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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-01
ReconstructLng the .sGrapd ArmY.n


While the Underwriters at Washington are boast
to The Grand Army" the New York 7Tib,ms tells,
itorally quite different tale in regard to recruit
ing. The following is the TriblRe'S story:
Recruiting for the army here is still exceedingly
dull There were about eighteen men enlisted for
all the old regular regiments last week at the offices
IN this neighbOrhood, and two or three detachmentE
arrived from Buffalo and Rochester. The new 18th
regiment has from $50 to lI5 soldiers all told, at
its headquarters in Fort Hamilton The difficulty
of auPmenting their numbers was found to be so
great that additional Office had to be opened for
recruiting in this city Thursday LAST. Indeed it
is said that the Broadway establishment did not get
four men during tn past six days.
The l4th segment still keeps ahead Of all the new
ones In accordance with instructions from the
War department. it has c)mmerc amore vigorous
recruiting business than any Of its competitors Ia
Boston, New Haven, Hartford, Burlington, Vt.
Troy, Syracuse, LockpOrt, and Emira. officers have
ented buildings or rooms for recruiting purposes.
and continue to forward to the headquarters of
the regiment, at Fort 1rumbull, Conn. The new
regiment of cavalry the only oAe to De raised in
addition to the two now eXsting-has 400 men en-
cRmped at Linden Grove, near PittsbUrg, Pa. 1t is
expected to be ready to take the field in September!
The Navy is still adding to its number Of sailors
with great success. There are no nearly 900
blue jackets well trained for sea service ready at
a moment, call and CT these fully 2 goo are abe
seemen. In addition to the recruiting Offices opened
in Boston, Gin ;innat, Portsmouth, Erie, New Bed,
ford and Baf.O, at NantucLe is rendering great
service TO the Government in catering for trained
crews. New Bedford is doing admirably. The Office
here is in charge CT Commander John T. GlassOn.
with whom are Lieut.. Flagg and Surgeon Edwards
It's value may be esm ted from the fact that since
the day Of its opening. the 4th of Nay last it has
furnithed over GOO real sailors. The temporary
depression the whaling business causes applicants
to be as numerous a. could be desired.
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IA flIIaIILUF EEsf
Brig. Gen. Commanding G. S. 4
The Working OF LincOIn's Blockade.
A correspondent of the Louisville Courier writes


The Working OF LincOIn's Blockade.
A correspondent Of the Louisville Courier writes
as follows
Having Just returned from Southern Kentucky,
wish to inform the merchants Of Louisville of
some facts. On my way up the boat landed at
Evansville t. put off some tobacco. While there,
several Kentucky merchants (passengers) were in
vited to buy goods of various kinds including cof-
fee, bacon. starch, soap, dry goods etc. and were
assured, to my personal knowledge, that permits
would be granted without word on their part
And knowing it is very difficult to get permits here
those gentlemen bought goods there, and did get
them shipped to various tewns as low down as
Smithland wholesale dealer of Evansville as
sured me that there was doubt he and any others
could forward any goods from that city, and were
doing so daily The Samuel Orr (the boat that was
seized recently had on board $50 900 worth of
goods, sold at Evansville for Paducah and other
Kentucky towns There is immense quantities of
tobacco constantly going to Evansville from Ken
lucky, and the proceeds being returned in merehan
disc. Are merchants content with this state Of
things.
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LATE FROM NV MApEID MORE SKENIsUNG =
The Mohawk. Capt Bell arrived from New Madrid
yesterday. Our soldiers there are getting on re.
markedly well. But few are sick, and al are anx.
ious to see the enemy
1t is nothing unusual for a detachment os cur
cavalry companies there to get near enough to Bird
Point TO hear the musterrol called and to list IN to
the challenges of the sentinels. They are lowering
about all the time, and occasionally pick up strag
gers from the Lincoln camp Capt Bell saw. day
or two since, prisoner that had been captured by
some Of our men-a cavalry company from Mem
phis. While scouting they stumbled upon four of
the enemy s cavalry. Two were killed, one escaped,
and the other, above stated, was taken prisoner
He said he had been trying to desert, and that
II he only had his brother with him. nothing could
suit him better than to shoulder s musket for the
South: The prisoner is from Southern Illinois,
Memphis Avalanche, Aug. soy
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CONFEDERATE PRISONERS OF WAR IN BALTIMORE.
The Bnltimnre Sun of the 23d SAYS:

