Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-06

The Petersburg lvsl Express Of the "a inst. saws:


| All accounts agree that the Yankee soldiers now
| qu2rtered on Hstteras leland, will have most un
pleasant situation, if they be confined to thai
/ locality, Ii is dresFy, barren spot, composed
! chiefly OF sand During the latter summer and
early fall months, It abouEds with mosquitoes re-
marksble alike for size and blood thirstIness and
| during the winter the winds from Old Neptune
sweeps across the island with fury and keenness
J against which the thckest Of garments offer but
! poor and inadequate protection Another iusur-
mOuntabe obstacle, is the entire absence of fresh
water, so important for drinking and culinary pur
| poses. Every drsp used by our troops has been
! carried from Newbern, source TO which the Van
KEGS cannot possibly resort All that the Yankees
procure must De brought from Old Point, where the
article Is already scarce. In fact, we believe the
supply at Fortress Monroe is obtained chiefly from
! Baltimore. We may therefore safely assure our
readers that old Butler viii have TO take his brandy
and whisky undute@ and such as we have been in
| formed he generally uses will speedily consume his
Vitals even though they were made of brass.
An srmy TO protect Washington, which is situa-
ted at the head of Pamco River, and strong gar.
risen at the mouth Of Muse River which commands
the approach TO Newbern, will secure these tw o
places from any marauding expeditions which the
vandals may attempt. FUrtihcatiOns have been al q
ready thrown up at the mouth of Neuse River and
there is nothing now to do but place the guns in
battery.
The waters of the Pamco Sound, which wash the
counties of Tyrrel aud HYDE are entirely too shals
.
any but the smallest of boats, and the citizens of
those counties need 8pprehend no danger Of moles-
tatiOn Further down, q distance of some 46 or so
miles are Beaufort and Carolina City, where the
blockade has been so repeatedly run without trou-
bic, but the entrance to these harbors is command
ed by the guns of Fort Macon-a fertilization of
much greater and more formidable dimensions than
Fort Hatteras.
With all the lights before us, if VIC have been cor
recty informed, we think the Yankees can be con
lined to the QTearV IlQttHpas Island
the mosquitoes, high winds and scarcity of fresh
water, will speedily combine to make them repent
deeply of their occupation if not cause an entire
abandonment of the position At all events as long
they can be confined to their present position
they will receive far more damage themselves than
they possibly inct upon the good and patriotic
people of North Carolina. ...
The Raleigh N. c. State ,Jouzn1l of the 3lst nit
says steps were promptly taken to send forw ard
troops to drive the invaders from their position.
The Seventh North Carolina regiment (State ro0ps)
was ordered down ard left the encampment az
Graham early on the 28.h ult Capt BRzx's Ari
tilery also left their camp at Raleigh on the 29th
for the coast and other forces were also put in mo-
ton.
A correspondence the Richmond Dispatch writes
from Norfolk, Va unier date of the goth ult., as
follows:
here. and prompt measures will no doubt be taken
to assist IN driving away the vandals that have Ian
ded on the soil Of North Carolina do not deem it
eXpedient, however. to mention all | know about |
the action taken here in relation to the movement
OF troops &c although 1t is quite certain that there
viii be further news of hot work the strong point
alluded to In a very short time. The Old North |
State is fully aroused, and she will not long
submit to the intrusion of Picayune Butler and the
depredatioBs of his hungry miniOns upon her rich |
fields extensive grazing lands, and productive vine
yards OF Catawba and Scuppernong.
RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDRACY.-The |
Turin correspondent of the New York Iribuns speak
ing Of the Emperor of Napoleon, says:
Every where he is trying to keep up division. and
thus 10 maintain the French prep1nderance. As
soon as the tidin of the rout Manassas arrived
in Europe, II. ThoQvenel received the agents of the
ConfedeTates, in unoffioIal way indeed, but one
more victory Of the secesionists would ct once be
followed by the recognition Of the Southern CJnfe
sraCy.
The WAR PAkTY-How NORTHERN USros SAVERS
TREAT SOUTHERN UNION MEY.-Gen. Rosencrauz now
1t Clarksburg, Va, recently wanted 100 tons of
lay for his army. A Southern Union man in the
lelghberhood proposed to furnish the hay, deliver
d at camp at 50 so per ton. But the contract was
yiven to an Ohio AboltiOnist at $50 per ton, de-
IveTed at railroad station some miles distant from
he camp where needed. Thus So 600 are paid to
Northern AboiitioniSt for what $3.50 would have
purchased from Southern Union man. A differ
nee Of 81 $50 in small contract IN favor Of North
IN Abotionssm and sgainst Southern Uniunism {
That's the way the money goes" which the people :
kentucky must raise BY grinding taxation Many !
'0rIheIn papers boldly assert thar this war Is
Tosecuted by the wGr party Z financial specula-
ION on the part Of the Northern war men. This 3
ooks very much ike it.-LouisviA: Courier, SEPT 2