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MoRE RETALIATIox.-We find in the
Richmond Examiner, ofthe 9th instant
the proceedings Of the rebel State Sen
ate Of the day previous, in which the
following prssage occurs
Breast BCrLrR's RULE-Mr. Grice in
troduced preamble and Joint resOlu
ton in relation to the arrest and sen
tence 70 hard labor, at Portsmouth, 10y
Beast Butler, of the Rev. George n
Balm. William H. III Hodges. and John
II. Wingfeld, and requesting the Gov
ernor to direct the attention Of the
Confederate Government 10 their ca
ses, so that three Of the Federal officers
held in Confederate prisons may be Sc
lected and held at hard labor as hos
tagcs for the same
The preamble and resolutions were
adopted and sent TO the House.
As Portsmouth has been within the
Union lines for nearly or quite two
years. there can Of course b0 no shadow
Of right under the laws Of war, 10 pun.
ish prisoners Of war in the hands Of the
rebels in retaliation for whatever pun
ishment the Government Of the United
States may sec fit to inhict upon its own
disloyal citizens. The rebel Govern
ment might, with equal right, under
take to retaliate upon our prisoners m
its hands the exile Of Vallandigham. or
the Incarceration Of the public plunder-
srs. all Of whom have been as true
friends Of the Confederacy As the rev
erend gentlemen at Portsmouth,, ~
are not informed whether the Doii ], u
crate" authorities have carried Out tiiis
recommendation Of the Virginia Legs
Iature - Washington Chronicle
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the side Of the sristocracy Of the land,
and bear honorable scars" or else take
sides with your bleeding country, and
tell your young ones, with trembling
voice as you gather them around your
patriarchal hearth; Il fought for the
land of Washington. l upheld the
glorious stars and stripes on many a
bloody field, and l will soon be gather
ed to my fathers, but leave you, my
children, rich and glorious legacy, see
that you transmit it impaired to your
posterity, with an injunction that they
and their children preserve it through
all time" P H.
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Resignation OF Lieut.. Wm. L. Griffith.
Correspondence Of the Nashville Union.l
HEADQUARTERS Co. A, 4TH Tenn. Cav, ,
March %, 1864


Ny resignation of the Office of Second
Lieutenant of company A, 4th Tennes-
Ses cavalry, having been accepted by
the Department Commander, take this
method of returning my thanks to the
company for their uniform kindness,
and generous conduct towards me
during our association.
When I enlisted with the company as
a private soldier it was with the exTec-
tation of serving the full term in that
capacity, but your generous support and
confidence gave me a different position,
for which l return to one and all my
grateful acknowledgements. When we
entered the service our families were
all in the Rebel lines, but now, by the
skill of our brave Generals, and the
gallantry of comrades in arms, the tat
tered rags of the rebellion have been
driven from our fields and fresides to-
wards their own native sandhills-a
cline more congenial to traitors and
treason. In parting with you, let me
assure the company and regiment, that
leave it with regret, and should you
maintain to the end Of your term the
present character Of your regiment, it
will be matter of pride in after years
to have belonged to the 4th Tennessee
cavalry To my superior officers l re-
turn my sincere thanks for their many
kind favors, and hoping their future
career may be equal to present promis-
ses, and their most sanguine expecta-
tions, and that the time may mol be
far distant when peace, with all its
manifold blessings, may again bless our
restored Union, bid to one and all a
kind adieu WIN. X. GRFFTH,
I'd Lieut. Co. A, 4th Tenn. Cav
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Governor Brown, of Georgia, i'll his
message from which we have been quo
ting recently, gives strong testimony as
to the efficacy of arming negroes. Prac-
teal men, in looking at the question of
arming negroes, always calculated the
profit and loss of the matter. The
question was whether the opposition to
arming the negro was SO strong that
the hostility that would be excited by
arming them would overweight the mil
itary force Of the black soldiers. Gov
ernor Brown, speaking of the fifty
thousand able-bodied slaves employed
against the Southern Confederacy,
says:
"If these fifty thousand able bodied ne
grOes had been carried into the interior by
their owners when the enemy approached
the locality where they were employed, and
put to work clearing land and milking pro
visions, we should to-day have been fifty
thousand stronger, and the enemy that
much weaker, making difference Of one
hundred thousand in the present relative
strength of the parties TO the struggle.
When negro man, worth 81 900 upon the
gold basis, escapes to the enemy, that sum
Of the aggregate wealth of the State, upon
which size should receive taxes, is lost, one
laborer who should be employed in the pro-
duct;on of provisions is also lost, while one
labOrer. or one more armed man, Is added
10 the strength Of the enemy"
This is a statement OF the case that is
an argument for arming the slaves, that
the Governor of Massachusetts could
not improve upon.
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From Huntsville. Alabama.