Confederate PRISONERS OF WAR IN BALTINoRE.-
The Baltimore Sun, of the 23d says:
The fact having been announced that party Of
Confederate soldiers, captured in Western Virginia
had reached this city, their headquarters the Gil
more House vas besieged yesterday morning by
persons who desired to administer to their comfort
Those Of the party who were not well supplied with
under clothing were furnished, and those in more
limited circumstances found plenty of gold in their
pockets without knowing whence it came. They
were generally well educate and refined gentle
men. whose independence of character would for
bid their acceptance of aid but it pressed upon
them and put into their pockets without their knows
ledge During the day they were visited by many
ladies' of the city each of whom took with her some
little comfort convenience for the soldiers. Most
of them visited var US sections of the city, accom-
panied by citizens
At four O. lock in the afternoon the vehicles were
drawn up in front of the Gilmer House to convey
them to the boat for Old Point, and large crowd
Of persons present to witness their departure.
When they emerged from he house the people on
the street cheered and from almost every house IN
the neighborhoOd the handkerchiefs of ladies waved
from every window As they passed down Balti-
more street large thrOng at the corner of South
street. gave them three cheers. From every direc-
ton the people fJCked to the wharf of the boat.
until several thousands were assembled covering
the wharf the SIZED, and all the vessels lying near.
The soldiers took their positions the after part
OF the upper saloon deck. At half past four o'clock
the lines Of the Louisiana were cast Off and as she
left the wharf three cheers were gwen for the de-
parting soldiers. Some of them have friends ard
relatives IN Baltimore, and they expressed Them
selves delighted the cordial reception tn at greet
ed them on every hand.
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Observation-Disclosures.

FREMONT's proclamation better defines usurpation
and despoism than any act or all the asts of the
tyrants that have disgraced the world Even al
Louisville it is received with amazement" 1t is
proclamation of Dictatorship, absolute unqualified
unlimited despotism. 1t out LINCoLSs LINCOLN. /,
sets aside constitutions, law, humanity Those who
obey or approve it are ripe for slavery-they are
already the meanest and most ect of slaves.
The New York Tribune of the 27th has an article
showing how the Southern blockade affects PRICES
and contrasts the prices in Charleston, s. c., and
New York as fellows the Charleston prices being
obtained from the Courier Of August ::
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Progress OF the Despetism,

! The two paragraphs which follow, taken from
the columns of journal that sustans every thing
done at Washington illustrates the rapid growth of
that gigantic despotsm that is fastening itself upon
/ the Northern people:
Prom thu Washington Correspondence OF the Philadelphia In
quirer-
| The Administration decided today to take anoth
er step which viii be quite as startling first as
the former but which is equally founded on sound
policy. The Constitution provides for free speech
and of the press. But it also provides for the writ
of hGbsGS corpus 1t has been found that the safety
of the Republic required the suspension of that
writ The Administration is now satisfied that the
safety of the Republic requires that those papers
10 the North which do not yield a hearty support
t. the Government, and to all the measures of the
Administration, and which, by their sympathy with
the South nOuFish at the North hostile feeling
against the Government, shall be warned to desist
and if they persist, shall be suppressed Attorney
GeaeTGl BG!sS has been consulted upon TIE SGbjsc and
says that tie GorerRmeI 5Oud Be perfectly justi1b!s
in doing 50.
new era has dawned. The recent order of the
War Department, ordering to Washington all the
regiments now organized in the Northern States,
and all parts of regiments even if unAFmed and
without uniforms, is but oue step in the new order
of things that has been inaugurated here since the
adjournment of Congress. That step will result in
the formation of National army. The men, as they
arrive here will be formed into companies and reg
iments irreSpectiUs Of StIes from lohich they come
They will be armed and uniformed alike, the uni
form being the army regulation dress of blue cloth
new nomenclature will be adOped, dScdrdiay The
names q 81 aeS and referring only 70 the position
which the regiments will occupy in the grand army
of the United States.
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RETURNED.-We are happy to note the safe retl
from California Of Lieutenant 81. 3 Davidson to
friends and EcquSintanees in this place. Lieute1
D. Is a graduate of West Point, and has been IN
service OF the late United States for several vel
He returns home for the purpose OF siding in
Southern Gauss heIbgeilIs Exposiior Anqllst 3l
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rrm he N.r York H.-n,i. q g7,h Ls-n,,.

