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Year: 1862

From the Chsttsnooga Rebel November l3l


The situation Of affsirs in Middle Tennessee
is very interesting. The enemy still hold Nash
vile, and have been reinforced considerably.
We do not think they will send their whole
army there until the rivers rise, ana their CON-
muncatiens with Louiaville are opened. The


railroad communications is too uncertain to rely


on, and it might be very difficult to subsist an
army Of laFge size at Nashville until the water
communication is open The Tennessee and


Cumberland rivers are likely to remain in their


possession during this winter. What is then to
be done We do not know what sT5 the pur-


poses of cur generals, and if we did it would
not be proper for rs 10 make them known, but


we can give our oHn views as TO the course to
be pursued Middle Tennessee can, and we
trust will, be he'd bv our troops The enemy
can be confined TO the rivers, and by means Of
our cavalry we can Keep them from holding the


various towns in Middle Tennessee, as they did
last spring aud sumter. They will be afraid TO
come into any OF the counties south Of Nash
vile, unless they bring q very largo force for


fear they may be cut OF. They can only hold


ihs places where their army IS ia large force, and


this can ollY be at few points, if any, south Of
Nashville. five have sufficient cavalry force the


enemy can be kept from advancing into the in-


terror except in very large bodies. There is no


doubt that witb proper energy the greater poT-
iion OF Middle TenneSses can be held by us, or


at least the enemy can be kept from holding it


Our communication can be keps oper with


Chattanooga, and if it ever becomes necessary


to fall hack, we would have the means Of C0iog


so with perfect security Il IS Just ss easy to


meet the enemy in Middle Tennessee as any
where else, end we would reap as many fruits
roIn q victory, and sUstsin So little loss from a


defeat there as in any other portion Of the Con-


fsderacy. Every foot of ground We give up,


unless it is absolutely necessary, is so much loss


to us 1t is highly important to the interests Of


the Confederacy that we should hold Middle
Tennessee, and we believe il will be done Let
the people of Middle Tennessee be supplied with


arms and ammunition, and they win keep of all


maraudiug bands Of the enemy. 10 our Judg


ment it will require much larger force than the


enemy have or can bring into the field ts enable


them TO take and hold Middle Tennessee. We


therefore think that we can assure our friends


that.our troops will hold Middle Tenuessee un-


less they are driven from there by overwhelming


numbers, which we do not anticipate.
Year: 1862

The new Monitor PassRc has made another
trial Of the l5-inch gun, of which the Cincin-
cinnati Gazette says " A skillful gunner might
throw shell into a porthole large enough for
these guns therefore the portfolio was fitted for
firing through without pfotruding the gun, be
ing little larger than the ball. The first fire
was as much as the crew cared to risk IN
that experiment. The smoke and fame filed
the turret Then fiange was ftted to the mux-
sle Of the gun and the curve of the turret TO in
close the space The last trial was of this con-
srivance. Thirty-fve pounds of powder aud a
hollow shot were used. The coneussiOn lifted
the perforated shield plates top Of the turret,
one of which fell on Captain Worden's foot.
The volume Of flame from the muEzte set the
tackle for hosting the shot on fire, burned the
eyebrows aud hair of oRe of the gun crew, and
the force Of the gas tore of the hange. Il vas
found also that although the extra Aange might
fit the inside curve Of the turret, the g0u must
recoil before the charge LETT it. It was rather
queer that ordnance officers should have to ex
pertinent to find that cut. The result proved
that the porthols must be enlarged 50 as to lei


the muzze Of the gun pro.Taae, OF seme sliding
arrangement like the i0ints of 3 telescope mus
! be eoltriyed to keep ap the connection with th'
porthole while the gun recois."
Year: 1862

resort, one forlorn hope He viii pander to thai
inherent DISLIKE to the English which prevails
throughout the whole Of his empire Once full
ly prepared, be viii attack hor with ovsTwhelm-
ing forces, aud be viii do so fully and enthusi.
astically supported By bis subjects That he is
aware of this we well know. Years ago be
made the following remark " Why does Eng
land seek TO anger msi Does she not know
that if ] were TO declare war upon her there
is not an old woman in France that would not
sell her last shift 70 give me money for the pres
ecution of the struggle7 I alone keep back
this dreadful cona.ctn
Year: 1862

