NASHVILLE DISPATCH
April 14, 1862 – September 30, 1862
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 14, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
The
following, from the pen of James G. Percival, is one of the most touching poems
in the English language. It
moreover tells the story of many a broken heart.
The Deserted Wife.
He comes not—I have watched the sun go down,
But yet he comes not. Once it was
not so.
He thinks not how these bitter tears do flow,
The while he holds the riot in the town,
Yet he will come and chide, and I shall weep,
And he will wake my infant from his sleep,
To blend his feeble wailing with my tears.
O! how I love a mother's
watch to keep,
Over these sleeping eyes; that smile which cheats
My heart, though sunk in sorrow, fixed and deep.
I had a husband once, who loved me—now
He ever wears a frown upon his brow,
And feeds his passion on a wanton's lip,
As bees from laurel flowers a poison sip.
And yet I cannot hate! Oh!
there were hours
When I could hang forever on his eyes,
And time, who stole with silent witness by,
Strewed, as he hurried on, his path with flowers.
I loved him then—he loved me too.
My heart
Still finds its fondness kindled if he smiles;
The memory of our loves will ne'er depart;
And though he often sting me with a dart,
Venomed and barbed, and wastes upon the vile
Caresses which his babe and mine should share—
Though he should spurn me—I will calmly bear
His madness; and should sickness come and lay
Its paralyzing hand upon him, then
I would with kindness all my wrongs repay,
Until the penitent should seep and say
How injured and how faithful I had been.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 14, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Announcement.
We present to the reading public, this morning, the initial number of The
Dispatch, and ask for it a share of that generous patronage always bestowed upon
deserving enterprises by the good people of Tennessee.
Comprehending the wants of the citizens of Nashville and the desires of
the people throughout the State, we have entered upon the labor of establishing
a first-class medium of news and advertising.
Our whole energies are pledged to the service of furnishing a paper to
meet the varied tastes of all classes of readers, and to subserve, in the
highest degree, the interests of business and professional men at large.
This is our definition of a NEWSPAPER, and such an one we promise to
inaugurate and permanently establish, with the invaluable help of our city and
country friends.
The
editorial department of The Dispatch will be under the exclusive control of Mr.
Jno. Miller McKee, a gentleman personally known to most of our citizens, and
who, from his long connection with the press, enjoys a high reputation as a
writer, which will at once bespeak the character of our new publications.
The
several business departments will be superintended by gentlemen of undoubted
fitness for their duties.
With
this brief and imperfect announcement, we submit our specimen issue to the
approval of an impartial community.
The Publisher.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 14, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Business
in Nashville revives but slowly. It
lacks that recuperative energy which has heretofore characterized it.
The monetary crisis of 1857, retarded but slightly the efforts which the
business men, the merchants and artisans of the city, were putting forth to make
Nashville a commercial mart of no mean importance.
They soon recovered from the effects of that crisis.
How different in the present case! Every
branch of business is paralysed. Our
merchants are doing comparatively no business, while there is scarcely a branch
of manufacturing that is doing any thing at all. The reason for this is that they have no market.
Nobody appears to buy anything but what he absolutely wants.
There is no disposition to speculate and trade languishes.
There has been some little movement in cotton and tobacco, but it is
comparatively light, notwithstanding high prices would be paid by purchasers.
The trade in these staples would perhaps be larger if the shipping
facilities furnished by the railroads were better.
Still, we do not expect to see as much cotton and tobacco sold here this
as in former seasons. They may,
possibly, be held over for the fall trade, under the impression that still
higher prices will prevail.
We
have been somewhat disappointed in the slow progress that is being made towards
re-establishing the commercial prosperity of Nashville.
Weeks ago it was apparent that the merchants and tradesmen of Louisville,
Cincinnati and St. Louis were making preparations to secure if possible, the
large and lucrative trade they had formerly drawn from Tennessee.
But, so far as Nashville is concerned, the trade has been comparatively
light, with no immediate prospect of a heavy increase.
This state of affairs is probably owing mainly to two causes.
First, we have but little produce which those who seek our custom want in
return for their merchandise; and, secondly, our currency does not suit them,
notwithstanding it is equally as good as the currency they prefer.
We have ourselves to blame for the bad repute in which our currency is
held. Some of our business men were
the first to make war either directly or indirectly upon it, and that war they
have kept up. Years ago we used to
have cash and credit prices; now we have one price for United States or Northern
currency and another for Southern currency.
The small army of merchants who have come among us under the name either
of "sutler" or merchant, have adopted this policy.
A few profess to take no other kind than United States or Northern
currency, while all demand a higher price if paid in Southern currency.
It is true, an exception is made in favor of the Planters' and Union
Banks. But for these drawbacks,
trade would have revived wonderfully. This
discrimination is all wrong, and it must be remedied before we can hope to see
the prosperity we have heretofore enjoyed.
Our commercial interests are with the people South of us, and if we
adhere to these discriminations, with what can our former customers buy from us?
They have the same currency that we have, and if we wish to re-establish
commercial intercourse, to secure the trade we once enjoyed, we must make that
currency equal to any we have, except specie.
It is
distressing to pass through our streets, where the merchant princes do
congregate, and see how little of legitimate business is transacted, except in a
retail way. Heretofore at this
season of the year, a heavy wholesale business was done. The country is bare of many of the leading articles which
make up the trade of the merchant, and for these articles there would be a heavy
demand if the consumers had the wherewith to pay for them. They have plenty of
money, and that that is as good as it ever was, but when they go to the merchant
they are politely told that he does not take that description of currency.
This state of affairs will compel consumers to still stint themselves and
buy only what they are absolutely compelled to have.
If the people will pursue this policy they will bring the shavers and the
friends of shavers to a realisation of the injustice they are practising.
We
have thrown out these suggestions for the consideration of our business men.
Let us hold up for those with whose interests our own are intimately
intertwined, and we may be assured that by such a policy we will the sooner
place the business of Nashville, upon a healthy and prosperous basis.
When those who want our custom and are made to understand this, the
sooner shall we have the same evenly good currency we have heretofore had, and
the sooner will trade become more steady and healthy, because more reliable.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
We
noticed that quite a heavy retail business was done in shoes during Friday and
Saturday o last week. Nearly
everybody seemed to be buying shoes. The
market has been quite bare of shoes for some time, and people seemed determined
not to be caught again in the almost shoeless condition in which they have been.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Fun!
Frolic!! Fantasy!!!—The
Campbell Troupe have enjoyed a season of unprecedented success in our city.
Their audiences continue large and appreciative, and their nightly
programmes are refilled with the spice and variety of Ethiopian melodies,
dances, burlesques, etc. The
repeatedly well-filled houses, and the irrepressible delight of all who see and
hear the Campbells, are triumphs a little less than a chain of victories in the
science of war. The feast of vocal
and instrumental music, and the laughable negro eccentricities of Smith,
Manning, Ross, Maire [?], and others, are infallible remedies for those
afflicted with the "melancholies."
In addition to their usual attractions, the Campbells will produce, each
night this week, the highly interesting trick spectacle of the "Chinese
Magician," which has been adapted to the stage in a very costly manner.
It is said to be an admirable extravaganza, abounding in wit, humor, and
striking pantomimic effects. Go and
witness it.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
People's Theatre.
This week,
In addition to a select variety of
Songs, Dances,
Ethiopian Burlesques,
Extravaganzas,
The performance of the
Conklin Brothers,
And other interesting features,
The Great Trick Spectacle
of
The Chinese Magician!
Will be Presented Each Night.
It has been expressly arranged for the Campbell Troupe, by Mr. John
Conklin, and placed upon the stage without regard to expenses.
For
particulars, see Programmes.
ap15-1w.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
We are
gratified to learn that the South Side Institute, of which Mrs. Emma Holcombe is
the Principal, is in a most flourishing condition. this is, we believe, the only school for young ladies now in
our city, and we can assure parents that they cannot place their daughters in an
institution where education in every branch of study and deportment will be more
thoroughly attended to. Mrs.
Holcombe is one of the best and most successful teachers in the country, while
her corps of assistants stand high in their respective departments.
The school is located in one of the most airy, healthy locations in the
city. Being immediately in front of
the Capitol, it commands a fine view of the city and surrounding country.
With the advantages possessed by this school it is obliged to be one of
the first in the country.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
boys have a kite season, and a top season.
The former is now in full blast.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
We
inadvertently omitted to mention yesterday that Mr. W. F. Bang announced in the
Banner of Tuesday morning the suspension of that paper.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
A
Young Traitoress.—The Washington correspondent of the New York Post says:
"A daughter of the proprietor of the Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond
was captured by our advancing forces last week, beyond Great Bethel, in the act
of signaling our approach to the enemy. she
braved all the consequences of her acts, and is now in Fort McHenry, paying the
penalty of her feminine rashness, but is not in the least abashed by her
conduct; on the contrary, she manifests all the usual symptoms of the rebel
disease, which are, unblushing impudence and hectoring swagger.
She is a pretty girl of some eighteen or nineteen summers.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 17, 1862, p. 4, c. 4
Fort Donelson
Prisoners at Springfield—Con-
dition of Tennesseans.
Correspondence of the Nashville Dispatch.
Camp Butler, near Springfield, Ill.,}
April 5, 1862.
}
I wish
to send you a few lines with the names of the members of Capt. W. R. Butler's
Company of Rutherford county boys, who were taken at Fort Donelson, and are now
confined at this place. I would be
very much obliged if you would publish it so their friends may know of their
whereabouts. The most of them are
without money, and anything that their friends could send them would be
thankfully received. The following are the names of the men that are present,
seventy-three, who were taken at Fort Donelson:
1st Serg't R. L. Stephens,
R. F. Brown,
3rd "
A. G. Alexander,
W. D. Brothers,
4th "
J. E. Dromegoole,
J. R. Brothers,
1st Corp. J. T. Ott,
J. T. Brewer,
2nd "
J. W. Oslin,
T. H. Cowan,
3d "
G. H. Malone,
Wm. Cane,
4th "
W. W. Felts,
J. M. Crouse,
M. H. Alexander, dead,
Henry Clay,
r. L. Alexander,
V. S. Dill,
R. H. Averett, sick
A. J. Fletcher,
James Arther, sick.
D. M. Leatherman,
A. A. Abernathy,
R. M. Leatherman,
T. R. Allen,
A.
A. McCoy,
D. C. Brown, sick,
Solon McAdoo,
J. P. Hollowel,
J.
W. Neisbitt,
J. E. Loie, sick, dangerous
H. H. Norman,
Beverly Johns,
R.
L. Norman,
W. R. Johns,
J.
G. Nelson
R. W. Johns,
L.
J. Nelson,
A. M. Jones,
R.
B. Overall,
M. F. Jordan,
A.
H. Overall,
A. B. Jones, rising in head,
J. E. Phillips,
S. P. Jones,
J.
L. Pryor,
W. W. Kimbro, sick,
G. W. Pearcey,
Nevi Lowe,
J.
F. Pearcey,
J. E. Lorance, mending,
Joseph Pugh,
W. B. Lawreance, mending,
W. P. Puckett,
J. W. Bather,
S.
M. Smith,
W. W. Smith,
S.
B. Smith,
H. H. Harrison,
T. C. Wade,
T. H. Hunt,
E.
B. Wade,
A. Howel,
J.
H. White,
T. C. Hibbett,
J.
W. Watkins,
J. E. Smith,
R.
T. Weatherford,
J. P. Smith,
J.
M. Yous,
R. C. Vaughn.
We
left three men at St. Louis, sick, viz: T.
G. Joie, B. A. Jobe, and W. R. Jones.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Cowper
wrote—
"I would not enter on my list of friends
(Though graced with polished manners and fine sense,
Yet wanting in sensibility,) the man
Who needlessly sets foot on a worm.
This
sentiment was forcibly brought to mind the other day as we were passing along
the street, by observing a fellow belaboring a horse most unmercifully for some
fancied obstinacy in the animal, which, after all, was the result of the manner
in which he had been trained, harnessed and driven. It seemed impossible for the horse to understand or comply
with the wishes of the man who drove him, and flying into a towering passion,
John fell upon and beat him in a most cruel manner.
This, however, did not make the horse do as he desired him, and he was
forced to treat him kindly before he could get him to budge in the direction he
was trying to force him.
Cruelty
to animals is one of the most common evils of the day, and exhibitions of it are
to be seen on almost every street. It
is no uncommon thing to see a horse or mule forced to pull a dray with almost
double the weight upon that a prudent man would be willing his horse or mule
should pull, and if he falters or exhibits weariness, the driver pounds him
soundly for it. It is no wonder
horses and mules driven in drays wear out so soon.
The hard usage to which they are usually subjected is not only cruel, but
calculated to render them worthless in a very short time.
We believe that more of this evil is seen in the cities and towns than in
the country. In the latter, men are
more careful with their horses, and the consequence is they last longer, and are
not only more valuable, but more serviceable.
The opinion has been advanced, and we believe it to be a correct one,
too, that he will unnecessarily give pain to the most insignificant of animals,
has not the disposition to make an agreeable companion or a fast friend.
It is generally the case that he who is in the habit of wantonly
torturing animals, and especially those that are so serviceable as the horse, is
destitute of those finer sensibilities which adorn the human character, and
wants but the power and opportunity to give pain to beings like himself.
There
is a law of our State which makes cruelty to domestic animals a misdemeanor.
In sections 1668 to 1672 of the code of Tennessee, it is provided that
"if any person cruelly beat, torture, or use any horse, ox, dog, or other
animal in which individuals may have a property, whether his own or a third
person's, he shall forfeit fifty dollars for each offence, to any person who
will sue therefor; that "any person who in any way disfigures such an
animal not his own, so as not to fall within the provisions," just cited,
"shall forfeit twenty-five dollars for each offence," and "it is
the duty of justices of the peace, sheriffs and constables to see that the
foregoing provisions of law for the protection of animals are carried out; and
in such cases, the officer bringing the offender to justice, is entitled,
besides his legal costs, to one-half the penalty, the other half to go to the
treasury of the county." These
provisions "do not affect the right of the owner of an injured animal to
suit for damages, nor do away with the penalties of the criminal code in such
cases." "If either of the
offences mentioned in this article is committed by a slave, he may be punished
by not less than ten nor more than thirty-nine stripes, under the order of any
justice of the peace before whom he is brought and convicted."
The
corporation law of this city is not so severe, but sufficiently so to prevent
the evil to which we refer. It
provides that any person who shall be guilty of cruelty to any beast of burthen
by violent and unusual treatment, by beating or otherwise, within the limits of
this corporation, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than one nor more
than ten dollars for each offence.
The
law, both State and city, is very explicit on this point, and there are
numberless cases in which it would be a righteous act to enforce it.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 18, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
It may
be interesting to some persons at present to know that there is a law of the
city which prevents fortune telling under a penalty of fifty dollars.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
High School department of the city schools has been discontinued. This step has been taken because of the want of funds to meet
the expenses of that and the other departments.
In the present deranged condition of affairs generally, it is found
impossible to make collections to meet all the expenses of the city schools, and
it has been deemed advisable by the Board of Education to discontinue for the
present the exercises in the higher department, which is the most expensive.
the other departments will be continued as heretofore.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
The
Chicago Tribune announces the arrival at Camp Douglas, on the 12th,
of three trains, loaded with prisoners, numbering in all 2,217 men.
They are from Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Arkansas regiments,
being a part of those taken at Island No. 10.
The following is a correct list of the men as far as made out:
Hume's
Tennessee Artillery, 75 men; crew of Floating Battery, 37 men; Jackson
Artillery, 18 men; Washington Artillery, 28 men; 40th Provisional
Tennessee regiment; 12th Arkansas regiment; 1st Alabama
regiment; 40th Tennessee volunteer; 55th Tennessee, 218
men; 11th Arkansas regiment; Nelson Artillery; 46th
Tennessee.
Two
women also came up with the prisoners, delivering themselves up and claiming to
be prisoners of war. They had been
washing for the officers of regiments on the Island, and are both wives of
privates.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Sutlers Supplied.
Trade Supplied.
Families Supplied.
Bart & Hickcox.
No. 49 West 4th St.,
No. 49 Cherry St.
Carlisle's Block,
Nest to Adams Express Co.,
Cincinnati, O.
Nashville, Tenn.
Manufacturers and Manufacturers
Agents of
Goodyear's
Metallic India Rubber Fabrics
And Importers of
Fancy Goods, Toys, Etc.,
Wholesale Dealer in
Groceries, Cigars, Tobaccos,
India Rubber Camp Blankets, Cots,
Mattrasses, Pillows, Coats, Caps,
Leggins, Hunting and Fishing
Boots, Havelocks, Etc., Etc.,
Talmas for Officers,
Ponchos, Saddlebags and Haversacks,
Horse Covers, Whips, Belting, Hose
Fire Buckets, Shoe Gearing, &c.
Druggists' Articles,
Syringes, Breast Pumps, Nipples, Combs,
Hair, tooth and Nail Brushes, Etc.,
Fine Havana Segars,
and
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco,
The largest lot of
Pipes, Tobacco Pouches,
Pocket Books, Etc.
Young Hyson and Imperial Green and Black Teas, Oysters, Lobsters, Pickles
and Sauces, Dried Herring, Peaches, Pine Apples, Pine Apple Cheese, etc.
Bart & Hickcox,
40
Cherry Street, next to Adams Express Co.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 1-3
Easter.
Of all the Christian festivals and holidays, Sunday alone excepted, none
is more generally recognized and observed than Easter, which commemorates the
resurrection of Christ. It occurs
at the close of the forty day's fast of Lent, and is appropriately an occasion
of joyfulness, thanksgiving and feasting. It
will not be necessary to an understanding of the interest of the festival to
trace its origin or to enter into a detailed account of the incidents in the
life of Christ which it commemorates. These
have been given at length in former years, and are sufficiently familiar to the
mass of readers. The season of Lent
closed with yesterday, and to-day is celebrated as a feast.
The ancient Church commenced the observance on Easter-eve, as
Christmas-eve is now celebrated in some places.
