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The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-25

Jeff Davis Denies the Existence
OF . blockade, but Declares Ct Eff
fectIVo.
jefferson Davis message TO the rebel
Congress begins with = graceful tribute
70 the abilities Of Gen. Grant, by wsy of
reference 10 The "grsye reverses' that
that hero has inflicted upon the Southern
army, and then turns to the very i'm
portant subject of the blockade. lie
rails 81 England through one-fouFth Of
his message, because she recognized il
aud declared il effective, and charges her
with can unequiYocAl violation Of agree
ment and international law" He
dilates no the difficulties Of the
case. There were to Be bloekadsd three
thousand Eve hundred and fifiy nine
statute miles" OF coast which included
one hundred and eighty-nine rivers,
bayr, hsrbOrs, inlets, sounds and passes.
How f0rmidsblel How absurd must
necessarily be any human attempt 10
blockade sll that. And the navy of the
United States that Was expected 10 do
it consisted of "twenty-four vessels of
al CLASSES, Of which half were in distant
seas" Here the impartial reader scents
az anti climax; yet upon the whole be
sympathizes more or less with Davis
denunciations Of England for her recOg-
milton Of this "psper blockade" Paper
blockade il the burden Of his story.
Davis then refers 10 she rebel finances.
lie reyerts 10 the fact that the rebellion
started in life on specie basis, and pro-
posed to pay its way with treasury
notes, convertible at the pleasure of the
holder into Ell ht per cent bonds, the in
terest On which was TO be payable in
coin" lie shows that the reliancs Of the
government for the means 70 pay this
interest in specie was upon taxation and
cotton. Now, taxation Che Southern
people would not stand. That ardent
race, all sglow with its desire for free
dom, would not pay the expenses, and
therefore cotton was the only resource.
So the "scheme required for its operation
that there should be no suspension of
trade between the South and foreign
nations" All that was wanted was free
trade for cotton. Cotton was to 90 out,
cash was 10 come in. And as the Southern
ports were virtually op:n-apsper block
ade"-the treasury notes were to be kept
equal in value to npecie with the utmost
ease. Bat here again comes that pestilent
paper blockade in quite another view.
Insufficient altogether, utterly and sbso-
lutely, to Justify England's recognition
Of il, il was sufficient TO snnihilste the
cotton trade and keep away the cash
that was to have paid the interest. Hence
the financial collapse of the confsderacy
Davis says il. Here we are in dilemms
as 10 what we shall think of Davis
verscity; for if he lies be, speaks truly.
and if be tells the truth be lies.-N T.
Herald. 90
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An EaRIisil Account OF Rebel Treat
ment OF wounded Prisoners.

IICAt OF ~ OunOEQ EElbOnGTA-
The following is an extract of a
letter written by an English sur
geon with the Army of the Poto-
mac, published in the London Med
zeal Times and Gazette of August
s. 1t is one other, and necessarily
an impartial testimony to the diff
ferent methods in which wounded
prisoners have been treated by us
and by the rebels
"The rebel wounded in our
charge have Jared, so far as com
forts and treatment went, as our
own men Jared. Before our sup
plies came mp, they made no com.
plants; after their arrival they
declared they had not had such a
time since the Confederacy com
menced to exist. The surgeons, in
bringing their cases to the table,
never examined previously if a
man wore blue pants or gray, but
looked simply at the nature of
the wound. Had they been with
in their own lines, they could not
have been so we'll attended to. l
have seen now Confederate wound
ed in the hands of the Unionists,
and Union wounded in the hands
of the rebels, and cannot but say
that in acting the good Samaritan
the North bears off the palm. At
the Charlottesville battle the reb-
els removed their wounded to be
cared for at Richmond, leaving the
1900 Northern wounded to lie
upon the field. The rebel soldiers
near them gave them what help
they could, but the rebel Govern
ment did nothing-but confscate
the captured surgeons cases and
hospital knapsacks, looking upon
them as Government property. On
the misery being represented to
those in authority, sugar, -four,
bacon, and hard bread were pIen-
tifully issued to the wounded. This
was all, they said, they could give,
because it was all they had. Still
they could have done more they
could have removed those 1900
men to Richmond along with their
own wounded, to fare as they
Jared and, from Richmond-only
a couple Of hours away by rail-
at least, might have been
sent for them to lie upon. What
would have been said had the
Unionists acted similarly at Get
tysburg l--had they removed their
own wounded by rail, and left
10000 rebels to lie upon the field
with simply hard bread, bacon, SUI
gar, and flour to sustain them, and
with no surgical assistance save
the dozen medical men whom Lee
sent over to take care of them ?
Had this been done, God help the
Yankees we would never have
heard the end of it."
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AnOther Chssapeake AIfalr.
THE SCHOONER JOS. L. GERETY SEIZED
BY PIRATE PASSENGERS.
From the New YorE Sr1y

