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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27

Mr.. " O. Wallace-
Seeing in. the columns of your
paper that some persons were very
anxious to know what had become
iiot the Hospital Stores which had
been collected a short time before
the fall of Donelson, I feel called
upon to respond:
First-the Stores were baled
and boxed up to be sent off, and
ione large box was sent off to Bow
ling Green.
/ The balance were to be sent to
the 4lst and 44th Tennessee Reg
iments, but the retreat of the army
made it impossible to forward them
as first intended. When the army
retrcated a large number of sick
were left at this, place, and great
many of the Hospital Stores were
used for their benefit, and some of
the destitute sick when they left
this place took some OF. the blan-
kets, quilts, &C., with them. A
portion Of the destitute soldiers
who had lost every thing at the
battle of Fishing Creek also re.
ceived, as they passed through this
place, some of the Stores. The
balance We're, packed up and start
ed to Huntsville, but owing tc
some bacon being burnt by a Fed
eral soldier on Pea Ridge, they
were sent back. The Foderals be
ing expected in town that night
+ the. Stores were distributed out
among the neighbors, and were
: collected in the next day, excep
! lot left with an Irish woman
: who refused to return them ane
carried them off.
Since that time a portion were
sent by the hands of a Mr.. Prid,
. to Iuka, Mississippi, for the bene
fit of wounded soldiers who Were
said to be in great restitution, ant
the balance have been sent to Tul
rlahoma for the benefit of the sicl
at that place.
v. M. E. ROSS,
D.ec} Co711;ero' A,I So,.;ef,f -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
PARTISAN RANGERS.

Il The following orders issued by
Gen. Forestat Murfreesboro, Tenn,
on the 18th uit., we copy for the
information of the public general
ly: :, qfr y
III The laws of the Confederate
States require that no person over
4 eighteen years of age or under thir-
,ty-fve,. shall be enlisted in the
g BIPARTISAN Rangers" and no, soldier
of the old regiments who has not
been discharged can serve in such
corps. 3 1t is therefore ordered that
all persons coming within eitherof
the above classes be discharged
from the partisan corps and either
reioin their regiments or be ell
rolled as volunteers or conscrlpts;
and officers who have such persons
in their corps are required to en-,
force this order edi r.72 cF
III. All officers in command OF
,'"Partisan Rangers in Middle Ten
nessee are required to report tome
Immediately with their commits
sions, and to have their men regu-
larlv mustered into the Confede-
rate service. They are not autho-
rized to make any impressments
of horses, provisions, or other
property. or to draw supplies of
food or provendere from Quarter
masters or C2nmissaries until this
is done BIO
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27

In a speech at Democratic
meeting in New York, Van Buren,
said that. Lincoln by removing
Mcclellan, had made him the next
President. ri
Mcclellan, before LEAKING, is
sued a farewell address to the army,
in which he said if the army would
be as true to Burnsides, as it had
been to him, all would be we'll.
In Philadelphia his removal
met with no sort of,,favor. His
friends condemned it, whilst the
radicals said it was no. time to
change commanders in the face of
the enemy. .... ...,ts
Ira Harris, Republican Senator
of New York, denounced the re-
moval in an, open speech. 5-.
Mcclellan i'll quitting Warrenton
said to the troops, ''Stand by Gen.
Burnside, as you have stood by
me, and all viii be we'll" He took
formal leave of the different army
corps last Monday. On Sunday
night the officers assembled at his
headquarters to bid him adieu>-
He has gone to Trenton, New Jer-
sey. "
The Washington Chronicle says
the removal must be regarded as
purely military question. The
necessity for active operations in
Virginia has become, imperative.
The Herald says that Mcclellan
has fallen a victim to the machi-
nations Of the radical Abolition
faction. His crime was a persist
ent refusal to second the cause Of
negro emancipation.
The World says the news fell
like passing bell, and every low
er of his country was startled as
from a dream of hope by these
strange and sudden tidinss,
The Tribune says, too late to
save his. friends, and not late
enough to save his country, the
President relieved Mcclellan from
command of the army of the Po-
tomac. His intimate friends and
trusted coursellors were nearly all,
at heart, opposed to the unqualified
discontinue Of the rebels.
The Times says it is a melan-
choly satisfaction, to learn that the
President OF the United States
did not keep Mcclellan. in COM
mand Of tle army of the Potomac
from any lack Of confidence in his
capacity or fitness, :; ,o, IS
The Philadelphia Ledger says
the feeling there is one of general
regret that the act was done in the
face of the enemy, and upon the
eve of battle. ssh s;,3 !
d When his officers assembled at
headquarters to bid him adieu, the
only toast offered by MCCLELLAN
was quite laconic, s'To the army
of the iPetomae.psa .vi;,1i5iv~,l !,
Burnside, on. assuming COM
mand, said Il accept control with
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Bothered about ibe Negro.

