Washington telegraph., 1863-07-29
FROM NAsHvILLE.-We have rece;ved

/ " A'ASn 'ihLE'-N nave received
letter from rs. FL. W." our correspon.
dent IN Braeg's army. 1t bears date of
the 18th of June, and all the news in il
has already been published in our columns
We are obliged to him for quite number
Of clippings from the Chattanooga Rebel,
regarding men and things in Nashville
They were all very interesting to us indi-
vidually, and some Of them will be to the
public. We select few:
A Union League called ''the Tennessee
Union League-Ccuncil No. l." was re-
Gently organized IN Nashville, with but a
few obscure and unimportant individuals
rs members, the greater portion Of whom
were non-residents.
About Que hundred and fifty men. wo-
men and children, frtm Smith, DeKalb
and Wilson counties, arrived in Nashville
on the lst inst, by train from Murfrees-
boro'. "hey all left next morning for the
North. the Federal authorities furuishinp
transportation
The Press, a new Yankee paper lust
started in Nashville, says that large num-
be,s of the citizens daily come forward and
take the oath Of allegiance in compliance
with Mitchelrs last order The last list
of citizens published IN the Nashville pa
papers as having taken the oath, were
nearly all free negroes aud slaves-their
names being mixed unfortunately with
those Ot the whites for effect.
Terrorism i. still the watchword Of
Myuheer Rosecraus in Nashville. a few
persons have been forced ,r take the oath;
others 10 give the nvu-cAm 5a tant's parole
and others prpferring To be sent South
Those who refuse 10 com ,ly with either
alternative, are thrown into the miitar,
, prisons. Tne Press openly declares tha
Nashville must be union, Or be decimal
ed in it, population
Captain Driver, iniamOuSly notorious
anc notoriously infamous, for his phren
zied devotion 10 tile Union, was loud
mouthed in urging the arrest of Southern
men, until his religion penetrated his owr
.. household, aud his son was shipped North
ike felOn. to an imperial ba-tiie, when
change came over the spirit Of the old
mau's dreams. A thrOng of friends and
kindred gathered around TIE prisoners 70
bid them farewell, aud he mounted q
stand aud denounced the Celestial Gov.
ernment as more outraceously tyrannical
than tie pUliced despotism Of Austria
His virtuous Indignation bubbled and
effervcsced TO the edihcation Of his listen.
ers for half an pour. When his treason
is no longer profitable, they despise ant
scorn tile traitor.
The rebel speaking Of the Union men
says;
What do we care for that smooth and
! polished hypocrite, with his blunt and
comely person, VIM. B. Campbell? He
+ was for Us, and now he is against us. Ht
profes>ed to be patriot, and turned out
poltroon. That is all. We are no
moved BY it. His course has done Us M
harm. lie and all his compeers have no
been able t. fish up more than 1913
Unicnists il this city of Nashville. Thel
have secured the drcgs and cutters ans
purioin> Of oil that is mean and base an(
foreign, 10 assemble at last but .'573
knaves out of population Of nearly fifty
thousand
What care we for the greasy ruifian
Stokes. lie was the fag end Of our con-
grcssional delegation at the last session OF
the last congress Of the Union. Ethe-
ridges Do. St0kes-an evil-mouthed par
rsan and mean.spirited poltican-what
r care we for Stokes: Nothing, literally
nothing. lie disaffected few foolish
, people 10 DckaIb county, but they grew
sick enough both of him and his prin-
ciplcs, or rather his want Of them, aud 80
his regiment of thieves dwindle down to
. mere corporars guard, and he bad 70
quit that. 10 one needs him.
Aud John Hugh Smith! Whist shall
We say Of him. Pen cannot do him JUS
: tice- great mass Of foul flesh and corrup-
, tion-a Falstaff without the humor Of
Falstaff-oily, unctuous, midnight de-
, bauche-uhat shall we say Of this desra-
dation Of the large and respectable family
: Of Smiths-this fat,ened mongre OF oihcec,
treason, strategy and spois? Why, he Is
rot worth the ink that records his mis-
, deeds. Little d. honest mer care Tor
him.
| OF the other. of the tribe, none are OF
sufficient importance to mention. Inc
mere city officials are unknown except 70
local fame. OF Russell Ho1ston, Jonn
Trimblc and others, who have borne the
| name of men and gentlemcs, We prefer
not to speak. More culpsble, because
more informed, they deserve only the doom
,, of infamy, to which history Will consign
them.
But how few there are whom we nave
to abuse or lament. Tennessee may wen
be proud OF her State capital: Nashviiie
stands proudly out as a model 20 all ci'ies :
r similarly situated. Her record Is one OIL
the noblest of the war.
The two last named gentlemen have
/ been honored in Tennessee 10 times gone
T by. They were pure and good men; but
even angels may fall from heaven Ihey
were misled by their reverence Tor the old
Union. They had no idea, perhaps Of
: the degradation into which they would
drift. 1t is solemn warning to citizens
. az oil narts of the South, to make no