The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-14


Matanzas has arrived from New Orleans
on the 30th and Port Royal on the 9Th,
bringing $4,000, consigned 10 the
United States Assistant Treasurer.
The three negro regiments are 10 do
garrison duty in Forts Jackson, ST. Phil
lips, and Pike.
Farragut was about to attack Port
Hudson. He is probably waiting for
Banks 50 make land attack.
II appears that during the recent cap
ture of Holly Springs by the rebels under
Van Dorm, they burned the hospital just
ready for occupancy, although Ven Dorm
promised IL should be spared. This was
one of the finest in the Southern depart
ment, having 1000 hunks, an immense
lot Of drugs and surgical apparatus, and
thousands Of blankets, sheets, &c. This
proceeding was in violation OF promise
and all rules of civilized warfare, and is
an evidence of the barbarity and want
of principle.in the Confederate officers.
An attempt was also made to destroy the
general hospital, which contained even
our sick.
By order of Van Dern, lot of ord
nance stores which had been placed in
the building, consisting of powder, shells,
and cartridges, were spilled in front Of
the hospital and fred, The medical of
fieers protested against7 this, but were
treated with contempt, and before there
was time to remove the sick the walls
were riddled with flying balls aud shells
and finally an explosion shook the build
ing, destroying every door and window,
and wounding 20 men. Itwas by the
utmost exertion that the hospital was
saved as a shelter for the men from the
night air. Aided to this, rebel cavalry
officer named Brewster, who stated that
he had been detailed by Van Dorm to
march of every sick man who had not
been paroled, collected together, pistols
in hand about $50 sick soldiers, forced
them to rise from their beds and fall into
line, threateningto shoot the medical of
ficers who expostulated, and made the
poor. fellows, suffering from typhoid fe-
ver pneumonia, and diarrhBa, TO start
with him ON the road.
The men who fell down in the street
and had to rise again for fear of being
shot, when they were so weak that the
slightest motion was agony. Being i'm
partuned if there was anything in the
name of humanity that could be done to
induce him to stop his brutal'proceedings,
he finally concenied TO let them alone /;
and receiving a paper signed by all the
surgeons present stating that the men
were too sick 10 walk, and that their re-
moval was an impOssibility. This state
ment is signed by II. r, Wirts, medical
director and collector of the sixteenth
army corps.
FORTRESS MoERoE, Jan. 9,--Col Lud-
low, Of Gen. Dix's staff, has just returned
from City Point, having accomplished the
exchange of prisoners, which will re-
store TO immediate active service about
10000 of our paroled men.
First--All the officers and men who
were delivered at City Point from the
1lth of November, 1862, to January LIST,
1868.
Second--All officers and men captured
at Harper's Ferry.
Third-All the officers and men paroleC
at Winchester, Nov. 10Th and 26th, 1862
and Dec, let, 1862,
FOurth-All officers and men paroleC
by Col, ImbOden, Nov, 9th, 1862
Fifth-All the officers and men paroled
at Goldsboro, N. c., May 22d, 1852, and
delivered at Washington, N. G.
Sixth-All captures in Missouri, Ar.
kansas, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona
up to January LIST, 1868, are duly ex-
changed.
Seventh--All captures in Kentucky
] Tennessee; and Missouri, Alabama, SOutl
| Carolina, and Florida, up to December
10, 1862
Eighth-All captures on the sea anC
} gulf coasts, and the waters flowing intC
the same, up to December 10, 1862, ar
] duly exchanged.
: Col. Ludlow says it Is highly probSbl,
that the Confederate Government will
rescind their order retaining certain off
E GERS of the United States also, that cit
: liens who are prisoners will soon he re
O leased
The Daily Bulletin, of Charlotte, N. C.
, of January 3, says; "The papers thi
morning publish a report that Genera
Hindman has executed ten Yankee Off
4 NCibi III IcbaAdtluu lut VIC ut4NtAi butCu
: cry"
CHARLEsToN, Jan. e.-The followin
5 is from Kingston, North Carolina, on th
|, 9Th:
"rhe army is making immense prepa
4 rations for an advance. reinforcement
t are daily arriving from Suffolk.
The Yankees at Moorhead City an
" Newbern are about 5000 strong, undt
!, Gen. Foster, They will probably attac
e Charleston, Wilmington, Weldon, an
Goldsboro simultaneously. II is report
II ed they are now cooking their mPrchin
ratiOns."
: The Richmond Enquirer OF the lot
o contains the following;
RALEIGH, n. @. Jan. 9th.-The Sta
5. Journal has reliable information frol
RI Newbern that the enemy has not LEI
than $4,000 men on the coast and that
= formidable feet is at Beaufort. IL
n supposed an attack is mediated on Wi
minpfOn and (3Oldaborn