The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-29
sOUTIBFWN SrVSs.


From the Official returns al the Secre-
tary Of States Office, Of the closely con-
tested ballot for opposition and conven-
ton candidates for Congress, the Rebel
loots up the following msjorilies Ma
iority for Swami, 2,77O; for FOote, no;
for McCallum, l,l25; for Murray, 536.
The Appeal adds
The official vote for tho counties Of
Knox and Blount, elect Mr.. Pride sena-
tor in the Legislature of Tennessee, by
a majority Of l6.
The Appeal vii! please remember that
"Pude gotth before distraction"
TRA1roRs IN JACKSON ooUETY, ALABAMA.
From the bonneville ConfederatoI
This will be q startling announcement
TO persons who have known Jackson
county only as the abode of true and
loyal pcople--of men, Of active patriot
ism who, from the FIRST tap of the drum
In this revolution TO the present time,
have rushed eagerly TO arms in defence
Of their coun,ry's rights, liberty and in
dependence, their homee, affairs from
dco,cration, their families from wrong
aud outrage, their property from pillage
-yf women and children, whose free
spiiit could not hs covered or subdued
BY threatened or actual violence. New
ertheless IL 10 true that there is com
pnny Of traitors in this patriotic county.
IL consists of about eighty-two men un-
der a man named Latham, who was
Lieutenant ia 6 company belonging TO
ho 50th Alabama regiment, Col. Coltart,
and deserted shortly after the battle Of
Murtreesboro', went home and organ
lied the company of which he is now
captain. He is son of Jonathan La
than, who was member OF the Legis-
lature from jackson county, at the be-
ginning of the war, was regarded with
suspicion then, and has shown his dis
loyalty since. He has one or more 9TH
er sons in the same category.
We have Just learned that this band
of traitors are levying war, adhering to
the enemy and giving them aid and
comfort in sundry ways. While COM
uniting depredations, \ few days ago, on
Guests creek or in that vicinity, we learn
that Pres. DodsOn, q respectable, worthy
citizen, and another man, were out for
tbs purpose of protecting their property,
and Dodson was shot and killed by them
IL is said that his person bore the marks
of thirty balls. We understand that
several companies of jackson county
"boys" are anxious TO andeii ke the
capture of this tory band. We trust
that the commanding general will find it
compatible with the public service to
give them free scope.
ENLISTMENT or NEGRO SOLDIERS URGED.
A correspondent of the appeal, writing
from Bragg's army, says:
notwithstanding tho criticatobiections
Of the press TO the thought of employing
our slaves as soldiers, see no reason 10
,0iAdral0 my opinions expressed in The letter
of tuesday, with tho conditions attached.
0bsta principiis is, ordinarily, applicable
only to times OF peace. am MILLING 70
employ any gs,ans supplied By" G6d and ma =
hfs" 20 apert he alternative of slavery, even,
il need be, the imitation Of the old Ro-
man self-martyrdom of falling upon our
own swords.
Colonel Jordan's letter disposes Of the
military status of the negroes captured in
arms against us. VIII the Government
sustain or eysde the rule prescribed by
Congress?
Well, arm your slaves, traitors, If you
dare We shall be delighted at the step.
Mr.. WilIism Z. Sanford, in his letter
to the Montgomery Advertiser knows
certainly how to make point. Indeed,
no is as fullof points as a porcupine'
Note this: 'oHe (the President) will
force our brave battalions to fight under
such men as Lowell and Pemberton, and
Holmes, and Hindmsn, and will drive
such men as Sterling Price away from
the service. 1t is strange that he quar-
rels with Stonewall Jackson, and Gen.
Lee, and Joe johnson, and Beauregard,
and yields bis confidence TO the Yankee
aspirauts who betray us! Let Mr.. Davis
do one or two things. Let him open his
ears and heart to the 20 ular voice and
cease TO have favorites or enemies, or let
him resign the trust the people have re-
posed in him. What is Mr.. Davis TO our
great cause. He is no more than an egg
shell in the Atlantic. If he persists in
the fatal delusion of his own greatness,
let him be invited 10 retire from the
Presidency. do not hate Mr.. Davis,
but | love my country"
The Appeal quotes largely from the
Cincinnati Enquirer to prove that VAL
landigham will be elected, and seems in
high glce over the prospect.
AvARIcIoUs FARMERS.
The Appeal quotes the following from
the Tuscaloosa Observer:
Is al patriotism extinct? Have the
farmers no conscience? Do they intend
to ruin the country by their ava,ice (?
We have bad hope for the country until
the late developments IN regard TO the
wheat crop. Il is fSct, that the farm
ers are holding back their wheat crop
for higher prices, and thus the wives and
children of our brave soldiers are AZ the
door OF starvation, while the sranaries
OF those whose property They sre defend
ing are bursting We do not believe
that the God Of the Universe will pros
per the cause of such a people We feel
confident that we shall be overrun by The
enemy and utterly desolatcd, in order 10
teach us that LIHsRTy is worth mora
than money, and that those who value
money more than their freedom, are not
worthy 10 be free. Alas for our country
Alas! Alasl
WHO used to blualer about Yankee
selGshRess and ayarioe" The chiyalry
don't love money Why, OF all extor-
tioners on God's earth the negro aristoc-