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Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-04-19
MashriIIe A3Itmiou.
SATURDAY APRIL 10, 1862.


From gentlemen who have reached our
city, and from our various exchanges, we
gather the following facts, incidents and
conjeeturos: Gen Halleck arrived in Pitts
burg, on Friday evening, and Immediately
assumed active command of the army. The
latest estimates Of the casualties Of the bat
tie at Pittsburg place the Federal loss at
1900 killed, 3,4OO wounds ed, and that of the
rebel enemy at $500 killed and 5000
wounded. Officers of our army state that
so great was the haste Of the retreat on
Monday tina! the rebels left their Killed and
wounded on The field. In. ambuladtes, deiach-
ing the horses from them. On Wednesday
Gen. Beauregard sent I, letter to General
Grant, asking the privilege to visit the bat.
tleGeld to bury the dead. Gen. Grant de-
clined the request, saying that the object of
ii had already been attended to by his army.
Lieutenant Fletcher of an Arkansas regi.
ment, Of st. Louis, is among the prisoners
taken to st. Louis. The rebel army has its
outposts at the foot of Pea Ridge, extending
eight miles from Corinth, and the advance of
the Federal troops is eight miles from Pitts.
burg leaving a space Of only two miles be-
tween the opposing forces. A battle may
be brought on at any moment, and we have
the strongest assurance that our army is
ready for the encounter. Major Jef'ries,
Brigade Surgeon of the 18th Brigade, Gen.
eral Criltenden, who had charge Of the
wounded on the Minnehaha, was with the ad
vance Of Gen. Buell's army until Wednesday.
He says Buell's forces were in front of Cor
NTH, where the rebels are intrenched in
force, and that most desperate battle
is expected to come off soon at that place.
The flank movement Of Gen. Mitchell upon
Huntsville, announced by telegraph, will
work powerful diversion 10 Gen. Buells
favor.
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The Rebel Barbarities in clinton
County
BURKsvrLLE, KY. April II. 'e2

BURKsvmLE, KY, April II, 'G2.
Editors Democrat Gentlemen-Our
usually quiet town seems yet doomed to
be the theater Of much discord and con-
fusion; it is already being thickly
crowded by refugees from Clinton coun-
ty, who were driven hither by lawless
maraudipg band of ruiIlans from Ten
nessee, commanded by the notorious
Champ Ferguson, whose hands were long
since dyed in the blood of more than a
half dozen of as innocent and unof-
Tending citizens as Kentucky ever pro-
duCed.
Their statements in regard to the de-
structiOn of life and property all concur,
and il is utterly impossible to give any
adequate or correct account of the fend-
ish deeds committed by these outlaws,
who neither have a heart or conscience,
or any of those essentials which it re-
quires to constitute even shadow Of a
true man
they deliberately shot down the fol-
lowing persons while attending peacea-
bly, to their domestic affairs, without
even assigning any other reason than
that Of sympathy for the Union VIM.
Huff, Lewis Pierce, Henry Johnston, two
of the Shellys, John Syms and several
others, besides a promising little boy,
twelve years old, by thc name Of Zach
airy, who was taken out of y sick bed,
supposed by two of the demons, while
third cut his abdomen wide open. Such
cruelties and barbarities were seldom
ever equalled even in an uncivilized ma
ton. Col WoOlfOrd went in pursuit of
them, but as usual they fled back into
Tennessee.
think it prudent that we should have
force stationed here on the border, as
they have repeatedly invaded this and
one or two adjoining counties.
Yours, &c. o. X.
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Florida Abandoned by the COnfed-
crate Governments.

