geon in the army. 1t is impossible to read
his pathetic narrative of the suffering Of
his people, and not repeat the emphatic
inquiry With which this extract con.
cludes.
81 have visited our friends of the two
East Tennessee regiments at Somerset. and
saw number of my acquaintance from
Hamilton, Rhea. Bledsoe, and Marion
counties. According to their reports Ia nd
they are reliable) no people were ever SO
cruelty treated as our Eniun friends urc
N those counties. Squads Of rebel soldiers
are literally securing the country. The
Union men have had to fee from their
homes and hide amid the Businesses and
caves OF the mountains, and the rebels
pursue and hunt them like wild beasts. -
Hundreds are trying to make their way to
Kentucky, while hundreds despair Of
reaching here, and still lie concealed in
the mountains freezing and starving. All
that the rebels can capture they hurry Of
10 Tuscaloosa, Alabains, or to the Peni.
Tertiary at Nashville or, which is worse
sill, murder and leave them TO rot in the
mountain They also destroy and steal
oil kinds Of property-hor.es, cattle. hogs
corn. bedding, furniture, clothing. cloth
etc, and they report that j, is getting
worse every day Good Heavens c.rnot
viii not ~. the Government, send help to
them ~
A correspondent Of the Nashville Pat.
riot, writing from Knoxville, Tennessee
under date Of Dec, Ii. gives the follow.
ing account Of the hanging Of one Of the
bridge burners
% Tuesday last, Eve minutes after IL
NJ, the execution Of Charles Atrxaude,
Ham, convicted Of being engaged in the
recent conspiracy to burn the bridges on
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General Shleldss speech.

General Shields recently arrived at
Washington TO enter upon the d ty assign
ed him by the Administration. and in re.
Spouse to serenade the other evening
said:
"When the summons of his adopted
country reached him he was wandering
among the mountains Of Oregon, but took
the first steamer to San Francisco, and
thence to New York, where he delayed
but one night, and had arrived here in
health, strength and heart, ready for the
work before him, aud there was much to
be done
While there was possibility OF CON-
promise and peace, he was content. But
now he had thrown aside politics, aud was
only soldier. OF three things he was
confident, that he would be true to bis al
leeiance, would do his whole duty, and
would never turn his back upon the foe.
He wished to say few words to his
friends of the Irish Brigade, and other
soldiers present. An armed mob was not
an army, otherwise the Persians would
| have whipped tie Greeks.
We have in this free North the best
military material in the world What we
need in addition is discipline and general.
ship. Ten thousand disciplined troops
could whip oil the men who come to
Washington in ten years. He was happy
TO see that We had an army on the Poto-
mae, for which fact great credit was due
not only to the General in Chief. but to the
Administration. He knew the South, aud
did not underrate its strength: but. prop
erly led, the Northern soldiers were more
than match for any people.
He would inculcate as the first duty of
a soldier, obedience. If he were in com.
mnnd of brigade or division, be would
break it in or break it down. In conclu-
sion, he said: This army, if properly
handled and CALAMITY led, will reverse
Bull Run, redeem American honor and
! American character, annihilate the rebel
Government, and restore Ibis great, free,
Continental Republic to its former high
place among the nations of the earth.
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New York, Jan. l.


