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, 1863-08-21
Golden Words from Tennessee.


Tie element Of slavery in this State is not
about 11i5 GOO s1ayes aud less than 20 900 alave-
holders proper. put the sum ut 800, 900. The
non shareholders are about SOC, 600. Thus the
proportion is three to one. Let these eight
men make any arrangements possible to dis
pose Of or provide for the three. It will be
labor Of no magnitude to send them to Meg
leo, South America, or Africa. It will cost no
centuries to do any such work.
The business Of the. State, the present labor
that che now Is accomplishing il simply sub
Btituting free for slaye labor. Some may find
fault with rebels for that course but VIC have
no cause for any complaint The greater the
struggle they make, the more certain and
1hofengh VII be the regeneration Of the
country.
The peaceful man may say gradual emaucf-
patton Is the scheme. True where the slaves
are neither numerous nor profitable, 1t has
succeeded. History teaches one lesson and
that terrible one Men never let go their
sword. PbysIca1 agents are good when they
a1e used to work out moral revolution.
There are reteeming traits In the character
ofthe people Ct Tennessee. They are not Of
the bloods. They are the true plsbians. They
are simple, honest, Intelligent and btaVe-
They will embrace readily the doctrines oi
freedom when once presented to them dair1y,
tlcians, whose whole skill Is in concealment.
It Is from the character Of the people that We
have hope. If they euffar such politicians AZ
Kentucky has recently produced to ds1nds
them from their honest aud real character into
the adoption Of 3 temporizlug policy, they
will entail food Of miseries on them and
their Fosterity. Even in Kentucky the lifs OF
The pep1e begins to be felt In the election Of
her Governor and tHo Of her Congressman.
Her giant statesman had departed. and race
Of spaniels followed The people are coming
forth, md the dawn Of new life begins. IN
Tennessee 1t IL dlfferent-her loyal men are
tie friends Of Democracy in trne sense. They
love liberty for its own fake. Having caused
own beautiful lend, from the God that hold:
in his hand the destiny Of their country, they
hope to see their homes redeemed FROM the
ahackes that hare so long fsttered the soul:
and bodies Of men.
, 1863-08-21

OF Communication Of his sentence. Much
less is it "a new trial under the act Of July
18th, 1922
We are Of the opinion that the censure
cast upon Gen. Hitchcock and his associ-
ates was exactly adapted to the case, aud
that all the members Of the court who con
CURED in the sentence ought to resign their
commissions and apply for admission into
the Government Hospital for the Insane.
Cashci was receiving the patronage Of the
Government in furnishing pasturage for
cattle intended to feed the army. His own
State, as we'll as the United States, had
been attacked BY armed rebels. The first
squadron Of the enemY's cavalry found
him faithful friend and a valuable spy.
He did all that he could to aid the enemy
and subVert his Own Government. The
difference between his conduct, and that Of
one who should show the rebels . secret
avenue Of approach to the Capital, is diff
ference not Of kind, but Of degree. Cash
ell did what be could, and JEFF Davis
would not ask him to do more. To say
that the court were bound by their oaths
to fix sentence according to the law and
the evidence, and, therefore, they would
not have fixed 3 different sentence without
incurring the guilt Of perjury, is simply
saying that they aretoo young, or too old,
to know what constitutes turpitude No
one doubts that they are loyal men, and no
one accuses them Of violating their oaths.
The charge against them is that Of appal-
ling ignorance Of the nature Of crime OF
this they stand convicted before the bur Of
public opinion, and they are properly re-
ieved Of any further duty in the trial Of
offenders against the rules and articles Of
, 1863-08-21
Adlutant General Thomas and the
Negroes
TMempbfs CorrcsponfencA N r Tcr4}i1

