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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-05-20

SECRErARv SrANreH AND THE C0TsCRRTI0H
ACr.-I ID stated n The Washington CORES
poudence of the Tribssne and Times that Secre-
tary Stanton win disregard the section Of the
Coascription act which provides that drafted
person, on payment of three hundred dollars or
any smaller sum, in the discretion Of the Secre-
tary Of War, will be entitled to exemption.
We are told that he will mot receive any money
whatever to pay for substitutes, and that all per-
sons drafted must either serve or provide subsH-
tutes for themselves. The effect Of this would b
to raise the price of substitutes to an enormous
figure. so that only the rich could procure them,
and the middle and working classes would
have to do the whole fighting. If Mr.. Stanton
undertakes to disregard apart Of the section,
he ought, in fair play, to disregard 1t wholly,
and refuse TO accept any substitutes, but in
every instance compel the drafted persons to
serve. That would place all on the same level,
except that the poor man would still labor
under the disadvantage Of being unable to
provide for his family in his absence by such
pay as a soldier receives, while the wealthy, II
drafted, could leave their families comfortable,
and 90 to the field without domestic anxiety.
We cannot, however, understand by what right
or authority the Secretary Of War will venture
to set aside plain provision Of . law Of Con-
gress, which, at tho time it was adopted, was
declared by the lawmakers to be for the bone
ct Of the poor. It seems as lift he War Depart
ment could do nothing right, even by accident.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-05-20

arms against the United States to remain within
! the rebel lines.
| On the 18th instant there were seven thousand
two hundred and fifty Union prisoners of war in
Richmond. OF these FIVE thousand nine hundred
and ffty were taken at the recent engagements in
! the vicinity of Fredericksburg. We shall expect
soon TO see another retaatory message from Jef
Davis.
/ and the following named members were sworn in
NV the Governor General at Quebec on the 16th
instant
Iohn sandds,d Macdonald, Attorney General
| oliver Mowat, Postmaster General.
william Mcrougs Conn ssiooer OF Crown Lands.
WillInm p Rowland Receiver General
A. Fersussou blair Provincial Secretary.
Lewis walbrdge, Solicitor General
LownR CANADA.
A. A. poriou, Attorney General.
I. n. bolton, Minister Of FINANCE. .
mare ThibGudSAu, President OF the Council.
Eoc Letslser d s. just, Bureau Of Agriculture
The Tycoon Of Japan has sent coat Of msil y
n am 70 the President. Mr.. Lincoln has not ye
donned the new suit, but when he dses the reade
can imagine Old Abe dressed up with an umbrella
shaped helmet, made OF steel and copper, on hi
head. copper visor over his face, sleeves OF cop
per chain work on his arms, metallic breastplste
and steel network leggins.
Tbs~s was the commencement Of reaction the stool
market yesterday s was expected after the ver
rrs.. savsncs Harlem fell 10 per cent Other ssocks
cold fell 10 iAsk closing At 1t0k ~ p Il. Exchsne
go s>ue n los H. Moosy vas active Ms per cen,
rpsrs verc no movements II momeut reported n co,to
. v.ss~d.v .housh msddiinu were ssossd down To 80
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-05-20

advertises itself prepared f0r vfsitors; Dut In
most cases the necessary house cleaning is still
neglected, and the bedbugs are not cleared out
of the touches upon which fair and manly
forms will recline during the warm nights Of
July and August. The coming season is to be
the most brilliant on record, and we are not
unwilling to second the weather and give the
landlords little extra time for preparation.
Let them beware how they misuse this indul-
qence. however; for we shall have cores
pondent incognito at every fashionable resort
But in the interval, while these arrangements
are being perfected, Maretzek might give us
more opera. His notes are never too higa
nor too low, but always right. Unlike
Hooker. be issues no advertising bulle.
Tins promising what he does not per
form. If the President can invite Hooker
TO retain command Of the Army Of the Potomac
after all his recent failures, 80 may we invite
Marstxek TO still keep his baton in hand, after
all his recent successes. Maretsek starts again
ON Saturday next, and the President should put
our favorits army In motion by the same day
Then our one hundred and thirty thousand
remaining soldiers will soon crush out the
! twenty three thousand seven hundred remaining
rebels, according to the estimates Of the Time.
/, aud Tribune; and, while We are enjoying th.
! sveet voices of Guerrabella and Mazzoleni, ouI
army may be marching into Richmond. Thu,
Mars and Melody, Hooker and Maretzek, will b,
In unison, and the Star Spangled Banner viii
wave as gloriously. over the rebel Oaoisal 10 I
does N our national sons
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19
DEATH OF LIEUT.. CULLEN

