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The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22
I'VE underatand ihal Mr. Mrrns. Of ,he !

We understand that Mr.. MYERs, of the
city council, is about TO introduce a bill
in that body appropriating the sum Of
$3.50 for the purchase Of stand Of col
ors to be presented TO our gallant fellow.
citizen, Col. w. @ STOKES and his regi-
ment, in order 10 manifest the admira-
ton and esteem in which this noble
corps is held in the hearts Of a grateful
people. We are glad TO know that the
services and patriotism of these brave
refugees from rebel tyranny are appre-
ciated by the members Of the city coun-
Gil. The men who have Voluntarily ex-
lied themselves from their homes and
families, and sacrificed old associations
and pecuhiary interest, rather than be
false to their country, deserve our sup
port, our love, and appreciation. At the
most perilOus time in our city's history,
when the military force here was very
small, when the surrounding country
was infested with guerrillas, and the
services of cavalry force were especial
ly needed for our defence, this regiment,
was organized, and in connection with
brave men from our sister States protect
ed our lives and property. The testimo-
NAL proposed to Col. STOKES, Regiment
will be deserved, and very accepta-
bic one coming as it will from the coun-
Gil of the redeemed capitol of Tennessee.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

First Middle Tennessee Cavalry

First Middle Tennessee Cavalry.
Mr.. EDITOR: II is source of pleasure
to all loyal men in Tennessee to witness
with what alacrity the oppressed Union
men of the Middle District of the State
took up arms in defence of the undying
principles Of the Union and the Consti-
tuition, as soon as relieved from rebel
tyranny and CONSUMPTION. Foremost
among those who buCkled on the armor
of the soldier, and offered his all upon
the altar of his country, was the brave
civilian and soldier, Col WIN. B. Stokes,
together with the brave men under his
command, who have just emerged from
the fiery ordeal of Stones River.
All never shall the hand forget
How gu,hed the life-blood Of the brave,
Gushcd warm with hope and courage yet
Upon the soil they fought 70 save;
covered all over with glory, and leaving
their acts of heroism as granite mOnu-
ments to future generations Of men who
know their rights, and knowing dare
maintain them.
AT recent meeting of the City Coun-
Gil, Councilman MYERS offered series of
resolutions in commentator of the gall
liant Colonel and his brave command, and
asks the Board to appropriate sufficient
sum TO enable the committee, who are
already appointed, to procure regi-
mental Stand of Oolors, to be presented
to that efficient corps as a small testi-
monial Of their esteem and regard |
do hope that no member will feel il his
duty TO vote other than aye on so meri-
t0rious a project as the one indicated
above, as it will secure hearty response
from every true lover of the Union It
will also serve TO remind those veterans
that the loyal men of Nashville are not
unmindfu Of the services rendered by
them when the city was in imminent
peril of being sacked by merciless hordes
of banditti, when isolated from the
grand army of the Cumberland.
In conclusion, Mr. Editor l trust the
day is not distant when / shall be
witness Of the presentation of the colors
from the committee. Il will be an epoch
in the history of that invinciblo regiment.
FOX POPULL
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

Lieutenant MAURY, notorious for }
plsgiarized Geography of the Sea, in
letter to Russian official, speaks of {
Southern slaves aud whites as constit
ting one people. Read
Here, then, is the spectacle Of
PEOPLE, twelve millions in number, see
ing to separate themselves from an ass
citation which they abhof, 10 cut loo
from q Government they hate, SEEK
and meaning to take their place as
independent sovereignty among the NJ
lions of the earth.
Now this is prominently rich, "a he
rebel leader speak Of siapes as oltige,
and rebelling too, against a Government
which MAUaY says, is seeking TO fr
them. MAUHY cannot begin 10 cipher ,
his twelve millions Of rebels without il
Guiding the Africans. ls your Confed
racy a negro Confedtracy, after all, n
MAURY II seems that you have 10 d
pend on the slaves TO sustain you in W
as well as 10 peace.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