This was an occasion for illuminations, devotions, and solemn watchings.
The illuminations were designed to represent a forerunner of the light of
the "Son of Righteousness" which should arise the next day.
The vigil was kept as a strict fast, and kept until midnight, the
congregations of worshippers not being dismissed till that time, it being a
tradition then current that Christ rose a little after midnight.
In the East the vigil lasted until cock-crowing.
The Roman and Greek Churches still observe the eve, but the Church of
England, although recognizing the propriety of it, and recommending private
devotion, does not publicly keep it. Many
superstitious people even in the present day believe in the old story that the
sun dances for joy on Easter morning, and they sit up all night for the purpose
of witnessing this wonderful phenomenon; and there are those who stoutly
maintain that they have seen this manifestation.
We
might fill columns with narratives of the festivities of Easter.
The occasion is one well calculated to awaken the most hearty expressions
of joy. In "Merrie
England" especially it is a day of festivities.
Nor are the demonstrations confined exclusively to Easter, which, being
Sunday, necessarily produces some restraint, but the two succeeding days are
observed in the gayest manner, in partial conformity to an ancient custom of
continuing Easter through the fifty days that intervene between it and
Whitsuntide. These are kept as holidays at the public offices, business in
a great measure is suspended, and visiting and feasting, with every species of
amusement, occupy the time. In
primitive times, as well as at the present day, in some parts of Europe, it was
customary on the morning of Easter for every body to greet their neighbors, and
whoever they might meet, with the salutation, "Christ is risen!" to
which the saluted replied, "Christ hath risen indeed," or, "And
He hath appeared unto Simon." These
expressions, together with the interest attaching to the scenes of the
resurrection which occupy the minds of Christian men at this season, probably
suggested to that eminent English divine and sacred poet, Doddridge, the
inspiring hymn which to this day is sung in Christian churches:
"Yes, the Redeemer rose,
The Saviour left the dead,
And o'er our hellish foes
High raised his conquering head.
In wild dismay,
The guards around
Fell to the ground,
And sink away.
"Lo! the angelic bands
In full assembly meet,
To wait his high commands,
And worship at his feet;
Joyful they come,
And wing their way,
From realms of day,
To Jesus' tomb.
"Then back to heaven they fly
The joyful news to bear;
Hark! as they soar on high,
What music fills the air!
Their anthems say,
"Jesus, who bled,
Hath left the dead;
He rose to-day."
"Ye mortals! catch the
sound,--
Redeemed by him from hell—
And send the echo round
The globe on which you dwell;
Transported, cry,
"Jesus, who bled,
Hath left the dead,
No more to die."
"All hail! triumphant
Lord!
Who sav'st us with thy blood;
Wide be thy name adored,
Thou rising, reigning God!
With thee we rise,
With thee we reign,
And empires gain,
Beyond the skies."
The
day preceding Easter is termed Holy Saturday, or Easter eve, and is kept as a
strict fast, the Saviour having lain in the tomb on that day.
It is, however, occupied in preparation for the festivities of the
following day. In an old volume on
Easter customs, we find some account of these preparations in the middle
districts of Ireland. Many a fat hen and dainty piece of bacon are put into the pot
by the cotter's wife about eight or nine o'clock, and woe be to the person who
should taste it before the cock crows. At
twelve is heard the clapping of hands and the joyous laugh, mixed with "Shidth
or magh or corries,"—Out with the Lent.
Then follows a season of merriment, lasting two or three hours, when all
retire, and rise again about four o'clock to see the sun dance in honor of the
resurrection.
Speaking
of the sun's dancing suggests an extract on that subject.
It is inquired in Dunton's Athenian Oracle, "Why does the sun
at his rising play more on Easter day than Whit Sunday?"
The question is answered by denouncing it all as a superstition. Brand cites an old ballad alluding to this notion:
But, Dick, she dances such away!
No sun upon an Easter-day
Is half so fine a sight."
The British
Apollo furnishes a presumed question to the sun and answer in rhyme, of a
humorous nature, as follows:
Q.
"Old wives, Phoebus, say
That on Easter day
To the music o' the spheres you do caper;
If in fact, sir, be true,
Pray let's the cause know,
When you have any room in your paper."
A.
"The old wives get merry
With spic'd ale or sherry
On Easter, which makes them romance;
And whilst in a rout,
Their brains whirl about,
They fancy we caper and dance."
As
late as 1825 or 1830 a custom prevailed in Durham on Easter for the men and boys
to assail every female they chanced to meet in the street, and take off their
shoes, which were only to be redeemed by a present. On the following day the females would make reprisals, taking
off the men's shoes in like manner. If
the men happened to wear boots, and would not readily pay the present, the girls
endeavored to seize their hats and run off.
This custom gave rise to many very amusing scenes, especially should a
very pretty girl attack a very testy old bachelor.
In
olden times it was a practice among the people of Paris, during Holy Week and on
Easter day, to pursue the Jews through the streets with stones, and to break the
doors and windows of their houses. In
some provincial towns an unlucky Jew would be seized and dragged to the church,
where he was publicly beaten on the face. Fosbroke relates a custom that prevailed in the thirteenth
century of seizing all ecclesiastics who walked abroad between Easter and
Pentecost, and making them purchase their liberty with money.
This practice was based upon the seizure of the Apostles by the Jews
after Christ's passion.
In
this country Easter is known by many as "Paas" or "Pasch,"
the latter being the correct English word meaning either the Passover or the
feast of Easter. Pass eggs are in
every boy's hand; though why or how they come to be used as a peculiarity of
this festival is not clear. The
custom has been traced to the theology and philosophy of the Egyptians,
Persians, Greeks, Romans and Gauls; among all of whom the egg was an emblem of
the universe, the work of the Supreme Being.
The Jews sometimes used eggs at the feast of the Passover, in memory of
Noah having been shut in the ark—as life is shut within the egg. And as Christ being shut into the tomb and coming from it
again, was supposed to have been prefigured by the ark, the early Christians
brought eggs to the Easter feast in memory of His resurrection.
among the Christians of Mesopotamia, on Easter day and forty days after,
the children bring as many eggs as they can, and stain them red in memory of
Christ's blood shed at the crucifixion. In
Siberia and Russia, Easter day is set apart for visiting.
The people go to each other's houses in the morning, and introduce
themselves by saying, "Christ Jesus is risen;" the answer is,
"Yes, He is risen;" they then embrace and give each other an egg.
This ceremony continued for forty days after. He that is saluted first is obliged to present the other with
an egg; nobody of whatever condition or sex, daring to refuse the egg or kiss.
The people of rank have them covered with gold or silver leaf, or very
beautifully painted. They call them Pasche eggs.
In the sixteenth century the custom prevailed more generally.
Upon Easter morning large platters of eggs were sent to the priest to be
blessed. In the ritual of Pope Paul
V there is a special blessing for the Easter eggs.
In the expenses of the household of Edward I, when he was eighteen years
old, in the accounts for Easter Sunday is the following item:
"Four hundred and fifty eggs, eighteen pence."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 20, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Naomi,
the daughter of Enoch, was 580 years old when she was married.
Courage, ladies.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 20, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
The Girls.
The New Orleans True Delta of the evening of the 29th ult.,
has the following telegraphic dispatch:
Natchez,
March 29.—The girls, one hundred and three rank and file, each in herself a
Joan of Arc or a Maid of Saragossa, have completed their military organization,
and are in for the war. They will
leave here by steamer for New Orleans on Monday morning. Give them a warm embrace.
Hurrah for Mississippi!
The
next day's issue contained the following:
We
were a good deal annoyed yesterday, after the evening issue of the True Delta,
(rather agreeably so, we must confess, for patriotism dictated the annoyance) by
parties desirous of being placed in prominent positions for the reception of the
Natchez military company, that is expected to arrive here some time on Wednesday
next. We must here state to all
parties importuning us, that we have nothing to do or say in this matter.
The military authorities, who will no doubt be fully advised, will, we
presume, take the proper steps. While
noticing this subject, we may as well give the following communication, which
was sent to us last night from a responsible source.
Mr.
Maginnis:--Noticing through the columns of this evening's paper a special
dispatch to the True Delta, stating that a company of ladies would leave Natchez
for this place Monday morning, a company of ladies formed here, and,
ready for active service, will be at the levee upon their arrival to receive
them. By order of the
Commander.
New
Orleans, March 29, 1862.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 20, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Romantic
young ladies, of late, are frequently found in the military service.
One of these, named Sarah Smith, of Fayette county, was recently
discovered in the 2d Indiana cavalry, Col. Bridgeland.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
Masonic Temple has been taken for a hospital.
The
florists have been driving quite a brisk trade for some time.
Our
market has been pretty well supplied during the past week with early vegetables.
Easter
comes in with rainy, cold weather. Farmers
usually look for a "cold spell" at Easter, and if their fruit passes
through that ordeal, they regard it as safe.
Housekeepers
complain of the unusual scarcity of poultry.
At this season of the year, our market is generally well supplied with
"spring chickens." this
year, however, there have been very few brought in, and they have commanded from
thirty to forty cents each. It
would seem that these prices ought to bring in a good supply.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 22, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Occasionally
we see accounts of women dressing in men's clothes for the purpose of following
the army. We heard the other day of
a man dressing in women's clothes to get away from the army.
He was captured, however, while displaying his crinoline, or rather his
boots.
"Who builds his hope in air of your fair locks,
Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 22, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Betsy Baker;" "Morning Call;" "Jenny Lind"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 23, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
A
gentleman having been asked, on his return from a party the other evening,
whether he had seen Miss A_____, a young lady noted for her low-neck style of
dress, replied that he had seen a good deal of her.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
A
German writer, Boerne, compares the different stages in the lives of women to
milk, butter and cheese. "A
girl," he says, "is like milk, a woman like butter, and an old maid
like cheese—all three may be excellent in their kind."
The
following affecting epitaph may be found, says an exchange, upon a tomb stone in
Connecticut:
"Here lies, cut down like unripe fruit,
The wife of Deacon Amos Shute;
She died of drinking too much coffee,
Anny Dominy eighteen forty."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 22, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady;" dance, song; "Rough
Diamond"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 24, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A
gentleman who resides in Sumner county informs us that the cotton manufacturing
establishments in that county are unable to resume operations for the want of
cotton. The proprietors of these
establishments represent that speculators are buying up the cotton that is for
sale and paying for it in southern funds, and then shipping it to the Northern
and Eastern markets where they re-sell it at high figures and get paid in specie
or United States Treasury notes, with which they buy up Southern funds at a
discount of from thirty to forty per cent. This is a game that works both ways, and affords a wide
margin for profits. It is thus that
our own manufacturers are unable to compete with the speculators.
They cannot, in the present condition of affairs, enter the market as
competitors with men who do the double business of cotton factors and
money-changers. If there was the
usual amount of cotton on the market,--if the manufacturers of the East and of
Europe were well stocked, this state of affairs would not exist.
But the scarcity of cotton has sharpened the demand, and speculators are
reaching out wherever a bale can be procured.
This operates oppressively upon our manufacturers, and peculiarly so upon
those who are dependent upon them for employment.
We
presume what is true in regard to the manufactories in Sumner county, is equally
true in regard to those in the other counties of Middle Tennessee.
A large number of operatives, both male and female, will thus be thrown
out of employment who could be earning a competency for the support of
themselves and families. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Police Court.
The Court yesterday morning presented a lively and gay appearance, the
attraction being the arrest of several females for disorderly conduct.
The
first case brought before his Honor the Recorder was a breach of the tippling
act, in selling lager beer contrary to law.
The defendant was fined.
The
next was a case of drunkenness—a plain and easy one—producing $25 towards
the city finances.
Ann
Morgan, an interesting looking girl, was then called up, and accused of being
drunk and disorderly. According to
the evidence of Mr. Reddick, it appears that Ann went to the Theatre on Tuesday
night, while in a state of blissful intoxication, and exhibited such jubilant
and pugilistic spirits, that Mr. R. advised her to return home. She determined, however, to maintain her "rights,"
and insisted upon taking her seat in the circle set apart for the "frail
ones," when Mr. R. told her she would get into trouble if she did not keep
quiet. A few moments thereafter a
"sensation" was visible and a "muss" inevitable.
Ann was spoiling for a fight, and serious consequences might have been
the result, had not Mr. Reddick taken a revolver from her, and placed her in
custody of a guardian of the peace. Ann,
like a sensible girl, acknowledged, or rather did not attempt to deny, the
charge, and paid the penalty of her folly, to the amount of $28.50.
Miss
Miller was next called, and was asked what she had to say as to being drunk and
disorderly. She indignantly denied
the drunk, but appeared to think she might have been a little disorderly.
An examination of witnesses corroborated her assertion, the
"drunk" was scratched and the disorderly paid for.
Ann
Brown, a nervous looking, fidgetty girl, was also accused of being disorderly,
but an examination justified her in everything but using improper language on
the public street. She was
therefore called upon to pay expenses.
The
court then adjourned until this morning at 9 o'clock.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"The Soldier's Return;" song; "Anthony and
Cleopatra;" favorite dance; "Dumb Belle"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Cotton Cards.
I have just received at No. 22 Broad street, forty dozen
No. 10 Cotton Cards, which I offer for sale low for cash.
Also,
10 boxes Oranges and Lemons.
E. Elliott.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 25, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Marriage a la Militarie;" song; favorite dance; "Maid of
Munster"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Notice.—Having
lost a large amount of bottles the last year, I am necessarily compelled to call
the attention of my customers to the fact that unless each and every customer
returns to my drivers the full number of bottles, or their equivalent in cash,
and also the corks, I will cease to supply such customers.
Every business man in this city is aware that if an article is sold at 40
cents, and that customer destroys 10, 15, or 20 cents worth of bottles out of
the 40 cents that is paid for a dozen of spruce beer, it is better not to supply
such customer. I am aware there are
many who save all my bottles, while there are others who wantonly destroy or
give them away. I hope all will
take this into consideration, and comply with the above in saving my bottles and
corks.
M. McCormack.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Child of the Regiment;" song "Trust to Luck;"
"Irish Hussar"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 27, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
A
correspondent of the Petersburg Express complains bitterly that all along the
coast of North Carolina there are persons who welcome the Federals.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 27, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"The Factory Girl; or, All that Glitters is Not Gold;" song;
fancy dance; "Maid of Munster"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre. "Momentous
Question; or, Woman's Trials;" song; fancy dance; "Swiss Cottage"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
New Southern
Straw Hat and Bonnet Manufactory.
The People of Nashville and vicinity are informed that they can be
supplied with Hats and Bonnets from the production of their own soil—no way
inferior, if not surpassing any English importation or any handicraft of the
Northern States. Also, that their
old Hats and Bonnets, however much soiled and out of modern style, can be made
to compete with new ones, in shape and finish, at very short notice, and on
reasonable terms. Hats and Bonnets
are colored and finished in superior style.
Black
lace Veils, &c., although reduced to an apparently worthless condition, may
be restored to their primitive beauty in color and finish.
Feathers colored white and red, and finished to equal new.
All those who wish to see "old things pass away and all things
become new" in the way of Hats, Bonnets, Lace, &c., will please call at
No. 15½ Kirkman's Block, Summer street.
Mrs. Lloyd,
Mrs. C. C. Dow,
A
number of Girls wanted to work at the Straw business.
None need apply but those who can give good reference as to moral
character and industrious habits.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, April 30, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Time Tries All;" song; fancy dance; "Betsey Baker"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Another
Secession Flag.—At the depot this morning we saw a secession flag, captured at
Fort Donelson, which is on its way to the editor of the New York Herald, and is
to be presented to the Sixty-ninth regiment, New York State Militia.
The flag is of silk, and very finely worked.
On one side, which is of green silk, is the following
inscription:--"Sons of Erin, go where glory waits you."
There is also the symbol of a harp on this side.
On the reverse are the stars and bars, in white and white silk.
The flag was viewed with some curiosity by those who saw it.—Rochester
(N. Y.) Union, April 16.
This
flag was made by a lady of this city and presented to the tenth (Col. Heiman's
Irish) regiment, at a grand parade of the regiment.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Among
the wounded soldiers who arrived at St. Louis on the 18th inst., on
the steamer Empress, was a woman who had followed her husband to the war, and
received, a gunshot wound in the battle of Pittsburg Landing.
On the way up the Mississippi, she gave birth to a fine, healthy female
child, which was named Empress. Her
husband was killed in the battle.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
May-Day.
This is a holiday with the pupils of the City Schools, and the private
schools generally, and numbers of them will have their little Maying parties, if
the day be propitious.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Lady of Lyons; song; fancy dance; "Soldier's Return"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 2, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Golden Farmer; or Jemmy Twitcher;" song; fancy dance;
"Jenny Lind"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Summary: Theatre.
"The Idiot Witness;" new song; fancy dance; "Momentous
Question, or, Woman's Trials"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 4, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Stranger;" fancy dance; "Spectre Bridegroom"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 6, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
The
Springfield Speculator, of the 26th ult., which we received by
"due course of mail" on Saturday morning, May 3, (Springfield is
distant some twenty-five miles from Nashville,) says:--"We have read of
deserted towns that were given up to the 'bats and the owls;' but we never
expected to live to see the day when rabbit hunting would be carried on in the
square of Springfield. On
yesterday, we saw some of our boys have a very pretty chase after one of these
animals, up one of our principal streets and directly across the square."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Police Court.
Saturday, May 3.—A large number of cases were brought before Recorder
Shane yesterday morning, which were disposed of after careful scrutiny and some
difficulty. . . .
Mehila
Guy and Miss Sullivan were arraigned for disorderly conduct, and each fined $3
and costs.
Ellen
Angler was fined $5 and costs for abusing and striking an old man called
"Doctor" Moore. . . .
Mary
Callahan was accused of being disorderly, her accuser being the persons who
procured the liquor at her expense. She
was found guilty and fined. Fowler
was reprimanded, and placed in charge of an officer to ascertain where the
whisky was obtained.
Mrs.
