The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-06
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.

LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
The following items taken from the latest
southern Journals which have bsen rscsivsd
Will D. .ound interesting:
LArE HRon aoUrHRAspxII xssfUcxf-aDu. ROE.
Lico1ssA's snovBxBsfs-aIs PssoLAMArIos.
From the Memphis Aralaaeis, Of the S0tA
december, We copy the following intsrssting
intelligence from Southeastern Ksntucky:
Adjutant General Pollok b. Lee, from 0sn.
Zclifcoher's command, reached the city yea.
teruay. and brings IN entire refutation Of
the Cincinnati Csmnereisis report aboas the
othsr sids. Gen, ZoliicoHsr, learning that it
Was the intention Of SchoufF 30 advance upon
him, took time by the forslock and mace =
forced march towards his camp. bchouH
sible haste, and when Z,iiicofKsr got 20 his
encampment he was eight hours ahead Of
him.
Gen ZoIlico1sr is now secu rely entrench.
known and we learn that in ths portion Of
Kentucky In which our army has been sta
toned, the sympathies OF the better class are
with our cauee. The message Of Lincoln, in.
dicating that the war il one Tor the extermi.
nation Of slavery, has given much dissatisfac.
tion, and It is said that the ofncers in the Fed.
eral army in that section OF the country evi.
IDENTIFY cOntemptate resigoinE
Gen. Crittenden has gone to join Gen. Zol.
itcofIsr, and We Judge from all we hear, that
forward movement may be confidently an.
sicipated at an early day. Hut for misman.
Tagemsnt OF Thesis In command, In not AFFORD
ing proper facilities. we are led TO beiievs
In Lexington.
We eubjoin proclamation from General
Al Il tn fhor nofE Il nevy
Oh the 10th Of December. The document hiss
never before been published, and will be
found Interesting:
Proclamation.
BRIG ABE HBADQvARrBRs,
BsECH 0ROvE, KY. Dec. IL, 1851.
To the People Of Southeasssyn Kentucky. 1he
brigade have the honor 70 command 10 here
for no purpose Of war upon Kentuckiansi )
but to repel those Northern hordes who, with
jugation OF q Aister Southern State. They
have closed your rivers, embar&oed your
railroads, cut off your natural and proper
markets, left your stock and produce on hand,
almost valueiess. and thereby almost des-
troyeti the value OF your lands and In bor.-
We have come to open again your rivers, to
restore the ancient markets for your produce,
aud thereby TO return to you the nsiomed
value of your lands and labor. They have
represented as as murderers ard outlaws
We have come to convince you that We
truly respect the laws, revere jus tice, and
mean to give security to your personal and
property rights. They have forced many OF
you to ske up arms az ainst US. We come to
take you by the hapd, as heretofore, as
friends and brothers. Their Government
has laid heavy taxes upon you to carry on
this unnatural war, one Ject OF which is
openly avowed to be to set ut liberty your
slaves, and the ensuing steps in which will
he 10 put arms IN their hands, and give th-m
political and social eq uality with yourselves.
We saw these things in the beginning, and
are Offering our hearts blood to avert these
dreadful evils which we saw the Abolition
leaders had deliberately planned for the
South. "An men must have the ballot or
none all must have the bullet or none,''-
said mr. Seward, the present Federal Secre
tary of State.
How long will Kentrckians close their eye es
to the contemplated ruin Of their present
structure Of society How long will they
time to raise their arms against brothers
OF the South h~strnggling Tor thvse rights and
for that independents commoa to us all, and
which was euaran teed Il, all bv the Consti-
tuition of 1877 For many long yeE:ss w.. =
monstrated against the encroachments,
against those rights, and the insecurity 10
that property thus guaranteed, which these
Apon Us. They became deaf to our remon-
sfrances. becauRe they believed they had the
power, and felt IN every fibre the will to
"whip rs in.' We have disappointed them
every conflict. We have early acquired a
prestige OF success which has stricken TER.
ror into the Northern heart. Their " grand
armies have been held in check by compare
lively few but stern. hearted m en-. and now
they would invoke Kentucky valor to aid
them In bea- ling down the true cons OF the
South who have stood the shock Nkeip
bringing common ruin upon kentQcky and
her kindred people. Will you play this IN
natural part, en- uckians? Heaven forbid
the memories of the past forbid! Tbe
honor OF your wives and daughters, your
past rem own, and the fair name OF yonr pos.
terity foy bid that you should strike for Lin.
coin and tho abolition of slavery, AGAtt 81
those struggling for the rights and intelii.
Rence Of your kindred race. Strike with III
for Independence and the preserysn Il ON OF
your property, and these Northern invaders
Of your soil will soon be driven across the
Ohio. +. X. ZOLLIcofFEx, Brig Gen.
LArn rnox rHs IxDIAs eorsrRr<taxpucr o.
rHB RENEGADE OHnRoxBEs-JoHE Ross II.
ceNsEp. -
The following is an extract Of letter from
Fort Gibson to 3 gentleman In Fort Smith
Ark dated Decem Der 10, 1861. 1t gives some
psws that has never been published:
"You have no doubt heard Of the gallant
Cherokee Regiment, which made a bette1
run than the Bull Run great n lumber wen
over to the enemy; the balance, that. .rur
home, are down here, with the exception o
Col. Drew and about thirty men, who Tough
bravely under Cooper, amongst whom l!
brave and efficient. A very lucky thing
that the battle turned ont in our favor If il
had been Otherwise, away would have Wen
tha scalps Of every white person in thil
news from the battle ground, about two hun
dred OF the Cherokees here, some of them
that run away from up there, had a meeting
all armed, and large portion OF them
is the distinction Of Opothieyholo's men
II our party had been beaten, these shuch
men would have turned against US. W.
were all on the look out for them, and
I think we would have given them q
pretty good little brush ourselves; besides
we had an express ready to 60 tn Tahlehas
sec Mission, where there are two hundred
Texans, OF Colonel Simms's regiment, wht
would have been here In short time but
thank God. Colonel Cooper with his g&llaa
warriors cleaned ont old Opothieyho holo
They say the Greeks on our side and OhSc
tAws fought like good fellows. So We afe
ease for while. but think we need some
white troops here most positively to kesl
John Ross 10 greatly incensed at the bad
behavior OF the UherOkee Regiment. He hal
runners ont all over the Nation for every
body to come here. where he will give then
pect eevera1 thousand here. He aays tn
Nation II dtsgraced by the action Of the regi
ment. and the Cherokes people are hon nd 4
fight for the South, even IL he has 70 60 him
self. He 10 ready to take the field, and say
the people are bound to follow him hop,
he may succeed, and / think he will, as b,
Col. Stmms's Regiment II encamp<d her,
now We look for lsol. Cooper here to day
snd we soon shall have iivaly times here
War and scalp dances are In great fashioI
seery night.
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srILL LAfHn-A BATTLE BxP1C1lD sooN-DnDn1
rBRs DIBPosRD or, &C.
A correspondent Of the Fort Smith Nsse
writing from "Uantonmsnt Davis, Oreek Ma
ton, dec. 81 communicates the following
|sin1eyestne intslligsnca. tBy rsfsrsnce I,