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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-03-20
EN.RRAGG.

We have great admiration for
Gen. Bragg, who IS now in COM
mand of the End Division of the
Western Army, a. jackson and
Memphis. He was called on for a
speech the other day. He sdd he
never made but one speech IN h's
life, and that was to his wife
But let me, he said, give you this
advice: Never call on II General
to make a speech, nor a politician
to lead your armies! Good-a
centre shot. He has issued his
general orders, and we copy one
of them, which applies to our rail-
roads:
The sale or supplying in any
manner. of Intoxicating liquors
within five miles of any station oc-
cupied by troops, or within one
mile of any public highway used
for military purposes, except for
medicinal purposes, on the writ
ten prescription Of regular ply
stefan, is prohibited. All grog
shops and drinking saloons within
such limits will be closed, and the
supplies packed, subject to militia
ry inspection. Any violation of
this order will be followed by
prompt arrest of the offender and
destruction of all his stores of liquor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-03-20

$1,000
The evacuation Of Columbus,
KY, by the Coniedcrates, has Leen
officially announced at Washing
ton. 'fhc report from Com. Foote
that fhe stores and equipments
there, and perhaps the town, had
been burned, is contradicttd.
It's reported that Ex-Governor
Andrew Johnson will be appointed
a Brlgadier General, and act as
Military Governor Of Tennessee.
The Treasury Department has
ordered the cotton taken at Nash
ville--valued at Sl00,G00-to be
sent to New York.
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7. GRANTS ,ADvAscE.-Ths Chicago Times pub.
fishes dispatch purporting to be dated at OK
ford, Miss, Dec. 7th. It says that the cavalry
under Col. Dickey pursued the retrsatng Rebel
army aud attacked it near Coifseville, on last
Friday evening. An engagement Of two hours
duration ensued with the Rebel forces number.
ing about five thousand, which was ended BY
night The Federal loss was about nine killed,
fifty wounded and sixty missing. Rebel loss
three hundred killed and wounded.
Coffseville,. according to our map, is more
than half way from Oxford, on the road to Gren.
ada, at which point Grant, we suppose, intends
to make junction with the force already in
that vicinity under Gen. Hovey. Fl,
The I'd Iowa Cavalry appears to have been
part of the command of Col. Dickey, and the
following Casualties are reported among them
WoundedsB. MCLEAN, Corporal, company A..
leg fractured; James Fickel, Orderly Sergeant
company K, arm fractured; Perry L. Reed I'd
Lieutenant, flesh wound in shoulder; John
Slathers, private, killed; - Lawrence, pri
vate, company A, MORALLY wounded; G. NJ
Gibson. lst Sergeant, company B, flesh wound
In hand and breast; G. B. Harrington, LIST Lieut.
company B, in knee A. w: Carmichael, private,
company I, shot in ankle n. D. Needham, pri.
vate, company D, shoulder. @
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MsAl@yt..,.Y 81,

AZ x IA II SysNK-syea <IIthG
y--s KRoKux, Iows, Dec. s, 81
I1fHa. EDrroR :-Wil you be kind enough to
grant us room in your columns to express our
many thanks 70 the citizens Of Yellow Spring
and Huron Townships, for contributing 20 boun,
tifully % they have done for the benefit of the
sick and wounded under our care. 1s it any
wonder "Iowa Boys are Good Grit" We think
not: while we have such Mothers and Sisters at
Home, who are willing to do 80 much for US.
The following is list Of the articles received:
Dried apples Is bu; do plums II bu; do grapes
8 qts; do cherries s OTIS; do blsckberries qts;
do elderberries 2 qts; apple butter legs 90
gals each;) molasses kegs 40 gals each;) mo
lasses Dbl; honey 10 lbs; dressed fowls, three;
preserves jars; preserved fruit s cane; eggs
4 dos; butter SO rolls; punches sage; ! bunch
red peppers. Also, good supply Of articles for
the Linen department.. aa-8 Il 1sbsao2
. For which We return our most sincere thanks,
and promise our endeavors to have the same dis.
tributed in satisfactory manner. u.s. wed
Ell ~ i.ev ]. b. GufHa,E,w =.
.5 s.sg j. r. BRApsN,
To- s.s PIsRsox CARAEANI.
