Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-20
NASHVILLE, TENN. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 90, 1861
LATER FROM LOUISVILLE.

Icorrespondence of the Cincinnati Enqnirer.I
Importance of Naturalization. Shermdn's
Visv- Kentucky Union Troops = The
Kentucky Sscesh-Gen. Sherman Retire
Haent. s-r- -
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 9.
Editors Commercial
Nashville has grown to be one of the most
important points in the Confederacy to the
power which has usurped dominion there
Its position on the Northern boundary OF the
rebel States, and is being the central point,
to which the railroads of the Stale converge
rendered it important at the very beginning
of this contest l learn that it has lately
increased it's importance from the fact that
the several railroads converging at that
point have been connected, having a COM
mon depot, and trains are transferred from
one road to another with perfect ease and
facility. Troops are transferred from the
extreme West and East, without a change of
cars, the roads terminating at Chattanooga
having been united in like manner. Il is
strange this example is not followed in this
city. Although difficult to- unite the New
Albany OF Jeffersonville roads with those on
this side of the river, the Louisville and
Nashville, and Louisville and Frankfort, can
be, and ought to be united. great deal
of labor could thus be avoided and a scri-
Gus outlay saved.
The fighting at the disadvantage of an
inferior force, | am led to believe from cir
cumstances and what l have heard, is no
part of Gen. Sherman's plan or policy In
deed, ne thinks such plan no policy at
all 1t is known here that he assumed com
maad on the retirement of Anderson on the
conditions that an effective force was given
him, and it is understood that he will make
no movement OF Importance until he has
such force. Whether he will get tho 200,
900 that Adiutant General Thomas in his
report says he asks for, is not probable, but
half that force will be under his control in
less than week, should he remain in COM
mand that long | have undoubtcd assu-
RANGES, Ohio and Indiana, and perhaps Iowa
and Wisconsin, will shortly forward Ii, 900
men to Kentucky. Indeed, Ohio has alrea-
dy begun her part of the work, and the lst
and 18th are now at their posts, the posi-
tions of which the rebels can learn from some
other source The 10th Wisconsin is due
here on Sunday, and a body Of cavalry from
Indiana on Sunday. Besides this force, the
Kentucky regiments will be so consolidated
as to become effective, and will be transfer
red from recruiting to camps of instruction
The twenty-five regiments think there is
about that number recruitiDg-will furnish
number of complete Kentucky regiments
twenty-five. The two forces thus run into
the field of active operations will increase
the fighting force in this State nearly 30, 900
men. 1t is thought that despite the scarcity
of arms, Kentucky viii be enabled to arm
her regiments. Strenuous efforts are being
made to do so. The arms of the Home
Guards throughout the country are being
called in, and the Preside Rangers, and
similar stay at home companies will have to
find their own playthings The Reserve
Home Guard movement here has not sue
ceeded. The idea of reserves is that they
are to fight when the others are whipped.
eur idea here is, when McCook is whipped
to surrender, or perhaps when that victory
is won by Buckner, the Union men here will
follow the example of the proprictors of the
Journal and remove their forms 10 the hos
pitable shore of Indiana.
For the purpose of moving a portion of
the expected troops to their destination, a
large number of steamboats,, among which
are the Baltic, Atlantic, Diana, Autocrat,
Adams, Fairchild, Raine and Woodford,
have been ordered to rendezvous at this
point. They will probably be prepared for
service by Tuesday. The destination of
the boats or the exact purpose to whic they
are to be put to is not known positively
some ihS1St tndt an OHeuslVe eNpeulttOH Ol
Importance is intended.
The action of the Secession Convention,
held in Ressellville lately, has created con-
siderable amusement here, though the Jour
nal treats it rather seriously, and recon-
mends McCook to go down in that region,
and put stop to the proceedings intended
to be held on the 18th, when in all proba-
bility, the $40 counties" represented will
secede from the Union. The righteousness
of the whole affair is so great, that we can
hardly consider it seriously. There is but
one solution to the affair that renders it re-
spectacle. 1t may be, that this movement,
on the part of John C. Breckinridge, was
necessary to his elevation to the position of
Cabinet officer of the Rebel administration.
That such a scheme has been on foot is ap
parent from the language of the Richmond
Whig of the 2Sth of October, denying the
the truth of the rumor, that Braxton Bragg
was to be sent to the field, and Mr.. Breckin
ridge elevated to his position as Secretary
of War. The Whig adds, that it is not
known who is to be called to the Depart
ment of Justice; as Of necessity, the State
from which Dir. b, halls, must be one Of the
seeded States, it is not improbable that his
friends have thus taken steps to make her
taking the precedent of Western or New
Virginia, or Kanawha, as authority for the
action. So you of the North can consider
that Kentucky has seeded.
Our Provost Marshal has applied the
Kentucky School of Medicine building to
the purposes of a Military Prison, in which
those military prisoners who are awaiting
trial are to be imprisoned.
1t is understood here that Gen. Sherman
has been relieved at his own request. lie
is anxious to regain his own brigade at
Washington, or TO assume control on the
line of the Nashville railroad. He desires
to exercise his executive, not administra-
tive abilities.