Nancy Ross was arraigned for being disorderly and for selling liquor, but was
discharged on both charges. . . .
Widow
Sullivan was fined $5 and costs for selling liquor.
Mary
Brown was accused of disorderly conduct. Mr.
George German swore that she cursed steadily, without any hold up, for three or
four hours, and that, among other things, she said "she wouldn't give a
d__n for any one who would not hooray for Jeff. Davis."
One of the Federal soldiers said "she was a raarin an' pitchin' and
cavortin' around about." Miss
Alice Write said German was as bad as Mary, and Mrs. Wright corroborated her
statement, naming to the Court some of the language used by German, which Miss
Alice could not be prevailed upon to repeat, and which we cannot soil our pen to
record. The defendant stated that the soldiers frequently tantalized
and mocked her, and that German encouraged them in so doing, causing her to lose
her temper, and to use language which she knew was improper.
The Recorder took a very sensible view of the matter, and imposed a fine
upon both, adding $30 to the city finances."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
To
Free Colored Persons.—Almost every day one or more colored persons are brought
before the Recorder, charged with being out without a certificate, and fined.
Most of them are aware that the law requires them to have their
certificate always with them; but the old police being acquainted with all those
doing business in town, they were never molested, and the consequence is, they
left their certificates at home. A
new set of policemen having been appointed, colored persons must comply with the
law.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Child of the Regiment;" Ventriloquial Interlude; "The
Eaton Boy"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 7, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Time Tries All;" Ventriloquial Interlude; "Swiss
Cottage"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 9, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The
sporting community will be delighted to hear that, notwithstanding the political
tempest raging about us, the feats of the turf are to be resumed.
The first race of the Spring season will come off over the Nashville
Course to-day, under the auspices of the Trotting Association.
The track has been put in the best trim, and from the entries made and
closed, a good, exciting day's pastime is a sure consequence.
To enjoy the opening race, you must be on hand at 2 o'clock p. m.,
precisely. G'long!
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 9, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
City Council
Thursday, May 8—A regular meeting of the City Council was held in the
Council Chamber yesterday at 3 o'clock. President
Jones in the chair. . . .
The
bill concerning the Work House, increasing the allowance to the keeper of five
cents per day for the board of each person, and of fifty cents per week of
horses and mules, received from the Board of Aldermen, was read, and, by a
suspension of the rules, passed its third reading, and is now a law.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 9, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"The Iron Chest;" song; favorite dance; Mr. C. Matthews in his
feats of Magic and Ventriloquism.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Morgan's
Operations in Tennessee.
From the Shelbyville News, April 8.
Our community has been thrown into great excitement, since last Saturday,
by the sudden and unexpected approach of this bold and daring leader and his
squadron of cavalry, within the very centre of the Federal lines. The very boldness t5hat served to mark the movement led many
to doubt the truth of the information as to his advance, and it was only after
many persons concurred in the same statements that our incredulous people would
believe the fact of his having made the advance. . .
Leaving
Montgomery's at half past 8 o'clock on Saturday morning, the squadron retraced
their steps to Farmington, thence going North along the Fishing Ford road, until
they reached a road leading across Duck river at White's bridge, the first
bridge on the river east of Columbia,--all the others having been burned by the
Confederates several weeks ago. On
crossing the bridge, he pressed two horses from William Crowell; the passing
through Unionville, he was, as we learn, received with open arms by a portion of
our citizens, and covered with bouquets by the ladies.
Beyond Unionville, and near Alfred Ransom's he took from P. B. Moore and
Wilson Maxfield all the horses they had—valuable horses—and moved on.
These gentlemen are true and staunch Union men, and therefore we deeply
sympathize with them, as we also do with those other good Union men William
Crowel, Thomas Montgomery, Robt. Montgomery and Samuel Carpenter for the loss
they sustained.
Col.
Morgan and squadron were at Unionville about one o'clock in the evening.
They passed on to Rover, where we hear they were guided by William G.
Hight to Versailles, and from there to Salem Camp Ground, where they encamped
Saturday night.
We
hope that our informant is mistaken as to the active part taken by some of the
citizens of Unionville and vicinity, as well as Col. Hight's course in regard to
the movements of these parties. If
they expect to be treated as citizens, they must remain citizens; if they expect
to be soldiers, they had better enlist at once and share the fate of soldiers.
On
Sunday Col. Morgan and squadron passed between Murfreesboro' and Nashville, near
Smyrna, crossing the railroad, cutting the telegraph wire and tearing up a rail
on the railroad. At this point they
came near capturing a train on the railroad, but fortunately failed.
Crossing the railroad they passed on Sunday over to Lebanon in Wilson
county, reaching there Sunday night. . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 10, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Police Court.
Three cases before Recorder Shane yesterday morning brought out facts
which show that the morals of the youthful soldiers are not at all likely to be
improved by being stationed in what is known as the "Smoky Row"
locality of the city. The cases
alluded to were Rhoda and Julia Phelps and Jane Gray, who were fined $8 each for
disorderly conduct.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 10, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved!"; song; favorite dance;
Mr. C. Matthews in his feats of Magic and Ventriloquism, during which he will
amputate a man's nose!
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
We
noticed considerable quantities of green peas in market yesterday, but holders
were asking from seventy cents to one dollar per peck for them.
Our
market is pretty well supplied with the largest and most delicious strawberries.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Lady of Lyons; song; "Spectre Bridegroom"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Factory Girl;" song; Irish jig; "The College
Boy"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 15, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
The
Memphis Christian Advocate has been suspended for want of paper on which to
print.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 15, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
The
Franklin (La.) Banner says: "Quite
a number of ladies in this parish have commenced making their own and their
children's shoes, and they do very good work.
We have seen several pairs of these home-made shoes, and they are not
only strong, but they are very well proportioned. The cheapest way that they make them is to take the soles of
old shoes, soak them in water until they are limber, pick out the old stitches,
fit them to the last after the cloth is fitted to the same, sew the soles to the
cloth with strong waxed thread, and then turn the shoe, nail the heel to its
place, and the shoe is done. It is
cheap, serviceable, and a very good cloth shoe."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Some
twelve or fifteen prisoners, arrested by the Federal authorities, were brought
to this city Tuesday evening from Rutherford county, and confined in the
Penitentiary. It is stated that a
number of others were arrested in that county, and are held in custody at
Murfreesboro'.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
An old
citizen of this place, a printer, was arrested on Tuesday.
The officer who made the arrest, seeing a stripe running down each leg of
his pants, mistook him for a Confederate soldier, but soon satisfied himself
that the stripe was wove in the goods and not sewed on.
It is difficult to imagine which enjoyed the mistake most.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"The Sailor of France; or, The Beauty of Brest;" song, Irish
jig; "Who Speaks First?"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Lost, on Broad Street, between Market and High, a large Cameo Breastpin, set
with pearls. The finder will be
suitably rewarded by delivering it at the store of
Robert Thompson & Co.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Police Court.
A dispute concerning certain mischievous practices of a little boy
occupied the attention of the Court on Wednesday morning, and resulted in his
grandfather paying a fine of $5 and costs. . . Two colored boys, accused of
being out without a pass, were fined $2 each.
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Ross and Sarah Davis, were arraigned for being
disorderly, and each fined according to the discretion of the Court. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
The
following comes to us anonymously. Its
publication will direct the attention of the proper officers to the nuisance,
and they will doubtless abate it. The
writers says:
"Boys,
young and old, can be seen bathing, particularly in the afternoon, in Brown's
creek, near the Fair Grounds and Nolensville Pike. If there is any law against it, whose duty is it to enforce
it? By answering these questions in
your valuable paper, you will much oblige some females who are compelled to pass
daily those who try to insult ladies."
We
hear similar complaints in regard to boys bathing in the river at points along
the city. Such offences against
public decency are punishable under the city laws, by a fine of not less than
one nor more than twenty dollars, for each offence.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Woman's Love! Her
Faith Her Trials;" sailor's hornpipe; "Swiss Swains"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 17, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
The
number of civilians with the army of the Potomac, hunting relics, is so large,
and the prices paid so liberal, that the soldiers are said to be doing a good
business in selling articles which they get up by a very simple process.
A letter from a "Pennsylvania Reserve," stationed near
Manassas, says: "Old worn out
five dollar pistols, preserved in vinegar, sell readily at from fifteen to
twenty dollars. Knives, which
originally cost from one to two dollars, command from five to ten dollars.
Thus you see how easily the innocent public is gulled by the wicked sons
of Mars."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 17, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Affairs in
Richmond.
From the Richmond Examiner, May 2.
. . . With the removal of General Winder's tariff the
prices of country produce and fish flew back with a recoil proportionate to the
heavy pressure which had been removed. Eggs
sold yesterday morning for seventy-five cents a dozen, and butter for a dollar
and a half a pound. High as these
prices appear, they are not exorbitant in comparison with the prices demanded
for butcher's meat, bacon, groceries, dry goods, wood, etc.
Butcher's meat was held, according to quality, at between thirty-five and
a half and fifty cents a pound; bacon (hog round) thirty-five cents; common
brown sugar, forty cents; and firewood, from country carts, is sold at the rate
of twelve dollars a cord. In the
way of dry goods, we give a few instances:
Unbleached cotton is sold t from twenty-five to thirty-seven and forty
cents a yard, according to the conscience of the dry goods man; bleached cotton
from thirty to forty cents per yard, and often sold for sixty-two and a half
cents a yard; spool cotton, two dollars a dozen; fresh linen, from seventy-five
cents to one dollar and a quarter a yard, and domestics at fifty cents a yard.
At
this rate, if the country people do not get good prices for their truck, how are
they to procure sugar for their sassafras tea, or dry goods to clothe their
little ones. The only people who
have occasion to quake and grumble at the prices are those who have nothing to
sell; who live on salaries that have not been raised, and have every thing to
buy. The merchant who goes to
market and finds eggs up, grows ugly, buys a dozen, and goes home, and puts a
cent or two on every article in his shop to "get even." The same course is pursued by the great sugar, bacon and
flour merchants, and they need not concern themselves about prices.
As long as a man has any article of prime necessity to sell, he is safe;
he can keep step with the markets. But
with clerks, "locals," and other salaried gentlemen, we confess things
look squally. . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"The Little Devil; or, My Share;" song; Highland fling;
"The Rough Diamond"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 18, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
We
notice large ripe cherries in market yesterday, the first of the season.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 18, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Police Court.
Friday, May 16.--. . . The proceedings yesterday morning developed the
fact that Ann Brown and Mary Scott had had a fight, the origin of which did not
appear, but the result was placed beyond doubt.
Ann, who is a "good lump" of a girl, weighing perhaps 180
pounds, having whipped Mary to the satisfaction of both, for which she
cheerfully paid the lawful penalty and retired. . .
Mary
Fox, a very talkative woman, was fined $4 for using language not fit for ears
polite, the extreme charge of disorderly conduct being disproved by Lizzy Kelly
and Fanny Thompson.
Mrs.
Fox and Mrs. Ross, charged with disorderly conduct, were discharged.
A man,
who se name we suppress by request, was fined $23 for shooting a valuable and
inoffensive dog. We hope his sense
of shame will deter him from a like act of cruelty hereafter. . .
Saturday,
May 17.—Patrick Dunovan was fined $25 and costs for beating his wife.
The Recorder lectured him earnestly, and said if he was ever guilty of
such conduct again he would fine him $50.. . . Mary Callahan has been drunk
again and was sent to her old home in the work house.
She says she has washed enough to pay for the building.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Police Court.
Mr. Conolly, dressed in Federal uniform, but presumed to be "a camp
follower," as he failed to give a clear account of himself, was mulcted in
$12.75 for being drunk and disorderly.
John
Smith (not the real veritable John, but a man named White, who had the audacity
to assume that highly respectable name) was found by the Police in the Market,
sleeping off the effects of the bad whisky he had imbibed.
Costs of lodgings $10—of court $2.50--$12.50.
Ann
Brown and Mary Lyons have had a slight misunderstanding. Mary devoted Sunday evening to "calling Ann everything
she could lay her tongue to." Ann
would have resented the base insinuations immediately, had not Martha Carson and
Miss Dunn prevailed upon her to abstain from "soiling her fingers" by
contact with Mary's hair. On Monday
morning Mary renewed her attentions to Miss Brown, threatening to have her put
in the work-house, when Ann remarked that "she might as well go there for
something as for nothing," and accordingly left her room, went into the
street, and before you could say "Jack Robinson," Ann had inflicted a
blow upon Mary's cranium, caught her by the hair, and had her lying in the dust,
crying for mercy, which being extended, both were brought before the Recorder,
and fined $8 each. . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Don Caesar de Bazan;" dance; "Swiss Swains"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 21, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Police Court.
Tuesday, May 20.--. . . Michael May, accused of being drunk and
disorderly, and beating his wife, was sent to the work house for 72 days.
Sarah
Davis was accused of being disorderly, but was discharged.
Paul,
a slave, was accused of carelessly throwing water upon ladies on the street, and
was fined $10 and costs, or to receive ten lashes.
Mary
Dennis and Hannah Newton were each sent to the work house for 19 2/3 days for
disorderly conduct. Hannah talked
and cried like "injured innocence," until the Recorder imposed three
fines of $5 each, when she tried to be quiet. After Court adjourned, she rated everybody soundly in the
most choice Billingsgate. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 21, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"A Tale of Blood;" song; dance; "Toodles"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 22, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Don Caezar de Bazan;" dance; "Swiss Swain"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 23, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Police Court.
Wednesday, May 21.—Everything seemed to pass off rather dull at the
Court this morning. Molly Carter
looked a picture of despondency, in consequence of having indulged rather too
freely in the intoxicating beverage, and lost her bonnet and shawl; and to cap
the climax, the Recorder required her to pay $14 for "her rights." . .
Mary
Mitchell and Sam (colored) were fined for being drunk; and another colored boy,
whose name we withhold on account of his general good character, was fined for
beating his wife, by mistake.
Jeanne
-------- paid a fine for hugging a soldier on the public streets.
Thursday,
May 22.--. . . Anthony Lillis and Steve Riordan had a little set-to on board the
May Duke on Wednesday. It was clear
from the evidence adduced that Anthony gave the first word, and hit the first
lick, but he interposed as a set off, or at least as an extenuating
circumstance, the important fact that "Steve was a rat, and that when they
were going from here to Pujukah, on the last vyage, Steve got a baarl of
whiskey, and dhrank out ove the bung-hole." Anthony was let off on payment of $6.50, Steve being called
upon to pay $1 for being a rat, and drinking out of the bung-hole.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 23, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Honey Moon; or, How to Rule a Wife;" song; dance;
"Anthony and Cleopatra"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Old Guard;" song; "Black-Eyed Susan"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 25, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
printing offices of the Methodist Book concern, Union and American, Banner and
Gazette were taken possession of by the United States Marshal yesterday.
Proceedings to confiscate these offices, and the real estate attached to
them, we believe, have been instituted.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 25, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Money;" favorite dance; "Pleasant Neighbor"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 27, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Old Guard;" song; favorite dance; "Little
Treasure"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 28, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Police Court.
Monday, May 26.—Harriet Kelley was accused of disorderly conduct. Her counsel, T. T. Smiley, Esq., after hearing the evidence,
which was clear and explicit against her, plead in extenuation that the
prosecutor (Jere Fisher), was the father of one of her children, and that he had
deserted her, leaving to her the care and support of her three children.
She was adjudged to pay $13, or confinement in the work-house for 17 2/3
days. Nancy Patrick was sent to the
Work-house for 7 ½ days for being drunk. Susey
Fleming, for disorderly conduct, 11 1/3 days, and George Roberts, for the same
offense, 31 1/3 days.. . .
Child
Injured.—Green Durham was arraigned for careless and fast riding through the
streets. It appeared from the
evidence that Durham was riding through Jefferson street at a furious rate, and
that in consequence, and with apparent unconcern, he rode over, and seriously
injured a child of Mrs. Brown's who was on the street at the time.
W. G. Brien, Esq., counsel for defendant, made an earnest appeal in his
behalf, but the evidence was clear and conclusive, and he was fined $53, and a
State warrant issued against him.
Tuesday,
May 27. The Court was densely
crowded again this morning. The
first case brought up grew out of an accidental sprinkling of water upon a
little boy; the boy cried, the mother swore at and assaulted the sprinkler;
sprinkler tried to defend himself—the mother (Martha Carson,) called upon Liz.
Bennett for help; she caught sprinkler by the hair, police came in, all hands
arrested, and Recorder disposed of the matter satisfactorily, as follows:
Sprinkler, $6; Liz. and Martha, each $8. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 28, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
Othello; song; favorite dance
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 28, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Ice Cold Soda,
Drawn from New Founts, at the
Excelsior Fruit Store,
Corner Cherry and Union Sts.
Oranges, Lemons and other tropical Fruits, received daily.
Just received, 50 dozen Vanilla and other choice extracts, for Ice Cream,
Jellies, etc.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Beauty and the Beast;" "Who Speaks First?"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Police Court.
Wednesday, May 28.--. . . John Mitchell was again before the Recorder on
a charge of beating his wife, a delicate little creature, who seemed to be
struggling to reconcile her conscience and at the same time avoid criminating
her husband. He was finally
acquitted, after a searching examination of Mrs. Mitchell.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 30, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Police Court.
Thursday, May 28.--. . . Jane Gray and Eliza Miller were fined $6 each
for discussing their private affairs on the public streets.
Patrick Carr was arrested, on the complaint of his wife, for disorderly
conduct, and abusing her in a manner so severe as to endanger her life.
On being called upon for her testimony, she refused to be sworn, alleging
as a reason a fact which none who saw her could doubt.
The Recorder reprimanded her for troubling the officers with her
complaints, and then refusing to give her evidence, and at length ordered a fine
of $20 against her. Our good
natured friend Smiley, being in court, took her case in hand, and finally
induced her to consent to be sworn and give her evidence, and by great exertion
kept her comparatively quiet. Patrick
was fined $22.75, and not having the money, will be taken care of in the
Work-house until the bill is settled. The
fine imposed upon Mrs. Carr was remitted.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 30, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Beauty and the Beast;" "Little Devil"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 31, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Important Order from General Dumont.