[ Correspondence of the Nashville Union.
HUNTSVILLE ALA, March %, 1864
We were consoling ourselves a few days
since with the pleasing thought that
rosey-bosom' d Spring" was here with
us once more, but the scene is now
changed and " Winter holds his unre-
ioicing court; and through his airy hall
the loud nisrule of driving tempest
now is heard"
The atmosphere around Huntsville
is now purified. Would to God that the
political or moral atmosphere could be
relieved of the siclening eifuyia that
rises from the decaying remains of
secession.
mentioned in my last that Hunts
Vile had its bully-board corner
81 Bully-board corner was a live place
yesterday Everybody seemed gay and
happy too on bully-board corner Here
on bully-board corner you might have
seen all the shades of Huntsville soci-
ETY.. The quiet sedate old gentleman
was there-the country old secesh was
there-the individ:lay was there who
collects items for the rebs on the other
side of the riyer-the deserter who
came in and "tuck the oath was there
the gaily dressed Quartermasters,
Brigadier Generals, Captains, Lieuten-
ants, and privates, were all there. Con-
spicuous among the crowd was Cuffy,
enjoying his oGu7l cum dignitqte, as Cufy
alone knows how to do it.
saw on "bully-board corner the
men who get passes or try to get them
without having taken the oath Of allie
glance. l saw there also the men who
take the oath simply to sell their cotton,
and saw on the same "bully board p"
corner the young man who has or ex-
poets to sell his cotton without taking
the oath. He has been holding" this
cotton y long while. l saw on bully
board corner the man who got his
pay for sheep from the Government,
and before the "greenbacks )" We're
quietly slowed away, this nice speci-
men of humanity was inquiring, Of one
whom he mistakenly thought, was at
heart a reb. "how many Feds are there
here, / 90 across the rirer some
times" Conspicuous, even as con
spicuous as Cufy you could see
the young gentry-the nice young men
of Huntsville. Young men who look
on with perfect Indifference while the
glorious and beloved government, which
was organized and supported by their
fathers, and upon the perpetuity Of
which depends their future liberty and
happiness, IS now grooming and strug-
Cling for very life Shame on you young
menl Go at once and join the cavalry
regiment that General Logan is author
lied 10 recruit in your State, or else get
his permission to pass to Dixie. Do not
let it be said by your children that
YOU took no7 part in the fight
1t IS free fight assure you Come
pitch in on one or the other side, and
then you can in some future day say 10
your children, " fought 10 disrupt and
disorganize the government Of the
United States. boldly proclaimed to
the world that did not like republi-
can institutions, planted myself upon
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These officers are all placed on the
same footing rs other Federal officers
in prison; that is, they ara treated as
prisoners of war-as well as the rebels
treat prisoners of war.
When I recover my health will write
to you more fully concerning matters
and things in general
Most respectfully, your friend,
Il. S. NoRTHCoTT,
1t Col. 10Th W. Va. Vol.
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Reorganization Of the Army of the Po-
tOmac.
WAR DEPT ADJT GES's OFFICE,
WAsHEGTOS, March %, 1864
GENERAL oRDEks 80. 45.

