Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-05

ThuflOw Weed has gone down to New York to
engineer the political department. of the Times, of
that city, during Mr.. Raymond's absence in Con-
gress. One amongst his first announcements reads
as followers: ...-
A new party has recently, been formed. Its
watchword is: "The South is triumphant; = its
metto: "The States are dead; !" its purposes 'To
hold the South as Conquered Territory" 1t has
three members Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner
and Thaddeus Stevens. Against them stand ar
rayed all the people. Should the people triumph
Mr. Sumner will probably find speedy occasion to
deliver an Grafton in Faneu Hall, pronouncing the
republic ian oligarchy of skin"
The English Minister, in pursuance of instruc-
tion5 from his Government, has addressed note to
Mr.. Seward, asking hn if it true that the
person claiming to be Secretary Of war of the Fen
ians is an officer Of the regular army OF the United
States, information to that effect having been laid
before the British Government The individual
alluded to is said to be Mr.. Swecner, who really
is n Colonel or Brigadier General in the regular
army. His name appears the last army register
on pages 81 and Co. the last entry showing him to
be Brgadier General of Volunteers commission
ed as such November goth, 1862; and the first en-
try showing him to hold the rank of Major in the
Seventeenth regiment Of infantry, regular army,
the regiment of which Andrew J. Porter is Colonel
ne IL saiu 10 NC Soou soiuier anu a eStlaDle gen
tleman. .. ....
Adjutant General Thomas report in regard to
colored troops, shows that during the first year he
recruited about $4,000 men. During the war
1856 057 coiored men re placed in the army. Of
this number 6S,l7s were lost from various causes.
Iii said that the British Government demanded
the surrender of Stephens the Irish Fenan Head
Centre, upon the ground that he had broken Jail.
1,o oh Gov In,in1 ~
The Union Press, a radical newspaper of Louis
vile, Ky, has terminated its existence the pat
ronage it received not ustifyng its further publt-
cation. Hr"
The Hon. Henry Winter Davis died of pneumo-
mia, in Baltimore at p o'clock on the 30th ult.
Assistant Secretary Chandler and Hon. II. Wat
.srsoa, of Tennessee, have been sent on special
mission among the Treasury cotton agents in the
Southern States to investigate the many charges of
corruption against them. 80
Wade Hampton's departure for his Mississippi
plantation, taking with him large number of
freedmen laborers, is the subject of very atter
ing comment in Washington
The trial of Capt Semmes, it is stated will be
commenced about the 18th inst. Commodore Shu-
brick, it is understood, will preside over the COM
mission,
Secretary Seward has directed the seizure of all
articles cOntraband of found on vessels sailing
for Mexican ports
The Memphis and Ohio railroad will be finished
to Humboldt in about two weeks.
Letters from Charleston say the regulations for
controlling free labor nearly perfected. The
copy of the contract required between freedmen
and employers in South Carolina is published
The freedmen are made responsible for all animals
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