Headquarters, U. S. Forces, }
Nashville, May 29, 1862.
}
General Orders No. 7.
Whereas, it is represented to me that salt, bacon, coffee, iron, leather,
medicines and other goods, are being sold in the city, and finally find their
way to the enemy;
It is
ordered that no goods shall be sold in, or taken away from this town, or
vicinity, towards the enemy's lines, without a written permit from the Provost
Marshal of the city, which permit shall specify and contain an accurate list of
the articles that may be bought, sold and shipped; but this prohibition shall
not apply to necessary articles, not contraband, in small quantities, absolutely
necessary for family use, sold to citizens of the town or neighborhood, the
person selling and buying and transporting being held to a rigid accountability
that no improper use is made of the same.
Any
person violating this order, or in any way aiding or consenting to its
violation, will be held as an enemy, and punished accordingly.
All
guards and officers are charged with the arrest of any and all persons violating
this Order, and will examine wagons and other vehicles of transportation, to see
that it is enforced.
By order of Brig. Gen. E. Dumont.
D.
Braden, A. A. G.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 31, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
The
establishment known as the "Capital Baker," on Cedar street, was
discovered to be closed at an unusually late hour yesterday morning.
An investigation showed that the occupant was missing—had probably skedaddled
during the night—and it was soon discovered that he had left sundry
reminiscences of his career here, in the shape of unsettled bills, together with
a large number of change tickets "in the similitude" of shinplasters.
He passes under the name of G. Spencer, alias Haskins, alias
Prof. Matthews, the ventriloquist; and while here entertained our threatre goers
with "a taste of his quality" in the latter line, which was said
to be a "decided hit."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 31, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Yesterday
one of the soldiers, or rather a teamster, attached to one of the Ohio
regiments, and who has been confined at the hospital for a few days with
measles, was discovered to be a woman. She
hails from the vicinity of Gallapolis, Ohio, and first joined the regular army,
when her sex was discovered and she was rejected.
She was then employed as a house servant at seventy-five cents per week,
when she engaged as a teamster to an Ohio regiment at twenty-five dollars per
month. She is represented as about
eighteen years old, and made rather a handsome boy.
She has three brothers in the army, but not in the regiment to which she
was attached.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, May 31, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Richard III;" favorite dance; "Box and Cox"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 1, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
"Snap
beans" made their appearance in market yesterday, the first of the season,
we believe. They were held at one
dollar per peck.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 1, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Maid of Croissey;" "Beauty and the Beast"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Stranger;" favorite dance; "Maid with the Milking
Pail"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 4, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Police Court.
Tuesday, May 3—There was not so much business before the Recorder this
morning as might have been expected, when we take into account the fact that no
Court has been held since Saturday. Sarah Jackson, Mira and Mary Morgan, Belle
Fisher, and Mike Garvin, were fined for being disorderly.
Elizabeth Dunn was discharged. Catharine
Davis was fined for appearing in the street dressed in male attire. . . Mr.
Keating was charged with abusing sick Federal soldiers, on two occasions, and
convicted on the testimony of one of the soldiers.
The Recorder imposed a fine of $23.50 in each case.
Mr. Keating denied the charge in the most positive terms, and gave notice
of appeal to the Criminal Court.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 4, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Katherine and Petruchio; or, Taming the Shrew;" favorite
dance; song; "Hunting a Turtle"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"King Charles II; or, The Merry Monarch;" Robert Macaire"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
A Sad Case.
A correspondent of the Columbus (Ohio) Journal, writing from Franklin,
Va., on the 22d of May, communicates the following facts:
We had
one of our men taken prisoner after being decoyed into a house by the
guerrillas, and then murdered. His
brains were beaten out with rocks. His
enraged companions made a descent upon the house and seized the man—took him
out and shot him. They then carried
out the wife, lately confined, and not able to leave her bed, and laid her and
her baby upon the ground, and then fired the miserable cabin. The next day our scouts found the poor woman in a dying
condition, her baby dead, for they had been exposed all night to a hard cold
rain storm. The scouts built a shed
over her and sent to camp for an ambulance and surgeon.
She asked them if her husband would not soon be released so he could help
her. Poor woman, she did not know
he had been shot, and his body left lying within a hundred yards of her.
What
makes the affair more horrible, is that on investigation, it turns out that the
man was not a bushwhacker, on the contrary, a good Union man—nowise concerned
in the murder of our soldier.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Serious Family;" song; favorite dance; solo; "Loan of
a Lover"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 7, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Police Court.
Friday, June 6.--. . . Jane Gray and Eliza Charles were induced by some
cavalry soldiers to take a ride on their horses.
The party was a boisterous one, and attracted the attention of the
Police, who arrested the two girls, but not their more guilty tempters.
The Recorder directed the police in future to ascertain the company to
which disorderly soldiers belong, in order that they may be reported to the
Provost Marshal.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 7, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Ireland as It Was;" favorite dance; song; "Hunting a
Turtle"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 8, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
A
private letter from Charleston, S. C., dated May 1, gives rather a gloomy
account of affairs in the Palmetto city. Provisions
and goods of many descriptions are scarce and very dear, and the consequence is
that the poorer classes are suffering severely.
Prices are as follows: Tea
from $8 to $10 per pound; calico from 50 cents to $1 per yard; beef 50 cents per
pound, and other articles in proportion.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 8, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Cavalry
Skirmish.—A force of between six and eight hundred Confederate cavalry, during
yesterday, came upon and surprised a detachment of Federal cavalry, 69 in
number, at the little town of Readyville, twelve miles south of Murfreesboro,
killing five outright, and making prisoners of all the others except six, who
reached Murfreesboro in safety. The
Confederates were a part of Colonel Starnes' command, the Federals a portion of
a force which had been sent in pursuit. The surprise was complete, as the
Federal cavalry were enjoying their morning meal at the time, totally ignorant
of the whereabouts of the enemy. These
facts were communicated to us last evening by a citizen of Readyville, who saw
the bodies of the slain when brought into Murfreesboro.
He is a man of truth, and the information is given as entirely reliable.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 8, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"William Tell, the Hero of Switzerland;" favorite dance; song;
"Katherine and Petrucio; or, Taming the Shrew"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 8, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
The London and Paris Fashions.
White shawls, which, until last summer, had almost ceased to be worn, are
now, and will be, much in vogue. We
have seen some beautiful specimens, embroidered in black and mauve, which were
exceedingly unique. There was no
trimming round the edge of the shawls; being so richly embroidered, the require
no further ornament. Black shawls,
embroidered in white, in chain stitch, are amongst the novelties of the season;
and shawls made in twilled or spun silk, checked and plain, are very general for
the mid-season.
Drawn
silk and straw bonnets are being generally worn, as well as grey chip and black crin.
Dove, grey and drab seem to be the favorite shades for silk bonnets, and
the new pink is sometimes adopted for this style.
Straw trimmings, in the shape of buttons, rosettes, butterflies and
tassels, are much used for ornamenting straw bonnets, arranged with black velvet
and white ribbon. This mixture is in very good taste, and goes nicely
with any dress or mantle. We will
briefly notice a rich straw bonnet, trimmed in this manner. The curtain was made of white silk bound with velvet, with
small straw rosettes laid at intervals round the velvet. Flutings of silk, edged with velvet, ornamented the top of
the bonnet, dotted here and there with straw rosettes, and the bandeau was made
of black velvet and straw ornaments. An
innovation has been made lately in the fashion of bonnets, but we do not think
it will be looked upon with favor, as it would be becoming to so very few faces.
It consists of wearing them without any caps at the side, and with merely
a tuft at the top. Feathers of
every imaginable hue are worn, but, generally speaking, over a black
trimming—the sombre hue of the latter color harmonizing nicely with the bright
shades.
Now
that open dresses are coming in again, chiemosettes [sic] will be required.
The open dresses with revers are sometimes worn with little stand up
collars, and these necessitate having tiny cravats.
They are being made in plain silks in bright colors, very narrow, and are
tied in a peculiar knot—not a bow—in front.
Embroidered
gauze handkerchiefs for ladies' cravats are now in vogue, these forming a
handsome bow in front.
A
great improvement has taken place in the manufacture of crinolines—or, rather
in the make of them, for they are now being arranged with flounces which may be
taken off at pleasure. The flounces
are buttoned over very few steels, and sometimes are of silk, sometimes of
muslin, and sometimes of thicker material.
Crinolines are very much reduced in size at the top, but retain their
amplitude at the bottom. The
addition of the flounces gives to the dress an elegant, an informal appearance,
whereas, without them, a skirt hangs stiffly, and shows where the cage
commences, which is anything but graceful.
Most
of the fashionable petticoats are being made with flounces, which assist to
throw the dress out at the bottom, and are particularly suitable for wearing
under muslin and thin dresses. There
is a very nice material now being manufactured, and which seems to be in great
favor for ladies' summer petticoats, consisting of a striped fabric, with a
mixture of cotton in it, and which is very cool, comfortable wear.
We have seen it in pink and white, blue and white, mauve and white, brown
and white, and some petticoats made of this material are braided, or ornamented
with velvet, or made with little flounces.
There are very economical, as they save much washing.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 10, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Col.
Stanley Matthews, the Provost Marshal, has issued an order by command of Gen.
Dumont, "that the retail of ardent spirits or other intoxicating drinks, is
strictly prohibited, and that henceforth this prohibition will be rigidly and
impartially enforced. Offenders
against this order will be summarily punished by fine and imprisonment."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 10, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Money"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
"Silver Leaf Polka, composed and respectfully dedicated to Mrs. John
Willis, of Vicksburg, Miss., by Miss Mary Vick," is the title of a piece of
beautiful music sent us by Mr. D. P. Faulds, of Louisville, Ky., the publisher.
It is for sale at the music stores of Jas. A. McClure and C. d. Benson,
in this city.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Therese; or, The Orphan of Geneva;" favorite dance; "The
Dead Shot"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Police Court.
Monday, June 9.—W. T. Wright, accused of disorderly conduct, was fined
$10 and costs. Mrs. Catharine
Andrews was fined $10 and costs for abusing Mrs. Livingston, and allowing her
child to follow her example; also, for beating Mrs. L.'s daughter. . . .
Tuesday,
June 10.—The Recorder's Court was thronged this morning with a motley
assemblage of human beings, more varied than usual, and far more numerous.
Legal talent of a high order, and the medical profession were
represented, and witness and defendants ranged from the merchant to the
debauchee and the now insane harlot. The "ornament of society," the trembling drunkard,
the maid and the matron, beauty and ugliness were all there, and kept the Court
in session until near 12 o'clock. . . .
Joe
Davis, the boy who proved to be a girl, was remanded to jail, suspected of being
a runaway slave. . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Serious Family;" song; "Robert Macaire"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Nashville Trotting
Course.
Unequalled Success!
Thursday, June 12, 1862.—Pacing Match for $50, 1 mile out. wm. Mayho enters b. m. Queen of Nashville; J. Hutchings
enters b. g. Union.
Second
Race—Trotting Match for purse of $50; mile heats, 3 best in 5 to harness.
George Gutcher enters b. g. L. C. Coleman; O. S. Kemble enters b. h.
Vermont Jr.
Owing
to the very liberal patronage the proprietors of the above Track have met with,
they are induced to again offer to the sporting public another excellent Trot
and Pace. The Track is in most
superior order, and the races will Positively come off as above.
On
Tuesday next, June 17, we offer a purse of $25 for Mules, 5 or more to make a
race; entrance $2.50, to name and close Monday the 16th, at Lighter's
Stable, North Market street.
First
race to come off at 3 o'clock. Admittance
to gate and stand, 50 cents.
C. Taylor & Co., Prop'rs.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Many
of our young citizens are bestirring themselves for a commemoration of the 4th
of July. Excursions of various
kinds, pic-nics, balls, and bran dances, innumerable, are already announced.
The occasion bids fair to be well enjoyed by the young population, at all
events.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Far in
advance of the time appointed for the trot and pace to come off yesterday, quite
a large number of turfites had assembled in the vicinity of the Nashville
Trotting Course, anxious, amid the spiritless humor of the times, to participate
in the exciting sport thought to be in store for them.
But their expectancy, like some deceptive sprite, vanished at the
approach of the "liberal hour." It
was found that two stately forms, clad in the armor of Uncle Sam, were posted
near the entrance gate, and disputed the passage of vehicles and footmen into
the enclosure, notwithstanding the pretext was so important.
The proprietors, not apprehending any difficulty of this nature, were
somewhat chagrinned at the imminent loss of pleasure to their friends, and after
exhausting their persuasive faculties upon the guard, sent a messenger to
headquarters for the required authority to proceed with the races.
The courier was fleet, and soon returned—Colonel Matthews was
absent—'no races!' was shouted in the ears of the restless, disappointed
crowd—a movement of teams, a few hollow imprecations and desponding gestures,
ensued; and soon the piteous scene was presented of a concourse, almost thrilled
with the hope of a goodly evening's pastime, suddenly transformed into a
drooping caravan, wending their way to town.
Courage, sports! The
proprietors say, that although piqued at the unexpected failure, they
will be on their guard next time, and provide for any emergency.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Police Court.
Wednesday, June 11.—A crowded court and a long session, with some
amusement, were features in the Recorder's Court this morning.
The most important cases were two charges against Mrs. Coste, one for
disorderly conduct, and the other for keeping a disorderly or bawdy house.
The disorderly conduct was in the consequence of a child's quarrel, in
which the mothers took part, Mrs. Coste being to blame in using improper
language, for which she was called upon to pay the costs only.
On the other charges, two or three witnesses testified to the
disreputable character of the female boarders in the house, and the Recorder
imposed a fine of $10 and costs, and required that all such boarders should be
dismissed from the house. T. T.
Smiley defended the accused with his usual ability.
The
next case in importance (to judge by the legal ability brought to bear, and the
number of witnesses,) was a colored one, in which two families were
engaged—one as prosecutors, and Fanny, and Ned Woods and his daughter Eliza,
were defendants. John S. Brien,
jr., for the prosecution. T. T.
Smiley for the defence. One witness
testified that Fanny "kept up a spontaneous fuss all de time,"
and another asserted that Ned made Eliza throw rock with more vengeance
than she otherwise would have done, while Fanny, seated by the side of the
benevolent Smiley, informed the Recorder that she was "as innocent as the
baby that aint born yet." Eliza
was dismissed at the cost of the prosecution, Ned was fined $5 and costs, and
Fanny $6 and costs, all of which was paid, and the parties retired, wiser, if
not better, than when they entered. . .
Thos.
Shepard pleated guilty to a breach of the tippling law, as did also Mr. Link,
(through Judge Brien) both of whom were fined, and the Recorder expressed
astonishment that none but poor men were arrested, while men of wealth
were selling every day with impunity. . .
Tuesday,
June 12.—There was but little business before the Recorder this morning.
Mary Brown was accused of being on the street dressed in male attire.
She "acknowledged the corn," and paid $23 for her evening's
amusement. Mike Morrissy, a
blustering fellow, who seemed to have a very exalted opinion of himself, was
charged with disorderly conduct toward a poor woman whose husband is a prisoner
at Camp Chase. The lady in
question, not appreciating his rude and officious attentions, struck him two or
three blows with an iron poker, each of which left its mark on his arm, and
finally blacked his eye with a rock which she threw at him.
The Recorder inflicted an additional punishment of $5 and costs, which
was well deserved.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Follies of a Night;" "Jack Sheppard"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 13, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
The Sombre Aspects of the War.
The discharged soldiers from the hospitals crippled beyond the power of
further duty, are beginning to contrast with a shade of gloom the gaiety of the
promenades. The spectacle is a sad
one, and the more so because from the eyes of the present generation it will
never disappear. Wounded men—some
armless, some with legs shot away—are seen in the streets singly and in little
groups, living monuments of traitor malignity and fratricidal ambition.
Of the 7,000 men in the hospitals in this city, at least 1,000, we are
informed, are incapacitated for further service, and will pass mutilated to
their graves.
We see
the poor fellows everywhere, limping uncomplainingly along, content that they
have fought in a good cause, and grateful for any courtesy shown to them.
We have seen noble hearted ladies in costly silks not too proud to yield
to them the right of way, and to salute them as they hobbled past.
We saw such a lady yesterday quietly pass to the conductor the fare for
four crippled soldiers who entered the vehicle as she alighted, and who passed
on their way none the wiser until the conductor enlightened them on the subject.
If
anybody is entitled to regard and kind treatment it is the wounded soldier.
For fifty years to come the maimed and crippled will temper the splendors
of the promenade.—Philadelphia Gazette.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 14, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
A
federal soldier was found in the streets of Detroit, a few days since, dead
drunk, and taken to the station house. When
there, the Federalist continued unconscious so long that the cumbersome uniform
was unbuttoned, when it was discovered that the soldier was a woman.
It appears from her statement, when sober, that she has been in the army
since the commencement of the war, and was present at the engagement when
Zollicoffer was killed. She has
been sent home to London, Canada.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"King Charles II;" song; "Black-Eyed Susan"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Luke the Laborer;" favorite dance; "The Dead Shot"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Othello"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Police Court.
Monday, June 16.--. . . Three boys were convicted of taking marketmen's
horses, and riding or driving them about the city.
The Recorder gave them a wholesome admonition, and fined each of them $10
and costs, as they had practiced the game frequently before with impunity. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 18, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Promenading
used to be the delight, in truth, the only recreation, of very many of our young
ladies and gentlemen, during the early evening hours, when fair Luna did invite
them as she does now. But their
most frequent and pleasant resort, by the inexorable decree of war, is lost to
them—a yawning depth sadly broods where stood their favorite place of wooing
the healthful breeze: the
suspension bridge has passed for ever upon the common tide of destruction; and
never was its utility more keenly appreciated than since the recurrence of the
auspicious evenings of moonlight and bracing winds, so irresistible to the
pent-up citizen. The dear ladies
and gallant lords of afflicted Nashville must, in this extremity, content
themselves with whatever of enjoyment there is in a garden walk, or a social
chat upon the stoop of their homes.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 18, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"She Stoops to Conquer;" favorite dance; "Box and
Cox"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Follies of a Night; song; "Stage-Struck Tailor"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 20, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Fourteen
ladies of Ladoga, Ind., were brought to trial at Crawfordsville, on the 10th
instant, charged with riotous proceedings in destroying the contents of a whisky
saloon in the former place. The
jury imposed a fine of one dollar on each.
