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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11
FROM TEXAS.

The secret organization in the
Northern counties of ferus has been
completely broken up. TheHous-
ton Telegruq'hof the 2Sth ult. says
a jury of twelve men are emPan-
neled In each of the counties where
the organization is discovered to
exist, before whom the guilty par
ties are tried. Numbers OF them
make full confessions aftersenterce
is passed on them: ea-
In GAINESVILLE % have been
hung. Among those, connected
with the clan DIR. R. I. Lively is
mentioned. He had previously
occupied a prominent position in Sc
ciety. The whole plan being
made known, the organization IS
thought to be crushed: f--l
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

CT Two Dollar a year in advance,
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11
. Nesroes in Wisconsin.

The Fon du Lae Reporter Of the
2Sth uit., says:
About seyeniy-fte ntgro men,
w9men and children. from North rn
AlabatliSi,., arrived in this city TuesGay
night, iu charge Of Chaplain Rogers,
-oftile 14lh Wisconsin, Il ginieut.-
they we're taken to qu9rteri Id the
Fifth Ward, aud "Wednesday the
town people went and sci cted The
greater part OF them for servants. &c.
They were takeu from plantations in
Franklin county, Ala, and sent North
IS free. but the way the thing appears
TO be mhnaged at present Il seems to
be transferring the ownership from
Southern 10 Northern hands. Al
least they are given over TO our cit
izens with, the injunction to take
and use them, and give such com
pensation as you Sc fit. II you d
buse them the government will take
them away from YOU and give them
to some one else . 1t does seem as
though some more substantial prin-
eiPle than that should goveln their
colonization. s grl.F .8
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

A silver United States half
dollar was sold at auction the. 9TH
er day in Charleston for. one dol
lar and forty-five cents, and a gold
dollar for three dollars and fifteen
cents! The Courier says: We mem
ton the sale, not by any means
to show the worth of Exchange,
but simply on account of its novel;
tv. --.I. ....r- .-rss f
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

A correspondent of the Mont
gomery Advertiser says that a
farge amount Of leather, suitable
for making soles for soldiers shoes,
might be obtained if the planters
would give up their gin bands for
the purpose. He promised to
give one, that will keep the feet
6f fifteen or twenty soldiers off the
ground. We have no doubt that
considerable seleleather could
be obtained in that way.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

The Journal says that a private
letter from an officer now with
our army in Northern Virginia
to a relative in WILMINGTON, con-
ours in the opinion of our cores
pondent there. He thinks there
is no appearance of an immediate
fight. But Burnside must obey
orders, and orders from Yankee
headquarters at Washington are
to advance at all hazards. There
is a political necessity for it which
cannot be evaded.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

An Investigation of certain mat
ters in the Quarterlnaster's Bureau
at Washington, has disclosed sew
-eral frauds, and caused several ar
rests. In one instance the Gov
Iernment is charged with double
the amount of grain received, the
brother of the contractor being la
the department.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11


[ From the Cincinnati (Ohio) Fnquifsr.l
The cieps Of President Lincoln
ard tue Cabinet apon the 9ate e
} leotionsAA6otitioa Pressure upon
the President-He is I hreotentd
6y the Abclitionists toiM a Recog-
niition Of the Southern loayed-
7uey: -. FL.
We have no doubt that the fol-
lowing from the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Her
aid, is substantially true. He says:
s.As soon as the resultlof the e.
lections was definitely known, a
meeting Of the Cabinet was held,
at which. it is understood, Prcsi-
dent Lincoln announced to the as
sembled members that in his opin-
ion the result was a verdict against
the radical policy, and especially
against the Emancipation Proola-
nation, and that MIR. Seward, Mr.
Blair. and Mr.. Smith echoed his
words and his arguments. 1t is
said that after the conservatives in
the eabinet had expressed then
views, Mr.. Chase calmly and de-
liberately told Mr.. Lincoln that
there were two courses open for
him. IF he withdrew the Procia-
nation and discarded the policy
he had been pursuing since it was
issued, the war would be promptly
stopped, assuring him at the same
time that upon the opening OF
Congress Mr.. Sumner and Mr..
Wade in the : Senate, and Mir.
Stevens and Mr.. Lovejoy in the
House, weeready to make prop
osition for peace with the South
ern Gonfederacy; that not another
life should be lost, nor another dol
lar spent, if this war was to be a
war for the restoration of slavery;
that as these gentlemen controlled
a majority in Congress which is to
govern the country, so far as the
appropriations go, for another year,
they were in a position to dictate
[the course of the Administration.
Not only must be adhere to the
Proclamation as issued, and to all
Its radical features, but he must,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11
An exchange gives tie following

