Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-17

From the Richmond Er1mir.r Of the Issh we ex-
tracts the following.

army C0QlQ scarcely De expected
TO have been effected without some defects, and
many eontractions and embSrrassments of what
should be its proper sphere of usefulness. We are
assured however, that time ia only needed for re-
forms, which must properly be made in detail,
IN its organization, and particularly In the exs
There ia no Limit to the extent Of the govern
ment hospital system short of what the necessi
ties Of the army and It has been serious question
whether it would not be better suspend the pri-
yate hospitals and to terminate the practice of taxi
ing SICK soldiers into private houses, by enlarge
ment Of the government hospitals, and conEidera.
Bile increase Of the medical staff on duty In Rich
mond.
, Restrictions have, at lesst been very properly
placed by the Surgeon General upon the practice
of transferring patients from the governments hos.
pitfalls to private institutions or the houses Of cti
zens. To the latter places, patients may be taken
IRON the depots, but tfsy will not be allie wed to be
transferred from the psbc hospitals, at least with
out consulting the discretion Of the surgeon IN at
tendance. l
We learn also that the system which has no doubt
been very much abused Of SEEDING sick soldiers on
fnrloughs to their homes, viii be discontinued or
will be restrained by the discretion Of the Surgeon
General, who will alone have authority to grant
sneh furloughs.
In nearly all OF the public hospitals in Richmond,
much Inconvenience has been felt from former
practice of detailing soldiers a. nurses. Lsttery,
the services Of hired coloFed nurses have been
prOcuf6u the most aultaDl3 ana eInclent-
We repeat, that reforms in the public hospitals
will be pushed apaee especially in view of the fact
that the system OF private hospitals must prove
essentially temporary and uncertain. The present
want in the care of the sick is system and central
organization competent to direct and control the
whole matter without supplementary aids or IN
pleasant interferences with its authority.
MORE PRISONERS OF WAR AID TRAITORS
TenYEnkee EOIdierschisfy of the 7th Ohio regiment,
and nine Vrgnians residents Of Fayette Co, reached
this city yesterday afternoon, under the cuatody Of
q squad sf Confederate aOldisrs, commanded bys
Lieut.. Crockett and were taken - one Of the to-
baceo warehouses. The Yankees, among whom
included one sergeant Of the eth Ohio regiment
and two United States regulars, al held a. prison
ers Of war, having been captured at the battle Of
CrOss Lanes. The renegade Virgnisns are suspected
spies and were taken on several scouting exped-
tons. The names OF the latter are Is follows VIM.
Jones', WIN. D. Woods, Jas. B. Woods, r. l.. Miller,
Stephen Fades, George Hunt Samuel Ramsay VIM.
N. Fox and Jacob KOuntz. The last named iS appa-
rently about 80 years Of age and presented most
wOebegOue appearance. Ia fact, the foFlorn con-
diton Of the entire party was more calculated to
excite contempt than anger. They attracted con-
siderable share of idle curiosity during their march
down Main street to the prison. but beyond that su
fered no annoyance or insult
VALUABLE INVENTION. f~~ Ft~Y
Mr.. Cornell Brady, an Ingenious msshsn!c, has
iust completed mechine for charging percussion
caps. which will prove Of immense GdVaztags to
the Government at this time The machine which
of the Confederate States, was exhibited yesterday
at the Manchester Cotton and Wooden Factory, and
operated with success which was in every respect
completely satisfactory. Day by day the ingenuity
of our people is beilg developed under the exigen-
cies of the public service and the popular demand,
and tits most probable thatshould the war continue
for any engh Of time, its close will fiud the South
fully provided with those manufacturing facilities
heretofore the exclusive product Of Yankeedom
The natural resources of the South are abundanty
rich and varied to supply her every want, once fully
developed, and no fear need be entertained of re-
turn to our former dependency upon the peddlars
and tinkers Of ''down East"
THE CAPITOL
Workmsn are busily engaged in remodeling the
arrangements of the StAte-HOuse in this city so as
to make ample room for the next Confederate House
of Representatives. The old Senate Chamber of
the Legislature is to he enlarged by taken in the
passage and the whole of the Clerks office. With
these additions it will Be of the finest halls in
the country, being ample, well lighted and in all
its proportions striking and just il will be occupi
ed by the Confederate States House of Representa-
tives, the Virginia Senate being removed into the
upper portion of the building.