The costs amounted to about one hundred dollars.
Much interest was manifested in the case.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Paul Pry; or, 'Hope Don't Intrude;'" "Beauty and the
Beast"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 21, 1862, p. 1, c. 3-4
Parisian Fashions for June.
Le Follet, of Paris, French Journal of Fashions, gives the following:
Notwithstanding
the uncertainty of the weather, great preparations have been made in elegant
toilettes suitable to the season; and we are glad to find many new and beautiful
materials added to those we have already referred to.
The new styles are not half so extravagant as sometimes represented, the
art consisting in knowing how to select and suit them to the wearer.
Any lady of refined taste can easily distinguish that which is really
elegant and bon geare from the mass of caricatures and exaggerations sometimes
presented to her as the latest Paris fashion.
Plaid
chine and Pompadour silks, moire antiques, silk gauzes and grenadines, are
selected for toilettes elegantes. For
in doors or out of door morning dress, woollen mohairs, bareges, alpacas and
foulards are the materials most suitable. The
colors most in vogue for this season are gray, chamois and Havana.
The
fashion of ornamenting the bottom of the skirts is far from being on the
decline; we may make the same remark with respect to their size and fullness.
Many
new designs in foulards have been lately introduced. Among the most elegant are those of a light ground with
narrow colored stripes, or covered with a grecque pattern; this is very pretty
in drab and blue, or stone color and green; others in the Pompadour style are in
black, white or pale buff, with little chine bunches of flowers.
Pearl
gray is very much in fashion, and is suitable to almost every material, as it
can be trimmed either with its own color or any other.
Wide
flounces seem decidedly to have been discarded in favor of smaller ones, ruches,
tuyautes and other styles of trimming, which are only worn on the bottom of the
skirt.
Braiding
is still much worn, and on almost all fabrics to which it is suitable.
Black
silk dress, soutaches in color, are very pretty, and, if simply made, elegant,
and well adapted for young ladies. Lyons
or Irish poplins are in good taste, and are generally braided or trimmed with
ruches.
The
fashion of opening dresses at the seams, over another skirt, has been decidedly
adopted, and is as elegant in light fabrics as it was in winter dresses.
When made in grenadine, gauze de Chambery, and silk gauze, the underskirt
is made of silk of the same color as the outer one.
In some cases we have seen both skirts made of the same material, the
upper one plain and the under flounced or ruched.
Muslin
and thin dresses are made with low bodies.
Two pelerines are made for these dresses, one high, the other low; both
trimmed to correspond as far as possible with the skirt.
Bodies
are made either round or pointed, but the points are considered more dressy.
Many elegant dresses are made with two points in front and one behind.
Square or open bodies are much worn; if for out of doors, they are
accompanied with a chemisette of muslin or of silk, the same color as the
trimming of the dress.
The
sleeves are not very large, and generally open either at back or in front.
For thin dresses the prettiest sleeve is a large full one, set into a
band at the bottom, large enough to pass the hand through.
This sleeve is drawn up in the front seam, so as to make it shorter
before than behind.
Loose
white bodies will be much worn; the newest and most elegant accompaniment for
them being a small silk body, pointed behind and before, both at top and bottom.
In the front the top upper point reaches up to the chest, and slopes
gradually off till quite narrow under the arms; the back also rises in a point,
but not so high as the one in front. A
strap of silk goes over the shoulder on each side.
These little bodies are trimmed with ruches or pinked silk frills; they
are very elegant in black silk, and can, of course, then be worn with any
colored skirt.
Mantles
are very much smaller than was fashionable a short time ago, and are worn off
the shoulder, if intended for toilette habittes.
Small shawls, with deep lace, are also very elegant for out of door
dress. For the morning, small
paletots, of the same material as the dress, are worn; but this style is not
adopted after noon, when they are replaced by totally different shapes.
There are two other styles of mantle, which are made of the same material
as the dress—the cassaque, nearly tight fitting, and the long circular cloak.
We are
happy to state that the form of the bonnets is definitely and decisively
altered; they are no longer standing up in a high point, but are much flatter
and squarer, going off rather narrow at the ears, and do not advance nearly so
much on the head. The curtains,
also, are narrower. Flowers are
placed outside, either quite at the top, in front, or on one side or the other;
the former is more suitable for young ladies.
The cap is very full, especially at the top, and the flowers, or
ornaments, are placed either in a spray at the top, or at one side, whichever is
more becoming to the wearer.
Small
or large curled feathers are very elegant for married ladies, and are often
mixed with flowers. For young
ladies the most recherche ornaments are roses very little open, moss rosebuds,
moss and a green heath. We have
remarked one very elegant bonnet in this style; it was made of white crape, the
crown tight, as was the passe, the rest was drawn, and a small plaited frill
stood a very little beyond the crown. The
passe was covered with a frilling of white tulle.
Two half-opened roses, small moss rosebuds, moss and a little heath,
formed a slightly dropping spray, which was placed at the top of the bonnet; and
the same in the cap, with the exception of one rose.
The curtain was of crape, with a small frill; a single moss rose bud was
placed in the centre fold of the curtain, and the strings were of white silk,
very wide and pinked all around. This
bonnet was intended for a young lady.
Another,
meant for an older lady, was of rice straw, with a wreath of violet azaleas
placed on the passe. A drapery of
tulle and blonde was fastened under the flowers, and descending on each side of
the bonnet, was tied behind over the curtain, from whence it fell in long ends.
We
remarked a full dress bonnet, made of two deep white laces. One, placed on the top of the crown, fell to the bottom of
the curtain, and the other, sewn on the edge of the bonnet, fell a little down
the crown. The foundation of this
bonnet was a white tulle, the edge of the bonnet, and of the curtain being of
light blue silk, of which there was also a band round the crown.
Two small curling and blue feathers were placed near the front, at the
top. In the cap was a small feather
and a large half-open, pale yellow rose, with a long branch, from which hung a
smaller rose. Blue silk
strings, pinked at the edge.
A very
neat bonnet, made for a very young lady, was of white tulle bouillone, with
noeund of tulle on the passe. Very
small loose crown, and a curtain of the same.
In the interior was a small pouff of white lilac and small black and red
seeds.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 21, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
New
Music.—The song which we print below this morning was composed and arraigned
to music by Mr. C. D. Benson, of this city, to whom we are indebted for a copy.
The laughable origin of the phrase, "Here's your mule," is
known to the generality of our readers, and these verses will be found in
keeping with its humorous suggestions. The
notes to which the lines are set give them a lively and impressive air.
Mr. Duffield will introduce the song at the Theatre tonight, when the
masses can hear for themselves. We
are also obliged to Mr. Benson for the sheet music of "The Maiden's
Farewell; or, The Soldier's Betrothed," by Randal; "Lone Grave by the
Sea," and "I'm Looking for Him Home," by Will S. Hayes, three
exquisite ballads, which should be among every amateur pianist's collection.
All of these pieces have just been issued, and may be procured at
Benson's Music Store, Union street.
[words
of "Here's Your Mule"]
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 21, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Policemen
ought to keep a vigilant look-out for violators of the city ordinances against
the fast driving of horses through the streets. We last evening saw a "contraband" urging his horse
along a populous thoroughfare at a frightfully reckless pitch.
Spare them not, knights of the club.
They are dangerous.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 21, 1862, p. 2, c. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"Soldier's Daughter;" song "Here's Your Mule"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
School Girls, Ideal and Actual.
An ideal school-girl is one of the very loveliest things on earth.
Personally so fair, so fresh, so hopeful, the beauty of womanhood in its
dewy promise, "a rose with all its sweetest leaves folded."
Mentally, full of appreciation and docility, knowing so little, yet
capable of knowing so much, a compound of sweet credulity and questioning
keenness. Morally, the most innocent and unselfish of beings, gentle
looking and loveable, with reverent eyes lifted piously to heaven, and yet
worshipping poor idols of the veriest clay, ready to believe that men are
angels, and to make them so by the power of angelic purity and devotion.
Shrinking from admiration abroad to diffuse blessings at home, she is a
sunbeam in the household and a violet in the street.
Such are the delicate daughters of whom artists dream and poets sing.
But
the real school-girl is sometimes a very different person.
She is a rose too early opened, with its petals imperfect, yet widely
flaunting to catch the reluctant gaze. Her
knowledge of books is sufficiently slight and superficial, yet there are many
subjects upon which she knows altogether too much.
She is not willing to be taught, because that would imply that sixty had
some possible mental advantage over sixteen, and she has so long admired the
waxen face in her mirror that she looks upon gray hairs and wrinkles as marks of
contempt bestowed by Time upon people he has known too long. She regards her father as only her banker, and grumbles when
her unsparing draughts are not readily honored; her mother is her dressing maid
and nurse, and, like other low people, shows a great deal too much curiosity
with regard to her habits, engagements and correspondence. At least such is her unfilial view of this most precious
earthly relation.
Her
elder brothers are sometimes useful, but often tiresome, and if they were not
available to pay bills, deliver messages and act as an escort when better cannot
be had, they would be unmitigated bores. Younger brothers and sisters are playthings upon occasion,
but usually nuisances and traitors. For,
alas, our fair young school-girl has something to conceal. That brow which seems pure as a moonbeam, has harbored
thoughts of vanity and folly. That
delicate hand, which seems moulded of the sea-shell's pink and pearl, has
returned furtive signals of boyish admirers, or possibly, but most imprudently,
challenged the attention of a stranger; and locked among her treasures are notes
of admiration that a girl who respects herself would rarely receive and never
retain. With all these
indiscretions, our heedless school-girl has never a though of evil.
She is only bent on amusing herself in her own untrammeled way, a way
which lowers her position, depraves her taste, and robs the budding rose, while
yet enfolded in protecting moss, of half its fragrance and its dew.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 22, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Theatre.
"The Little Treasure;" dance; "The Young Widow"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 24, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Affairs in Texas.
The Philadelphia Inquirer announces the arrival there of a number of
refugees from Texas. It says:
Among
them are three brothers Everett, natives of Knoxville, Tennessee, whose father
owns and works a farm in Rusk county, Texas.
These
young men were urged by secessionists to join them, but they always refused
until last April, when their aged father was threatened with hanging.
The brothers then consented to enlist, but instead of going to the
recruiting station, made their way to Brownsville, and thence on board the
United States steamer Montgomery, which took them to New Orleans.
These
young men say that General Sam Houston, though avowedly a secessionist, is at
heart a Union man. He lives in
retirement on his plantation, on the San Jacinto River, and takes no part in
politics. He is said to be the
chief of a secret Union men society, who assemble at Austin, and are ready to
come out openly, as soon as they can receive the assistance of the Government.
The
people of Texas are divided on the question of secession, the Irish and Germans
being mostly Union men, while the natives, and chiefly the down-East men, are
decidedly in favor of secession. There
is but little feeling, however, in favor of cotton-burning anywhere in the State
of Texas.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 24, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Summary: Theatre.
"Retribution; or, Wife for Wife;" song "Here's Your
Mule;" "Family Jars"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
A
paragraph amongst our Southern items mentions the hanging of a man named
Andrews, and seven others, at Atlanta, Ga.
These unfortunate men were convicted of attempting to run off a
locomotive and train of cars, and to burn bridges on the Georgia railroad
between Atlanta and Chattanooga. Andrews,
who formerly resided in this city, and was in the employ of w. S. Whiteman,
paper-maker, protested that he had no animosity to the South. He was governed by a desire to reap a large reward
which he stated was offered by General Mitchell on the condition of the
success of his enterprise.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 25, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Belle Boyd, the
Female Spy.
[Strasburg Correspondence of the New York Tribune.]
Last evening I had an interview with the famous female rebel spy, Miss
Belle Boyd, of whom so much has been said by the correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer. She pleads
guilty to nearly all the charges made against her, so far as they refer to
conveying information to the enemy, carrying letters and packages from rebels
within our lines to those without, and performing acts of heroic daring worthy
of the days of the Revolution; but when they assail her virtue, and class her
with camp cyprians, she denies them in the strongest terms possible. To be called an "accomplished prostitute" is
something she did not expect from yankee gentlemen when she entered into the
service of the rebel Confederacy. In
personal appearance, without being beautiful, she is very attractive.
Is quite tall, has a superb figure, an intellectual face, and dresses
with must taste. Added to much natural smartness, she has about the usual
amount of mental culture common to young ladies educated in the South.
In every thing that pertains to the war, upon the rebel side, she seems
to be thoroughly informed. She can
give you the name of almost every officer in the rebel army, every member of
Congress, and the district they represent, and seems as familiar with the
machinery of the rebellion as an old clerk in Washington with that of the
Federal Government. That she has rendered much service to the rebel army I have
not the least doubt, and why she should be allowed to go at will through our
camps, flirt with our officers, and display their notes and cards to her
visitors, I am at a loss to know. She
is a native Virginian, but professes to be an ardent
South Carolinian at heart—wears a gold palmetto tree beneath her
beautiful chin, a rebel soldier's belt around her waist, and a velvet band
across her forehead, with the seven stars of the Confederacy shedding their pale
light therefrom. It seemed to me,
while listening to her narrative, that the only additional ornament she required
to render herself perfectly beautiful, was a Yankee halter encircling her neck.
At her
special request, I have, upon simply her unsupported testimony, denied what was
to her the most serious charge preferred by the correspondent of the Inquirer. To
be frank, however, I think she is not what camp gossip charges her
with being. She has naturally a large, warm heart, and was very kind to
the prisoners taken by Jackson in the skirmish at this place.
She is an open foe, and therefore entitled to some respect; but if she
expects to mingle freely with the soldiers of both armies, and bandy jests and
coarse wit with them, and not be subject to the ordinary gossip, she is greatly
deceived.—She says she is related to prominent families in New York, who will
be greatly shocked to learn what has been said about her; but almost in the same
breath expresses the wish that she could draw the rope around the necks of some
who are in the Union army.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 25, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Summary: Theatre.
"Wm. Tell; the Hero of Switzerland;" dance; "Stage-Struck
Tailor"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Summary: Theatre.
"The Soldier's Daughter;" comic song "Here's Your
Mule;" "The Irish Hussar"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 27, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Summary: Theatre.
"The Corsican Brothers;" pas de deux
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 27, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Police Court.
. . . Belle Dun and Louisa Charley concluded to leave the
iniquitous precincts of Smoky Row for more respectable quarters, but failing to
amend their lives in a proportionate degree, were ordered to quit their present
habitation and pay each $3 an costs for pursuing their avocation under the eyes
of respectable people.
Mrs.
German and Priscilla Logan were each indicted for living together in adultery.
Neither offered any defence or desired the matter examined into, and the
court made out a bill of $6 each, which the persecuted man settled with an
evident disgust for law and lawyers and no particular love for Mary Brown or the
Wrights.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 28, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Summary: Theatre.
"The Corsican Brothers;" pas de deux
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
A
Woman's Thoughts on Bonnets.—The bonnet is the frame to the picture.
A pretty face wants the setting to add lustre to its loveliness.
A homely one hopes, by a happy combination of tints, to soften its
ugliness, or to suggest a beauty which it does not possess.
The present bonnets look like coal scuttles, and will hardly succeed in
making any one look handsomer. In
their anxiety to grow all of a sudden, they may be decidedly stylish, but are
not graceful. A high-pointed shelf
protruding over the forehead, and a bag of lace hanging out of the crown, large
enough for a work-pocket, is anything but artistic.
Still
it is refreshing to see heads crowned with flowers instead of feathers.
To us there was always an incongruity in robbing poor ostriches and
smaller birds of the pretty tails, in order to trick out feminine heads.
But flowers are natural ornaments. Doubtless,
one of the first things Eve did was to knot flowers, and to this day flowers and
rare imitations of flowers make the most simple and beautiful adorning of her
multiplied daughters. The most
graceful spring hat worn is the simple straw, void of the silk or lace crown,
trimmed with budded green or violet tints.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 29, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Iron King;" dance; "Family Jar"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
approaching Fourth of July, from all present manifestations, will be hailed in
the ancient commemorative spirit, and its fleeting stay upon the stage of Time
be honored by many of those festivities which the youthful and age-smitten
hearts of the once great American household were wont to anticipate and promote
with such a feeling of unbounded national love and pride.
And why not? Have the glorious memories that encircle the heroic names and
deeds of the Revolution been swept into oblivion by the saturnalia of war which
now disgraces our continent? No!
Thrice, no! The day which
dawned upon the freedom of America, and the living incidents of glory and renown
which then were its ushers, and which will forever reflect a golden halo upon
the pages of its history, are the common inheritance of the posterity in whose
keeping is the future destinies of the blood-bought Republic.
Let no child of America cast from him the title to do reverence unto the
day of his liberation from tyranny. Let
no part of this beautiful land refuse a welcome to the day, in whose transparent
light, as in a world-formed mirror, we behold the manly persons, the noble
strife, and hear the eloquent teachings of those immortal defenders of our honor
and liberty. All the acrimony, and
hatred, and bloodshed of civil conflict should not, cannot cause us to forget
the heaven-sent privilege of bowing at the shrine of Freedom in all its
blessedness of majesty and power. Political
animosity and recrimination can never usurp the throne of Reason when pass
before her, in all their forms of imperial loveliness, the great founders of a
nation free and independent in all that gives vigorous existence to its name and
achievements. That sentiment of
adoration for our early history, whose birth is proudly traced even beyond the
pale of '76, is not to find a grave beneath internecine struggle with arms.