The Morning Star brings as pas
sengers Capt. Jas. Nichols and
Walter Grenough, supercargo of
schr. Jas. L. Gerety, which was
captured by pirates second day
out from Matamoras.
Capt. Nichols reports that he
left Matamoras, Nov. lG, bound
for New York with a cargo of cot
ton aud six passengers. On the
night of the 18th. about ID o'clock,
the Captain and two men on deck,
one at the wheel and the other
aloft, the six passengers made aa
assault on the Captain with re-
volvers, knocked him down and
threatened to shoot him if he
made any noise. They took him
forward and locked him in the
forecastle, putting a guard over
him. -Four of them then went
aft, and the mate hearing the noise
on deck came up and was taken
in the same manner and put in the
forecastle with the Captain and
crew. Mr.. Greenough, the super
cargo, in attempting to come on
deck, was kicked down into the
cabin and two shots fired at him,
but fortunately did not hit him.
The pirates confined him to his
berth and kept guard over him,
with orders to shoot him if he at
tempted to make any resistance.
After keeping them in confinement
for eight days they put all hands
into the small boat, and told them
to find their way to land the best
they could. They landed on the
coast of Sisal, after being two DAYS
and nights at sea. There they
got passage to Havana in a Span
ish brig, and the crew were sent
to New York by the schr. Horace
G. Bell, from Sisal.
The six passengers had paid their
passage to New York from Mata-
moras. Their names were T. E.
Hogg of Baltimore, j. Brown Of
Canada, James Clements, Kelly
and Brown and John Wilson.
This Wilson was mate with Cor
don the SLAYER, and he says he was
in the Tombs in New York for
four years and ten months.
They say that there are four
other parties in Matamoras wait
ing for vessels and chances like
this, and that they are sure to get
them. This same party expected
to have had a steamer at Mata-
moras, but it got away before they
had their plans laid. After they
had put the Captain and crew in
the small boat they hoisted the
Confederate flag, and fired off their
pistols as a salute, saying they had |
from the Confederate |
Government 80 to do. When |
asked where they were bound, they |
said to Balize, Honduras, where |
they could sell the vessels and |
cargo.
The vessel was owned by Fran
lis Gerety of New York, and the
cotton assigned to Shepler d Co.
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rmport.nt movement in maryland

An important meeting of the
Union State Central Committee OF
Maryland was held at Baltimore
on the 10th inst. Hon. Thomas
Swami, who presided at the meet
ing. read an elaborate paper on the
condition of slavery in Maryland,
and the best means of getting rid
oft. He stated that he had called
the members of the Committee to-
gether ''by request of a large mum
Der of Union men, in advance of
the meeting of the Legislature, to
suggest the propriety Of some ac.
ton on the part of this Committee
in reference to emancipation"
He had also received a communi-
cation from prominent and infu-
entail shareholders of Maryland,
urging the calling of a Convention
"to interchange opinions and views
upon the absorbing subjects that
viii be likely to engage the atten-
ton of the Legislature and the
Constitutional Convention, which
it will certainly authorize the peo-
pie to call" At the conclusion of
his address, Mr.. Swami submitted
a series of resolutions in favor of
immediate emancipation. showing
the folly of any gradual plan OF
Kidding the State of the remnant of
the institution.
Hon. John p. Kennedy Endorsed
the above resolutions in a few elo-
quent remarks. lie had, however,
some resolutions which
he proposed to offer, and which,
as they did not conflict with those
offered by Mr.. Swami, he hoped
would also be adopted. After an
animated discussion. both series Of
were adopted. Both
were thoroughly radical, and called
for instant and decisive action on
the part Of the Legislature.
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Tho frst bridge, in which they did not
succeed. The ambulances, which con-
tainsd SONS sick men, were lost, aud
owing TO the darkness and difficulties,
the last regiment was detained on the
opposite side until morning.
The enemy determined to main
tain his position up the cliffs, which
overlooked the bridge. / caused
the bridge, which was long and
high, TO be destroyed. The enc
my Immediately changed position
to the flank and rear of the de-
tachment, which was cut Oh. /
sent orders to a detachment to de-
stroy the wagons and come to me
across the river.
They swan the river with the
loss of four men drowned, and
joined in the morning the forces
of the enemy, which were c9ncen-
trating upon the Alleghenies by
every available road. | crossed
over the laps of the Alleghenies
with my command, with the ex-
ception of four caissons, which
were destroyed. Ny loss is G men
drowned, l officer and 4 men
wounded, and "a officers and 80
men missing.
We captured about two hundred
prisoners, but retained but four of
ticers and eighty men on account
of their inability to walk. We al
50 captured about one hundred and
fifty horses. The officers and men
have suffered cold, hunger and fa-
tiguewith remarkable fortitude.-
My command has marched. climb
ed, slid and swan, three hundred
and fifty three miles since the 5th
inst. m
(Signed) w w. AVERILL,
Brio. General.
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TO QUA rEEADEas.

