Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-30
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Prisoners Breckisidgs's Mission It's URspccsss
; Floyd Marching to KsntIeEsr-Ad Fsiars-Ar
Bsvamia- Has6ess bunting Cotton Whers!-A
Maryland Heroine, &c dc.
Richmond October 25th, 1861
We have sll been so happy and agog over the re
cent victory at Leesburg, that scarcely remember
whether it occurred before after my last letter
; to the UNION AND American. It was dismal morn
ing when the news reached here, and flew like wild
fire to the remotest suburbs Frightening every face
r and strengthening every hsart-so oppressed had
we been by the long, long delay at Manassas. A
all the particul of this, the most brilliant action
of the war have long since reached you through tel
egraphc chanRsls there is no need to narrate them
The Rev. DR. Stiles. in letter which appeared in
yesterday mornings Wing, states that there were
six distinct fights during the day. He thanks God
for the ''cowrgs' Of Southern soldiers and ex
presses the rapture be could but feel during the
long and hotly-cOntested fight at being born Cd
Southern soil. And well he may. There was time
when were all proud of being Americans; but now
that day past and we glory in the fact that
Southerners. As the war progresses and victory
after victory is achieved by the sons of the
! South our glory increases, our bOsoms swell with
honest pride, and our hearts grow stout and
strong to do all and dare all for the sake of the holy
cause in which we are engaged. When the greaI
day of deliverance shall come let us see to it thai
we make ourselves Independent not only polite lily
but socially and as we have had the courage t.
die in defence of this right let us also have tn
courage to live forever free from the social vices
the prostitution of heart and SOUL which so dstia
galsh our late partners in the Union-thst our
sons may love truth, our daughters love virtue
that our public men may be pure, and our preach
|! ers neither politicians fanatics.
1t is said that General EVANS was in the very
thickest of the fight during the entire day, urging
his men by his example, to deeds of the most des-
perate daring The prominent feature of the batttlt
was the absence of artillery on our side. Evan
had five pieces, but. as if in contempt of MICHEL
LAN's proclamation that this was to be war Uf ar
tilery, disdaned to use them. Some say that TIE
nature of the ground was such that our artillery
could not be used to advantage. Be that as it may,
one thing is certsin-the work was done mainly
with the bsyonet Our Generals in Kentucky
should remember this fact, and hereafter say t.,
their men. General TAYLOR ssld to his, The bay
onet, my hearty cocks; the bayoHst is the H.ag!"
We took. $50 prisoners, all Of whom are safely
ensconced in one of our mammoth tobacco factories
Two hundred of them it's said were star naked ,:
preparatory to plunge in the Potomac (; and &C
coutered as they were when taken, even go they
made their grand eres into the Confederate Capita
amid the shouts and laughter of thouaand boys.
Some Of them are exceedingly impatient and al
profess to believe they viii soon be liberated BY
MCCLELLAN One of them, l am told, was shot
through the heart, day before yesterday, for spit
ting on a sentinel.
l regret exceedingly that Messrs BREcK1SRIDaE
MARSHALL and PRESTON not likely to be success
full in their mission. They desire formidable ar
N.Y. thoroughly equipped with the best arm.
and abundant munitions of war, to be pac
I'd instantly in Kentucky, and to push for
ward until The LAST Vsrd4l is driven ignominious
y from the sOiliB Short they desire the theatre OF
to be transferred from the Potomac to the Ohio
1t seems the mlnist alton is unwilling or unable
to accede to their The danger Is that while we
are hesitating the proper course to pursue We
~ heavy blow may be struck in Kentucky-so Sc
we're indeed, that Tennessee will be invaded FLOYD
according to report in the morning papers IS pass
ing into Kentucky, with the view, possibly, Of
joining ZoLICoFPER If this be true, and the Kana
wha Valley has really been deserted by the enemy.
one at least of the blows which LRCoIN meditates in
Kentucky may be warded off, for FLoED's command
though feeble in numbers, is composed of the best
fighting material in the country, they have prov
ed an more than C1e occasion.
We are exceedingly anxious to hear from PRICE
and JOHNSTON. The failure Of the western mai
yesterday was g sore trial to u.s. Can you do moth
ing to perfect the transmission of news from Mem
phis and Nashville to this point?
War en- pTmanerce. The appointment not yet an
nounced publicly, win give general satisfaction.-
The complaints against the War Depsrtm ent previ
Gus to Mr.. BENJANNs occu pancy were inGessant and
of the most grieVous character. Now, complaints
sre comparatively rare. Within six weeks, Ar.
BENJAMIN has done more work than his predecessor
did in as many months No one has yet been named
as Attorney General in place of Mr. BENJAMIN.
You will. in all probability, hear something about
the great Yankee expedition against the Southern
coast ere this letter is in type Whether the attack
will be made on Norfolk or Charleston, or some
more Southern and not so well defended
point, is a matter of conjecture. It is
very certain, however, that the great
object of the Yankees is to get cotton. 1t is farto
presume that they will land at some unfrequented
and unsupported spot, ard march rapidly upon the
nearest depot containing enough cotton to compen-
safe them for their tremendous expense attending
the expedition Where is that depot! There are
ten thousand bales at Fernandina and as many st
New Orleans. But Charleston ia the chief pillar
of secession, and the shame of the fall Of Sumter
still tnEles on the Yankee cheek. The chances are
in favor eff Charleston. But nous Uerrons, as Faith,
! er RICHIE wont to say.
Among the nOtsbilities Of the city, there is Ma
ryland heroine, young pretty wonderfully intelh
gent and accomplished who preserves the strictest
ncognito, and is known ever to her most intimate
scquaintsnces only Madefnoiselle Nina, small in
person. and delicate, almost fragile. She has new
ertheiess the courage of slioness Her whole
soul ia bent on the lib Grafton of Maryland, ana
Der deeds tending to this contamination, to be
known, she could rank among the most famous wo
men of history. Alone, unaided, by routes known