An exchange gives tie following
account of The manner in which the
Aiabzma left England:
The owners oil the steamer AlabaTns
gave bonds in tie sum Of EGO. 600
that she would not leave British wa
teIs until she had a regular clearance;
and was then allowed TO 60 to sea on
a trial trip (?J fully provi6iOued and
manned, after having previously been
on two or thr,e trigl trips In the Mer-
se,. The day after she sailed her
owners paid the 100000 penalty,
and the vessel continued her trial
trip to he Azores and port.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

The Congressional Delegation
from Ohio stands IA Democrats to
5 Republicans
/ In q Indiana, / the Legislature
standsAsSenatej n Democrats, 2l
Republicans, 2 independents
House, 62 Democrats, So Repub-
lioans. ..Congressionab 7 Demo-
Gratis, 4 Republicans. t1e ,'aei
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

morning some months ago, he
was, was fred at just within The city
limits; that the President escaped,
and that with voice, heels, and ev-
cry other appliance used upon his is
horse, that animal made such time
Ito the Presidents house, as had
never been equaled before. In
the run the President lost his hat,
and did not stop to recover 1t, but
reached his house in the city breath
less and dust covered. *
The editor says that the official
report ef the occurrence was, that
the horseiof the President had be-
cone frightened and ran off with
him. He gives the gossip Of anoth-
er similar attempt to do violence
TO the President, and cleses the ar
ticle as follows: "
's'For eighty years the Union
has lasted without an army to en-
force its laws or to compel obcdl-
ence to its Constitution. For the
same period the Presidents Of the
Republic have lived through their
terms unawed by threats, and un-
troubled by attempts at personal
violence. Their security has been
in the honor and respect Of the
whole people for the officer chosen
by the majority to govern tie ia
ton. At last it has become nee
essary to call armies into existence.
to put down aimed resistance to.
tile laws and the Constitution.
Let us hope that, in the destruc-
ton of the Union, Constitution,
laws, Government and nationality,
the world will not be shocked by
the spectacle Of people who, uli-
able to bear the weight Of adver-.
sity, have lapsed into barbarism,
and made the dagger and the bull
let the LAW of the land, and given to
the assassin hand the scepte. OF !
power. Let Us hope that this
armed guard of Mr., Lincoln's is
only a passing show, got up fer the
amusement Of a gaping crowd, end
that it has not and never has had
any foundation in a fear by the
PRESIDENT or any Of his friends that
he was in danger Of assassination;
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

The N. o. Delta says the number
Of persons in that city and vicini-
tv who have taken the oath of al
leaianse to the Northern Govern;
ment is 81, ,3S7 & and I, $50 have
taken the alien enemy oath.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11
Burnside 10 carry out McClellaHs
plahs.-.AboIilion Boasling.

