Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-01

today not that Ike OF take i. but IS VARSITY
and to slow you s tory paPer.
Trsly y01rs, Csc. P. ssEA11.
A correspondents sends 70 he Riehnosd Va "A
the following letter which was picksd On Il 4
FIELD Of Manassas on the evening 81 lie 2Ist Il
July:
CENTREvnIE, July 10th, Is6I---3sar BroIksr.-
received your letter yesterday, and was happy u
hear that you were well and ENJOYING good health|
am well. and have been during the whole CAM
paign- William Is web also. WelIad severe tHs
marching from where We wera in Washington. VI Z
first went TO ClaTemonE, Virginia thence 10 FairI
fax Station, thence 70 Pine Hill and tberee to GenI
treFille, where We now are stationed Wsha I
hard time marching in the rain % the III: {.
took rebel camp with 100 Bushels Of corn, ID
barrels of Sour, pork, &c. We caught l1s
rebels with them. We slaughter the eatfis as W
60, killing hogs. pigs, sheep. calves cows a.. va
had q battle yesterday ahd there WA great many
men killed on both sides, but there none Of on
company hurt. To morrow We are going 70 TAX
Manassas Junction; i Is the hardest place We shG
/ have to take. ! suppose Jay smith rad some new
to tel As he usually has. no doubt but he bad SON
( TO tell about Caroline, but I was here, and SO
know it al. Please write what he has dPne vii
| his farm, and If be bad anything ~ tell shout m
Write how all the folks are A. the Creek and 10.
you get along with your school this sHmmsr.
wish you were here with Us to salt the rsbsls. Y
have about SEQ 0SO men here ready for sctiou; IA
rebels have about IS Coo. have 10 do rs uritn
with pencil, because / am short Of ifs; ny e.
Velopes were directed before lett Ln3i0E 80
had them ready Hri e ofteE, for yOa haEe nor
time than I have. DIrect-Eenry b. Aandig
Washington D. G Company !. "a VI Begin. nt
They viii be sent after me, for the lsstsrs mu
FIRST go to Washington
TH1sD BArrALIoN E.sr TESSEssss CAYALaT.-Th
Third Cavalry Battalion VS. oFgssizsd atcGrl
Cummings yesterday, BY the sSzcsSnEs Of George
Mcclellan Of Sullivan county. Lisutsnant SoIcs.i,
T. J. Campbell, Of Bradley, MAJOR This Is sple
did battalion Of cavalry. and Is composed Of a
following superior companies:
CaptaiR Eldridges, Of Bradley.
Captain Spiller's, OF Hamilton.
Captain Gillespie's Of Knox.
Captain Legs OF Hawkins
Captain Hollands, Of Blount.
Captain MeClellan's, Of Sullivan.
The election was entirely harmonious. ColonlE
McClellan IS an experienced officer, having served
campaign in the Mexican war as a Colonel Of Infa
try. He has also done the State some service
legislative capacity, being the Senator at the IL
session from tie District composed Of SulliTa
Washington, Carter and johnson counties. We CO
graduate the Confederate army on having so fine
battalion Of cavalry so ably commanded. as the
East Tennessee KROrUils Register, aug. 80.
IScIBExr OF CAMP LIVE AT NV MADRID. No
When the gunboats Of the enemy were reported
coming down frOm Cairo 70 attack Gen. Pillow
army, at New Madrid, Col. John v. Wright, at
getting his regiment under arms % march into TOW
from eamp-two miles Ons-had a roll call Of
the negroes in camp. After appointing one Of the
Sergeant Of the Guard, = he told them 10 guard
camp until the regiment returned. The sergeS
( "pOsted the guard" and during the night, VIII
making his rounds, he passed e darkie Asleep on
post The next day the darkies held "court ma
tal " and tried the offending sentinel and sentenc
him to receive thirty nine lashes, which was inficf
on his bare back. The whole proceeding vas &c
without the interference Of any white man--Ms
pals Avalanche, aug. 30.
How IT WoRKs-The men who left East Tenn
see few weeks ago, and WORKED their way to x
lucky, for the purpose Of getting arms and ass
the Union men beyond the mountains to co
into East Tennessee, have met with such cold Cd
fort from the Kentuckians that they now want
return home, and are asking Gen. ZOllicOfer 70
permit to return, and he is granting them the ri
ilege Of doing go. They say they have been co
pletely whipped out BY their oWn conduct, and
willing to return and behave themselTes--thst X
lucky does not need or want their assistance-t
the Union men Of East Tennessee have been ba
humbugged by their leaders as 20 the feeling IN X
tzcky. This should be lesson to those who n
have had similar intentions C.sUslGad Banner,
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