The Bermudian of Jan the 9th, has
the following paragraph I: Her Brittanic
Majestys steamer Racer, arrived here
from New York on Friday last. Her ad-
vices are to the 10Th ult., and contain news
of the highest moment. The American
Cabinet has acceded to the just demands
Of Great Britain, namely: the esloration
to her protection Of four persons forcibly
taken as prisoners from the steamer
Trent. This decision must, we think, be
hailed with satisfaction by all PARTIES
We are thereby spared from the apprc-
hcns;on of the horrors Of international
war, and the Americans have shown their
good sense in thus complying with the
very moderate demands made Of them.
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1t is lawful to be taught BY your foe,
says the old Latin proyerb, and just now
the rebels are pointing us a most instruc-
tive lesson. We find it in the Richmond
Despatch of the I'd Of January, where that
paper is discussing the imminent and awful
danger from which. in it's view. the South
has just escaped. Itsays;
"The developments Of the last four
weeks of the war have been the most re-
markablc that have occurred durin. its
entire progress. fhe beginning Of be-
cember saw the Yankees in full force, ap-
parently ready for decisive battle at all the
important points Of the frontier. On the
Potomac they had the best appointed army
on the continent, stated by their own au
thority to be two hundred thousand strong
In Kentucky they had massed together
two immense forces, Of thirty to fifty
thousand each, which menaced Columbus
and Bowling Green, and all indications
pointed with certainty to an immediate
advance upon our lines, at time when
we were weak and were poorly able to with
stand assault from heavy columns FOL
iicoffer was pressed before Cumberland
Gap by force more than double his own;
Pound Gap was at the mercy Of Nelson,
having only thousand men to oppose
againet ten thousand; Rosecrars was on
the Gauley with an army which he now
confesses to have been fifteen thousand
strong, against Floyd, having only TWEEN
ty-three hundred; Reynolds was on Cheat
Mountain with FIVE thousand, opposed by
Johnson with only twelve or fourteen hun
dred, and Sherman had succeeded in land
ing fifteen or twenty thousand men at
Beaufort, while we had in that region at
the time but few thousand forces, little
better than militia, poorly provided with
arms and ammunition. And to crown
all. the splendid weather invited them tc
the charge.
"Then was presented the golden oppor
tunity to strike at every one of these
points. Bold, effective blows, stricken
then simultaneously by all their armies
could not have failed to crush our strength
in several quarters, and put gloomy face
upon our affairs. Success at Columbu,
aud Bowling Green would have been al
most annihilating to our fortunes in the
West. Success at Cumberland and Pount
Gaps would have cut our connections Will
Tennessee and Kentucky irretrievably -
Success in capturing our army in til.
Kanawha would have laid open all middle
Western Virginia next spring to the cas-,
, invasion ofthe enemy. A vigorous pusl
, from Beaufort upon the Charleston ant
Savannah Railroad would have separated
those two cities, and cut our army Of til,
seaboard in two.
HBut the enemy have let the COLDER
opportunity slip through their fingers
Il They have allowed MS time to make goo,
our decences in every threatened. quarter
the energy OF the southern people ma
been aroused by the imminent danger, ant
we are now safe in every point where be
fore we were so vulnerable. Our darg &c
: is passed, and we are now. at liberty t
I speculate upon the blindness or imbecittit,
which prevented the enemy from using al
opportunity which will never return t
him"
A 81
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
Fortess Monroe. Jan. ]

Fortress Monroe, Jan. Ii.
The remaining vessels OF the Burnside
Expedition. which have been detained
here BY bad weather, left this morning.
The regular Thursday flag of truce took
to Craney Island several passengers fol
the South. The boat brought back seve.
raj released prisoners, among them Lieut..
Knight, of the LIST Ainnesota Regiment,
Nineteen citizens also came over to 60
North.
The only news in the Southern papers
is an exags Grated account of the affair be-
tween Humphrey Marshall aud Col. Gar
field, in which it is stated that Marshall
was retreating when he was attacked
The fighting is said to have been very hot,
and the rebels of course gained the victory
with small loss.
One hundred and sixty prisoners of war
are expected here tomorrow, to be ex-
changed and sent North
The gunboat Rhode Island arrived from
Galveston this morning. Her dates are
Galveston, Dec. rs; Ship Island, Dec. 3l;
Mobile Bay, Dec. 81; Fort Piekens, Jan.
2; key West, Jan. 6. and Port Royal,
Jan. II.
The gunboats ST. Louis, New London,
and Water Witch left Ship Island for b.
loxi on the 3lst of December The result
was not learned, but as the Rhode Island
was leaving, the New London was seen
returning with three schooners in tow.
The schooner Venus was captured of
Galveston by the Rhode Island She was
bound from Point Isabel for Franklin,
Louisiana, with cargo of tin. copper,
lead and wood. valued at $4,000. She
was sent to Ship Island.
The rebel steamer Florida is inside
Horn Island
The rebel batteries II Pensacola having
repeatedly fred at our small vessels, For,
Picksns opened on the rebel steamer Times
which was loading stores at the Navy
Yard. The rebel batteries responded and
the firing was continued until evening,
TT. Pickens firing the last shot The rebel
guns were well aimed and most of their
shells burst inside Of our fort. Only one
of our men, however, was wounded One
of our shots made large breach in Fort
Barancas In the evening, our firing get
Warrenton on fire. Tie conflagation con-
tinued all night. and the place was still
burning or the evening Of the I'd instant,
when the Rhode Island left. The fire was
seen at distance of 35 miles at sea.
| The Mount Vernon, which arrived here
yesterday to coal, lett her station off Will
mington, n G., on the 18th inst. She
encountered the storm of Tuesday She
saw part of the Burnside feet off Halter.
as. The Mount Vernon reports that she
burnt light ship on New Years night,
which was being fitted out for a gunboat,
under the guns Of Fort Caswell The rebel
steamer Gordon is on the stocks for re.
pairs of damages received in her eneoun.
ter with the Mount Vernon in December
/
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FROM CAIRO.