4 luuS
The correspondent of the Chi
/ cago Times, under date ofthe Nth.
says: ~ ~
"0thcrs, again, say that Burn-
side willnot venture to mark out
any new plan, but will merely car
Try out that of Mcclellan. There
/ is no doubt he will try to do so.-
He was, to his honor be it said, an
admirer of that great man; and a
! firm believer in the efficiency of
his,strategy aud the soundness of
his plans. Mcclellan, too, had a
high regard forhim, and spent two
days and nights before he left, in
unfolding to him isplans and try
ing to make him comprehend them.
If he did not succeed in the latter
attempt, it is no fault of Burnside,
but the fault is with those who re-
moved Mcclellan. Moreau was u
splendid General; but he was not
a Napoleon. And Napoleon never
could get Mofeau to comprehend
bis plans. @ @
However, it is probable that
Burnside viii try to follow out Nc
Clellan's plan. But if SO what an
exchange the country and the army
made! And of the ultimate event
there can be no doubt. No one
but Mcclellan can execute Nc
Clellan's designs. The campaign
will be a failure. And woe to
those who have caused it to be 50,
Justice yet.
So too, with regard to the gen
eral conduct of the war. The war
can ouly be brought to success
full termination through the plan
devised by General Mcclellan last
winter, and he is the only man
who can execute that plan, for it
is one that requires the genius and
talents of Napoleon. When,
therefore, disaster shall have fol-
lowed disaster; and defeat succeed
ed defeat, the eyes of the nation
will again turn to Mcclellan, and
then will lie seen how great a.
wrong the Administration perpe-
trated in his removal. d y! !
tits not to be expected, howeV-.
er, that the Administration will
stop with this step. The radicals
boast that they have all power
now in their hands, and that the
President has given up to them
the direction of the war. They
boast that they have his promise
that he willexerciSe his prerogative
of making ard unmaklng Generals
at their bidding; that Fremont win
in q short time be made q Com
chief, and Pope restored
to the command Of the army OF !
Virginia; and that Oh the first of /.
january a proclamation will be
issued directing arms 10 be distrib-.
uted to the Slaves at the South.
Hung be the heavens in black
when these steps shall be taken,
for they viii indeed, mark the be-.
ginning of the end.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

Lincoln has writtenfa letter to
Charles Francis Adams, his En-
bassador at London, in which he
takes the bold and decided ground,
that no interposition, by foreign
powers, viii be tolerated by him,
and that any attempt on the
part of England and France to
meddle in the present conflict be-
tween him and the people of the
South, will be met with prompt,
indignant resistance from himself
and his entire Cabinet and Con-
gress. He "would rather sink the
Union and all on board, beneath
the bottom OF the sea, than submit
to compromise with treason, or
parley with traitors. "a
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

Two dollars is dH the restaurant
keepers in Lynchburg charge for
a fry of oysters now. sThe prlcs
formerly was % cents.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

The Mason county, KY, Circuit
Court has decided the Federal con-
fiscation act as unconstitutional.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

H@ Many Of the Northern
newspapers have increased their
price of subscription. owing to the
increased rates oflabor, paper, ink,
&c., and the immense taxes I'M
posed by the requirements Of the
war. 30 81 -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

The Camden (Ark. Herald says
it has credible information that
seventy tons of English goods for
soldiers clothing. have arrived at
a Landing ON Red River through
Mexico. for the Confederate States.
The. next session Of the Confed-
crate Congress, will commence at
Richmond, on the I'd Monday IN
January next.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11
The War aud Malrimsny.

A correspondent estimates the
yearly loss to the Confederacy of
young and manageable men by
the war at 100000. This carries
with it the loss as old maids of the
same number Of marrlagcable wo-
men. lie says:
1t would seem as if the time
spoken Of by Isaiah was about to
lie realized by the women Of the
South:
sAnd in that day seven women
shall take hold of one man, saying:
We will eat our own bread, and
wear our own apparel, only let us
be called by thy name, to take
away our reproach.
This anticipation is discoura-
ging enough, and we do not know
which are most to be pitied-the
women or the remaining men.
The following, which we find
going the rounds of our exchanges
is somewhat consolatory:
SupeyaJuadance Of Mea.-There
is, according to the census, an ex-
cess of 733,25S males over females
IN the former United States. The
fact is noteworthy, and ought to
quiet the apprehensions of those
who feared the war would cause an
undue preponderance OF women at
Ter peace was declared. No mat
ter how bloody the war may be,
OF how long it lasts, it cannot make
way with three-quarters OF a mil
lion of lives, The waste of life
NAV make the sexes nearly even;
but even then we shall be better
off than ENGLAND, where the fe-
males are in excess by nearly a
million, and the social problem OF
the day is how to provide them
with husbands.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11

