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The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-14
The Coming.sBattle to be DecisiveIto
Produce Peace.
[From the RIohmona EnquIrer, Nov p

[From the Richmond Enquirer, Nov 29.1
The battle, whenever IL may be fought
between General Lee and General Burn
side, if successful TO the Confederate
arms, in the opinion of some, will be the
final battle Of the war This may or
may not be the effect Of Confederate
victory. II certainly will not have tho
effect Of ending the war if resulting in n
Confederate defeat, or even drawn bat
tie, or undecided battle, like that Of
Sharpsburg. 10 produce peace the victory
must be ovcrtohe'naiyg, The roHte consplete--ais
Aasterli1 d, Jena. ft 4 ltbi gf
If such victory can be gained the in
fluence OF Washington will be gone, and
th Il city may be captured. Such a re-
suit should be before the eyesof our SOL
diers, and be the object Of the contest.
We must hare an AV'teriitz before zoe Clis
hare 1eace--ilo other Dicioryf Is north anything
AL our previous battles were but
| schools, wherein our soldiers were taught
how TO fight. They accomplished nothing.
The war continued Notwithstanding our
victories because the effect Of those VIC
tories were more material than moral
We must nom haze great paoral victoN
demonstrating, By It's total rota, The folly. Of
further proceeding he i0lr.
Public sentiment in the United States
upon such victory would quickly range
itself on the side Of peace, and the Ab0-
litionists defeated and routed in tho
field, would be driven TO make peace
The history Of wars throughout the
world attests that only great victories,
with overwhelming defeats, lead 10 peace.
The treaty Of Lunebills had its Ho-
henlinden. The peace OF Tfesbdrg it's
4 Austerlitz. The peace Of Tilsit itn
Friedland, Eylau and Jena. The treaty
of Paris its Waterloo. h.s,ig- ~
H. If victory was as overwhelming a.
any of these can be obtained peace viii
have been conquered. Upon the next
battle, therefore, depends whether the
war shall end or drag its slow length
along in undecided battles or more ma
terial victories.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-14
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compulsory labor, which enables aho
leaders of the rebellion to control the re-
sources of the people, the rebellion would
die of itself ea ltm
Under no circumstances he's any dis
position to seryile insurfecsion been ex-
hibited by the colored population in any
Southern State, while q strong loyalty 90
the federal Government has been dia-.
played on every occasion, and against
every Encouragement By the means
suggested, the rebellion may be disarmed
and subdued swiftly and efFectnalIy, and
the lives OF our own people saved from
slaughter on tho battle field By the
occupation Of all their forts on the Mis-
sissippi and the sea-coasi, market will
be opened in every rebel State for the
industry Of our people 10 supply the
wants Of the army, and also of Loyal
| population, in exchange for the valuablc
products OF their labor. ABother point
Of attack is by armed settlements upon
the vacant government lands in Florida
and Texas. Thousands in the Northern
and Western States are impatiently wait
ing the signal Of military movement 10
plant their homes in the best territory
OF this continent, and bring it back TO
tho Union as loyal States. SO far from
(. the Southern States being invIncible,
no enemy was ever so vulnerable il
the means at hand are employed against
them. II your proposition for compen-
stated emancipation, aud voluntary re-
turn 70 loyalty, be blindly rejected, still
the proper application of the means at
command OF the government cannot fail
to accomplish the suppression Of the re-
bellion, and restoration Of those peace
full relations which were designed to be
established forever on this continent by
the Union Of the States.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-14
A Change has Come Over the Spirit
of Their Dreams.

A correspondent Of the N. Y. Tirses.
writing from Burnsidc's army, who has
made recent visit within the rebel
lines, says that remarkable change has
come over the people Of Northern Vir-
ginia within the last three months. Then
every oRe you met--man, woman and
child--was an active Seccssionist, bold
ly avOwing aud urging their right 10
adopt the reasonable course being prr-
sued. To-day il is just as difficult 20
find an open Secessionist outside Of the
army as IL was before TO find Union
man. Even the women, who have, In
fact, done more than all the laws under
which the JEFF. Davis C0nfederacy is
governed TO fiji up and bolster upl fhe
demoralized army, arc beginning 70 feel
as the good housewife does sometimes,
that their cake is all dough Secession
unleAvened by the inausuce Of woman
is Slapped of all vitality. The children,
too, who two years ago pat on the hated
insignia, are beginning 70 follow their
natural inclinations, and now, Ia some
instances, are found wearing the eagle
upon their breasts, and denying, when
asked, that they are Secessionists. The
men everywhere arc disguised with Che
war. Na Ia
There is no longer 10 be heard tho
talk Of the desperate among the people,
old or young bat IL Is rather the lan-
guago Of culprits, dreading Che punish
ment they fear may come upon them for
their misdeeds.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-14

