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The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1863-09-27

FktABT DIsEIthCTs
MAI. JOHN ). MELLON, G. s.,
Office at Grenada.
Counties Of Marshall, DeSoto. Tuniea. PanOia. Ia
fayette, Calhoun, Yalobusha. Tallahaiehle, Coahoms
Bolivar sunhsTs. e g c.TT0 81 an ard Gh1s,Sw
MAI. r. III. CUHY, c. s., Columbus.
Counties of TisL omingo Tippah, Poptoioe. ItSwa
ba, Monroe Chickassw. Lowndes. OktbbehA.'
THIRD DISTRICT.
MAI. w. NJ. STRICKLAND. G. s. Canton
Counties Of Holmes, Washington, IsssqueDa YaEoo
Madison, LeAke. Warren, Kinds AID Rankin.
FOURTH DIsTICT.
CAPT. JOHN +. SHAAFF, A. G. g.,
Meridian.
Counties Of Noxubee, Winston, Attals. Kemper. Ne
aheba. Scott. Newton. Lauderdai", cla'k- Jasper.
'''O' -"0 FIFTH DISTRICT.
CAPT. j. B CHklSMAN, A. c. s.,
Mpn icel,o.
Claiborne Copiah Simpson. g'h-rsoH hdams
Franklin, Lawrence. Cosiugioa Marin. Pike. Amiif
and wfkinson counties and ~ of bast LouisiAha.
The district carnmi.saries above nsmed viii pub
lish lIsf Of fbsir snhCammi.sarlys and Agents -
soon q. they appointed
oo,.'T sf .Snenf sud : n when beees.ary i-
press snbsisteBce stores within tbsH D-triet btpEh
for sale paying according 70 the rates nted ~ ihe
Schedule of the Imprrsstnfnt Commissioner.
The orders IN farre Indicate but mefhod BY which
fotnrissari-s fr5m shrr ates, whether a. depots
with the armes in the Sid ran obtain supplies from
his STATE AID strict adherrncr n them u ind-peD
sable a. drvrlsp tbe reaource- ef the States ske.
All D-iici Cafnmissaries in this rtate, th~rsfore
their subsammis-aries sud Agents. hereby dreet
ed 90 prohibit Interference within thsif apPfopfiete
ltufts aud N .bitsienf of purehasis made BE- at
iempt-d they wiIl take teps % pfeveut them, aud
WI DAMERDN.
Major and Chief CSmniisssry Siate q hississlpPl
MeTidisn, Miss, Septiad&Eln
Mi..ls.IpPi STATE P.perI please eePs aaa 'en1 sil'
- this cacs.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1863-09-27

For the Logislature

;1s A. j. GILLESPIE is a candidate for reelection
the office Of Auditor of Public Accounts. Election
~ Octnher next -..--.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1863-09-27

A.A We are authorized to announce the Hon. d G
GLENN As candidat far the State Senate, from the
counties Of jackson, Harrison and Hancock. Elec-
tiou In October next.
~ We authorized 10 announce Hon. WILLIAM
THAMES as n candidate for reelection 10 the state
senate from the counties of Lnudprdale and Newton
s5 rhe friends OF lon. w $. PATTON. of Lad-
, 1863-01-19

The Ihtrie and Journal des DeDats, Of Decem-
Der 26, publish letter from Athens, in which
it Is asserted that tue ministers Of Francc and
Russia had presented to the Greek minister
for foreign affairs, convention signed at Lon
don, December 9TH, by the three great powers,
which renews the stipulations Of 1880, on tho
affairs Of Greece.
The effect Of the convention would be to cx-
clude the English prince, Alfred and the Rus
sim prince, the Duke dc Lcuchtenberg, from
the throne of Greece.
The Greek foreign minister, acknowledging
the receipt Of this convention, declined to
make it public until he had received official
information Of it. existence from the envoy
Of the third power intercsted-Great Britain.
Meanwhile the Greeks insist, with increasing
enthusiasm, upon their election OF Alfred.
, 1863-01-19