It is with feelings Of sorrow that we announce the
death Of WILLIAM CuLLES, 1st Leutenan Of Company
X, Sd kentucky Infantry who died on the 18th inst.
in Hospital No o, from the ELECTS OF a gunFhot
wound received in the battle Of Stone River
Lieutenant Cullen was universally respected by
every who in contact with him IN this place
for his noble qualities OF headand heart. He bore
his long and painful Illness without mmmer or
complaint and died we have no doubt he lived, a
true patriot, lie was, as we are informed, brave
andnoble officer, and was Inferred with tho military
honoB duo to his rank. .....
On the l6th inst. rs remains were borne TO their
last resting place. Through the kindness of General
MoRGAV, an escort was furnished commanded by
Lieut. SYLVAN lERBUsu, of the 10Th Mich also isuts
DUNPIY, CoLLNs, WHEELER and AtGoS as pail bearers.
AZ O'Clock the procession len the hospital while the
moqrnful tones oftko brass band told to all around
that we feel deeply the loss Of the noble brave par
OTIS who are hlllpg 10 tho struggle for tho
tor OF our glorious government.
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Rad in I'd Kentucky l,,''

Patson BRowNLow has published a
letter in the Louisville Journal Of the
t7th inst, in which he expresses his be-
Iief, based on conversations with refugees
from East Tennessee, that the rebels
have large forces organizing at Knoxville,
aud al Rogersville, in Upper East Ten
nessee, and they will make an assault
from two or more gaps through the
mountains, with infantry and cavalry,
and IL not met upon corresponding
scale they will damage Kentucky, If they
do not destroy Louisville and Cincinnati
The attempt wou. d have been made be :
fore now, but for the high water and the
bad condition of the roads
They are coming, however, and will
be in The State this spring and those
VINO are slow TO believe it have only 10
wait few weeks They aim, of course
to destroy railroads, cities, and towns
but, above all, they aim to exchange
thousands Of starved and wornO out h0r.
SEES for the best stock in Kentucky. They
aim to plumber all the stores, meat. houses
and granarits in The country.
The Journal adds that it, has iniorma
tion from eye-witnesses, Of the massini
of large bodies of rebels at Knoxville
and Rogersvile. Certainly, being thu
forewarned, we need hot be eaugh
asleep. talE
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Eighth Kentucky.

A soldier Of the Eighth Kentucky
writes TO us that he wishes TO say a few
words for the mountaineers who compose
Enlargement. They are all for prosecuting
this war until the rebellion is thoroughly
destroyed; and to effect this grcat end,
they are for giving the Administration a
hearty and effective support. They are
for the enforcement of the Federal Con-
scription act, and heartily detest the
course Of those Kentucky politicians,
who while protesting loyalty, are forev-
err finding fault with the war measures Of
the Administration. They extend the
hand Of fellowship to all men North or
South, who are sincerely fighting this
infamous rebellion. And above all trail
tors they despise The Federal officer who
talks Copperhead politics, and madiests
maudlin sympathy for rebels. These
brave mountaineers OF Kentucky, who
like the East Tennesseeans, can neither
be bribed nor driven from the path Of
loyalty, have felt the ouirages and perse.
cution Of the rebel soldiery, and they arr
determined never TO make peace witt
the tyrants who drove them from tbei
homes.
We thank our friend of the Eight
Kentucky, for the very good opinion h
expresses Of the Nashville UNION. W
believe that the principles II advocate
are the only ones by which this Natio
can live.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19
A New Seal.