WHAT Co.'s INTo THE CoNTRIBUTIoE
Box.-At contribution taken in a
church in this vicinity, recently, the re-
ceipts were as follows: Two ST bills,
three 20 cent postal bills, one 20 cent bill
Of George Young's currency, thirieen ten
cent postal bills, nine cent postal bills,
80 cents in silver, forty-one 3 cent pos
tage stamps, five ! cent stamps, three 3
cent stamps, one IL cent stamp, two ?
cent blank check stamps, sixteen copper
cents, twenty-four nickel cents, one "a
cent stamp Boston Herald.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-14

25th ult. concludes long appeal for the
employment OF negroes in the rebel
army: ~
BY the employment of our negroes as
unarmed auxillaries, we can serve two
purposes. The army can be relieved
from all mental service in camp, and in
erecting defences. II can be- kept more
efficient. We can, also, place between
us and the enemy Notifications and OBJ
structions TO any extent, and as quickly
as desired, with the aid of which the
preponderating numbers of our foes can
be much more efficiently, if not success
fully, resisted. We can cut bitches,
rifle pits, and bring to our aid all the ar
tificial means known to warfare to retard
the advance of an enemy, They can be
employed as servants in our camps, as
attendants in hospitals, az teamsters with
our baggage trains, AID in this way re-
lieve thousands, and enable them to
shoulder arms, thereby increasing our
combating strength 20 an extent that
can scarcely be estimated
The Confederate authorities have no
power to use this element, but the State
can. And we submit, in view of the inn
minence or the dangers that threaten us,
its authority should be exerted. II we
are found unable TO cope with the enemy;
If our State is overrun; ii our plantations
arc ravished; the power we have with
held to prevent the disasters will be tax
Gu from us. We must be successful 10
preserve it; why not then use it to aid in
success ? The people themselves will re-
joice hereafter should such measures be
adopted, and the army will thank them
for the relief and assistance. Let the
policy Of Alabama be adopted at once.
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suNDAY 8MoRNINe. REo. a. lseg
The Military Departments.


our army is at present divided into
ten Departments, as follows:
The Middle Department embracing
the State Of Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware and Maryland) a,
The Department of Virginia "
THE Department of North Carolina.
The Department of the South
The Department of the Gulf.
The Department of the Ohio. ~.
The Department of the Cumberland.
The Department of the Tennessee.
The Department Of the Mississippi.
The Department of the Missouri.
If our readers, either abroad or at
home, will turn 10 their maps, and start
ing at the city of Washington, will trace
down the Potomac and the Chesapeake
10 Fortress Monroe, then along the coasts
OF the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas, to Corpus
Christi; and then returning, start again
at the national capital, and will trace
westward up the Potomac and across the
Alleghanies, southwestward through Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, to Mem
phis on the Mississippi, and thence across
through Northern Arkansas, to the Indian
Territory, they will begin to have an idea
of the magnitude of the line covered by
the foregoing Departments. It is this line
extended beyond any parallel in history
and almost beyond the conception of oul
critics in Europe, that our armies hav,
TO occupy and protect, and upon which
they carry on the gigantic operations o
suppressing a rebellion which has usurp
ed the possession of an empire. Tn
coast line aloAe, including bays, sounds
etc, is not less than 5000 miles in length
and the territory AROUND which the cor
don of our armies is obliged to be ex
tended, is as. great in extent as the En-
pires Of Austria, France, Great Britain
and Prussia combined Exchange.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-14
A Plea for the Employment Of Ne
groes in the Rebel Army.