Florida Abandoned by the COnfed-
crate Governments.
The Boston Journal publishes the fol-
lowing letter, found at Jacksonville, Flo
rida, by some of our troops, when they
took possession Of that place It will
be seen that the writer, Notwithstanding
Florida has been entirely abandoned by
the Confederate Government, according
10 his statement still hugs the fond de-
fusion that the rebel cause will succeed,
and that Florida will again be linked to
the Southern Gonfederaey by negotia
ton u..r
MULBERRY GRovE, March z 1862
MY DEAR SISTER. Since the
attack and capture Of Fernaudina, the Con
federate Government has seen 81 to abandon
East Florida, and yesterday an order came
from the Secretary of War for the Conieder
ate troops TO abandon the whole OF Florida,
and every troop In the State together with
al The cannon, arms, ammunition, stores,
&c, are being removed, working day aud
night to do it before the Federals get entire
possession of the State. Our government has
signiled its inability to hold Florida, and
therefore the troops here have gone TO assist
in breaking the Gordon from the Cumberland
river, in Tennessee to the ChattabotIc river,
and there is still the additional number If
$500 called for from the State by the Gov
eminent; but the men will not enlist now,
es the government gives us no aid, and
aspects every man in this State to leave
his home and interest and 60 and
fight abroad. It has been blowing a
gale for the past three days from the
west. which has blown all the water out Of
the river, and prevented the enemy coming
over the bar. hut we will see them here as
soon as the wind changes The Town COun-
Gil and all the military heads OF the militia
for we have no Confederate troops now-mpt
yesterday aud concluded TO quietly submit
! to the joke or destiny that may await us, as
we have neither men, arms, or ammunition
A scene 81 the widest confusion
exsishere. Masters are running and .eavinr
| their negroes with no one to look alter them
have taken the wives OF two or three of our
men to keep them content, and prevent their
running back should | start. All through
| the interior the line of the railroad Is ihronp
/ ed with the refugees. and bread IL sold 10
| them at 81 per loaf. Some of them have no
| place to go, aud are starving IN the woods
l have some corn here, and will make them
catch fish for meat, as | have no money to
buy with. Some ten or twelve families are
| all that are left in jacksonville. II was
able OF had the means to get out OF this State
I shonld do it forthwith, but have not |
do not think we Will be under the Confed-
crate government again until after peace is
made, aud then l hope the other Confederate
States may get us back by treaty.
| have written in haste, but tried 20 state
what intend doing. Much love to oil the
household. God keep you ali for His sake
until get TO you. BUDDlE
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The Louisville Democrat, that sterling
and staunch Union paper, pays the UNIoN
this handsome compliment;
We stated, day before yesterday, that
the Patriot had suspended. From the
same Office another new paper is now
issued, called the Union. 1t is Union
paper out and ont, and will do good work
for the holy cause. 1t says that ma
ny distressed parents-secessiOn-
thronged the capitol, earnestly interced
ing, with Gov Johnson for their sons,
who have been misled; and then adds:
"The improvement in the state of the
public mind is most gratifying, aud will
be hailed withfaptme by every patriotic
heart The work Of restoration pro-
crosses most cheeringly. The spell of
treason is broken, and the demon of en-
chantment lies powerless at the feet Of
our country's genius"
The Union is edited by that staunch
Union man, s. G. Mercer formerly of
Hopllinsville, Ky, the ready writer, the
wit, and the poet. We congratulate friend
Mercer on his new enterprise, and wish
him unbounded success.
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ONE REASON wHY THE MEgRlMAC HAS STAto
IN.-lt seems very certain that the only
thing that has kept the Merrlmac from com
Ing out any tims during The present WAT, is
the storm that has dashed the waters Of tho
Chesapeake into fury for the last three days.
Whatever the power OF the rebel monsttr
may be agaiuet wooden walls, the one condi.
ton of her doing anything is that she have
a smooth sea. She could not live an hour
amid such a gale a. swept over the Cbesa.
peake on Tuesday and wednesday, for q
wave catching her overlapping, caves lik'
sides, would peel or her iron coat like pAste-
board. Indeed, Sir Howard Douglas, the
FIRST authority on iron clad war ships. IN dis
cussing he qualities Of a vessel Of th3 form
Of the Merrmac, (iOr nothing Is more absurd
than to suppose that her model isa reb IN
ven dou,) proves mail enatically that such a
ship wholly ,mSeawoitiy. And here ia pre-
cisely where our plucky li'tls Monitor mas
the advantage she can buffet any, SEQ, al nd
Is capable Of b-iUg completely submerged
without hart Men York Times
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In the matter Of personal character,
leaders and OriginatOrs Of the rebellion
are peculiarly weak. There is scarcely,
indeed, a man of an unstained reputation
to be found among the leaders of the
Instruction. YANoEY is convicted
murderer, who would have been in prison
instead Of intriguing in England against
the Union, had he not been pardoned by
the Governor of South Carolina. Wig
FALL fed frsm his native State TO escape
the cOnseq uences Of an assassination,
became collecting agent in Texas, and
swindled his principals of the money he
gathered. FLOYD while Governor OF
Virginia, was detected specializing in the
stockso of the State entrusted TO him sell.
SLIDELL, the worthy successor Of YAM
CEY, used his influence as a Senator to
pass through Congress the notorious
IoUMAs Land Grant a cheat so enormous
that the next Congress revoked the Grant.
BENJAMIY, DAVIS Secretary of War,
was expelled from college for riiling
trunks, and was the partner afterward of
SLIDELL in the HOUBIGs swindle. THOMP-
son, while Secretary Of the Interior, con-
niyed at tho abstraction Of Indian Trust
bonds, aud when dismissed for the Of
tense, fed from Washington by night, to
avoid prosecution. Conn, as Mr.. BUCH-
AEAN's Secretary Of the Treasury, specu-
lated in stocks al a time when he was
plotting the ruin Of that Government OF
which he was the sworn agent DAVIS
used his great influence, in Mississippi
20 induce the people of that State TO de-
fraud their creditors TooMBs was the
confederate Of KElTT and Brooks in Their
attempt to assassinate Senator SUMNER
These are the men who originated and
are carrying on the Southern Rebellion
! Cincinnati . nes.
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THR WAY TO SERVE Rebel SYMPATHIsERs.
-- On Monday, while the prisoners from Pitts
burg were being removed from the steamer
Wookord to McDowells College, and while
passing near the residence Of VIM. Bell, on
Eighth street. near the College, a small rebel
f,g ass waved by one Of the ladies', while
others waved their handkerchieis, and made
OH demonstrations. Capt. leighton at
ooce ordoled q guard to be placed upon the
house, and all ingress and egress prohibited
thus making prison OF their own house
for the confinement OF the inmates. Should
the stock of family supplies give out, the
ladies will be served with army ratiOns.
aud treated as Other prisoners. Similar
measures, Il is said, will be taken In regard
20 other ladies In the city, unless greater
prudence Is manifested In future 81 louis
Republican, l6h
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Witnesses.
Incident i'm a Hospital.

