The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-29


Harris recently favored the enlistment
of slaves, as we'll as free negroes, in the
rebel service, and that Gen. Pillow coin
cided with him. The scheme of arming
the negroes was dropped only because
the rebel leaders of the Cotton States
knew that If the negroes were armed
they would certainly torn upon
and slaughter their masters. The pro-
iect was too perilOus.
A correspondent of the southern
Christian Aauocate, published at Macon,
Ga, begins a Communication in the
following manner
HIGH PRICES FOE YANKEE MANUFACTURES.
Mr. Editor:-Is il not circulating 70
have TO give seventy five cents for q Ia
tablespoonful of ink, and then to be Ia
boring under the strongest suspicion
that it was made by che Yankees That
is just IS am situated, indeed, / NAV
say circumstanced." | try to shake or
the impression, and TO perauade myself
that 1t was made in England or France,
OF ven in some part of the Confederacy,
but here il a most ominous vulture-
looking eagle on the miserable little
bottle, and the effect is so depressing,
that / feel myself obliged, as a kind Of
relief, 10 address you q few lines, not
withstanding the burning Of the paper
mills has been a significant hint TO such
scribblers IS myself 70 reserve their
communications for times when paper
is more plenty or thoughts more scarce.
To return TO our subject. How does
it happen that we in the C~onfederacy
are constantly stumbling upon Yankee
manufactures? Yankee cards are $50 a
pair, Yankee caliooes at SO so a yard,
Yankee silk pocket handkerchief made
Of bark AZ $40 a piece Whence are
they brought? From Nassau Are we
furnishing our enemies the means Of
carrying on the WARP
Thus, in q paroxysm Of rage, this
cavalier, while seeking to vent his spleen
upon the Yankees, reveals The fact that
Yankee skill, invention and industry,
furnish the helpless and indolent slave
Confederacy the calico the chivalry
wear, The ink they write with, and the
handkerchief on which they blow their
noses. The Southern States are depen-
dent on the world abroad for all that
they woar, because the curse Of human
bondage has banished, or rather exclu-
ded, manufactures and the arts which
make life agreeable, from their territory.
Aasl poor South! for the sake Of The
personal interests Of some three hundred
thousand shareholders, the interests and
comforts Of many millions are disre-
garded. But by the grace of God and
our right arms, this state Of things
shall not long exist in Tennessee.
Drunkenness In the RebeI Army.
A letter to the Mobile Register from
TullAhOma, written from or to Bragg's
retreat from that place, says:
l fear that The officers Of Van Dorn's
army, from the lowest 10 the highest. are
worshipping too often az the affairs OF
Venus and Bachna, and have forgotten
Mars altogether. This is a very unfor-
late feature in this war.
To think that the men, upon whom the
country have 10 depend upon in this se-
rious crisis, for its very existence, are
daily losing the confidence of and the
respect of their subOrdinates and the
people generally by a conduct which
might be called licentiOus even In times
Of peace, when men might have some
leisure hours TO spend in revelry.
There is a picture Of your leaders,
rebels how do You like Il?
Tho RiOkmOnd Dispatch speaking Of
the New York riot says:
Let us have more Of these o-utpourings
IA few more great cities on the mourn-
ers's benoh-sOme more CUTTING and
sacking Of houses, and hanging and mn
tilating Of men. Ii saves the Confede-
rate troops q deal Of marching And
lighting, and Tops OF many = drearv
month Of this war. The sAoking and
burning has been heretofore at I'M
South. Our compliments 10 our North
ern brethren" and may they enjov
their turn.
There is the programme nicely mark
ed out. Can the hAboAs-eOrPus -Consti-
tudOn- -it- isl peace copPerhsads nj
the order