1t thus appears that the emancipation of the
slaves would give the South fourteen additional
members in the House of Representatives
making ninety-eight out of the two hundred and
thirty y-three Of which that body is composed
It further appears that the slave population is
3,s99, 1853, or wanting only CAT Of being four
millions. The census returns of free negroes
at the South in 1860 are not yet published; but
in 1850 they numbered 22s,l2s, and, if we add
for increase about twelve per cent, the total
would be about quarter Of million, thus
making the whole black population about
4,250000. BY deducting quarter Of million
from the total free population in the foregoing
table, the remainder is s,ls4.l56, being the
whole of the white population. In proportion
to their numbers, therefore, the whites
would be entitled to sixtyfour men,
bers Of Congress, and the negroes to
thirty-four out Of the ninety-eight, or more than
one-third of the whole. As in two States-Mis-
sissippi and South Carolina--tirey are more
numerous than the whites, they would have q
majority in the Legislatures, and elect two
United States Senators in EACH OF course the
negroes would invariably elect the men Of their
own color. There would thus be thirty-four
blacks in the House of Representatives and four
blacks IN the Senate.


Just imagine these sable Senators and Repre-
sentatives discussing learnedly upon some
knotty point of international law, or dssecting
the foreign policy Of the government Or fancy,
if you can, without laughing at the absurdity
Of the idea the honorable "gemmen of color,
trying to unravel in Congressional debate
the mysteries of finance, stocks, paper money
and national debt.


Such is the ridiculous appearance Congress
would present to the world at the end OF the
war If Senator Sumner and the other monoma-
MACS of both houses Of the national legislature
should be able to carry ont their programme.
Nor would this revolving spectacle be all. AS
Year: 1862

The HANGING OF GoRDoN.-The less said BY
the newspapers about the execution of GordoH
the better 1t is an affair which reflects no credit
upon any one concerned in it, and the more itu
discussed the more unsavory is its odor. If ons
of those Northern fellows who declaim against
slavery, while their capital is invested in the
slave trade, and who not only aid in bringing the
negro to this country, but do all they can ts
make his condition here more miserable, had
been in Gordon's place, there would have been
Less room for regret.
Year: 1862

the black population increase in q Southern
climate much more rapidly than white men,
the negroes, in process of time, would outnum-
ber the whites, to say nothing of the diminution
of the latter and the immense increase of mu-
lattoes or men of color which would result from
emancipation and the consequent amalgama-
ton of the two races. At last the Southern re-
representatives. in Congress would be nearly all
men of color, from an ebony black to dirty
whitish brown.


This mingled breed would become inferior
to the population of Mexico and South Ameri-
ca, and intestine confusion, disorder and blood
shed would be the chronic condition of the
Southern States. The North is free from this
danger, because the per oentage of black popu-
lation is SO small that it cannot affect us. But
when already in two States of the South the
blacks outnumber the whites, and in the whole
South constitute more than third of the popu-
lation, either the deterioration Of the
pure white race or the speedy extirpation
of the blacks would inevitably result
from the emancipation of the latter.
To complete the picture it is only neces-
sary to add that, instead of waging q war
for the preservation Of the Union and to bring
back the Southern States. the white men Of the
North would then do what the Confederate
States are now doing-go to war to drive them
out Of the Union. Alternate anarchy and des-
potism would characterize the history of the
country, and wars Of races and mutual extermi.
nation would 60 forward till the whites were
well thinned and the blacks utterly destroyed
And this is what the disunion abolitionists in
Congress, headed by Senator Sumner, would
lay up in store for tie future Of the republic OF
white men founded by our ancestors.
Year: 1862

COMING REVIVAL IN BUsINEss.-We notice
that the State stocks of Tennessee have riser
seventeen per cent in the seven or eight day.
past, and Missouri stocks have had similar
rise. This will be the case with the State
bonds of nearly all the rebel States as they are
brought back into the Union. From present
indications it is apparent that not only in
Wall street, but also in all commercial and
business circles, the return Of peace will inau
gurate the greatest excitement in trade even
known on this continent.
Year: 1862

The TRIBUNE CAvNG M.-In consequence o.
its disgusting attacks upon General Mcclellan
and the family of the President, that abolition
organ, the Tribune, is caving in. We are in
formed that the Iribane's subscription list ID
growing small by degrees and beautifully less .
and there is not the slightest doubt that its sen
timents are as unpopular as they are dishonor
able and unpatriotic.
Year: 1862

BOe1ONi Feu - looz.


