The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-08


We take The. following letter from the
Atlanta Coateaeyacg on account of several
interesting items which it contains. II
gives dark picture Of the condition Of
portions of the rebel army, and of Mobile.
II appears also, that after all the noise We
have heard about burning cotton, aud
the destruction Of much of the cotton OF
tennessee planters by Mississippi guer-
rillas; the Mississippi planters have no,
p'' the torch to their oI0n cotton, admiring,
doubtless, the sacrifices of patriotism in
others rather than making like sacrifice.
The Rebel Chaplain spoken ofis, probably
Elder HoPsoN.
lCorresrondencs Of the Southern Confederaoy.
BATTLE HOUSE, MOBILE, ALABAMA)
December, Is, 1862.
Our detenSes are as strong as thew
could be made at this point and nothing
that could be done has been omitted. We
have the bay dotted with the sort of en-
gines OF warfare thai have caused us ma
ny disasters during this revolution, and
tbs to be hoped that they will be used
with better success than that which at
tended the Inflated Arkansas and the
gallant Virginia
Large quantities Of shoes are here in
the stores and ,ohy is tt that our soldiers are
freezing IN The mountains of Virginia and tIe
to,0 lands Of 1smesseee Is it from favor
itism through Government officials. or
what is it? Although the mothers of
Virginia have torn their carpets from
their floors TO supply the shivering SEN
tinels with blankets as they stand in the
snow-storm guarding the key to our
country's liberty, here thousands Of yards
OF the same material lie in the CONNER.
cial houses at sVinaling and JaJulou, PR
ces.
Mobile wears a sombre aspsct Hor
principal business houses are closed, and
but little Is doing outside of the govern
ment houses. The saloons, restaurants
and houses of ADJUSTMENTS, and hotels
are reaping harvest rich from the blood
OF the nations which is now struggling
against such fearful odds for indepen-
dence.
Meals at the Battle House, the princi-
pal hotel Of The place, one dollar and =
quarter each, and like everything else as
the articles advance the quality as a
general thing degrades and the Battle
House is no exception TO this rule.
The Abolitionists have advanced down
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. TO OkaIono
driving our forces before them Thou
sands of bale Of cotton were left in the
country by our rereating forces, and of
course II will fall speedily into the hand of
the enemy. Is there not a law compelI-
ing all cotton TO be burned before allow
ing il to fall into the enemy's hands? IF
there ia, why not enforce it in Mississinn;
as well as Arkansas or AlabamaP Orr
forces again occupy Grenada, and fifteen
miles beyond, having forced the enemy
to retire. Nine Of the enemy's gunboafs
are now lying forty miles above Vioks.
burg. -Four Of them are "iron cladsD
parry OF Aeutuckians-amOng them were
Gaptains Corbin and Carey, Of Morgan's |
Brlgade-who We're wounded at Cyn- |
thiana, passed through here a few
days ago for their commands They
state that the treatment of our sick |
while on the passage down the Mis-
slsslppi, was cruel aud barbarous.-
Hundreds Of our braves now sleep unon
the sands of the Mississippi, with neither
mound nor monument to mark their last
resting place, having been placed there
by their horrid and cruel treatment-not
only by the treatment of the enemy. but
by the neglect of our men.
AS an instance of cruelty and barbar.
ity, will relate the following instance
A young man by the name of Tabor. was
taken violently sick--a surgeon was
summoned (Yankee,) and he prescribed
quinine The stock of this article had
given ont in The medicine chest. and none
could be had. A friend of Tabor's learned
hat Dr. ---, who was passing himself
fl for chaplain of Dukes regiment
Morgan's brigade, had a quantity of oui.
line aboard, which he was smuggling
through, went to him and requested that
Re should let him have some. The brute
efused, and the result was the death of
Tabor.
This same Rev. Dr., understand. ia
rom Lexington, Kentucky, and stands
Il the head Of his creed. If / can only
earn his name, you shall have il in full.
LEXINGTON