In the rebel Senate, Mr.. Clay, of Ala
bama, submitted the following il
Resolved, That the committee on Flag
and Seal be instructed 60 inquire into
the propFiety Of adopting ga cavalier"
as the seal of the Confederate States OF
America. ief @lAf u ia a3siLi
Mr.. Clay s1id that though the Ooafed-
crate Government had been establ ished
two years, it as yet had no seal but
mere ecrawl, the House and Senate hav-
ing been unable to agree upon one. The
"cavalier" appeared, for many reasons,
an appropriate device for seal. IL re-
quired no Interpretation, butwas cOmpre-
hensible both by the learned and unedus
Gated. The Southern people were par
ticularly nation of horsemen. Besides,
IL would indicate the origin Of Southern
society. The people Of the South de-
scended from the old cavaliers, while the
people of the North were descendants of
the Pertains Cavalier meant, in most
modern languages, knight or gentleman.
The resolution was adopted.
This is apparently a trivial matter,
and yet the remarks of Mr.. CLAY, and
the probably unanimous vote by which
his resolution was adopted, furnish a
better index to the sp nj Of the Southern
leaders, than measure of much more
intrinsic Importance. Here we see the
assembled wisdom of the Confederate
Congress, solemnly resolving to ape the
style of the English aristocracy. While
the learned Senator CLAY informs his de-
lighted auditors that they are the off
spring, not.of vulgar plebeians,' COM
mon "laboring people," and Puritans,
but Of " cavaliers which he adds, 4" in
most modern languages, means Knight or
gentleman !" II will not be long at this
rate before we shall hear Of the Earl Of
Sussex, Count LYNcHBUR0, and the Duke
of RIoHMOND. There may be some-
thing very fine in the opinion of the
members of the Richmond Congress, To
be styled knights and Cavaliers, to ride
in coaches emblazOned with coats of
arms and heraldic symbols, and TO keep
thousands of acres Of fine land, which
should be cultivated by sturdy, independ-
Snt white farmers, fenced in for parks TO
hunt deer and foxes in but we doubt
whether the plebeians, who greatly out
number the knights and Cavaliers in
the Old Dominion, viii be able to appre-
eiate the "style" assumed by the would
be masters. The average wealth Of the
population does not exceed $500 head,
about the price of a good horse, so that
the Cavalier class, who ride about
knights on Zoe horses, cannot be very
large,
With respect to the descent Of some OF
these people it strikes us that we have read
in the history of Virginia II that the
first settlers were hard pressed for wives,
whereupon some enterprising spectators
in London collected several shiploads
of poor girls, and bringing them over TO
the Virginia settlements, traded them on
for wives at the rates Of from fifty TO one
hundred pounds Of tooacco apiece; aud
from these good wives descended thou
sands of the first families Of Virginia.
Such is the origin Of American aristoc-
racy, How utterly ridiculous for our
pAryenues to be pTating Of descent and
pedigree.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19

The CONSUMPTION act will very likely
be enforced in this State within the Fed
eral lines, with certain restrictions
We hear that it is contemplated TO raise
regiment Of rebel conscripts exclusive
ly, in this city. No loyal man win be
allowed TO join it. The officers of course,
will be of the true blue, and the priyates
will be either forced to fight, or in case
they refuse TO do so, they wilr1 held
as prisoners Of war, TO be exchanged for
the. Union conscripts in the rebel army.
/. strikes us that this outrage of con-
scripting loyal men to fight under the
Nag of treason has gone lar enough, and
that it should be checkmated. Let two
regiments composed of the iercest rebels
in the city be drafted immediately, for
duty in the Federal army, and if they
refuse to coerce, subjugate and demolish
their southern brethren, let them be
snapped off forthwith for the Union con-
scripts now at Tullahoma. We know Of
no place where the CONSUMPTION law could
be enforced with better effect than Nash
Vile. It's enforcement would free the
city of many fierce and stubborn foes o.
the Government, and it would afford :
joyful deliyerance to thousands of loya
citizens, who have been dragooned into
the rebel service
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19
CnmMerftal.
From tho Louisville JoUuaLl
MONEY MARKET, &c,

LOUISVILLE, "WEDNESDAY, March Is.
There was decline in gold, silver and demand notes
yesterday, the bankers buying gold at jo@52 Bcent
prem, and selling at ja&Go q cent. We quote the
buying rate of SILVER at 3s40 n cent prem. and the
selling price uncertain Demand notes sell at 49bO %
cent prem. The bankers buy Kentucky notes at 100
- % cent prom, and Indiana notes Of cas- D cont
premium The demand for the notes OF The three old
banks Of Tennessee good at the decline, tho bank
ers buying at par. Government certificates Of in
debtedncss are bought az 0JI@as. Southern curreu.
cy generally Is quoted at from 20 20 90 % cent dls
count Eastern exchange dullat A@lza cent de-
count buying and par selling. Canada currency sel-
at a premium Of 30 "a cent.
FiouR AND GRus.-Flom "a easy, with Hight
sales supernne at S. 75mo and OF extra ana family
also 2596 30. Wheat lower With sales 1000 bushels
at 81 cool % Tor roi and prime white We quote
in bulk from tho country az Coo 700 q bush.
"a, and sleneda 7O055d Sales 200 bushels Rye at
Soc, oats in demand at Ci@70c from wagons. Sales
ofbarley at 81 25@l 30. Sales hrsuGs at 8la %
ton, shorts at So and bran at3l2
CuEEsE.--sales u 50 bgxes Western Reserve at "A
@l4kc.
GRooERus.--sllos u l2 bhds sugar al ialt@lgygc,
21 bbs yellow az l494Jzo, crushed and refined ~
gar at l7lz@l9tc.a fow barrels New York moas
sos al Gjc. sales of6O bags Rio ooGoeat85 8936c
PorHoEs-salos from storeat 3}a3 % D bbl
osioNs-saes ron tho country at "a 5000 v bbl
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19
. The Wages Of pisloyalty.