Tho Grenada, (Miss.) appeal of the
25th ult concludes long appeal for the
employment OF negroes in the rebel
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19
Northern Secess1onIsts.

The Rev. Thos. Starr King, in a speech
/, lately made in San Francisco, thus sharp
ly exposes the meanness of Northern SYM
pathizers with treason
Can any creature be so despicable now
on the globe as a Secessionist in a loyal
State? Yes what a forlorn creature he is,
Ought we moi rather pity him? He has
no country. He can't open a pride in it.
He has cut himself off from the heritage
of his country's memories, from his diyi-
dend of honor in the fame of Washington,
and his supporting staff of patriots who
served their country by their valor, and
built a grander policy in it by their
genius, and the help of God. He isn't an
Englishman, nor a German, nor an Italian,
nor vet an American. Even a Mexican
stands off from him, more noble than he,
for a Mexican runs to the support Of his
flag. forgetting old sectional animosities,
and feels his blood stir as the banner of
France ~righteously goes down before it.
A S~ecessionist in a Northern State Is an
orphan, forlorn and pitiable.
No, he is ~despicable, rather; he has not
the manliness to go to fight for the flag he
hopes will triumph. He stays and nour-
ishes his wretched breath where it is safe.
He stays under the flag he hates, which
generously protects him, TO plot against
it by undermining patriotism. lie IS a
perpetual spy, cunning and cowardly.
He measures accurately the pressure and
ferver of public sentiments, and talks
against the government that blesses him,
Just to the limit of serious peril. His face
is just prudently radiant when news of
disaster comes. He taps the public men
as a woodpecker does a tree for decay and
worms, and finds who have the tainted
spot in their hearts and makes them fit
for him to vote for. And he lives on thus,
month after month. loading his tables
and perhaps filling his Golfers with the
bounty that flows to him under a flag
whose halyards he would like to cut,
whose power he would like to hamstring-I
a traitor without one CLEAN of nobleness
which the open conspirators show, who
set their life upon the cast" and stands
the hazard of the die"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19
Affairs in North Carolina.

A gentleman from Wilmington North
Carolina) informs the New York Com
mercial Advertiser that the present con
dition of things throughout the States is
deplorable in the extreme. Many fami.
lies which before the rebellion was inau,
gurated, never knew the ''woes of want
or the walk that costs a meal" are now
suffering the pangs of absolute want Not
only are luxuries scarce, but even many
of the common necessaries of life are not
abundant. Butter sells at from SOC. to 81
per pound; bacon from 65 to IS cents;
-four $50 per barrel; boots S25 to $50 per-
pair; coarse brogans $40; cassimer pants
SOS; calico 81 so to 81 per yard; common
felt hats Sc each; tea from Sc to So per
pound; shifting from 81 oSl so per yard;
flannel 81 so and So a yard; cards former
ly relaxing 80 cents a pair now sell for SO.
He states that q majority of the people in
Wilmington are sick of the war, and
would cheerfully hail the cessation of hos
~tilities and the restoration of the Union,
although Gov. Stanly is harshly denounc-
ed by the rank secessionists.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19
The Atlantic Telegraph.

Messrs. Glass, Elliott & Co., the English
Submarine Telegraph Contractors. have
written a letter to Mr.. Cyrus W. Field, Of
which the following is an extract:
In reply to your inquiries, we beg to
state that We are perfectly confident that
a good and durable submarine cable can
be laid direct from Ireland to Newfound-
land, and are willing to undertake the
contract upon the following conditions:
First-Ihat we shall,be paid each week
our actual disbursements for labor and
material.
Second-That when the cable is laid
and IN working order, we shall receive for
our time, service and profit, twenty per
cent. on the actual cost of the line, in
shares of the Company, deliverable to us
in twelve equal monthly installments, at
the end of each successive month whereat
the cable shall be found in working or
der.
We are soconfident that this enterprise
can be successfully carried out, that we
will make Il cash subscription for a sum of
EOS 600, sterling, in the ordinary capital
of the Company, and pay the call on the
same when made by the Company.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19
Correspondence Sundusky Register.l
From the I'd Ohio Cavalry.
CAMP lsT BRIG. lsT DIV. Army OF THE FRoT'R, |
B~ENrONYILLE, ARK, Nov. 3D., 1862 ]

