The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-17
story OF n Georgia Refaget ---ItebeI
Archives taken 20 A,Iants, Gs.

esCdpeu ifniu TIE nOulncIn AOnleNeracY
by way Of Huntsville, called at the
World Office yesterday, and we learn
from him many interesting facts concern
ing the present position OF affairs in the
South lie confirms the statement that
over two hundred Thousand men were in
Richmond previous TO the late battle, lie
was the witness to the passage Of most
Of the troops from Beauregard's army
through Atlanta, and his impression is
that half Of them came east, and the
bulk aud best Of them were sent tO'Rich-
mond. a portion were retained for The
defense of Knoxville and Eastern Ten
nessec.
The conscriplion act has been very
fully carried out The elder soldicrs
were sent at once to the field, aud the re-
cruits were armed with pixies and drilled
in camps throughout the South There
is "A scarcity of arms, and there are not
near enough TO supply the new troops
procured by the CONSUMPTION act. To
make up for this deficiency they are
drilling the men with peculiar kind Of
pike, invented by a Methodist minister
named Graves, a Nermonier.
The Southern armies were never fuller
than they are at present The feeling of
the South at the late battle at Richmond,
was that MeClellaa's army was sure 70
&c annhilaicd. But the impression was
universal, that if by accident on want of
management, the Union arms should be
victorious, the rebellion was over. The
archives OF the Coufederacy had been
sent to Atlanta, and the material and
stores had arrived there in immense
quantities. Our informant believes, from
what he can Learn, that everything was
staked upon the issue of the battle at
Richmond. The loss of Richmond would
have been the end of the rebellion, and
the tide of passion which has been roll
ing over the South for the last year and a
quarter would have been turned against
the leaders Of Secession.
There was no serious notion of fight
ing anywhere else Richmond was re-
gardcd as the last ditch. The partial
victory at Richmond, which will Of course
be magnilied, will put back the matter,
in the estimation Of our informant, will
cause great rejoicing over the whole
South, will inspirit them 70 further eff
WI Aet Ah0 Will put bhNh Allt wal HtIndUa
six months. The Southern people have
lost all hope of foreign aid. They have
formed high opinion of Northern valor,
which they held in very poor repute pre-
vious to the war. Alexander III. Stephens,
the Yice-P President, is still regarded as
loyal at heart TO the old Government
Toombs, although a General remains on
his plantation raising a cotton crop, to
the great indignation of such of his
neighboring planters as were induced TO
| change their crop to potatoes and wheat
One important fact stated by this gem
eleman is that owing TO the excessive
rains the wheat and oat crop of the South
is total failure from rust. The fact
has only just been made known, and it
produced the utmost CONSERVATION caus-
ing an immense advance in -four and
corn meal. Should anything happen to
the corn crop the South wOnld be starved
out.
The capture Of New Orleans and the
cutting off of the great meat producing
district of Texas were serious blow,
and almost destroys the capacity of the
South to supply itself with meat Their
loss of portions Of Virginia, OF Kentucky
| and Tennessee has also seriously added
10 their embarrassment.
Very little Of the cotton crop has late
ly been destroyed, and theae are immense
quantities of it still on the plantations
| The growing crop, however, is a very
small one. The military authorities take
it upon themselves to distroy cotton, SUI
gar, molasses and tobacco, where there
is any danger of the Union armies reach
| ing it; but, of course lit is not touched inr
land throughout the South. Our infor-
mant confirms the report that the plan
| ters themselves do not touch their cotton,
and all the destruction is by the army
Chattanooga could easily have been
captured by our troops, had il not been
for the timldity of the officers in COM
mand Of the expedition against it. The
Rebels resorted to the ruse Of sending
down cars as if for reinforcemcnts, and
kept them running day and night, TO lead
the Union General TO suppose that there
was large army coming up for its de-
| fence. There were never more than four
thousand troops defending the place, and
the six thousand sent against it could
easily have taken it had they known the
true state Of the case.
The feeling with regard to Mr.. Lincoln
is very much changed in the South. He
was formerly siigmatized with all man
ner Of opprobrious epithets, called an ape,
| a babOOn, fool, and drunkard, and no
| words were too strong 10 indicate their
| disgust and hatred Of him. The conduct
Of our public officers, his revocation of
ErovaDpff1 aud IIpvt,rfa -,
and the success that has crowned the
campaign against the South, has Won
derfully changed the opinion Of the people
with regard TO the Federal President, and
! he is now considered as a man Of no lit
tie ability, and well disposed, though as
yet too much under the influence of the
abolition faction of the North,
For obvious reasons the name Of our
| informant Is withheld, but he states that
| he is one Of the many UniOnists in
| Northern Georgia. lie states that If our
armies now possessed that place, while
| thcy would not ihd much apparent Union
feeling, this would only be because the
people would fear the recovery Of the
country by the Confederates again, but
| il they were assured that there was no
danger Of that the Union sentiment
would soon be strongly marked.
The South is filed with sick. AZ At
lanta there are over six thousand sick
soldiers. He confirms the report Of the
Generalization Of good portion Of
Beauregard's army in the West; he be-
lieves that the sick and demoralized are
so many in il that no great danger may
be apprehended from il in the West at
present, but everything has been staked
upon the possession Of Richmond. The
Jewish merchants have realized large
profits out of the present state Of affairs
They kept up communication constantly
,riIh the Nnrlh and have smnrnlnd