Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-01

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olr Clzsiez rsgas.anzt .- 8 tie members
.lgss .hst e 81 renew Is visits to
lhe C11ii6 toia1-fcg7 ana t.saths VIII pre-
Carriers p ana expect in rssurll an
saita5e tts oeaas0s
AEas f9 Isassn1 - ~ iasHyHlls AID
ssllsr 3 su-solD. are sTaiifsd toleara
rsG u srErzysoS. Gre enareeie President
nashville and Northr tern llqiroad, that
flrclasad sixteen tsa1sara .tas.s OF iron. al
- il b required y ie1n he Nashville ana
r,starn Rafraad uPon exceedingly favorable
,s ilsts e. 81 alioe AMI payment. Twelve thou
ss purchased "a Eltope and the re
aihi.i f5.r thcusa1d tcns 81 Pelns1 lrauia. About
thsslni IONS Sc tbs irsa ~ been delivered
risa X. and the bslanee 10 bedelivered
80 one thossani tons per month distrib-
nan. Reynoilsburg SD Nashville. The
portioa aazsrrs af Reynolds
tnmeace track laying d taat piaSs and
1aasa II s. direction so as as to meet the track
rsH's6is place alsi gaus eonpIste maj sec
tah y sheroaI maeh cartier.
ecast OF tie iron w.ll amount 70 about l,lO0,-
eoa 8 Vaich $4,000 las been paid. The twelve
saeusend tons purchased Ia Europe Is % be paid for
3 lne-lousth o. The Company's second mortgage
5a anil tliroe-fourshs in State bonds 10th at par.
te a,aal froigit amounting to about ie9ooG is
Paid in tie sne manner
imp0rtan. worE5f gra4iag, masonry and
oR lhe onjae lns wilh the eKcerdoaof tie
1e5 ever tha Tennessee river, has been contracted
~ aaH s being pushed forward IN s.. u manner as
f-sassurance -aat 8 wa be conple-el within
sratt tilhe. The Company have already drawn
8go0g Of State Boas and win lraw 100000
eest 10 sixty to ninety days. Tins Fac: shows the
iiy Ei.h which the nork is being pushed for
~ work alleailT done gives sssuFauce thai this Z
sFllbe one "a the bes esastFaetad roads il the (
iele country.
Irs-s]sying r,n be eJ-nnanesd e tlIis cay BY
lrs. 81 March. arI ,gi e,earFisd forward with 4
pbia despatch.
sssr1vEssoS sssares us thatby the lst Of Jan
tie cars f5Ifbe running over the entire |
,sl sDd Ne belsse it for nc man has taken hold
road Who has made such progress as he has
lr.og th2 tone ne has had charge Of the Nashville
No-ihwestaTn Railroad. Col STEVENSON is en-
l.dcally working man and while others would I
Sinking and planning. he is executing.
lib. cat n ESdIAND.-In no nation Ia the world
seeb nlercIess cruelty exhibited, and such inhu-
aar t0rtures inflicted. as in the army Of Great
aitin TITS not only when the army is in the line
ii raarch, or serving campaign, that the soldier Is
sl3jscted to the mast horrid punishment but when
regiment is in barracks and for the most trihing
saense, the soldiers subjected to the seyerest
4las.
The London Times mentions several instances, IN 4
y ich military punishment inflicted on some /
edierz. One man named GREEN. took his punish /
nRat Ike q true soldier. The secend, a young re-
aft protested his innocence of the crime Of deser-
p, beloved and screamed for mercy. and supple f.
"a his captain and the medical officers, and otl-
who were present, TO have compassion him I
esho1ld dfe His back was covered with q
g Of large. red, iufsmed b0i.s, which bled pro 4
si5,sLlTsrE stralze andraddened- the ground an !
-tlis feet uponwhieh the cat ordered to be 4
.6ihhslJ far q few moments, when finding that his |
runisfont was not at an end. be gave vent to ex-
nations for mercy, and partly succeeded in deliv-
sring himself by force from the straps which bound
him 70 the halyards. The punishment was again or
sere5 to be continued, while at every succeeding .
stroke his cries were most lameutatc. It often
epens that TIE victim dies unde- the lash