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defeat than a General to achieve victories. |
Mr.. Blair proceeded to speak Of his early |
friendship for Fremont. BE now had no pri- |
vate griefs, and 1t was only foF the reason that
position that he recommended his removal. |
He had acted from considerations Of public |
duty. He then spoke at length Of the dlsas-
ters ut Springfield and Lexington, to show
that these we're attributable to Frenonts in
competency. Those by whom be surrounded
himself had settled themselves down upon us
like obscene birds of prey. No men have as
had character as those who are Fremont's
familiats.. Of course there are honorable ex-
ceptiops. No greater slander vas uttered By
to st. Louis It was q rehel1ious clty. The
declaration of martial law Was, therefore,
supezindueed by bis apprehension Of imaslna-
~ danger.
NJ. Blair also examined Fremont's con-
tracts, and other transactions. He spoke for
about two hours, the time having by unani-
NOUS consent been extended.
Mr.. COI4FAX Of Ind. said, while he differed
with the Administration which he assisted in
supenediDg Gen. Fremont, he desired to
have it understood that, no matter whom t6e
sustain with ali bis heart and soul and
strength Of mind against the rebels in arms.
He apprehcnded that it would hereafter ap-
pear that the gent1eman's (Blair's) feelings
bad perverted his Judgment; He knew that
pulsiye and impetuous, and he regretted that
Fremont had suffered the publication to which
| reference was made With the obloqny he2ped
] upon him, and with his previous reticence for
si1 months, he {Colfax) regretted the puhllca-
| ton at this time. The future would have
done him Justice. he WIS the only Major Cen
eral who lad gone out with bis troops away
| from his headquarters in pursuit OF the enemy,
| over field, valley and plain. No man could
| believe the aspersion Of the gentleman from
| Missouri, that Fremont was ti1aid MAJ. He
| did not approve Gen. FEemont's St. Louis
contracts. He paid too much for them; but
such faults were not confined to Gen. Ere
mont, which he {ColEax) briefly showed. He
concurrcd in the statement Of Mr. Blair, that
St. Louis was loyal city, for when, a1te1
Gen. F1emoA was relieved from his command
by tens Of thousands to welcome him. St,
Louis then proved its loyalty. Mr. Col
fax, In 5 further reply to Mr.. Blair, de-
Tended Gen. F1cmont's military movements
and noticed the remark Of the gentleman from
bIo. that the hundred days Of Gen. Fremont
in that State were the saddest days Of all
nOh Do,'' s1id 3Ir. COLFAX, it vas {
sadder day when Gen. Fremont was deposed
when the troops took up their line of nlarcf
back to the settlements. From the noun
tain Of confidence and hope they fell into TIL
valley Of dcspoDdencJ, and if Gen. Frcmon
had not been superseded, the army would hay
gone on
Mr.. Co1fa1 concluded by saying tha
while Fremont was hunting the rebels, his en-
| emies in St. Louis were hunting evidence t
orc1whe1m him. As the gentleman from Mi:
} it was the duty Of the Secretary Of War to pu
him on his defense. Tic meanest Elan in tn
| world was entitled to fair hearing.
The House adjourned till evening.
, 1862-03-08

E The mortality among the rebels at
Bowling Green Was awful. The best informed
Inhabitants there are confident that between
three and four thousand soldiers we're buried
in that vicinity, though great numbers of the
sick were sent to Nashville. The: dead were
so carelessly buried, that the stencil arising
from the grave yards is horrible, and com
mittee has waited on the Kentucky Legisla-
tnre, praying the appointment Of sanitary
commission, to make an examination and re-
port what can be done to avert a pestilence.
If something Is not done before warm weather
sets In, the region about Bowling Green will
not be habitab1e.
, 1862-03-08