II Tennessee bad been true TO the
Union she would not nave been desolate
and in mourning to-day. - Cincinnati
Commercial.
If Tennessee had been true to the
Union, if the men of Nashville and of
Middle Tennessee had possessed the
frmness Of the East Tennesseaus, and
had shot down Gov, HARRIS and dozen
members Of the tory Legislature, our
State would TO- day, instead of being
swept by the desolation of war, be more
prosperous and wealthy than she ever was
before. Think of the vast revenue which
the monopoly of the cotton trade would
have brought into her private and public
treasures, with the price of that staple
at seventy-five cents per pound Her
banks would have remained sound, and
her School fund and public works would
have been saved. All have been made
comparatively worthless. Tennessee has
paid a dear price for treason, and still the
demon of rebellion cries "Pay on pay
onw. .g4r ~. .f
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19

Earnest times are not the times for
men without earnestness. There are
many leaders to whom our indignant Re-
public, racked with the pangs of many
an agony, will exclaim: al know your
works, that ye are neither cold nor hot {:
l would ye were cold or hot. SO then,
because ye are lukewarm, will spew
you out of my mouth" How many of
the conservative leaders are nothing but
political spittle ga. r---
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19

The REBEL Flag IN OWEN COUNTY
We learn from the Madison Courier that
on Saturday last party of rebels en-
tered OwentOn, the county seat of Owen
county, KY, and having torn down the
Union flag upon the Courthouse, put up
in its place the traitorous banner Of the
Confederate States. How large the party
was the Coutfcr's informant was unable
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19

The conservative newspapers occupy
their columns almost exclusively in Gad-
Ing fault with the President and Cabi q.
net or with abusing some officer who
has deprived some rebels Of their negroes.
They do not think il worth while 10 de-
nounce the rebellion and TO inspire the
people with a holy zeal against il. Is il
possible thAtsueh leaders can deceive an
intelligent publicY
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19

The interesting letter of our cores
pendent "FELn," published this morn
ing, has been unaccountably delayed in
its journey through the mail.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19

Thousands Of our gallant soldiers have
freely offered up their lives to save the
eountry, but the conservatives who SYM
pathize with the rebellion would see the
country perish before they would offer to
sacrifice the barbsrous and injurious
system Of negro slavery for TIA pre-
serVAtion. o 3D..
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19

1t has been reported that 1900 rebels,
under VAN DoRN, were marching against
Fort Donelson, That is exactly what
our boys at Fort Donelson desire By
all means let VAN DoRN go there, and
the glory of our third yietOry will
eclipse the splendor of the two former
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19
Cotton Generosity.


The Baltimore Anae,Ieaa gives the fol-
lowing extract from speech OF Gov
ernor Pickens, Of South Carolina, made
some two years since, when that State
was about TO commence the rebellion -,
"Be ready! Stand by your arms
mark time to the tap Of Independence,
and, at the word march forward and on
ward Ia he Borders. Our glorious old sis
ter North Carolina is with you, and her
freemen are in arms; join them in the
struggle for defense, and let tyrants
know that there are men who can make
them hear the ring and feel the weight
of Southern steel I shall endsapor not to
expose or oa0n State, and shall only march
you beyond our borders, under pressing
emergency; but wherever the ConfedeF-
ate flag hOats there too is our country and
forever. oe
The people of Tennessee ought TO feel
deeply indebted TO PIcKENs and his fac
ton, for endeayoring not to expose their
own State, hut to make Tennessee, Ken
lucky and Missouri, which are "outsido
barbarians," bear the whole burden Of
the war. How Supremacy selfish Think
Of il, Tennessee friends, whose lands
have been dcsolaied; think of it, parents
of Tennessee, whose sons have been slain
by regiments, to crafty the ambition and
cupidity eff the NEST worthless and sell
fish people in the Union. r.r5-7f
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19

General HALLEoE fully approves Of
General RosEcRANs' method Of treating
the rebel sympathizers and acoomplices
in his department. -F
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19
Flooding LOuisiana--Rebel Prospects
S. eoih DEpatehto taa ciuo,nnaii Gaz,us.

