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The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-21
Murder by Rebel soldiers.

FROM the headlng llmebi juno 10.
The following is an extract from a let
ter addressed to a gentleman Of this city,
by a relative living in Virginia, whose
father has been inhumanly butchered by
the rebels for no other oflense than being
a Union man.
"DEA Cousin l sit down broken
hearted to let you know of my poor dear
fathers death. He was away from home
sixteen months, all on account of being a
Union man. When Gen. Banks came to
Woodstock, father thought he could come
home. He came, and was at home four
days; and when General Shields divis-
ion moved down this valley, father
thought he would leave with them; but
thought he would stay till morning, as it
was raining all day, and he did not feel
well, and all of Shields force had not
got to Front Royal before eighteen Of the
rebels rode up here, arrested father, and
guarded him all night.
They would not let any of us 60 out
of the house. Next morning they took
him to Luray and kept him in prison for
eight days, by which time the rebels
came through this valley, and ~ e~der
Of Colonel Ashby, three of his men took
father and another man out in the night
and shot them, never burying them until
Shields division came up again, when
the Union men buried them. General
Shields told me he would have revenge
on the cowardly assassins.
My poor mother is lying very low. 1t
has almost killed her, She was insensi-
bic for more than an hour and half the
other day. General Shields has been
very kind to us. He sent doctor fifteen
miles to see mother. The doctor thought
she was somewhat better All the SOL
diers have been very kind to US II was
very hard for me to give up my dear ia
Their, and | hope God will support us in
this deep aflliction and enable me to bear
up under it, for the sake of mother; and
that God will spare her to get well again,
as she is my only hope.
From your cousin, HARRIET,
MILFORD, Va, June Z, 1862
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MEMPHIS, June II.

About one hundred and fifty rebel Of
fcers and soldiers, and about the same
number of citizens, took the oath Of alle-
glance yesterday.
In Colonel Stacks reply TO the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen regarding the
currency question, issued to- day, ne
says "Those who have been most ac-
tive in getting up this rebellion are
the very individuals whose pockets are
loaded with Confederate notes, and if
sixty days time should be given them,
it is only giving that much time for those
who are responsible for it's issue TO get
rid of it without loss, and the worthless
trash will be found in the hands of the
unsophisticated and credulous. Besides,
should these notes be permitted to be
used as a circulating medium where the
flag of the United States floats, as far as
such permission could give character TO
such reasonable currency il would do
so, and then the very basis of the rebel
lion be made respected by contract with
the Government it seeks to destroy"
The market is being become gluttcd
with merchandise, which can only be
sold now for Tennessee money, rather
than do which owners are disposed to
ship their goods back.
The greater part of the stores are still
closed. The secesh owners of many of
them refuse TO rent to abolitionists at
any price.
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A Memphis correspondent Of the 81.
Louis Democrat says

A Memphis correspondent Of the 81.
Louis Democrat says:
Last evening | stepped on board the
little steamboat Hettv Gilmore, for short
trip of eight or nine miles down the river
and to get a glimpse Of the wrecks of
rebel gunboats. The first we come to is
the Little Rebel. She is bully tug,
perhaps seventy-five feet long, but very
fast and well built. She has three can
non shot holes through her sides, one Of
which entered her coal bunk and dam
aged her boiler but she will soon be re-
paired aud commissioned in the service.
Next below is the gunboat Gen. Sterling
Price, which was sunk by the Beaure-
gard. She is a large strong boat, and has
the mark Of several shot on her iron ar
NOR forward. In one place where
twelve pound shot struck the railroad
iron it had crushed three of the bars
completely in two. Behind the railroad
iron armor however is a bulwark three
feet thick, of solid oak, this extends from
the forward part of the boilers to the
afterpart Of the engines and across the
boat both forward and aft, so that the
entire machinery is enclosed. Next be-
| low the Price is the Beauregard, which
| lies nearly submerged in the middle
of the river, about two miles below
the city. Speaking of the collision
between the Price and the Bcauregard,
naval officer who was in the bat
tie told me that in his opinion the coll
| lision was the most decisive incident
of the fight, virtually resulting in the
loss of two gunboats TO the rebels, viz
sinking the Price, and so disabling the
Beauregard that the Monarch was ena-
bled to run into her few minutes after
and sink her. Seven or eight miles be-
low the city, near the Arkansas shore,
saw the smoke stack of the J eff. Thomp.
son sticking up above the surface of the
water; nothing else of her is visible
Many trees on the shore, hundred fee
distant were killed by the explosion
when she blew up. At Fort Pickering
which IS no fort at all (only two ole
rickety houses) is the remains of thu
frame of large gunboat which the reb
els were building, and which they set OF
fire the day of the fight; the iron prov
which was intended for her, and whicI
resembles in shape the horn of a rhinocc
ros, lies in the foundry at the navy yard
it weighs ten tons, but is as Harmless
now as is Dan Rices rhinoceros, whic
was drowned in the Upper Mississippi
river last summer,
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From the New Orleans Delta, May PSI
The Temper OF the TOwn.

