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The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
A POWERFUL DEFENCE OF THE
GOVERNMENT.

On the first page Of to-day's paper will
be found the able address of the Rebel
Gen. CAN'T to the people of Missouri, and
more especially to those of his own State,
Arkansas. This production is in all re-
spects the most extraordinary document
which the rebellion has as yet produced.
We would request all to read it, as it is
from Gen. CAN'T. late of the rebel army,
now prisoner on parole, and who refuses
to be exchanged eeI .si5r fsl
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
LATEST NEWS.
7Tbe WARM East Tennessee.

CfScINrArf, Nov. 2l.-Tho f,lowing tele-
gram from the Army in East Tennessee da-
ted at noon on Wednesday, has been re-
ceivcd. The crisis in East Tennessee has
come, and found our Army and Generals rea-
dy, Saturday. the rebels under Longstreet,
crossed the river at London. Our forces fell
back slowly and in good order bef5re them.
During Sunday brisk skirnishing was going
on,allsthe while, and on Monday held them
il check aliday, at Campbell Station, twelve
miles below.here, en the henoire road. Our
forces were under the personal command of
General Burnside, and acted splendidlys ast
t0ur loss. during the day is estimated $50.
The rebel loss is unknown, but cannot from
the nature of the fighting, have been less. 5
During Monday our army fell back on
Knoxville EARLY Tuesday morning the line
Of battle was formed around the city, The
rebels appeared about noon on the Lenoire
road at Armstrong; house two miles from
town, and heavy skirmishing Immediately
commenced. General Sanders held our line
Of skirmishers in most gallant style and stub
bornly until nghtfall. Latein the evening
our troops charged the rebels and drove them
| from their ground and beyond Armstrong
house, but fell back again to the original
line.
This morning was very foggy, and the ball
did not open until o'clock, and when it did it
was on precisely the same ground as last night
The diminishing has been veryheayy, and &C,
compained with considerable Smelling, both
by the rebels and ourselves. OUR loss yes
terday and to-day, in killed and wounded, il
about one hundred and fifty. -
Our boys are in excellent spirits, and are
| confident in themselves and their Generals
In fact, I have never seen an army on thu
eve of battle in better spirits, -@
4 General Burnside is confident Of the result
and is winning golden opinions from every
one by his gallant bearing and mastery
About O'Clock this afternoon we suffered
4 loss in the wounding of that most gallan
officer, General Sanders. ~ .H jf>V
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
THE LAST DITCH.

The Messenger, published in this town, :,
seems to die hard over,the result ofuthe
late election. They say that owing to the
military order issued by General Sehenck,
obliging the Sham-Democracy to take the
oath Of allegiance as test Of their loyalty,
and as such oath did not come within the
confines Of their party discipline, they
were obliged to deprive themselves the
privilege of casting their ballot for the
Hon. Charles. All we have to say in re-
gard to this is, that any man who claims
to be an American citizen and will refuse
to take an oath to protect and uphold his
country is not worthy Of such, citizenship,
and should therefore be deprived of all
right 10 the elective franchise. ~.
They seem frightened at the blue coats
and brass buttons; we see nothing about
them SO frightful--so long as man would
do that which his country asked Of him,
the soldier would not harm him. We
have met soldiers before to-day, and in
fact have had the honor of sharing the
toll, hardship and danger Of the camp and
battle-feldin company with them, and as
yet never met any harm from the hand of
any Union soldier; the truth Of their as
scrticn issimply that they know they are
wrong and their conscience is shifting
them for itoseTa esf qs hnd b1o .saes b
1t is too late in the day for this paper to
come out and make such assertions as
these, you who have lain silent, but still
kicking, during the contest Of this rebel
lion, to como ont now when you see the
cause lettering beneath the powerful blows
Of old Uncle Samuel. We know it goes
hard with you to give up the ghost, but
it's no use lamenting over poor Ckarley's
death, for the decree of the All-wise hiss
decided that such should be the case and
such has come to pass, The columns Of
this little shees we're 50 completely taken up
with the election, that they could not find
sufbcientroom to inform the public that
their hard-heartsd 1Sss<Avp BrstAern a
Southern fends were starving our noble
soldiers in the dungeons Of Richmond -
Oh, mol we suppose they we're safraid O
hurting the feelings Of JEFF. d Go,
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27