Candid Admission f3omhe NORTH.
AT a political meeting last week
in New York, Mr.. Haskins, mem
Der Of Congress, SAID;
/ will oppose this Adnlinistfa-
tion for its extravaganza, tor Its
corruption, for its tyranny and
slespotism, with as much force as !
did that of Mr.. Buchanan. Loud
cheers.) Now, fellow-eitizens, this
war has been carried on for be-
tween one and two Years, and we
arc to-day further oil from peece,
ana from conquering the South,
than we were on the 2lst OF Ju-
IL, 1861, when the first battle OF
BuH Run was fought.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-27

THE INAUGURAL ADpREs OF jeff, Davis
has come to hand. 1t would fill about three
columns in our paper, but is not worth the
space it would occupy. 1t has all the bra
vado of the dying speech of a culprit on the
ealows, who is determined TO die "game'
He saws this war is occasioned by the per-
versity of the Federal Government in not
permitting the Southern States peaceably to
" secede," with the stolen Federal property .
The entire belly of the Message is filled with
mendacious charges against the North
Though he admits the recent disasters to the
Rebel cause, he processes to have no doubt
that the result will be favorable to the "Con-
federacy." His hope of success, however, is
based not upon the strength OF the South,
for that has already turned out to be weak
ness, but he says " the period is near at hand
when our foes must sink under The ma-
mense load Of debt 'ohich they haze incurred"
No more talk about Southern valor and
Southern steel--but the enemy is to sink I'M
der a load of debt jeff is simply "gassing,
1t is poor talk for a man who already stands
on the drop with the rope around his neck
He cannot DECEIVE the most ignorant BOBBY III
the Coniederacy" by such twaddle. Blu
then it was necessary for him to say some
thing, and what could the miserable man do
"Pity the misfortunes Of a poor old
traitor
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-27

EayThe Richmond Enquirer of the 22d
inst. contains long editorial upon the new
situation in which the " Confederacy" is
placed by the recent reverses IN Kentucky
and Tennessee, 1t is virtually confessed
that new line of detences must be estab-
lished which shall abandon to the Federal
forces Kentucky, Eastern Virginia, Missouri,
and Tennessee. The Enquirer says:
We repeat, though these reverses are de-
pressing, they have had a good effect on the
vitality of the Southern Contederacy. They
are affairs of the onapoSts only, they are the
aCounds of the skin, five have twenty lost
battles in Tennessee before the Spring be-
gins, they do not touch the heart or break the
limbs of the Southern giant i NashUllle IS
taken-no impossible event, unless General
Johnston can defeat the enemy in pitched
battle, or out-manuvre him in his evolutlons
between the Cumberland and Tennessee
Rivers-and if we loose in consequence all
the country of which Nashville is the centre
and capital, it IS question whether the
| Southern forces would not be stronger and
better able than before to carry out the de-
fenslve ideas that have hitherto regulated
this war. They would then 60 down to the
water shed which divides the rivers that flow
north, like the Tennessee and Cumberland,
from those that tend toward the Gulf of
Mexico. They would surrender the greater
part of the State of Tennessee, and concen-
trate the whole energy of the confederacy on
the defence of the South proper. They
would in this position render the road from
Virginia, by Chattanooga, to Georgia i'm
pregnable They would then be delivered
from all territory with the faint of disloyalty,
and stand where the whole population is a
unit. Kentucky, Missouri, the greater part
of Western Virginia and Tennessee, would
be temporarily in the enemy's possession, but
that very fact would render his task more
perilous and difficult. He would then have
to march his columns and draw bis supplies
from distance, while our best resources
would be under our hands. He would suffer
the same disadvantage that we have felt in
Northwestern Virginia, of hostile popula-
ton under his feet always conspiring and
ready to cripple him in case Of the least
strife We should then hold Eastern and
Southwestern Virginia, the Carolinas, and
all the Gulf States There is the true South
the heart and right and left arm of the
revolution, and the power of Immediate re-
sistance would be strengthened, not weak
ened, by the temporary loss of territory.
Il is hoped that the Southern government
o0iH not have to defend a neao line, and trust
to the contingencies Of ,0ar and negotiation
for the future recovery for its soil. 1t is hoped
| that Gen. Johnston will loose no battle, that
Nashville will never be captured, the Chat
tanooga road never be endangered, But
such things are possible, and 1t is childish to
shut our eyes to reverses that are possible,
and then feel shocked when they come A
more manly policy is to foresee the dangers
that they may be encountered with compo-
sure, if they cannot be rendered impossible
| by preparation
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-27
OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE,
CAMP GRIFFIN, VA, !
February 2, 1862. !
EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