In our long career Of journalism, we
have never seen anything 80 sudden and
marked as the cheerful change which
has taken place IN this city during the
past two weeks. The people are abroad,
the shops are open, and the city seems
as natural as the Mississippi herself
This is the result of causes General
Butler, whom the enemy had described
as a monster, whom the New York scav-
enger Lowell, had falsihed, has proved
himself a iudicious ruler-impartial be-
tween man and man, and ambitions on
ly 10 do Justice, re-establish order and
law, We are justified in this interpre-
tation Of his motives by the fact Of his
expulsion Of Monroe, the Mayor, and the
scoundrel Chief Of Police. We see also
in every proclamation Of the General a
manifestation of such justice as the peo-
pie of New Orleans have known little Of
for years past
The accomplished gentlemen who sur
round the Genoral-Major Strong Major
Bell (who discharges the functions of
Provost Judge in a manner worthy Of his
late illustrious law partner, Rufus
Choate,} the learned Dr. Browuell, Capt
kcnscl. Capt Davis, Lieutenant Wietzel,
Capt Clark Capt Haggerty, AID 80 on 10
the end of the list-are among the most
respectable citizens Of the United States.
They have impressed their own high
character on our people. Their dignity
has been equal TO every occasion.
The Provost Marshal, too, is a happy
change from the Chief of Police Under
him the wicked Zee, whether pursued on
not There has been no such scamper-
ing among the villains since the incorPg-
ration ol New Orleans. Everybody adj
mits that a gentleman sits in the Mayors
chair, for the FIRST time for ten years.
General Shepley is efficient able, and,
like the General-in-Chiof means nothing
In his VISIT but the Union and the stars
aud Stripes
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HeRd-QUnrters district Of the Ohio.
NASHVILLE, May T. 1862.
Col STANLEY MATTHEWS, Provost Marshal
N.1lviHe, Tennessee
COLONEL: The General Commanding
has been reliably informed that certain
houses in this city which have been TAX =,
en- possession of by the Military author
tiles, are now occupied by officers who
were not authorized to so occupy them
by competent authority.
He directs me to call your attention to
the fact, and instructs you to take the
necessary steps to cause the houses 70 be
vacated at once.
Officers performing staff duties in the
city, Surgeons in charge of Hospitals, and
the officers Of the Provost Guard are
alone allowed to live In quarters, Sur
geons of Hospitals must live in their
Hospitals or in their immediate vicinity.
Officers Of the Provost Guard except the
Provost Marshal, must have their quarters
in the building occupied by the Provost
Guard, or in the immediate vicinity.
You will at once report all violations
Of these instructions to these Head Quar-
tcrs.
Authority to occupy houses possessed
in the name Of and for the United Siatos
will in future issue from these Head
Quarters only,
am sir very respectfully, &c,
(Signed) o. D. GREENE, A. A. q.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-21

Liberal contributions have been made
in ST. Louis and Cincinnati FOR the aid
Of the starving wives and children Of
rebels about Corinth The donations in
st. Louis reach about $4,000 and in
Cincinnati $1,000. The Cincinnati Com
mittee received $500 from n Longworth
on the 18th, accompanied by the follow
ing note:
CtNuNEA1I, June 10.
"GEARGE +. DAVIS, ESQ:
DEAR SB--I understand you arc re-
lieving brethren of the South. Not wish
ing to have the women and children and
poor Congoes suffer for the sins of their
lords and masters--the innocent with
the guilty. desire that you will appro
pirate the accompanying amount to the
purchase of provisions for our needy
fellow citizens.
"By taking the trouble to attend t.
this matter, you will greatly oblige,
"Eours, &c.
n. LONGWORTH
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rake the Unionl

Il has a far larger circulation than any
other daily newspaper that has been
published here for years.
tits the QFisiaz newspaper Of The United
States for Tennessee.
1t is the qgicial newspaper Of The State Of
Tennessee.
II gives the latest ne,0s from the Military
Department South, and later than any other
paper.
II has immediate communication Dih Ht
Military Headquarters, which no other
paper here has.
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Curious Mirror.