Gen. Buffers plan fort thcpayment Of the
National Debt recommends itself for its
comprehensiyeness and simplicity: He
elaborated it in recent speech in Boston,
and, though. ne thereby incur the risk of
being denounced by the organs Of JEFF: Da-
yis, in the North, we copy and endorse it.
The General said:
And when once this war is closed by TINT
eub5ugation, It yon please, II necessary, then
the increased production Of the great staples
Of the South, cotton and tobacco, with which
We ought, and car, and shall supply the world
this increased production By the emigration
Of white men into the South, where labor
s1 be be honorable 1 s a7 ; i is her, aRR,ause
hogsheads Of the one, and the millions Of
bales of the other, and with proper internal
tax, which shall be paid BY England and
France, who hare largely caused this mis-
chief, the debt will be paid. lCries O" that's
right,'' and loud cheers.] Without stopping
to be didactic or to discuss principles here,
let us examine this matter for moment.
They are willing to pay fifty and sixty cents a
pound for cotton. The past has demonstrated
that even by the uneconomical use Of slave
labor, it can be profltably raised-aye, profta-
bly, beyond NIL conception Of agricultural
profit here-at ten cents pound. 4 simple
impost Of ten cents pound, which will in
crease It to twenty cents only, will pay the in
tereEt Of a var debt double what it is to-day,
and that cotton can be more pro1tabiy
raised under free labor than under slave labor,
no man who Inns examined the subject doubts.
By the imposition of this tax those men who
fitted out the Alabama and sent her forth to
by the laws Of trade and the laws of nationsto
pay for the mischief they hare DONE
, 1863-01-19
sfRUTLER THE Beasts,

1t is hard to say who are the most ven
omons and persistent of Gen. Buffers
assailants- Davis and his gang, or the
CoppeFheaa journals of the North and their
gang. The aniable contest between the
two parties who are striving to put him
down, though it has employed all the
abusive cpithets and opprobious terms Of
our language, md though it has exhaust
ed the countless resources Of falschood, has
not yet been ended. If VIC arc judges, the
newspapers, being without the offlcial re-
straints that are imposed upon JEFF. Davis,
and that compel him to dccency in the use
Of Language, though they permit any lati-
tude OF lying, are ahead. JEFF. may be
most dignided; but the Coppcrheads are
the most poison. The palm Of falsehood
We cannot award. We are not learned in
the degrees Of infamy which such false
hood implies
While for reasons that all men NAV see
this wordy war is going on over Gen. But
lefs head, his rindication before the public
Is progressing with satisfactory pace. As
his case is ventilated, as his merits are can-
vassed, rs his services are estimated, and
as his ofenscs arc weighed, the proof is
day BY day growing more conclusive that
the real crime lying behind all the charges
TINT have been urged against lin, is just
that for which all loyal men praise and
honor him:-he is in earnest; he means to
hurt the rebellion and the rebels; lie wants
to restore the Union, and, if necessary to
these, to wipe out Slavery and make the
Republic free. Is it any wonder that cyery
howl of ragc and despair which comes up
to US from Richmond, as the uttcrance Of
the President Of the piratica1 Confederacy,
should be loudly echoed by the New York
World, OF that, when that cry reaches CHI
cago, the organ Of secession here should do
its part by voiding torrent Of falschood
tns3 f;1%1,p
, 1863-01-19
Military Executions.

