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The FedernI Amy ia rIissi.sippi,

The correspond entof the Missouri Republican,
writing from Grand Junction, on the 7th inst,
says:
The concentration of forces in this neigh bor-
hood points to immediate and important move
ments Three miles below, on tie read that
runs to Salem, lie the forces Of Gen. c. Ham
lton, lately arrived from Co1inth. They cor
sist at present Of four divisions one of cavalry,
commanded by Col. Mizener of the 3 Micli,
gan "a regular army offeer,) and three of in
fantTy, commanded respectively by Stanley,
Quinby aRd Macarthur. The entire corps is to
be known as the left wing Of the army of Ten
nessee.
Three miles west of Grand junction, ,t La
Grange, are the forces which have moved down
from Bolivar, under the immediate command Of
General Grant. Mcpherson, recently made
msjor-geneTal, IS also theEe, q noble hearted
freshing, after dwelling in the miserable swsmss
and sand hills of Corinth and RieDz, to find
ourselves transferred TO so pretty village ss
LsGTaDge, where the water is not dirty, al the
houses are not squsld and the sir is not Inurky
with miasms--where. on the contrary, the
dwellings are handsome, the grounds sround
them spacious, the hedge-rows neat, the ever
greens magnificent, the furniture indoors often
splendid, and sometimes even iasteful
am GLAD t. ssy that the railroad from jlivar
tc Grand Junction is now Ieopened, and we thus
have new and important line of supply and
comma Iicstion Western Tennessee will thus
be more frruly held By u, and our possession Of
Memphis made 2 certainty.
1t is shameful TACT, which you may have
learned by telegraph that Hamjltous amy, on
tbs march from Corinth, were guilty Of many
ezce'ses, especially in the burning of houses.
cotton-gins aud barns. I cannot imagine on
what principle soldiers, lighting to restore a
Union, will commit outrages which can only
provoke al immortal hate Several of the guilty
parties have been arrested aud viii be severely
dealt with
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The su.prn.lsn ef Cur,l.

The government has suspended Gen Curtis
from bis command in Missouri. = tier late
than never. But why was h5 appointed to that
command His cotton speculstions in Arksn
sss AndNhis prostitution of bis military authori.
ty in aid Of those speculstions. wsre lust as
notorious when he was appointed to the CON-
nsnd in Missouri as they are now. We have
it from well informed sources that be and one
or two of his family relations have realized
some three millions Of dollars in profits from
cotton. It was not in the subjugstOn OF the re-
bsllion that be employed the army iu Arkansas,
but iu the subjUgstion of cotton to his own
uses and the decentralization Of the amy, and
the injury to the Union cause among the people
OF Arkansas, as couse quenees of such employ
ment, cannot be appreciated save By the wit
nesses of it.
General Curtis is an bolitionist. He believes
in the most radical abolition methods of carry
ing on the war He has never guarded rebal
Property-until Is came into his possession. He
has never given immunity to rebel people-save
during his own business transactions with them.
lie has never, 10 his marches, restrained his
soldiers from wsntonly destroying whatever lay
in their way-nrlass il ehancei to be cotton
he has never sent = negro back into slavery
except to exchsnge him for cotton If he has
never conhscated any other property than cot
ton, it was because he had no personal use for
any ether
He came to this city few weeks ago as an
orator At one Of the abolition "war meetings. -
We remember that his opinion IF the " loyalty
of demoecats was very poor. Il was his opinion
that eli the prominent democrats in the county
wore disloyal, aud that they ought to be shut
up until the war should be over"
He has been suspended from command and
placed under arrest. This IS mere than ne have
nVDapfpd vi ia dina IA nd -
l. that ne is treated otherwise Ehsn The adminif-
traion have treated other great thieves and spec
ulators in the niseries Of tie country - Chicago
Tunes
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| hundred ann fifty thousand in Virginia, on
hundred and twenty-five thousand under LIE,
on the Shenandoah. forty thousand between
| Gordonsviila and the Shenaad ,ah tea thousand
! south of Fredericksburg aud at Richmond
tweAty thousand south of Richmond thirty
| Thousand west Of Richmond on the Lynchbure
railroad, st LyBchburg, and Loriug's (nov
! Eohol's srmy in Western Virginia and TWEEN
| ty-fve thousand scattered GROUND in the hosp
! tals guarding the same and public property
and doing provost guard duty fifteen thousand
| in North Carolina, forty thOussud in Charleston
| Savannah and Mobile, under Bsauregard, thir-
| ty FIVE thousand in the army OF the Mississippi
U1der Pemberton, latelV Lowell, seventy thou
sand commanded by Bragg, including K rby
| Smiths and Humphrey Msrshsll's forces, twsD-
/ ty thousand under Hindman in Arkansas, and
tw.nsy thoussnd in Louisiana and Texas.
These figures represent the popular idea at
the South Of The strength of their mics; but it
Is very pertinent to remark here that shrewd and
observing S)pthsrn men have been knowa to
lsugh at their estimates, sud intimste they are
gross exaggeratOns. There are those who
should know Il, if any do, who say that Lees
army in Virginia has been much oVer-estimsted
on both sides. but more especially on this, and
insist that, VIII le the total Rebel force in Vir
giUia is not one hundred and fifty thousand Lee
has not more than seventy-fve thousand troops
under his immediate command.
Such assertions as these frequently come from
sources which should cause grave doubts Of the
correctness of the commonly estimated forces
of the enemy but, after all, they may bs ma e
only with the object Of deluding us with regard
TO their real strength.
The Southern people msniiest satisfaction 81
the present condition of affairs, and appear to
be in no alarm about the future-so say those
who have lately been with them. They are
aware Of the Disadvantages they fight agsiasf,
yet the events of the war have inspired th, m
with confidence in jeff Davis aud their gener.
ais, and they believe they will succeed.
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RecsSniIIoa aud Tg.erveo,,on.