Among the curiosities exhibited in the
late Paris Exposition, and promised for
ours, was huge cOncave mirror, the in
strumtnt of a startling species of optical
magic. On standing close to the mirror,
and looking into it, it presents nothing
but a magnifcently monstrous dissection
af your own physiognomy. On retiring
a little, say a couple Of feet, it gives your
own face and figure in true proportion,
but reversed, the head downwards. Most
OF the spectators, ignorant of anything
else, observe these two effects and pass
on. But retire still further; standing at
the distance of five or six feet from the
mirror, and behold, you see yourself, not
a refectIon-it does not strike you as a
rehection-but your veritable self, stand
ing in the middle, part between you and
the mirror The effect is almost appal-
ling from the idea it suggests of some
thing supernatural; so startling, in fact
that men of the strongest nerves will
shrink involuntarily at the first view. If
you raise your cane to thrust at your
other self you will see it pass clean
through the body and appear on the
other side, the figure thrusting at you the
same instant The artist who first sue
ceeded in finishing a mirror of this de-
scription brought it to one of the French
kings if we recollect Alright it was
Louis NV.-placed his Majesty on the
| right spot, and babe him draw his sword
and thrust at the figure he saw. The
king did so; but seeing the point Of a
sword directed to his own breast, threw
down his weapon and ran away. The
practical joke cost the inventor the kings
patronage and favor; his Majesty being
afterwards so ashamed of his own COW.
ardice, that be could never again look a
the mirror or its owner.-EngHsh Paper.
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Our friends Of the Louisville Democrat 1
asks why Mr.. YALLAND.GHAN is so Sc
verely censured by some loyal newspa-
pers, and seems to think that he has al
ways voted for the prosecution Of the
war 70 put down the rebellion Unless
our memory and the researches Of some
Of our contemporaries are greatly at
fault, the Democrat is in error in regard
to this man.
On the 9TH of January, 1861, while
JAMES BUCHANAN was still President
and after Major ANDERSON had made his
mastery movement from Fort Moultrie,
Mr.. ADRIAN, of New Jersey, offered the
following resolution
Resolre4, That we fully approve Of the
| bold and patriotic act of Mai Anderson
/ in withdrawing from Fort Moultrie TO
Fort Sumter, and Of the determination Of
the President to maintain that fearless
officer in his present position and that
| we will support the President in all
constitutional measures 20 enforce the
laws and preserve the Union.
NALLANDIGuAM voted NO.
Hon. Mr. EDdERToN, of Ohio, made the
following charge in recent speech
My colleague, during the dark days of
the last session of the Thirty sixth Con
gress, when this House was filed with
traitors--when State after State had gone
out of the UniOn--my colleague, in my
presence, and in the presence of others,
said "that the troops Of Ohio, before
they should march through his district
to coerce the South, would have to march
over his dead body. True it is, that he
denies it but in that his memory is at
fault There were others who heard it,
who are now members Of this House.
f The Detroit Tribune gives the follow
ing list of VALIANDIGH,M's votes from
! the records of Congress:
f On the House bill to Provide for Ma
tioDal Loan to pay Volunteers and meet
the expenses Of putting down the Re-
bellion, Messrs. Allen, Ancona, johnson,
/ Law, Morris, Noble, Pendleton, Richard
t son, Shiel, Nallandigham, ten of the
e twelve who signed the Democratic Adj
Dress VOTED AGAINST IT.
4 On the Dill TO IroVlae lor the Ihcreas'
q ed Revenue to pay interest on the FubHt
Debt, and to meet lhe expenses OF ,th'
!, War to restore the Union, Messrs. Allen
e Ancona, johnson, Law, Morris, Noble
n Pendleton, Shel, Nallandigham anC
VOORHEES,, ten OF the twelve who signed
I me D'uocra'lc Auu'esS' 'oI1p A'N'Ns'
" IT,
e On the bill torniyy ond Isg"hze the act
1t Of the Presde"t m cqSf"g O" tie I,"t'a
j. and IN reference to the Army ana Navy
.e previous 10 inc mGeuhg OF congress II
July to suppress the rebellion, Messrs
e Allen, dncoHa J0'"S9H, No0Se, feHaSeto'
le Stteb aH@7lgF71, loofheeS elght OF th'
l. twelve who signed the Democratic Al
i dress, VOTED AGAINST IT.
!, On the bill to Cgpfscde Pr perry USE
- by the rebels for iusurrcctionary pur
s. poses, Messrs. Lam, Voorhees,, 1Hen, Noble
lg PHdietoH, Morris, JaHaHdigh0n1, johnson
" A"conG, N7el ten oil the i"el'e Wh
t. sis''V" '''' '''0 -'''''''''
n ~, NJ. C,iuo,do,,s rosoI,t;o, 10
es claring chat this war is not waged 70
n conquest, not for interfering with the cs
n 2
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Committed to Jail