DUtnCTtu dUUut tu6 NtsSU'
The New York World, Of the
Est instant, contains the following
editorial:
The tender mercies of the aboli-
tionists, like those of the wicked,
are very cruel. In view Of the
great increase of contrabands at
Fortress Monroe, and the inability
of the Government to provide fol
them, Gen. Dix recently sent 70
Governor Andrew 10 know If
Massachusetts, could not take and
provide for five hundred families.
Instead Of jumping at the offer u
show how purely disinterested tbs
radicals are in their interest in tbs
negro, We are told by an apologies
of Andrew that she promptly o,so
decidedly declared his aisdpprorol
Of Tire ciote scheme, mainly on the
ground that whenever the Covers
ment officials will do the contra
bands justice, they have shown thai
they can take careof themselves
! that they are not wanted here, ant
that they are, or they soon viii be
wanted there" -E
Now, what is the. Government
! to do with this eontraband ele
plant? The western States won
have them, the Middle States don
want them, and now Governor
Andrew promptly declares tha'
they shan't set foot upon the sol
ofthe old Bay State. "
! Poor Cuffee, what is to become
of thee, when even Massachusett:
slams the door in thy face?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
A Northern Opinion Of Southern
Society.
Among the most striking epi->

Among the most striking cpl
sodes in the proceedings of the
Unitarian Autumnal Convention,
which opened its session in New
York last week, is the peculiar
feeling excited by the remarks of
Rev. DIR. Bellows, in eulogy OF
Southern social life, and the infu.
ences proceeding from it. Tie
opinion SO frankly expressed by
the Reverend gentleman has excl
ted the most bitter comment
among the members of the Con-
yention. He said
| No candid man will deny the
peculiar charm Of Southern young
men at College, or Southern young
women in society. How far race
and climate, independent of ser
vile institutions, may have pro
duced the Southern chivalric spir-
] it and manner, / will not here con-
slider. But one may as well deny
the small feet and hands Of that
people, as deny a certain inbred
habit Of command; a contempt of
life in defence of honor or class; a
talent for political life, and an ca
s.y control of interiors. Nor is
this merely an external and fushy
.heroism. 1t is real. It showed
itself in Congress, and always by
the, courage, eloquence, skill, and
. success with which it controlled
maiorities. 1t showed itself in
the social life of Washington, by
the grace, fascination, and ease, the
free and charming hospitality by
which it governed society. Itnow
shows itselfin England and France,
by the success with which it man
ages the courts and the circles OF,
literature and fashion in both
countries. 1t Shows itself in this
war, in tie orders and proclama-
items Of its Generals, in the MESA
ges of the rebel Congress, and in
the. essential good breeding ard
humanity contrary to a diligently
encouraged public impression) with
which it not seldom divides its
medical stores, and gives, our sick
and wounded as favorable care as
it is able to extend to its own. 1t
exceeds us at this moment in the
possession of an ambulance corps.
I think the. war must have IN.
creased the respect felt by the
North for the South. Z It's mlracur
lous resources, the bravery of its
troops, their patience under hard,
ships, their unshrinking frmness
in the desperate position they have
assumed, the wonderful success:
with which they exteinporized
!. manufactures and munitions of
war, and kept themselves IN rela
, ton with the world in spite of
cur magnificent blockade, the elias
ITCHY with which they have risen
from defeat, and the courage they
have shown in threatening. again
our Capital, and even our interior
cannot fail to eStort an unwilling
admiration and respect. Well is
). Gen. Mcclellan reported to have
said privately, as he watched
their obstinate fighting at Ante
tam, and saw them retiring in per
!, feet order in the, midst Of the
frightful carriage: "What terrible
.neightors these would be! We
must conquer them, or they viii
conquer u.s.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
M. E. ROSS
Res't Soldiers Aid Society.
To the Ladies If Fayetteville aud
ay II Vicinity.