Mr.. S. @. Mercer has publisheda card
ssia-sas Of the city papers, in which he
f=ys: Il have nol discontinued the pub
.licstion nor reIinquished the control Of
Ct the Nashville Union" That gentleman
never published one number Of tie
Union; nor did he ever control its pub
lieation. Ths undersigned have been
the bona fde publishers from the first
issue. Mr. 81. was suffered 70 write bis
own peculiar views and have them print
ed 10 our columns and 1t the COM
uencsment Of his services as = writer, a
gentleman IN high official position agreed
to relieve us Of 50 much expense as per-
tanned 70 The payment Of Mr.. Ms salary
All other expenses were borne by the
publishers; and al TIE profits Of publ
cation accrued to them. They promised
sud bound thsmselses to pay for the
printing msterisl and labor; and have
- been the proper owners Of the paper as
completely as the publisher Of the New
York Herald Is the owner of bis journal.
A ehort time since, The gentleman
in high office already mentioned, in
formed The publishers that he! could
No longer pay Mr. n. fer editing
the Union, and notified them that
they must take the burihen upon
themselves. ThereupOn conference, or
rather several conferences, occurred be-
tween Mr.. n. and the Publishers, at one
Of which ths former plopO ed to be
employed at q salary Of three thousand
"a dollars peg annum, and the latter de-
cliDed to employ at sueh price, Offering,
instead, one-eighfh of the net profits.
The latter proposition was once agreed
70 by Mr.. IL lat least SO the publishers
apprehended) but subsequently, rejected
At least, he EXPRESSED dissatisfaction,
and requested tie payment of one-tifth
OF The net proftsin lien Of fixed sAla-
~. To this the publishers refused to
accede; and be continued till The close
of his services TO receive one-eighth.
These facts are briefly stated, that an
honest public may not be misled, and
fbat il may be warned against transact
tions with any person or persons claim
ing business connection with TIE
UEIog, other than
WIN. CAMERON & Co.
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HetaIiatIen.

Authentic information having been re-
ceived that Acting Masters John Y. Beall
and Edward Mcclure, together With If
teen men, all belonging TO the OOnfeder-
ale States Navy, are now in close con-
iuemsnt in irons, at Fort McHenry, to
be tried as pirates, our efficient and en-
ergetie Agent Of Exchange, Judge 0old,
has notified General Meredith that Lieu
tenant Commander Edward p. Williams
and Ensign Benjamin. Ii. Porter, and If
teen sssmen, now Yankee prisoners in
our hSnds, have bsen placed in close con
fnemsnt and irons and will be held as
hostages for the proper treatment of our
men.--RichBaoiad Enquirer, December 16
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-25

Snow SToRM.-A heavy snow
storm has been raging in North
Missouri for several days. The
snow is over six inches deep on a
level, and all trains have either
been delayed or have been unable
to run. No passenger trains left
either st. Joseph or Hannibal on
Thursday. The morning train
from st. Louis on the North Mis-
souri, Railroad had considerable
difficulty in reaching Macon City.
The snow in the cuts on the
Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad
is said to be from ten to fifteen
feet deep. The freight trains are
all delayed along the road. and if
the snow keeps falling the road
viii be impossible for days. But
the company are making great
efforts to clear the way. a large
number of passengers are lying
over at Macon city.
Nearly all the stockyards on the
line of the State railroads are fill
ed with cattle and hogs, and they
win suffer greatly during the con-
tinuance of this weather.
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The French Journals Consider "a
S,a,,o~,1 xw.~ F.,s,,,s.o,,.