from the Murftessboro Rebel Banner, Dec. 81
Yesterday the sentence of court-ma1tials
were executed upon several persons In tho
vicinity Of this place.
Gray, 4 resident Of this county, was hung as
spy, in the presence Of IN immense throng Of
soldiers and citizens. The proof his guilt was
very comprehensive and conclusive, He had
been for several months acting in concert
with the enemy, and giving them aid and
comfort, The gallows were erected near the
railroad depot whither at noon the condemned
man was conveyed. He appeared quite un-
concerned, and his forbidding features did not
display any particular interest in the dread
tragedy about to be enacted. Just after tho
moose had been adjusted around the prisoner 8
neck, and as Capt. Pedea ~was about reading
the sentence, Cray leaped from the platform,
thus landing himself into eternity. He strug-
gled severely for fire minutes and then ex~
At the same hour, In the midst Of drench-
Ing rain-etorm, Asa Lewis, member Of Capt.
Pages company, 9Th Kentucky regiment, was
shot by a fllc Of men. Hewas executed upon
charge Of desertion, which wns fully proven
against him. The scene was one Of great i'm
prcssiveness and solemnity. Thcseveral regi-
nents Of Hanson's brigade were drawn up in
hollow square, while Gcns. Breekinridgc
and Hanson. with thelr STATS. Koto prcse1t
, 1863-01-19
FROM BURNSIDE'S ARMY,
Effect of tho News from the West
The Wcntlser-Thc 8th Illinois Cav.
n1ry-H0W the Proclamation Works
Its Eject upon the Rebellion.
tFrom 0nr Own Correspondent
6Tu ILLINOIS CAVALRY, or P.ckEr.
KING GEORGE Co.. Jau, II, 1863.

AAnd dLDAtE IT,, Jau. Ii, 1865.
The glorious news from the Southwest i'll
spires our soldiers Of the Potomac with an
enthusiasm and joy that almost countcrbal-
ances their chagrin and impaticncc at their
own bafflcd attempts. The feeling seems to
be general one. management somewhere
has thwartcd our efforts in the East. II sue.
cess crown the arms Of tho West, we have no
feeling Of envy, but all glory to the West
and meanwhile, We arc waiting, with as little
impatience as possible, humbly hoping that
camp life north Of the Rappahannock may not
be Of long duration.
Picket lifc, however, On the banks Of the
Rappahannock, is just Mt present by no means
unpleasant. With duties active and reponsi-
bic enough to satisfy any conscientious scru-
pies feelings at least as common in the rank
as elsewhere In the army.) The glorious
weather Of the last two weeks Is rapidly re-
cruiting the men and horses Of the 8th Illinois
cavalry, who haye been on constant picket
duty since Christmas. The weather las been
50 pleasant, indeed, that On the second Of jan
uary some Of our boys tried bath In the wa
ters Of the Rappahannock. -.
Allow me to say that the reports concern
ing the weather here haye been rather cxasg-
gerated. But twice since the army has been
lying on the Rappahannock have VIC had two
rainy days in succession, and the weather in
general hns been remarkably fine. Our long
wagon trains have made the condition Of the
roads, aiter every shower, indeed terrible:
but an immense pioneer force has soon recti-
fed this with brief exceptions, (once, unfortu.
nately Just when the success Of q great army de-
pended on the speed Of It's pontoon trains, the
roads at last hare been iii d passable coudi-
tion. Iprotcst against blaming weather and
accident (giye the devil lis duel, for failures
which have made an entire campaign a ssguaT
tigntion and which demand as thorough inyes-
Elilure, ns anything during the war.
The 1st Of January innuguratcd q new era
for the slarc, and there need be no fear that
he will not discover It. Wherever our army
hare passed, the slayes hare become practically
free; frnc not BY the word Of the President;
which the mere thinking and talking Of free
dom has awakened within them, and across
the river, if ne may believe the reports, aud
into the heart Of slavery and rebellion, like q
dcath-bolt, tic word Of, freedom is speeding
But it is quiet, and without outbreak; and q
concerted rise among the negroes Of the South
Is about as probable as the truth Of Mr. Kinks
pleasant fiction, " Among the Pines" Therc
Is superstition. but not Intelligence enough,
to overcome the almost fnnumerable obstacles
to concerted action among them; and 80 Ear
as can learn from colycrsation and 1ntez-
, 1863-01-19