IG-The result of the campaign has
placed the Union cause under lasting OBJ
legations to Joshua I. Head, Esq, chair
man of the State Executive Committee !;
also to Hon. G. S. Layton, chairman of
Sussex County Committee, j. A. Alder
dice, chairman of New Castle County Com
mittee, and N. H. Coverdale, chairman of
Kent County Committee. These gentle
menwith their assistants were untiring in
their labors, and were to be found at all
times in the front ranks Of the canvass
from the opening of the campaign until
its glorious close. And their labors have
been crowned with a just reward in the
triumph of our glorious cause and the al.
most unanimous majority for our noble
candidate, Nathaniel B, Smithers.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
THE DIFFERENCE.

While the people of the loyal States are
subscribing to the Government loan by
millions daily, the want Of confidence in
the rebel Government is 50 great that the
Government is obliged to think of the ex-
pedient Of forced loans to enable it to raise
the means for keeping itself in existence.
The despotism in the South has become SO
absolute that they talk now ofseizing upon.
the money or property of the citizens to
carry on the war, as they have long since
done upon the citizens to supply the losses
in their armies. The condition Of the rebel
treasury must be desperate, indeed, when
this systemlof forced loans -practised only
in such countries as Mexico--is considered
the only relief. The expenses Of the rebel
Governments are put down at four hundred
millions year, on a specie basis, or about
one thousand millions on the actual basis
ofdspreciated paper. This is an enormous
tax upon the industry of the country and to
be borne by "a population not more than
oneathird of that of the loyal States,-z,
Psila. National Gssara-
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
A NEW APPOINTMENT.

We notice with pleasure, the appoint
ment of Samuel N. harrington, Jr., to the
important position OF Secretary of State,
to fill the vacancy occssoned by the cleo
ton Of Nathaniel y. Smithers to Congress.
Mr.. Harrington isayounga and able lawyer,
practising atthe bar OF New Castle County;
and with the ability and energy with which
he has performed The duties given to his
charge, we have no doubt but what he will
prove himself Efficient in the important
position which be rs now called on to fuliIl
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27

New York, Nov. 22.--The following dis
patch has been received from New Orleans by
steamer. rs.e.....li f4, H
New Orleans, Nov. 13.--The Thirteenth
Army Corps, lately operating in the Teche
country, embarked to-day at Brashear City
for some unknown point in Texes, by way of
Berwick's Bay. ~. ,5sl
The steamer circassian arrived to-day, and
reports the disappearance Of the yellow fever
from the blockading feet off Mobile.
Trade with st. Louis on private account ia
rapidly increasing. ~.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
Refusal of the Confederate Govern.
ment to Exchange Civilians, Gp

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2t,-The Star Of this
evening states that the Confederate authori-
ties refuse to deliver up or exchange citizens
held BY them as prisoners. unless the Federal
Government will agree not to hereafter treat
as enemies the non-combatant rebel citizens
of the territory occupied by the U. s. troops.
This, says the Star, cannotb be acceded to, in
asmuch as it is absolutely necessary for the
success and safety of our, military operations
in rebel domains, that citizens claiming privi-
leges of citizenship and exemption from being
treated as enemies in the army, must not be
permitted to give information and otherwise
aid the rebellion,
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
Proclamation.