Much Of this cotton will be recovered and fall
into the hands Of the government, though
cannot learn that the amount seized, aside
from this, is very large.
Nashville was first entered by Federal
troops Of Gen. Nelson's Division. To these
have since been added Mitchels, Crittenden's
and McCook'e, all under Gen. Buell. in COM
mana Of the Department. schoepft's and
ber1aud in fleet Of transport steamers hay
ing chosen the pathway by the rivers from
Louisville, instead Of attempting the horrible
crogs country roads to reach East Tennes-
sec. But for ought else pertaining to
military matters in this region, your
readers must await the current Of events.
were reported in force at Mur1eesboro, twenty
Elk miles from this city, and were there TO
make stand and await the Waterloo they had
bespolken for rLincoln men Now learn they
are retreating still further south. If the
words Of the song are to be realized, In
Dixie's land I take my stand,'' it has become
a question with our boys who are hard after
the rebels and bum to overhaul them, what
part Of Dixie's land is meant.
Two questions your readers will ask Of your
correspondent What Of Unionism in Ten.
nessees What Of the negroes: As to The
last, there is little to remark on the surface O
Ft~eVAth F>AA~->
Of Nashville Here is an ancient colored mar
who has just answered my bell: We'll, Un
Gle, what do ron think Of all tfis,.??'' Well
massa, it's Jest here, it is. Use got q goot
r3assa, and doesn't know what TO think bou
all dis yer. But massa, tells FER dis, da
was skeery time, dat time dey all lett seoou!
had {indicating a eouthscard direction.) simpl,
this, the co1oTed race here presents no par
ticular aspect salient enough to seize upon
leave it for the other and MT closing topi
| in this lcttcr-Unionism in Tennessee.
| And Of this just now nothing but passiv
results must be looked for. These Tennes
oceans will require considerable lapse Of tim
before they are actively for tho Union. The
are sick Of the fruits Of rebellion, are lope
| less Of the cause Of the South, and are willin
be protected. I am speaking Of the bulk {
community. There is dislike and a hostilit
to Northern men and the Lincoln government
but it will not, under present promise {
its triumph, lead to enrollments against Us
for Of the rebel service they have had enough
Many Of these prejudices our soldiers have q
ready disarmed by gentlencss Of demeant
and obedience to jndicious general order
The State is not wholly ours, but will |
within short time.
, 1862-03-08
GEN. p0HE7S COLUMN.
New Madrid Inve&ted--Our Troops
Confident Of Victory..CoARtant 8kir~
nni4hfUE.

sT. LOUIS, March IA special dispatch to
the Democrat says gentleman who left Gen.
Pope's command yesterday, states that the
rebels at New Madrid have between 600 and
10,o00 men, and four gunbcats anchored off
the town. It has been completely Invested
By our forces. Some skirmiahing had ensued.
Several Of our men had been Filled by the
ehe1ls thrown from the rebel ganboats, when
We came within range Our, officers sre con-
fident Of an easy and complete victory # tho
enemy's gunboats a1e driven away.
Itis reported that the enemy are fortifying
Savannah on the Tennessee river.
some Of the rebel anchors, left at Columbus,
have been appropriated to complete the equip
ment Of cur gunooats.
Inc lepofa NO.: sa 4ai
Thompson, and that three or four Of the lat.
,ter's men are captured daily.
, 1862-03-08
Gen. Pillow Calls fora Rush to Arms.

Gen. Pillow Calls for q Rush to Arms.
ST. Louis, March Memphis papers Of the
a6th all say Gen. Pillow, in response to an
urgent cali, made short, interesting aud e1o-
quent speech last night, explaining the clrcum-
stances of the battle Of Ft. Donelson, and tue
cause Of capitulation. He made an urgent
appeal to Tennesseeans to "rush to arms" if
they would sustain their renown gained on
other fields. he said the present was full Of
gloom, but the future WIS hopeful, and
If our armies will only fight as ga1,
lantly as did the danntless spirits
Who were overwhelmed at Donelson, South.
ern independence will be achieved as certainly
rs he then addressed the audience. The Ap
real says the speech Of the General eyinced
the same courageous and fearless spirit wlict
he has always exhibited in the tield-that o
! inyinrif.i}ify
, 1862-03-08