A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier,
writing from ST. Louis, mentions tine fol-
lowing touching incident, which hap
pened at tho hospital there.
In another ward, | saw a Tennesseeau,
whose cheek presented the pallor of death.
walked up to bis bedside. His hand was
trying to grasp some object that, In his htfuI
delirium, was pictured on his dying imagf-
nation. His lips feebly uttered the word
'"Catharine," took his hand in mine-his
eyes, that were rolled upwards in their sock
cts, wandered around until he was able to fix
their gaze upon me-" "Do you say some
thinel" said tenderly. He motioned for me
to pat my ear down ooh, my wife-Cath-
arine-my children!" His breathing was
short-his voice svery faint. "How many
children have your said I. He held up hrs
four lngers. what is your nameW said l.
civilian @. Brandon" replied he. "Whers
are you irom?' | asked, "DodsvIlle, Jackson
county, Tennessee" ] was revolving in my
mind If there would be IA opportunity to
forward Intelligence Of him TO bis family.
when be said, twill you write to Catharines
tell here Ii thought of her and the Chill
dren; IL prayed for them--Oh Godl oh
God" assured him / would endeavor TO
ulll his request then talked to him
about Redeomer, aud after e while hS
seemed happier. His looks spoke what
words could moi.
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TVm thelIouisvllla Journal.
So .Sohn FalstaElIs WilI.

Shakespeare does not mention that Sir
} ohm FalstaH made viii, and he Ger
tainly had no personal effects TO dispose
of But S. O. Mercer, in the course Of
his antiquarian researches, has disedRers-
ed an important document which is
to all legal gentlemen, and to
the literary world generally, as being tim
only copy extant Of Sir John FalstafPs
will r...... KS.
/, Sir John Falslaii, sound in mind ---n
But great 10 girth and short of wind.
And body sorely out Of Joint.
My lawful heir do now appoint.
Aud. ere the shaft of death prevent
Make nay last will and testament.
Aud as all men love them the best
In whom their image Ia expressed,
50 much their fAncies are not nice - .-
II tits Ia virtue or in vice,
Aud on their death.beds make selection
OF heirs controlled by this affection;
This love cOnstrainR me Ia he martial s=.=
To my dear likeness Humphrey Marshall.
Whose '0eigh aud gravity like mine,
Ii tried, had rendered Greece (gre4%l
divine.
lmprtnrs. Then my portly figure
give TO him to make it bigger.
Ran. Ny hate of " thin potationsr
And love Of sack" and dissipatiOns. m
Rem My valor, whose "disoretionI 1 ..s
VIII babe Garfeld's expedition.
Ha Consumption Of the purse"
Each day becoming worse and worse.
I'm. My brag and gasconade, a.a.
Which make "two buckrams" a brigade.
Inn. Ny ragged regiment
. When no becomes malcOltent
lem Kentucky, Freedoms casket,
Shall buck" BIN well without the
basket"
lean She'll throw him, for his pains,
'Snow'balls for pills to cool his veins.V
'Hem. Some Pistols" in his troops,
'Bardolphs" and "Nyms" for robbing
coOps
And "Justice shadows for bis dupss.
Item. As I" Boars Head is no more,
He'll lack the head, but be bore.
Htnr My prank at Shrewsbury fight
To " lard the lean earth" in his flight.
Hem. Remorse for mispent hours,
Lost aims aud prostituted powers.
tan. When he grows old and sickly,
The Courier shall be Mistress Quickly
Ten. To scourge him for his sins, sir,
The Journals Merry wives OF Windsor"
SIR JOHN FMsTAvs, u. ST
Ancient Pistol
Doll Tearsheet,
true copy attest:
SHALLOW, Justice.
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Among the excuses oiered for oxemp.