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"a The winter campaign in the West is
opening with q promise Of more vigorous work
than ever before and with certainty Of secur.
ing results. The columns which are now moving
through Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas
with irresistible power which the rebels are ut.
terly unable to resist, must carry dismay to the
heart of the c. S. A. The rebellion cannot live
long under the blows of Burnside on the Poso-
mac, Banks any our Gun Boats along the At
lantic and Gulf coasts, while the immense arm
les Of Rosecrans, Grant, Sherman. Hovey, Nc.
Clernand and schoaeld, are carrying desolation
in ill directions. Before March next there will
not be enough Of slavery lett in al Dixie to be
worth fighting about and hardly anything else
but the soil. This war is carried on upon a scale
Of much more magnitude than any of modern
times. The destruction and waste and desola.
ton must be CORRESPONDENCE large. Want, suf:
fering, pestilence and death must follow in the
track of these armies Will the rebels find the
last ditch and die in it. or will they give up their
project Of breaking up the Union and establish.
ing Southern oonfsderacys We shall see.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-12-13

ANOTHER PArR1or.-George P. Kane. former
~ Marshal of Baltimore, having been discharged
from military custody, is out with an address, in
which, like the rest of the scoundrels, he avows
himself victim and martyr to arbitrary power!
Poor fellow!
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&. Commodore Vanderbilt has pair of ponies
~. wo,cn ne says he would refuse $75, OOOl He
i ;,, s.ano,ng offer Of Sc, 900 to any man who
Yo,t l. a. nns Team Tor beauty and speed New
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sBhahony is playing the role Of injured
innocence with great satisfaction to himself. He
evidently thinks be 10 doing business with large
sized augur. he has written, letters to Horace
Greedy, Governor Kirkwood and President Lin.
coin. His letters are OF awful length, the one
to the President occupying little less than page
in the Herald. Dennis thinks be is gun Of the
largest bore and very heaviest metal. II he
keeps on writing letters, his readers viii see the
bore Of the thing. In the meantime we advise
him to dry up, before bis howlings make it ne.
cessory for some one to do it for him, as was go
Handsomely done for his CO worker George Wal
lace Jones, who, nowadays, never peeps about
bis Imprisonment in the Government Bastie,'
although year ago he was PLAYING the martyr
precisely % Dennis now is, and upon almost %
large scale. ~, 81
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Iowa Hospital Ter she Insaas.
- ~ No isss ennaal meeting Of The Trustees Of
this InssitusJas NJ ASofss Josselyn and Krs O.
Jossslyn xets elected 70 tie Offices " Steward
Aad Kastoh,u il pl.ss II 4. Wlnslev md ,nrs. 3.
Wipsov, whose terms Of Office had expired, and
who declined the place for another year.
M. Winslow has been connected with the
erection Of the Hospital buildings from the FIRST
foundation stone, and now that his Office and
salary % Superintendent of Construction are
about to terminate by the substantial completion
Of this vast structure, he retires from the Iusti
tuition, The establishment will remain lasting
monument to Mr.. Winslow's skill ability and
fidelity in the execution Of an important public
trust. Mr.. Winslow retires from The Institution
bearing with him the fullest confidence, and the
kind wishes of the remaining oficers, as we'll d
the public, whose faithful servant he has been.
Other States, having important public building
70 erect win yet avail themselves Of his enlarged
experiences and practical ability in his profession
The Hospital is nowfully in successful opera
ton. During the short period since its opening
it has admitted neatly 500 insane patients, and
during the last twelve months $50 patients have
been under care and treatment 4 majority Of
these, it is painful to record, having become
chronic and incurable from long neglected treat
,rens. During the year, ~ have been restored
to health, and home, and frienda, and others are
improving With good prospects. The results Of
treatment in this Institution are equally favors-
BILE with those Of any other similar hospital IN
this Of any other country.,g.stg saasQ.
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~ The French in Mexico are rumored tn he

~ The French in Mexico are rumored to be
in want of transportation to enable them tn move
rapidly towards the Capital Of that unfortunate
country. According to the papers, FIVE hundred
wagons and one thousand mules constitute the
precise measure of their necessity We ara
glad Of tit is pleasant to hear that they want
something to ensble them to advance, We
trust that they will continue to want the wagons
and the mules, and that the requisite number
will always be lacking. If the hexicans are not
able to drive them back into the Gulf, we shall
be delighted With anything that will prevent their
marching while marching is possible in that re-
gion.
TA private letter from Helena says Lieut..