ARREST OF A RESIGNED MIDsHIPN4N The y
Department has a prompt method Of dealing '
disloy&lists In addition to similar eases recel
mentioned. A. D. Wharton, a midshipmsn on DO
of the Seminole. rendered his resignation, but
was dismissed from the service, ard sent to
Lafayette.
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DlsTREssNG OoCURRESCE.-A little daughtCr
DR.. III. NJ. Whitaker. Of this county was drown
child, who was only about three years old. went
the pond, with q little negro girl, who was bu
little older and walked into the water, fell dOv
and, it seems, was unable to get up. The little
gro ran to the house and told Mrs. Whitaker, y
vas sick in bed, what had happened, and she
tened at once to the pond, and rescued the Oh
but lite was extinct All efforts TO revive itprO'
unavailing ClarkSUiHe Chronicle, dug. so.
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RAILROAD BRIDGE BURNT The bridge over Fork
ed Deer RIVER near this place, on the Mississippi
Central road, was burned down on Sunday night
last Some suppose il to be the work of an incen
diary, whilst others think it took fire from the en-
gines as the train passed up the night. Reg
mar trains continue to ruG making connection at
the river. The bridge was not very costly one.
Aug. 80. y n.y.
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E.r q. E..aEIIIs GOO I'd G..

Fer tbs Nashville Union and A,asrissn
The Battle Of Manassas Plalns.
PHILIP LINDSEY.
A day bad cone when pens-up var
Should sound the teri lr Of it, Law;
When passions farce and H-eonaned
Should wreak their fury on msnkiae.
Bright Phe5us from stormy night
Rose nantied with victorious Light,
And cast its rays again serene,
Upona wild, stormy scene,
Great Nature smiled
Not 50 her child,
Whole Ungsanes Wild
Though hushei was dep;
'Tw.s soon to t1r8
Terrible burn
'TiH Deaths ps'e hTn
Received its sleep
Il.
The pause vas deep. IL t.riliing mote
The little zarhlnz tarpei its th'Oati
And in a lsnsly. plainsiVe stssin
Swept m1'ie DER The doomed plan
The ARE deep IN Is gr5ssy home,
crou;hed low and stfI nor thought to Toam
The wilde bTu:es had soushs the cave,
Nos dared the wrath Of m.a to brave
As tsmpssts rise
Meath peaceful kiss,
Unseen TO eyes
That dread its might:
So now be Ilain-
The lovely plain
Ire dOom'i pan,
Was falr and bright
III.
The Southern band stood hrn and true,
Their peril felt their duty krsE,
For Preston, as 1t once had been,
Ttey we're to fight, they IRE t. VIM
nd soon along the sdvzuc e line
shout sent ~ to Vetory's ahrins.
sEy thsr ng : e b Oody knell
70 North m hearts ard h,pss-rsas WE'LL
III. sabFe's g'tam,
ThsehaiEsrs SC elm,
The b'ocdy streAm,
That swept the ground
Told hoW they ought,
Ths deeds they ETon, h.
The fame they 5Osght.
The griTes they found
".
And through that long, that changing day,
Dark bloody MRS maintain bis sway;
And Federal arms that wouId not yield,
Lay mAngIed Cd the CORY fed,
Till there arose frenz'e shout,
That told wild, mighty rOut,-
The Northern host SARGE heard its sound
So svin hey fed hsfltal ground
Why did they comet
For souihern homes
The woods We roam,
The land 50 true;
False bugle sound
They came for ground"
And thousands found
"Si1 fset By f1ror'
v.
Come noble Fame, thy gsrIands tWirs,
Thy incense pour, thy glories shine,
Upon tie true, the brave, the dead,
WIS in that msreless eonf.e. bled,
Let Fresdsm place their names as high
Is stars tia. deck our Southern sky
Let memory WIKI its are deep,
Remember them AM cease to Wte2.
Let every nams
Whose vital fame
Vas qHszehed IN fame
Upon that day:
Become a star
To shine frcm afar
And guide the war
To Yisiory's sway.
LEBANoS, August, 1861. =
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GENERAL ORDER, NO. 2.
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS,
Knoxville, August II, 1861.