Adestructvs fire broke out at half past nine this oven.
ing Matthew'S block large nve story granite structure
between Commercial and North streets, and Clark and
Fleet streets The block totally destroyed. Owing
to the high wind the extended Commercial
street oSargcants wharf sweeping every building from
the wharf. Tho fire is still burning Loss estimated ae
Year: 1862

elevating its working class, and slim


ulatlng their ambition by opening be-


lore them every avenue to wealth or


distinction. The fruits of labor that


enrich and strengthen a people, that


push it forward in the path of modern


progress, and make it powerful and


independent, wither away and die out


when the toiling millions are despised
and oppressed. In the progress of
events the world has reached the
point in which the education and Just
and generous treatment of the great
masses is essential to national exist
ence. Without the development of
its creative talent, and its inventive
and productive industry aud power,
any nation falls inevitably beneath
the superior force and rule of any
power that renders itself irresistible,
by the amazing strength of free
people, all whose thought and labor
are concentrated to extending its EN-.
pire and conquests. A great War
shows in the clearness of noon-day,
that a nation that one day cherishes
Slavery, cannot fail to be overcome
and subdued by one that wiclds the
trained, skilled aud educated power
of Free people. If a nation will
maintain its independence in our time,
it must, as an inexorablc necessity,
abolish Slavery. and establish and
cherish free institutions.-Chicago 1ri-
buae.
Year: 1862




enlisted men for physical disability.
BE IL enacted By ths Senate and House Of Repre-
senatires Of the Uaited States Of America IN Con
gress assembled, That the medical inspector
general, or any medical inspector is
hereby authorized and empowered to
discharge from the services of the
United States any soldier, or enlisted
man, with the consent of such soldier
or enlisted man. in the permanent hos
pitals, laboring under any physical
disability which makes it disadvanta-
geous to the service that he be ratain-
cd therein, and the certificate in wri-
ting Of such inspector general or med
ical Inspector, setting forth the exist
ence aud nature Of such physical dis
ability. shall be of sufficient evidence
of such discharge Prorided. horersr,
That every such certificate shall ap-
pear on its face to have been founded
on personal inspection of the soldier
SO discharged. and shall specifically
describe the nature and origin of such
disability; and that such discharge
shall be without prejudice to the right
OF such soldier or enlisted man to the
pay due him at the date thereof. and
report the same to the adjutant gen
eral and the surgcon general.


! Approved, May IA, 1862.
Year: 1862

"The history of the present King of
Great Britain is history of repeated in
jartss and uswpations, all having in d.
rect object, the establishment of an
absolute tyranny over these States"
"A prince, whose
character is thus marked by errry act
aohich may define tyrant, is unfit to be
the ruler of free people" Twenty
eight charges of corruption, tyranny,
barbarity, and bad faith, many Of them
reaching back beyond liza, are
brought againsnt him. And the 'peo-
pie of Great Britain are deliberately
told that they shall be held as 1.-THE
rest of mankind-enemies in war
in peace, friends" Was the Declara-
tion of Independence "lower deep of
infamy?" Was it violation Of the
solemn pledge" of IVA? If not,
how can the extinction of slavery in
the rebel States, by our Government,
he violation Of the rejected propo-
sition of 1861?


The Tory was the conservative"
man of the Revolutionary period. He
stood on the platform of l774. He in
sisted that it was a "solemn pledge"
of allegiance, and that the Declara-
tion was a lower deep of infamy."
He would neither move forward nor
back. But by thus standing still, he
became an enemy of his country, and
his memory has ever since been infa-
nous. To stand still at such time
as the present would be suicidal. No
free government can stand still and
live. 1t would be like stopping the
circulation of blood in the human
system. If we wait till every man
approves our course, we shall never
move at all. The second Declaration
of independence, if passed now,
would be no more violently opposed
than the first Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1862