Col. Brydolf is now 10 command of q Brigade ct
that place. a@ eta@8
II
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observation-disclosures papers say that long
continued drought in that vicinity has ABOUT
dried up all the wells and cisterns. They say
there has been no rain Of any account for three
months, and unless it rains very soon they pro.
TESS to be uneasy as to what people will do for
white linen. The water hsulers like it, as they
have plenty to do. These latter hard working
chaps have nearly drained the river dry, having
lowered it two feet during last week and about
stopped the ferry boat We fear the papers up
there are just q little inclined to-exaggeration!
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j s'TsRaIroRlAL UsnY."-Undsr this title the
Missouri Republican comments upon that por
ton of the Message which exposes the folly Of :
separation Of the Union. II aays The Presidents
views on this point are most sound, just, logi-
cal, and convincing, nall respects worthy Of
the gravest consideration, and the whole argu-
ment ''unanswerable!" Quite an acknowledg-
ment, considering its source. s4b5gI 40 =
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CorroH-The Missouri Republican of Satur-
day last says that q commission merchant of St.
Louis shipped that day OF the steamer Progress,
$50 bales cotton, for Pittsburg thence by rail to
New York. The value Of this shipment, at present
prices, it estimates at quarter of million dol
lars, and alleges that cargo of equal value has
never been carried from that city by one boat.
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ga4 a. The tory politicians and papers Of the
North never contemplate or discuss any method
of saving the Union except through concession
and comprom' sc. To their cowardly souls there
is nothing Korth fighting for, and to clinch this
proposition, there .is nothing to be gained by
fighting. They adhere to the idea that UNDER
lies the rebellion and is At the bottom of our ma.
tional troubles, viz: That the Government Of
the United States is Confederacy of Sovereign
States, depending for its existence upon the will
and pleasure of the "a States composing it
that whenever one or more of these Sovereigne
becomes turbulent, and insists upon going out,
the Government has no power to compel her to
remain within tho Union under our present
Constitution.
With their mental vision obscured BY this
monstrous falacy the conservative villains and
conservative fools Of the free States and the
traitors who sympathize With rebellion are Just
now awfully concerned tor fear that the South
eru Confederscy will get mad on account Of
President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
and refuse to be RECONSTRUCTED. That would
be bad Suppose JEFF. Davis should get mad
about that Proclamation. Suppose the Rete
Congress should get mad. Suppose the whole
Rebel Army should also get belligerent!-
Wouldn't it be swful!
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THE HAWK-EYE


as wNs Tory Press Of Iowa has done more
lying about the soldiers' vote, in order 70 JUS
tfy ito former oft-rspeated falsshood that our
arny Was composed Of Democratic, than IL did
even about the Lunasic Asylum. Although all
the Democrats 10 the Legislature voted for the
law, allowing the soldiers to vote, and no news
paper Of that persuasion opposed the Law before
tie election; they oil now declare the law ur-
constitutional. The soldiers must not vote i
The Law allows each Regiment to choose ito own
judges and vote just - i'd any ward or precinct,
and some fifteen o. twenty regiments which had
not left TIE State, did thus choose judges and
hold IN election at Burlington, Mt Pleasant,
sKeokuk, 1Osksloosa, Des Moines, Davenport, Du'
buque, Clinson,y Council Bluffs. &C., where eve
y body could zee and know Of Frauds if there
had been any. il Yet no fraud has been shown,
4 for the reason that no fraud vas practieed o.
attempted 70 be practiced. Ths soldiers chose
their judges and cast their votes just as at thei,
.hsmea They had their own clerks, axsd W
their poll books, sealed up tbsir returns ant
sent them to'the Capital, BY Commissioners up
pointed for the purpose. whose only duty was Il
carry these poll books to the Secretary Of State
There is no evidence shat any OF these soldier
were influenced 10 any way 10 casting thei
+ votes. There is 40 evidence that the return
have been tempered with. 3 Mons Of the poll
D books have been stolen. Yet the success Of I'll
tory party 10 Iowa requires that our soldier
shall be disfrsnchised and that party is in labo
20 hit upop some plan of elisfran chisinp them
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II The reported csptutsNof Gsen ads, Miss
has been confirmed. There seems little doubt
that Gen. Hovey, having, marched across the
State from the Mississippi River, was allowed to
take peaceabls possession Of Grenada His com.
mand is from Helena, and probably embraced
many Of the Iowa troops recently sent South
Grenada is but 100 miles north Of jackson. the
capitol, and the rebels must defend Jackson Or
give up vicksburgh, forty miles west, and thus
give up the river. i ,sd-reg 4 bss9.ssh AZ ~
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y "PoLlrIcAL"' Oh ".SrATE ParsosERs" PLEASE
TAKE No1lcE We desire to obtain the names
and Post Office address Of all persons who have
been arrested in the different States, a. 'Polsi.
cal" or Estate prisoners, Will those who see
this notice please send their names, etc, to the
address of D. STEWARD,
Fairfel1, Iowa.
