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The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-22

The Press OF yesterday tells en- anec-
dote of one Of its pupils, but strangely
enough forgets The source from which the
pupil imbibed his principles. Shortly
after the venerable teacher mounted the
tripod, causing great alarm amongst the
boys in our midst, whom, in days by
gone, he had indicted into the expert
ences of old Winckler's son "Shon,"
be RECALLED his readers with a dialogue,
in which was illustrated the Tennessee
rebels idea of the sacredness and value
Of the oath of allegiance. The rebel
maintained that the oath Of allegiance
was not binding upon him, and that he
was not in honor bound to observe it.
This being the position of tho rebel, it
followed that he was not q person to
be trusted by the government and GER
tainly not proper repository of rights
and privileges which give him voice and
weight in determining the policy of the
civil government Of the State. The man
who could take an oath to protect and
defend the government of the United
States, and thereby secure for himself
and property the protection Of that gov
eminent, and yet hold that there was no
legal or moral obligation resting upon
him to observe that oath, is, to speak
plainly, q villain at heart, and should not
be given On opportunity to betray the
Union again. That there are many reb-
els who have taken the oath of allegiance,
sincerely penitent for the sin Of rebel.
lion, we have no doubt; but that there
are more who have done SO from the
basest, and most mischievous, and most
cowArdly motives, we feel we'll assured.
They have sworn allegiance, and yet they
live in constant violation of their obliga-
lions to the government and society; and
are ready, at any and all times, when
they can do so without endangering their
heads, to give the enemy "aid and COM
fort" Let the Union arms meet with
success, and you can see in the counten-
ances of these men their disappointment.
Let them meet reverse, and with a sig
niticant smile, they will ask you
"Have Oe not suffered dreadfullyP'
You might see them yesterday greet
each other and express the APP
prehension-with leer the meaning of
which no one could mistake---that Burn.
side was whipped, and poor Brownlow
driven again from his home. You might
see them. reading with Unsurpassed
delight he.paragraph in their organ, the
Dispatch, stating that the moral hero of
the Knoxville Wing was at BArbourville,
on his way North! II is not astonish-
ing, in view of such. things as these, that
the Wincklers should be disposed to keep
a tight rein upon the offenders. If the
original Winckler, the profound pedA.
gogoe author of the system of phi
losophy, that held "Shon" in terror
has apoststized from the faith, that does
not improve the cause of the treacherous
oath takers in the least. ItmAy improve
the chances of the Press for general cir
culation amongst. the rebellious classes of
Tennessee; but whether the object is
worthy the ambition of $ truly loyal
man, is very questionable.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-22
ASSISTANT QUARTERM AsFKK's OFFICE,
HAsHynLE, TENS., Nov. Goth, 1908.
Sale of Steamboat Hull,

/ WILL sell 10 the highest bidder for cash, the
L Hull Of the United States Steamboat, COTTAGE,
now lying In the Cumberland River, at the foot of
Broad street, Nashville, 1enn. Bids will be received
and the sale made TO he highest bidder. bond 10
the amount Of twenty-five per cent. Of the amount
hsred sgnsi by two responsible saT3ties to be foE
fslted neglect or refusal Of pay ing the amount
bid, or the bid Is accepted) viii ACCOMPANY each
bid.
Sealed bids will be received at this office until IL
o'clock, Dec. LIST, 1903, and should be addressed 10
the undersigned endorsed, Proposal for Steamboat
Hull S. PERKINS, Jr,
noV20.l0t Capt. q A. Q. M.
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Ynr Gazette-OffIeIaI.