1t has at last bscone manifest to the people
Of the South that all their hopes Of ffeclual
sympathy and aid from abroad are groundless.
That such is tho case The most hopeful admit, IS
to the reasons al are iBquiring. The Richmond
E1amiuer makes al explanation that will i'm
press al forcibly. It says
Tbs greatness cf America is a recent rsvela
ton to Europe. With the North and South
confsdersted under the old government the
United States poss sssed military power and an
abundance of resources of which her citizens
even in the excesses of their sel-complaeency,
never dreamed. But few minds in Europe had
any idea of the power of the young giant of the
Western world. One or two of their public
men, as Cavour or Napoleon, might have appTe-
magnitude OF America But it was generally q
dim speculation IN Europe. Our boasts Of mill
tary prOwess were frequently ridiculed by the
English press ard passed as trans Atlantic blUs-
ter. But this war has shown that even these
boasts fell far short of the reality il has re-
vsaled to the world an enormous power that
overshadows whatever there is Of military dis
play in modern history, and has zed the
most Arrogant nations Of Eafope
Within eighseen months Of this war, the
North AMI Siutb have raised aTmies larger than
those of the fest NspoleOni iron-clad asets have
bssn launched capable of destroying the com
hined nayes Of England and France; two mil
linns of men have been put in the field; a, yet
the internal system of the industry of the coun-
try and the ordinary pursuits of peace have
been but little in errupted, unless from the ex-
ceptional cause of the blockade Of the S0utsern
feacoast. Had the North snd South continued
IS one nation there coald scarcely have been
any limits to the achievements Of their military
pa1eT-EnglAnd could never have checked it..
We could have oveTrua the continent, taken
Canada il the teeth of q combination of ell the
European pcwerss ana crushed England alone
q, an egg-shel under the hammer
Tae bloody and unhappy revelation which
this war has ,aade Of enormous nih ,ary resources
has naturally given to Eagsn5. an exHaordin-
ary interest in its Continuation. Nothing could
be more contrary to the wishes aud policy Of
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] England than that the war should end in re
uniting the North and the Sonth, and e0nsoli
dating and renewing in rivalry to her militsrJ
power which is nov wasted in intestine strife
That the Union never shall be restored is fore
gone and settled conclusion with the Britisl
government It would not now hesitate for
memsnt TO recognize the South, unless firmly
persuaded Of our ability aud resolution to carry
en- the war, and unless it had another ohjsct tC
gam beside that Of permanent division in the
nationality and power of her old rival The
object IS the exhaustion Of both North and
South
England proposes to effect the continuation
OF this war as far as possible, te the mutual
ruin OF the two nations engaged in it by stand
ing aside and trusting that after vast expendi-
ture Of blood and waste of resources the sepa-
ration OF the Union will BE- qqite as surely ac-
complished BY the self devosion of the South,
as by the less profitable made Of foreign inter
Ventlon. To the advantages she hopes to gain
trom this separation, she desires to add those
which she expects from loss and ruin to both
North and South IN long war. Her present
policy OF neutrality with references to the war is
founded in the corfdence that the South is
able to achieve her independence, aud that the
proiongatiOn Of hestiities does not risk her sub
juEation.
In this unchrstian and luhuman calculation En- gland
mas rightly estimated the resolution ard spirit Of the
south We are prepared to win Independence with
the great prices Of blood and suffering tha England has
named Bnt we understand her in this matter Behind
her mask Of conscience and pbarasaieal precision there
turks hideous AMI devish purpose.
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run h-e Al~siteac ttlllff- r.
The authorities at Washington have decided
to allow the I1disns to remain IN Minnesota
Those who have been csptored viii have to
swear allegiance to the government when they
viii De allowed to remain, AID viii be better
cared for IN the future.
A dsmnab'e outage
But what else could be expec,ed The IN
dians are a great )urce OF prof, to certain
dreds Of thousands of dollars are each year
used " for Indian purposes" in Minnesota This
fund is common plunder for ngants, senasors
and representatives. Every littie while when
faro banks fast wOmsn and wine have depleted
the pockets of certain officials Of our sister State,
a new tTea y must be made with the Iudisns-a
half score of officials 60 Out on s big drunk, the
Indians and officials rstfy''- the officials
pocket few Thousand dollp1s in gold, while en-
outraged people suffer
We have il from uudeniaole authority that
Representative Wmdom and S natoT WAkirson
received $50 600 as their snare Of treaty
money for engineering" the mater through
Congress. This, with eh het other officials have
stolen, makes q nice little corruption fund
very handy 70 have about elsetigu time
There is money for somebody in army con-
tracts To keep Pope going On with his tom
i0olery costs miliiOns-6us the profits are d.
vided with officials, and the Iadians must be
kept IN Minnesota. Tie murder of a thousand
Germans aud Norwegians Is nothing as they
wele mostly Democrats. The depopulasion Of
one-balf the ate of Minnesota is Of no. account
so long as swindhng contractors and govern
naent officials can annually steal several thou
sand dollars.
Verify, it pays to BE- republican, poliiieian.
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Economy and rhril. in .he Army,