The French Journals Consider a
General war Imminent
The semi-Oficial press of Paris seem
laboring under the impression that q
general war must ensue in Europe. These
journals heap bitter reproaches upon
England for her course towards France,
and assert that upon her must fall the
blame for ell the unfortunate events
which seem inevitable. A WARM Europe
could in no way injure our interests; in
fact, we may say that general struggle
in the Old World could but advance our
prosperity. All danger of Intervention
in our affairs would Of course cease, and
we should become the great maritime
Power. We should have 20 do tie COM
merce of the world. In view of these
important events We shall need a firm
and powerful intellect at the head of cur
governments man who shall prove
equal to the emergency; and ne one will
be better able TO assume the great re-
sponsibility Of directing the affairs of
this country than General Grant. That
this is the opinion of the people will be
proved by the unanimiiy with which
they will eject the General to the next
Presidency.-N T. Herald
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THE ACTOR.
rr InnN cnarre -

KT JOHN oo9rxs IL
Ye who love the bright creation
OF the artist aud tue bard,
Te ~liD fhiak she actors station
onsti pleasure and reward,
Think i not ; Mechanic labor
II Often hnds archer Yield.
re.ter use the IKE or sabre,
Better piOw The harvest ic'd.
Joi,ing for the brizht IDEAL
Thai thousand hearts expect
AeyCr graspsng Tor The real
u the bark Of HE 81 wrecked
fe who think The stage Talace
Yieldiag Joys and princely gains,
Little Know the bitter ch1lico
on tho Wearied actor drslns.
King at right In ermino splendid,
From the green room 10 the stage;
BIT tho play too soon Is ended
Then begins q trner page.
Seek him IN his chamber lonely
Studying DER tbs mo- rows part,
Wearing Smiles IN pnblic only
Who're men Fever read t1e he1rt.
In the present ever haunted
Poverty 10 check his att
b. some fsvorite supplanted,
l. the wcarisi path . fame.
TIL Ike th0usands gene before him
Death usurps the b. ~ ant prize.
AMI some frisndly band marks Ger him
Here brother actor lies
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The Press cutIon OF the war
rfs ThanKs so Soldiers in the Field.
GREEN CLAY SMiTa, who has shown
his patriotism and loyalty in ihe field,
and won distraction as . soldier, has been
transferred from the army to Congress-
by the people Of The COsingtOn District
Ky.-over the opposition Of COppsrheadsl
CONSERVATIVES aud rebel sympathizeEs
generally. In Congress General Smith
proves true to the Union cause, and the
principles which be entered the army TO
sustain. lie voted for the straight out
Union candidate for Speaker, and on the
18th inst, offered in the House of Repre-
sensatives, series Of patriotic resOla-
lions, which we subjOiD, together with
she action on them.
Mr.. Crsvens moved to lay the resolu-
tons on the table.
This motion Tailed-Yeas 60; Nays
100. &C.
The frat resolution was then read as
follows:
Rssolpea, That, as our country and the
very existence of the best Government
ever instituted by man are imperilled by
The most causless and wicked rebellion
that The world has seen, and believing,
a. we do, that the only hope Of saving
this country and preserving this Govern
ment is by the power of the sword, We
ere Cor The most vigorous prosecution OF
the war until the Constitution and the
laws shall bs enforced and obeyed in all
parts of the United States; aud to that
end we oppose any aTmissice, or interVen-
ton, or mediation, or proposition for
peace, from any quarter, 80 long as there
shall be found = rebel In AIMS against the
Governments; aud we ignore ali party
names. lines, and Issues, and recognize
but two parties in this war-patriots and
traitors.
And the question having been put 1t
was adopted Yeas 80; Nays 81.
The second resolution was read as fol-
lows, and adopted, yeas l52, nays l, Ben
jamin G. Harris. of Maryland:
RssslUaa, That we hold il TO be the
duty OF Congress TO pass ali necessary
bills 10 supply men and money, and the
duty-OF the people 10 render every aid in
their power TO the constituted authorities
of the Government in the crushing out
Of the rebellion, and in bringing the lead
ers thereof to condign punishment
The third WAS then read and agreed to
BY vote Of yeas 166. the only nay, as
before, being Mr., Harris, Sf Marylsnd:
Resolre2, That our thanks are tender
ed % our soldiers in the field for their
gsllautrv In defending and unfolding
the Gag Of the Union, and defending
the great principles dear 10 every Ameri-
can pstriUt. ~
Il strikes Us thst Mr.. Benjsmin G
Haris, Of Mssyl.ad, is in the wrong
Congress. Ho ought to go 70 Richmond.
The votes against the second resoiu-
ton were cast by Democrats with few
exceptions They are more intent, just
now, on doing something for party than
for country. II is gratifying, however,
that all Of The negatives were, except
Mr.. Harris, constrained to vote for the
second AID Third resolutions. Mr. Smith |
did the country good service in making /
them " toe the m.rk7
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500 Agents Wanted :!