B Gen. Pope's forces surround and IN
ycst the rebels at New Madrid, and at last
accounts diminishing was going on, Pre-
pa1atcry to battle. Our troops were IN
full confidence of victory. They arc made
IN of the men who were not at Fort Don
c1son, and they arc the more jealous 70
distinguish themselves.
, 1862-03-08

Now, when we add to this sum the revenue
from the gas consumption Of other cities, and
Of towns and villages, and from Southern
cities, which viii be required to pay the taxes
as they are brought back into the Union, it is
evident that from this one source the Govern
ment will receive yearly revenue Of a mil
lion dollars; and this tax is so equally dis
t.ibutcd that no one man will feel the addi-
tiona1 burthen imposed upon him for the sup
tort Of tie Government.
, 1862-03-08
Gen. Grants Declaration Of Martial
Law in TennesBee.--Order Of Gen,
smith.


Law in TenMesBee.--Order OF GEN.
Smith.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT Wet TESsEasKE4
FORT DoSE1soS, Tenn, Feb. u.
General Order, No. T-E1tract.l
Tennessee having, by her rebellion, ignored
all the laws Of the United States, no courts
will be allowed to act under State authority,
but all cases coming within the reach Of the
military arm will be adjudicated by the author
tiles the Government has established within
the State.
Martial la4 is, therefore, declared to exist
oyer West Tennessee; aud whenever d se.15-
citnt number Of citizens return to their aslc-
glance to maintain law and order over the ter
ritory, the military restriction here indicated
will be removed.
By order Of Major General
US. GRANT.
JouS A. RAwL1ss, Assistant Adj. General.
FoRBIDDISG TIE SALE OF LIQUOR.
HEADQUARTERS % DIT1s1oS. DEsr. Or WEsrl
TENN, CLABksyu1k, Tenn. Feb. a.
General Order No. Ill
The sale Of any spirituous or Intoxicating
liquors in any quantity is prohibited. Should
any one violate this order he will be PLACED
under guard for trial By court martial, ant
his liquor seized and held for hospital pur
poses. By order Of Brigadier General
G. F. sMITn.
Tnos. ]. NEwsHAA, Asst Abj't Gen'l.
, 1862-03-08

One Means of Raising the Revenue.
In the Tax bill it is proposed to tax gas
twenty-five cents per one Thousand feet
From returns which have reached Us from
twenty cities. and which VIC give in tabular
form, it will be seen that from the gas COL
.sumcd by these cities alone the Government
will derive revenue Of oYcr six hundred
Loueano5do1lars:
, 1862-03-08
From Southwestern Missouri --.- a
Cavalry Sk1rm1sh.

Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune
CAxr NEAR SPRINGFIELD. March LIST, 1862.
On the 25th ult., squadron Of the 9Th Mis-
souri cavalry, commanded by Capt Mont
gomerv, were stationed at Kirtsyille, Is miles
in the van OF the main force, (now at Camp
Hallcck, } on TIC road to Springfield, the force
being about $50 men. At II o'clock the place
was attacked, the pickets driven in, guard rid
den down, and before the men could mount
and form, heavy yoIey was. poured in
upon them from the right and left. Captain
Montgomery formed part Of his men, (about
sixty), the rest being cut of, and stood the at
tack for about forty minutes, when, finding
that the enemy were about to surround him,
he fell back under the cover Of the brush,
where be maintained lis position-rcpu}sin!t
the enemy three times, After stampeding the
horses of the commanand, {by which we lost
about forty they rctrcatcd.
Capt Montgomery then fell back to Cass.
vile Is miles east) with a part Of his forces,
| guarding and taking with him heavy com
Inissary train that was On its way to the maiC
army, from Springfield, leaving lieutenant
| 10 collect the balance Of public property, burr
| the dead, &c., all Of which was done 10 gooi
| order and without further molcstation. Gu
loss was one killed, and one mortal1y wound
| cd, and one man missing, supposed to b
taken prisoner. The enemy's force was abou
$50 Texas Rangers under Major Ross Of Texas
and their loss Was killed and several wound
ed, as we learn from prisoner taken froI
them after the action. The coolncss an
bravery Of our men could not be excelled, an
they only afa sorry that they did not hay
time to form On horseback.
, 1862-03-08