Verily, no! Wherever bide
the sons of American, whatever fate may enclasp them, whatever gulfs may divide
them, whithersoever any real or utopian goal shall lead them, the weary foot
will return, and the estranged heart will bound with the pulse of joy, and
affectionate words will fill the mouth, when they shall stand beneath the
brilliant shield of heaven in the coming anniversary of their independence.
Otherwise, we were unfit to bear the sceptre placed in our hands by an
illustrious ancestry. May there be
not only a universal remembrance of our country's natal day, but a celebration
as well, that shall extend throughout our wide dominion.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
Little Ones.—Last week, we believe, the most persevering and industrious
teachers have closed their school doors for the summer vacation. The little ones will now be able to lay aside their books,
visit their country cousins, romp over the lawns, ramble over the hills, tell
each other of the wonderful things they have seen and heard, and, in short, give
themselves up to general enjoyment—a relaxation—they much need after their
close study. The next will be a
busy and joyful week. fond parents
will receive their cherished darlings from academies in which they have been
passing the months gone by since the Christmas holidays, and country folk will
make preparations to receive their city relatives.
Nature is clothed in all its beauties and fruit trees and bushes are
weighed down by the burden of their delicious productions.
The numbers of the "Can't-get-away Club" will remain at home to
keep the machinery of business in order, and hundreds of temporary bachelors
will try in vain to make themselves happy during the absence of their wives and
little ones. Do our readers remember how, in years gone by, they looked
forward to the day of commencement of vacation as one to be honored above all
others? A day on which our cup of
joy was overflowed by a distribution of cakes and other sweets, and when the
whole soul was given up to anticipations of unalloyed happiness?
If you do, you will not chide your little ones too severely if they seem
rude, nor chastise them for being thoughtless.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, June 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
The
steamer Rose Hambleton while lying at our wharf yesterday, regaled the public
ear with the delicious strains of music from her splendid steam caliope.
It had an enrapturing effect upon those who are accommodated with
"music in their souls," more especially the African connoisseurs,
whose savage breasts were soothed in a tremendous measure.
One of the sable listeners was overheard to exclaim "Golly, wish dat
fleetin' moosick box 'wd happen at de landin' more frekently!"
It would be somewhat lively, not to say charming.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 1, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
The
Knickerbocker proposes the following amendments to the Federal tax bill:
"For
every button on coat, 3 cents.
"For
carrying cane, $1.
"For
using Expressly Prepared Mucilage, 2 cents per pot.
"Pencils
and pens, $1 per annum.
"On
all keys in use, 6 cents.
"For
kissing any body except relatives, 25 cents each time.
[N. B.—Engaged couples may 'commute' for $10 per month.]
"For
ringing door-bells or using knockers, 1 cent.
"For
using scraper or mat before a door, 1 cent.
"For
not using scraper or door-mat, $1.
"For
looking at a lady anywhere, $10.
"For
shaking hands with ladies, 10 cents.
"For
squeezing said hands, $1.
"For
not squeezing said hands when 'circumstances favor.', $10.
"For
quoting French, 25 cents.
"For
saying 'in our midst,' or 'pending,' or 'reliable' or 'donate,' or 'proven,' $1.
"For
writing one's name as Marie, Pollie, Sallie, Maggie, or Judie, $1.
"For
joining the Curb-Stone Christian Association, and waiting at the door to 'see
the ladies come out,' $10.
"For
'chor-ing spruce-gum,' 1 cent.
"For
keeping the register of 'who's engaged,' $1 per name.
"For
noticing with whom any or every body walks, where they go, etc., for each
indulgence, $50.
"For
recording any thing not strictly your own business, $50.
"For
responding in church like a blatant wild bull, $10.
"For
talking in the opera, $10.
"For
calling for encore, $200.
"For
asking friends to take tickets to any thing, $100.
"For
reading your own literary compositions, to any one, $1.
"For
doing same to editor, or offering to do it, $1,000.
"For
borrowing anything, $1.
"For
staying later than 11 P.M. when calling, $5 per hour.
"For
the boyish carelessness of calling at office or other place, and not leaving
your name, $10.
"For
using any hackneyed quotation, 25 cents.
"For
always mentioning, in connection with a name, that he or she is 'very rich,' or
'poor as Job,' $1.
"For
pointing out a millionaire, 25 cents.
"For
talking of your appetite, or diseases, or describing what you like to eat and
drink, or when you change your flannels, $1."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 1, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
From
all we can learn, departures for the Southern country, in the next few days,
will be quite numerous. Strange as
it may seem, Tennessee has become too densely populated, and is encouraging the
emigration hence of artists and artisans, lawyers and doctors, preachers and
merchants, loafers and gentlemen. Where,
and oh where, will this queer proceeding end?
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 1, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Funny.
Rumsey & Newcomb's minstrels have been driven out of Germany.
An English paper says: It
appears that the Germans, unaccustomed to this sort of entertainment, expected
to find the troupe composed of real black men, and when it was discovered they
were only white men, blackened up for the purpose of caricaturing the
"nigger," the German press and people denounced them as impostors. The public were informed by the German press.
In all seriousness, that Rumsey & Newcomb's minstrels were base
imposters, that the black could be rubbed off their faces, and that there was
not a real black man among them! The
result was that our minstrel friends were obliged to bring their performances to
a very abrupt conclusion, or they might have been "assisted" out of
the town.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 1, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Midwifery.
Mrs. Flynn, having returned to Nashville, will resume the practice of
Midwifery. Good reference can be
given as to capability. Residence
corner of Gay and McLemore streets, next door to Esquire Robertson.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 1, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"The Child of the Regiment;" new eccentric song; "Mrs. and
Mrs. Turtle.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 2, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
A
company numbering over sixty boys and girls, from the Children's Aid Society,
left New York on the 24th ult., under the charge of Mr. H. Friedgen.
Some of the small boys were orphans, and some had parents who thought it
well to have good homes provided for them in the West.
A party of five girls, from the Girls' Lodging House, in Canal street,
accompanied Mr. Friedgen, under the charge of Mr. E. Trott, Superintendent of
the Institution. They were mostly
orphans and unemployed, and rejoiced in the opportunity afforded them of having
new homes and friends in the West.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 2, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Few
are aware that velvet is made in America. Yet
there is a factory in Valley Creek, Chester county, Pa., where the finest silk
velvet, of every style and pattern, is made. The goods are sold in New York.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 2, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"The Robbers;" dance; "Dead Shot"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Pea
Coffee.—It is probably known to many that a very large per cent. of the ground
coffee sold at the stores is common field peas, roasted and ground with the
coffee. there are hundreds of
thousands of bushels of peas annually used for that purpose. Those who are in the habit of purchasing ground coffee can do
better to buy their own peas, burn and grind them, and mix to suit themselves.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
The
Boston Journal states that the Wamsutta Mills will commence running full time on
the 7th ultimo. It is
more than a year since full time has been made in any part of the mills, the
whole establishment having been run only two-thirds time from May, 1861, to the
5th of April last, when operations entirely ceased.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Ladies
have no right to wear the newest and highest style of coal-scuttle bonnets at
places of public entertainment. They
shut off views from back seats.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
The
habits and tastes of the American people have always varied somewhat in the
manner of celebrating the "4th of July." There is hardly any place so obscurely located, even among
the hills and valleys where the shrill whistle of the steam engine has never
reverberated, but what some lawyer or country pedagogue could be found to
harrangue such as wished to hear an oration; while others enjoy the social pic
nic, with music and dancing. Extensive
arrangements have been made by a committee, to enjoy the day in the latter
manner at that beautiful retreat, "Goff's Grove," the well selected
spot for many a soiree. A
conveyance leaves the corner of the Square and Cedar street at half past six
o'clock on the morning of the 4th, also at 9 a.m. We bespeak for the happy participants of pleasure, a
cloudless day, and happiness commensurate with their preparations.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Police Court.
Wednesday, July 2.—The proceedings this morning were not of a very
lively character; had it not been for Mrs. Frances Beard every thing would have
passed off without a smile. Frances
is possessed of an untiring tongue, and had she not been repeatedly checked,
might have kept his Honor the Recorder listening to her all day.
She appeared as the prosecutrix of Miss Ann Brown, charged with
disorderly conduct in having sprinkled Mrs. Beard's floor with whiskey, water,
or some other liquid unknown to deponent; a gentle admonition from Frances was
ungraciously received by Ann, who retorted with divers and sundry epithets unfit
for ears polite. Mrs. Beard
politely requested Ann to leave the premises, which request was complied with,
though reluctantly; and the unfeeling girl, not having the fear of the law
before her eyes, and forgetting the gratitude due from her to the elderly Mrs.
B., proceeded to storm the house with a shower of rocks, breaking out seven
lights from the window, and placing in jeopardy the lives and limbs of the timid
inmates. The evidence on the other
side proved that a dance was going on in Mrs. Beard's house.
Ann though she might as well have some of the fun too, and with that
intent entered the premises peaceably, when Mrs. B. ordered her out
peremptorily. Ann turned to leave,
when Frances helped her along by a push, and then a kick.
The shower of rocks proved to have been a soda-water bottle.
In the course of the trial Frances was fined $2.50 for disturbing the
Court. Ann was fined $3 and costs.
Marshal
Chumbly again called out the name Frances Beard, and two witnesses.
Mrs. B. desired to be informed of what the Recorder wanted of her.
"You are accused of tipping, Madame."
"It's a lie, mister—it's a lie.
What do you mean by tippling?"
"Selling or giving away liquor contrary to law."
"Oh, what a lie! Give
me time to get my witnesses, and they'll swear I never sold a drop of liquor in
my life—never since ______ made me a woman.
Is them chaps going to swear that I sold 'em whiskey?
Both on 'em has long been eating in my house and never give me a
four-pence in their lives; that chap's goin to swear agin me for spite." The chap was about to put in a word, when the court ordered
Mrs. B. to be seated. The witnesses
were then sworn to "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
truth," when Mrs. Beard, who had removed her hood from her head and rolled
it up tightly in her hands, sprung from her chair, struck the table a severe
blow with her bonnet and exclaimed: "I
would not take that oath for all the world."
She was let off moderately, only $16 for frequent drinks.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Stranger;" song; "Swiss Cottage"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 4, 1862, p. 1, c. 4-5
A
Paris correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce discourses as follows
about fashions:
The
fashions for the month vary but little from those in vogue for some time past.
Our stylish mourning establishment, No. 10 rue de la Paix, a la Scabieuse,
has made a short garment, the raisonnable, which if of black poult de
soie, reaching to the knee; the ornaments consist of claws set off with guipure. These claws are laid over the seams of the back, on the
sleeves, and in front, horizontally one above the other, with an intervening
space of 6 inches each. The barege
grenadine of the Maison Saran is the material the most a la mode for the summer
season. The journaux des modes
tells us that the crinoline have begun to shrink, and that many women have
banished the hoop, and supply their places with several jupes laid over each
other, one of which is composed of horse hair mixed with cotton thread; there
are again other petticoats made of horse hair closely drawn together and forming
a thick braiding.
For
demi toilette we see muslin shawls, either plain or embroidered, surrounded with
a wide Malines lace and with a ribbon run through them. But for full dress the superb lace shawls from the fabrique
of Violard, No. 3, Rue de Choiseul, are more suitable.
The
latest style of lace shawls is composed of white point lace with three flounces
of which two are white and one black; these narrow flounces are caught up here
and there so as to form festoons.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 4, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Daughter of the Regiment;" song "Here's yer Mule;"
"Love in Seventy-Six."
Saturday—"The Angel in the Attic;" song "Arkansas
Gentleman;" "Golden Farmer"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 4, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
1776.
National Anniversary.
Celebration of the Fourth of July, 1862,
At the State Capitol.
At sunrise, there will be a NATIONAL SALUTE OF THIRTY-FOUR GUNS fired from Capitol Hill, and the various church and other public bells will be rung. By request, the Military Procession will form, under the direction of the officer in command, at the corner of Spruce and Broad streets, and be ready to move from thence at 9 o'clock, down Broad to Vine, up Vine to Spring, down Spring to Cherry, up Cherry to Union, down Union to College, out of College to the Public Square, around the Square to Cedar, and up Cedar street to the Capitol.
Order of
Exercises at the Capitol,
Commencing at Ten O'Clock A.M.
1. Music by the Military Band.
2. Prayer by Rev. J. Huntington.
3. Music.
4. Reading of the Declaration of
Independ-
ence by Ex-Gov. W. B. Campbell.
5. Music.
6. Reading of Washington's Farewell
Address,
by Russell Houston, Esq.
7. Music.
8. Oration by Hon. Jordan Stokes.
To conclude with
Music and Eighty-Six Guns.
At 8 o'clock p.m. the Exercises will be resumed by an Address from
Ex-Gov. Neill S. Brown.
The
Committee of Arrangements respectfully invite the citizens of the city, the
county, and the adjoining counties, to participate in the celebration.
The Ladies are particularly requested to honor the occasion by their
presence.
E. R.
Glascock,
John Chumbley,
Jos.
B. Knowles,
Wm. S. Cheatham,
M. M.
Brien,
T. J. Yarborough,
A. B.
Shankland,
E. B. Garrett.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 4, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Slattery's
saloon, at the ferry-landing, Edgefield, will be at the convenience of all who
may chance to call over there to-day in search of Fourth of July refreshments.
Maney's
Grove, Edgefield, will to-day be the resort of the beauty and chivalry.
A dance and pic-nic are the enticements.
Those who have been ticketed will find a boat in readiness to convey them
from the upper steamboat landing to the Grove.
The
Horticultural Garden, one [and] a quarter miles north of the city, will be open
for the reception of visitors to-day. It
is a delightful place, and the day can be spent there accordingly.
Two omnibuses will leave Calhoun's corner at on o'clock p.m., and make
regular trips during the afternoon.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 4, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Persons
in the habit of sleeping until a late hour in the morning, need expect to enjoy
no such luxury, nor indulge such absolute indolence on this good day of the
three hundred and sixty-five. Uncle
Sam gives out that he will sound especial breakfast gongs this morning for the
entrance of rosy-cheeked Aurora to her grand matin feast. By mentioning this, we hope our old bachelor friends, and
others of doubtful intrepidity, will not mistake the proposed feu de joi
for a hostile sortie upon the city, and unceremoniously "skedaddle"
from home! Dream of the Fourth of
July, and you'll be all right.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 4, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Thacher,
Apothecary,
Corner of Cedar and Cherry St.,
Has just received a fresh lot
of Drugs, Medicines, Fancy Articles, Oils,
etc., etc.
Morphine, Quinine,
Castor Oil, Alcohol,
Cologne, Potash,
Sal Soda, Concentrated Lye,
Baking Soda, Cream Tartar,
Chewing Balsam,
Macaboy Snuff,
Garrett's Scotch Snuff, in Packs,
"
" "
in Bottles,
Lard Oil, Neatsfoot Oil,
Cod Liver Oil, Coal Oil,
Tanner's Oil, Oatmeal,
Indigo, Madder,
Grd. Logwood, Extract Logwood,
Ext. Lemon, Ext. Vanilla,
Benzine, Burnett's Cocoaine,
Burnett's Kaliston, Chocolate,
Cocoa, Green Tea,
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
Bay Rum, Candlewick,
Canary Seed, Hemp Seed,
Mixed Bird Seed, Cuttle Fish Bone,
Chloride of Lime, Heimstreet's Hair Coloring,
Mrs. Allen's Hair Restorer,
Paint Brushes,
Varnish Brushes, Whitewash Brushes,
Linseed Oil, Best quality of Brandy,
Sherry Wine, Madeira Wine,
Blackberry Brandy, Ginger Wine,
Port Wine, Holland Gin,
Cod Liver Oil Jelly, Marshall's Catholicon.
Current Southern Funds taken.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
The Fourth in
Nashville and Vicinity.
. . .
Decorations, etc.
All the buildings in the use of military and other officials were profusely decorated with flags and other appropriate devices. Prominent among them were the Provost Marshal's, the Telegraph, and the Adams Express offices. Several stores and private residences also displayed flags, paintings, evergreens, etc. We noticed, too, a large flag spanning College street, South of Church, and one suspended between the upper end of the market-house and the block of houses opposite. No serious accident or ludicrous incident took place, the day passing off with more than customary quiet and peaceableness.
The Suburbs.
By far the larger portion of our citizens repaired to the beautiful
gardens and groves which environ the city, and there whiled away the moments in
the numberless ways of pure and unchecked pleasure suggested by the very scenes
through which their footsteps wandered. Many
were the mothers and fathers that led their little bright-eyed ones to the
woodlands near, and bade them romp and play in all the buoyancy of childhood,
upon the emerald sward and on the margin of the silver streams which flowed
murmuringly or danced blithely at their innocent feet.
Others betook themselves to the cemetery, and dwelt in silence upon the
memory of loved ones that have passed away; contemplated sorrowfully the
contrast between the present and the past, when those who lie entombed were
joyous in spirit and elastic in motion, thrilled to gladness at the dawn of this
day but a brief year agone, and who now repose forever insensible to the
utterances of grief or the jubilant voices of youth, as they skip gaily about
their marble resting-places, forgetful in their childish fancy of their
sacredness.
At
Mancy's Grove, in Edgefield, and at Goff's Grove, on Mill Creek, dancing and
music, with their pleasing incidentals, were the order of the day.
Both places, made lovely in all the sylvan tinsel of dame nature, were
rendered almost celestial by the presence of Nashville's prettiest and most
intelligent daughters. To us this is very painful to chronicle, because we were
unable to share the delight which reigned there in all its purity.
The arrangements were most perfect, and all who "joined in the
jovial dance" express unlimited satisfaction.
Again,
some of our people—we should say the remainder—found the "stay at
home" policy to work exceedingly well, and they were content to promote it
by reading the Declaration to their households, recalling the great events of
the Revolution, and seating themselves to an extra dinner.
So the Fourth in Nashville and vicinity suffered only in the varied
manner and spirited extent of its commemoration.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
The
market yesterday was by far the best of the season.