Yes, sir, we can give you one uame. 1t is that
of Dave Steward. He wss arrested for sppo-
sing enlistments' upon she testimony of bis
friends Clagget and Hendershott, who both de-
clared that he ought TO be arrested and sent to
, Fort Lafayette. The Government sent him to
the Old Capitol at Washington and released him
upon bis taking the oath Of allegiance. The ar.
rest was wrong, not because the man was not
guilty, hut because his insignidcance and stu
pidity should have protected him. Put that in
S your diary, David. ia# ~rse4 " 'al1
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i A NEW MOVEMENT ON RIcHMoND.-We have
an intmation that Lees army is falling back
having thrown up works about Fredericksburg
for temporary defense, to gain time by holding
our army in check in its movement toward
Richmond, the superiority of which is well
known and now acknowledged by the rebels
This has all been understood by General Burn.
side, who long ago had the most positive as
surances that the enemy designed falling upon
our divisions now occupying points on the coast
and destroying them. To Illustrate these
schemes 1t was necessary to make an immed-
late and important movement in front of the
enemy, until We were able to attack in front and
rear, with hope of annihilating him. This
end was gained in the movement to Falmouth,
and the demand for the surrender of Fredericks.
burg, which it must be confessed was admra-
bly, managed, and has been eminently success.
full. While this little game of strategy was
progressing, advantage was taken of the time
gained to prepare for an important movement
against the enemy by different route from
any hitherto selected. The enemy feeling the
insecurity Of his lines of retreat, and his ina
bility to meet successfully in battle,is undoubt-
eddy contemplating retrogade movement
An advance of the army under General Burn
side will either force the rebels to fight on the
Rappahannock or hasten their retreat toward
the James river. This matter has been fully
weighed by General Halleck, from suggestions
Of the President, his cabinet, and General Burn
side and we have reason to believe that an ad-
vantage will bemade soon, the success Of which
will show results which will prove that the un-
tied States must dictate its own terms for an
honorable peace, and not accept propositions
for most ignominious compromise offered by
Tohn Lafcher IN Rarpa do Wnod throuOh the
Maryland underground mail, as enunciated
by the gentleman in speech made in New York
city on Saturday evening st-[Phil. Press.
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Inc Dfais In Des Molnes County.
Des MONIES County is short s5l men to b
drawn from the following Townships

The following townships have furnisbed tbe;,
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may be-, it can never move rapidly with such a
mass Of impediments, and yet speculative pro
jects are almost daily urged on the War Depart.
ment to increase the immobiity of our armies
in the field
Again, our troops, especially those in the
East, have been very little accustomed to march,
At least to that kind of marching usually re-
quired by active operations in the field. Alb.
senteeism is one of the most serious evils in all
our armies. Hundreds Of officers and thous
snos OF men are almost continually away from
.nelr commands. Many of these are really
strsgg!ers and deserters. In regard to officers,
.ne esli 10 being abatsd by summary dismissals
sna me law could be stringently enforced
against the men it would soon put an end to de-
sermons. But struggling on the march and in
Dat'ie can De prevented only by severe and sum.
mary punishment inflicted on the suot. In this
and many other important particulars our m aIis
tary laws require revision and Amendment =
They we're mostly enacted for q small armv and
tor times Of peace, and are unsuited to the GOV.
eminent OF the army We now have, and the war
in which we are now engaged.
Very respectfully, "
Your obedient servant,
.-..s a.t --. Il. w. HALLECK,
-..- ~. e..-.. .f General-in- Chief.
