The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-07
NO. 22o.

isis step e UiU b imPsllef, ratier tisa yel2
to tie hated TaRtse, by he a2Blost Unanimous
U1.ce Of he Confederate psoD7s. twas lorR
ago remarked by MschiaVslli that nopso-
p once embarked in war is ever forsed
Iato peace by reason Of pecuni2ry mani
ton, and never were there nations less
amenabls to considerations OF cash than
the two nations Of 4 sundered republic.
which three years ago exhibited an ave-
rage Of individual wealth among its citi-
zlns such IS could be found nowhere elsa
upon earth. The embarTassments Of ths
COafedsrliss in adjusting their currency.
in getting the supplies Which abound in
distant Florida and elsewhere up q tie
mouths which need them, and in intro
duciBg through an increasingly strirt ent
blockade al that is vital for their con-
tinued struggle, may be, and probs bly,
viii besgrieyOus and perplsxing; that hey
vii be such IS 30 extinguish or parslyzs
future re istaucs will not be lightly cred-
tied by O1e who kne6s what difficulties
have already been EurmOunted, what
shortcomings supplemented, what energy
and ingenuity displayed.
: The reported cspture Of the two prin-
eipal Government vessels which have
siHCe January last been engaged in run
ming the blockade, and which have msde
nearly fifty round voyages between tteD,
will doubtless be held u2 20 England By
Mr. SEwAsD IS great instances Of Yankee
vigOr; and yet it requires large charity
to regard as effective such q blockade -
has been for eleven months pierced q will
by the COruubis and Giraffe, OF as she
has been recently called, The Robert Z.
Lee. Doubtless fresh Government ves-
sels will soon be obeying the behests Of
the Ordnance Bureau, end in tae n,eau-
time such is the glut of blOckading
goods introduced into the C1nfederacv
by the vessels belonging to pri9ste COM
panies, thai understand there are 81
this moment fifteen cargOes warchoused
&c Wilmington, awaiting ; rise in prices
bsfOrs they arc offered for sale Never
siuce the estabhshmentof Of American in-
dependence have there been such supplies
Of brsRdies and wines in Richmond,
AagUsts, and many other cities IS at this
moment Tbs blOckade-runniug seems
about 10 be inteFmi,tsd, no; so much By
reasOn Of the iBcreassG energy Of the
blOckadipg sqUadr0ns as Of the fact that
the Southern market is gIut.ed by ths
goods already introduced. Sc
I caanot conceal ny 0En impress
sion that very little energy has been
shown By the Confederate Government
in their operations against Knoxville and
Eastern Tennessee. Successes have been
gained at LOudon by the ConfederateS,
and il would seem that nothing moro was
required to drive Burnside out of Kn X
vile than hearty aud harmonious CO.
operation between Gen. StephensO1, who
is &C London, and Gen Sam Jones, who
is IN WestsFn Virgins. Bul no energy,
10 enterprise, h2sia ibis quarter been ex-
hibited, although am assured BY officers
attached 60 jones' command thai, IN tLeir
opinion, 10000 COnfedeTAies could sweep
East Tennessee clear Of Federals. ] fear
that the harmony Of action between the
armies Of Gen. Ice and Bragg, which has
been represented in E1gland as existing,
is as imaginary ss the tFauafert0 and fro
from Virginia 70 Tennessee, and
back from Tennessee to Virginia, Of
Gen. Longstreet and bis corps T6ey
who have Witnessed the slowness
ard difficulty which accompany the
movement Of army corps, who are
coguizAat Of the weeks and Weeks which
such an up -heaVal exacts, will under
stand the impossibilty Of any such strste-
gy as the Confederates have been credit
ed with. Great as has been The acumen
exhibited By the English Press throusa-
Out this war ia sitting Northern versions
Of the newE-an acumen which has often
been commended ia my hearing sincs
cams 10 the SOuth-y0u have yet TO
learn that ip regard to tae number Of The
Confederate troops engaged, and 70 The
Confederate Generals il cormtnd there
IS often in Northern accounts ol battles
not one grsin Of yestige OF truth.