Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-07
The Murmurs of DisoSRteat-The DeceD.
ton Becomang Apparent
Correspondence e the New York Dag Boo

correspondence - Tie new YORK Dag Book.
WASHINGTON, April ~, l86I-I should have vrjt.
ten, according to my promise as soon as our resi>
ment arrived here, but have been busy with ana
yoidable duties, aud shall not for some days find
either time or convenience 10 write much l shall
nave, tor lew days, to be busy with affairs which
cannot neglect, great many of cur volunteers
in state of shocking desttution with regard 10
absolutely necessary clothing. HsatSreds of these
left home with not more than two badly worn
SHIRTS, and many had not even that much. They
were told that as soon as they reached WASHINGTON
| money would be given to tAam to purchase I9hat,
ever they needed-but RoE cent will the moor fell
lows get at present THOUSANDS of these volunteers
were in state of horrd poverty when they started
from nome anG they enlisted with the desperate hope
OF betterlIS taeir condition, and unless sometime il
done to relieve theirwants,a wide spread
wifF extend through the camp. Where are the mill
ions Of dollars which have been subscribed in the
| North 'for the benefit of the volunteer | heard
of officers say last night that "nearlv ALI of
it has vanished already without reaching our SOL
dlers" But, take my word for it. there will be
trouble ahead unless something Is done at once TO
put these fellows IN better heart. They have always
been accustoAed to little change every day. BY
whatever means they might obtain it. and many
of theE2 not of the stuff that readily Yields to
worse privation than they have been accustomed
to- One of our New York boys said in nv hear
hearing yesterday, an be id if I'm going to
stay here to be shot at for three months without
getting money enough TO buy me shirt and tobae-
co." Another swore he would DAWN his gun if he
did not get money soon Ii will take at least year
of severe experience to work any IDEAS OF subordi-
nation into the heads of thousands of these
raw recruits. They have eouraoe and
will fight well if they are a mind to
but they must have shirts and tobacco and
whatever else they want, or there will be trouble
in the camp they have been generals and CAPTAINS
In their own beats" about town, and they have no
comprehension of submitting to any authority but
their own unbridled will" 1t is no unusual thing
for captain to be told TO dry up" and 90 TO
h-F by his men. Gen. Scott is quite Mortified at
the idea of allowing the thieves of the various
cities 70 be marshalleG in companies made up of
their own kind-he says. it may require a thousand
good soldiers to watch every hundred Of them. The
old General draws himself up to his full height and
says, the profession of soldier sir is not that of
q murderer or thief" There is some stupendous
military programme settled upon here, which is
kept profound secret. But of this be sure that
the Cabinet is in apprehension of an attack upon
Washington, and 1t is not believed among knowing
ones here that Jefferson Davis has entertained
the idea OF such an attack. You may be sure that
thousands of the more intelligent soldiers are be-
ginning to thipk about the motives which have led
to such immense military preparations.
CANVASS MoyEAsExrs.--WM ". STRNGFELD, Esq,
writes to the Morristown Intelligence, as follows
4 few weeks since announced myself as a Union
candidate for the Legislature in Jefferson county
wish to say that am still candidate for the Lee
gislature-but not upon that platform. l am now
Tor q U1ueQ SCUM.
7. B. WE, Esq, who nominated by a Union
convention to represent the counties of Rutherford
and Bedford has declined the nomination, in conse-
quence of "the unsettled and excited condition of
affairs produced by the apparent change Of the pol
icy of the Administration.
Speaking OF Maryland and Virginia, the New
York Tribune says:
"The worn out race of emasculated First Fami-
lies must give place to sturdier people, whose pio
ueers are now on their way TO Washington at this
moment in regiments. An allotment of land in Yir-
ginia will be fitting reward for the brave fellows
who have gone to fight their country battles, and
Maryland and Virginia, free States, inspiredlwith
Northern vgor, may start anew in the for pros
perity and power"
The Petersburg Express replies that
" Nice little homesteads of six feet by two will be
ready for them to;occupy whenever they dispOs-
ed to take possession