Among the excuses offered for cxemp-
tions from service IN the Southern army,
one fellow wrote opposite his name, zone
leg too short" Another, thinking 10 bet
ter it, wrote opposite his, both legs too
short" lie had been reading some Of
the exploits of the Southern armies,
doubtless and supposed legs 10 be the
first essential
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II is related by the French family of
the Duke de Lewis, that they have a pic
ture in their chateau in which Noah is
represented going into the ark, and car
rying under his arm a small trunk on
which is written, "Papers belonging to the
Lewis family"
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GEN. HaIIeck and the Female Seces-
SiOnfSta

SlOnhSJB,
Gen Halleck has refused to grant any
privileges to the female secessionists of
Missouri. In response to an appeal in
behalf of the family of Baptist preach
er now serving as chaplain in Prices
army, the General says;
In regard to the wife Of the Reverend Cap
tain, Chaplain in General Prices army, who
wishes to visit her husband, please inform
her that no such permission can be granted.
Nearly all of the secessionists OF this State
who have entered the rebel service, have left
their wives aud d daughters to the care of the
Federal troops. There is scarcely q single
instance where this confidence has been
abused by u.s. But what return have these
ladies made for this projections In many
cases trey have acted as spies and inlormers
for the enemy, aud have been mot loud
mouthed in the abuse Of our cause, and most
insulting in their conduct towards those
who support it Under any other govern
ment they would, for such conduct, be ex-
PEELED from ,he country or confined in the
walls OF prison.
The following is the concluding pas
sage in the Generals letter;
Indeed, l find that the very persons who
advocate more lenient policy lowaTd re
turned Becessionists are also continually
petitioniug to have additional troops sent to
their counties, to protect them from the
operations Of these same rebels.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
III, W. HMLECK, Maj. Gen.
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HORSE STOLEN.

EAs i,olsn from !ho lower Sa,N wharf Il az, G2 ~
l., ,toat its. hands high, four years LA.-(-A-
H a. NJ ne fect, and perfectly white face She
: ou' eaddis Of the Government pattern, with
O Ma brass mounting, halter and bride when
salo' ,it give a suitable reward for his delivery
i5p' ~, sinbls Of IT, II Hammer, Front street
he 1870 JAS, I. SkIBkRr,
MAJ. TN Pa Cavalry.
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The Albert Pike who led the Abort
ginal corps Of TOmahawkers and scjpers
al the battle Of Pea Ridge, formerly kept
school in FairhaYen, Mass, where he was
indicted for playing the part OF Squeers.r
and cruelty beating and starving a boy
ia his family. He escaped by some
hocuspOcus Of law, aud emigrated to tina
West, where the violence Of his nature
has boon admirably EXCHANGED.
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S0S REWARD.

,sp,rAN nv The name OF II. s. WEBER, belong
S S.sto cor McCOoEs regiment 9th Ohio Infantry,
. w. ~ ~ stable on the 22d, and hirod Horse,
no 49, Harness. Tie Horse " white, eleven
IHpish about ten years old, ietlocks trimmed,
l = ~, tei stocked. The Buggy Is without top,
- o4taiiIehment The above reward will DO
nO M information that will lead 70 the recovery
lps Wy II. Il, HAMMER.
Z. o.
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Theodore Frelinghuysen, of New Jer-
sey, Wing candidate for Vice President
in 1874, ON the ticket with Henry Clay
for President is dead. lie had attained
the age Of seventy-fye years. OF the
four candidates for President and Vice
President that year Mr. George ~ Dallas
alone remain
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P0nderona HnII.


