The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-04

Many Of thcse ultra and hostile opinions, how
ever, DIR. Is. believed are expressed 70 di Jxuise
the real sentiments Of thosa who utter than
and he says he has kno sn men, publicly the
most puperlatiye 6re-satsre, to state prisately
their strong attachment 70 the Union, and their
secret hope that our arms would soon be SUCCESS
fuL lie thinks that even in Sivannah, the
presence OF the Federal army would be hailed
With joy by majority Of the people.
Savannah like all the southern towns through
which DIR. Biddoll passed, is entirely barren Of
business, ard complaints are rife Of the staRna-
Ton Of trade and the scarcity Of money. Mr..
y. bad the greatest difficulty IN obtaining A5OO
II gold, although his brother in-lav VI 400 600
81 Georsia currency in the Pia1ters' Bank, and
when he did procure coin, was compelled 70 pay
bfty cents premium for II.
Nashville has no dofences, and the people
there have, or pretend to have, no fear Of any
attack from the FeOerL forces, az thew sav thev
nsyer can pass Bowling Green.
Mr. BiddeD Opines that Gen. Buell's force Ia
about one hundred and twenty FIVE thou aand
men, and that he will not make an attack on tho
reLels unless he has vety good reason 70 bone
for complete success. Buell. is making active
prsPsrations, but has yet much TO do before he
will he ready for battle
Ben McC,lloch mads q speech at Savannah
on tho eNeting Of the 12.h inst, and told the
people the South bad won all the bsttIoa thu.
fI, and would continue to 10 yictorious mill
their independence WA II cognized. Some on.
in the crowd said lhy - rsbcls) must expect
some revorses. mo, We need not, sad Ben
Cd DID them, we can whip them all tho
time. We are their natural masters"
Mr.. Biddoll says that the most astounding
falseboods arc daily Giro plated and believed
throughout the South, and that he himself h al
no doubt, at one tine, that Lincoln had been
hanged. Such stories a. the taking of Balti-
more, Philadelphia ard New York, a-e very
common, and tho Savannah ne wspaper, pub id
accounts o. false victories won by the rebels, five
or six times a week.
REOIIRNrAL RIVALRY.
II is rrlatod thata rivalry cxis' cd between t,o
regiments encamped m the Po omac, which is
sometimes carried to this most absurd extremes.
As an instance e this, IL ia sta Cd that on ons
occasion the Colonel Of one OF the regiments vas
waited ON 10y a JEALOUS Chaplain who wished 10
piomoe the religious inter ats Of tho r. ginsnt
The Ch.plain was politely received and bockon.
oil to seat on chest. &C lionel" said he,
elevating his 'yebroEs, "yon have one Of the
hnsst regiments in the army" az think 40.
rpied the Colonel. "Do you think you pay
sufficient attention 10 tho religious instruction Of
your men p "Wtll. | don't know, 4" replied the
Colonel. "AlivCly interest has boen awakened
in the - regiment tho Lord has blossod
the labors Of hia seIvsnts, and ten men have
been baptized" This was the rival regiment.
lis that 40, pom horor7" asked tho Colonel
Yes, sir" Sergeant, said the c lionel to
an attending Orderly, "h1ve fifteen men detail
cd Immediately u be baptised. Ill be ID
u they shall got ahead Of us anyway" The
Chaplain Inado a note 81 the interview and re.
tired.