NeEFOeAs
TMemph1s Correspondence N. 7. Hcral3.l
A5jutant General Thomas, atte. . short
respite at home and recovery from his severe
Illness. has returned to the scene Of hts Abors
at the South. He passed through this plaza
last week, and was, day or 30 laser, followed
By his private secretary, Jos. A. Ware, late OF
tue Washington Chronicle. Gen. Thomas has
mon skill, tact and energy, to infuse life, dis
cipline and effectiveness in!o IN army con-
poaed Of raw, undtscipllned white men, a1d
The same results, If reached at ali, In the case
Of negroes, must be- accomplished after
great expenditure OF time, labor and patience.
Adjutant General Thomas mas compelled, to
tayo his life from the ravages Of fever, to
1enys the country. Of course, IS might hare
been expected, IN his obsence, some trouble
has been experienced in the colored regt-
ments- In ono Instance, q delegation has
eEzment n.nskets, and perpetrated brutal
murder. This, too, In spite OF the strictest
ordere Of the General commanding the dis.
trict that 70 enc should go out ct the lines
without permission. In other instances, dis
honest contrabands have enlisted, obtained
camp little while, become disgusssd with
Wag, ard 1ccont}nent1y aecamped-deeerted-
But these Instances 60 to show only one great
TACT, VIZ: That the work has not been prop
erly commenced. In many cases, bad men
have been called to command regiments and
Ea1ts Of regiments. This Is to be expected.
The present mission Of Gen. Thomas, II it is
properly understood here, il to seek to cor
rect these and similar evils, and place the na-
tive brlgsdes upon proper footing. Thathe
will succeed must be believed, If be has the
aid and assistance Of the Generals and other
officers OF tie Department.. This he will un-
doubtedly have in u great degree, though it
has been said that some tNo Or three M1jo1
Generals In the department ara seriously .op-
posed to his movement. Why they are ton-
posed Is rot stated. It cannot certainly be
because they object to aid. Then We must
placc it upon theiy lacl Of sense OF loyalty.
The more Of these Mejor Generals NC have In
tie rebellion. Gen. Thomas has already left
Columbus en- route for Memphis, Helena aud
Vickhburg. He will probably stop aome days
in Memrhis
, 1863-08-21

An 1ulter&to Copperhead to JeA.

An 1u1terAte Copperhend to 4eAs
Davis.
Among the JEFF. Davis correspondence Is
the following from William Anderson. an
nliterate Michigan Copperhead:
Asu AnEon M1ca1dAnl
- ! 11th Jany 1sol (
Dr. s Petitions orc now In circulation In
this State without distinction Of parties re-
quest1Dg Congress to adopt the Crtttenden
Resolutions hoping that il might induce tie
ab}itianest republicans to yiela 70 the South
qni1e q few more details added to the Crittan
resolutions to make them acceptable to the
South. The line Sc 80 should be run through
to the Pacific and the Northern States should
be compelled TO prohibit negro mobs inter-
ferjng with rendition cfrunaWay slaves. But
than 1xyeeH what measures should be adopted
for ths secnrity Of the South.
The democrats here stand up manfnuy for
the 1jghtx Of the South We have many frey
arguments In cur humble Way and some times
blows and bloody noses.
principal a1l pulling the same rope negroe but
they arc cooling down we tell them Of the
Sins they have committed in arraying the
North sga1nst the South digrupting the Union
divi51ng churches &c. They now plainly #
this negro question ehou1l be 6fttled their
parry Woulu pe epAt ~ plece6 anu poHe11es5
IL fntu1e.
I hare insisted TINT Massachusetts refused
to come into the Union unless allowed to i'm
port slaves for 20 years, and that the time ex-
pred In 1868. # this is is fact you viii con
fer a fnyor BY Informing me of It and where
and wllat work It may be found.
senator wtuld state this in some cne Of your
sFeeches and where it may be found 1t would
give us powerful club to bread their heads
With.
The sutm.n by Revd Mr.. Van Dyke OF
Brooklyn n has done q great good IL has
papers and published in pamphlet form aud
distributed among the people Of both parties.
take the New York Journal Of Commerce
some weekly constitution I am formerly from
Orange Co N 7 co miles above the city.
thank you for Mr Tones speech it WAS .
good ono. Very Truly Yours,
WN ANnERsnv
, 1863-08-21
SECESSION EsEEUDIATEE9T In
TENNESS EE.
Loyal Tcnucssceans AA111nx to Ro-
turn IL the Union.