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ordsE tfkH IN dlass i IAusagI 4.b, calling
for additional forces, cad The patriotic sespooss
Of the people OF she NorshRssts thwarted the en-
.smys we'll formed cslcalstiossss sauaoo -
81 Gen. Bragg suddenly transferred large part
Of bis army from Tupelo, Mississippi, through
the States Of Alabama and Georgia, reached
Chattanooga in advance Of Gen. Buell., turned
his left, and, rapidly crossing the State of Ten
nessee, entered Kentucky BY Aunfordsville and
Lebanon. 3s,5 vFss8s sa g4gao 81 shu dsfdgs IS
!, Gen. Buell. fell back upon Nashville, without
giving the enemy battle-then followed, or RAJ
ther moved parallel with Bragg, who, after cap
turing our garrison at Auntordsville, turned of
from the main road to Louisville, along which
Gen. Buell. passed-the latter reaching Louisville
without any engagement 4 Another column of
the enemy had moved from East Tennessee, af-
ter blockadiDg' Cumberland Gap, upon Lexing>
ton, and threatened Cincinnati. A. small force
OF our raw troops. which had bean pushed, for,
ward 70 Richmond, Ky.,i under Major General
Nelson, we're met by the enemy and completely
routed. In the mean time every effort had been
made to collect new troops o. Cincinnati and
Louisville, and to fortify these places against;a
coHp-de main. h- -51ir al, E.,. IA. -,
To give confidence to the new levies, . Dor
ton Of General Grants army was withdrawn
from Mississippi and sent to Kentucky and
cincinnati. No attack was attempted by the
enemy. .f,E.,g 49,.
Major General Buell. left Louisville on the let
OF October, WITH a army Of about loo, 900 men
in pursuit of General Bragg. The latter engaged
part Of General Buells army; as Perryville,
about 10 o'clock, on the 9th Of October. A
general battle ensued, and Was continued till
dark; it Vas mainly fought BY Major General
neCooks corps; the enemy rstreating during the
night; the losses we're heavy on both sides, but
no official report Of the numbers engaged on the
losses on either side have been received. After
this battle, the main army Of the Rebels retreated
to East Tennessee; General Buell. pursued it a.
far % Mount Vernon or London, then fell back
to the line from Louisville to Nashville. Here
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24
VERMONT VIEWS.

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- '"' '"e''l"S mousse 81 VII wizard
o'o""' ~ I'Ae'aul' was burned Two c.i.-
1' H. one zen ana 'ue 't'er Twelve }'lfs "'-.
na'Hel AHee ana Ferry persisted DO the 4me.
another 'ulu was i'''ae' WIN al'naaI'.
FKEIN IS ISL ALBANY The hr and shed
.. hs'' 0e'' F'''a"' OF " e,t A'aal'' woe
entirely destroyed Is afe, oa Tuesday evening"
last together with tbr,s ,.r four t.p..t inv
'"'"t''' YOKE % oxen one GU" anu cl''' '..
cart, aud quite % lot ~ farming uoe lle
loss is PARTLY covered bv am insurance Ia r5.
F,-r.- !, Nr,t,.I
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"'iuse over 'ue orah'u Oh STATE oTeet VIII
be a line one, and wlatwe should have had D..
fore.
CARELESS DeIvNG.-A little durbt,r NJ
Warren H,,l., tl,;. ill.,.
,'.,.. aus '''''e' vas "a" over ID
MONDAY afternoon ny IA careless driver OF spa
of horses. The child though somewhat bruised
is thought not to be seriously in;nrod Tho
Jobn wbo Tins rnt IN ;.,ao.dy ~, Mo- ~.
N1 WV ''S P'' ~ J'Op''uJ tue i'c Of the
80 'V'' e"''' "C"''e'' io' "'r 'a'e'
ou' uro'e On without stopping to learn what
injury he had done. We regret that we cannot
give his name and thus identity the hcartlessIv
.r,o ;,a;,;d,,l
a..
III. II a ""iu oe.'lR'"s ~ auley' Jack
oo"''i'. ""s aeoen'y S'!u'k ny lightning and
''''p '''''9 ''"'""''' W.T." 'our h'al oil cattle
Fryrs-Fernando e Kona.,oa orc.,
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DEMocRArIC STATE C0NvENrioN.-The "un-
terrified Democracy OF Vermont are to meet
in State Convention at Bellows Falls on the %
day of july for the purpose of nominating Il
State ticket. The 4" call = is SO definite in re.
gard to who are expected to be present, that we
think no one will be at loss 10 know whether
he is a" invited or not 1t is as follows
/" All citizens who think that the sectional
and fanatlcal principles, and the unconstituton
al and meddlng practices OF the republican
party tend to disunion and the Government,
the Constitution, and the Union, can be restored
and preserved to the whole country, only through
the national, and conservative principles of the
Democratic party, are invited to attend