Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-27
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GUR REcHHOND 0ENUEs
Good Nssss from LeesbTg-TRs Hero Of he exploit
What he did at EaRassGs-City Excitement IF Yes
tsrdag--6stmored Battle at Yorktown = Drill and Re-
vissS Of Cavalry, and arTiUal Of BreeEiRridgs-E
tueky tis centre of AYsnton-Nuch expected Of The
/ 7snnesses SOldisrs-Gen zoAicofsr -IppsoraMcs Of
De President "A Cont,Gst-Bro1salosO- Deaths of
Soldiers, De. dc.
RICHMOND, Oct %, 1861
Rejoice with me, for have good news to tell this
wretchsd day Of close clouds and cold rains But
let me not forget that the wires, ere this, have
brought you the account Of the brave affair at Lees
burg, saving me the tr uble of details. While am
one of those old foges who think it is not well for
any people, and pa iticularly courageous people
like those of the South to be GROWING and Boosting
as too many of Us have done since the battle of Va
nassas, confess it does warm the cookies of my
heart to learn that EVANS little brigade has whipped
twelve regiments OF Yankees, driven then iato and
acress the Potomac, ia en- six pieces Of cannon ard
two hundred prisoners, and brought 10 dusty death
that insoleht British Abolitionst, BAKER Of Oregon
! | rel ,ce the more because Leesburg. which is
miniature edition of the west end Of Baltimore
has been rescued from the despoiler, ard its beau
tiful and Pstrio ic daughters saved from 1numera-
bic horrors and humilstions. All honor to Evans
gallant solder as ever drew sword, full OF
life AMI spirit aud bearing in every feature the ina
press Of impetuous daring. he reminds me o.
NURAT, without his foppery. 1t EVANS you
will recollect who commanded our extreme left al
the battle of Manassas, and who, with hsndful OF
men, (SLoAN's 4.h Souzh Carolina Regin, Mt
! WEARS Louisiana Brig ,de nj a section of LATB
Ans Battery) held NOR han 10 600 OF the enemy
at bay for an hour. Aud .ow be has added new
laurel to that he won right molly at the Stone
Bridge. The official report of the battle of Manas
sas, if we get it, will award no higher praise
to any man than General EVANS.
Our excitements, yesterday, consisted CT a re-
ported general engagement at Yorktown, the re
view and drill of Col RANsoM'S splendid regiment
OF North Carolina cavalry, and the arrival of tn,
eminent Kentuckians, BRECKENRIDGE, PRESTON and
HUMPHREY MARSHALL The affair q: Yol ktown
still envelopod in fog of doubt The cavalry drill
was marred by the mccarthy music of large
b ,dy Of mounted buglers-compared to which, ".he
dead march in Ssol' w.s as Irish j g-ani the
reception OF BRLCKNRIDGE by an enthusiast
crowd at the depot and subsequently at The Spois
woods House was something Of failure in conse-
quence of the fact that BRECKTNRDGE did not speak
Whether the Vice President too clutious,0r was
too fatgued or compelled to cs!l without delay
upon the President no one can tell. All regretted
that he did not speak for all prepared gree
him joyfuuy, so favorably had We been impressed
By his bold manly eloquent address to the KuntCck
ians, " hich had just appeared in our city papers
and had been read By every man and woman in
Richmond who read a: ell. l need not tell you that
kentucky absorbs much Of the interest which has
hitherto been given to the line Of the Potomac ard
to Western Virginia, nor Feed add that we expect
doughty deeds from the Tennesseans who have
rushed the 'front.' there 10 perish rather than per
nit the pouting footsteps OF the enemy ever to
imprint the soil of their birth. And, iuasmuch IS
pers nal predictions will sway the Judgment
your correspondent must be allowed to say that he
looks with moro than ordinary confidence to
| the troops under the command of that upright
calm, and truly brave man, FELIX K. ZJLLcoFFI RI
| At the cavalry drill yesterday evening, whicb
drew large concourse OF the mobility and gen
try" in spite Of the piercing East wind, one coud
but observe that although President DavGs sat his
horse IS ereetiy and firmly as Though h5 were e..
other Iron Duke" his form is fesIfully on4cated
and his face most csre-worn ard soTroW-stricker.
He has been great sufferer in body and has had
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singular that, in the Providence Of Geo, two con
6rned invalids should have been chosen TO uphold
she cause Of the COufederscy through the storms
and darkness, the troubles at home aud the travail
Of battle, which are the thross o. its national |
birth: Contrast with these EN- L2iated men the /
towering physique of Li>CoLy and the great animal /
bulk of WINE ED Scorr. Brute bodily strength on /
one side and strong, pure minds on the other. Why /
are these put II opposition daring this mighty !
struggle, but to show diviny meaning in history
And who doubts whether the avlirdu ,ois OF mar, /
matter or the spiritual force Of lofty intellects vii
wins
The faint blue, unhealthy looking sheet on which /
Psrson BROwNroT sends forth his unc9ucesled AMI .
mostly to the COnfederacy, may be seen at times il
this city, exciting by turns the commiseraton and
the contempt of thoso who read it Do ye DO vel .
in Tennessee TO let this man continue irJlring the
cause as far IS he does By landing the Yankee and
disps-sging the Southers side CT the questiol?- /
Freedom Of the press there ShoHld undoubtedly be .
bat sly, mean ranking treason should be suppressed
The poor creature should So North to his own kind .
where he would become the demi:od Of the hour
1t is encouraging ts lesrn from an Intelligent ply /
stefan that the enormous amount O. sickness il cur
troops has resulted, according TO carefully compiled
statistics of city hospitals IN only two Per cent
of deashs After Gl we have heard II private, and |
seen in the papers on tbi- subj act, one is hardly
prepared to believe Thu st-,-m But it Is made
in good faith, by man f u0qucstonabe medical |
ability. PLEKs.
From CoIn",bhs. by.
Correspondence ofhe nashvi l. Union and American.
CoLUsBUs KY. Oct % 1861.