The following article which we clip from the
Richmond Enquirer, contains several hints wor.
thy the attention of both army officers and sol.
diers
| Washington correspondent of a paper pub
| lished farther North says:
9 An enterprising firm have started a bone
boiling establishment on the river bank, aud are
making money by producing fertilizer from
the cast of bones of the camps. Carts per-
meate through all the reads and by-paths col.
lecting grease which is sold TO the soap and
eandle-mskers"
We shall do well to learn of the enemy in
many things besides the above. Many O. the
inconveniences suffered by the army would dis
appear II care were taken in all quarters TO
save and employ the means In cur hands
For instance, the soldiers have suff red for
want CT soap; and yet the grease which is
wasted in every camp, and the ashes of every
camp fire, contain the elements for making a sri-
perabundant supply. This would not be prac-
cable where the army is on the wing; but v hen
the soldiers are in camp for a week, and esue-
cialy when 10 winter quarters, there is no good
reason IN the world why they may NOS MAKE
more soap thsn they can use. Il would be well
to have detail or two in each regiment to at
tend to this business The few conveniences
necessary for the manufacture would make only
an insignificant demand on the transports tim.
In the article of leather the scarcity would
not be near so greet if the hides OF the govern
ment beeves were ali preserved and han led over
to the tanners. No doubt much has been done
towards collecting these. The following. which
we copy from South Carolina exchange, is
evidence;
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We cordially concur with : contemporary in
calling upon all Confederate citizens and sol
diers who have latters, captured from the Yam
KEGS, in their possession, to keep them carefully.
SO as to enable the government TO have them
collected and printed for pressrvstie0 in pa-
tional Library. There were mail bags captured
a. Manassas, the contents Of which it will be
scarcely possible for the world % credit unless
the original manuscripts are retained and pre-
served in the public archives so as to be referred
TO- If necessary, by those who READ the pripted
book Upon almost every battle Geld since.
letters Of similEz character have been picked
up, though their style has in general been less
inde 5eut, owing 20 tle exposures that were made
OF their first correspondence. TIE world and
posteTltY ought to see the real character of the
men who are engaged in this war, aud Congress
would do vel to adopt measures 20 thst end by
collecting and preserving the captured Yankee
letters. gentleman who has since returned to
Europe the intelligent correspondent of the
London Herald, was favored by ons Of ont gen
erals with peep at the Yankee letters taken at
Manassas and has already given as graphic a
picture as decency would permit of their as
founding contents Bat newspaper notices are
soon forgotten, aud We wish to embalm TIE sors
OF the Pilgrims in theif own odor ferrous spices
so that their fragrance may descend to the most
remote generations We wish the world to be-
hold the fruits Of Puriianism in these private
disclosures Of people who profess to bs the
purest most pious and philsnihropical Of man-
kind. It IS impossible even TO hint, except in
general terms, at the horrible lewdaess Of these
letters. The humsn Imagination never before
conceived such atrocities as the flames of battle
have disclosed in The interior of these wbited
sePulchres
There IS another Development of the eaemv's
brutality and barbarism, which ought 70 be
placed upon record, side by side with Yankee
correspondence, and that IS the unparalleled aud
horrible desecration and even def elnent of
churches dedicsted to thu worship of God The
church at CenterVille was memorable example.
snd the evidences of Yankee civilization and
deceucy in their treatment Of his church, as
well es ethers, ought 10 be plsced in such form
that even Yankee msndacity could not overlook
IT, The b'aspbemous and filthy words, aad the
vile pictures with which those hallowed walls
were covered al o7er, ought never to be forgot
ten, IS Illustrative of the kind CT enemy with
whom we contend. Can heaven bs expected to
favor such cause Can the al good Bsing
prosper srch 3 people Instesd Of looking
abroad for intervention, we have every reason to
look upward. and beliovs that God Of justice
and ct vengeance will interp0ss in our behalf
RiehmOnd IisDqfrh
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The Eaemy In Ka.,srn nOr.s Carroll,

