The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-17

The week OF heavy and almost constant
rain had set in, and soon freshet wa
imminent. Steamers, as they arrived
were held and loaded, and those used
for saying the forage made frequent
trips to the high bank at Chickasaw
The rain and mud prevented the teams
from moving much of the grain across
the bottom, 10 the hill sides. The sol
diers after a while became tired and in
fact were pretty well worn out, in the
wet aud cold night work, at only SIC
per month too, you know, and finally as
good as bolted, and thousands of grain
sacks went under The loss was a ca
lamity that no human foresight could
have foressen, nor available energetic
action could have afterwards prevented.
Letus be thankful it was no worse, and
charge it al to this "eruel war
Cotton is moving, by the small, from
Florence and thereabouts, to this point.
and thence down the river. Our caval-
ry squads, and rebellious groups, visit
Florence in turn. The people there are
apparently willing to live under either
king, and sigh for peace, bread and dry
goods. Small cotton steamers go up
there once or twice per week, conveyed
by tin-clad gunboat. Some 400 bales
Of cotton have come down, thus far, and
a few boxes of tobacco One or two
parties, firms, or "rings," don't know
who, and care less, are doing the bust
ness under government permits and reg
ulations, and the government getting
its per centsge at Paducah or Louisville
The cotton is in bad order-ragged and
dirty-as if it had been hid, buried, or
the like, and could each bale but give
tongue to its history, the narrative
would possibly be interesting. As to
prices know of but one sale, where a
poor refugee woman, with two little
children, sold her one bale here at 30c
per pound.-all she could get--cotton
then soc in New York. Until the rebels
are cleared out below Tusbumbia, cot~
ton business will be slow here
Florence is "desder n a mackerel," a.
concerns trade. They worship in
churches of a Sabbath, however. !
have a story to tell upon one newspaper
reporter of ours who was introduce
ed there the other Sunday as an ar
my chaplain Sir Sanetimonious even
took a seat in the pulpit, upon urgent
A tremendous bad cold, how
ever, prevented his participating in
the exercises, in which preventive
the people should heartily re joyce
Wen, you win want to know what is
doing here. Not much; waiting. The
flood is fast subsiding, and when sufE-
GENTLY abated the army of cavalry will
cross over and start for-somewhere
They are all ready and have been for
ten days past They number 5000 to
strong, Of good men, good horses
and Spencer rifles. Place the number
to suit yourself, good reader, and you
can march them upon Mobile, or North
Carolina, !or Memphis, just as you think
advisable. But wherever they 60, some
of the rebel underpinning is destined
to give way ADivision of dismounted
cavalry (Gen. Hateh's, } remains at East
port, after the Cavalry army leaves, and
until horses are sent them here, or they
90 after them elsewhere.
A few days since, Col J. G. Parkhurst,
P. N. g., with a flag of truce party, pro
ceeded TO Rienzi, Below Iuka, and there
were met by Gen Forrest, and the re-
suit of the conference was a general
exchange Of all the Federal prisoners in
the South, numbering between seven
thousand and ten thousand, for like
number of rebel prisoners, now in our
Northern prisons. The Federal pris
oners are to be delivered 70 US at Iuka
on the 10th TO morrow The rebel
are to be delivered as their
Commissioner, Judge 0uld, may de-
termine. The exchrnge was effected
By Colonel Parkhurst, Provost Marshal
Dept Cumberland, whose cen
ference with Forrest was Of a courteous,
and even pleasant and friendly eharac-
ter. Our party stayed FIVE days at Ri.
enzi, and the soldiers on both sides
mixed in and hob-nob'd in most fa.
niliar manner.
Our prisoners are 10 be met at Iuka
by wagon trains from here, bearing to
them rstions, clothing, medicines, DC,
With surgeons, and sanitary and
christian commission agents with their
stores. We expect to witness some
narrowing scenes, thus. Our poor Eel.
ows are so feeble that they could not
walk twenty one miles, or they would
nave beer in ere this. By tomorrow
.he rebels are to have their trains run
1ing up to luka, and the prisoners viii
begin to arrive They VIII remain at
Iulza aud here several days, while they
IRE being clothed and rested, the pa
1ers of exchange prepared, &c.,-the
after being a no small task. Soon as
he cavalry are crossed over, the feet Of !
now lying here VIII convey !
he returned prisoners to the OHIO river,
md thus far on their way to their
ZONES on frlrlough
We have mails and newspapers by /
,aoh feet, and plenty 10 eat, drink, /
rear, smoke, and chew. and can do me
after without resort 70 any little cud
f memory All goes well, and tie
military goese hangs high in lhis ihil-
ionth fractional segment of the great
ircle. Yours &c, J.F
Stove wood, sawed and spills ready for
se, &c s. for hall cord wagon load, can
E had BY sending your order 10 knight
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