GENERAL ORDEKS so -.
/ By direction Of the President Of
the United States the number Of army
corps comprising the army of
the Potomac will be reduced 20
three, viz the I'd, 5th and 6th
Corps, the troops Of the other two
corps viz. the lst and Sd, will be reor-
gained and distributed among the ID
9TH. and 9th, by the Commanding Gen
eral, who viii determine what existing
organization will retain their corps
bedges and other distinctive marks.
staff officers Of the two corps which arc
temporarily broken up, will be assigned
to vacancies in the other corps 20 soon
as such vacancies may exist Those for
whom there are no vacancies will cease
to be considered as officers Of the sew
eral stats Of army corps
2 Major General g. X. Warren is as
signed by the President 70 the com
mand Of the 9Th Army Corps
g. The following General officers arc
detached from the Army Of the PotO-
mac, and viii report for orders TO the
Adjutant General Of the army, viz
Major General Geo. Sykes, United
States Volunteers; Major General W
Ii. French, United States Volunteers;
Major General John Newton, United
States Volunteers. Brigadier General
j. b. Eenty, United States Volunteers
Brigadier General Solomon Meredith
By order Of the Secretary Of War
j. ID. townsend. A A c.
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The Paris correspondent of the New
York World writes:
Paris, March 4
the CONFEDERATE STEAMERS
Thedetention Of the Confederate steam
er Rappahannock is decided upon, the
French Government having been con-
WINGED, by arguments similar to those
employed in the diplomatic correspOn-
dence of Mr. Seward and Mr. Adams,
that this was the wise course to take.
Two years ago the Emperor Napoleon
would willingly have incurred the risk
Of war with the United States, but at
present he has too much at stake ia
Europe to venture to brave US The
officers Of the RappahannOclI have had
an infinity Of trouble with their crews
Numbers of English yagabonds have
enlisted for tho sake OF the bounty, and
have deserted Immediately upon tho
receipt thereof Applications TO the
authorities have been Of no avail, al
though the French law provides for ar
resting deserters from the vessels OF
foreign nations.
The British Consul, when applied to
for his assistance, refused, upon the
ground that the ship had left England
Illegally. The right of the Consul To
deny his aid has been cOntested-the
parties CONCERNED declaring the Kappa
hammock to be a merchant vessel
Lord Cowley was referred to, much to
his lordship's disgust and annoyance.
Lord c. addressed himself 10 the French
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, NJ Drouyn
. de Lhuys 10 decide whether the de
serters should be arrested. Meanwhile
the energetic protest Of cur Govern
ment had been placed before tho
French Minister, by which means the
matter was promptly brought to a con-
clusion, an order being sent down 10
Calais to stop the ship. The whole
affair has been very annoying 10 the
higher powers here. b. Drouyn de
Lhuys, in conyersing on this subject
with an English gentleman a few days
ago, said for his part he wished that all
the Confederate steamers were at the
bottom Of the sea. II is rumored that
81 Drouyn de Lhuys will soon be t.
placed by N ThOuveneL
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A correspondent Of tho New York
Herald. writing from the Department Of
Western Virginia, says
General Sigels activity Is gaining
much favor, even among those who
wee opposed TO his appointment and .
change Of commanders.
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| A COOP JOEE-l must tell a good
4 thing that occurred here appropOs Of
/ Gen Smith. On his arrival here some
I days since, he made his way % General
/ Magrudcrs Office. But one staff officer
! happened 70 be- in. and as young men
T sometimes viii do, ne was OCCUPYING q
position more comfortable than elegant
with his back 20 the door singing DIX
b L." Gen. Smith interrupted HIM with,
/ is this Gen. Magrudcr Office Inc
officer broke off his song only enough
Z 10 replv. yes sir.
cen SIS the General in
of6cer-siNo sir
cen. S.--Will he be in sOOny
Oficer-'DOn' know sir.
Gen Slow long has he been
gomez
Officer Don't know sir.
Gen. S.-"Where is hoT'
Ofiicer-"Don know, sir. IL is not
my week 10 keep him
Gen. S-~Ahem Nv name Is Smith.
Oficer-"Yes. Good many Smith =
about-seyeral been TO see the General
Gen. S-"They sometimes call me
Lieutenant General Smith.
Oficer-'The h-ll you say
The officer turned a very rapid som
merset and disappeared in 2 twinkling
-lfoJik AdveraSer.
Smith is a General Of northern birth.
He deserves the eontemptuous treas
ment be received.
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NO. 900.
10 THE PEOPLE Of EAST TENNESSEE.
Call for the acknowledgements Con.
VeuflOn.