Louis Napoleon, remarks the Newbury-
port Herald, is filed with unfriendliness
to the United States, which took him in
when he was stranger, clothed him
when he was naked, and fod him when
he was seedy, worthless wanderer.
LOUIS NAP, in this respect displays
precisely the same spirit which his friend
JEFF. DAVIS manifests towards the Gov
eminent Of the United States, which
took him up, educated him on its charity
at West Point, and now stands as a tar
get for the miserable creatures inerati-
tude. SO snapped the viper at We hand
of the rustic who picked it up when be-
numbed with cold, and warmed it at his
cottage fire. To do fayors TO men of
mean spirit is sure way Of making
them your enemies, And there is wis
dom in the old adage which says: .Es-
tablish a mendicant on the uppermost
section Of charger and he will instant
ly transport himself TO The regions Of
Apollyon,"
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

A gentleman who left hurfreesbOro on
Tuesday, states that Il was rumored
there, that BRAGG had received twenty
thousand reinforcements from Vicksburg.
II this be SO, the rebels must regard the
the operations of the army against
Vicksburg as closed FOR the present 1t
is rather marvellous story, and the peo-
pie may take it for its value
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22
Confederate Prisoners = Discomfort
in the Rebel Army. ~

Confederate Prisoners = Discomfort
in the Rebel Army. a.
The following prisoners were brought
in from Murfreesboro on Tuesday:
Lieut.. 4. N. CoBB, 51st Ala. Cavalry;
Lieut. c. II. WHITE, 32d Ala. Cavalry;
Lieut.. j. M. BoNEY, 10Th Mississippi,
aRa sixty six privates.
OF these prisoners one Of the officers
and fifty priVates, many of whom had
voluntarily given themselves up, stated
that they had always been for the Union,
and had been forced into the rebel army
by CONSUMPTION. They declared them
selves still loyal to the good old Govern
ment, and desired 10 take the oath OF
allegiance. Thousands of the common
soldiers in the rebel army entertain the
same feelings and views in regard TO the
rebellion that these last mentioned pris-
eners do. They were hard working
Shareholders, whose sympathies were
widely at variance with those of the
cotton oligarchy, and who view with
indignation the outrage and insult offered
10 them in the Exemption Law which
imposes the burdens and perils Of the
war for negro slavery upon the non
shareholders, and exempts the large
Shareholders from participating in it, on
the impudent assumption that this
wealthy minority who forced the war on
The South, are the rightful and divinely
appointed rulers of the land. These
honest people cannot see why non-slave-
holders are not as well qualified TO act as
a police force, and govern the country, as
shareholders are They do not un-
derstand why Shareholders should have
n law passed to exempt them from ex-
posing their persons TO the hazards of a
war OF their own creation, and gotten up
for lheir exclusive benefit. Why is a
DOn-slaveholder dragged off from his
family by a CONSUMPTION law, while his
neighbor is allowed to remain at home,
that he may take care of his twenty
slaves? Are white mans wife and chill
aren of less consequence than the slaves
Of cotton nabob? 1t is plain that JEFF
Davis and his Congress think 30, aud that
they cherish hearty contempt for those
citizens who are too poor to own negroes
Truly If these things are submitted 10,
there will soon be oolite as well as a
blCcE slavery in the South, and white men
will be bought and sold, dashed by over
seers, and locked up in plantation quar-
tiers, as well as negroes, The people Of
the South begin osce this plainly. The
soldiers Of the rebel army begin to see
il, and feel it, too, in their own persons.
A low Inurmur of discomfort, like that Of
a tempest sounding in the far distant
forest, is spreading through the Confede-
rate ranks, and ere long it will bursti into
resistless hurricane. The spirit of lib
erty will not be chained much longer, at
the feet of DAVIS, YANcY, BENJAMIN,
BRAGd and HARRIS. And when she walks
forth in the majesty Of her power, woe
10 the infamous scoundrels, whose fraud,
hypocrisy, treason, and mad ambition
have overwhelmed The South with deco
Iation and ruin The disease of rebel
lion is terrible; the remedy will be ter
rible as well; but the cure, we hope, will
be as lasting as time itself.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22
Rebel Batteries on the River.