WAR Ep'T, PnOyosr MARSHAL GRNERAL's OFFICE,
WAsllNGroE, d. O., Nov. 10, 10 3.
The following changes and appointments are an.
bounced having been made by the Pres deut Of the
United states, IN accordance with the prov sOns OF
the act for enrO ling aud calling out the iialiOnal
forces, Nc., approved March 3, 1868
Ncw York--Dr. Hollins H. CubbuCk, surgeon,
XXYIIth District, vice Graves dismissed. Samuel
g. Acton, Commissioner, With District, vice Baldwin
deceaged. Theodore d. bronson, Provost Marshal
With District, zee Farr, revoked Robert Edwards,
Commissioner, With District, vics Ismont revoked
nr Alfred L. LOOMS, Surgeon, With District, vice
Powell revoked.
Illinois DIR. Robert Beal, Surgeon, 5th District
vice Hall, resigned DR.. Samuel Mcclure, Surgeon,
18th District, vice Payne, res gned.
Rdrsaa-A. J. Shlnnon, Provost Marshal Southern
District, vice Banks, revoked +. b. Blker, Commits
sioner Southern District vice Shannon. promoted.
Wisconsin james Brintlin, Commissioner, "a Dis
trict, vice Bingham, resigned.
I'snasyivanid,-nr. James s. DcbenYiile, Surgeon,
lst District vice Masselis, revoked
Ohio Montgomery p. Aston, Commissioner, lid
District, reApp1inted.
Indiana WIN. s. Jingle, Commissioner, With
District, vice kig, resigned,
Massdch isetts.-Dr Fred H. Cooper, Surgeon, lst
District vice Foster Hooper, esigned.
Miehigua. NJ Mcdonnell, Finh District
Provost Marshal vice Walker, removed; henry G
Miller, Commissioner Fifth District, vice Draper, re.
vokcd DR.. Isaac Paddock, Surgeon, Sixth District
vice Galbraith, revoked.
JAMES B. Fly, Provost-Marshal General.
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OFFIcE or SEsIoR AND SUPERVISING QUARrERHR,
DEPARTMENT o. THE QUEENSLAND
kAsHNIIIR. 1ENA Nov Ia 1872

DEPARTMENT o. THE CUMBTRAND
NASHVILLE, Tam Nov. Is, 1853.
Sealed proposals Will be received at this office til
TUESDAY DECEMBER 18Th, 1863, at IL O'Clock
NJ when they will be opened TO furnish the Quarter
masters department In this city with
10000 Bushels Of Corn, at sc lbs to the bu.hol.
100000 Oats, 80 lbs
10000 tons Of Hay, at 1900 lbs. ton.
The Corn and Oats to be good, c'ean, sound, mer
chantsbe article, and the Hay to be- what Is known
on the Ohio river, as first class Timothy.
Grain and hay to be subject TO insIeou n. before
being received
Grain 20 be put up In good strong sacks Of not
less than two bushels eaoh and the price per bush
el, including sacks, must be stated
All bids for less than 10 0C0 bushels OF grain, or
1000 tons Of Hay, will be rejected
The QuaTtsrmaster reserves the right 10 reject any
and all bids considered too high.
Bids should be endorsed
"PrOposals for -----" (hay, corn or oats, AZ
the case may be.)
Bi de from dsloysl parties, win not be conpidsred
and each proposal must DO accompanied by an oath
OF allegiance.
GuARANyER.
The abilities of the bidder TO fulfil the contract
should IL be awarded him, must be guaranteed BY
two responsible persons whose signatures must be
appended to the guarantee.
The responsibility Of the guATantOra must DO shown
by the official certificate OF the Clerk Of the nearest
District Court the United States District Attor.
ney. Bidders must be present in person, when the
bids opened, their proposals. will not be con.
sidered. Bonds equal IN amount TO half the sum TO
DO received the contract, signed by the contract
or aud both bis guarantees will be required Of tho
successful bidder upon ssning the contrast AZ the
bond mu accompany the contract. u will DO ne
cessary for the bidder 10 have their bopdsmcn with
them, or 20 have bonds sgued In anticipation, aud
ready 20 be produced when the contract Il signed
FORM or GUARANTEE.
We, - Of the County Of -, and the State
OF -, do hereby guarantee, that 49, 10 able
10 fulhl a contract ia accordance with tho terms Of
his proposition. aud that should his proposition be
accepted hs will at enter ia 10 contract In &C
cordance Herewith. should the contract be award
cd him, are prepared to become his snTetiea
To this guarantee must DO appended tho official
certificate above mentioned.
movie I'm J. L. DONALDSON
Chief O. ~
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Genera, BANKS In Texas.

