The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-31
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GI0sSOWs
a lsttcr fsom NashsiHe to 6nkee Journal
gives Ne abl'ewias pass'eslas' = reeen, rel.
nid On 0sassaw, fennesssr
when We reached Msatosdsse 3, q dispatch
from DowitnG Green informed ast a force o.
sebeis had that nOsning setacked - taken Glas
the railroads.&c. ordcred ~ 70 pseeeed very eau,
fiousiy, II expected that they WDuld aiiemp
20 capture our train. We fc,i our Nsy along slow
Suna ios q fssI.ivss s 1sss Nth Il sa. Glasgow ' '"
The whole ajSaiF is q most sbnu,ees! one Glas
sow was garTisoned by 1sO twefve-nonths' men
of the J7tt keMucky y0lHnteeTs. uhler Col. Mar
iefy, ana sufficient supplies r. have held this pace
a month against 500 Bsen Ihe rebels were
mounted, numbered eighty two, tnd Were com
manted BY Col. Hughes. AZ daybFeak yester
day morning they dashed into the uygn complete
ly surprised the garrison, aud capenfed Il withnu.
half q dozen shots being fired. They remained
an hour or two, took 80 600 from the bank, sack
cd the town, took what good hssses they could
hnd, and then left southwartis.
Our train reached bowling 0fesn md came on
without being disturbed. inst hseere da.k we pass
ed a small station called Flanklfn, n which ihcr
are some Federal troops. bad passtd It uoi
more than quarter OF hen we reached ar,
open field, In which, and not1Oore than fty wards
from the track, saw body Of mounted mel.
drawn up in line close tn the timber. In the
door OF the baggage car, and was looking at them
and wondering what sort Of fun they found 1t to be
to sit out in such Il cold rain, when suddenly big
fellow with blue overcoat raised his revolver and
took aim at the cars. supposed he getting OF
some sort Of 4 country rural Kentucky Joke
when | say Il puff o! smoke from his pistol and
at the instant heard the crash Of n bullet
passing through the car. Quicker than thought
the balance of the party raised their revolvers and
fired into Us, and then the whole gang wheeled
into the timber and disappeared. T'he entire af-
fair did not occupy three seconds and was all over
before had time to 90 the lodging proper under
the circumstances. Three bullets passed through,
tho car Several Others sstruck into the wood work,
and glanced off without penetrating to the interior
Fortunately, nobody wits hurt, and as was the
only one who saw the gueriilas there was nobody
except myself scared.
These daring movements on the part of the re
bels show that operations with view to interrupt
the line Of communication between Louis vile and
R"secrans are about TO be renewed. Refugees
from Glasgow informed us that the rebels stated
that Bragg had passed 'Ound the left of ,Os ecrans
and had succeeded in tianking him. This inieIii
gence II further shown to be truthful from inorma
ton from other sources. Ii this be so, shalt
soon have repetition of the Bragg and Buell.
campaign, whose character is still fresh IN tn.
mind OF every person In the North.
One year ago last February, visited Nashville
while the bridge which the retreating rebels had
fired was still smoking. then succeeded In find
ing but one Union citizen. Truth cOn,yRs me 10
add, that after lapse of nearly two years, during
which the people have enjoyed all the rights and
blessings of Federal occupation there is not quite
AS much resident Union sentiment as there vas
during my first visit.
''Yuur Administration has done jeff Davis good
service since that time, - said citizen this NOM
ing. s'Just at the time when the whole South was
undecided and canvassing the expediency of de
sering the rotten Contcderacy and restoring the
old Union, the cOnfscation act was passed. Then
your Government, fearing that the whole South
might not yet be united and determined in theii
rebellion, issued the emancipation proclamation
After this, for fear there might possibly remain a
siugle case of UmiOnism or loyalty in the South,
the Federal Government determined to make the
thing sure, and accordingly commenced 10 arm the
negroes"
Such, in BRIEF is the reason given by the citizens
for the absence of Onion sentiments in this city and
other portions of the South.
Like all Southern subjugated cities, Nashville
runs to dirt, poor hotels, whiskey shops, bawdy
houses, faro banks, shoulder straps, and general
dlapidatton. person can scarcely recognize in
il single feature which belonged to this city be-
fore the war began.