y he Enemg In Haaserm HOrgh Carolina
There is no longer any doub. thas the en-
emy's forces in Eastern North Carolina ara
moving on Weldon, with view Of tapping the
railroad At that point. We Published some Iays
ago an account Of fght which took place be-
tween three companies of the 26.h North Caro-
lima regiment and the advance guard Of the en-
emy, on Sunday last. In this engagement the
enemy was repulsed, our loss being ten killed
and twenty nine wounded
Later intelligence furnishes Us with soma
fuller particulars Of the sdVar e. from which il
appears thst the enemy landed large forces AZ
Washington on Sunday, aud advanced toward
Hamilton and took possession OF that town
Il is reported thst they destroyed nssrlv tbs en-
tire place Their force st Hamilton is repre-
sentsd 70 be about 10 600 infantry with fjrtv
pieces Of artillery, and a considerable f1rea Of
cavalry. They are also reported to have landed
large force al Palmyra, Halifax eouafv. some
twenty i've or thirty miles from Weldon. Cen
Pstfgrew commands the C0nfsdrrsss force at
Weldon. The Yankees are said to be con-
manded By Gen. Foster
The report in circulation on 8 turdsv. tbse
an engagement occurred ia the vicinily Of Tar
boro', E1gecOmbs county, on Thursday last
was incorrect.
The impression prevails that the enemy is con-
cenirafing his forces in the reiga0orh Cd Of
WllfadStun, Ma TN county, Wltl ths in sutiOn
OF attacking s1me print ca he line o. tho Well
don aud Wilmington railroad
A dispstoh from Gelis00ro', dated ssn o'ol9eI-
Friday night, states that there had ben no
fighting, and that the enemy lai retrea,sd iu
the direction Of Weldon. We Dc rot exactly
understNnd how they could hsTe rsiFested to-
ward Weldon, since that Is tbs soint tovgsr7
which they were supposed to Ne asvascing.
letter in tue Pc ersbG7g Erpress, from Tar
boro, dated the 9th, says toe 1Aukes armv il
marching on that place with Il Geo troo.s The
IL dariV,ad 6,.a--a- 1r----i--- -.
They are represented to Be within 6fesn mile7
of the town, aud within four miles Of the Con-
federate trOops,-Rieha Dispatch, 10th.
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The Roll Of Homer.