General Banks Expedition, which
recently set sail from New Orleans, has
safely landed in Texas, near the mouth
of the Rio Grande This river is the
boundary line between Texas and Mexi-
co, and has been the channel of large
contraband trade between the rebels and
their abettors in Mexican territory.
General Magruder, it appears, had ex-
pected that Gen. Banks Expedition
would attempt the capture of Sabine
Pass or Galveston. Accordingly he con-
centrated his forces along the extreme
north-eAstern borders of Texas for the
defense of these points. The advance Of
Gen. Franklin up the Bayou Teche, in
western Louisiana, doubtless tended to
confirm Magruders suspicious that Gen.
Banks would land on that part of the
Texan coast, which would place him
within cooperative distance of Frank
Inns supposed invasion Of the state.
While Magruder thus prepared himself
TO meet the threatened invasion, General
Banks mado successful passage across
the Gulf TO Brazos Santiago, an Island a.
bout two miles above the mouth OF the
Rio Grande. Upon this island, on the
I'd instant, some Of the troops were dis
embarked. On the following day re-
connoisance was made, by the gunbOAts
accompanying the expedition, of the
mouth Of the Rio GFande. No enemy
was in sight, and the remainder of the
troops were landed, with some difficulty
because of the surf on the northern bank
of the river, near its mouth, and about
twenty-five miles from Brownsville.
Near Brownsville is Fort Brown, a
large eArthwork. AS soon as our troops
had disembarked, under the protection of
gun boats, and were preparing for : for
ward movement up the river, General
Slaughter, who commanded Fort Brown,
evacuated il. A squad of Rebel cavalry
also attempted TO destroy Brownsville by
fire before our forces should reach it.
The property holders and Unionists,
however, resisted them, and a bloody
street fight ensued, AtlAst accounts our
troops were pressing forward with all
haste. Doubtless they arrived in time
to Illustrate the designs of the Rebels.
Such is the news which has been re-
oeived from Texas. General Banks is
now in position to break up the block
AIDE running business of the Rebels on
the Rio GTande, and also to watch the
movements of the French army if they
should occupy Matamoras, which is OPP
posite Brownsville. The secrecy with
which this expedition was conducted by
General Banks contributed greatly to itl
success The Rebels had no idea that
the Rio GrAnds was its destination, and
our troops landed without the slightest
resistance. Magruder may, after he re-
covers from his surprise, attempt to drive
back our forces. He should beware how
he attacks the soldiers of the Union near
the memorable battle fields of PAlo Alto
and ResAGA delA Palma.
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There were mailed at the post Office in
this city going north, during the last
three days, 10, 028 letters.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-22
DIED,

DIED,
At Columbus, Ohio, Saturday night, Nov. Il, 1862
MRS. ALLEN A. HALL
The friends and acquantances Of the family are in
vited to attend her funeral from the Christian Church
at O'Clock, p to-day. Services by the Rev. Nrb
Fall.
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up the channel. II ls believed that they
carried heavy weights suspended at Ger
tain depths below the water, to ascertain
if there was passage for vessels Of a
certain draft.
Richmond papers say that six hundred
more Yankee prisoners were sent TO Dam
vile yesterday. One hundred and fif-
teen Yankee prisoners were received at
Libby Prison from Charleston on Mon
day night, among them the sailors and
marines captured on the last night of
the assault on Sumter's battered walls.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-22

RECoEsTRUoTIoN.-T President has
recently remarked that, on the question of
State reconstruction, he should take
radical ground. He says that, in Mis-
souri,, those for whom he did everything
went against him, while those whose re-
quests he had denied supported him.
Cor. Gin. Gazette.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-22

We print on our irst page this morn
ing the correspondence between = Ken
lucky Conservative and Gov. Bramlelte
of which we made mention yesterday,
II will repay perusaL Gov. BramloItsi is
nearly up to the highest point OF uncon-
ditionAl loyalty.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-22

Richard Busteed, Esq, leading demo-
cratic politician, has been appointed U, s,
Judge Of the District of Alabama, in
place of Judge Lane, deceased. Mr. Bus
teed is not of the eOpperhead species of
democrat.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-22
THEATRE.