In pursuance OF a previous public no
tee a number Of the officers of the
Union Convention that met at Knox
vile on the 3Oth Of May, 1861, and at
Greenyille on the 18th day Of June. of
the same year, assembled st Knoxville
on Wednesday, the 18th inst. to con
slider the prOpriety of re-assembGng said
Convention at an early day. After con
siderable interchange of opinion, twas
finally resolved:
lst. That the interests Of the people
Of East Tennessee demand that the
acknowledgements Convention tie
re-assembled
2d. That an order issue calling for the
meeting of said Convention at Knox
vile, on Tuesday, the 18th day Of April
next
AM, WHEREAS, The aforesaid Conven-
ton during its sessions at Greenville,
among other things, ordered that the
President Of the Convention, or any
Vice-President, or the Secretary acting
in his place, may call the Convention
together at such time and place as he
or they may determine"
Now, therefore, the undersigned by
virtue of such authority, do hereby or
der the meeting of said Convention,
and do most earnestly request the del
egates to the same 10 assemble at Knox
VILE on Tuesday, the 18th day Of April
next, to consider such matters as may
properly be brought before the Conven-
ton. Such counties and districts as
have not already appointed delegates
are requested to take such steps as viii
secure a full representation in the Con-
vention Done at Knoxville, March
7th, 1864
WN HEIsKELL,
JOHN WUIIANs,
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We, the undersigned, have this day adopted the
above rates, TO which we bind ourselves strictly 70
adhere. WI. CAMERON, for the Union,
JOHN WALLACE, for the DisDateb
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 25, 1868.
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J C Reynolds, Sth W Tenn Cavalry.
y J Dawn, lst Tenn. Cavalry.
J C Martin, LIST Tenn Light Artillery
" NJ r Millsaps, End Tenn Infantry.
II McQuiddy, LIST Mid. Tenn Cav.
:" Hagler, jth Tenn Infantry.
Lieut. Benz. Rowden, 18th Tenn Cavalry,
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limited States Of America.
United States Of America.

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNEssEE-No. 81.
WHEREAS an information was filed in the Dis
w trIct Court OF the United States for the Mid
die District of Tennessee, on the l4th day OF March,
ls64, by Horace H. HARRISON Esq, Attorney of the
Uuitcd States for said District, who pTOsccUtes
therein well on behalf of the United States as OF
Joseph K. Dllin, Esq, Surveyor Of Customs ~
Nashville, Tennessee, against three thousand nine
hundred and ninety-twO dollars and hall, i'm gold,
Of which one Robert Dickson is tse reputed owner,
and aginst all persons lawfully intervening for their
interests therein, alleging thst said property had
been heretofore seized in said District, on land,
forfeited for causes in said information set forth and
averred to be true, and praying for the usual pro-
cess and monitor.
Now, therefore, pursuant to the monition under
the seal Of said Court 10 directed, hereby give
public warning to all persons concerned IN interest
in said property, to appear before said Court on the
3D. Monday in April next, at the Federal Court
Room, in the Capitol q; Nashville, IN said District,
then and there to PROFOUND their claims and make
their allegations in that behalf.
+. r. GLASCOCK,
T. s. Marshal for the Mid. Dist. OF Tennessee.
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MARRIAGE AND FUNERAL NOTICES
win be charged at the usual advertising rates.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CANDIDATE
For State Officers. 90
For County 60
For City Officers. .................... 3 co
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HAT CORDS,

ofany Rouse either in this plsce or Louisville.
Ny st0ck IN this line is direct from the msnulac-
tories ara viii sell as low ANY Cincinnati house
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w. r. CORNELIUS,
Government Undertaken,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF METALLIC
BURIAL CASES AND
Zinc Collins.

Principal Office and--Ware- Rooms, No. 40
Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee.
Branch houses az Murfreesboro', TullahO-
ma, Wartrace, Shelbyville, Chattanooga
and Stevenson, Alabama.
~ All communications promptly an
swered.
Mr.. ". r. CORNELIUS is authorized 20
refer 70 me. He is a gentleman Of integrity,
and viii perform all shat he undertakes or
promises.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
Military Governor.
jan I-tf
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The Confederate Steamers In France
The French Government SucCumbs.

The Paris correspondent of the New
York World writes
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gaaalrille @Glniuu.
WIN. CAMERON 4 co., Publishers.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION :
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
TO ADVERTISERS IN DETAIL,

THE RATES Will BE As FOLLOWS:
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lst 1t Co. A. 9Th \ I. Cav.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-09-23