am authorized to receive into the service of the
Provisional Army of the Confederate States volun-
teer infantry companies, to be formed in Lee and
Scott counties, Va, for the term of twelve months
or during the war, the companies to furnish their
own rifles, and to be employed in guarding the
mountain passes in and On the borders of said cOun
ties and in the county of Wise, in Virginia and in
other duty within said counties. Captains Of com
panies making tenders will address me at Knoxville
and will receive further instructions
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Now what Is the practical operation Of the block
ade: Northern hay which used TO find a ready mar
let at the South st about the price it is now sold at
(sS per hundred pounds,) is worth only forty five
cents whare it is produced simply because there is
no mIrke: at the South for it, whereas it was worth
85a95c in New York last year. Butter, which is
worth 4os50c per pound in Charleston, about the
same it commanded last year, is worth lOaI5c in
New York, while it was worth ISa2lc last year
The prices of the other articles named are about
the same at Charleston as last year; perhaps some
may be shade higher, but it is very little if any.
Now to the New York prices:
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The Vlrsimia and Te.lne.see Bordsrs.

4I0l- VI 710tIIs % ''IsIII' ~ mug ~
We append, below, the "Order'' OF Gen. Zlllicof
fer calling for volunteers in the counties Of Lee
and Scott, to be empOye ed in guarding the mountain
passes of those counties and that Of Wise Let there
be no delay in this matter. If there is ever any
need for the corps called for it is now; and we con
slider there is immediate need for it. In one weeks
time, the amount of men wanted for that service
ought to beorganized and can be- if this matter is
taken in hand by efficient men.
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DAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER, 80, AT lOocLO
BENZ SHIELDS & CO.,

NETILL sell Y thout We. assortment q Dry OK
w with Vaii-ty Of m 5ceilsnetu art-lfs sale pos
Terms cash. BENZ = sHEkLDs "a Q
septi-td
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WANTED.

A GRADUATE o. Ham 2dsa Sidney College, Va !. q p 4
parole) dssirssa situation Tutor Is private n
or over classical school, The applicant Is sIa5sr
PssssyteFian Church.
Address, ReV Dr. N Hogss Rchnold. Va; Rev 81 Al
HAapdsn iiasy College, Va or, D shsPAzd, Esq Ealt
Tennessee. aus3i-dAt
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No Longer a Constitutional Government

No Longer a COnstItutionaI Government,
The Dubuque, Iowa, Herald, Of a late date, ex
presses itself as follows;
1t is admitted pretty generally thst we no longer
have a constitutional government at Washington
1t is true thai Lincoln was elected in accordance with
the Constitution and was therefore, long as he re
spected the Constitution a constitutional executive:
but it is no less true that the moment he set aside
the Constitution and substituted for it his own will
he ceased to be consttutionaliy Presldens of the
United States. No mans will in opposition to the
Constitution of the United States is the law in this
country, and whoever attempts to substitute his own
will for the Constitution is usuFper. The ale
glance Of the citizen is to tae Constitution not to
the will Of the President when it commands an act
to be done In opposition TO the Fundamental law
No one is bound to obey the mandate of the Presi~
dent when it commands an act to be done in oppo-
siiion or contravention to the Constitution of the
United Stats. On the contrary, it is the duty of
every citizen owing allegiance to the Constitution
to defend and uphold it against executive violation
and Rsurpation These are plain truths which can
not be sue essfuly gansay5c.
Haze zoe, then Government lCIich sos are bound TO
respect and obey?
The fact of man being elected
President of the United States in a legitimate man
ner gives him no more right than any one else has
to change the form, character, and object of the
Government from what the Constitution made it
and intended it to be, to government dependent
upon the will and caprice of a manufacturing
limited and unbeunded favors upon panderers to
his behests, and subjecting others to outrages and
ind gnstion which are unhesrd Of among free and
civilized people.
The time is fast coming when the question will
have become practical ore. Is there Constitu-
tiOnal Government in existence at Washington and
If there be not rhether some STEPS should not be taken
TO hdusOne establishment >
We are not afraid to say that the people of the
United States will not submit very long to an I'm
constitutional Government. By the force Of pop
ular opoinOn, by force Which cznRot be nisata
derSto0d, if that be not respected they cH restore he
GOUersnnleHt giUsn tien by their fathers.
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3 MEIIs.