Let me go home, Oh let me go!
The hours pass wearily and slow;
Bereft of all that life holds dear,
Why should longer tarry here
Oh let me go! tho youth is mine,
In sore afiiiction oft pine,
My soul is weary, sick and sore;
What can l do or suffer mores
The hopes that decked my pathway Ger
Are faded to return no more,
The dearly loved sleep with the dead,
Nor heed the bitter tears we shed.
Let me go home, Oh let me go!
Thus sad and sweet these words oft flow
From the lone heart with grief oppressed
That seeks in vain on earth for rest.
Let me go home an angel hand
Is beckoning from that better land
Glad hearts with grateful bliss e criiow,
And seraphs call me, let me go.
long to greet the friends love,
No more from them in grief to rove,
But may the measured cadence flow
In thy good time, Lord, let me go.
Prairie Glen, Nay 5, 1862.
Year: 1862

T Governor Pettus vas recently Reelected and
inangurated Governor of Mississippi, and in q
speech on that OCCASION he said


When defeat brings death to the best and
b-avest Of our land, and worse than death to
those who merely survive, reckless must be the
man who assumes to play any prominent part
in this desperate game without more than Or
binary soliciiude; that solicitude is deepened
by the reflection that our enemies entered upon
this war Of invasion favored by many advanta-
ges ; having much the largest share Of the
arms and munitions Of war which were the
common property Of all the States, and almost
the entire navy of the old Confederacy, with
their ports open 10 the commerce OF the world,
enabling them TO supply any deficiency in
arms or ammunitions with superior numbers
Of men capable Of bearing arms These ad-
vautageS if wisely used, will make this war
bloody and protraeted, and enable them to in
fiIct much suffering on the Confederate States.
As yet they seem only to have inflated the
pride which IS said 10 60 before destruction,
and excited the naughty spirit which precedes
fall.


If our enemies sshall be taught wisdom by
the defeats they have suffered, and learn TO
bring wisely 10 bear the advantages which
they possess, while they may protract the
struggle and inflict much injury. the ultimate
conquest of the Confederate States must still
be beyond their power.


Their superiority in arms is oyerreached by
our superiority in skill in the use OF them; their
superiority in numbers is more than equaled by
the higher courage Of our troops their desire
for conquest must give way before the stern
resolve of patriots to defend their homes, and
above all. that sentiment of {" victory or death"
which burns in the hearts and blazes in the
eyes of Southern troops, which has and will
continue TO overcome greater odds than can
be brought against US in the conflict, cannot
be inspired in the hearts of the selfish and sor
did race with which We now contend Ii was
Of this that Napoleon spoke when he said !;
" The moral of the army three-fourths of the
war, the material the other fourth" This is
the principle N human action which has made
earths most memorable battle field and
against it superior numbers as vain now as
when Themistoces struck for the liberties of
Greece, as vain as Manassas and Leesburg, as
at Platea and Marathon, and upon this have
relied. and will rely with unshaken confidence,
for the triumph and freedom of our country.
Year: 1862

~ 1t is remarkable fact that neither oats,
barley, wheat. nor rye are ever found in any
country growing Wild; their existence marks
the tiller Of the soil, and although they should
be found in the midst of solitude and silence,
vet man has been Q settler here.
Year: 1862

WANrEp-A few Democratic patriots TO
fuse with the Republican organization to give
1t respectability. The anti Chinese argument
Is applicable here-that superior race cannot
fuse with an inferior o0e, without lowering the
caste of the superior race in the exact proper
ton that the caste OF the inferior race IS
elevated.
Year: 1862

CASE OF GREER We understand that ar
appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court
in the case Of Greer, now in our Jail under
sentence Of death. He was sentenced by the
Court to be executed on the 30th of the pres
ent mouth.
Year: 1862

TIE rebels are determined not to initiate
the Yankees in anything. Their ship Merri-
mac and their Yorktown army illustrate this
fact; They placed so much metal on their
ship that it couldn't ruu, aud left so little met
lie in their army that it . couldn't do ANYTHING
else
Year: 1862

WHAT Fusion MEASs.-The attempt 10
wheede Democrats into the Republican fusion
arrangement, is az attempt to make them be
lieve that they can best sustain the country by
bearing aloft the Republican banner Let none
be deceived into such belief What is needed
in the present crisis is the good old Democrat
ic banner" The supremacy of the Constitu-
ton and the preservation of the Union"
Year: 1862

ss-Who has not heard of SANDS SARsAPARILA,
How many have cause to be thankful that it has
cured their ailments, raised them from a bed of
sickness to the enjoyment of health and strength
We wish every one 10 benefit 10y it-but caution is
required-the very success of the article is turned
against it by the cupidity of others, and numerous
preparations of so called Sarsaparilla' are in the
market The original and genuine article prepared
by Sands, being in universal use Is sold almost
everywhere. Ask for that and take no other
Year: 1862

are the most active and thorough pills
that have ever been introduced.