Everything a fastidious appetite could crave was there displayed in
superabundant plenty. All the
choice products of the garden, including primary installments of tomatoes; the
first of the roasting-ears; and every variety of native fruits and berries.
The marketers, all, were besieged from the ring of the bell until there
w3as nothing left for them to put into the baskets of their traders.
Prices, upon all kinds of marketing, are not half so alarming as they
were only a few weeks ago; but still the quotations are exorbitant.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Dry
goods dealers, milliners, and shoe merchants reaped quite a rich harvest
yesterday. Besides a more than
ordinary outpouring of our own fair townswomen, their gentle cousins from the
country mansions and hamlets graced our streets in large and imposing procession
all day. A superb stock of
everything in the above departments now in store, much to the gratification of
dames and misses. We felicitate our
gallant tradesmen in their good luck, transient though it be.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Lavater; or, Not a Bad Judge;" song; "The Soldier's
Return"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Miss
Susan Archer Talley, the Southern authoress, who was arrested in April last at
the house of Captain smith, near Newport's News, on a suspicion of being a spy,
arrived in Norfolk on Thursday from Fort McHenry, where she has resided for the
past two months. She is deaf and
dumb, but a quick and graceful writer.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 8, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Police Proceedings.
Recorder's Court
}
Monday Morning, July 7, 1862 }
. . . Judah and Rhody Phelps, two sisters in iniquity, were next called.
They had been experimenting in the science of medicine, trying to
neutralize the distressing effects of the weather by the agency of an antidote
which Cassio, in his passion, called "devil."
Their theory didn't succeed; instead of putting a quietus to their
sufferings from the heat, the overdoses so completely fuddled them that they
grew conspicuously noisy and dangerous to their neighbors, whereupon Dr. Shane
made out new prescriptions, charging Judah, whose case was the most obstinate,
$18, and the convalescent Rhody $9.
Mrs.
Pope, a lady of great prominence in public circles, was said to have transcended
all bounds of decency in a dispute with a sister nymph, rendering herself
generally offensive. The
complainant failing to establish her guilt, she was discharged.
Mary
Devanna, a jolly Irish female, endowed with the belligerent spirit of the age,
and led on by that fearless captain, Alcohol, had been storming and threatening
in such a degree that "disorderly conduct" was, in her case, a
downright misnomer. Her behavior
had been such that she could not have expected, from the army of witnesses
against her, any other verdict than "guilty." The court placed her fine at $9.
Mary
Severe, who was one of the victims to the Irish Mary's severe
denunciations, was indicted in two cases for unlady-like conduct.
Wishing to avoid the trouble of examination, she submitted the cases,
paying for each respectively $10.50 and $7.50.
A
young gentleman, whose name we suppress, for engaging in a little unquiet
amusement with a plurality of young ladies of doubtful piety, was required to
"ante" in the sum of $6. . .
Mary
Murphy had been unusually patriotic on the fourth of July, and she was called
upon to donate the sum of $8 to the city treasury, a sum necessary to the
pacification of the offended dignity of the law. . .
Nancy
McGinnis, forgetful of all maternal tenderness, fired in and whipped her
helpless daughter in a shocking manner. Witness
fully substantiating the charge, the unfeeling mother was fined $6.50. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 8, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Ambrotypes!!
Photographs!!!
Carte de Visite!
French style, with column railing background, etc., executed in the
highest style of the Art, and at prices as low as at any other respectable
Gallery in the city, at Giers' Old Established Gallery, corner of Square and
Deadrick Street, over Browne's store.
Call
and examine. Some fine home-made
Specimens, not imported from other cities, for the purpose of humbugging people.
Call
and See.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 8, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre. "Barrack
Room; or, Marriage a la Militaire;" Irish jig; "Maid with the Milking
Pail"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 8, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Lost,
In the Market House, five yards pink muslin, four cambric
ruffles, two linen pocket handkerchiefs. The
finder will confer a favor by leaving the same with Nat. F. Dortch, No. 19
Public Square, successor to Rains & Brown.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 9, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Naval Engagements;" song; dance; "The Debutante; or, A
Peep Behind the Scenes"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 8, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
Blackberry Receipts.
As we are now in the midst of the blackberry season, we subjoin a few
receipts for different preparations of that common but excellent and healthful
fruit, which may be acceptable to our fair readers:
Blackberry
Cordial—The following is said to be not only an excellent beverage, but a cure
for diarrhoea, etc. To half a
bushel blackberries, well mashed, add ½ lb. of allspice, 2 oz. cinnamon, 3 oz.
cloves. Pulverise well, mix, and
boil slowly till properly done. Then
a rain [sic] or squeeze the juice through homespun or flannel, and add to each
pint of the juice one pound of loaf sugar.
Boil again for some time, take it off, and while cooling add half a
gallon of the best cognac brandy. Dose
for an adult half a gill to a gill; for a child half a teaspoonful or more,
according to age.
Blackberry
Wine.—Gather when ripe, on a dry day. Put
into a vessel with the head out, and a tap fitted near the bottom; pour on them
boiling water to cover them. Mash the berries with your hands, and let them
stand covered till the pulp rises to the top, and forms a crust in three or four
days. Then draw off the fluid into
another vessel, and to every gallon add one pound of sugar; mix well, and put
into a cask to work for a week or ten days, and throw off any remaining lees,
keeping the cask well filled, particularly at the commencement.
When the working has ceased bung it down; after six or twelve months it
may be bottled.
Blackberry
Wine and Cordial.—We add another recipe which has been extensively published,
and is highly commended. It is as
follows:
To
make a wine equal in value to port, take ripe blackberries or dewberries and
press them; let the juice stand thirty-six hours to ferment; skim off whatever
rises to the top; then to every gallon of the juice add a quart of water and
three pounds of sugar, (brown sugar will do;) let this stand in open vessels for
twenty-four hours; skim and strain it; then barrel it until March, when it
should be carefully racked off and bottled.
Blackberry cordial is made by adding one pound of white sugar to three
pounds of ripe blackberries, allowing them to stand twelve hours; then pressing
out the juice, straining it, adding one third spirit, and putting a teaspoonful
of finely powdered allspice in every quart of the cordial, it is at once fit for
use. This wine and cordial are very
valuable medicines in the treatment of weakness of stomach and bowels, and are
especially in the summer complaints of children.
Another
Receipt for making Blackberry Wine. The
following recipe for making blackberry wine is given by the Richmond American:
Measure your berries and bruise them, to every gallon adding a quart of
boiling water. Let the mixture
stand twenty-four hours, stirring occasionally; then strain off the liquor into
a cask, to every gallon adding two pounds of sugar; cork tight and let it stand
till the following October, and you have wine ready for use, without further
boiling or straining, that will make the lips smack as they never smacked before
under similar influences.
Blackberry
Jam.—Gather the fruit in dry weather; allow half a pound of good brown sugar
to every pound of fruit; boil the whole gently together for an hour, or until
the blackberries are soft, stirring and mashing them well.
Preserve it like any other jam, and it will be found very useful in
families, particularly for children—regulating their bowels and enabling you
to dispense with cathartics. It may be spread on bread, or on puddings instead of butter;
and even when the blackberries are bought, it is cheaper than butter.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 10, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
An
Ambuscade.—On the morning of the 7th inst., a scouting party of
five men were sent out on the Lebanon turnpike, towards Murfreesboro, Tenn., by
Col. Lester, of the 3d Minnesota regiment.
About eight miles from Murfreesboro the party was fired upon from ambush,
and two instantly killed and three wounded, one of which later made his escape
and reported the disaster. A
scouting party of seventy men was sent out to attend the matter.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 10, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Robbers"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 11, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
Fully
3000 emigrant teams, carrying 12,000 persons, have passed through Lewis county,
Iowa, this spring, on their way to the Great West. About one-fourth of these are destined for California, a
small number for Colorado, and the balance for Oregon and Washington Territory.
The
St. Joseph (Mo.) Journal states that about eight hundred Mormons arrived at that
place on the 3d inst., on their way to Utah.
They are principally old English, and appear to be a better looking class
of people than are commonly seen wending their way to Brigham's dominions.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Bushwhacking.—Captain
Reynolds, Sutler of the 78th Pennsylvania regiment, and a
wagon-master of an Ohio regiment, while en route for Columbia, yesterday
evening, were fired upon a party of bushwhackers, Captain Reynolds being
instantly killed, and his companion receiving several shots from which he cannot
recover. Capt. R., it is said, was
pierced by at least ten balls. The
wounded man was conveyed to Franklin, near which place they were assailed.
On
Wednesday last, Capt. Wilkinson, Sutler of a Michigan regiment, met his death in
a similar manner, in the same vicinity, about fifteen miles from this city.
All of these officers were on their way to Gen. Buell's army.
Such
intelligence as this can only awaken feelings of acute pain in every humane
breast, and we sincerely hope measures will be taken to operate effectually
against this system of warfare.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Bathing
is highly promotive of physical health and vigor, when indulged in at seasonable
times but many of our boys make a practice of selecting midday, while the
sunshine is almost hot enough to consume them, for this purpose.
Parents should see that their children do not thus expose themselves to
sickness, and possibly death. To
say nothing of the impropriety of such conduct in open day, and where they may
be seen by hundreds, it is very dangerous and indiscreet.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre:
"Love in Seventy-Six"; dance; "Debutante; or, A Peep
Behind the Scenes"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
A Horrible
Story—General Mitchell Under a Cloud.
From the Louisville Express, July 10.
The correspondent of the Louisville Democrat sends the following in
reference to the conduct of Gen. Turchin's soldiers in Athens, Alabama:
Gen.
Turchin said to his soldiers that "he would shut his eyes for two
hours" and let them loose upon the town and citizens of Athens—the very
same citizens who, when all the rest of their State was disloyal, nailed the
national colors to the highest pinnacle of their court house cupola—these
citizens, yet to a wonderful degree true to their allegiance, had their houses
and stores broken open and robbed of every thing valuable, and what was too
unwieldy to be transported easily, broken or otherwise ruined; safes were forced
open and rifles of thousands of dollars; wives and mothers insulted, and
husbands and fathers arrested if they dared to murmur; horses and negroes taken
in large numbers; ladies were robbed of all their wearing apparel, except what
they had on; in a word, every outrage committed and every excess indulged in
that ever was heard by a most savage and brutal soldiery towards a defenceless
and alarmed population. All, too,
by those who pretend to represent the United States Government.
This is an everlasting disgrace, that can never be wiped from the page of
history, but which demands immediate and prompt action, and the execration of
all lovers of law and good government.
I am
responsible for these statements. I
have no more doubt that they occurred just as stated than I have of my own
existence. I know similar acts
disgraced the same brigade of our army when we occupied Bowling Green, Ky., and
the matter was hushed up to save the credit of our army, hoping it would occur
no more; but this leniency failed to have its proper effect, and it is no longer
endurable. The good of the service
and the character of every Union soldier cries for the punishment without mercy
of such disgraceful conduct. I am
yours, etc.
J. H. W.
We
could hardly give credence to the above story, but are told that it is even
worse than this correspondent relates. The
conduct of some of three men was the worst a licentious and brutal soldiery
could inflict upon defenceless women; so vile, indeed, that an officer of the
army, who regards the honor of his cloth, has determined to lay the matter
before the Government. We do not
doubt that the men who have committed the horrible crimes alleged, as well as
three who winked at it, will meet with swift and retributive justice. The honor of the army calls for it and humanity demands it.
From the Louisville Journal, July 10.
Gen. Mitchel.—There seems unhappily to be no room for doubt that the
course of this officer in North Alabama has been marked by conduct not only
injurious to the government but disgraceful to humanity.
We are assured of this fact on authority we do not doubt and cannot
doubt. The fact is thoroughly
attested. We believe it; and
believing it, we proclaim it. We
proclaim it with emphasis. Gen.
Mitchel and a portion of his command have perpetrated in North Alabama deeds of
cruelty and of guilt the bare narration of which makes the heart sick.
The particulars in the case will be laid before the authorities at
Washington in the course of a few days, when, we take it for granted, the honor
of the nation and the welfare of the national cause will be promptly vindicated.
The case will not brook delay. It
cries out for investigation and determination.
Let it be investigated and determined at once.
We at present forbear to go into the heart-sickening particulars of the
case, but, if necessary, we will not hesitate to do so hereafter.
Meanwhile, we invoke the authorities, as they value the national honor
and cherish the national cause, to visit swift justice upon the epauletted
miscreant who has recklessly set both at defiance.
Gen. Mitchel is now in Washington, and can answer the charges against
him, if they are answerable, without delay.
We hope, for the country's sake, there will be no delay, and no clemency.
The matter justly admits of neither.
Feeling deeply, we speak strongly, but not certainly with out the keenest
sorrow. Gen. Mitchel's villainous
misconduct is a national calamity. It
must pierce with sorrow the heart of every patriot as of every man.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
Mrs.
Haymond and Mrs. Neeson, of Fairmont, about a month ago, started on horseback
for Richmond, via Huttonsville and Staunton, to see their husbands, who are in
the rebel service. This was the
second trip for Mrs. Haymond. They
safely accomplished their long journey, and on Tuesday last got as far back
toward home as Phillippi, when they were arrested and brought to a halt by a
detachment of Col. Wilkinson's men. They
had passes from our commanding officer at Huttonsville, but the passes would not
answer, and despite all their efforts they were detained.
Gen. Kelley was telegraphed to for orders concerning them, and he very
promptly and very properly ordered that their horses' heads should be turned
back on the road whence they came, and the ladies passed Richmond-wards again
beyond our lines. Despite all their coaxing and pleading, this order was
adhered to, and we are glad to know that our State Government has cordially
approved of it. Any sympathy for
such ladies, beyond that which insures them courteous and civilized treatment,
is misplaced sympathy, and one that has already done incalculable injury to our
cause. They chose their side in
this war, and they have sought to serve that side.
Let them take the consequences.—Wheeling Intelligencer, July 4.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Green
corn is the fashionable dish at the present.
Our market is full enough to accommodate all the epicureans.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
That
refrigerating mixture, ice cream was never more popular than at the present
time. Saloons are more numerous and
profitable than ever before known in Nashville. Warm weather is the why and wherefore.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
city has been almost completely evacuated by strangers, of whom we have for
several months boasted a large quantum. It
is a rare thing to see a gentleman from the country, or from any of the distant
cities. We suppose the hotels feel
their absence most.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Recorder's Court.
The court room, yesterday morning, afforded a picture well worthy a place
in the pages of Leslie's Budget. All
the different types of woman's frailty and man's debauchery were displayed in relievo,
various orders of intellect, were dotted throughout the group, and the lights
and shades of a few genteel and virtuous countenances, gave a delicate touch to
the scene. Recorder Shane, as
monarch of this photograph of nature, applied his peculiar principles of
criticism, much to the improvement of its complicated parts, and to the
financial advantage of the art society, of which he is an honored member.
But let ambiguity give way; here comes. . .
Three
warrants were issued against Mrs. Horn for tippling. From the testimony, it was elicited that Mrs. Horn had only
kept a cask of ale or beer in her house, as most English people do, for
hospitable gift to her friends. Dismissed,
corporation assuming costs. . . .
R. B.
Johnson and Mary Gibson were the next called, and a rich case they made of it.
Mary said that Johnson, at the time of their rumpus, was excessively
funny, cut up all sorts of funny capers—looked funny, talked funny, and fought
funny—In fact, he was veritably a funny man, but more especially when his
funny faculties were fetched into play by frequent fumbling with French brandy,
fresh ale, or frightful "red eye"—then he was fancifully,
frantically funny. Johnson, in his
funny freaks, mistook Mary for a masculine, and commenced wrestling with and
fighting her, under this funny delusion, as if she were not of the feminine
gender—she, not caring to undeceive him, fell afoul of him, and in turn
treated him in the same unfeminine way; tore his hat into atoms, and not very
tenderly removed a handful of wavy locks from his addled cranium.
One of Johnson's witnesses humorously recited the particulars of what he
saw of the engagement; he had gone to buy a horse from Johnson, and while the
trade was pending the interesting fracas commenced.
Mary, as he said, being well fortified, and inclined to bring heavy shot
into the action, and Johnson at the same time trying to outflank the enemy,
exposing witness to an enfilading fire, he told Johnson the horse trade could be
effected at another time, and retreated from the field in great disorder.
Johnson, for his funny interest in this affair, subscribed $3, while Mary
was not insisted upon to take stock.
Eliza
Kelly, for using obscene language, and for disrespectful conduct toward her
neighbors, disbursed $8.50. . . .
Henry
Hays, a free negro, as black as a moonless and starless night, and as ugly as
Belzebub, was arrested for living in adultery with Nancy Osborne, a
representative of the white race, but surely the most ignominious specimen that
ever disgraced the name of woman. At
the request of Nancy, the case was continued until this morning, the guilty
wretches being required to give bond for their appearance, to go to the
workhouse, which latter alternative they chose, we believe. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Old Guard;" song; "Taming a Tiger;" dance;
"Jenny Lind"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Peaches
of fine size and delicious flavor were offered in our market yesterday.
The prices asked were, of course fabulous, but some people like, actually
like, the novelty of paying extravagantly for anything new.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Several
civilians and soldiers were brought in from Rutherford county on Friday, but we
have not obtained their names. The
State prison is rapidly filling up.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Recorder's Court.
The attendance yesterday morning was very slim; but the few who did grace
(or disgrace) his Honor's presence, were dealt with rigidly and to the full
extent of the law, for their misdemeanors were aggravating in the extreme.
The
introductory case was against Margaret Smith, an Irish woman, arraigned by Mr.
Marling for making use of vulgar language in the presence of, and directing
fearful threats against himself and wife. She
had been under arrest for the same offence, some days ago, when the court let
her off on the promise that she would forthwith leave the quiet and respectable
neighborhood in which she had fallen like an angel of darkness.
