The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-29
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JEFF. Davis Papers.
4 FlendlSh Letter from Beaure-
gard.
Collision between White aud
Black Troops az Charleston.
The Feeling In South Carolina.
The Committee on the Conduct
OF the War.
The FFeedman's Bureau.
Post Offices In Virginia.
Cabinet Meeting
MOsby ParOled.
MOsbJ ParOled.

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Pers Of JEFF. Davis and Be4ursgsrd, recent.
ly captured in Florids, have arrived il
Charleston, 10 be transmitted thence or
Washington. Among them is dispatch
from Beauregard to 9 member Of the rebel
Congress, dated Charleston, October 5th,
1882, enquiring whether a bill FOR the exc
cution of abolition prisoners. msaning na-
tionsl soldiers, had yet become Law, urs-
ing its speedy passage il IL had rot.
Union meetings were being held in va
rious parts Of South Carolins.
The captured rebel sx-ssesstary Of che
Treasury, Trenholm, had been committed
- Fort Pulaski.
A difficulty recently occurred in Charles
ton between white and black troops, bat
was soon suppressed. A few on beth sides
were wounded.
Nav YoRK, June 2s.-0ns Of he Her
AIDS correspondents has recently made
trip across South Carolina, il the track
sherman marched. and he describes The
havoc and desolstion as mast complete. /
The route Of the avonging army is marked
/ BY chimneys, oblitsrated railroads, and
country well stripped OF animals and sut-
plus provisions. Tbs white people in TIA
interior. while admitting thas they are con /
quered for the present, still maintain and /
| give expression 70 their secsah heresies, and I
entertain an intense shatrsd for Yankees /
and negroes, notwithstanding they say they /
will be better of without slavery.
There is still considerable cotton scattered /
throughout the State. bat the grsslest Por- /
the Of the crop has been destroyed.
The colored people OF Columbia have 1
held meetings and raised money for the /
purpose Of celebrating the stu Of Jelly By 4
giving a dinner to the nstional soldiers sia
toned there.
The Times special says; Among The APP
plieationa for pardon flod to-day wa one 4
from Gen. Esell, there were, besides, six
teen petitions from persons unknown 70 tie
public.
The members Of the Cabinet convened At I
the usual time tO-dsy, but the President |
had not recovered frsn his ineispoaitioa. /
No business was transacted. Byto morrow 4
the President will doubtless be wall enough I
to resume his official duties.
Senator Wade, IS Chairman Of the Com /
mittee on Conduct Of the War, Is hero re-
visiag the sheels o! the report Of that Com
nittee, comprising the recent testimony a. I
70 the treatment our prisoners received g. .
the hands Of the rebels.
The Committee say the evidence clearly I
shows that tens Of thousands Of our brave I
soldiers have fallen victims to that savage I
and internal spirit, which aesnatsd thoss /
who spared not the prisoners al their mercy, /
who sought, BY midnight arsen, to destroy
hundreds Of defsnceless women and chill
dren, and they hesitated not % resort b
means to commit nsts possible that the ns-
lions Of the earth stood aghsst as they are
told what has been done.
The prison surgeons report Of the Rich
mond prisons for one quarter, shows that
fraction over one half Of all cases entered
resulted in death, and mosl Of those were
more the result cf inhuman treatment aud
neglect than disease. Bot Little more
than half the necessary rsnber o. beds
we're provided, and the nurses often Occu-
/ pied them 10 tho exclusion Of the sick AZ
ter our men died their bodies we're treated
a. the careasaes Of 50 many dead animals.
They were piled in dead houses, and their
/ eyes and cheeks eaten out By rsls before
they were put in coins. The keepers gsa-
orally manifested almost total indifference
10 the lives aud condition OF the prisoners.
aud As one Of the many illustragions af This
a witness testified to the following.
was standing one day b. tbs hospital.
one Of our negro soldiers, captured a. ne
explosion Of q mine near Petersburgs was
standing near BY engaged in skirmisaiag,
as we prisoners called Il, eraminiog bis
clothes for ysrmia. rebel sentinel -
whom I happened to be locking q the tine
drew up bis musket, took deliberate aim,
aud fred, killing the negro on The spos.
On being asked what be did IL for he an
sWsrsS: To see the damned son Of bitch
drop. The rebels say they got thirty days
furlough for shooting Yankee. The Goa
mercisl says 1t is matter Of coEgrstula-
ton that notwithstanding the CREST provo
cation TO pursue q difersnt course. or "a
thorities have ever treated their prisoners
humansly and generously, snd have In Ell
respects conducted this contest sce6riing
70 the rules Of The most civilized warfare.
The Hsrald's Washington special says
that the Freedman Bureau has set apart
large quantity Of conaseatod and abandoned I
land in the South in tracts Of various sisss /
and ia various localities, f5r the special /
bansft Of negroes Not less than Zoe coo /
are now subsisting on goTerumsnt ratioss /
in the State Of Virginia alone. Greas Dc
mand for negro labor exists in Msryland I
The farmers there are Paying ffisez dol
lars per month for males, and from lon 10
twelve to females Tor Geld hands. TIE SEP
ply is ssili short, aud agents have agsIn 4
been sent in different directions 70 make /
contracts aud induce emigration notuth-
standing the recent exPuiaioa rem kieh-
mond.
Gen. Meade returned from PhiisdsiPhia
this morning, and is experimenting he
mussriBg out Of poriioss Of his army.
Withia a week the worid-rsnoWued Army
Of the Potomac viii likely cease 70 exist e.
az equalization.
Gen. Grant Is hdvsriissd 70 spPear 81
hair dozen different places on he coming
4th Of July. He has bsen steadily de-
eliniag Invitations Zoe weeks past snd eoa-
templates Ipsnding the dag - home
The Irish brigade. eonsisting q tie -,
69th and ssh New York Vet. Vols, aud
the 1sth Mas. Vet. Tois, commanded b
Briglaisr GszsFsi Eugsat, iais coiozsi o.
tie 60lh, VIII leave here o. Saturday o.
Sunday, IS . brigade Only lseo siFong, isf
muster out.
WasHlssros. jane 2s-Ths returns o.
the general lad Ofise show that in Apri'
over 1900 acres Of land, vslued 81 over
81, zee, was sold under The Homestead Ia.
Charles Eaten 6sssns lately in ths Gor-
srnmsat employ In WAsAingioss haa bsss
appointed Tar co1alsaioasr foF Milsii-