Flooding louisiana Rebel Prospects
S. ecih Dspate,to taa ciuopnaii Gaz,us.
CAmo, March Is.
Late boats from Memphis bring after
noon papers of the 18Th. From the Bull
letin we collect the following news from
off YiclIsburg, TO Sundayglla Oil gg
Ten rebel companies had cut the levee
at point between Lake Providence aud
Grand Lake. The water is passing over
and flooding the country. The object
was to prevent the Union forces from
operating on the creek between Lake
Providence and Bayou Macon, slough
narrow and full Of stumps. Our forces
are clearing il out From cutting the
levees the water rose three feet in the
slough, bat ii men fail dredges can be
used The responsibility Of this flooding
the country and destroying millions Of
property, rests upon the Conlederates
alone.
Two Kentuckians, late from Texas,
give gloomy account Of affairs there.
They met 1000 of Hindman's men, who
had deserted, and swore they would die
before returning. They consider the
CoDfederacy on its lass legs There is
great destitution and suffering every
where Az first class hotel in Atlanta,
Georgia, the fare was beef without salt,
roasted sweet potatoes, aud coffee made
Of burnt molasses, for which they were
charged 81 30 per day. Weil-tO-do
farmers, having substitutes In the army,
and women were the only persons sui
fered 10 remain a. home. The poor
people desire peace On any terms.
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TsaaE ToHdkH.

Most loyalists and rebels Remember
ISAAC ToucEY, BUcHANAN's Secretary Of
the Navy, tho former for the mischief he
did, andthe latter for the invaluable aid
he gave them in ihe week Of rebellion, by
sending our entire Navy 10 foreign waters,
before LrNcoLN was inaugurated Well,
this man ToUcEY, who is as vile traitor
as JEFF DAVIS, is stamping Connecticut
for the Conservative Democratic ticket.
This plainly shows how base an organi-
cation the Conservative peace party is.
Place the Government in their hands,
and the Southern Confederacy will be
esta blished
1t appears to be generally believed by
our military men that the rebels are eysc-
uating Nicksburg and Withdrawing to
jackson for the purpose of making a sud-
den movement TO reinforce the army at
Tullahoma, Gen. GRANT has his eyes
wide open, we think, TO the scheme, and
if they move in this direction, they will
probably fud themselves between an up
/ per and a neither milestone. The work
Of transporting the rebel army from
Nicksburg to our front cannot lie executed
very quickly, and there is no continuous
line of communication, and GRANT,
army viii be so close upon them that i
they hazard battle, they must be utter
ly defeated. The rebels hope, however
TO force RosEcRANs TO fall back by max
a raid into Kentucky. Here they vii
find themselves upon another cold trail
for the army of the Cumberland will no
retreat. We look for tremendous TEN
pest in very short time, but we fee
confident that GRANT and RosEtRANs vii
conquer gloriously in spite Of the rebC
armies, Copperhead fires in the rear, an
4 distinguished military functionary a
Washington.
.
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We learn that married daughter Of
Hon, CAVE JoHN oN, disguised her half
brother in pettcoats the other day aud
attempted to pass him through our lines
in this graceful and becoming garb. IN
luckily for the lady, the young man was
detected and both herself and brother
are under arrest and will be tried for the
offence. What shifts rebels will resort to !
The Charleston Courier says the ba-
kers Of that city have raised the price
Of. bread TO twenty five cents for a half
pound loaE-Erclanye
We have heard that "hlY a baf was
better than no bread, but fellow would
soon starve in a country Of quart loaUes.
We are told these loaves are about the
size of small biscuits,
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19

The Wholesale Groceries and Suffers supplies bust
uess Will be continued under the firm and style Of
A. LOUIS & CO., No. 30 North Market street.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19

When a penit7nt woman annointed the
feet of Christ with precious oil, a certain
fellow named Judas IscAriot was greatly
displeased because the oil was not sold,
and The proceeds given to the poor. Ju-
das was troubled at the unconstitution-
atty Of the woman's devotion. He con-
sidered il radical In fact Judas was
the progenilor Of the conservatives, and
quite as honest, ST..