The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-21
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EVANSVILLE, Dec. ia party of six
guerrillas surrounded a Union mans
house and store at Claysville, Kentucky,
keeping the old man and his clerk in the
house until they stole all the money,
and such articles as they could carry.
They then took the old gentleman into
the woods and hung him, One OF the
party subsequently went back and cut
him down, surprising that he was dead;
but he survived the hanging, and is now
after his cowardly assassans.
A large cavalry force of rebels have
crossed the Tennessee river, and threaten
TO destroy the railroad between Corinth
and Columbus. They are enforcing the
CONSUMPTION law in the territory occupied
by our troops, and have eluded capture
so far.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 1S-The Wine Exhi-
the United States Agricultural So
ciety, to come off in January next, has
been postponed indefinitely by the COM
mission, on account of the disturbed
state of the country.
The preparations for grand Christmas
dinner for the hospital inmates, under
the supervision of Mrs, 9. B. Smith, is
going on finely. The fund is already
large and is daily increasing, and the
patriotic ladies of this city have taken
hold of the good work with will,
A committee, representing the Border
State Congressional delegation, consist
ing of Messrs. Hall, Crittenden, and Girls
field, called on the President this morn
ing to urge him not to issue his emanci-
patton proclamation. The President
heard them quietly, but gave no definite
answer. Messrs. Maynard, Henderson,
and other Border State men refusedto
sanction the committee.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The petition
presented to- day by Mr.. Colfax was re-
ferred to the Committee of Ways and
Means 1t was from numerous editors
and publishers in favor of the reduction
or abolition of the duty on paper.
It will be gratifying to the friends of
soldiers wounded in the battle at Fred
ericksburg, that, upon their own applica.
ton, they can besent to military hospi-
tals.in their respective States.
Cairo, Dec. ia train from Jackson
to Columbus was fired into to-day by
guerrillas. No damage done.
An arrival from Vicksburg reports the
rebels vigorously employed in fortifying
that place. They have extended their
works from the river eight miles, and
have seventy guns mounted ON the river,
and 200 in all. The citizens for some
time have been busy packing their fur
niture and goods preparatory to evacu-
ating the place upon the opening of the
anticipated Federal attack. Cotton burn
ing is still kept up by guerrillas.
Gen Hurlburt has ordered the drink
ing houses and saloons in Memphis closed
Immediately. Persons violating the or
der directly or indirectly, will be severe
ly punished.
WAsHIN GToN Dec. 19-The Secretary
of the Treasury, in answer to a resolu-
ton of the House, has sent communi
cation to the Speaker, in which he states
that the acquisitions of the Secretary of
War for the payment of troops has al
ways been promptly met at the treasury
when an absolute want of means did not
prevent. He says since the LIST of July |
last the sum of $66, 554, 281 has been paid
on such as follows: For bounties on en-
listments, $7,5OO,OOO; for recruiting, col
Letting, drilling, and organizing troops,
$10,173,360 Al; for ordinary pay $49,-
881,93l 20. The amount of acquisitions
of this description now in the Treasury |
Department unpaid is sos, 100000. These
unpaid acquisitions are about equal TO
the amount required for pay during one
bi-monthly period when the resources of
the treasury became inadequate to the
demand upon il. .3 I.
The Secretary of the Treasury COM
municated the facts to the Secretaries of
War and Navy, and requested them to
designate particular acquisitions which
they regarded as most urgent, to amount
to SL000000 daily. TO this extent re-
QUESTIONS are daily met from customs,
from internal revenue, from the proceeds
of conversions of temporary loans, and |
from new issues of United States Treas
ury Notes. These resources, though |
large, are, as Congress has already been
informed, inadequate,
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 19--Rev DIR. M'Pheeters,
of the Pine Street Church, has been or
dered by the Provost Marshal- General
to leave the State within ten days for en-
the rebellion. Three members
of his church were appointed trustees
and direcied IN filI the nnlniL with n low.