February 2, 1862.
EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
SIR,-I now avail myself of the oppor-
tunity to write you letter from Camp
Griffin. 1t is Washington's birthday, and
the firing of salutes from the different en-
campments, proclaim that neither the man
nor the day are forgotten by the officers
and soldiers of the Union army.
We had brigade dress-parade in the
morning, when WaShington's Farewell
Address was read to each regiment by its
Adjutant,
The Cameron Dragons went on a
scout at daylight, and after skirmish re-
turned with ten persons. One of these
who was wounded in the thigh, was placed
in the Hospital of the I'd Vermont, where
he was treated in a skillful and humane
manner by DR.. Carpenter. From the
contents of letter found in his overcoat
pocket, addressed to Miss Sallie $3.50, OF
| Richmond, which | read, | should Judge
that the soldiers at Centreville consider
the prospects Of the Southern Confeder-
acy anything but bright. The letter was
pierced by the bullet and stained with
blood but in one sentence he spoke tC
his true love as follows " Our lives are
ones of hardship, and | am afraid that the
Yankees will whip us, and be in Rich
mond before next Fall. That is what We
all think, if we do not get help from for
eign powers. l should say, judgin:
from the verbatim ct Hteratim of the manu-
script, that the schoolmaster needed to e
abroad more generally in the sunny
South"
Every victory gained by our fellow
soldiers in the West sends a thrill of 10,
along the army of the Potomac, and al
they desire is to engage in similar strug
giles and win the same triumphs.
The mud in camp, which was intoler
able few days ago, is now being drie,
up, and everything indicates that Sprinl
is not far off.
We have received two more batterie
in our division--the sick have been or
dered to Washington, and preparation
are being made for an advance ere long
Our regiment is practising target shootin
at a distance of 500 yards, and max
some good shots. Lieutenant johnson
on leaving 90. B to take command of O.
D, was presented with a splendid sash b
the former company, who were lothe t
part with him.
Col. Whiting has survived the trouble
in the regiment, and is now loved by al
Yours, &C.,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-27
nj AR ED

In Brandon, on the 5th last, Mr, Henry C Cross
to Miss Edna M. Halsey.
Also on the same day, Mr. Smith X. Seeley, to
Miss Susan, L. House, both Of Middlebury.
At the residence OF L. ID. Pember, ia Mt. Tabor,
Feb 10TH by the Rev. NJ. A. Wicker Sylvester Tuck
of Mt. Holly, to Miss Laura j. Pray of the Tor
mer place.
On Feb 18th, by Rev. Joseph Underwood, Dr.
Enoch Blanchard, Assistant Surgeon It'll Reg W
to Miss Susan, only daughter of DR.. Ralph Bugnee'
of W aterford, Vt.
AT Rutland, Feb. 30, by II. G. Clark, Esq, Mr.,
Charles H. Spaulding and Miss Ella E. Shippee, DOM
ef Shrewsbury.
In North Clarendon, February 18th, by the Rev
Mr. T. Herrick' Mr. Gardner +, Weeks of Verona
n. Y, to Miss Jennie f., daughter of Daniel Pau
Esq, of North Clarendon.