CAMP lsT BRIG. lsT DIV. Army OF THE FRoT'R, I
BENrONyILLE, ARK, Now Sd. 1867
EDITORS REGIsTRR:-Two squadrons of
the I'd Ohio Cavalry are here in the field
with the main army of Curtis Department
the remainder of u regiment being
dismonnted since the Quixotic "Indian
Expedition" is laying at Fort Scott, Kan
sas, patiently awaiting the movement of
the military waters.
Governor Tod has been assured by Sec
rotary Stanton that an order has been is
sued removing the Second to Ohio to refit
and enter the service again this winter, in
a more eastern department.; but thus far,
the order fails to produce n marked
change in our location. Military neces-
sity" may keep us here indefinitely. not
withstanding the Department order.
Since the change of Department, mill
tary matters are much mended hereabouts,
and our boys could be quite contented in
the Department of the Missouri, if they
could be at once re-mountedand decently
armed. So much of the Second.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19
Brilliant Affair of the Sixth Ohio
Cavalry,

A correspondent of the New York
Times. writing from Warrenton junction
ON the 10th, gives this account of an affair
in which a detachment of the 9TH Ohio
cavalry behaved with great s~allantry:
Last Friday, Colonel Lloyd, of the 9th
Ohio cavalry, left this place with II econ
noitering force of eight men-torty of his
own with an equal number of indiana
cayalry-to ascertain the position OF
things at Fredericksburg, Is miles distant.
Nothing of special interest occurred until
reaching the Rappahannock at Falmouth,
a short distance this side of Portsmouth.
There they found a small picket force.
who mistook them for their friends, as
their blue overcoats were nothing differ
ent from many of those worn by the reb-
els. These pickets, in their innocence.
even ferried some of them across Ia nv
er in their scows before they were fully
aware of their mistake. others OF the
force, in the meantime. crossed Il short
distance above. The Colonel posted hall
his men on the north bank of the river.
Arriving at Fredericksburg he found
about $50 of the 18th Virginia cavalry
scattered about the city in various dlree-
tons, some at their breakfast, their
horses in one place and they in another.
The balance of their regiment was dong
picket duty between that city and Rich
mond. and up the north bank of the Rap
pahannock, being relieved every three
days.
The Colonel first charged entirely
through the city with his small force OF
forty men. and then back and forth
through the streets in all directions,
wherever he could see a few of the enc
my assembling crying out Bring up the
artillery" and striking terror and dismay
among both troops and inhabitants, and
scattering them in all directions The
surprise was perfect and eminently sue
cessful. 1t appears from the statement
of one of the prisoners taken, that the
rebels had often raisen the cry OF 1.-The
Yankees are coming" in order to see
how quickly their forces could be assem-
bled, and now they regarded the alarm as
a repetition of former outcries, and did
not believe in the fact until the yam
KEGS" were really among them. At one
time, our little force of forty had sixty OF
the enemy disarmed and under his con-
troll, but in the general wholesome of them
broke and ran. He succeeded, however,
in capturing twenty-nine of them and
horses, which he brought of, to-
gether with two carloads of secesh army
cloth, which, at the time, happened TO be
passing through the streets. Some OF this
cloth, after getting well clear of the city
The was not followed be the army.) he
had cut up and given to the rebels Tor
blankets, and the balance he distributed
among his brave boys who had so gallant
ly charged upon the enemy. He had
by the barracks on entering the
city, and by the time he had sufficiently
the town, quite a force of the
enemy was drawn up at that point to pre-
vent his egress. But the Colonel, as wise
as brave, bore off in another direction
with his captives and booty. and safely
a ford further up. They arrived
at this plac about l o'clock yesterday.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19
SHERIFF'S SALE,

Sheriff IS once. I %srreni o g. o sH 9 Is5s Sheriff
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19
A Rail Road Canard.