1t lie reported by parties, who have
good opportunities for knowing the facts,
that the rebels have two batteries, COM
msDding Cumberland Riyer, one near
Lineport, and the other at a point few
niles distant We suppose the batteries
are not Of very formidable nature, and
hope that the rascals will soon be routed
from heir dens. The gunboats should
visit them as soon as possible
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22
Martha,

ptgD JAsUAuy 9, 1871
.. sexton Martha's dead and gnn,.
IoH the ci tull the bell
Her weary hands their labor cease.
Gpd ight, poor Ai1 tia ---lcDp "a peace
Toll tie bell
Sexton Matha's dead and gone
Toll the boil toll tho bell
For many year has Martha said
I'm old and UuoG-Nulli I Wrru iaad "
Toll the bel.
A" sexton Martha's decd aud gone
Toll the bell tuil the boil
she'll bring mo- m0ra by dty or night
Her basket iull uf linen white.
Toll the hrll toll DE bell
sexton MARTHA dead and gone
Toll the bell toll che boil
sleep Martha sleep iu Naks IN l|Ehi.
where ul tIr robes ana tarl0g Waite
IulI Doe Lrl
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22


The bill to raise volunteers in Ken
lucky for protection against guerrilla in
vasions, has passed both houses of Con-
gress
You gentlemen" said Senator Davis
in urging this measure on the 9th inst.
who live in States that have been free
from the invasion Of the Confederate
forces, know nothing of the miseries that
it brings upon an invaded country. 1t is
literally devastated 1t is for the pur-
pose OF preventing further devastation,
and of giving protection to this truest
portion of our population, that our noble
Governor desires this measure to be pass
ed. he was here just before the recess
was taken. He came on TO solicit in
person the President and members of
Congress 70 permit this bill to pass. lie
intends to make such use of it as true
patriot and Governor of Kentucky ought
to make, and none other He, with the
humble individual who now addresses
you, holds no compromise with secession.
We regard it and its authors as the mea-
sure and artilicers Of all the woes that
are now bearing so oppressively upon the
whole land, and our own Stale especial
ly. We have for the secession leaders
nothing but war, uncOmpromising war,
until they are subjugated and are reduc-
ed to submission to the Constitution and
the laws. The secession leaders and the
Union men of Kentucky cannot, and ne
yer can inhabit the same country. 1t is
for the purpose of making the war effect
i've, and more effective upon them than il
has been heretofore, that we desire so
greatly the passage of this measure
We know that it will enable us to raise a
description Of force there that will be
more effective in our local conflicts with
the secession armies, when they make
their raids into the State than any we
have had
The Louisville Journal Of the 18th,
'adds:
"All the signs indicate that the force
contemplated will have work enough TO
do as long as the rebel army of the South
west is able TO keep the field, and the
more work the further the field is re-
moved from the banks Of the Ohio
Every step that ROsecrans presses the re-
bells back toward the Gulf is an appeal
for strenuous energy inraising these Ken
lucky volunteers, who among other things
are TO guard his rear, and keep open his
great line Of communication. Now that
we are certain TO have the law, let us have
it, and the men under il, without a mo-
ments unnecessary delay"
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

lHE POPEs TEMPORAL PowER.--lt
stated that the Pope has decided tbs
the ten thousand Italian priests VIII
signed the memorial requesting him
resign the temporal power and reslor
Rome 10 Italy are subject 10 the penal
ties of accommodation
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22
The New York Herald says :

II appears by the Southern papers that
Hon. Richard Yeadon has offered reward
of ten thousand dollars for the head of
General Benjamin f, Butler This Yea
don is editor of the Charleston Courier,
and.is known among the fraternity by
the sobriquet of "Sancho Panzo." He
has been for number of years one Of the
Charleston delegation in the South Caro-
lima Legislature, and, with the exception
OF George Sanders, is probably the most
fussy, frothy and foolish secessionist in
the whole South. From his personal APP
pearance we should judge that he never
had money enough to buy himself re-
spectacle looking coat; and yet he talks
about giving an enormous sum for a sight
at the head of Gsn. Butler. Yeadon is a
nincompoop.
This YEADoN is the fellow who adj
DRESSED Mr. EVERETT once on time, be-
fore Southern audience as the "Cicero
of America! Laudator of Washington
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

A BEmIg journal states that there are
now in the Prussian capital, seven butch
er's shops for the sale Of horseilesh, aLi
that about $50 horses have been killed In
the present year for their supply. No
animal can be slaughtered for those cs-
Adjustments without certificate from
the veterinary surgSon Of the police.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

Tonight we bid a mournful farewell
10 gas-lights. No longer shall their star
Light luster gladden. our eyes as we walk
the streets after night-fall. Disembodied
spirit Of coal adieu Tallow candles we
are happy to make your acquaintance,
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

A REwARD r0R BUTLEgs HEAD,-W
see that a South Caroliuian has oiIere
$4,000 for Buffers head We are no
surprised. n he can get the amount Q
brains that Butler's skull contains IA
that sum, he MAJ think lac has a goo,
bargain Bus ID is rather late for M
Yeadon 10 begin 10 supply the detcien
cics Of nature Providence (R H. Joara
al
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22
A Paris correspondent writes /.