We avail ourselves of this meth
cd of returning our thanks to the
ladies of Fayetteville and vicinity,
for their very liberal donation of
bed-clothing, etc, for the use Of
the Hospitals at Winchester. We
have been among your scarcely "a
hours, and have received at your
hands, the following long list of
articles, Never were the wants
of the sick of the Confederate ar
my more literally or mole prompt
ly responded to. Accept then, la
dies, the expression of our warm
est thanks, as the representatives
OF the sick soldiers, and be as
sured, that you have entitled your
selves to the gratitude of many of
the brave defenders Of your homes
and fresides, who are now Ian
on pallets of straw
They will never think of you but
to bless, or speak but to praise.
r. E. MUD,
= B. W. UssERY,
S,rgeOns C. s. a 4, 50 charge Of Ho.p.tas a.
Wanc ester,
4 Coverlets, IL Comforts, SO
Quilts, 20 Blankets, 16 Pillows, 1
6 Bed Ticks, II Pillow
Slips, Z Towels, 6 Sheets, 5 Shirts,
] pair Socks, | Bolster, l bottle
Wine, 3 Spoons, 2 bags Sage, l
Bowl, l Sugar Bowl, 9 bags Pepper.
1.-THE donations will appear in
detail in our next issue.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27

In regard to the receut. North
3,ern elections, the Washington cor
:, respondent of the St. Louis Repub-
licsnseays: y-usy -
f5g is understood that the Pres
ident is chagrined' and disappcint-
ed. TheRepularyerdict Is record
) cd against Ms. emancipation policy,
4 and he must either back down on
the lst of January or carry it out
against the majority of his people.
But, should he not persist, tthe
Asaioals will desert linn, anda he
4hss always appeared to care more
for the support Of this faction
than that of the loyal masses.-
Z Willlhe retrace his steps? is 7the
questions. The Abolitionists say
he cannot and he shall not.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
hIis!ait

We received, too late for our
last issue, a communication from
"a West Tennesseean," and since
then, unfortunately, ithas been mis-
laid. 1t. spoke in high terms Of
the humane and patriotic efforts
now being made by the ladies of
FAYETTEVILLE.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27

John Van Buren!is getting still
holder. He praises the courage
of Southern men as shown in the
Revolution and the Mexican war,
and tells President Lincoln that it
is is folly to talk Of Southerrners run
ming when they are defending
their wives and children"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
Forward March !

@ Recruits for the 4lst Tennessee
Regiment (Col. Farquharson's),
are notified to meet the recruiting
officer in this place early next Mon
day morning, Dec. lst,, prepared
to start for the Regiment.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27

Th Dubuque Herald Of the23d:
has returns from forty-seven coun-
ties in Iowa on the State elections
In forty-two of them the Demo
Gratis gain, amounting in the ag
gregate to about 10000 votes since
last year.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
John Van Buren,. in acc

John Van Buren,, in accepting
the invitation to speak at Rome,
n, Y, telegraphed as follows
81 will attend the meeting at
Rome on Friday sat two o'clock
if not in Fort Lafayette ~ 2
"JoHN VAN buren,"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
Qfahs.
DIED.

In this county, Thnr,diy, 9Th inst, Of ty-
phoid fever. Mrs, ELIZA BELL HATRsToN
wife of Maniey N. HairSton, aged about 81
years.
H. this county, Sunday, 10Th inst. Of tv-
phoid fever Mrs HAIRSTOE, mother Of NJ
N. Hairston, aged q years. ..t!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27

FREE TRADE : Southern mauufac-
turers,, who have taken advantage Of
the blockade to demand ex;ra,agant
price, for their products. bave at
the same time afforded a practical
argument agairst protective tariff, >
which no amount Of political sophis-
try can febut.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN:
Thursday Morning, Nov. II, 1862.
From the Army

From the Army
Letters from soldiers have beer
Left at this Office for the following
persons 4tnu
y Mrs, Mary Brandon,
Miss Charlotte Bailey,
Mrs. Mary Copeland,
VIM. Copeland, 80
Mrs. Mary Chapman,
Young V. Cashion,
J. w. Cashion,
James l.. Denham,
]. NJ. Donaldson, 81
Stanton, j. Green, 2
Henry Hunt, 2
Miss Juliar Howard,
Miss S. J. Mattox,
Miss S. B. Motlow,
Miss Sue Y. Motlow,
Miss Nettie Norton,
Miss Rody Parker,
Miss Margaret Picket,
Darcs Pearson,
d. T Robertson,
Miss Susan Robertson,
j. z. D. Rosborough, a.
j. A. Silvertooth,
VIM. Stafford,
CLANCY Smith,
VIM. Spencer,
Richard Smith,
Thomas White.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27

