The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-09
NEWS FROM REBEL SOURCES.

From the Dispatches to the Cincinnati Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Files of rebel
papers of the Sd have been received.
The Richmond Enquirer contains a
long letter of three columns of solid
type, addressed to Hon. JAS Lyons, OF
Richmond, by the rebel Senator II. s.
Foote, on the subject of convention
of States. In reference to peace, Mr..
Foote sets out with asserting his belief
that the election of Tuesday next will
result in the triumph of the Mcclellan
ticket He says, l confess that | feel
no little interest in the result of that
contest, believing as / do most confi>
dently that many of the supporters OF
Mcclellan and Pendleton are as good
State Rights Men, and as sincerely de-
voted to the South, as are anywhere to
be found
| look forward with feelings of the
most lively satisfaction to the triumph
which | do not doubt they will shortly
achieve over the most shameless usurp-
ers of power the world has yet known.
Mr. Foote then goes on to argue that if
Mcclellan is elected a plan for peace
will be proposed by two conventions
composed respectively of Northern and
Southern delegations. The Southern
delegation viii decide, says Mr. Foote,
that reconstruction under the Federal
Constitution is alike inexpedient both
for the North and South.
The following is, as Mr.. Foote asserts,
the peace plan of the South which Le
intimates will be adopted if Mcclellan
is elected by the Peace Democracy
" Let, then, peace be agreed upon on
the basis of Southern independence;
let the republics (Which the country
fjrmerly known as the United States
would be then divided mutually yieldQp
all the property heretofore eontiscated
let all that has been heretofore made
the subject of capture in war be return
ed; let lust indemnity be recognized
on either part and all needless injury
done to private property, IN violation
of the established usages of civilized
war be paid for; let a league offensive
or defensive be agreed upon betweeh
the sovereign States of the North and
those of the South, oae OF the proVi-
sions of which shall bring into exist
ence a permanent body of Commits
sioners somewhat similar TO the Am
phyctionic Council of old, with power
to provide for the speedy and satisfac-
tory settlement of international dis
putes as they may arise, thus resolutely
preventing the breaking out OF war,
whilst another provision of the same
league shall set up new Monroe doc
do mir
to the two allied republics over every
part of this continent, except 30 far as
aportion of the territory thereof may
be now held legitimately by European
powers. Let most liberal commercial
treaty be also agreed upon, with an eXe
tradition clause embodied therein, pro-
viding for the reclamation OF fugitiVes
from Justice
The Richmond Wing has the following
the capture OF Plymouth,
n c.
The enemy have, it appears, retaken
Plymouth, North Carolina 1t will be
that this place was storm
ed last summer by General Hoke, at
the head of his brigade, and that as
reward for his gallantry, he was pro-
NOTED to the rank of Major General in
the provisionary army. The enemy,
after three days hard fighting, passed
10 the middle of the river on the 3lst
came down the Roanoke towards the
forts held by our troops in tugs The
two forts, one above and the other be-
low Plymouth, on the Roanoke, were |
carried by Gen. Baker, who fought with
the upper forts, and then passed down
to the lower one, rendering them I'M
tenable by dismounting all their gums. |
We then evacuated the place under a
heavy Smelling from the enemys gun
boats Our loss was slight. Plymouth
is a place of comparatively little i'm
portance to us, except as check othe
anemy's gunboat excursions into the
interior of North Carolina"
The Enquirer, in its account of this
capture, which is similar to the above,
lsks the important question: Mean
lime where was the Albemarle p
The Richmond papers of Thursday
abound in boastful accounts of their
ate operations in the Valley against
Grant, evidently designed to give aid
md comfort to their Northern allies in
he impending election.