"The gOssips Of Paris say that the
young Prince of Wales has been private
ly married 20 a most beautiful Irish girl:
that the Queen has caused this marriage
to be declared null and void, has sepa-
rated the lovers, and has settled a pen
sion Of $4,000 a year on the lorsaken
beauty.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

The weather Is as sloppy and gloomy
as weather can well be, A heavy fog
prevailed yesterday morning
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

The contrabands in Washington watch
ed the Old Year out, and when it had de-
parted, an expounder Of the faith, known
among them as St. John the Baptist
preached sermon from a text in Ihc
twentieth chapter of Regulations. "
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

ca some two years ago, 10 the scarci
oRy for our columns. II was intend
poetry when written, but time has
Il into sober prose far short Of the
bic reality il endeayored 20 foresM
For tie IGuissiilo Journ,ll
There is a fearful spirit Of truth 4
powerful poem
The DisuniOn Banner.
oSr.kos DpAuA
by 3. G. MERCER.
Drap.aos PersonG
nEvIt
ntscoRn.
si1UomsR
Dnvn
Fionds, who in The laird gloon
Of He'll do ply the fatal loom,
Weave a hammer Of Despair
For OOlumbia's talntod air,
IN device of su thurous fame,
Weave her everlasting shame,
Far and wide It's shadows cling.
Like the earrion.yulture'a wnr,
With the smell of hnman blood
Horrid rs the flag OF Hell,
Renred by Satan when he fell,
That our dark Kingdom may relo'c0 20 know
hirth vie with us IN sin, despair, and woe,
nisooRp
TIE Union raves Ike one insane
sLAuenrKR
lier hearts blood flows like summerrair.
rEnINr.
Ffishtcned 10y her cries Of pain
J have hed o. Hen again.
pEylL
Joining IN 6 mystic ring
Weave each form Of suffering,
Ia it, murky wool embfoid,r
D1kness, death, and Hel's disorder.
rIscoaD.
An thnes have infected with my breath.
The ttcacherOus banquet breeds disease aud q
Restless suspicion turks Ia eveiy eye,
Dstru.t has severed frendshipss Crod d.. .
Haie fires each hoscm and from sea 90 sea,
Tue lana isreni by bitter enmg.
ALL
SHOW how discord and dstrusi
POrmnut thtse wretohod worms OF dust,
ia the murSy w00f emhfidCr
DARKNESS, death, and llelrs disorder
SLAUGHTER
The cities sink IN Games-broad seas Of s0i,
pronch the wide fields ana purple every shuf
Ana hostile squa0rons, clasning Ia oacr ia D,
Trampe the wine press Of Almighty wrath
village in its midnight rest reposed
La bllssful sleep each woury oyuii closed
with cat like step treauhgrous host stole ia
Aou heaven was shaken with tho battles din
The nioshef gave her babe one parting glanc,
~ Ahnr tot L.sHl 4. L..
serene old age moment gaspCd Tor breath,
Then passed from liio'3 last sIoep to that OF dcI
)" h0rrid was the change Of that dread MIC
That Hell itsel, might shudder at tho sirhl.
AL.
Weave We 81 our fatal loom
Piles OF stain, Withouta tomb
10 tho murKy wool emb Older
Darkness, death, and helps disorder.
iAuNn.
Amid The smOul1eriug embors of their barnp
aud grannries piliagot by tho foragers
! saw the farmers, standing, liko a pack
or starving wolves, lankod ribbed aud lcry.
besidc them sat their wives, whose Starving
Like withered lilies lay upon their laps
Seeking the breast that gave ACCOMPLISHMENTS
In yonder port no more tue stately mast
Spreads its white sails aud trpmblls IN tho bls
While haplcss merchants gazing down the ba
Mourn the swirl SHIPS that wanaer far dway.
AL.
on O. fatal standard show
famine.s endless train OF WOO
In the mpT,y wool eubroidpr
Darkness death, and Holl's disorder
Now let as ample ' Dds be bound
with fiery serpent round
Eien'r destroyer shall recall
I'll new temptation, f.u, and fail
uryLL.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-22

Perhaps Qua bestapOlOgy Cor fepu
ing the following lines which first Al
ed some two years ago, Is the scare
eWy for our columns. II was intend
poetry when written, but time has /
It into sober prose far short Of the
bic reality il endeayored 70 foresh.
For TIE IGuiHgille Journ'll
There is a fearful spirit of truth !
powerful poem
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-03
Items.