1t is stated that the Erie Company
have purchased the Atlantic and Great
Western (broad gauge) Railroad, and
leased the Cleveland and Mahoning
Road, which connects with the Atlantic
and Great Western at Warren. A new
rail-broad gague-is to be laid down on
the Cleveland and Mahoning line, and
upon the completion.ofthe second division
of the former, trains will run direct from
Cleveland to New York. The first sec
ton of the Atlantic and Great Western
Road is now in good running order, and
at an early day the entire line will be in
operation.
The article above has been going the
rounds of the newspapers for the last six
weeks. Where it originated we do not
know. but of n thing the public may
rest assured. Wis: that there is not a word
of truth in it, save the last sentence.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19
New YORK, Nov. IL

A Harper's Ferry letter of Sunday say:
Jackson's main force is at Stevenson Sta
ton, fifteen miles this side of Winchester
1t is variously stated at from 10000 to TO-
900 strong, but not likely to exceed 40,
900.
jackson never left the valley, but NOV.
ed down the west side of the Blue Ridge,
while our army advanced along the east,
skirmishing at the gaps with our advance,
but never offering serious battle.
When it became known that our army
had no intention to enter the valley, Jack
son retraced his steps. His advance eX-
tends as far as Bath, two miles from Han
cock.
Jackson's cavalry occupies Martinsburg
His headquarters are at Bunker Hill.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. II.
Gen. Heron, of the frontier army, Gen.
Steele and Gen. Harvey, are among re-
cent arrivals at the Planters House.
Important movements and counter
movements on foot are discussed in mill
tary circles.
Gen. Davidson and Heron leave soon
for their respective commands.
~SPRISGFIELD, No., Nov. III.
Correspondence of The Missouri Demo
crat:
Matters with the army of the frontier
are statu quo. Preparations are being
made, however, which indicate demon
STATIONS in some quarter before a great
while. The army has been somewhat re-
organized, and several volunteer regi-
ments of the new levy are added to the
army, in exchange for Missouri State mil
itary Regiments which are to occupy
towns in the State.
This change is gratifying to all parties.
The enemy in Arkansas is reported to
be 10000 under Hindman, and %, 900 un-
der Holmes. The former is near Oscark'
and the latter neal Little Rock. There
are, however. not to exceed LOO men in
Little Rock.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19

CoPPER.-A mass of copper, weighing
twenty-three tons, 1923 pounds, has been
unearthed at the Mesnard mines, Lake
Superior. Traces of Indian workings were
discovered about it. The average dimen-
sions are length, Is feet I inches; width,
3 feet : inches thickness, l foot 6 inches
giving 7,l34 cubic feet.
SILVER AT WAsHoE.-The Silver Age
learns from a pretty reliable source hat
the Ophir Company are shipping weekly,
from their works in Washoe county, the
sum of not less than 5000 in bullion,
and some weeks it amounts to nearly
$780, 900 in value. At this rate the yield
of the mine will probably reach the enor-
nous sum of three millions of dollars
this year.. The Age says there are hun
dreds of mines in hat vicinity equally as
good, which are undeveloped, but which
only require the capital to make them
yield.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19

The ADDRESS OF GEN. BURNsIDE.-In the
w~ell-known novel, Elsie Venner, Holmes
describes one of his characters as that
great rarity, a man who always does a lit
tie better than he promises" So much
are we accustomed to see loud professions
followed by small deeds, and great cry
but "little WOOL" that we almost rush to
the other extreme, and believe a man to
be great because he is modest. We do
not think the rule will fail US this time.
We believe, Notwithstanding the love of
the American people for sensation, that
General Burnside has made very decided
step into their affection and confidence by
the simple and appropriate address which
he published to his army the day before
yesterday. We hail the omen as a good
one. and, if General Burnside were not
we'll known to us already by brilliant ex-
PLOTS. should believe in him from that
alone = Washington Chronicle.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-19

ILLINOIS CoTroN.-A sample of cotton,
raised in Ceder Creek Landing, thirty-six
miles above Cairo, was recently forwarded
to a manufacturing firm at Providence,
X. l., for inspection. The following an
swer was returned 81 have examined
and shown to Others the specimen of III
inois cotton you enclosed. | can only
say, if such cotton can be produced in
Illinois, all that is required is quantity, to
keep manufacturers from going to the So
called Southern Confederacy for supplies.
1t has a woody appearance, like much up
land cotton, but will make handsome
goods. 1t is now worth about sixty cents
a pound.