ERerees, a special election was held in the State
Of Delaware, Thursday, the nineteenth day Of
November, in the year of cur Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, hpursuapce of the
Constitution of the United States and the laws of
the State Of Delaware in that behalf for the election
Of Representative for the people of the said State
in the Congress Of the United States TO fill the va
eaney occasioned by the death of William Temple
who had been elected their Representative in the
thirty eighth Congress.
And tvhere0s the official certificates OF returns Of
tho said election, held in the several counties of the
said State, having been duly received and examined
by the Governor, it appears from them that the
votes in the said counties respectively for such Rep
resentative were cast as fellows, to writ:
In Now Castle County for Nathaniel B.
s Sl c,u.,, m ,,,-,.. ,,,,n 4ol4 votes
ers, 1885 q
In Kent County for Joseph P. Comegy, 2
: In Kent County for Henry Ridgeey, 2
In Kent County fer John W. Houston, Z"
In Kent County for Charles KINNEY, d /
In Kent County for William Townsend,
In Sussex County for Nathaniel B.
smithers, 1884
In Sussex County for Charles Brown, 8 %"
And Whereas the returns duly made out, sign
ed and executed, of the election for the choice oft
Representative of and for the said State in the thir
ty-Eighth Congress of tho United States as afore-
said, having been duly delivered to the Governor
by the respective Sheriff of said Counties and the
Governor having examined the said returns and
enumerated and ascertained the number of votes
for each and every candidate person voted for as
such Representative, the result appears as follows
to wit:
The whole number of votes given for
Nathaniel B. Smithers, n. returned, 1888.
The whole number of votes given for
Charles Brown, as returned, Is.
Scattering, 2.
And it further coming to tho knowledge Of the
Governor that in Mispillion Hundred, in Kent
County, 252 votes were cast for the said Nathaniel
B. Smithers and which were not returned to the
Board of Canvass by the inspector, making his true
vote S215:
Moo, Therefore, I, William Cannon Governor Of
the State Of Delaware, do hereby declare that Ma.
thaniel b. Smithers has received the highest -,~.-
at the election aforesaid and therefore has been and
duly ard legally the Representative Of and for the
State of Delaware, in the Thirty Eighth Congress
of the United States, to i'll the vacancy occasoned
by the death Of William Temple
[L.S.l In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 1, William Cannon
Governor of the State Of Delaware have hereun-
TO set my hand and caused the great seal of the
said State to be afiSed- at Dover, this twenty
third day of November ia tho year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty -three, and
Of the Independence OF said State, the eighty
eighth. WILLIAM CANNON.
By the Governor,
SAM'L NJ. HARRINGToN, JR.,
Secretary of State.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
A United States Attorney Removed
for Cause. 'H. vs.

The following is a copy of an order which
will explain itself to the public as well as to-
the party to whom it is Addressed. ~
CopY.-Attonley Generals Office, Wash7
sngton City, November 2, 1s63.-W d. Ed
yards, Esq, 81. Chdrles;-zSir;- Your recent
active participation in Political enterprises
hostile to the known views and wishes of the
Executive Government of both the nation'and
State, rendered it unfit, in my opinion, for
you to continue 70 hold the Office Of United
States Attorney for the Eastern District of
Missouri, Such being my opinion, the Presi-
dent, at my request, has caused your Office to
be vacated, and another to be appointed in
your stead. Yours, EDWARD BATES,
Attorney General.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
Interesting RebeI News.

