The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-15

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You viii go to jail and remain there until
wecan have court.m.rtial here. Guard
take this man to jail. r--f
SO day after day, Sundays not except
ed, does the General do this kind Of busi-
ness. By his untiring devotion to the
cause, be has greatly impaired his health
and / am afraid we must lose him for 6
time at least. he is one Of the few men
whom the importunities Of his fellow
men-the smiles, nor beauty, nor tears of
woman-ehanpagne and oyster parties
cannot swerve from the fsithfal execution
Of the duties allotted to him By his Gov
ernmenk II nay be necessary in this
eonnexiOD, as the system is . little diff
fsfent here, to say something Of the Pro-
vost Marshal and his duties. must pre-
mise by stating that the main portion of
the Sscesh up here are regular whiskey
heads, and none of them are allowed TO
buy even one drink unless they have
taken the oath and have permit in their
pocket to that effect. It is amusing to
witness these old ten, fifteen, and thirty
years standing SeeessiOnists elsetiOneer-
ing for whiskey. l very believe that if
we had negro Provost Marshal, import
ed from Cincinnati, at this post, the ma
jOrity of them, rather than do without,
would cheerfully beg permit for whis-
key. / was in the Office the other day
and out of about fifteen cases attended
10, think about eleven were asking for
whiskey. The Provost Marshal is 8
strict temperance man, but be hears so
much of whiskey during the day, that be
goes home about half tight every night,
and dreams of snakes, &c. Our Provost
Marshal is Capt. Sol. J. HOuek, and de-
cidedly the right man in the right place,
for be has not the least sympathy for
traitors or sots.
BOARD OF TRADE.
This department. is smother sore to
sesech bOdy-pOlitic. The Rebel girls
think it is quite . shame that chivalry
should ask Yankee for permit to buy
Yankee ixings from Yankee merchant
and pay Yankee quarter in Yankee
money fer the permit. The girls, how
ever, to their good judgment be it said,
are gradually becoming recOnciled to.
Yankee officers and all Yankees; are
to cay I guess, etc.
I must not omit to say little of the
EVERLASTING EIGGER. .ser
The negro is acting in the capacity Of
both citizen and soldier up here. On one
corner you can see . crowd of niggers
politics and "plOtting against
the whites" On the opposite you can
see their former masters plotting against
the blacks. The negro has bis little
stores, restaurants, etc. If = negro dies
he is largely attended to his funeral. If
a negro soldier dies he is buried with the
usual shonors of war. / witnessed the
funeral of dead negro soldier the other
day. If possible it made the faces Of
the secesh longer than ever. Next to the
niger and below him will place
sECEsH CITIZENS.
How they live is 3 mystery to me.
They do nothing from morning till night,
but stand on corners in squads Of five or
more and console one another or plot
treason still; or else they NOPE around
from point to point propped up by their
walking canes on the hunt OF mean
Thiskey. They are turning grey very
fast. Some say it is conscience doing its
appointed work. Others say it is mean
and poor living. I am inclined
% think that the premature silvery beard
md hair is owing more to the inietivity
If stomach and liver than to the activity
If conscience. One thing is pretty GER
ain. that when these venerable rebels
'nce get regularly sick in bed they never
,ot well again.
CHURCHES.