nv Davidson county, June lOlh, 1902, negro man
~ who tnys DIS namc b. MILTON says no belongs
to Joseph Cartor, " Marshall county, Ala age about
20 yeur7 weighs Go pounds o foot inches hirh
color black scar by burn above The night wrist 49,
The owner rs requested o. rOpc forward, provo pro.
perry, aud uay charge D8 tho law directs.
j, N HINTON,
lluels 90 sheriff aud Jailor 10 e
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Committed to Jail

or Davidson county, ON juno the 18Th 1862 a ne.
~ gro man, who says Dis name lg u h says be boz
longs 10 james Davis, Of Nilsou county, Tenn aged
about Is years weighs l2j or 1870 pounds foot %
inches high color very black; no marks. The
owner s requested TO come for ward, prove property
and pay charges as the law directs
j. 81. HINTON,
JunclB-2t Sheriff and Tailor Of b. O.
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st. CCCiIias Female academy,
MI YEHNoN, NASHVILLE, TfES.

TUHE CONCERT hND DISTRIBUTION or PRE-
/ NUNS at the above Institution, VIII take
place ON Tuesday Evening, Che g4tu inst Friends
Instruct The guards, m aud around the city, on that
occasion not 10 interrupt ctzeus going 20 or return
log nom The Academy.
Rs-rre Fv,rr'sos VIII commence at O'Clock, p NJ
iuucl0-M fst
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Committed TO Jail

az Davidson County, Tenn june ~ 1902 a ne
- gro man, who says his name Is CHARLIE abd
belongs 10 klohd. Hightowor, 2 miles beyond Brent
WOOD lu Williamson county rann. about "a yUars Of
age weighs about 1856 pounds o feet 81 inchcs
high scar on back Of iefi hand. The owner IL ro,
quesled TO come forward, provo properly and pay
charges, 40 the law dircctg ~
j, N. HINTON,
Junclbat Sheriff and Tailor 0f D. q.
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Committed to Jail

~ tU0 .H}H lIa uaU. So latDt stra Boo belongs t1
D. 'a...r. nHr IIfra Euek. hrEan.a., about 80
E.a.H ..H. arI.ua HHlut It1 nI no pounds irgt
urHH N.EH- Har. copper color. Ll.t beaded.
IHU owner " quest "a f1 como forward. pr.FtpIa.
I.uJt .u1 Iay .harF.. F tle av dIrr0ta.
81 HINTON.
I.ue0-t sa.ru sa1 lai.0r eiD e..
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Committed to Jail

nF Davidson county, on the 18th Of June 1904 a
~ negro man who says his name 10 DAVID and
says he belongs 10 Lucy Smith, Of Davidson county
Itnhi age about ~ years weighs l26 or 1870 pouuda
lcet = inches high no marks color black The
owuor Is requested 10 come forward, prove pro
pcrly and pay charges as the law directs,
JIM HINTON,
lnnels-jt Sheriff and Tailor Of b. q.
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Committed to Jail

y davidson county, Juno 10, 1862, negro man,
~ who says bis nano is ADAM says hs bslongs ~
Judge bDomhcd kdley, Of Rutherford county, Tenn.
age about n years weighs about i6b or no pounds
lo'' ngh color lFht black Hiammeu when talk
ing Tho owner Is requested b come forward py,ys
property, and pay charges, a. the law directs
Iuuols-3t shsriff aud .Ja,ior of DO
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Committed To Jail

nv Davidson county, june "a 1881 . negro man,
~ who says hH name Is OEOKGE WAsfltNGTON
rays Doc belongs 10 Nary Am YOaFgan, OF warren
county hy hgnd about ~ years weighs no NJ $50
Ihf % lt't 2 inches high color black small scar Uu
forehead smill goaloo The owner ID requested ~
como forward provo property aud pay charges ~
me law dt,cA J, N, HINTON,
Jun'la-at Bh0rd and Jall0f ~ d
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Bacon

IN BARRELS NE3HANEOCK POTA.
~ TOEs, fur sale low, ~ rIoaf out by
WV. LYON,
maYll a. Market street
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IO ST,
BOARDING.
A FEW GENTLEMEN can Do accommodated with
n cumtor table apartments aud good table al 80
1902, corner of Market and Locust streets at tho
CONCORD HOUSE.