to witness the execution. The prisoner WIS
conveyed from jail to the brigade drill ground
IN an open wagon, under the escort Of file
Of fifteen men, commanded BY Maj. Moss mud
Lieut.. Geo. B. Brum1ey. Lewis hands were
tied behind him, q few words werc said to him
By Gems. Breckinridge aud Hanson, the word
fire" wns given, and al1 WIS over. The un-
fortunate man conducted himself with great
GOODNESS and composure. He was said to
have been bravo soldier, and distinguished
himself In the battle of Shiloh.
A soldier Of the 28th Tennessee regiment,
sentenced to death, was led to the execution
ground, but Just as the sentence was about
being executed, courier arrived, bringing q
repr1eve from Gen. Bragg.
In one Of the Alabama regiments soldier
was executed for desertion.
:, There may be an appearance Of severity in
these .e EXECUTIONS, but now is no time for the
manders. The good Of the service demands
that the astfcles Of war be strictly enforced.
without regard to sympathetic feelings.
, 1863-01-19

There is a Democratic sheet published at
Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, called the
Irue Telegraph, which is the organ Of a nest
Of traitors as malignant as ever scourgcd nc
gro women in South Carolina. Arecent issue
Of tile IFme Telegraph contaiB the following:
Henceforth ne wish it understood that we
have no part or lot in the prosecution Of this
war. It is no longer q war to sup
press rebellion: it is a crusade against the
DEAREST RIGHTS of men. = This
is no longer war for putting down rehellious
States; it has lost dignity and dcccncy, and
can have the sanction Of good men no more.
VIC arc making theirs (the rebels') q
holy cause.
The Butler County Telegraph. the Democratic
organ Of that county, Ind the hardihood to
advocate 4 vigorous prosecution Of the war
The Butler county traitors did not like this,
and the True 1sleg1ap. was started in opposi-
tion, to try and kill the old Democratic organ,
oppose the war, and do all they can to break
down the general Administration.
, 1863-01-19
THE FRENCH INVASION OFF
MEXICO.
The French In Washington Credit tho
KcportedTa<fn;.o OF ofRnobla-Tho RE-
ported Removal or Count Me1cuu
un1oundcd,


WASHINGTON. January u, 1853
FFiyate letters from Paris contradict the
news given through English channels Of the
sending Of an additional force Of 10 600 French
@ SOLDIERS to Mexico. They state positively
that not q single man aboTe the contingent
now In that country will be sent from France.
at least for the present. This report, they say.
as well as most Of those given BY the English
correspondents Of London newspapers, was
manufactured with the purpose of tiiscredit-
ing the French expedition, which the English
and Spanish Governments now regret falling
to take part in.
The French Legation at Washington, regu-
1arly informed Of all the movements Of the
French army in Mexico, and knowing tho nu-
peops DO ne at e he psn mag fie ill., that ted hs
5000 cfectiyemen, and will not be increased
for the reason that this force is more than
sufficient Tor the successful occupation Of the
country. It seems, according to last accounts,
that the Mexicans show SO great partially
to their rule, that the latter do not deem it
necessary to garrison the cities they take-a
tact which enables them to concentrate their
whole strength upon the resisting points,
such as Puebla aud Mexico. Thus The cities
q Matamoras, Vera Cruz, Jalapa, Puento Ea-
tionale, PerEote. &C., now in the power Of
the French, are kept By one or two compa-
nies Of soldiers, 4 number hardly sufficient to
act rs police, and which have been left more
1or the purpose Of defending the city against
the gueril1as thnn for anything else.
The majority Of the French in this city are
inclined to believe in the ACCURACY of the tele.
graphic dispatch which came by the way Of
Monterey and San Antonio, announcing the
taking Of Puebla by the French, for the reason
that Gen. Douay had been for some days en-
eamped upon the nights Of Amozoc, which
1ace Puebla, with column Of IL 900 men, and
that his presence might hare induced Gen.
Qrtcga to.attack him beforc the forces Of Gen.
Forey had arrived. In their estimation, Or
tega must have been defeated, and the city,
abandoned By its defenders, have surrendered.
What still more contributes to enforce that
belief Is the fact that the officers Of the Turoc,
the last vessel which left Vcra Cruz, reported,
on their arrival in Havana, that the rumor
vas current when they left Mexico, that
Puebla had >fal1cn into the bands Of the
French.
The report you published some time ngo Of
the removal of Count Mclean. the French
Consul at New Orleans, By N. Mercier, is at
least premature. For, in the first place,
french Minister has no right to remove
Consnli the most he can do is to suspend
him he has failed to do his duty, and to call
Tor an Investigation BY his government Of his
acts: In the second place, M1. Mclean comes
to Washington, where be has been summoned
as witness in the Gauthrin transaction. .Ho
Will not 60 to France. but will return to New
9rleans, Wherc he still holds the position Of
Consul. =
, 1863-01-19