Z" Cairo, Jan. Ii.
Six Of the new gun boats were commits
stoned to-day by Flag OfficerA A. H. Foote,
and are now anchored in the river here.
The steamer d. A. January, with the
55th His. on board, is ice bound IS miles
above Cape Girardeau. The Steamer
Belle Memphis has been sent to her as
sistance.
Col Smiths 45th Illinois regiment ar
rived here this evening.
No news from the expedition.
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Gen. Halleck Explains Order No. 3.
Especial to the Chicago Tribune.

NJ. K1OUI"J Ouus 4 NJ
Gen. Halleck has written a letter, which
appears in the Democrat of tomorrow, re
proving an officer for delivering up a ne
gro claimed As fugitive slave. He states
that such was not the intent of .'Order No.
g." 1t was not designed toad either ne
gro catchers or slealers, but by ercludiag
the persons, to erclude tie question. 1t
was not designed that the relation between
slave and master should be determined by
any military officer, but merely to keep
out negroes avowing themselves fngilives,
nor does the order prohibit acts OF human
ity to such persons, such as furnishing
them with food and articles of clothing
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BUnNsIDE,s EXPEDITION.

New York, Jan. 16.
The brig Mountain Eagle arrived here
reports the British steamer Gladiator with
traitors Mason and Slidell on board, ar
rived at st. George, Bermuda, 9th inst.
and sailed for st. Thomas on the 10Th,
whence the two rebels would take passage
for England.
The steamer Mantanzas, from Port
Royal the 9th, reports on the p. m. of the
18th passed Burnside's Expedition this
side Of Hatteras.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-18

NEW YORK MARKET.

NUW OIky OdH- IU
Flour-M Market quiet; 5450555 Super
State; 5759580 Extra State; 545tO5b5
Super Western; 575D590 Common to
Medium Extra Western 5 95@6 90
Stripping Brands Extra H. II. O.
Wheat-Dull.
Corn - Market dull; 65Q66 Mixed
Western.
Pork-l1. 75(a f2,574 Mess; SOS 80
Prime.
Lard-Steady; 71@SI.
Whisky-25M25i.
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pa- The military debts contracted by
Gen. Fremont, in st. Louis, are now be-
ing paid off, aud the Auditing Committee
have adopted, as the most expeditions
way OF notifying claimants, the method OF
publishing each day the number of the
claims ready to be paid
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rF "Let it be boldly said" cxclaims
the Independent that the slaves Of reb-
els are the nation freedmen - We echo
the cry, adding that when the nation
comes to that point the rebellion will cease
like the ceasing of a frightfnl dream.
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I INTEREST RENTED.

The following Resolution was passed by the Boardet
Supery i~ors al their regent meeting,
Resolved That the Treasurer aud Collector Ia hereby
instructed To remit OIL the Interest thai IL due the
Taxes 70 Lee County Except The year S6il provided
that the Taxes paid within the ninety days,
and thai the Clerk give notice of this ouiIon in the
Fort Madison PiaDheater aud Gate CIss aud that this
take effect from aud after publication In sAdpa-
pers, aud further,
Hesoved. That the Treasurer be required to notify
his Deputy Collector in each Township, AMI further,
that The Treasurer all efforts 10 give notice person
ally Of the parFoH Of this Resolution.
STATE OF IowA,t :.
BEE Coz sTy,
/, krie ]. Lscch. Clerk OF The District Court,
of1co Clerk Of the boa I'd OF supervisors do hereby
certify the foregoing be true abstract ofs Rcsou
on the 9Th day OF January, a u. fS62.
-~>> Witness my hand mud seal Of ohiee al Fort
L.S Madison, this 9Th day OF January. 1869.
~ ERIE LEIGH Clerk.
-+----- h CHAnLEs DoERE, Deputy.
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RI Col. Gariicid, whose bril-,