Pz1nAx, Grundy Co., Tenn, Aug q, 1853,
At = meeting Of the citizens Of Pelham and
vicinity, a. 8. Goodman vas called to the
chair, and ". T. Blair appointed Secretary !;
appointed committee to draft resolutions,
expressive Of their sentiments In relation to
cur unfortunate and dlsorganized condition
as people, ComU1ttee E. J. Hall, John
Mecks, John ". Hale, J. G. Walker, T. r.
Letan, L. D. Tucker. Samuel Lowe, J. j.
Bell, J. H. Bell, s. P. Goodman, Philip Il.
Roberts, j. s. Lowe, Thomas Warren.
.,Sx as o an sst Of he Gepesa
thoueand eight hundred and sixty.one, an ordi
nance oi secession Wa passed. ind on the sth oi
June thereafter. Tss eatd to bare been rstiled ,:
with the people Of the 60 called Confederate States
in rebellion against the Federal Government, and
by tatd act We dld forfeit our c!tizenshlp, and
ment.
.Resolrsd, That no wish to return again to a1lo-
glance TO the Federal Goyc1nmsnt. and become
loyal cttizt NJ Of the eame, that law and order may
he restored beiore We cali aBk FOR or expect pro
lection to peEeons or properly
Thst 1t e ff15y ps9Sa a. Is piast
and tc allowed to Tota for oya1 men for Governor,
members to Congress, and the General Assembly
OF the State.
And tle1eupon tho citizens proceeded to a
formal election, conducted after the usual
vote was polled, there was LII for the Union,
end none against the Union.
Upon motion OF the Chairman, 8. P. Good
man, 8. ?. Upton, and Samuel Love, were
appointed = committee to confer with Gov
ernor Johnson III regard to tho above resolu~
tlons, and these resolutions be published In
the Nashville Union.
The meeting then adjourned sise die.
a. 8. uoopNA1, Chairman.
THos. DLA1E, Secretary.
, 1863-08-21
REAUUEGARD AND THE TBI-
HETKE

0EAUAAS0AAD AMI AaE 0aA-
We are glad to observe that Beauregard,
rebel as be is, is forced to admit the gen
eral correctness Of the intelligence con-
tanned il the Chicago TRIBUNE. In hisre-
port Of the evacuation Of Corinth, printed
by order Of the bogus Confederacy, in
speaking Of that event, he says:
Thtse orders were executed. An happy to ny,
with singular precision, Is will be found fully ad
uitted in the correspondence, from tho scene. Of
the Chicago TRIBUNE, herewith transmitted.
Even Beauregard ought to know that
the TRIBUNE has been the most faithful
and reliable and tho earliest chronic1er Of
all events in the West, OF which it could
have cognisance; and though We object to
his citation Of our letters to mike his case
good with lis master, Davis, We are glad
to know that he reads our paper atten-
lively whenever he can get it, and we pro-
mise him that if he will designate the
place in which he can receive it, he shall
have copy Of the Daily mailed regularly
to his address. We should hope to make
him good anti-slayery man, to whom the
selling Of human being would be akin to
u profession Of Atheism and the conse-
quent denial Of God. We trust that Gil
more Will take him prisoner at Charleston;
then we shall apply ourselves to the task
Of his conversion.
, 1863-08-21
Interesting EFa5eaa Corpus suit.

