The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-19

side.
For over two months we have been in |
eceipt of letters from Murireesbor and |
'srious other points in front, written by |
10Th officers and soldiers inquiring why
he supply Of UN1oEs in their camps fell
30 far short Of the demand. We tried
for weeks 60 have this matter remedied
1,iva,ely without boring ourreaders with
il publicly in our columns. The evil re-
NAMED uncorrected, and we concluded
that Justice to our many thousand friends
in the army demanded that we should
notice it az We have done already. Our
on the matter, although we men
toned no names, seem to have offended
Mr.. lie. Able, the Army mail contractor
and newsdealer considerably, and there
upon he has written an unnecessarily
long letter, not overly good-humored,
which we publish because we would not
do him injustice, intentionally, Tor all
the money which he or we could make
by fifty thousand newspapers aud news
agencies. All we ask is fair play. We
do not begrudge Mr.. 10 Able one cent of
his earnings, although he can make five
dollars where we make one, by legiG-
mately attending TO his business. In
order that Mr.. lie Able and tho army may
know gly we have complained as we
have done, we publish also a letter from
a gentleman whose official position en-
ables him to write intelligently on this
matter. We hope sincerely that we shall
have no occasion to make any more com.
plants on this head We prefer using
our columns for other purposes
WINCHESTER, Tenn, Aug, 16, 'G3.
Ell 1ToRs OF THE UNION: Numerous com
plants have Of late appeared against
me, two from your pen in the columns OF
the UNION, setting forth that either
through personal hostility, or criminal
indifference to the interests of the pub
fishers and soldiers, have failed to sup
ply the demand for your paper.
Letters puTpoFting TO have been writ
ten by soldiers, impute the same charge
and ask redress. The incorreciness OF
the statements, made in defiance of ex-
plantations that should have been salts
factory to you, prompted me TO ask the
insertion of rejoinder, that may right
me with the readers of the UNION, the
authorities, aud / trust with n.
The statements / desire prol shed il
refutation Of the charges preferred against
me, are
Isl, My profits ON newspapers consti.
tute my only remuneration for carrying
the army mails.
End. BY my contract with Brown 4
Co., newsdealers st Nashville, who sup
4 ply me on order with all the news matte
the army demands, all newspapers il
the West cost me the same price, and m
profits are the same on all. lean, there
fore, have no interest in advancing tn
circulation Of one paper over anothe
even were that matter within my power
Sd. IL is TO my advantage, as oil will
readily see, to furnish the army wit
| just as many papers and periodicals a
can possibly dispose of.
9TH. The number OF newspapers, Q
any particular kind that shall be dis
tributed to the troops, is q matter not a
my option, nor is il my desire to fix o
interfere with it.
The troops are supplied by person
in each regiment or brigade, as the cas-
may be, who canvass their respectiv
commands, and ascertain accurately tn
number'of newspapers of every descrip
tion that may be wanted by the mer
aud make their orders accordingly O.
me. In this way the preferences of th
troops are learned, and the demands Q
tho entire army--without respect 10 m,
choice, had ] ever expressed any, and
have not, or that of any interested per
sons whatever-are supplied.
These plain statements, together wit
the requirements as expressed in the cir
culars issued from Headquarters at Tul
lahoma on the subject should suffice {
set at reat these colOrless complaints
which / cannot but believe are preferre
tor sinister motives TO my 6etriment.
1t does not argue that because on on
day l dispose of, say four thousan
Unions, and on the next but three thous
and, that l am at fault. Various cir
cumstances may conspire TO cause thi
decrease in circulation.
For instance: When command is o
the march, l receive no orders from th
agent who superintends the distributiO
Of papers in that command. The circu
lation of q newspaper is effected by ia
regularity with which II is supplied.
failures on the part of publishers TO f
orders, deprive portion of their reader
Of the paper, those deprived are apt {
transfer their patronage TO some othe
paper. You have represented on sewers
occasions that you can only with III
greatest difficulty ill orders, after the
70 ich certain amount
You have failed frequently to nh OF
ders, sometimes ON account of accider
TO machinery, etc.
IhoUe Rever Jailea to supply tie army agii
tks Unions Orosyea5y tie several agents ,oi
distribute the papers, and ,olo InoU len
tFan 1 do hOl0 many l0iH be required.
Ii the agents do not order a suillcier
number Of Unions 20 meet the demant
, II Is certainly their fault, not mine. D
{ l not sustain loss as well as you whe
this occurs
BY reference IS the circular, by whic
am bound 10 conform, you will fin
the following
Clubs, individual officers and soldier
, subscribing and paying the news agel
for any regular paper, will be prompt
supplied"
They, whose names appear on the lis