From the Upper Rot0MlAc-EntEue
Reports Concerning Col. Geary.
CHAKLEsroWs, VA, March Nothing Z.
new has occurred in this vicinity. Rumors
wc1e current inlsecession circles that Col:
Geary was surrounded and cut to pieces, but
it is untrue.
, 1862-03-08

BALTIMORE, March Private Joseph q
Kuhns, Of the I'd Maryland regiment, will be
hanged at Fort McHenry to-day, for the mur
der Of Lieut.. j. Davis Whitsun.
, 1862-03-08

The IQbcAf0fA AH0 SumteFs
BOSTON, March 7.-The Federal gunboat
Tuscarora remained near Gibraltar February
10Th She had changed her anchorage from
Algesiras to Orange Grove, bringing her with
in three miles Of the Sumter, but still in Span
ish waters.
, 1862-03-08
Tht Tribunr.


eHAndg johnson and his Union friends
from Tennessee Maynard and Etheridge
-have left for Nashville to organize the
Provisional Government.
, 1862-03-08

e There is batch Of royal candidates.
from Austria, Spain and Belgium-for the
throne OF Mexico. It is also said that Gen.
Prim, Of the Spanish army, in imitation OF
1turbide when commissioned by Spain, may
appropriate It to himself. 4 royal Aztec,
descended from trace Of kDga," now living
in Mexico, will alao claim the crown by virtue
Of hereditary right. He is engaged in teach
ing q grammar school in one Of the provinces
Of the republic, and his name (translated into
Epglish) Is "Smoking Bucklcr."
, 1862-03-08

E The Rebel Congress at Richmond
solemnly 1elterate their intention to die sin
the Last ditch" It is supposed that Floyd
and Pillow left Donelson in all haste to indit-
, 1862-03-08

T. The third sale Of Government cotton
took place last wednesday at the Atlantic
Dock, Brooklyn. One hundred and slxty-four
balcs we're sold, varying in price from rs to
IS cents. Thirty-four more bales were offered,
but were not sold, owing to Is cents only be-
ing offered for them For the future Govern
ment cotton viii be sent to foreign market
for dlspaeal
, 1862-03-08

fE The Richmond Dispatch Of the 28sh
ult.. etatas that the people Of Augusta, Ga,
are taking vigorous measures to obstruct the
river below tqeir city with torpedoes, to blow
up our gunboats, should they succeed in pass
iug the Savannah batteties.
, 1862-03-08

80, Na8hville open to Trade. =
LOUISVILLE, March Military restriction
on trade between Northern ports and NASH
vile has been removed. !
, 1862-03-08

TOR SALE.-1SO Acres Land iu
L. Michigan. ore mile from good market. two
miles nom rs5ond station eoays9lent to church H.
hered 30 acres improved art under good culttvaton
frame horse, large barn, and young ofcunrd on
the place.
Also, IN Chicago, good two story house asd barn,
with lease OF lot Pleasantly located within five min.
utes HalE Of the Post Uttce
Would exchange for wet1e1n land with party Will
ing 10 par shout 81 Gao difference.
mis- nssS3t &C. Fest Office Boz s25 Chicsgo.
, 1862-03-08

TO LET.-A large and pleasant
Front Rocn (futnlshed) With Beard. family small
-tbfec rtteons oply-suisAb!e for tEo single gentl:
ulhE EnSE7St
, 1862-03-08

NOTICE.-Pn ties wishing to con-
IN t1act to deliver good sound roeFchAntahle CORN
IL shelled q Chicago, RAlroed STAT 9na Or
Illinois EiyfT viii hear ct q purchaser BY ad1rexanx
IL" Post Otnce Box .foo, Chicago. mh8us53 2nes
, 1862-03-08
no SHIPPERS OF PRODUCE
v~>n~Anra from EMFAYAA

