Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-18

too large to justify his giving battle, to
fall back in the direction of new depot
of supplies near Bryantsville, in front of
which Gen Bragg proposed to eoncen-
trste for action. On the I'd of October
Gen. Bragg sent orders to Gen. Polk "tO
move from Bardstown with his whole
available force, by way of Bloomfield,
toward Frankfort, to strike the
enemy in the flank and rear, at
the same time informing him that Gen.
Smith would attack in front. Gen. Polk,
instead of obeying this order, took eoun-
sci with his division officers, and deter
mined to move as originally COM
handed. This decision of Polk
disconnected Gen. Bragg, ard
compelled him to abandon his
whole previous plan of attack, and to re-
hnquish the capital, and led to the partial
uncoyering and subsequent total loss of
his stores at Lexington. On October 9,
Generals Bragg and Polk met at Harrods-
burg when the former learned nothing
from Gen Polk to justify the change of
plan. He therefore tried to resume his
former plan, and to concentrate his forces in
front of Lexington. Before this could
be done, however, information was re-
eeived that the Union forces were moving
in separate columns, scattering over line
of at least sixty miles, 'SThis," says
Gen. Bragg, presented an opportunity
which promptly seized, of attacking him
in detail. He accordingly gave orders to
Gen. Polk to make an attack immediate
ly, but his orders were again disregarded
until he came up in person, when he put
the troops in motion. The battle of Per
Tyville followed, of which the report gives
brief account
OF the movement after the close of this
battle Gen. Bragg says: eve had entire
possession of the battlefield, with thOus-
ands of the enemy's killed and wounded,
several batteries of artillery and 600 pris-
oners. In the progress of the engage
ment we had advanced so far as to expose
our left flank to the Third Corps, Just ar
rived from the direction of Lebanon. !
therefore caused our line, which rested on
the field, to fall back to its original posi-
ton. Assured that the enemy had con
centrated his three corps against US, and
finding that our loss had already been
quite heavy in the unequal contest against
two, gave the orders to fall back at day
light on Harrodsburg.
He then states that, having joined his
forces with Gen. Smith, he offered the
Union forces battle, but it was declined.
Then, as the Union forces destroyed all
the mills from which his army obtained
its breadstuffs, he had no alternative ex
cept "to attack and route the enemy,
largely superior in numbers, or to evacu-
ate country in which we could no longer
subsist.' He chose the latter alternative,
and, after rapid march, passed Cumber-
land Gap, with immaterial loss from the
18th to the oath of October, and thus
closed the campaign, the account of which
General Bragg winds up as follows:
'In four weeks after passing Cumberland
Gap, in our advance on this memorable
and arduous campaign, jaded, hungry
and ragged, this noble army was found
with serried ranks in front of the enemy
at Nashville, better organized, better
clothed and fed, in better health and tone,
and in larger numbers than when it first
entered the campaign, though it had been
march at least three times as long as that
of the enemy in reaching the same point,
and was, moreover, self-sustained. Too
high an estimate cannot be placed upon
officers and men capable of such fOrtitude
and resolution, courage and self-denial.
Nothing short of the patriotism which
pervaded our ranks, and the intelligence,
zeal and gallantry displayed on ell ocea-
sions and by all grades, can account for
such results.
An officer started from Utica for
Binghamton, New York, the other day,
taking with him a man afflicted to some
extent with delirium tremens, whom 1t
was his duty to lodge in the Insane Asy-
lum. The pair got as far as Syracuse,
and there they both became glOriously
drunk. Then the officer finished his jour
ney alone, and, going in drunken condi-
ton into the presence of the authorities of
the asylum, exhibited his papers and was
Immediately given a room. After while
be awoke to find himself a regularly en-
tered inmate of the institution, and it was
only after long process of explanation
that he could convince his new keepers
that he had made mistake and delivered
the wrong man, but he finally did it, and
was allowed to return to Utica. What
became of the chap who escaped in SYRIA
cuse has not been learned.
STATISTICS show that England alone
consumes every year at least 1000 tons
of beeswax, valued at 81, 10000 With
| gold at 131, the best pressed yellow Amer
| lean beeswax is now selling in England
| at from As to 81 cents a pound. Wa1
candles are used extensively in the royal
palaces of Europe, and and in one palace
alone it is said that 10000 wax candle:
are burned every night. The method o.
lighting this large number of candles in
simultaneously is to connect the wicks D.
and iEhammable and scented thread
gun cotton. On touching the end of tn
thread with torch, the fame fiashe
| like lightning round the connected can
| dies, an agreeable OdOr is emitted, ant
the apartments are Illuminated and per
fumed as if by magic.
The weather in Europe during Octobe
has been very severe, and supports til
demonstrations or bitter winter. o.
the night of Oct II, and the morning o
the 18th. a snow storm of extraOrdinar
violence swept across Syria and adjacen
districts, and great deal on injury wa
inflicted on the gardens and vineyards
At Iaibach the heat of Oct. II was IN
tense, and yet on the following mOrnin
at 8 o'clock the snow began to fail.
the night violent thunder storm brok
I | over the district At GratZ it showed tn
whole night and forenoon so heavily thu
the ground was completely covered, az
; the branches of the fruit trees, still In fu
, leaf, were broken by the weight of SNOW
? OF QUEEN VICToRIA's nine childrel
: four are already married, and OF the
e | only one, the Crown Princess of Prussii
s has left her native land. The wife
D | Prince Louis of Hesse, and the wife
5 Prince Christian both live in London, al
= the probability is that the younger so
e and daughters, when they come to mar
e and settle, will continue in Englan
4 Counting the collateral branches, there
' in England at present about six-an
: twenty princes and princesses of the blo'
e royal To these the nation pays IN pc
sions the sum of ELL, 900 sterling yeari
n and as the younger sons anu uaugsltets
e the Queen grow up, it will be asked to p
e a good deal more.
i 1
Ar Schencksville, Pa, one evening L.
week, little gil named Koch, set t
hair of smaller sister, who was in be
+ on fire with candle, and then went doy
s stairs and told their mother, saying th
u she guessed her little sister would ST.
y pulling her hair. The mother found tn
e the child had crawled out of the be
> which was on fire, but so badly burn
o that she died within five hours.
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