The American Volunteer, a De.
mocratic paper published at Car
Isle, Pa, was recently suppressed
by a. mob for having declared that
the, people Of. that State bad, BY
their, votes, demanded that Lin.
coin should leave the Presidential
chair.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27

Z Horatio Seymour, Democratic
Governor elect of New York, in a
late speech said: a'iNew England
has given us an Amold, whilst
Virginia has given us a flashing
ton" In naming these as repre-
sentatives of the localities, the bit
terness of the contempt which is
expressed for New England could
not be added to.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
Fake Notice.

DERSUNS sehdirsto the Drug Store for
y Drugs or Medicine will please send
their walls or bottles as on, stock. 10 exhaust
ed. (Oct2 DIEMER & MILES.
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Found

Found
See advertisement in this paper
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
One Cent Re,Card /!

ID ANAWAY from t. subscriber about
IA the ast'of July. an indented apprentice
to the Earning business, named. ANGUS A.
JOHNSON. The above rewarl will be paid
for bis return to me, hut no thanks
Nov. 20--3l* BENZ. MARSHALL.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
Notice.

4 LII persons bayii z claims against the
IA estate. o: JOSIAH II. BLAIR, dgcrased,
are notified to present them as soon as pos
sibfe to Sapsunl r. NcGo,a Esq in Fayette-
vile. w. B. ROBINSON, Ainw.
Nov. 2O-St
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-27
NORTHERN NEWS.

In a speech at Democratic
meeting in New York, Van Buren,
said that. Lincoln by removing
Mcclellan, had made him the next
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-04-10

The SOUTHWEST. AROUSED. BY a
gentleman was has just arrived from the
South. west viiasMobile, we learn that the
whole South. west is most thoroughly and
heartily at work. The Mississippi valley
is one camp. The wave is gathering which
is shortly to meet and roll back the tide Of
invasion. Had the elements of resistance
been thoroughly aroused, and the proper
machinery sooner in motion, much loss and
suffering might have been avoided. It is
now matter of time. The enemy's ad-
vance will be stayed and his forces driven
back, but at what point is somewhat doubt.
full. He may be able to compel the evacu-,
alton Of Island No. 10, or be may not. This
will have no serious effect upon the even.
tual course of the campaign, or upon its
FINAL results, although upon the length Of
time during which that post can be held
may depend the extent to which the ad-
vancing wave may CO. Below Forts Pill
low and Randolph the enemy cannot pene.
trate. ~ -
OF further important movements, we do
not feel at liberty to speak farther than to
say that they are in the right direction,
and it is only to be beregretted ties they we're
not sooner made Wlnetngtos Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-04-10

HIGH PAY.-A Richmond correspon-
dent of the Augusta Conststutiona1ist says !:
"How beautifully paragraph like this
will read in the future: CAT the most
critical crisis in tke great American revolu-
ton Of 1851, the .-smbers of the Southern
Congress were discussing about the amount
of salary they should vote themselves for
doing three hours work day-although at
the time they were receiving eight dollars
a day for their services. They finally vo-
ted themselves salary of S2,760a year
this, too, in the face Of the fact that many
men more able and talented than themsel'
YES were fighting the battles of their coun-
try at salary of about $3.50 year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-04-10

The DURATION OF THE WAR.-Wil-
bur and Smiths European Times, Of the
1st of March, very influential commercial
journal published at Liverpool, concludes
an editorial on the American war With the
following significant, paragraph !:
The struggle is about to begin in ear.
nest, and must terminate between March
and May. We enter this day on the first
of three months, and the next few weeks
will be the most important in the history
of the United States that have occurred
since the States wrested their indepen-
dence from the grasp Of George the Third.
Washington's great experiment, which has
worked such extraordinary results during
the last three. quarters Of a century,. will
have to pass, in the next Ninety days,
through the severest ordeal to which it has
ever been subjected. If the North cannot
subjugate the South in this brief time,
phtch IS ue,y unzikelH at Is almost morally
certain that the European Powers oatE
step in and propose terms, and IN mercy
10 all parties-to the tansisAsng operatives
of England and France, as aoeA as to the
combatants themselves, the act aoiN be real
humanity, IL. 49, 49, r.. -,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-04-10
The War.

