The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-17
al Tdle FANCY.


We are told that some Of Off poor de-
luded rebels, in order to solate and COM
fort themselves, after their utter defeat
at Corinih and Perryville, actually pre-
tend to believe that BRECKNBiDeE or
somebody else will capture this place in
very few days This is by no means
the first time such rumor has been cir
Culated here. Nearly every rebel Gen
eral in the Southwest has been delegated
for the express purpose Of retaking Nash
vile, which the owners Of few sepulch-
raj looking houses on High Street mag
inc 10 be the hub CT the Universe, and of
more consequence than London, Paris or
New York. Since our arrival here, few
months ago, FoRREsT, MoRGAN, BRAGG,
BREoKINRIDGE, PRICE, ANDERSON, Dick
MCCAIN, BENNETT and STARNls have all
had score of days apiece assigned to
them for capturing Nashville FoRREsT
once sent word he would attack il, aad
receiving an invitation TO come on from
our officer, he rode away Ia disgust.
"Acting Assistant Adjutant PAUL" once
sent in flag OF truce demanding the
surrender Of this pos, and being snubbed,
withdrew likewise. HARRIS has been
travelling round the country swearing
that the commander of this Post and Gov.
JOHNSON were violating all the rules of
war by holding the city But still the cap
ital is neither captured nor attacked.
And now we hear that the rebels
are in blaze of excitement over
Che snews they have got that another
attack is to be made and the civ
TO be captured beyond all doubt. Ifany-
body would like to have our opinion
about the likelihood of such an occurrence
as this, we tell him that we don't believe
one word of it, 1t seems TO us the most
Absurd of ideas. An attack on this city
is to be dreaded as little from the rebels
as from the Sioux Indians. The rebels
here are silly enough to believe anything
which accords with their wishes, and
probably anticipate an attack. But we
do regard their anticipations as utterly
preposterous. Suppose that Nashville
could be taken by force of fifteen or
twenty thousand rebels, after its houses
had been reduced TO a shapeless mass of
ruins, how long would they be able to
hold it? BUELL's victorious army, and
as many thousand Of achievements az
he may choose to ask forwould be within
a few days march, to annihilate the cap
tors; while feet Of gun-boats would
sweep the Cumberland on the first rise
What is Nashville? What does this little
knot Of houses, amount to in a military !
point of view? If the other military
movements of the rebel armies in the |
Southwest prove successful, and BRAGG
can whip BUELL., while PRICE destroys
RosEcRANs, the Capital Of Tennessee drops
like ripe apple into the hands Of HAIR
his, without firing single gun, or
losing soldier; while, on the other
hand if the Federal forces here
could be captured, aud the city retaken,
while Price and Bragg were defeated, it
would be a worse than useless conquest,
for it would have to be abandoned'to the
mercies Of the Federal soldiers in a very
few days. But we must give these
reasons, very rapidly, why we do not
think that a prudent rebel commander
would make an attack on Nashville at |
this particular junciure. If the rebels
desire to make the attack with ten, fif-
teen or twenty-five thousand, we are
prepared for them. Breckenridge will be
thrice welcome the soldiers Of the
Union would shout TO hear that he is APP
preaching, We will give him Baton
Rouge over again, and he need not "fall
back" from the Cumberland "to get
water as hc did from the Mississippi.
Come on, and try your strength. Don't
delay a week longer. The Federal OFF,
GERS and soldiers will give you a recep-
tion which you will remember forever
We are tired of this everlasting buster
ing and Dragging do something or keep
quiet. i