Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-25
signs OF rebellion in the North.

We have been kindly permitted to make the ioi-
lowing extract from private letter from the North
tn a gentleman in this city. II is from perfectly
reliable source, the writer being in position tn
know of what he speaks, and is withal close and
intelligent observer. For prudential reasons we
withhold the writer's name and the locality from
which he writes:
-. july 7th lS6I.-If I can judge correctly
nv what / can see and learn from secret conhden-
tial sources here the mass Of the people VIII soon
rise in rebellion against the Federal Goyernnlehl-
People are beginning to speak out and II TINS 81
Il not brought to 8 close before SIX months II VIII
reouire 100000 men to keep down rebellion here
Nearly every business man here IS dead OroAe-
ruined and viii soon cry for bread 1nere Is sreNI
abundance in the country, yet where Is me nlohsy
70 buv With Men who were worth mllhons Are
r5,,csd to begrary by the course the Federal Gov
eminent is pursuing, and if this war pohey IS car
ried cut BY the LiRcolntes grass viii soon grow N
the streets of New York city. Military despOusm
rei1ns triumphant; every man ID compeAed 20 eIy
LINTON, for his own personal safety ard raise tne
ss+ors and stripes' But this state OF things cannot
last oucb longer without outbreak OF the masses
and then farewell to the Republican Party. ms
vill take place at no distant day unless peace Is
made with the South and her Independence AcAlO"
edgedD -, -,
similar Intelligent sources IN the North Even here
isolated as we now are from that sect'on Il = ~
difficult TO perceive that reaction Is Prosfessihs
tl.sr- SLOWLY hut surely which viii culminate as
certainly Is night follows day in terrible retri-
button upon the unprineipled mo1nteoanA9 WlS
have 6eIuded the people to preserve party AM
subserve their own selfish and unholy purposes.
The ignorant usurper at washington vi VIZ, = -,
the dsv when he laid aside the quiet hte anu eulou
nsnts of the comparatively obscure lawyer az
Springfield to assume position OF res
Created for and fit only to be filed and discharged
by incorruptible statesmen.-COtaHOaS iI"l S0A''
A Fp,xcIC, Convention PEoFOsED.-The Macon
| (Ga) journal and Messenger says;
| co-resnondept of he Charleston Courier pro>
poses A Mass Convention Of the merchants, bankers,
ra road presidents, aud others OF the ConisoeF1te
States to assemble at some central polnL Wlthln o
/ Confederaey, Macon or Atlanta, "a , ABOUT me
middle of August for the purpose Of devisInR some
nIan bv which system Of credit nav De eslauilsle0
bs,yasn tbe Confederate States and European coun-
tries which may be used by all who desire -, On
the most favorable terms, 81 the same 'lils y 49,
! knaUn 10 the world our wants and our resources
\ ard materially aid our Government. Inc sdgsss~
tion is A good one. Il would be well tor thG uusl-
ness men of the country 20 meet and Ilse!euAlsS
| views upon financial and cOmmerclA tOptcs, enU
| Macon will cordially welcome suen oOu'oS''-''i'
| Tag MrssrssTPPr WoMES-In ChOcEaT county,
| Nsz /. eompany of ladies' has been organized Tor
some time under the name Of "HOme Guard" num-
bori,g one hundred. The Yicksburg sun tells Us
what they have done as follows;
They have been constantly exercising on horse
hack and on foot with pistol, shotgun and rife,
ami have attained such perfection that We doubt 4
there is better drilled company IN the country
| Each one ia almost Boone with her rifle, and an
| Amazon in her equestrian skill. We have heard
that one lady, tour informant Gen. 7. c. McAackln
could not give US her name) in shooting at cross
marx one hundred yards distant, with q rlis'
| struck the centre five times and broke lt tnrte
time out of eight shots fired IN succession. She had
a rest. If any State can beat this, we would ms
| TO see It done.