The Pittsburgh Gd=ette Of Tuesday List saya:
The following case came up before Chief
Justice LoTrie of the Supreme Court, On Sat-
urGay, aud excited considerable interest, as 1t
Eett1es . point Of law In regard to the rights
Of drafted men A wilt Of habeas corpus was
Issued on the 9Th inst, directed to Capt Wm.
B. Coulter, Provost Ma16ta1 of the :31st Dis.
trict, to produce the body Of John T. Carney,
Of Greene township, Indi1na county. Tie
return Eet out that Carey, drafted man, had
been examined by the Board and exempted
for disability, and certificate to that effect
given him, but the Board subsequently Arrest
ed him, Ie-exaMined him, and held him IS fit
for duty. No allegation of traud WAS made,
bat the reason given for the re- examination
was that the Board had deemed themselves In
error in their first proceeding. The counsel
for the relator contended that the Board.
having once taken up and decided the case,
ard given the certificate Of exemption, their
adjudication Tas final and conclusive, and
their power over the exempted man WAS ex-
hausted. On partial hearing on the 11th,
District Attorney Carnahan obtained leave to
against the Jurisdiction Of the Court, con-
tending that the State Court had no 1arisdic-
tion oyer questions. arising under the new
conscriptlon law. On tho hearIpg Saturday
that plea was abandoned, aud the argument
whs confined to the point above atated- After
tn11 hearing, the Chief Justice ordered the
discharge Of the soldier, holding that from
all TINT appeared By the return the Board had
exhausted their power when the certificate Of
exemption was granted, and that they had no
further control over the prisoner. The prls-
oner was represented by Judge Shaler and
Joseph II. Thompeon, Esq, Of IndIaua,
, 1863-08-21


PotT OF GEEnAS1ows, Tenn, Aug 10, 1858.
This post is 1abortng under the excitement
of brutal murder committed few miles
west OF us on the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad. The faets Of the case nra as follows:
Three Captains and three psirRtes Of the 49th
regiment Illinois volunteers, were returning
from Whites station on the afternoon of the
18th, on haHd ear, when they were fired ON
from ambush BY band Of guc1{las., At the
first ire two Captains and two p1iVates were
wounded, and fell from the car. The third
Captain was thrown from the car by the body
Of one Of the wounded FILLING against him.
BE took refuge in q culTeIt until the affair
and working It to Germantown. The guetil-
las, with their hearts set on pluEder, dis
mounted and charged on the wounded for
what booty they could get Captains Berry
and Alexander, though wounded, drew their
resolyers to defend their uEes, bnt seeing they
aekcd Captain L. for his revolver, he told
them, "there It is, take..it," whereupon one
Of them took It and Deliberately shot him
twice. Either wound Of the three which he
received would have proved mortal. He then
turned to shoot Capt. Berry, when one being
more humane than the rest, told him that Il
be shot him Captain 3. he'd be d-n If he
did not shoot him, {the guerilla) They then
robbed the dead and wounded Of al they pos
eessed, ardmounted their horses and fed. The
private that came in on the hand car gave
all information he could and scouts were i'm
mediately sent after them. their being few
cavalry at this post at the time, q squad Of the
here, volunteered their services and we're &C.
cepted. After the scouts bad rode some sfx
milce, they separated into squads, five Of the
battery and one Of the 9th cavalry, being In
one squad, AID the only squad that got tack
Of them, They chased them six miles into
, 1863-08-21
Morgan and VaIland1gham.
from tie Cincinnati Gazette.l
GErprn the f.Arfnn- TIL Rpf3afkr


In order to eet the minds Of the citizens
Of Ohio right On The oft-1epeated question
did Morgan get any 1ecruits in Ohio, and fso,
who are they FL will state the folio ring cir
cumstance: While Morgan was passing
through VInton county, In bis recent raid,
three OF his men came to my house and gave
themselves up to me a. prisoners~ While at
my house, and previous to my delivering them
over to the Provost Marshal Of our county,
converted with them freely on the cause OF
the war, and the general topics OF the day.
Among other questions, asked them ii they
had many recruits to join them since they
crossed the river into Indiana, to which they
replied, not many In Indiana, but since ne got
into Ohio we have got more OF less every DAY.
/ then asked them # they had ever heard any
thing about Vallandigham, they ansWerlng N
tie affirmative, and said they knew AZ aoous
lin. I then interrogated them In re-
gard 10 the recruits, their politics,
and with what party they we're 1deat1nsd'
Their answer vas Va1landjgham men lnVarlar
bly,, for as matter Of course, none others
Now, Mesars. Editors,if you think the ahoYe
worthy a place In your colnmus, please
give It IN insertion for the benefit OF re IN IN
Believers in Vallandigbam and Morgan Ga ldena
IL, Yours, NTH respect, yos' VoA'
, 1863-08-21

