The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-15
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lh Matters In KiChInOnd
asG = Mr. VosbURG, correspondent of a
81 New York Hetala, VIII, was rooo,, 49, =. a
d. Captured on the Rapahannotc,kl. t,l ana and ta'o
/, i 't@o'RicOmdhd, to has returned, an furnish
4 4 ed sstatenent Of his experience 70 ~
! Herald, He says: '7' ~ w. = -
| saw siuart's battery of avirr ...,,
iery,' cohsisting Of thirteen nisoos !, ~
various descriptions and calibres
q " lwo guns, being of The asannas 4 ~ !.
: 9iusrCs cavalry, of which I aavv' .a,,o,.S
\ regiments, is lily supplied with bo,sas
y considerable proportion ~ a. H"ises
q being dismounted. FFofh wbstT S.J, wv
9 mem should judge that one half fIs
ses, norses was superior TO the AVERAGE al
Ours-oelng of better stock--while .the
remainuer are vastly inferior. The men
LJudge to"be The flower of tbe reboi sI
arpiN Xet, as aeompact body. I do M
peneve they could cope with edgsi
numbers OF our cavalry corps. man ~
man, ona fair field. - "" W
| or negroes in the rebel serv;o. :.
says; r'' '''' "0
| -. .,s.a.1srs7 80 aises,s~ rl .h,'~ hta1
Ipe teamsters were mostly Segross
ana many. OF this race, were vitS 49,
guards, @flyornssd, mounted. and ,,r,,,.J ~
soz's as other soldiers Whether h 1890 SS
Tor service in the field I cannotsssr' y,,i
opperanees '0duh indicate MattAey ,oorS 10y ~.
! Hee witnessed something which I6ohoa
like NEGRO equality,a.eicl, in, Dixier ,G-
the train for GOrdonsville was,pac,,od
70 its fullest capacity with atamnol;uO,
cInsens, with prisoners, conserinfs
Decentralization and negroes Fsi oF
half thu occupants Of the car ,D,L aLYOpt
was Placed were of. colored prucIiyftiea
9us WIN . susceptibility for, improves |
pene, as evidenced in the constant Iicbt
ening ofcolOr from old age 70 infsScv
nsny young masters" seemed 10 nraFS,.
tHe SOCIETY Of, the more or, less rcbIosod
uamseis ~ this car to that.of their svn;s,
yer sisters in other portions of the tyain,
oe9thern railroads are In q very dilani-
-deted condition, aud the averaee sneed
oi the trains which bore, me fsnn, r,'Is
pepper to Richmond, and from Rlch,hona.
70 Oty Point, was about eight .miIas- ,or
hour Yas ,'s'a' eau "oNN 'S per |
. Mf.gvosBthd was 9usftered in D'tI,,'0 h. no :
ted hibby'prison, where be noted monu
things: s:haHe ''' N"a h'
4 IA asstLe,ah iasaigA. sn 3" bs','u,gN \
a guard from the City Battalion was
1ep0 At the head of the stairway within
the 'roomg BY convetsihe with tbsse
Ipeh we learned that many or them an
.ertalneu 4 ynloR sentiments, and that All !
Aly ured Of the. JEFF. Davis
Qfthe' civilian prisoners NAM mnS ,vor1 ,n ! 4
'uqers, and 1t is said that some az fb.sr, =
Y Well as some deserters, have besn' 6n,,1, y
Infd over year and q. half ID. .Iertas. g
re Kept IN prison on scant faro - q
p3Ieoted TO harsh Treatment. until thar g
axe the oath Of allegiance To- Inc Con, u
ederaacy, fgtsR hsy nre coaseV5tef. ta' ~
.qeneral Winder visited us on Fridav q
Aklng survey OF the prison. He is
ensraole looking man at first glanee. "a
'itn gray haiH' bat when one notes bis Oh
llarp ieatqress with high check ,bobsa nns
y eold, cruel, gray eye, and his hauvhl tp
= insulting air, you readily believe hin, -
possess the anfelenting heartIessnaaa pt
pibuied to him, and feeT tbal 80, es
Z ouIq iike X p,see aErOgantBpirit bro. AZ 'as
He Was approached by nm of,oor ~. SO
sed Tor the return or beautiful pistol or
le nging TO- e General Kosecrans. and sl'
licn tqls nlleer had IN his. possesal0n 'sa
lsn captured General Winder said he ~
=, nOe reel ilke extending any eonrtesV sh sn
Nshefai hoseerans or any OF his oom. or
lnd, asnhes'hhd issued orders tbst 2
'uiq Disgrace avid beast9v He Nov cal
~ promised 70 forward a letter IA, 0ers al
agg about the pistol ella
Tho ssergeAnt' who brought N ,bo To-
ilops eaRd ordered as, ioorning s asl
,ning,, q fall IN for roll calio wss pr.
pioyed to make purchases Of 'heedf6i, ~
lsles' For "greepbAcks"' be allowed eiu
Of ffty per cent In Confeds. exc
notes. thoughit was well Known that OF
y sola readily for one hundred. and su9
y were once quoted In Richmond syp
rnal at three hundred and hftv. ,,,,l- sltaNl STAY
Td DrsAFFRoTroN IN TUE SOUTH, IN
The inmates Of the room represented ~; ,S"i
ny portions Of the oOnfedoraoy, and Hs,
p them learned much Of interest re- ~,
ding the feeling among soldiers and ~
PIE In the South. / was assured thar -
70 is great disaffection in the army and -,
lps the cluzehs, and that thousands r,.n
10 and out OF the military service a. s1t u
"a leave the Confederacy. and s5 MN bg I
" Z they could Many asked me H., t
lonely how they would be treated N LoJS, 49,
should succeed ih reaching our lines. ,'b,' 49,
declaring that they would take Che ~, 10y
opportunity 70 escape, They repre- XXI XXX
~ lhe Confederate GoYernment "a A F..o
pc despotsm, by which no man's Po'os -,
fly or possessions wefo REGARDED ~ G 90
heard the expression that this con Nyye
on the part Of the Sonth was cha y
mans warand be poor mans figbtN SlIHi cam
Subscription Il being eyorywbsre ing
lilsEsly snfoFood. Ia 7Vifei5ia iFtis itis made
pated that there are twenty 6onscrG,, yssPo
ers to each county. These msn ~ 9laN
N saw some specimens, are gsnel ~ .iop' ,9'
OK negro traders and overseers and pom
70 2 great extent, destitute of Snv y " -
an feeling. ~ any OF "
10 man confined in this Guard. bopso .,. aos