The CHICAGO PLArruRN.-The Baltimore
Patriot has tho following remarks in reference
to tho servility Of Northern Coppcrheads In
still fawning upon the masters who have SO
contemptuously spurned them:
Every plank of the Chicago platform bears
prima facie evidence that 1t was made 10
please JEFF Davis and his rebel!ious anc pl'
ratical followers. 1t is u bid Tor the appro'
bation of those to whom the Democratic
leaders have always cringcd in the most serv.
ile manner, and who in return have trampieu
and spit upon them. II is an acknowledge
ment that the old subscrviency and obscqui'
business to the bullying Of the slaveocracy Is
Ms fulsome rs ever, but infinitely moro con-
temptible in view Of the indisnitcs to which
the fawncrs have submitted. For the scorn
which has been heaped upon them, they
have no resentment; for the arrogance with
which their advances have been repealed
they have no complaint. Instead OF resist
ing perpetual encroachments upon their man
hood, they only plunge deeper into the mlre
of suppleness. Instead ct hailing the steady
advance of Emancipation with hearts full OF
gratitude. they persist in their devotion to the
ebony idol. Instead OF eagerly Fastening
the day when slave-breeding shall he num-
bered with the things of the past. they sur.
pass the Southern SLAYER himself in the mad
endcavor to iniuse vitality into fast decay.
ing institution. A more pitiable and do
grading spectacle was never witnessed than
the position voluntarily assumed by the
Northern Copperheads.
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PoLiIicM.. - The Boston Herald, well
known us jealous supporter OF Mr.. Doug
las, when n candidate, has generally reflected
the sentiments Of the war democrats. 80 call
ed. In leading editorial the editor takes
decided ground against the peace policy in
augurated a. Chicago. The following para-
graph will indicate the tone OF the Herald {:
The talk about free speech, FREQ press,
and the constitution, are very pretty and
capital catch.words to deceive honest voters.
But how is it in tho dominions of Jefferson
Davis? How about free press and free
speech there? II man in Virginia should
dare to utter one word against Davis or his
plans, he would be hung to the first tree or
most convenient lamp post for his tcmerity.
Yet these leaders are the men that the Chi
cago convention proposes To restore to power
in the nation to wreak their vengeance upon
those at the North who have opposed them.
What kind of liberty Of speech and the press
would there be then? The success Of the
Chicago ticket would be but the beginning
Of series OF disasters which would come
upon us, too horrible to contemplate. For
ourselves. we support no such doctrines and
no such ticket as that made and put forth at
Chicago, and which we believe will be repu.
dated by the people ut the polls.
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A SoLprxx's OPINION. following ex-
tract from letter Of veteran soldier Of the
LIST cavalry, written to his father in Saco,
VIC publish to show the intense feeling Of the
soldiers upon the issue at stake:
"I suppose you are feeling quite anxious to
hear who is nominated at the Chicago Z, nven-
ton to-day We are feeling somewhat so, but
don't care much who il is, for We are bound 10
defeat him, let him be who he will. Why dont
somebody knock the Saco Democrat'stype into
pi, and lynch the editor! Such traitors deserve
hanging, and il is wonder to me how such ar
ticles as he publishes are allowed to be circu.
lated among loyal people. II he was in the
South and gave utterance.to such sentiments,
his worthless carcass would fatten the buzzards
within twenty four hours. That is all the fault
have TO find with Lincoln, that he don't make
an example OF oil such curses to our cause. IL
is the grossest injustice TO all who arc in the
field To allow such men 10 vilify them, and by
their couns Is keep back those who should be
here helping US. When the Editor spoke of CAN'T
as being rebel general who had become sick
Of the cause he had sworn To support, and
therefore considered him traitor, he had prob
ably forgotten the time when ne wore the uni
form of the u. He is fine person,
CcItalulyr W SCI UltIlctit up 10 JuhSS w
are traitors and who are not. IfLincoln would
hang such men as Vallandigham, VOORHEES,
and Wood, you would hear shout go up, from
all the armies, and small villains would call
for the mountains to fall ON them and hide
them from the wrath To come. would rather
hear that yallaudigham had been made Ia answer
for his crimes with his life. than to know that
Atlanta was taken, aud il would strengthen
the hands Of the soldiers more than the latter
news would.
You must do all you can for the election OF
Lincoln in Maine, for although he Is little
slow he is our only salvation. | shall vote Tor
him aud fight for him for three years more IL
ncei be, for when see dangers thickening rs
they seem to now in the North. I'll not leave
my colors for another to defend. have spent
too much time already 10 be willing to back out
now. Ii seems to me that instead OF wanting
TO close the war because II has lasted so long
and cost so much, we ought to be more deter.
mined than ever to push it to triumphant
conclusion"