New YORK, July 2.-The steamer General
Burnside, from Newbern, Monday, has ar
rived. Among her passengers are Captains
Fowle and Tyler of the 43d Massachusetts,,
Lieut.. Landon of the Sth Massachusetts, and
other officers.
The 25th and 9th Maine regiments ar
rived last night, and will leave to-day for
Portland.
The president of the Pacific railroad has
appointed S. Hallett & Co. financial agents
have been deposited with them, to secure its
speedy construction.
PHILADELPHIA, July O.. The subscription
agent reports the sale of 100000 fve-twen.
ties, at the various agencies, to-day. A large
proportion Of this amount came from the
west which continues her noble support to
the government to subscriptions, which
amount to 100000 daily. While her sons
are doing arduous service in the valley of the
Mississippi, her sturdy capitalists and farm
ers do not neglect the equally important duty
of supplying the government with means to
support the army and navy. The deliveries
of bonds are being made to the llth of June
BosroN, July 2.-The Maine 23d regiment
passed through Boston to day for home. Its
term of nine months has expired.
PORTLAND, Me-, July 2.-The shovel ham
die factory at South Wayne was burned at
noon yesterday, with 40 other buildings,
stores, mills, factories, &c. Loss $4,000.
ST. LOUIS, July Gov. Yates of Illinois,
was shot at through window while writing
in his office at his residence in Springfield at
a late hour last night. He was not injured.
There is no clue to the perpetrator.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-03
Letter from MIR. scandIin.


WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 80, 1868.
DEAR FRIEND B..-Having just returned
from one of your old bases of operation,
thought line informing you of the condition
of things in that vicinity would not be unac-
ceptable After the cavalry fight at Aldie
started from this point, hoping to reach and
render some assistance to our wounded in
that vicinity; but on reaching Fairfax Court
House, found it would be impossible, as our
army was then moving up to Frederick via
Edwards Ferry. l accompanied the reserve
artillery ammunition train, passing through
Vienna and Drainesvlle to the ferry cross
ing at that point, over the pontoon bridge
and making for our old headquarters
Poolesville, which reached last Saturday at
10 A. NJ. l found many familiar faces, though
the stores were all closed. The trains and in
fantry passing through created a very unusual
stir for so quiet and muddy locality. Wis
tied our burying ground and found the graves
and stones of our fallen comrades in good
condition, though the fence around the en-
closure had been entirely demolished. Our
COTHeT WAS Ill lDuCn the DSSL state.
Before leaving at noon l met many of the
18th, and learned from them that the men
were well and were expecting to pass
through the town about three o'clock in the
afternoon. Starting from Poolesville at noon
we reached Rockville at dusk, our horses and
selyes-that is, self and friends-nearly ex-
hausted with our ninety miles ride. We put
up at that point for the night, partaking of
colored parsonage who swung the fy-fans
from his elevated seat. Only think of our
| spending the night quietly there, when force
of rebel cavalry had actually crossed the Po-
tomac at Great Falls, not far from Seneca
| creek
We started from Rockville at A. M, and
met the front of the wagon train some six
miles from Rockville. That was afterwards
| ~s'Ps-.o N'~0sI ~
place. We saved ourselves by being about
three quarters Of an hour in the advance of
this force, that came to within six miles of
Washington, returning from thence to Ed
wards Ferry, where they destroyed quite a
supply of government stores.
Well, having written so much, the question
arises whether you will ever receive it, as our
communication in this vicinity is being tam
pered with in all directions. | should have
started for Frederick this morning, but the
railroad communication is broken. These
temporary raids amount to little. If am
| not much mistaken. a blow producing perma-
nent results will soon be struck, or three or
four of them, threatening the life of the rebel
lion. A good militia system in the state
would be worth something now but the assem-
bled wisdom of the commonw ealth could not
see it during the lull of our winter session.
Such experiences ought to teach us the wis
dom of action. Truly yours,
VIM. G. SCANDLIN,
Agent of American Unitarian Association.