The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-26
Affairs at Nashville

Affairs at Nashville
| The Nashville correspondent Of the New
York Freenan's Journal sends an interestius
letter from that city. When Hooker WAS DO
tested &C Chancelorsviils, the Nashville Press
aud O"aoa published extras announcing the
utter annihilation Of the Confederate army
ihe next morning they apologized for baving
pntllshe d the lie, and said the Information IA
furnished them by official authority. Tina
Press, however, few days after, published a
dispatch from Puiladel phis announcing tla,
Gen Keys had taken Richmond, and that ''the
Federal flag now floats over the rebel eapI
sal.' The correspondent gives An Interesting
sccoutt Of the scenes upon taking the oath
Tie period Of fifteen days allowed for Nasl,
vils aud the Surrounding country to become
loyal has expired. aud the sum total is :,if
oaths, Of which 72l were those Of non com
batants. Among these are persons of every
degree aad shade Of degree the large ms jori.y
no doubt dseming it necessity to save then
| selves from imprisonment or banishm meDt
A prisoner was sent up to the Capitol to 10
iron clad The questions proposed to him
e!i;itt d reples which proved him to bs con.
| lirmsd rebel, and they demanded bonds to Il g
amount of $40 900, which he refused to give :;
he said Gen, Mitchell had orde red him up there
| 10 take the oath. and hs was going to take it
| or report to Gen. Mitchell that they refused to
| administer it. They insisted that lie was not
a lit subject to take the oath soitbOut bonds ::
and rebel eaid he didn't care d-n; that
| Mitchell ordered him TO take il, aud he was
| going to obey orders. Oae of the officials
| (who knew him welD offered to become his
| security bu, he declined m,s. positively.
1 ho Tod 70 <nl,o Al
without boud. and he went his way. Many
other equally ridiculous scenes took place :;
but the above must suffice as q sample.
The following named cit zsns of Nashville
were sent North OH the l5:h May, to bs turned
| sdsifS north Of the Olio river, and to remain
there during the war; w. H. Erwin, Bfucs
Blckaer, T.. w. Horton, Jas. A. Mcclure, Dr.
Daniel Dupre, Joseph j. Andrews, f. X ,Dri.
yer, j. l. Ramags, jesse ID. Stephens, VIM
Ii ggin., Dixon A. Allison, and JAS II. Brent.
ley. Ia connection with tbs arrest Of Mr. f.
| K Driver. the Journals special relates the
following interesting episode in the career Of
q reformed UIionist:
n Sds s Was re- arrested on
Monday. AID the following morning was On
| the srala fer L'uisvllle. will not atlemps to
| dsEcrite the stfsc.ionats partings of friends,
| wivas, daughters, sisters, etc; you Can imagine
| the hssIt rendng scene. Bat must allada to
the separation Of Captain VIM Driver from
his SOU + K. l must first tell yen that Capt.
William, the father, has always been an un
| compromising Union ma; lie is impuls;ye.
rmnel, honest, aad i'll his heart u good
I,an; When he seeGJs otherwise, it is 10 be-
attributed TO his head or bis strong pre- adcss
| ia favor Of ii5 hobby. On the evening of h s
| sons arrest ho went 10 the Capitol, and. as
| a1i iIfor:led, demanded TO knOw LJ whose
uhosity his son Was arrested, vino was his
accuser, aud The crime charged apaiust him.
| No ga istac.ion was given him. lie th.u ap-
| p;ied to headquarters, with like resnit.-
| Failing i'll all to obtain his cons release, tla
| vsut 10 the depot on Tuesday morniUg 10 ses.
| him oil, when the following took pace: EX
tending his hand, tie bluff CID csplaiu lhe Is
IA eli s,.iio,) said: 81 ood bye, my boy; hoii
| up your hsad aud keep Sill upper lip, AMI
| '1sper take the oath IF allegiance 10 a GCgerH-
| nenthat treats soH an Mss soay! You may
nave been wrong but that does not Justify
| the Governor in exiling you from your home
| without any charge having Ieen prefsrre /
aiaiust you. ANY tia! being allowed yea
| Then farming to the crowd, hesaid: IL hava
| followed that d x all over the wo!lI. and il
| Las always afforded me protection; it has al
can ciiizsn! If this is the liberty We are :u
| 81 ay--if this is the manner in which Amsri-
can sit zsns are TO be tTsa'e1, we have worsa
| dsspotism than ever WAS seen in Vienna. II
| ths il the Government We have t. support and
| protect, then say Cd d-n sucA Govern
| ment! IL is we'll known fact that au tie
| only Union man ia the city who had the daring
| d1Iiug tho rebel term here, TO stand up aud
| 50, ak his sentiments" Here the cap.xin wa
| intercepted by the guard, who said: Il ssd
! wha. kind OF q Union man you are A; ycu have
| advised yuur aon not to taka the oath cl
| aiiegiaae,' ID iver replied, IS, l Go, and
| ii lie has tia pluck Of his Old father La
l tall tn .&t Ltn.t
nave nov said all 1 wish to say" An
| CHI ;sr now ordared iiim to "iry up.' Dsi
YER replied: II will not d. il, cir; l an
| free American citizen, alI 1t has alWays
been my privilege to express my sentiment:
| when aud where 1 pleased. Who ars
you, cir =? aad from whom do YOU derive the
right to prevent free speech We, tbs people
make shoulder straps aud such II sn as you 2
rsns raG si Fsatsnsd s 4 cS s. nsfsss n Ryf
! tho om p!oymsnt of tho United st .tss Govern
ment, aud am cis'zsn, aud as such am ss'
the whistle sent firth its shril sound, aud th'
exilss were On their way. If young Driver
or, indeed any Of the above, fall ia Jour way
fail not to laake their aequsintauos-they ar
ali high toned, honorable tasn.
The following were cent South on the
instant: ex-Gov. Netsl s Brown, Df. John 81
Watson, DR.. JoLn Henry Currey and family
and Thomas Dsaderick. Mover did mOrta
man try more earnestly to be u Union man lha
Naiii s Bro WI, but the Union men would no
permit it. They required too maeh-ssl, Q
} body and soul
Vim. A. Giseves. j. G. Wharton, Jaeo
Thnmas. DR. Thomas Is. Buchanan, Harve
Aikius, and John Wesley Baker, were sent
Dixie on the Ith Inst.
ca. w. +. Bryan, Df. J. s. Thomas, I. v
, BArnes, Raw. j. s. Mslons, ID. J. 3 hadso'
and Dr. Thomaa Prince, were sent Soath I
, The Federal lines on Saturday. Mr.. w. I
: Hardy and family were also cent beyond IL
: lines. Two or three families who had ob;si'
: ed permission 10 % South left on the san
day.
7 SrY CAPTuRED.-A letter from ShelbyVil
= Tenn, dated the 18th inst has the iol'owii
a iteM:
j. FORESTS forcea, on Friday last, went
: pursuit OF woman 10 whom susQtcaOn q