by which the c1nigrants march over into "the
lsnd Of Canaan" without wettiug the soles
Of their ftet. Be this as 1t may, they seldom
fai1 to +" effect crossing," with . success that
Burnside, Hooker or Lee might envy:
So completely has this exodus de~negrotzed
the border, that there are not negroes enough
left to black the boots, go to mill, Of to diver
The fact is, there is no longer any slavery
in the State. a negro Is just rs free % the
white man who p.etends to own him. There
Is hardly single da1key who cannot run Of,
or even walk of, any hour Of the day or night,
without serious fears Of being pursued.
, 1863-08-21
From De KAlb County,
From Our Special Correspondent

SYCAMORE ue halo Co., Aug. IL, 156a
The loyal feeling Ia a1l-trlumphant among
the people In this section. De Kalb county
has no Sympathy with JEFF. Davis. Copper
headiem in Sycamore Is silent-not misera-
hle miscreant Of the whole traitorous crew
can be found to 1ifth voice against the Gov
erpment. The capture Of Vicksbu1g and the
Of gold to twenty-five per cent, have made
every bowling derVise Of q " Democrat hang
his head. Three months ago was here and
heard men talking treason in opnn daylight
now they only whisper it in the dark
The Union Leagues Of this county met here
to-day, and Will hold soon mass meeting.
4 large delegation Will 60 from old De Kalo
to Springfield on the Sd proxlmo.
The crops In al the region round about
here have been good this season, and very
general feeling Of cheerfalness prevails among
the farmers. They bless God tor well-alled
gransries, well fought battles, and well rnsh.
Cd Copperheads. WALDO.
, 1863-08-21

70 We notice that Gerritt Smith, who
always had more shirtrcollar than bra1ns,
is about to prove again as be did when the
Nebraska bill was under discussion in the
House Of Representatives, that he cannot
sit up until after 0 o'clock at night His
late speech at Albany was made after that
hour. and it is just as vapid and nonsensi-
cal Us his theological disquisitions. Good
Lord deliver the country from such senti-
mental cllarlatans as hel
, 1863-08-21
AFTER VICTORY.

Discussions Of what may or may not be
after the armies Of the rebels are dispersed
and the cry for peace comes up from the
South, are, at this time, needless and un-
prof1tab1e-needless, because no human
foresight can see what will be the condi-
ton Of our domestic, or the complication
Of our foreign, affairs; md improbable be-
cause needless things are always so. But
We can assurc the optimists, in advance,
that their dreams Of harmony and reunion,
without the enforcement Of the Presideut's
Proclamation Of Freedom, or without, at
least, some guarantee that slavery is to be
overthroWn by speedy though prospective
emancipation, will come to naught. We
do not believe thst the American people,
who, despite their intense and bitter par
tisans1lip. arc emincntly practical will
consent to any arrangement by which TINT
internal element Of injustice and diseo,d
will be left with its old-tan,e potency for
mischief, as the fruitful mother Of other
inte1necine and more horrible wars. Set
tic the question now; dig the cancer out
to its last fibre; purge the body polite;
destroy the antago1ism Of the sections;
put the Republic back On the foundations
upon which the fathers built ordain free.
dom; repteas slavery; make man, not bis
accidents, the care Of the institutions IN
der which We will live; consecrate justic<
1.r q ,,aru hepf;ep,-3hoca ara tho wonf,
, 1863-08-21

Mississippi and sixteen from Germantown,
when, it being dark, and commencing to rain,
ara the guerillas still half IN hour ahead, they
deemed It unsafe to go farther, and started for
camp. The other squads returned to camp
about eight O'Clock without getting On the
trail, but the artillsrymen, regardless Of dau-
ger, pushed after them until night closed the.
Scene, apd from information I have since re-
ceiyed, when they halted they were within
two miles Of q guerilla encampment Of eighty
men. Word MAS got to them Of the scouts
close proximity, when 1t was their turn for
chase, the scouts however tskirg to tsacEless
timber, eluded the vigilance Of the guer.
i1lae, and arrived safe In camp shortly after II
O'Clock p. m., after one Of the hardest rides
any of the cavalry experienced since the war
commenced its duration. They reported to
the Colonel commanding on return, who COM
plImented them in the highest terms. The
artillery deserve great praise for their cool-
neEs and courage on this, though not their
first scout ]. 8.
, 1863-08-21

