The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-31
SOUTHERN NEWS
Tho Condition of the states in re-
belliOn.

merrOWD says:
scr poit8 nolo s,eyn probable dsat tie Pres
idat's Proclamation tor a day Of Jastinq and
prayer might have been appropriately dated a
hHls earlier. On the 9th Of March an
appendix may be necessary for humiliation
sssr dsfsat, or thanksgiving over a VIC
tory" -orfr
The Ezdmiaer Of the 18th also says
they have, from all their armies, graii-
flying accouutsp Of their condition, but
9 /" The only. point upon which there il
rosm for apprehension, is that our forces
nay Be forcca Jy rant II food for men and
horses TO Eelinquish the strODghOlds from
which the enemy could never dislodge
them, and that this is grave and press
lag danger we have may fears for believ-
iRs.
at is a fact well known 20 the enemy
as 10 ourselves, that al the country in he
psinityof ON aypues has l0ng been striped
81 its provisions and 10rage and Tint these
srmies depend for their existence anil nam
tsaanos Of their present portions upon hf
raiiroaasv
And further.
Tie Railroadsof his StaLe are on de paint
Of giving out They have decreased their
speed 10 ten miles an hour as maximum
rate, and are carrying twenty-five 50
Gfty per cent. less tunnage than formerly.
This change in their raie of speed and
quAntity of freight has been made
through necessity. The woodwork Of
the roads has rolled and the machinery
has worn out, aud owing TO the stringent
enforcement of the coascriptiOn law as
~ railroad employees, the companies
Aaye not been able, with ell their efforts,
~ supply either the one or the other
We are not informed of the actual condi-
tlen OF the railroads in tho more Southern
States, but conceive that they are little
better off than our own, except perhaps,
In che matter of negro labor. The slaves
along their routes may not have had the
same escaping facilities to the enemy, as
In this State"
The Jackson (Miss) Aapsaz says;
'From all accounts that reach US, we
are led 10 the conclusion that ore great
while General Bragg will be forced either
10 engage Roseerans in battle or to fall
back upon Chattanooga The country
would dsploro the necessity which may
fercs him 10 the adoption Of the latter al
tsrnative II is all-important that we
SOntinue to hold Middle Tennessee and
AOrth Alabama, otherwise zoe shall find our
Sslvss ia straiteIled circumstances fer army
supplies another gear hence
"The Federals are devastating the coun-
Wy as they advance, rendering 1t impos-
sibls for the farmers to raise crop this
season; and to blot out Middle Tennes-
see, Kentucky, North Alabama and North
Mississippi from the producing sections
ef She Confedsracy would be moro seri-
eusly felt than the loss of Richmond
Charleston, Savannah or Vicksburg. Il
you'd pfove long step IN The direction ofour
Sstgaatioa by Starvation
The Richmond correspondent of The
Mobile Aave,tisey, writing on February
2ad, says
."Liquor is sold openly in the city now,
and is productive of vast amount of
crime. At every bar hangs paper, upon
which is printed, Blockade, seventy
ave cents" A small wine-glass full is
measured out for one blockade" The
number Of dens where the vilest of apple
brandy is sold is astonishing. ! have
heard OF no repeal Of the Liquor Law,
and presume the police, by tacit con-
Aent, have slaekened their vigilance.
DranIeil men are daily seen in ne streets,
many Of them dressed IN he uniform Of Con-
Jedsrats q5icass and he Mayors Cont dowi
sad record Of he intYeasea number Of ,ohiSIy-
sAops. Tie ne'o Richmond theatre Is infested
S'th drtiahen Qglcers.
Tho Richmond Wing publishes the
following, from farmer in Nelson coun-
ty, Virginia, dated March 10.
All impressment systems, the world
refund. now and heretofore, amount 10
little more than the plundoring of the
Hgrieulturist, for the benefit of all other
classes, and it must be 80 in all time, as
they IRE ordained 10 be tho "hsweis OF
wood and drawers OF water" for man
kind lYet, TO crush them right away
to'cut open the goose Tor the egg is chi
borlOl lhse0nslmers, G5ger1meat and oilers,
may IA peir rugla, tdse 0latI hare ll0l0 70,
nOthing, bm DID u Mey can MAZE p,s
n1gke mole-esTp as Gieg man NJ
A local item IN the Richmond Wing
says hot coffee is sold ia the restaurants
Of that city at one dollar per cupi
The Atlanta lutslligencer says COM
mission meyohantin that city a few days
sihee sold eleven barrels OF whisky Tor
$4,000, being more than 500 per barrel.
The hucksters demand SO 25 per
per pound for good butter in Richmond.
The following description Of the con-
aition OF affairs discovered b. our troops
At Fernandina, Florida, which was re-
Gently occupied, a correspondent Of the
New York World writes to that paper:
"Vsry few male Inhabitants were found
In the town, everybody capable of bear
lag arms being oonscripled into the rebel
army The Women aud children proved
to be in a wretched state Of destitution,
their clothes mostly in rags, and nothing
70 eat but a small amount Of cora, eked
eutby pretty plentiful supply of rice.
when itswas known that the Yankees
had returned 10 Jacksonville, and that
the town was surrounded with negro
piokets, several ladies came on board the
hsston and, Of course, were well received
by the Captain and oihjers. One Of
the ladies in question proved 20 be the
daughter Of Governor Floyd and
her condition was type Of tho
rest Her husband an officer i'm
the Confederate army, had returned
hone on sick leave; he must hare lt.s A1r-
TyNai al tis state IN ,ob'eh ks fond his fam-
i1y Jor ne ui,ivsrsal ds9titlaiQn icas ssel as
nsUsT bcjots teas sect.n his0ace h7py
sg TIE LADY andtsr compaajogs, igl3 wsrs
invited 10 DE table u 10 Boston declared
Asy could eat ao,kllg w4Rs Hsir 6miha
wee almost siurTNg as l1pls; an c&8mina-