DUFFIELD FILM, Mana era. .... CI.AUD O. HAM
lLTUE, Stage Managsr.....S p. SIM0NS, Treasurer.
A. HAlG, Director of Music GEORGE BURT,
Scenic Artist
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Another shepherd in Chicago has fall
len from grace. He deceived many
young ladies and many respectable
Christians.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-24

you aware that in every real or supposed vic.
tory gained by "tortoise" ship over one OF
Ericsson's pattern, he has taken to that class
of vessels at any price? And now comes the
astounding fact that at Warsaw sound, an
Ericsson ship, or "reyolving turret" ship,
has destroyed an iron ram-or iron ANYTHING
you please-in fifteen minutes. That two
equal vessels of equal caliber should fight for
three quarters OF an hour and that at last
one should yield, is not much The fight be-
tween Jem Mace and Jon Goss (the meanest,
beggarlest, paltriest fight you ever saw-so
mean and beggarly, that you would have felt
incline to rush in and kick both beggars off
the field, and you would have done it safely
was pretty much of this kind and an hour
longer. But that a little ship like the Vice.
hawken should have encountered the Atlanta,
an iron craft three times her size, and smashed
her to pieces in fifteen minutes, has produced
an awful panic here.
Are you aware that in the English dock
yards the majority of the ships have been,
and are being, built on the plan of the Allan
ia, or Fingall. Well, if you have full sup
ply of vessels like the gallant little Weehaw-
ken chow appropriate is that exquisite little
syllable ''wee") what chance has this wretch
ed fleet of ''tortoise" shaped craft which the
site ''darings' as that which Capt. Rodgers
now communist Is there any man with the
instinct of a sailor in him who would not love
that ''wee" darling"
Seriously the victory at Warsaw Sound has
produced another panic here. After the first
attempt at Charleston, the ''turret" ships fell
into utter contempt. and millions were voted
for vessels of an opposite kind. And so great
was the admiration of the defence of Charles
ton that Fort Sumter, Moutrie, &C., were ac-
counted impregnable, and models accordingly
were suggested for Portsmouth and Plymouth
Sumter has fallen, and the rest follow after
The ''turret" ship has smashed an iron ''tor.
toise" thrice her size. Several millions have
been spent by England in building Atlantic
and fort Sumters, and now they find the mon
ey has been utterly wasted. You should be in
London to understand the panic which the last
n9ws from America has produced here. ''If,"
says one London morning paper, ''this little
Monitor has done such mischief what position
are we in to encounter an immediate war with
American" h.
Remember that England is in terror. She
will not fight with you if she can avoid the
row. You have beaten her in the machinery
of war. She wants time to get up to your
level. Will you let her?
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-24

WONDERS OF SLEEP.-In Turkey if a man
fall asleep in the neighborhood of poppy
field, and the wind blow toward him, he be-
comes narcotized and would die, if the coun-
try people who are well acquainted with the
circumstances, did not bring him to the next
well or stream, and empty pitcher after pitch
err of water upon his face and body. DR.. APP
penhenim, during his residence in Turkey,
owed his life to this simple and effcacious
treatment. DR.. Graves, from whom this an
ecdOte is quoted, also reports the case of n
gentleman thirty years of age, who, from long
and continued sleepiness, was reduced to
complete living skeleton, unable to stand on
his legs. 1t was partly owing to disease,
but chiefly to abuse of opium, until at last,
unable to pursue his business, he sank into
abiect poverty and woe. DIR. Reid mentions
a friend of his, who, whenever anything &C.
Cured to distress him, soon became drowsy
and fell asleep, student at Edinburgh, up
on hearing suddenly of the unexpected death
of a near relative. threw himself upon his bed
and almost instantaneously, amid the glare of
MONDAY, sunk into profound sumber. An
other person, reading to one of his friends
stretched on his death bed, fell asleep, and
with the book still in his hand went on read
! ing, utterly unconscious of what he was do
ing. A woman at Hamadt slept seventeen or
eighteen hours day for fifteen years. An
! other is recorded to have slept once four days.
! DIR. Macnish mentions a woman who spent
three -fourths of her life in sleep; and DIR. Ell
iotson quotes a case Of young lady VINO
silent for six weeks and recovered. The ven
cradle St. Augustine OF Hippo, prudcntly di-
vided bis hours into three parts, eight to be
devoted to sleep, eight TO meditation, and
eight to converse with the world. Maniacs
are reported, particularly in the eastern hem
isphere, to become furiously vigilant during
! the full of the moon, more especially when
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-24