Our readers will be pleased to learn that
arrangements are being made TO put the two
immense guns at Fortress MOnroe-the Rod.
man, Hfteeainch smooth bore, and the
Union, twelve,inch ri6ed-in a condition for
offensive operations RiAed projectiles are
making for the Union, and huge solid shot
for the, fiteeninch gun, at the Fort Pitt
Works. The ball is not exactly solid, but is
20 cast az to secure even greater strength
than if made solid, the core being bat four
inches in diameter. This opening is filed
with lead, the ball when com 2lete weighing
430 pounds. They are not made of the com.
mon metal used in other shot and she'll, but
of the very best quality Of gun iron-Bloom-
field al that-almost az hard as chilled iron
aud nearly as tough as wrought iron. The
heavy gates are turned of in a lathe, and
the balls are finished up in the ordinary
"ball mill, " loaded and shipped. Great ex
ertions have been made to supply the gun at
the earliest moment with sufficient mum
Der Of shots for any emergency, Should the
rebel monster Merrimac expose herself to a
fair shot from Que Of those balls, We can
safely wager the head nearest the armOr, on
the inside, will ache for a while.
A recent order, we learn, has changed the
name Of the Floyd or Rodman gun to the
Lincoln.
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For a long time it was believed that an
italian barber Of Baltimore was the Orsini
who undertook to STAY President Lincoln on
his journey to the capitol in February, 1861,
and il is possible he was one of the plotters:
but ii has come out on n recent trial Of a
man named Byrne, 10 Richmond, that he
was the captain OF the band that was 10 take
the life OF Mr.. Lincoln. This Byrne used TO
be a notorious gambler and leading Demo
crat of Baltimore, and emlgrated to Rich
moud shortly after the 18th OF April, Of
bloody memory He was recently arrested
in Jeif Davis's capital on charge OF keep.
ing gambling house aud Of disloyaliy to
the chief traitors pretended government.
Wigfall testified to Byrue's loyalty to the
rebel cause, aud gave in evidences that
Byrne was the captain Of the gang who WIRE
to kill Mr.. Lincoln, aud upon this evidence,
II appears. be was let %. OF c1lrs4, % he
guilty of such an intended crime ia a man tie
large enough to cover up all other sin
against society aud the Divine Law. So
Wigtall has revealed the Baltimore Orsini
at last. 20 Exchange.
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STOLEN PLATEs-SPURIoUs MONEY
We learned, Saturday, that the old $40
plates Of the Peoples Bank of Kentucky
have been stolen, and one or more notes
issued from them were passed yesterday
at the counter of the Bank Of Louisville.
These bogus bills are of the red face
are dated December, 1860, payable at the
Branch at Bowling Green, and are signed
ii. p. PendletOn, President, j. X. Tiflts,
Cashier; bogus names of course. There
never was but one branch, and that was
located at Hartford-the principal bank,
and not branch, being at Bowling
Green. How or when these plates were
stolen, unless during the time that Buck
ner occupied the town, nobody can'tell.
Let the public be watchful. The bank
is now located in this city, but previous
to its removal Grider was President, aud
Hobson, Cashier. -LORseilIe Democrat.
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The confidence Of the Union men in
croases daily. Their hearts are filed
with hope and trust and firm reliance in
the glorious triumph Of the Government
We will succeed We feel it in our
hearts, We know IT,
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Tho GaIlantry of our Troops.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce writes
One word more about Mr.. w. II. Russell,
and / will let him go In peace. Those who
have read his letters know very well that be
has written disparagingly Of the American
army now let me tell you what be said, in
the sincerity Of his heart, TO a friend OF
mine. A Pennsylvania regiment was pass
ing his window and the twain wer0 looking
at the troops, whereupon Mr.. Russell spoke
In substance, as follows; Not in England
or France, not in Italy, Russia or India
have / ever seen such well-proportioned and
healthy men, and all things considered, such
splendid materials for an army as are pre-
scented by that regiment, which Is, in reality
only an average specimen OF the American
forces generally. The common food Of your
troops Is such AS 10 European soldiers ever
receive, and what Is wasted In your camps
would feed an immense army under the eco
nomical management of French or Russian
Generals; aud while few European soldiers
receive more than siXpence per day, the rauk
aud file OF the American army, receive the
princely pay Of thirteen dollars per month.
And considering the short time that yonr
army has been In existence, It's present ell
cheney is TO me "A marvel These opinions
were sincere aud not uttered tor effect, and
il Is a pity, for his Owu sake, that MT. Russell
did not write more frequently 10 this strain.