The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-06
THE CITY AND THE MILITARY sITUA.
TI0N.

In our last, we presented the readers
Of the UMoS with s view of affairs in
and around Nashville up to Saturday
night
Sunday morning opened clear and
cold. The usual Sabbath quiet was dis
turbed by the arrest Of citizens on the
street by the guards, for the purpose Of
increasing the force ct work on the de-
fences of the city. Hundreds who had
gone out on the streets for recreation,
were picked up" and escorted, with
out why or a wherefore, to the scene
of shoveIs and picks Many cases of fla
grant injustice occurred, in tbeforcible
seizure of gentlemen in feeble health,
unable TO WELD spade or anything
else, and hurrying them along the
streets, without regard to consequences
1t seems TO US that there ought TO be
discretion given 10 guards to prevent
such abuses. Outside of the scenes
growing out Of this impressment, the
city was about as quiet as usual on the
Sabbath. /.
On the lines Of the army around the
city there was considerable diminishing
The rebels were evidently determined
to press nearer to tse city, but their
movements were closely watched, and
provoked, in repeated instances, tho
rough Smelling. DR. Buckley's resi-
dence, on the middle Franklin Pike,
having become a resort for rebel sharp
shooters, was shelled and torn to pieces
A private residence on the Hillsboro
Pike, between the lines of the two arm
les, occupied by females, became dan
gerous place, and during the afternoon,
a shell dropped into it, doing much
damage, but fortunately, ipjuring none
OF the occupants who vacated at once,
and came to the city. A cavalry Eght
occurred on this Pike in which the
rebels were genteely thrashed, and sent
off in a hurry.
Cannonading was kept up until after
dark Amongst the points that re-
ceiyed attention from the cannoniers,
we learn, was the residence of Mr. Jo-
seph Vaux, on the Franklin Pike, reb-
els having collected there
Yesterday the morning opened fog
gy, and at an early hour cannonading
was heard, at various points on our ex-
tended line
At 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the l4th and
10th u s colored troops, under Col
Morgan, the 10th Indiana dismounted
cavalry, and the 6Sth Indiana, under
Col Biddle, made z reconnaissance by
direction of Maj. Gen Steedman, be-
tween the Chicken and the Murfrees-
boro Pixies They advanced with gal
lantry across the hill on which Felix r.
Rains resides, and drove the enemy
from their entertainments, capturing
first Lieutenant of the 9Th Mississippi,
and sixteen men. The colored troops
came within few yards of capturing
Geneitls Frank Cheatham and Lowry,
who secured their escape by the fleet
ness Ct their horses The Lieut. con-
hrms the death Of Gen Pat Cleburne,
g. and says Gen. Cheatham is in command
of the Division lie says the rebel
troops have been assured that Sherman
has been whipped; but they do not be
lieve il, because they know Beauregard
and Dick Taylor have not the men to
do that job He says also that his
Brigadier lost two-thirds of his CON-
mand at Franklin The object of the
reconnaissance having been accomplish
ed The command returned TO their res
pective positions, and were compli-
mented by Gen Steedman upon the
handsome manner in which they had
executed his order
Amongst the sympathizers with the
rebellion, there were numerous rumors
in circulation; the most important Of
which were relative to reinforcements
said 10 have been received by the enc
my We do not regard them as worth
mentioning, although it is plain that this
class Of our citizens place implicit conf
dence in them, and We could detect in
their mien and department something
of spirit of exultation, not witnessed
since the transit of Buell. in 1862
They evidently expect something favor
able TO their cause.
On the other hand Union citizens are
cool and confident They know that
the feeling Of our lines by the enemy,
by skirmishing, is no indication that he |
is able 10 meet our forces, or even to
dsvslope them
And We may add, at no time has the |
confidence Of our troops been greater; /
or the substantial reasons for such
confidence 50 strong.
Wedo notanticipats any attack, IN yores.
on our present front, as, independent
of the advantageous disposition of our
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