T OST-Somewhere between D1adi-
son gtseet aaa she sivez est of Laa.Ie. Pert
brg tieket b Apocf raa Tbs Under Nin be UaeFa!tY
rewarded 6| aesyipg tho an { 1t this Once.
, 1862-03-08

ITO RENT.-The large two-story
j frame dwelling house. now occupied By Jacob
Bcekec. Esg- in HYDE PARE: furnished IsTs bntis.
tepot with 1ine vieE of the lake good garten- DC.
Henl loW Sood prompt tensnt app!y o. the nrenl-
isFp orto HENRY BRU0hES.
nhs-r361N SIS Clark st, up statss-
, 1862-03-08

CITUATION WANTED BY a
nau who can give the hest references as to his te
Ing capable OF conducting tho management Of gar
den far and understands tho care Of horses, Or as
general snrerintenr ent OF Eenr.suan5 place !ac
1rtss u. E." Tribune Office. Mh5 n5I1 1t
, 1862-03-08

DRICKS FOR SALE-By A. J.
- Kn:es1y. at Reed slocum's Office, q Dearborn
STREET st
, 1862-03-08
FROM NASHVILLE.
FURTHER INCIDENTS OF FEDERAL
ann REBEL. OCCUPATION.
THE FADING OUT OF G. s. A.
NOTES IN TENNESSEE.
ASPECTS OF UNI0NISM In
THE STATE.
TFrom our own Correspondent |


NASHVILLE, March 8, 1851.
The St, Cloud, the st. Nicholas Of Nashville,
has undergone the mutations Of these chang
ing times Lately It was tue haunt Of rebel
officers. Floyd, and Pillow and Buckner, and
their dashing aids, not many pages back on
the records Of mine hosts, registered their
namcs in all the alphabetical bloom Of c. S. 4,
and paid their bills in the scrip "redeemable
on the recognition Of the Southern Confed-
eracy." Now Gen. Buell., has his headquarter-
ters here The breakfast one could buy with
Confederate scrip would not help the starved
anatomy Of mosquito, and the rebels are
'sorez the bills and far away To finish this
financial subject before 1 commence another,
let me 50 on to state few facts, for on this
same hangs tale. The st. Cloud #in send
me its bill for two dollars and half per day,
their old rate, in Lincoln money" If I pay
it IN Tennessee State money it Will be three
dollars. If carry down hatfu1 Of Confed
| crate notes they will gloomily refuse my pat
1onage The handiwork Of the Southern
Bank Note Company is at discount with :
| vengeance. All this since Done1son. Ant
wherever OUT troops are in possession, AMI
| ibis Will shortly come to include the entir
State Of Tennessee, Confederate money i
worthless. Can any thinking man fail to Sc
what crushing blow this administers t
| rebel finances, their Issues excluded fron
what is the richest State Of the South, abound
ing in the provisions and stores an army mus
have, and not to he obtained elsewhere in 1ik
abundance? What cripp1iDg Of the sinew
of war;
Here at Nashville the Confederacy ha
established their chief depot Of provision;
The rebel government had seized and estal
lished itself q monopoly Of salt, aud had gon
largely into the pork packing trade. MOI
hogs have been packed here this season tha
in all the rest Of the South beside, a st. Lou
packer named Bruce having been in the en-
p1oy Of the C. S. A. in charge OF these opcr
| tions. Icannot give you the figures for t
propTietoTs left before Icane here, but the eli
at the fall Of Donelson was full Of barrclt
| ,,,d h,,1I- r,,a-+c Nrch ef 4h;a vroe hasti
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need, and have regard for our need, as
you have been long trusted; acknowledge
your indebtedness, and dive in to your
pockets that youmay promptly fork over.
If there be any am5ng yoIILone single
that. don't owe us something, then
to him we say, step aside; consider your
self gentleman. If the rest wish TO
know why we dun them, this is our
answer; not that we care about ourselves
but our creditors do. Would you rather
that we went to Jail, AM you go free,
than you pay your debts to keep us
moving AS we agreed, We have worked
for you; as we contracted, we have fur
nished our paper to you but as you don't
pay, we dun you.y Here are agreements
for job work, contracts for subscriptions,
promises for long credit, and duns for
deferred payment Who is there SO green
that he don't take paperf If any, he
need not speak, for we don't mean him.
Who is there so green that he don't adver-
5tise? Ifany, let him slide; he amt the
chap neither. Who is there SO mean
that he don't pay the printerP IF any,
let him shout for he's the man we're
after. His name is Legion and he's owing
US for one, two, three, four. five. six years
long enough to make us poor and him
rich at our expense" ,sz.--.i- b.
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ADarI. Hour ln tl,e south.
From the n. Y. Journal Of commsrce.

