The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-10

Sho narsaclks BesicRoa BY Kentucky
women.


The Confederate soldiers at Oamp
Douglas are visited bye larger number Of
anxious friends than any previous body
Of rebel troops ever quart6red there be-
fore. John Morgan guertillas were en-
listed chiefly In chs central counties of
Kentucky, and many Of them are of the
wealthiest and most influential families.
The relatives Of these men are arriving
by almost every train, with stores of
Kentucky goods and Kentucky proyender
Tor the prisoners. II lie curious 10 note
the expression Of these peoples counten-
ances when they learn thatsa ereatpor-
ton of their stock has been brought for
nothing--the military authorities of the
camp not being willing to allow the Con.
federaies 70 have any more clothing or
bedding than is absolutely indispensable.
Many persons bring whole GARAGES of
clothing aud provisions, as il they in
tended 70 make the prison life Of their
friends not only comfortable but luxuri-
Gus. r iat.rais
The Sixthy Kentucky cavalry is fair
specimen Of the regiments that composed
Central Mofgan's command. In one
company Of this regiment COMPANY BIZ
there are probably fifty who are tbs sons
of men worth from twenty TO lifsv thous-
and dollars each, and many Of whom are
the leading business men Of The central
Kentucky towns. The shabby. rsgged
and bulternut-c olored hsbilimesfs iof
these men as they now appear. and thtir
sunburnt faces, uncombed hair, ace sadly
81 VeTlance With the personal appearance
OF me same individuals a few pears ago
when they figured as beaus and s1orti3g
gentry and lavished their fathers means
AZ Southern watering places. But not
withstanding their Degenerate and des.
picable condition, the affection of their
kindred seems not 10 have been extin-
guished, and fathers and mothers and
brothers and sisters hover around Camp
Douglas from morning till night, plead
ing for admission, aud urging recoeni-
ton of their rights. Hoy
Yesterday no less than fifteen ooun-
ties OF Kentucky were represented by
males aud females at Cottage Groye.--
Ihey came with carpet bsgs and trunks
and valises, crammed % their utmost ca
pacity with eatRbles aud articles of
clothing. One corpulent, round-faced.
smooth headed, good-natured old gen
gentleman from Northern Kentucky had
brought six bottles OF whisky for his
two sons, and declared il to be the best
Old Bourbon ever manufactured. When
informed by the commanding officer that
his sons could not receive the liquor, as
they were not sick and did not need ID.
he generously distributed ie among Low al
soldiers, aud ii soon found its wav in
side Of Federal cloth. The plethoric
gentleman then plunged -his'hand into an
d-fashioned trunk and brought out
Kentucky cheese which would oce1ov
about the same rank among other cbeeses
that the Zeuglodon did among other an
imals when 1t lived and aOurished.
Several ladies from Madison and Gar
rard counties brought their sons and
brothers splendid ward robes OF costlv
clothing, and were sorely grieved be-
cause they would not be permitted IN
receive them. These folks ouobt 10
know as they have had every opportu
nifty 10 learn, that in captivity fine festb.
ers DO rot make fiae birds. and That
however fine the feathers NAV be thev
will not enable the prisoner 20 Nv ont ~
his conilnenient. A small quantity of
substantial apparel, just such as there Is
no objection to'their receiving. would be
much more appreciated by the fallen
butteruuts thsn all the elegant costumes
that could be heaped upon them.
Some Of the visitors here from Ken
lucky who have come TO sec nrisoaars
have followed their friends ever since
their capture, have chung around Camn
Chase and Camp Morton, and when The
prisoners left Followed them here MANY
have taken lodgings at private and pub
he boarding houses, and proclaim their
intention TO remain here as long as the
prisoners do. Unless an exohsnge il
eteced soon, or something done 10 check
the tide OF emigration, we shall have a
very large per cent. OF the Kentnaev
population transplsnled in Illinois =
There is one consoling thought, hoWsy-
er, u any of our Kentucky neiehhors
are tinctured with secessionisin. and thee
doubtless are, our northern atmospherc
will have q sanitary effect on their po-
liticRl proclisities, and have tendency
TO make better people Of them.
There is0ae portion Of Morgan s. men Aat
receives very .fslo marks Of delcqte atEs, iion
from Southern relatives They are Frnm
the Southern or mountain counties Of
Kentucky, where. hundreds of women
never saw two-h0rse wagon or A pair
Of shoes, and where a male, if be cannot
sharpen Bowie knife when he IA two
years old, is knocked on the head and
dispensed with. That's legend with
some poetry in it, These men are per-
fectly capable of committing all Inc
barbaritiss ever attributed to Morgan's
raiders. ll 1ac
- lItwould be we'll Cor the lapoor white
trash who form the rank and Gle of the
rebel army 10 note the indifference with
which they are treated by the arist6cra-
ywho deceived them into The rebellion.
So far as the commission Of barb sri-
ties is concerned the lo0sst rebels whom
we have known, belonged % the negro
aristocrscy, and not the pdor class 40 the
Post would seem to intimate. me plan-
tatin is he natural school Of si7,sKy -
EDITOR OF rae Union. ~
The administration Of affairs at Camp
Douglas, at present 10 rigid and efficient.
Col. DeLand treats ali parties alike, re-
ceives persons from the north aud the
south politely and courteously, and ilrm-
ly refuses whatever be deems inconsist-
emit with his duty. II persons have
relatives or irionds among the prisoners,
who are sick, he allows them every
facility for administering to their come