Persons leaving on the tho Louisville train eau got
breakfast before the train lcAyea No palms Will DO
spared TO render guests comfortable.
Juucl8-lm.
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Committed TO Jail

~ Davidson county, June TO- 1882 q negro man
~ who says bio name Ia COLUMBUS Gays hs be
l0ugs to br hDkJE.gks, Of Naury county, Tenn eye
about 20 y01rs weighs about 100 or ltb uuunds D
ioot il inchos hlgh long bushy hair copper o9l0r
200 marks The owner 10 requested NJ come f1i ~
wari, prove propory aud pay charges a. tbs law al.
RIOTS. j N HINTON,
luurla-8t Sheriff aud Jaior Of
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Committed to Jail

n Davidson county Jurs Is, 1902 a negro man
" who says his namo Is ANDREW; aud belongs 10
VIM. Martin, OF Davidson county, Tenn, aged about
is or 10 years weighs 13b or 40 pounds 3 feet ca
inches higu color black 40 marks. The owner Is re-.
Qucsted 10 come forward, prove property and pay
charges as the law directs.
i'm. HINTON,
juncls-3t sheriff aud Janor Of b C.
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Particular Attention given 60 81!
lIrHEnmoHb AluIt % tlo plTClafh of Ff4lucu Uu
.9at1orn end Eastern orders, Or Tiiug County Or
dHra 'lr Groceries, A..
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Here are six distinct occasions on
inch VALLANDTGHAM gave highly rep
ehensible votes lie voted along with
he notorious Burnett, or KENTUCKY
Who fed inglorionsly from Fort Donel-
on to take his seat in the Confederate
senate at Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-01

INVENTIONS OF The EMMY we
mfde reference TO a mnEstrous telegraphic fabri-
cation, coneocted by some rslisble gentleman In
the Interest OF the rebels, for effect In England.
Below we give the falsehood IN full a, II appeared
N the London papers on tie morning Of the
leih) on which Mr.. Lindsay brought forward his
motion to recognize the SOutR,-,he intent being,
no doubt, 70 Influence the House Of Commons
QUEENsTOwN, July ITO 30 p. NJ Reported
ny 6Iss[ow, from New York, July 5th, brings
private news by letter receive d two hours before
SAILING OF the packet, which your agens believe
reltsbe rom TIE source whence IL Is obtained
HI Feder7l army retlsating TO Fortress Monroe
Mcclellan got on board the gunboat Galena
after having proposed conditional surrender
Toe Others refused any ChpituiatIOn.
Generals Lee and Jackson In rear Of Federals
Price opposite. Gen. Lee refused any terms.
This dispatch, it is proper to aid, was for
"arded.to the Secretary at LlOyd's by their agent
at QueenstOwn.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-01

IL The following Union nominations for the
second branch of the Baltimore City Council, to
supply the vacancies made by the resignation Of
The is.e members, have been made, and tbs cleo
ton takes place to day First and Second Wards,
William NJ. Newton Third and Fourth Wards
Wm Z. Hooper, Seventh and Eighth Wards,
Jos Rooetts, Ninth and Tenth w ard, Gerard T.
Hopkins; Eleventh and Twelfth Wards, Has EFT
dcklm; Thirteenth and Fourteenth Wards, c.
". george; Fifteenth and Sixteenth Wards,
Thomas H. Evans; Seventeenth and Eighteenth
wards, John }. DGnaker; Nineteenth and Twen-
ueth WARDS Charles II Poumairat There will
be no election In the Fifth cnd Sixth Wards. the
member from these wards having retained his
seet In the branch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-01
Spirit Of ths mernins Prsss,

The IstsHigsScsr vindicates itself from the
accusation Of the New York Post, charging
1t with being opposed to a vigorous prosecution
OF the war, and 10 favor q compromise with the
rebels.
The IsfeHigsHes announces that IL is only
opposed to such "vigoE" az Is sought to be
obtained by "paper proclamatons"
The RepEb!ieaH advises the driving out, hang
ing, imprisoning or exiling Of all who will not
ase the oa'h Of allegiance, TO put an end 10
their sympathies for rebellion.
Drive them out the men without cere Inony
sud the women aud children a little more ten.
nsfIY. But drive them all out ~