, 1861-12-16

4 Union r2luget who had escaped from New
Orscals scccssionism, hy dint of sharp pr.tc-
ticv. reached Cincinnati on Saturday last. He
reached Memphis Tn The It'll, which he found
10 he strongly fortified on TIC river side.
There were two gunboat5 Ut the landing. a
regiment Of infantry and 4 few companies Of
artillery comprised all the troops st that point.
liz took the cars ut Memphis, arriving at
Nashville on the 9Th inst The city was in q
l4igh state Of excitement. On thai and the
day following aD attempt was made to drafe
citizens into the army. Tic indignation Of
the people Tas intense, and a mob broke out
il, te 4th ward. aud four policemen who at
tempted TO uucll tho riot were shot dead in
their tracks. The mob rushed to the Capitol
70 attack Gov. Harris, WHO fed to Memphis.
Tic papers of the next day announced that he
had gonc thitler on brsinesst But oar i'll
fornmnt assures rs that it was generally un-
dr1stood and discussed that fear Of the mob
lid taken him OF. The people. he says, arc
dcitaEen to impress them. II, said they, our
Government is in want of troops let the Pres
iarnt tDuvie) give the order to draft us, and
1.n, the Governor L.: il be gancrll through
t'uf the ConfedeTacy, and not special meas
are.
On last Wednesday two thousand five hun
Ertd troops from Rapides parish, Louisiana,
pa>scd through Nashville toward Bowling
Green. They carried black flags, enbcilishcd
with skull and cross bones. They were
4tpS1lt E1ALA LIZA, AiSN LtI4tNt5 HAktA
slvt guns, clothed in coarse jeans, some wear
Elg tonts and some shoes, and al, to use his
EXPRESSION, looking ne though they had been
sick and had been on short rations.
TIE pcople Of Nashville were constantly cx-
rvcting intelligence Of a battle at Bowling
Green. The rcbrl forces al that point were
estimated By tic papers and people well i'll
formed On the subject at twenty-five tho1
kand. Rcinforce!nents were constantly going
forward, sometimes companies and some
t;nscs regiments No troops remained in tho
city, but IL: eEvrc hurried forward as soon q;
they arrived
During his stay in Nashville, our informant
yieited the hospitals, which arc filled with tht
E!ck- He estimates the number Of the sick a
from tire 10 four thousand. The two hospi
1&!s III College street occupy al entire square
and are enormous buildings. They wer,
crowded to excess. The inmates complained
OF lack Of attention, and were suffering fo
want Of food. The sick besougbt him to givt
them water, there being no one apparently tt
xait upon them even to this common necessity
Suffered from, culd. The prevailing disease
were pneumonia and small pox- The troop
from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi suHcl
ed most, the chsngeable climate. scriousl
affecting them, and inducing pneumonia iu IL
most aggravated form. The Texas Ranger:
distinguished BY felt hats, white and blacl
ci,h tic words Texas Rangers printed q
them. above the band were almost all on th
ftCh llSL1 .llIA ALI II 4AAEA tlIkAl4t NtuA4l4Nl
Deaths were very frequent, and supplied til
Criymcu Of the city with their principal bus
i,:es. 1t was no uncUMmon sight to sec
drsy cartlng of1sa dead rebel boxed up, an
without much ceremony planted In I'll
ground. There is third hospital On Mark
E,Tcet, near the public square, vast Il,
story brick block, running back towards tt
Cumberland river. On Saturday last, ira
Il Elk or seven ca1E, filed with sick, came
from Bowling Green, the hospital at th
Place lelng unable to accommodate them
H4s proposed 10 take tdem 10 the Mark
EIeet hospital, but he heard the officers S:
that that building could accommodate I
l'ore. azd orders wcrc giyento take them
1hc Court HOUSE, which was done, aud til
t'!1uinG converted into temporary hospIta
he Was told that the rebel forces ut Ho
klnsvillc we're heing concentrated at BowliI
'Grccn. He also learned that the rebels we
husiiy engaged III erecting fortifcatioas
The Cumberland IT Dover, aud at another Poi
1Hty aD1ics from Clarksyille, down the riy1
li!Crr were n0 tortitications ut Nashville a,
nothing looking like defense save Few ir,
cannon placed about the Capitol The wo
ON the forIitications is being done by .eqr
mainly. To secure sufficient force of Lab,
t1s, tile policy had been adopted Of drafting
able-bodied safyroeS on tic plantations +
: officers enter the planters house. ascert:
the number Of Slaves owned by him; and i
1le diate}y impress them into the scryiec he;
lr:s Of au protcstations and remoDstranc
The indignation aroused hy this arbitr:
1neahure ix intense but anavailiug. Dissa'
3ac1ion with the present state Of things
Utmost universal. and the rebels themse!,
arc not in the highest spirits. He oserh;s
1nctn, III the ealooI1s and hotels Of Nasi,yil
discussing discussing the prospect Of battle at Bowli
s.T,.t surTEsnt ana The prevailing language ss:u
pa,l1; nGy afe 100 strong for US, hy G-:.' VII
10y: t'oM ing s1efn and Columbus in our hands,
i'sls '': conl.dv,a t!ll our forces viii be able
se..e !.3 nashville and other cities further Sou
"n1ont Te ttan, much difficulty and hardly conte
ront1ay he shi'Spa tGn1. says t.sa II asseions to
Iousiana and TcnneFsce. He hnfpn 4pinis tssn e E
11o, 1a, ~ II mistaken in this, fo- lie TOOK by
e<,,n. neM vrieaas 1i;a and Nashville Who would
II ta'1 me lne appearance Of tf1e Federal ar1nr r.
the AEcacs1 satisfaction. - '''''s !"