SOMETHING ENTIRELY KEEi esl
A n eItensige sale o. elegant nassiye GOLD PEN.
n CitS and PINS for lte dollars, ircAud.nr ors
other article (from pxomEcuous list Of over 10 09e
deFsnt aEtic es,j whatever IL may happen to - by
iuck o. ehancs not On ths "gin" prinCfpie but ths
same a. Custom louise and Ex1ress Oompanies sell
useallsd for Packages, irnaks, carpet sacks &C. e
ths highest bidder on venture, vi thou. ther con
tents Dsing kB0W14 We certainly have a. fnnch
right . sei ssa<d enyelors, cortaiaiax az srtcis
q unknown vaiass - they have % sen : schedrIe
psckase, containing, many iimes, no Faine az ~
especially shen purchasers ersf turs u tas f1
Wars b Of thelF m0nry, IN tie Pencil snd Pen aid.
frcm theekance peItof the purchase.
A NV AND FAIR cFTKR
We ask no ohe . send us Tie rionsg, uuiu they
kDoS whst article frcm the ganerki LAT viii acooa.
psng the Fsncli and Pen Ihay csu simply ssnd
their psnea % alp o pspsl, AID - viii ~ ihem
know The rrse ~ = IRA mail, 10 sealed eEFsiDp-,
ana tneJ 81 fhen ~ - ihe sTtis got, ihsy
eto1ea- N1Is raFtcr iafs aIlh pfIvafn et<cairr Il
af ST. n B; nal. A4dss. felt8 slsnp ar re-
tarn sisF,l -.........-if..'x... ltsF{ Co.
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TIE Presidents said 10 have received
frcm Col. Ives, bis Aide, now with the
Army OF Tennessee, a Telegraph annorn-
chg the evacuation Of Chattanooga by
Gen. Grant, and his retreat upon Nash
vile, tesring Up the RAILROAD before him.
We undsrsssgd that Gen. Hardee will
pursue. What has csused this sudden
and unexpected eyscastl ton is not known.
By maay it is regarded as = strsgeiie
move 10 commence = new campaign.
Whatever msy be the ensmy's designs,
be will find bis adversary on the watch
aad fully prepared. Perhaps the army
under Grant is &c undertake the noa 70
kichmond," aud be sbgulphed in that
SerbQnian bog, abere armiss whole
have sunk'-Whsre Mcdowell. McclsI-
lea, Pops, Burnside, Hooker and Meade
have been hurled by Gen ,I,ea.--Rie.-
mind Eaqnirey, De-. Is.
A good joks, thasl
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Mr. EriangeF, the Paris banker, who
engineered the Confedraese cotton loan,
and who, il is said, is about 10 marry a
belle re5ells, has been sued By couple Of
Englishmsn, whit claim no less than U.s.
900 pounds tor having introduced him 10
Mr.. shdell
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fTsHE LADY WHO lost A FOCEEI<BOOE, con
Il tanning money, &c. can obtain the sane b. ~
plying AZ tbs Dry Gods Store q J. Hcrrtin Bro.
Is Union rect Nashville describing tb1 Earue md
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