1t mustcertainly be an hour of more se-
rious reflection in the Southern States than
any hour since the war began. The day of
vaunting and boastiug is long passed.
The day of ceriainties is now before them
They have had little ON which to gain any
courage or hang hopes, since the opening
of the Spring campaign, While we have
been depressed By the ever dark represen-
tatlons which were made by our politi-
clans of the results of the seven days bat
ties, the Confederates have been Infinitely
more depressed by the solemn truths which
no one seems TO have been able TO conceal
from them, that they had lost more than
they could ever replace IN those fearful
conflicts. No rejoic!ngs have been heard
in their cities over the battles, nor have
they had timo to smile since the fall of Dom
elson, except when they smiled doubtlngly
over the field of Shiloh.
The renewed determination of the loyal
people of the United States cannot be con-
cealed from the people of the Southern
States. They will learn the fact that
though their animosities are strong the
resolution of the people in the Border
States and the Northern Statesi is as strong,
and much more strong, since they will
compare tie volunteering of the loyalists
with the couscriptions on which they now
depend g.i 81. ,5 s5.'9---i.
They will not yield to this view, but
they may shrink before it. There is reason
for grave doubts whether they willwait at
Richmond for the coming Of the vast ar
mics which are now SO guided by the mas
ter mind of Halleck that sudden onslaughts,
in superior force, are impossible, OF only
lead them to ruin. With Halleck looking
toward them from the North and Mcclellan
from the East and the whole loyal people
Of the country Offering men and means for
the Accomplishment of the demanded res
toration of government power, the prospect
of the rebellion is darker at this moment
than ever before. If the government and
the people of the United States do their
duty firmly, calmly and nobly, the end is
coming
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our wonderrul Resources. Il .,s.
IFrom the proridenee J0urnal.l


The public anxiety has been greatly
relieyedlby the accounts from nearly all
parts of the north during the last week
It is not to be denied that the indecisiye
result of the campaign on the peninsula
and the unfavorable reports Il the strength
and condition of our forces in Virginia,
had depressed and alarmed loyalmen and
had encouraged traitors, of whom we
have many in the north, who, in their
hatred of the men charged with the
conduct public affairs, would willingly
see the republic broken, UP, fit would
restore to dismembered government
the rule which they have so long and SO
shamefully abused over the whole
The practical responses which have
been made, all over the north, to the
appeal of the President for additional
force, leaves no reasonable doubt that in
u few weeks we shall strengthen our ex-
hausted army by the enormous reinforce
ment of 100000 men, and shall have an
equal number in reserve, if needed. for
nine months service These men, so
rapidly levied and armed, supplied and
equipped, as they will be, and the enor+
mouse additions that are making to our
naval force, illustrate moro than pages of
statistics and volumes of rhetoric, the
wonderful resources which, In time of
peace and under light taxation, we have
gathered for the public defence, and show
plainly, not only to the States in revolt,
but to their powerful sympathizers in
Europe, that we are able to maintain our
nationality against treason at home aud
hostility abroad.