FoRTREss MONROE, Nov 18,-The steamer
New York, Capt, Chisholm. arrived here last
evening from City Point, with 1853 Union
prisoners in charge of Major Milford, flag Of
truce officer. Among these prisoners was
Mr.. Thomas, teleg aph operator. p -a "
The Richmond Enquirer of Nov. il6 says
The Libby contains "a Yankee surgeons.
These viii be sent forward as soon as ours,
about an equal umber, are received
"2,100 Yankee prisoners in Richmond have
been sent to Danville" % it1' = ID
"Lynchburg has sent an invitation for
several Thousand, and they will be sent up
this week. Z" Condemned to Death"
VIM. Bateman, I'd Tennessee Artillery, was
brought to Castle Thunder yesterday to await
execution for the crime of desertion from the
Confederate Army previous to his joining the
Yankee Army. saa W
WILMINGTON, Nov. 15.--A large warehouse
ON the wharf near the custom house was de-
stroyed by fire last night with its contents.
The lossis heavy embracing aheayy amount
of cotton, clothing, and a portioniof the cargo
Of the steamer Alliance. belonging to the
State of North Carolina sac 40 ss Isf., sti p.
twenty-five Yankees made their escape
from Castle Thunder last Saturday. -
Two of them were recaptnred while making
their way TO the Peninsula .saassle b.
FORTRESS MONROE, Nov l8.-Mr John ID.
Laborn has been appointed special Provost
Marshal for this department. .1ss ialli 81 as
General Butler and some of, his staff will
leave this evening for North Carolina.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
SMITHERe, rrAInRIrv

:. In the Governors reclamation, pub
'i 81 in to-days paper viii be found the
Official vote cast 40 the late election for
Representative in Congress-by which the
reader will see the majority which sends
the Hon. N. B. Gmithers to Washington
to represent them in the halls of Con.
gress.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27

CINCINNATI, NOV. e2-Miles Greenwood's
machine shops, at the corner of Canal and
Walnut streets, were Partially destroyed by
fire this morning. The loss, which amounted
to 5000, 900, is partially insured, fer half that
amount, A fireman was killed and several
wounded, by the falling of the walls cf
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
oovcrnment expenditures.

The payments for branches of the public
service Of the fiscal year ending with last
June where nine hundred and three mill
lions ofdollars, Of which amount six hundred
millions we're for the army, and sixty-fye or
sixty-six millions for the navy. '' e z 'A4 -
A suffciency of money has recently been
placed in the hands ofall the paymastsrs to
pay our armies up to the list of the present
month. t"aHaas Nes ~ Tieagee 2siasR
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27
HOW PRISONERS OF WAR ARE
TREATED IN RICHMOND.

The Baltimore correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer confirms the State
meut that many Of the one hundred ana
eighty prisoners who recently arrived at
Annapolis from Richmond by flag Of
truce were nsa.dying condition, from the
effects of starvation and exposure. Nearly
forty died before reaching Annapolis, and |
in less than six days after their arrival
ffty-three more had died, and fifteen life
lesI bodies laid in the dead house at one
time. The writer says
Boa A stlnortem examination Of all these
Vas made by the attending physicians and i
was the deliberate opinion that they sunk INTO
death solely from previous neglect, starvation
and iii treatment, whilst confined in the vie
prisons of Richmond, They had been Obliged
q sleep in the dirt, on the ground, in sand,
and upon or amid Rlth Of every kind, until
their skins were SO enthusiastically pertora-
ted, that scrubbing and washing couldneither
remove the dirt, imbedded grains Of sand, &c.
nor create reaction upon the skin. Every
symptom known to scientific surgeons, upon
examining the stomachs Of the dead, demon
AHA Whist pritlh6sEtf aS 81 War IL RicR
mond, A heart Of adamant, or the heart Of
confirmed rebel, per Sc, which is harder,
y would almost have melted at beholdlng these
h prisoners when they landed from the boat, Of
we're FIRST put on board government vessel
Many of them had nothing under heaven t
cover even portion of.tbeir nakedness, ex
cept miserable old tatterod blanket, aliv'
! with vvermin. They had been robbed ofcloth
i ing, shoes, money and everything else.
n "Several now dead were SO weak when de
4 liyered from under the rebel flag Of truce a
not to be able to articulate their names, an
Liza haine M clothing upon them to desie
nate the company or regiment to which the
belonged, have died and been buried withor
liability to inform their relatives and friend
who it was who had thus found an unknow
grave" Z .''r' ~ ''a wy .
K HES 80 90 N mENT SUSTAINED.
We are pleased to see the cause
the nation in the ascepdency, Thus ia
every State that has had an election du
:, ring the present year has gone uncondi
tionally for the Union and the Govern
ment, Except New Jersey, pdby which
death blow has been struck to the rebel
and the rebel sympathizers. This demon
stration of the loyaIists will have deci
ded effect on the interest Of the nation
both at home and abroad, and will wip,
out the last doubt as to the consumation O
vigorous prosecution of the war, unit
the last armed traitor yields to the author
ty Of the National Administration. Wha
is there left ,hy which rallals qe,,- |, ~ E
a friendly diversion at the North through
l.,- rtf.- -~rr-sheads-2S - = on
estimation none whatever. We have onl.
to say that the Administration and tn
Government is sustained, and it is to b.
hoped that the administration will act upol
this support. and pursue its carefully ma
tured policy boldly and unAinchingly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-04-21
A Record.

