The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-02

now. and betray no hatred or malice, ex-
cept Ahat quiet kind which is seen in
their traffic with those who may or may
not be Sound on the goose'--a bird
formerly known as the American eagle.
We may point to two little incidents
Of contrast as indicative of the feeling
Of this settlement. When our troops fell
back 10 this place from Murfrcesboro,
our fatigued aud hungry troops were in
many instances put off from citizens
houses on the pretence that provisions
were out aud famine close at hand, and
in many other instances they were fed,
but at the most oxtravagant prices as
high as five dollars being charged and
paid for one scanty little meal and ever
since then, these people have displayed
in their dealings with our army, the same
irrepressible desire to get weight for
weight of Confederate money for their
comestibles.
Recently when the Van Dorm prisoners
reached this place, and were put into the
Courthouse Square, scenes followed which
surprised even those who were previous
ly aware of the Lincoluite character of
the neighborhood. Ladies assembled in
wagons and other vehicles from the sur.
rounding country, accompanied by creak-
ing baskets, emitting savory odors of all
kinds. Tables were spread 10 the public
square, and the baskets and buckets dis
gorged their gustatory wealth. Roast
turkey, chicken, pig, biscuit, butter,
pickles, preserves, cordials, pies, the
whole catalogue of delicacies unknown
to our army, were spread out in the
MONDAY sun, and greedily devoured by
the blue, coated rabbIe that Van Dorm
had taken; all under the management of
the Union loving ladies, who lavished
upon ihem-beside all possible evidences
Of their heartfelt sympathy and admira-
tioR-smiles, tears, God blessings, kerr
chiefs waving, and all that. It's not TO
be denied that most of the Rebel specta-
tors looked on perfectly aghast. The
lamp of Aladdin never produced anything
more startling than did this advent of
the Van Dorm prisoners in ShelbyVille,
State Of Tennessee. ...
If there was anything redeemable in
this spectacle, il was the delicacy of the
male Unionists of the county, whose
mOdesty forbade their public participant
cy in The affair, and whose gallantry
prompted them TO allow their wives,
daughters and sisters to reap the whole
honor of it, if honor they chose to deem
il. But for those ladies, with all our
gallantry, we cannot frame much excuse.
is true, we would be the last TO de-
nounce any ebuIlition of womanly feel
ing, however unworthy or infamous the
object might be. But they were guilty
OF the grossest bad taste in thus Haunt
ing in the face of the Confederate public
those horded treasures for which they
were indebted solely to the Confederate
occupation of their town and county.
1t is odd, too, that there should be
Union community so isolated az this. 1t
is in The very heart of the most loyal
Confederate section of Tennessee, and
must remain, we suppose, one of the
many unexplained wonders that have
been brought to light by the present war.
The noblest of Tennessee's lovely
women are enthusiasts for the Union.
Who will say after this that there is
~ Ivy dllJ III tuC bputh
The Banner says elsewhere:
We learn from gentleman, who left
on last Sunday, that three
Yankee brigades left that place, on Sun
day morning for Nashville. lie says
ROsecrans is sending a great many per-
sons through the lines, on account of
their Southern proclivities. He has strip
ped every Southern family there of all
their provisions and is now issuing ra-
tions to them from his commissaries, and
finding the rations getting short, has sent
them through to our lines.
1t would be a good idea for General
Bragg TO send Rosecrans a few of the
ieluded Union shriekers from this place
IN the way of an exchange. We could
easily spare large number of them.
Now, the truth is, that instead of Gen.
RosEoRANs having stripped Southern
families of their provisions, he has been
feeding many families whose
natural, or rather unnatural protectors are
in the rebel army. Az the outbreak of the
bellion number Of rich rebels offered
to support the families Of all who would
volunteer; but when the soldiers en-
listed their families were left TO stsrye.
SO much for rebel honor and humanity.
If any Of the shelbyville Union
shriekers come here, they will be well
coined with open arms.
The Banner gives the following war
news;
We have nothing stirring to report as
yet. A week or so ago, the Federal
piokets along our front were drawn in.
and our scouts several times went unmo-
Iested to within three miles of Murfrees-
boro, But since then the enemy's pickets
have been advanced again 10 the old
stand points, and on Wednesday and
there was some lively Skin
nishing towards our left, in which our
,avalrymen as usual stood their ground,
md were some OF them badly wounded.
We have no precise particulars of these
lf'Airs.
Parties through from Nashville and
report a backward move
nent Of great part of Rosecrans' for
'es from MuFireesboro back to Nashville |
md from Nashville in a westerly direo- |
ION by tho Salem road, north of the |
Cumberland, We give these reports for |
What they are worth The general i'm.
PRESTON on our side seems TO be that /
whilst we have nothing Immediately 70 .
In our front, we had better be .
ooking well 10 our lett flank,
The Let Cavalry Brigade, which has
or some weeks covered the centre Of our
roni, has received the accession Of Rod