Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-24

Your friends, kn0 wing orr ceFction 20 me cause
Of the Confederate States, desire to present You TO
the votsrs Of shs Congressional District as candi-
date to represent them IN the frat Congress under
/ cur permsnent Constitution. This is a time when
cur truest asd best n8en-men Of tried experiences
ana Of enlarged Eiews-shonld Be called into TIE
public service. Your wisdom and experience emit
uently qaaHfy you 70 discharge the responsibilities
OF assisting 70 put In operation the permanent Gov
eminent Of the Confederate States, and It is under
this conviction that your friends ask your perns-
sion to present your name to the voters of the
district. DAVIDSON.
CorpOrals SHAFFER and BesRAss viii receive at
Nashville all supplies Of clothing and other articles
for ZoIIIcoFFER's Brigade, and bring them to Knox
vile by Railroad, where they will hire wagons and
bring them on to the Brigade. All Railroads. VIII
carry them and their supplies, and charge the Con
fsderate States. They win immediately publish in
all the papers the enclosed notice, and win at once
commences the work of getting their supplies to-
gether. They will remain in Nashville but two
days. THos. B. RARs, at RAMS & BRowx's Drug
Store win assist them IN packing the articles They
viii have every package plainly marked, and win
be very careful to lose nothing. They are expect
81 to return to camp in ten days. ByOrder Of.
s9 JANIS E. Rams. Col, Com'dg.
WEBB, Adjt
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THE LARGEST APPLE KSoWS--LARGE ORoPz--Ws.
yesterday received from the orchard of Capt ".
B. WGLTOS in Sumner county, the largsat apple
ever seen by the q Oldest inhabitant" Il weighs
Il lbs and measures in circumference Isl niche
and Is inches. We also received from Capt. Wal.
TOS'a farm, three enormous ears of this YEARS.
growth of corn, which we are told are average
specimens. The largest contains 1890 grains Of
corn. They are The contributions of mother earth
to the great cause Of Southern Independence. Our
farmers generally have made crops of the most
enormous magnitude, and our people were never
better prepared to carry on and sustain the war.
TmPertant from the Head of the Passes.
From the New Orleans Pcayune, Sept. 81 Tul
The following dispatch, By the Balizs Telegraph
Line, from Fort Jackson to Major General TwIGGs,
was received yesterday - ~ 81
g es.g FORr JACKSON, Sept 20, 1861.
MAJOR General D. E. 4ioiqgs ss 81 = aI,sss
Mr.. FuIda, the photographic oppOrator at the head
Of the Passes, arrived here this morning from tn
point. He reports an engagement between the g.
s. steamer Ivy and the U. S. steamer Water Witch,
without injury to the Ivy. ..s. Il
Ing Ivy was uoWn tue oOubn faSs WneI she dis /
covered the Water Witch. She came out of the
Pass taking the G. S. Gutter Pickens in tow, and
proceeding up the river. In the meantime the /
Water Witch came up the Pass directing a COM
atant fire of solid shot and shells at the shores ap
pGrently feeling for masked batteries Arriving I
at the Telegraph Station she sent boat lahore and
took away their battery and other instruments At
ter visiting the lighthouse, opposite that place she
again proceeded 70 Hes through the same Pass The /
Ivy, having bu. the Gutter beyond reach, returned
and followed the Water Witch as far as the bar.
w. B. RoBERTRoN, Captain Artillery Con15,S