a Minnesota correspondent writing from
st. Paul few days ago took occasion to
indulge in fling at Col. Aldrich, a mem
her of Congress from that State. We do
not share the writer's opinion Of that gen
neman, whom VIC regard as a patriotic
man and sound Republican, and had the
paragraph in question met the eye Of the
editors it would never have appeared in
the TRIBUNE.
, 1863-01-19
Gen. Steele.

EuIt0fa CAICaSo TF1bthe:
viii you allow me to say that in my opln-
ion the injurious reports In relatioutt utto' Gen.
Steele contained in the Washington dispatch
to the New York Times, and in conlmuulca-
tions to your paper, have no other foundation
than the envy, rivalry md quarrels in the
army. 1 hare private means Of knowing
what Gen. Stecle's views and conduct arc,
and do not believe 4 word Of these slanders.
Gen, Steele las always shown llimselfa brave,
patriotic and efficient officer. His antecedcnts
being Of the old hard-ehcl1 Democratic party,
which has 10 sympathy with anti-slavcry, has
afforded his enemies good opportunity to
seek to cover their delinqucncies by SANDER.
ing Steele, who exposed them.
VERY respectfully. ]. YOUNG ScAMMoS.
, 1863-01-19

In the House Of Representatives, on the
18th inst, Hon. Thaddcus Stevens, of Penn
sylvania, introduced, in substance, the fol-
lowing bill:
WHEREAS, The tcrms Of enlistment will soon
expire, and as 1t Is expedent that soldiers whose
constitutions 1T them for the Southern campaign
ehouId be employed, therefore be it enacted, the
President Ia hereby authorized and required to
raise equip and organize 150 900 persons Of color
Of African descent, to serve five years; to be
organized as artillery, infantry. and cavalry; re-
cruitng stations to be opened either In the North
ern or Southern cities.
Mr, Holman objected to the bill, and moved
to lay It on the table. The question was de-
cided in the ncgatiye-yeas 81, nays So, as fol-
, 1863-01-19
NEW X0IkK AND THE wEST.


We have, by letter, as many as a half
dozen replies to what VIC wrote, few days
ago, touching the relations Of New York
10 the West, and the ccrtainty that the free
States IN the Valley Of the Mississippi
would, in the event OF u dissolution Of tue
Union, be compelled to seek their own in
terest, even if that dictated new political
combination in which they alone would be
parties. We hare, too, as many rcmon-
strances against the tone Of an article, also
an editorial, in cur columns, in which we
commented though briefly on the COM
mercial exactions to which, by the greed
and rapacity Of New York in the manage
ment OF her canals, the West is subjected.
We have, too, many entrcaties to abate the
Tehemence with which We urge New York
and the East to do justice to the West in
what concerns the construction Of the na-
tional defensive works that our people dc:
mand.'
!. We have no excuses nor apologies for
any one Of the many persons by whom we
have been addressed on the subjects TINT
we hare named. We can only say to them
that, did they know rs well as nc do the
intensity Of the feeling that the continu-
ance Of burdens that New York imposes
upon the West, has excited, they would
wonder that nc content ourselves with the
efpostulation and cntreaty that we have
used. Similarly situated, they would
threaten. Nay, more, they would make
these burdens the justification Of instant
secession, rather than the suggestion Of
.new combinations as the possibility Of q
poneea event not likely to occur. But,
.oough NC may not threaten, we entrcat
New 1ork to be just. At this time, when
every interest is stricken by This war ani7
when the agricultural population n tbc
West are vainly struggling ara;nct TN
ruin by which they are threatened m 80.
count Of the impediments which bar thc,,
way to market, she should relax her r.,
strictions upon our commerce which is th,
chief support Of her principal city, and b.
! content if she does not wiring two and
half millions annually from the industr.
Of cur people. Speaking as We may for
large. fraction Of the inhabitants Of thi
great valley, we declare the willingness q
:: the Northwest to pay the interest ycarl.,
accruing on the New York canal debt, nn'
all the charges Of maintenance of th
works along which the products Of til
West are accustomed to flow. But add t
:: these an exnction, which, in q few year
/: will pay the principal Of the entire debt {
the State, and NC have a condition Of thing
of wIicl, we should be more or less tina
human, If wc did 1ot complain. TIE CT
, 1863-01-19