By j7iot resolution of the legislature of Ala
bama, the governor is authorized to prepare :
book in which shall be placad the name, regi
ment and residence of every soldier from this
State who has died in the teTvice Of his country
during the present war The example is worthy
of being followed by every State in the Con-
federacy.- Montgomery AdoertiSer
We hope that every State viii follow the above
example. We think it would be well for every
county to adopt the same system; and preserve
at its court house, open to public inspection
or hung upon its walls, the name Of all its citi-
zens who have taken part in the wsr.-Rich-
m0nd Enquirer.
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BY EPCLANAHAN e DILL

Capt R Barrow The dsmage done by them
in this Zip alone viii exceed over two hundred
Thousand dollars. They threaten to return in q
few days and burn every house in the country
if this guerilla warfare is not put down Their
department. towards citizens, especially TO the
ladies, was disgusting in the ex Eems. Too much
credit and praise elnnat bs bestowed upon
Misses Tavis Resyes and Nellie Williams, for
the bold and deftnt stand they took Col Stu
atwil never torgei the cutting remarks Of Miss
r. VIII not the Confederate authorities take
some measures 10 stop this house buTninq7
If not We had batter be where we could never
hear Of the Conlederacy. Let young men re-
member, who have not gose out in the service.
that shame and 6ishon0r win follow them to
their graves. Yours ste, j NJ w.
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YELLOW FEVER Ar WHINING TON We hear
Of two new cases en- Saturday and FIVE yesier.
day There we're no intermeuts at the cemetery
on Saturday, and only three yesterday, in addi-
tion so which one white person WAS sent out on
yesterday for inteTmsnt in private burying
ground
We have row had three good frosts. We
have seen and handed ice ourselves on two
mornings, and in different parts of the town
The malaria no long-r remains in the general
stmospfe-e, but it csrttialy turks in close, un-
ventilated houses where there has been sickness,
and even where it has not been. All houses
should be thoroughly ventilated and fumigsted
before the return of families,-JOurnat, lOtk
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The Orleans Frinces asd the Camu,5rs
On she Penfnsniss.

The Paris correspondent Of the New York
Tins says:
The Orleans Princes haze a. length published
intts RerHs dss DeHE Mondes and over the sig-
nature Of 'Trognon." nom dsuprunt. their
history OF the campaign On the Potomac. The
NO is AboUtone haudrrd oTdinsrY octave pagts
in length, and comprises the history Of events
from March until July-fOn the commandments
Of the movement on Mansss 3 By McCellaa 10
the battle Of Malvern Hill TIE work IS written
in the grand historical style, ia which every word
and every sentence appears stalled 10 form and
rrefuisbe in fact, aud It viii stand As one cf the
best written chapters Of historical events ex ant
The rsfHtsiion Of which his enemies ealI @RIeCIel
an's bl1ndsrS," is so eompists and ovsrehslm-
ing as to give the young commander in-chief a
rank in military history far above that assigned
him even BY his most ardent admirers Nsw and
unpublished aots and documents are referred to
in the history, which viii change the srsiu5ices
of most people against Mcclellan int6 sdnira-
ton, and many circumstances heretofore an en-
igms to the readers Of newspapers are here ex-
planned The most Of McCleliau's generals ara
also elevated By this history to the frst rank Of
military ehieftsins, and they have received for
the first time, perhaps, snd Al tho hands of this
high authority. the credit which is their due
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DisastrOns Fire oE the Great Western
HaiiWnY,

AaEAHnys
From the Detroit Advertiser, November %
On this wednesday, morning the express
train on the Great Western railroad bound west,
took fire below London, from spark from the
locomotive. The conductor was four miles from
water tank, but the train Was put to its utmost
speed to reach a station, while the mail agent
baggage and eIPTessmen, finding themselves 10
hot locality, crawled out I'D cluug to their
cars. The fire, however had obtained such head
way thA when station was reached, the con-
tents of the mail. express and baggage ears
were consumed. Nothing was saved from the
mail or baggage car except the iron safe Of the
express company. The conductor states that
ne had the largest quantity Of baggage that was
passed over the ROAD for some time every particle
of which was consumed
On hearing of the disaster The company, with
their usual promptness and liberality, re quested
the passengers to make out statement Of loss.
and each one was promptly paid to the utmost
tsrthiEg. The conductor and other employees
did their utmost to save the property, but it was
of 10 avail However, the passenger cars were
saved without seTiOus iritlry