E1 Col Garfield, whose brilliant sue
cess in routing Humphrey Marshall's reb-
Of force, near Prestonburg, has been late
" chronicled. is the principal Of -four
ishing seminary, Of a high academic or
der, in Portage county, Ohio. lie Is an
accomplished scholar. graduate Of Will
liams College, Mass, and was prominent
member of the last Ohio Senate.
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REPUTATION OF ENGLISH Day GooDs.
The young ladies Of popular seminary
met last week and mutually agreed that.
until justified by the more fraternal action
Of England toward the loyal prrty in this
country, they would neither purchase nor
wear articles Of English manufacture for
clothing. Acting on the hint thus given,
the Young ladies of several seminaries and
schools OF Massachusetts have made the
same resolution. La one instance in Chel-
sea, Gas We are informed by citizen Of
that place, one school--teacher and pu-
pils-hape entered into compact, aad
pledged themselves to be diligent ut all
times to propagate their feeling Il Boston
Journal.
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st. Louis, jan. TO.
Robert Wilson, President Of the State
Convention, has been appointed by Gov.
Gamble to gil one of the vacancies in the
United States Senate, occasioned by ex.
pulsion Of johnson and Polk.
Nothing heard from the expedition which
left Rolla Tuesday for Springfield.
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Rather than see these States remain dis
rupted, we would prefer to see freedom
prevail koyer every Slave State OF the
South. ::
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EE- Weed who figured tit st. Louis
during Gen Fremont's military admins
tration, it now appears, was appointed up
on the written recommendation Of Mont
gomery Blair. Yet oil his transgressions
were hcaped upon Gen. Fremont
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n~The Green River correspondence
OF the Cincinnati Gazette says:
believe that Gen. Buell. is now read '
to start the grand advance on his lines,
and that the delay is not with him, but in
another quarter"
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EEA man may get along without
adyertising--so can wagon-wheel with
out greasing, but it goes hard,
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1I We learn that Major Corse, Of the
Iowa 9th, who has been at home, sict, for
some time past, leaves this morning 10
join his Regiment Hawkeye, 18th.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-18

~ The Davenport Gazette announces
that the 10th Regiment will be filed up
against the last of the month.
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4 GoIored Eye Open.

"Tather than see these States remain
disrapted. ire uoQld preier that slauery
should rreuail orer ete,y free State q The
North Sesat- Secetl-
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WINTER ARRANGEMENT
TO CHICAGO
AND ALL EASTERN CITIES
NJ EW STAGE ROUTE.
The Proprietor ~ now running DAILY LINE Of
FOUR HORSE COACHES
TO QUINCY!

In connection with ihe Qaiucy and pniayrs, Quincy
sad Toledo, Hanniba and 81 10. and Eastern Railroads
leaving QHiHey.
Stages leave Keoksk every nnrninE SUNDAYS
eeHel nj ocloek arriving 81 Quincy The saue day
In time Tor Trains Fast, South or West.
persoDs golnE To st. fouis will hnd this the Cheapest
aud Quickest Route, with only two changes
III TBAgRaRe Checked Through from keuknt.
IT FStsees call for Passengers Ia any part VI the city
free IL charge.
III rThrough Ticketsfrony Ecokuk ST. Louis and
All eitiesi IN THE Eat and Nesi be procured the
Union Railroad ofee ~ MAIN and ri streets,
Krokuk, Iowa. EAG0N d HEWITT,
III. r. JUDD, Ticket Agent. proprstors
, 1862-10-22
nIsSoUnI AND THE BORDER

Tho Lea1enworth Constrrast,s learns BY
late adstces from Fort Scott that Gen. Blunt
has ordered Major 4eDning to construct a
telegraph line from this place to Fort Scott,
BY way of Lawrence, for the purpose Of factl.
itatipg the transit Of military information and
the movements OF our army, This will hy a
eub5tahttsl and permanent improvement to
Kantas, aside from lts fnestimable value for
tho purpose indicated above
"A letter from m officer In the q Army OF
thu Frontier" dated twelve miles north of
Osfsville, Mo-, October 11th, statez that there
were three brigades, under Generals Brown,
Blunt and Solomon, at that point, awaiting
orders to advance Into Arkausas. Reintorce-
ments were daily arriving, and the force would
shortly be large enough Tor any purpose. ,Be.
sides fhe rebel force Of il, 900 that retreated
from Newtonia On the Sd inst.,i was reported
that Hfndman was movibg north with REIN
forcements. Our troops. were advancing
cautioufly,, bringing In rebel p1ckets, eyery
day; and 1t MAS thought re m|ghs meet tho
enemy IN force, and hght battle, any Day.
The Sd Mlfsoufl cavalry. hare taken about
seventy prisoners lately: forty Of; them
on the railroad between NoilA and st.. Louis.
II these men had succeeded in their plans they
removing rails aud throwing The trains from
the track. Some Of them pretended that they
were on their way to give themselves up to
our side. They took one at a time az they
came into Rolla to attend q pretended horse
race during Last week. :
, 1862-10-22
Presentstion or Rebel Flag to 0ol.
tOus& Chicago l9httory.