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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-24
Andy johnson on Emancipation.
Correspondence of the Traveller
NASHVILLE. Sent, l6, 49,

NASHVILLE, sept ~. 1910.
l had occasion to call officially on Gov.
Andy johnson yesterday. A few evenings
sinco he was called out to address large as
semblage on the occasion of hearing the news
that Sumter had fallen. AT first he declined,
as he had been severely indisposed for several
days; but the enthusiasm of the crowd and
the earnest appeal from his friends overcame
ms objections. He spoke for more than two
hours, receiving the most uproarious applause
from the multitude. He made issue upon
the question of emancipation and took bold
grounds" Gradual emancipation if we can
have it, but emancipation any way" He
entered into thoroughly logical discussion as
to the presence of free labor in the slave
states, and said he was firmly convinced that
slave labor 'caS not necessary. As | was
leaving, his room he remarked to me ''Send
out your New Engaed people; infuse into
this state the energy that has built up Low
ell, Lawrence and a Manchester. We have
here everything to invite the skill and ambi-
ton of man; mineral resources, hardly un-
surpassed, agricultural resources equal to any
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-24

FLOWERS ON THE ALPS.-A Characteristic
Description By Mr.. Beechcr. The Indepen-
dent of last week has another letter from Mr..
Beecher, further detailing his experiences Of
mountain travel in Switzerland. We quote
the following characteristic passage:
''We carried flowers with us all the way.
No one knows the full ministry of flowers I'M
til he is eXiled from home, wandering in sol
itudes, or, as in our experience, travelling
among savage and desOlaie mountains, upon
whose sides trees can find no nouriShment,
which lift their grim and shattered peaks far
upon either hand around you. Everything is
strange. No trees, no fields, no level places,
no near distances. All is vast, remote and
unfamiliar. Birds there are none, and in
sects few. Only flowers remain in their own
proportions and with sweet familiar faces.
They are not concerned in this grand en-
chantment of nature, by which your senses
are juggled out of their habits, They are
near, and alone of all the things around you
speak familiar language. They grow in
amazing pr0fusiOn in these Alpine soitudcs.
Even when grasses shrink and abandon the
fields, when shrubs and vines give over the
contest, flowers OF many varieties in indeScri-
bable abundance, peep from among shattered
stones, troop in long lines over crevices,
spread out arms over favored spots, wink and
nod with all their morning jewels on, where
the soil is so good that they can find stem;
and where cold and poverty refuse the luxury
of stems, they lie down like MOSES and pur-
pie the ground with yellow and pink and red.
They alone comfort you. They speak to you
of home and friends. They smile upon you.
The very sunlight, in high regions, has
strangeness You now see how much your
feelings about sunlight have determined by
the things on which it falls Sunlight alone,
in hemisphere vast, objectless, save the wild
and gaunt mountains, sets you into dreams,
and with kind of incarnation produces at
length the impression that you have risen IN
to spiritual world without spirits in it, serene,
illimitable, clear, cold and desolate. Flowers
bring you back. You look up, and long and
sigh You look down, and smile into happi-
ness again. Again and again you bless them.
You talk to them. They are many OF them
your own home familiar flowers. With one
and another of them friends are associated in
seperably. You almost hear them speak.
There comes over you, at times, feeling as
if they were dropped there by those whom
you love, and that in a turn you will surely
meet those whose signals and souvenirs march
with you all the day long!"