AMBULANCE CAR.
Major Fremont, the superintendent Of the Viii
mington Railroad, has presented the Government
with one of the most complete and elegant ambu-
lance cars we have ever seen Il affords accommo-
daton for about twenty patients. Its arrangements
been much admired by visitors at the depot, where
it is placed for the present.
MANUFACTURE OF LARGE Guns
The TredegEr Works in Richmond are at pressnt
manufacturing the largest cAlibre of guns, shslls
balls, &c. The capacity Of the establishment is i'm
menss, there being less than fifteen hundred men
now engaged in manufacturing railroad iron and
ordnance Of the heaviest description. A vist to
this great workshop offers many objects Of interest
to strangers in Richmond.
From the ErauliDr Of the 14th We Gull the fol-
lowing items
Lz4THHR y TIE sOUTH.
There has been considerable complaint in differ.
ent parts of the South Of deficiency in the supply
of leather. From what can be learned. however,
Of the supplies on hand and Of the stock Of North
ern made shoes at the eoAmencsmsnt OF the war,
there ID no occasion for any immediate suffering.
The latter il not yet exhausted. There are two
thousand tsnnerfss In the South the capacities of
which cannot be far from sufficient for the manu-
faeture of all the leather we may need We are in
clined to suppose thRt the most serious dehcisncy
in the present supply Of boots and shoes in the
South Is the lack Of workman. six seventies Of the
shoemakeFs Of the entire country said to be in
the Northern 6tates and Of the small force Of work
men in the South, many have gone to the war. Is
is an excsllent idea, that the War Department pro-
poses to detail frem the army, with operatives for
the cotton mills the disciples of St. Crispin 10 as
sst in making provisions for the comforts and ne
cessities OF the troops for the winter.
4LIES OATEs.
The following persons have made their
oathG Of allegiance before the Clerk Of the
District Court of the Confederate States, at Rich
mond, under an act of the Congress of the Con-
federate States, concerning alien enemies and the
Presidents proclamation issued in pursuance of
said a9ti
Sept Q, ISGl.-MIroo O. Riggs Connecticut, 80
yearsI Andrew Irwin, Pennsylvania 81 years; Alex-
ander A. Brown Scotland. 81 years.
Sept 4, lSGl.-John II. Lester Connecticut 45
ysars; Walter G. Overton, Kentucky, 81 years.
Sept 5, IS6l-Abijah Monroe, Maine, 50 years;
John Waterhouse. England, AZ years.
Sept. 6, ls6l.-John Turnbridgs, PsRnsylEanis, IA
years. Frames MckernOn, New York, rs years;
Solomon Hackinger, Germany, 81 years.
Sept. Z, lS6l.-JscOb Travis, New York, AZ years.
Sept 9, lS6l.-GeO. D. SlOat, New York, Al years;
James H. Beers, Connecticut, 80 years Solomon
Adams, Connecticut Al years.
Sept 10, 196l.-Henry L. Pelouze, New York, "a
years; Richard Whitsl, New Jersey, so years (msde
solemn afirmltion) Samuel A. EAton, AassRch4-
sets, Sc years. ea
Sept r. lS6l.-GeOrEs T. Smith, New York, aged !
10 years Phillip SehlOsssr, GeFmsny, 81 years.
NoTB-JOhn H. Lester and George B. Sloat are
engaged here manufacturing sewing machines. 4.
Monroe is q clock manufacturer. Henry l.. Pelouze
is type maker. TheO. w. Hqnniger Is manager
Of the Spotswood Hotel, native of Rudohlstadt 1
9 srmany.
COOP THING PoR oUR NEaRos.-It cannot be |
denied that number Of diseases must result from |
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