What is the North fighting for? They
have set aside the Constitution, and liberty
under it,-so they are not fighting for con
stitutionsl liberty.
They have set aside the honor of an A
mericau citizen, by pretending to respect
property and then destroying it-so they
are not fighting for honor
They have set aside respect for women
and children, which savage nations have al
ways entertained, by numbering them il
cold blood-so they are not fighting for the
principles of humanity.
They have set aside the commandment
"Thou shalt not steal" by maraudiug and
appropriating, or destroying all they can
lay their hands on.
They have abandoned the American
Declaration of Independence, which claim
ed that all men are entitled to Cd fe, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness" so they are
not fighting for political prince.
They have iucarcerated men and wo'
men on suspicion of certain political prin.
ciples professed by them, and universally
aoknowledged-so they are not fighting for
the rights of man.
They have imprisoned editors for assert
ing political rights-so they are not fight
ing for the liberty of the press.
They have imprisoned ags, and worth
and excellence in man and woman, because
they have dared to express the language
of freemeu-so they fight not for free
speech.
They are fighting against the ballot-box
by surrounding it by their myrmidons with
bayonets-so they are struggling against
the right of Democratic representation, and
in favor of tyranny.
For what else, then are they fighting ?
For the unlimited power of numbers-she
right of might-the first element Of savage
society. d
They are fighting for the subjugation OF
a civilized people far superior to them in
the appreciation of liberty and right, and
to reduce to the yoke of barbarous oppres-
sion those who have given character to a
Government which, by fraud on the South,
they have subverted. o.. .
They are fighting for the means of en-
shaving noble race, exalted among the
nations of the earth, on the pretence of de-
votion to an inferior race better cared for
and enjoying more freedom than their own
class Of laboring population.
/. They are fighting for their own existence
as people, who can only live by preylng
upon the labor and rights Of others
This is the Yankee nation-this the
great Lincoln Government, which is great
ia iniquity and its nefarious efforts to pro-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-04-10
Affairs Along the Potomac.

The Fredericksburg Herald has the fol.
lowing of affairs along the Potomac:
We learn from gentleman who has just
arrived from the upper country that last
night fifteen thousand of the enemy we're a
mile and half this side Of the Warrenton
Junction, on the Alexandria and Orange
railroad.
During the evening General Stuart's
cavalry captured ten of the enemy. These
men say that the fifteen thousand are being
closely followed by fifty thousand more
One of them stated that the fifty thousand
were to advance upon Fredericksburg from
Catlett's Station. Another said that an
army of fifty thousand, disconnected from
their division, was to make the advance
upon Fredericksburg.
Our informant was in company with some
of the cavalry scouts, and saw the encamp'
ment Of the enemy at the point named, but
formed no opinion of the number The
number is based upon the statements of the
captured prisoners. The command was
under General Sherman
1t is reported that several Of our pickets
were captured this week in the vicinity Of
Dumfries, by the rather sudden appearance
of seven hundred of the enemy's cavalry.
On the other hand, our piokets captured
seven of the enemy this week, not far from
Evansport They ha1 strayed off from
camp, and were without arms.
On Tuesday night, eight yawl boats,
filled with men, were sent ashore from two
steamers in the Potomac, at Body's Hole.
They landed at "Somersett," Mr.. Henry
Fitzhugh's place, and without any provoca-
tion whatever, burned his newly.erected
large dwelling house, together with most,
if not all, his out buildings.
We hear, also, that on recent occasion,
Jim Lawson, (the late body servant Of
Colonel Tayloe,) who ran away from bis
master few weeks ago, landed in a boat
at "Chatteron," with a number of other ne
groes, and proceeded to the house, where
he demanded the keys of Mrs. Jones, who
was there at the time, aud, after ransack-
ing the premises, took what he wanted
Jim was dressed in uniform, with sword
by his side, and was addressed by his COM
panions as sCaptsiu Lawson" 1t is said
be is captain in General Hooker's army.
1t is reported that the negroes who lately
ran off from Mr.. G.. 3. Wallace, Of "Little
thirteen in number--were drown.
ed by the upsetting of a boat in attempting
to get to steamer in the Potomac. I.