FTVHE hest iuproYei douhegrirdi1g Bark Mills yer inI
I'd IS nos be iDg zsuufacturrd, vii Re ready I'll
livery By ths first OF october For sale AZ
;. LUMsDEH co
EeIl South Market sr--i, Nzshvills. Ted
BUMSD 4 MANN
septI-sf No IS Mag'Ene Sire New orIssns,
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2 hirty volunteers Wanted inlm
dIafeIy.

s~IAPT. p. J. OHESET, Cd Rsgimsnt Tennessee Volun
wants 30 additional recruits fer his company. His co
ny having ten in ssrvise several months, tie tine win
in about eight months Apply early a. No a College
atilm Who vail enroll plsanis and 60 Win n
Tirgiais- sug3l--dI
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School for young Girls viii be opened on the On d
"a ts nbe- ec0nd Moody In the Ofcs Of ths Judze
lot, on Brad srest. BY 1r. lanes HGrra-. The d
been secured foF Of years, and the property n
paired and Improved aud TIE design Is &c e5ab sra
q good c1ool for misses.
Refer to MR Z. GLRAVEs, Cat Court Hsul
Mr. B. WHITE.
aug3I-djW CAPT. ". WALTON.
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TEACHEn WANTED

A sOUrHERN LADY, to teach tee mrou and higher
n lib branches in n Insu ution % the highest gra
hcTlh sisspp none but arc mpliahsd and exps nce
reed apply ll1eral saiATy given. Acerets Nth
eDceg EDU "A fOhs
septI-f care Union and A nsricln Cnl
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sTRAYED OR STOLEN.

EJRcM Lb.ut miles west Of the eiiy.s
Gray Mare MuIes
aJed about years, about Ia hazds high, lcnz tall IA
marks.
will give reward OF IS Tor her delivery to meat M
Livery Stable Market STREET. AID IS also for the deec
the thief, ifsad mule has bean stOlsn-
sug3l-aits JOHN LT0l
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TEACHER.
PrIvate Female school.

A YOUNG LADY, Who can furnish satisfactory ref
sishes sifu alton IS Teacher IA pualic o. prfvite
Address Box 9 Nashville r. U. aag3l-s
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SNAIL BOATS SEIZED.

The number of small boats seized on Saturday
night by the propellers Tigress and Edwin Forrest
was over four hundred. They were all taken be
tween Georgetown and Alexandria, and are now
lying at the Navy Yard The object of the measure
was to prevent the possibility of their being used
for the transportation of the rebels. Large num-
beers of the owners were at the Navy Yard to day,
asking for the return of their property. Their re-
quest was refused for the present.
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WANTtn.
e. w. MORGAN

CHsLLED OARS, BYE, BLEE, CORN AND w
aassI-s. LH.R1LI
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The steamer PHILADELPHIA Lieut. Parker COM
handing, left the Maynard last night for Fortress
York Thirteenth, Twenty first and SeveZty ninth,
and Maine Second Regiments. The order Of the
Department is that they be conveyed to Fortress
Monroe to await transportation to the Dry Tortu>
gas where they are to be employed upon the public
works until such time as they again show them
selves worthy TO hear Arms.
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PerempfOFy sale Of Dry Goo
trimmings and Varieties gen.
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Tie annexed the c5mparaive pTes Of corn fur and
PORK, uing in four OF tie Southern and like number
Of Western CT les, AGg S:
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AuctiOn---Card 10 DruREisls

YEyHIs morning, August 3st at 10 s'eiock, We VIII
eoss acc1uot some 3 clseI BUSINESS Ink, gross O.
oil Bottles, Holland Bitsrs etc.
aug3l-lt BENZ SHIELDS q @
CoUNTgY JEANS, LINsEY. AND WOOL STOCK DE.
au.3l-ti BESJF SHIELDS
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Il authorized to xttls the slsis Of M,rE1n wallace
". B. Wallace w. 3. WALLAd
NV. MOrgal can Re found at
WARD, BURMINGH1M & cd.
augssss NoaPubsis SEQ
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Twenfy-fIve DoIIars Reward

will he gwen any who takes Inn In the stats and
dollars IL taken out Of the state and secured at
him BA JOHNSON, LRut. Col,
Camp Boon
II Union and Aasricad copy tine and isnd olil 4
oAee-ClarksYil,e Jefsrs0nian. aug3l-