cB The present winter is terribly severe
{n Russia. 4 letter from st. Petersburg says
81 In tho memory Of man there las not been
such i winter US this at St. Petersburg TWEEN
ty degrees Of cold; the river and the sea lock-
cd in Ice for long time past, and not d flake
ofsnow! Owing to tho CLASSY frost, horses
and pedestrians cannot keep a footing upon
either the road or the paycmcnts. The air Is
extremely dry !; NC breathe 1t with difficulty.
Nervous people are particularly affected by
it; accordingly, no one stirs out except on
business and Of carriages and promcnadcrs,
there are literally none, cyen at the Ncyskia
perspective, between two and four in tho
afternoon, where there is ordinarily great
croWdn
, 1863-01-19

W- Tic Washington correspondent Of the
st. Louis Rtz'nll;ean says TINT the statement
which is travelling tho rounds of tho press
that matrimonial alliance had been entered
fnto.bctwcen Secretary Chase and Mrs. Doug
las, is mistake. It Is understood that tho
1iappy man is General Rufus Ingalls,, late
Chief Qunrtcr1nastcr Of the army Of the Poto-
mac, under General Mcclellan
, 1863-01-19

treat her, loo, while asking from the Coy
crnment oil that lcr exposed condition can
suggest, in the way Of coast defenses, that
she at least accord to the ten millions Of the
people interested in the commerce Of the
lakes, fraction Of what has been spent to
make the Atlantic sea-board bulwark be-
bind which the property Of far less num-
ber Of not more meritorious men, is secure.
We ask nothing of her generosity. SIM
pie justice is the basis Of our demand; and
that she must heed.
, 1863-01-19

Col. 1oseph A. Mower vas reported wound
cd In the battle Of Shiloh, in October last
Any Information concerning him would be
thankfully received by his friends. Address
Nallam Mower, Bloomington. III.
, 1863-01-19

a SWORD TO GENERAL OaIKspY.-The off,
GERS Of the brigade commanded By General
oglcsby, at Corinth, have sent an order to
New York for q sword, which they intend to
present to that gallant officer.
, 1863-01-19

~ Our exchanges universally con,,
Gondy's nssassin speech, and as univeraaa,yy
skin the author Of it. Goudy l1as achieved
IN infamy tllat will torture him to tho Last
day.
, 1863-01-19

FEAnFTLLT DEMoRA1IzED.-Atth the battle
OF Fredericksburg, Fire Zouaye-a stout,
athletic fcllow-came rushing down to one Of
the bridges aud attempted 10 run over it. A
Lieutenant checked him with his drawn sword.
"stop, sir; 60 back to your regiment, you In =.
fernal coward; you.arc not wounded" tsFor
heavens sake, let INC pass" irnplorcd the fu-
gitivc, II know Tin not wounded, but I'm
EuuHRy dt,norali-r7n' The novelty Of this
appeal won the day. The Fire Zouaec was
allowed to go as far from under the fire as he
chose.