The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-04
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west Tennessee URI0HIsts-hembers
RIecf ofike SeRate.
Much as tie proceedings Of the late
Nashville conventions are derided oy
certain rose. water Union men m tins
city-contemptuousl IS its proceedings
we've treated by the men who ran the
late election, in refusing 10 rote as II
hsd direoted--we feel gratiheo 70 De
heve that its deliberations we're charae-
terized BY alofty patriotism, and that
the men elected to assist in putting the
State machinery in motion, are emf
uentiy fitted, by previous sugering at
the hands Of rebels, for the deliberate
and nrduous duties TO be deVOlTed up
on them. While this Is true OF the
gentlemen selected for the Legislature
in other portions Of the State, it Is, we
arc prepared % affirm, eminently 80 OF
those who will on the first Monday IN
April enter upon the discharge Of their
duties Is loyal Legislators from the
District Of West Tennessee. That this
is q correct view, will appear from the
following sketch Of some Of the indi-
vidual members
Thomas A Muse, Esq, is the Senator
elect from Benton, Humphreys, Perry,
Decatur and Henderson counties He
sa gentleman Of about thirty years Of
sge, q lawyer by profession and practice,
andliyed at Lexington, the county seat
of Henderson, till the fall Of 1861, when
he was arrested by the rebels for his
Unionisrn. and taken &c New Orleans,
Mobile and other points, and immUred
IN dungeons as a prisoner till be lost
his health lie finally escaped and en-
tered the Union army. He lost all bis
property by the rebels, and his family
has since been supported BY iriends.-
His love Of the Union was his only Of
fence, and for this be was called upon
10 endure not only the loss Of his prop
erty, but personal injury and indignities
without number. He therefore is we'll
qualified 70 legislaie intelligently as 70
the wants and interests OF the loyal
people Of the counties he will 80 ably
represent 81 the approaching session Of
the Legislature.
Col Fielding Hurst is the Senator
elect from the counties Of Hardin hcNa-
~ and Hardeman He is about forty
i've years Of age, and practioed Law at
Purdy, the coudty seat Of McNairy, til
the 9th Of November, 1861, when he
was arrested by Gov. Harris Tor his Uni
oniRfn, and confined IN the Nashville
peniteniiAry FOR thirtyseVen days. lie
was Examined by West .Humphreys,
then Confederate Judge, who said he
should be hung on the FIRST Monday IN
April, 1862 Through thaintervention
Of afriend at Richmond, he was paroled
on the nth Of January, 1862, and sent
home In ten days Afterwards he WAS
arrested by the military authorities At
Purdy, and carried before Bishop Polk
atColumbia, Ky Bishop Polk told him
he should never get away alive adding
that he deserved death IN bundred
times Subsequently when in charge Of
q guard GA the way to Pnrdy 10 get
proof Of HE Unionism for trial, Colonel
Hurst escaped II wat the night Of the
Fort Donels0n fight He made his way
20 the Tennessee river bottom, where he
remained seven days, and finally got of
on the gun6oat Iglos, and participated
in the first battle AZ PittsbGrg Landing
on The FIRST day OF March, 1862 Col
Hurst was then transferred from the
canboat service to Gen Smith at Sc.
vannah, and he being killed in the en-
Fagement, 10 Gen. Lew Wallace, actiug
~ guide for his army up 10 the battle
Of shiloh Subsequently Col. Hurst
was transferred 10 Gen. Grant, acting
As q scout and SPY on the night wing
Of his army up 20 the evacuation OF
Corinth. Wheii C0riDth was finally
evacuated, Col Hurst Vas IN With ty-
phoid fever. and was sent to SaFannah
IN a delirious cosidition. in four weeks
be had 20 far recovered that ne went
10 Beohel on the Mobile and Ohio rail-
road, twenty-five miles south Of Cor
inth and Immediately made up the
first West Tennessee, now the Sixth
Tennessee cavalry.
Il would be herculean TASK q write
up The history CT Col Hurst's opera
tons 81 the commander Of that gallant
corps We have only room 10 note that
Col H0rsts S;h Tennessee cavalry was
in their frat kght when Price attacked
Corinth, ia the fall Of lS62-that he
followed Prices reireating columns TO
Ripley, capturing - of his men, while
Hurlhurt fought him az the bridge On
tie Hsichie-that he participated with
his regiment ia the fight 81 Humboldt
IN The winter Of l562-that ia the
spring Of 1862, he fought Forrest at
Jackson, Tenn, whipping him badly
and driving him over the Tennessee
riyer-that be did splendid fighting
with NeCreliis' expedition, on his res
pulse at Cold Water-that IN the sun.
mer of 1858, he did the main part OF
the fehting At the town OF Selne. il
Tippah county. Miss, when hes single
regiment encountered the combined
forces Of AcCuloch, Neeiy, Faulkner
and Richardson, saving our army from
tout, aud driving the enemy FROM early
morning until night-that he fought
again under Hatch. IN the second attack
On Jackson, doing excellent service
and saving the dsy--that he fought
Neely's brigade Of =, 500 men at Bolivar
last March, and with only SCI men.
drove hiSn back nine niles, los.
ing only thirty three men killed,
wounded aud prisoners and after
the enemy had been re-entorced BY Nc
Culloch's and Bells brigade, be Gus his
way out handsomely at SOmeryille that
he held Lagrange and Grand Junction
dufing the raid into Mississippi, and
did patrol duty all over West Tenpes-
see till the 9th OF last Novombef. when
he moved with his regiment 70 Nash
vile, and on the 9th dsy OF December
rendered has resignation. Col. Hurst
vas one Of the most efficient officers ia
the service, and the 9th Tennessee. I'M
der hia command, won for itself pane
and a fame which the Union men Of
West Tennessee will not willingly let
die We hope, IS = matter Of simple /
Justice 10 our much-abused people, that /
the history Of that regiment--of lis a.
Dors, trials and ssctories--naay yet be
Presented insOme mere enduring form.
col Hurst has done = good service for
me people Of this section OF ths State,
and is Just the style OF man 10 make
laws - suit the loyal people whom he
Represents.
A kickthafg correspondent Of the
New urleans True Delta, writing on the
leih UT, says the rebel authorities.
iaroeeh their Commissioner Of Tx
charge, Lieutenant Colonel Wrtiv bs~.
agreed 70 send III ,0o0 Uuioa prisoners {
g camp Of exchange already estsl.
lishod AZ a point called Pour MI
Bridge, on the Nicksbure and .Jael.sor, +
railroad Eight hundred Of our men
have already arrived there from G.
hswbe, Meridian, and ether plscas n
AlabsEns and Mississippi Tier have
suffered greatly from the want OF cloth
ing and By exposure % the weather
bat have had enough food, though not
= a.. N.ranI lr..aIftr. H.