They act so directly upon tho Liver,
exciting that organ TO such an extent as
that tho system docs not relapse i"'o its
former condition, which n too apt 70 be
the case With simply a purga'ivc pill.


Thnu aro rnallN a
Year: 1862

According to late Eastern item, a large
party is being built up at the North WHO
are demanding that more energetic meas
ures be adopted for crushing out the rebel
lion: and it is said that the Joint Committee
of Congress, on the conduct OF the war
have visited the President and Cabinet and
urged the necessity of forward movement.
Bates. who has heretofore been regarded as
the most conservative member of the Cabi-
net. is said to be very warlke, while Mont
pomery Blair, one of the original "on to
Richmond men, is not very enthusiastic.


Ws have but little confidence in the pro-
ects of political generals, nor DO we be-


ieve they will be able, after the experience
at Bull Run, 10 force the military comman-
ders into any rash movements. But we
can we'll understand why the more conserV'
ative men are anxious for more vigorous
prosecution of the war. The rebellion might
be crushed by two or three brilliant victories
with one-balf the bloodshed and one-tenth
the damage to the country that would be
occasioned by protracted guerrilla war.
If the rebellion is to be put down by sklr,
mishes, the most of the rebels will have to
be killed off before they are conquered /;
whereas, if their army was defeated and
scattered by decisive battle, they would
not be able to organize another, and the
spinal column Of the rebellion would be
dslocated if not entirely severed.


There are now. according to official re-
ports, some GAO, 900 volunteers in the field,
all we'll armed, and the most of them we'll
drilled. Perhaps fifty or sixty thousand OF
these are employed with the various naval
expeditions, and the remainder are appa-
rently employed in keeping the rebel for
ces from marching northward. With such
q force, the Government can surely risk
one battle, for even if defeated, there would
be enough troops left to hold the rebels in
check on the north, while the naval opera
tions along the Southern coast could be
continued.


There are no indications, however, that
Mcclellan has any intention of attacking
the rebel stronghold at Manassas, and the
winter is now so far advanced that we do
not anticipate any formidable land opera
tions being undertaken before spring. But
humanity demands that the Government
should at least make an effort to strike
down the rebellion at a single blow if pos
sible, and If it should fail in this, then the
people would become more reconciled to
the horrors and devastations that must en-
sue from a protracted conflict.
Year: 1862

Monday next, the 7th inst, is the day
appointed for the meeting of the loyal cit
izens of the county, to decide upon IA
course of policy to be pursued in regard to
the treatment of returned rebels. 8 We be-
lieve it is unnecessary for us to further
urge the Importance of this mater upon
the people. All feel that something must
be done, for all have reason to know that
the eleventh nOur repentance of traitors
amounts to nothing. We assert that not
one of the scoundrels who have been of
in the rebel army, or been dogging around
after it, but has returned worse, if possi-
BILE, than when he left. They come back
without any fear OF the halter-the reward
of treason in oil other civilized counIries+--
and find plenty of sympathizers and those
who arc ready to Justify them. Conse-
quently we hear treason talked on the


streets, and by the ireside-in season and


out of season-by those who make it the
burden of their song, and still go UNI
whipped of Justice" We ask, if this ac-


cursed rebellion will ever be crushed out,
SO long as such a state of affairs is tolet-
ated. Are we, or are we not, without the
courage to use the means WHICH common


sense teaches US are necessary for our
preseryationP From the information NE
have from the different parts of the conn
ty, We are lead to believe that thereIFiIl
be a large attendance at the proposed


meeting. We are glad to know that such
will probably be the case, for a display, OF
the Union element of the county, can but
have IL beneficial effect Let alf who love
their country, and are determined 10 sus4
tain the Government, try and be present.