The MICHIGAN STATE FA1R.-The flf.eenth
State Fair Of the Michigan State Agricultural
Society will be held on the National Park,
kalamazoo, on the I'd, 23d, 9th and 18th Of
September. Every arrangement is being
made to render this the best Of the many CT
cel1ent fairs given by this society. The pre-
MUM list is ample, and competition open to
every State. Owners Of thoroughbred and
fast horses will also find unusn1 Inducements
to be on the grounds. Tho officers Of the So
csety are: BENZ. Follett, Of Ypsilanti, Pres3-
dent; R. F. Johnsto1e, Of Detroit, Secretary; !;
Philo Parsons, Of Detroit. Treasurer; a g.
Berry, Of Adrian, Chairman Of Business Com
mittee.
, 1863-08-21


The Rfgistcr-State Copperhead organ
at 6pringfeld-obstinately refuses to print
the amendments to the Federal Constitu-
ton, which Dick Mer1ick, Alderman Corr
isky, Francis G. Sherman, and Jake New
some, Of this city, arc said to have drawn
up,and which were recommended without
copying the text by the June Convention Of
The Copperheads at the State Capital We
know no reason for this reticence. Why
should not Mer1ick compare himself with
Washington, who signed the old docu~
ment; and do not Comisky and Jake New
some think themselves the equals Of Alex
ander Hamilton2 Let's have the amend
mentsi Once again We ask the Rgis*er,
the editor Of which is understood to be the
keeper Of the papers, to print them The
anendmcnts-thc amendments II Wash
ingtcn, Madison l. Co., are to be set aside
by the new-1ights, let's see the tools that
they propose to do it with
, 1863-08-21

The peaceful progress Of the DRAFT in
the city Of New York is triumph Of the
Government over ignorance and faction, Of
which all Union men may well be proud
It is, at the game time, humiliation Of
Seymour that ought to excite the pity Of
his friends. His error is that he miscalcu-
lated the strength Of the disloya1 element,
auy friends" upon which he depended,
and, Of course, the moral and physical
mower of the Government and the true
men by which it is supported. He would
hare ipaugurated civil Tar if he dared
The viper would have bitten the fi1eI
, 1863-08-21
Emancipation on tho Missouri Her
der.


There is process Of emancipation goipe
en- in the western border counties Of Missouri
which Is supra-constItutiona1, Independent OF
al 1aTs and ordinances, and about IS practical
IS anything can be. The negroes are leaving
that region IN d1oyes-sta1ting, sometlmes,
from points fifty miles in the interior, and
t1ays!li3g nnmolssted, ts.t directly along the
In broad daylight, to the Missouri River, w6ero
they are promptly aided to cross into Kansas.
In some 1nstanees they aze guarded and pro-
tected on their journey by Kansas jayhavkefs
AID Missouri troops, who prevent attempts
By their matters to arrest Them, by armed
force. In other cases =. their mastsrs permit
# the dasEes will only content themselves
with stealing their masters nisgers, aud not
carry of also their mastera' horses and wag-
ons. It IL said that there is d pontoon b:i,'g 20
aeross The Missouri nee1 leaYenToyth City,
, 1863-08-21

NEW BRIDGE ACROSS ROCK RIVER, LII
The Illinois Central Railroad Is bnilding
new bridge, to be entirely Of iron, acsoss
Rock RiTer, Ut Dixon It is quite long
bridge, and will be ono Of the most snbstan-
tial structures Of the kind in the country.
Anew wooden bridge tor teams and loot
passengers Is also being built across Rock
River at Sterling, to take the place Of the one
that was carried away by the ice freshet two
wears ago,