Prescntatlon or a Rebel Flag to Dol-
TOMS Chicago lsattory.
Especial Correspondence OF tho Chicago Tribune1
BOLIVIAN, Tenu., Oct. te. 1854
The flag was presented to Bolton's Battery
on Sunday morning, the 18th inst,, In the
presence Of the artillery Of the division formed
in hollow square, Maj. GER. Hurlbut and staff,
MAI. Gen. Granite staG, Brig, qen. Yeatch aud
staff, the of1cors Of the 6th Ohio cavalry, and
the field and line officers Of many Of tho tegi.
mente. MAJ. Gen, Hurlbus, in making the
presentation to Capt. Bolton in behalf Of the
battery, eaid that, as he Was prompt to punish
cowafdice, a. bo did III mastering out ths 18th
Ohio battery for misconduct At Shiloh, 30 he
WAS also promptly In rowardinE merit. The
batteries Of thes division acted 1neritoriously
On the 9Th, on the fleld Of Metamora. Bo1.
TONS Battery was fortunate In having the lead
bf the division, which enabled them 10 dlstiu-
Kulsh themselves upon that occasion, and cap
iSssa h9 e9los # m tse rsg%9sn T.: o9k sk
By the battery In harpy remembrance OF the
Of according to their best Judgment.
The eolors being handed TO Capt. Bolton,
hc said: i. s :: -. "a
That in The name Of the officers and men Of
bis command hs returned his most 'slncare
thanks for the honor done them III presenting
these co}ors they we're the more acceptable
a. they were won unaesfsted By either artille.:
" Or Infantry which demonstrated the mate-
riel Ok the Chicago bAttery,'.:i, .,:',:.
He said the battery WAS es8lg1od to his
{Mat. Gen: Harbntt'6) command on tho 10th Of
April, what mas known as "9Teen battery;' ~
that II 1t has NOW nstoe, Is In no small do
gree attributable to the care and kiudnsss, At
tho same time, strlctness,t displayed BY Qen4
Hurlbut; that II tho generals Commanding
10 the field would adopt bis coprae;; Of dlact-
pllne-of kindness, pfomptneas aud strfctneas
In place Of that cold and stand+off reserve 90
familiarity connected with "West Point gradu.;
ate'-4the honest volunteer would not 90 often
copaider himselfa trespAsseF when fighting
for the rights Of hts country. q ~
Capt. Boltep went on TO say. that It was the
deslre Of the of1lee1s ind men OF bis command
/ thAt the coloIe should be presented to the
city Of Chicago, frotd where most Of them
hailed, 70 be retained Ia hef archives ID 70
membrance Of the battle fought And won BY
Yeatch, By Lauman, md By MAJ. Gen. Hurf.
but On the banks of the Hatchie. =:
After tho presentation, the several otf1cers
retired to the eonlmtssary tent Of Wm: Jones,
IT,, where they partook Of colfadon pre-
pared Tor the occaIlon. ~
, 1862-10-22

~" Atthe government horse corral, near
the observatory grounds, In Washington. all
tho army horses and mules aro bought and T.
!spected; sick and worn ont auimls p1 IN
hospitals; wagons repaired and: teams fur.
nished the army and the commiasaries whQ
kend supplies to It; and everything done ne.
ceesary to furnishing adequate 'quartezmAs''
. aar.s aupn}fea e. =. =. .:'t v..-s
There are over 5000 man employed Id these
shops. and the cost Of 1abof and. materials Is
nearly 90, ,ooo month, There h.1o been IS
many al 19. 600 horses and mules in tho corrAs
At one time, aud The daily average Is l6,o9o.,
In Fagons and harness the place does IN I'm,
1nense bustness.. Il keeps tbs entire army Of
tho Potomac 'supplied.> Old Wagohs and ha7.
ness are brought to the place and repaired,
being sent ont 40 good as new. In repalra
alone it Is estimated that: $1,000 IL saved
monthly; $4,000 horse shoee are made and
put on In the aanne length Of timelH i.