The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-01-26


tiatsans that willingly the existence of /
the Confederate Government
The Worlds Savannah letter says;
Business has been suspended at /
end non CONSTANTS are !
preparing TO leave the city, all the
troops that could be spared having been
cent to Branchyille TO meet Shermsn's
advance q There sppesrs no doubt thai
Charleston will be evacuated, and the
oaly Opposition Sherman viii meet may
b. expected at Sranchyille. Deserters
from Charleston say the defences in the
rear Of the city are untenable, and II
would require very brief selge
me r chmona Examiner hopes the
Virginia Legislature will pass resalG
ions rendering to the Confederate
liavernme Mt the fall consent OF the
S To % IN op0sition Of abolilon 70
( ancs and Ens.,and upon she-esSao 1
i-hmant OF our Independence ana
pIedRing Virginia to make good the &C
= sOon after the treaty OF peace IS
igned as proper regard for society
ia permit The cause OF the country
q handed and has recsiA1d the servi
ces OF all her citiz 4ns, and has taken
az vrsperty of very N tny; it has also
.td5ued the land Of ell It's provisions,
nd now let cotton and tobacco, gold
.ad silver. and negrofs he devoted 10
the success CT olIr cause. @ ~
ulcnmuud Sentinel says: No wilder
iaiIucinisuon could take possession OF
be human mind than belief taat We
-ould again live with the Yankees on
rms Of equality, or come under the
.sme governments with them except a.
conqderred people Differences Of
continent aDdfeeling, which wise legis
alton aud conservatIEe statesmsnship
might have reoonciled, have, under
;ounsels Of madmen, fl to disturb all
tho world, hardened into endearinG
toll
The ENQUIRER of the 2lst congratu-
Lates its readers and country on the
restoration # g a. Johnson to the com
mand Of the aim Is of the West The
same paper says: If Mr.. CoX's resolu-
ton cannot find favor with the Repub-
iican House of Representatives no Con
federate can hope for terms other than
an ignominious surrender. Let peace
slide and let US tnrn our whole Rtten
ion to the war The negroes recon-
mended by the President have not
been provided. Will not Congress SCI
cure forty thousand The enemy will
not offer US terms other than those of
submission as long as they have a pres
tige of success. If we would have
peace, we must fast gain victories. The
army must have more men, and new
and better organization.
The Richmond Examiner says the
report of Hoods supercedure by Dick
Taylor is confirmed.
WAsHBGToS, Jan 23--Full files of
Richmond papers of Friday and Sat-
urday, January 10th and 2lst, have
come TO hand They contain no special
war news. The Dispatch claims that
Sherman has been checked at the Com
bahee river. 100 rarc. tr
The debate in the rebel Congress VA
the military bill showed decided war
spirit The resolution to prepare an
address, declaring that the war should
be prosecuted until Southern indepen
dence was won, was agreed to in both
Houses.
The editorials IN the Wing, Examiner
Enquirer, and Sentinel all declare that
no peace can be had except on the
basis of independence OF the South.
They expect Blair's first visit was to
bolster up the war spirit of the North !
- V-b,afo,, he L,aa1 av,oi,fod -
command all the armies in the West
II the Senate to-day the feeling OF
Senators on Blair's mission was exhibi-
ted by the introduction by Senator
Clarke, of New Hampshire, of strong
resolution denounclng all negotiations,
directly or indirectly, except on the
basis OF the unconditional submission
Of the South.
The Richmond. Sentinel of the 2Ist,
says:
The tFuce-boas New York arrived at
Verona on the 10Th, with FIVE hundred
Con iederate prisoners. The boat will
not return for several days, as there are
large quantities of freight to be sent by
her 20 our suffering prisoners in the
United States.
The Goldsboro IN. c. Journal Of the
l7th gives the rebel account of the fall
Of Fort Fisher 1t says the Yankee
stOrming party numbered eighteen !
thousand men, and that their slaugh-
ter was great. The same paper also |
states that private sdvioss by the train |
last night, from Wilmington, were to
the effect that the Yankees were she'll |
ing our forces on Sugar Loaf, some four
miles from Fort Fisher.
The Richmond Wing halls the cap
ture of Fort Fisher as blessing to the |
cause 1t says Let the
Yankees rejoice over the affair as much |
as suits them the people Of these
States are not weaker nor less deter !
mined in consequence of the loss.
The Enquirer says The loss Of Fort |
Fisher is the greatest disaster of the !
war, and that its capture necessitates |
the evacuation of Wilmington.