In looking over file OF papers of 1850, we
found the following resolutions, which for the
benefit oil the curious and those who have short
memories, We reproduce;
|. Resolved, That We adhere with unwayeripg
consiancy TO tho IstTersonian pto,iso, and, ns,.
wllhsIanding its abandonment by many Of those
whs have heretofore csimed to be its exclusive
friends, we will insist on its application To ali ter
rl,ory OF which the United States now have or
shall hereafter have Jurisdiction.
2 Resolved, That Congre. possesses the
power to prohibit slavery in The Territories, and
that it, uninterrupted exercise since the formation
OF the Government, under all administration. from
Washington 10 Polk, has established it as an adj.
mlued rule OF practice.
). Resolved, That slavery does no, now by
law exist in the Territory conquered or acquired
from AeIico-and that We stand and shall stand
opposed to the admission Of any slave State into
the Union that shall be formed out Of any par, of
that territory by whom,oevsr, and where.otysr
slavery shall be therein established.
!. Resolved, That slavery does not depend on
lines Of latitude or points Of compass, or upon
Physical Geography" but upon the unholy Gu.
pldi,y oil men to enjoy the frui, Of the labor Of
others
o. Resolved, 1hs, the existence Of slavery and
the slave trade in our National Capitol is a di..
graceful Inconsistency which calls loudly for cor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-04-21
The Rebel Loan.

a Paris letter says the rebel cotton loan is
hot popular in France The bankers there
discountenance It, a, having tendency to pro-
long the war ana as d breach Of neutrality. The
Gcvernmen, has net alswed tito be published
and it will not be quoted at the Bourse. Also
a letter from Halifax states that $4,000 Of the
Confederate loan was put up at auslion thew, at
60 cents on dollar, found no bidders, and was
withdraw. Aud in England although this
gambling transaction appeared to be eagerly en-.
gagged IN, and the loan was quoted at premium,
1t soon began TO decline and grave doubts, even,
have been entertained whether in fact il was
subscribed for as stated. Il wasa very general
impression abroad that he loan hos actually been
taken up by parties who have already advanced
L.. different ways more than they have subscribed
for, and who are % be paid and guaranteed their
advances by ,he scrip Of the loan. One thing il.
quite certain, VT believe however, in England.
and that Is, that it was taken i at all by those
who have been uoing their utmost for the last
two years 10 break up this Republic Titled men
who have worked, aud written, and schemed, and
plotted to stop the growth Of liberal ideas in
England for the last tsenty years, and who now
think they can conclusivey answer such teachers
a, Bright and Cobd.a, by pointing 10 ashattered
Republic as the fruit of Democratic ideas ON this
side Of the water, will no, hesitate to invest a
few millions of dollars in anything whether a
confederate priyateer ora confederate loan. that
can inJure our Government But, while they NAV
thus put off the day Of our fual triumph, aud til.
liberation Of their own peop. from the oppres-
sion under which they now groan, they cannot
with all their monty prevent the American peo-
pie from working out hereafter, even more per.
fecIy than heretofore, the problem of rec Gov
eminent.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-04-21
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THssdsy Morning, April Fl, 1893
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