Her appearance in the court room—with a chubby little babe in her
arms—would have excited pity instead of blame, she would have been an object
of official clemency instead of punishment, had not the traces of dissipation,
of neglect of person and character, and a spirit of undue resentment, stamped
her as undeserving. The Recorder
though her a confirmed nuisance, imposed a fine of $8, and repeated his order
for her to vacate the house which she had rendered so obnoxious to peaceable
citizens.
Lucy
Spee must have devoted a large half of her time to the consumption of crab
apples or some other acrid substance, for several witnesses deposed that she was
in a terribly crabbed humor on Thursday last, and insisted on having a
fistic bout with a certainly locality in arms.
By the extraction of $15 worth of Lucy's sourness, the Recorder was under
the impression that she would regain her usual neutrality of temper.
Remains to be seen. . . .
The
prosecution of Henry Hays and Nancy Osborn, the hideously black son of Ethiope,
and the wretched apology of a white woman, who made their first appearance at
the tribunal yesterday, was renewed by M. M. Brien for defence.
The evidence was all ex parte, and were justice to be fully
satisfied, these loathsome creatures would spend the balance of their lives in
the confines of some earthly Hades, to endure living tortures equal to the
blackness and enormity of their crime. The
witnesses in this case were amazed at the critical calephism [?—hard to read]
of Recorder Shane: he wound them up
closely by his minute questioning and forced from them the whole truth, in all
its abominable shapes. The heaviest
penalty of the law was applied—a fine of $54 each; neither being so affluent
as to meet the demand, they will exercise their skill in stone masonry, for the
benefit of the corporation, during the next two months.
Admirable.. . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
city was in a ferment of excitement yesterday.
There were a thousand and one rumors afloat in regard to movements at
Murfreesboro' and other points, some of which assumed the most exaggerated
proportions. Among the latter was
one in regard to this city, intended to operate upon the fears of the women and
weak-nerved men, and it was not without its desired effect.
We
give in this morning's Dispatch as full and complete an account of the affair at
Murfreesboro' Sunday, as we have been able to gather. In addition to the particulars we have given elsewhere, it is
reported that the guerrillas destroyed one or two bridges on the road between
Murfreesboro' and Lavergne.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Confederate Raid
on Murfreesboro.
Capture of the Ninth Michigan and Third Minne-
sota Regiments and Hewitt's Artillery.
Mill and Railroad Depot Burned!
Confederate Loss over Five Hundred Killed and Wounded.
The city has been full of rumors in regard to the engagement which took
place at Murfreesboro' Sunday, between the Federal troops stationed there and a
brigade of Confederate cavalry. The
Federal troops at Murfreesboro' consisted of the Third Minnesota and Ninth
Michigan infantry, Hewitt's Artillery, of six pieces, and four companies of the
Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, most of the latter being out on a scout at the
time the Confederates made the attack. From
the most reliable information we can get, it appears there were three regiments
of Texas Rangers and two regiments of Georgia cavalry, under command of General
Forrest, and that they made the attack about four o'clock, Sunday morning, first
upon the camp of the Ninth Michigan. It
appears that the Confederates had
reached their camp entirely unawares, and poured a deadly volley into the tents
where the men were sleeping, killing and wounding a large number.
The Michiganders then, with all possible haste, formed themselves into
line of battle; but it was soon discovered that they were menaced by an
overwhelming force, who fired another volley into their ranks, and they
immediately surrendered. This
regiment numbered about seven hundred strong, and were armed with Enfield
rifles. They were commanded by Col.
Duffield, who was wounded.
The
camp of the third Minnesota regiment was nearly two miles distant.
Immediately on hearing the firing, Col.
Lester formed his men into line of battle, and took position near Hewitt's
battery, and in the meantime despatched an orderly to ascertain the cause of the
firing, but before the orderly returned, the sutler of his regiment arrived from
the direction of the firing, and informed Col. Lester of what had been going on. Scarcely had he imparted this information, before the
Confederates came dashing in the direction of the battery, which repulsed them
with heavy loss. The Confederates
made a second charge on the battery in the course of an hour, and were again
repulsed.
Shortly
afterwards the large mill owned by Spence & Co., situated in the suburbs of
Murfreesboro', was discovered to be on fire.
Capt. Hewitt opened his battery in that direction, supposing the
Confederates to be there, and threw one hundred and forty-seven shells in that
vicinity, with what effect we have not learned.
Subsequently
the railroad depot, and the residence of a Mr. Jordan, a prominent Union man of
Murfreesboro', were discovered to be on fire.
Capt. Hewitt opened his battery in the direction of these fires, throwing
a dozen shells per hour for about eight hours, the object apparently being to
drive the Confederates away, and thus prevent a further destruction of property
by conflagration.
About
an hour after Captain Hewitt stopped firing, the whole Confederate force made a
dash upon the battery, driving the infantry supporting it back, with a loss of
seven men killed, and capturing the battery.
Whether ammunition had given out, or the movement was so unexpected and
rapid as to prevent Captain Hewitt from firing, we have not learned, but it
appears he was compelled to relinquish his whole six pieces without being able
to spike his guns or injure the carriages.
The
officers of the third Minnesota regiment, which had retired about a quarter of a
mile, held a consultation as to the best course to pursue, and feeling that they
were unable to make a successful defence against so large a cavalry force,
determined to surrender, which they accordingly did about three o'clock in the
afternoon. This regiment numbered
about five hundred men. The
privates stacked their guns, and the officers threw their side arms into a pile,
and as they marched to the rear, the men struck up Yankee Doodle, and cheered
lustily for the Union.
Up to
the present writing we have heard of only two men belonging to Capt. Hewitt's
battery, and about a dozen of the Minnesota regiment, including the sutler and a
negro stewart [sic], who escaped. It
is believed, however, that most of the Pennsylvania cavalry, who were out on
scout duty, will escape, as they were advised by a courier of the state of
affairs.
The
Federal loss in killed and wounded is thought to be over two hundred, and about
nineteen hundred prisoners, including Gen. T. T. Crittenden, of Indiana, who had
but recently been appointed a Brigadier General, we believe, and assigned to
command at Murfreesboro'.
It is
said that in the charges on Capt. Hewitt's batter, the Confederates were
terribly decimated, and their loss in killed and wounded is variously reported
at from four to six hundred.
It is
reported that the Confederates captured about sixteen hundred stand of small
arms, over five thousand pounds of ammunition, nearly one hundred tents, a
battery of six brass pieces, and a large number of horses, mules, and wagons.
A considerable amount of commissary and other stores was destroyed by the
burning of the depot.
The
sutler of the Third Minnesota regiment suffered to the extent of about five
thousand dollars, having lost his whole stock.
Maj.
Seibert, of the Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, is a prisoner and reported
wounded. Capt. Easington, and Lieutenants Rhodes, Beachtel, Einstein, and
Childs, of that corps, are also known to be among the missing.
The
regular morning train from Nashville experienced a narrow escape from capture.
It had passed Florence five miles this side of Murfreesboro', before
anything was known of what was transpiring ahead.
The engineer was hailed and informed of the fight that had been raging
all morning. Just as the train
ceased motion a shell whistled over it, and the conductor believed that he was
surrounded, but an investigation satisfied him that it was a stray shot, and
that he was in no danger as yet, when the engine was reversed and the train
speedily brought back to Nashville.
By
this raid the Confederates have possession of the railroad and telegraph beyond
Murfreesboro', and we have no definite information as to their movements.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
neglect of local matters in this morning's Dispatch is wholly due to the
absorbing nature of the news from the Murfreesboro' "scrimmage."
Reporters, like the excited people, had their minds engrossed with the
nameless canards and speculations which were afloat in every circle.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
The
news from Murfreesboro yesterday caused intense and universal excitement.
People crowded the streets, moving restlessly from one corner to another,
and using their conjectural faculties to the best advantage in the endeavor to
comprehend the true "situation."
Official quarters were besieged at all times, and whenever a word was
dropped, concerning the fight at Murfreesboro, the listening populace would
catch it up and retail it throughout the city, each one adding his own views to
make it the more plausible. A
thousand and one rumors and counter-rumors gained currency, and all had their
believers and elaborators. Even the
ladies were carried irresistibly along by the waves of excitement; many of them
appeared upon the streets to witness the state of feeling as it "really
was." Should nothing else grow
out of the alarm everywhere evident yesterday, it will leave an amusing impress
upon the history of Nashville. Our
statement of the Murfreesboro affair is obtained from high authority, and it
contains few, if any, inaccuracies.
About
2 o'clock, P. M., a chariot and band paraded the streets, with a banner bearing
the inscription: "Union Men,
Rally under Brigadier General Wm. B. Campbell!"
The effect of such a display can better be imagined by our readers than
described by us. At 5 o'clock, the
music and a number of followers entered the Representatives Hall, at the
Capitol, where Gen. Campbell was to have addressed the people.
Hon. Wm. B. Stokes appeared upon the stand, and briefly addressed the
crowd, telling them of the threatened attack on the city, and proposing the
adjournment of the meeting until five o'clock this evening, at which time Union
citizens were enjoined to report the names of all persons willing to enlist for
the exigency. After this
announcement the meeting dispersed.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Gentlemen
who arrived in this city yesterday from Murfreesboro, having left there at ten
o'clock the day previous, (Monday,) report that the number of killed and wounded
in the engagement of Sunday will probably not exceed one hundred on both sides.
They also report that the mill of Messrs. Spence & Co., was not
burned, neither was the residence of Mr. Jordan.
The railroad depot was burned, and a small building near by caught fire
from the depot and was consumed.
The
Confederates loaded all the wagons they captured with commissary and other
stores, and burned what they could not take off, which, we learn, was
considerable. They are reported to
have taken the prisoners they captured off in the direction of McMinnville.
No
houses or other property sustained any injury from the cannonading, which was
kept up for some time.
At the
time these gentlemen left Murfreesboro, Gen. Forrest and a portion of his
command were still there. One of
Forrest's men was captured by the Pennsylvania cavalry, and has been lodged in
the Penitentiary here.
Later
intelligence says Gen. Forrest paroled the privates among the captured, and sent
off the officers. It is also
reported that Forrest had left Murfreesboro.
All
fears of an attack on Nashville have now subsided.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
For
the information of our city readers, we have ascertained that the Post-office is
open daily (Sunday excepted) from 7 o'clock A.M. to 7 P.M.
On Sunday, the hours for business are from 7 to 8 A.M., and from 5 to 6½
P.M.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Several
arrests have been made by the Provost Guard, in the last two days, for violent
and rebellious expressions. Among
the parties so arrested, we have heard of none of prominence.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
"Rye
Coffee."—In many grocery stores that a year ago would have scouted the
idea, we now see placarded the words "rye coffee."
Coffee just now is an expensive luxury.
In all Philadelphia there are not at this moment a hundred bags of Java
coffee in first hands. Its price is 28 cents, green; in roasting it loses 15 per
cent. Add the cost of roasting and
the grocers can make no profit by selling it at 35 cents. As a substitute, the grocers sell a light Laguayra at 30
cents. They call it Java,
but of course it isn't. The
commonest Rio sell for 19 cents per pound by the quantity.
Our commercial editor quotes green Laguayra sold in bulk at 21½.
For this reason coffee is an article beyond the reach of a large portion
of the community. It is for this
cause that grocers, who a year ago would have kicked from their doors the
suggester of the idea have come down, as a matter of accommodation, to the sale
of "rye coffee." The article is simply good, selected rye, roasted as coffee.
The taste for coffee, like the taste for tomatoes and some other things,
being purely an acquired taste, it is possible that the taste for rye coffee may
also follow its at first forced use.—Philadelphia North American, July.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 18, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Teach
your child to take care of himself; many parents use their children only as a
kind of spool on which to reel off their own experience.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
Something
of a riot occurred in Cincinnati on Tuesday night, the 15th inst.,
occasioned by the ill-feeling of the Irish toward the negroes.
The former were the assailants, beating some negroes and stoning their
houses. Some few of the negroes
resisted and fired upon the Irish. A large police force was detailed to "suppress" the
rioters, some of whom were taken to jail. The
matter hasn't ended yet.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
A
grand "canteen examination" took place in our streets yesterday and
the day before. It is needless to
say that those not containing water were found empty after the inspection, and
that many a face lengthened as their "spirits departed forever."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Delicate Ground;" singing and dancing; "Swiss
Swains"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
The
American ladies residing in Montreal have established a Soldiers' Aid Society
and have sent numerous boxes of hospital stores to the Sanitary Commission in
New York. The ladies in Toronto
raised nearly $400 the past month for the sick and wounded soldiers returned to
the New York hospitals.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 23, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Water-melons
are among the luxuries to be had in our market. As yet, they are very diminutive in size, and the prices
asked do not, consequently, cause purchasers to go into hysterics.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 23, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
pleasures of a pic-nic, on the beautiful grounds of the Hermitage, were enjoyed
by some of our sweetest damsels and most knightly sons, on Monday last, the 21st.
The party was small and select, and the excursion was one of unbounded
conviviality.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 23, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Delicate Ground;" song; "Mr. and Mrs. Turtle;" song;
"Swiss Swains"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 24, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
Five
or six families of Virginia refugees passed through Zanesville on the 16th
inst., going to Hanover, Ohio. They
were apparently in very destitute circumstances, the women being minus bonnets
and other necessary articles. The
men had been impressed into the Confederate service, but recently deserted, and
to save their lives, left their houses and property to seek peace and freedom in
the West.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Those
dear little domestic pets, mosquitoes, have made their appearance in our midst,
and inaugurated their nocturnal orgies, much to the amusement(?) of irritable
sleepers. We have a valorous friend
who says, give him the post of certain danger upon the battle plain, let his
slumbers be disturbed by the hoarse and deadly music of hostile cannon, but, for
heaven's sake, deliver him forever from the torturing bayonet thrusts and
unmartial, uninspiring, sleep-dispelling, aggravating chaunt of the villainous
mosquito! Ditto for us.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Recorder's Court.
. . . John Mitchell, for the third time, was accused of
brutally whipping his wife, a weak, submissive creature, whose appearance only
increased the just indignation felt toward the culprit by those who were
present. In the two previous
instances, the accusation was not sustained, but the evidence this time was
strong and convincing. The Recorder
administered a rebuke that surely made the unkind husband feel acutely his
shameful violation of the sacred vow taken at the altar.
The Recorder was as good as his promise, made on the dismissal of this
false image of a man, and fined him to the full extent of the law, $54.50.
Mitchell, being in a state of insolvency, retired to the Work-house for
the space of 72 2/3 days, at the expiration of which time it is hoped he will
conquer the cowardly spirit that has prompted him to misuse a worthy, delicate
wife. . . .
Nancy
Wright, for imitating the "model artists" in public, and acting in a
disorderly manner generally, was fined $24; and for an assault and batter upon
Julia Casey, she was charged $9 more, which, according to police arithmetic
equal forty-four days in the workhouse. Nancy
came up prepared to enter into the industrial service, instead of emitting bank
notes to cancel the price of her residence. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Woman's Love; Her Faith and Her Trials;" song; dance;
"Maid with the Milking Pail"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 25, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Captain Thingamy; or, The Naval Officer;" song; dance;
"The Good for Nothing"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 26, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Recorder's Court.
. . . A singular case came up between Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell, parties of the first part, and John Hearn, of the second part, in
which the parties of the first part charged he of the second part with
disorderly conduct, in having tried to take undue advantage of the female member
of the party of the first part while the male member thereof was engaged in
expiating his sins in the workhouse; the specification being that the party of
the second part tried to purchase a bakery for $80, the party of the first part
having paid $160 in gold therefor. Witnesses
were examined, whose testimony proved conclusively that the party of the second
part was not at all to blame in the matter, and he was therefore discharged, and
the Recorder proved that, after all, "his heart was in the right
place," and was not so hard as some might suppose, by allowing Mitchell out
on parole to look after the business, provided he promised never again to abuse
his pretty and affectionate little wife, who was in court and earnestly thanked
his Honor. Poor creature!
She would have sold her last article of furniture and parted with her
last dollar, to save her husband from the workhouse.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 26, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Black-Eyed Susan;" song; "Delicate Ground"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 27, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Miser's Daughter; or, The Denouncer;" song "'Tis the
Call of my Country;" dance; "Good For Nothing"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
That
royal avenue, "Rue de Deaderick," was the scene of an interesting
hymeneal fete Saturday evening last.
Thos. Hyer, one of Uncle Sam's defenders, having grown somewhat disgusted
with the restraints of "army regulations," indulged the idea that by
the exhibition of a little polish of manners and eloquence of tongue, he could
place himself Hyer in the scale of "ease and elegance."
To this end, he stole his way into the heart of one Sarah Fisher, a lady
whom no one would libel by calling "young, beautiful and tender."
But her deficiencies in personal comeliness and buoyant age did not step
between her and connubial happiness. She was a most expert Fisher, and
Hyer walked right into her magic net, nor did he struggle for freedom, but
requested Justice McDaniel to make doubly fast the golden tie.
The Justice did so, in the august presence of all the dwellers in and
about "Rue de Dead," after which the joyous twain withdrew, high in
the expectation of soon knowing all about "Love's young (?) dream."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Clarisse; or, The Soldier's Bride;" song; dance; "Jenny
Lind"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 30, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
A
soldier at Port Republic recently stole an old yellow gown, a scarf and a piece
of carpet. General Milroy made hip
put on the gown, tie the scarf around his neck, lay the carpet across his arm
and march through the camp. The
result was a general consent of the soldiers to let women's clothing alone.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 30, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Recorder's Court.
Another busy day was yesterday at the Recorder's Court, and of a somewhat
extraordinary character, all classes and colors being represented.
The
first case called up was that of Catharine Duffy, who was fined $6 for being
disorderly, in abusing her husband in such manner as to disturb the
neighborhood. She very sensibly
confessed her sin, and said it was her failing; she could never govern her
tongue, when it got fairly under way. We
advise her to adopt the remedy prescribed by one of the Fathers, Fill her mouth
with clean, cold water, and let it remain there until she becomes cool.
Half a
dozen persons were arraigned for using hydrant water without license.
Some were fined, others ordered to pay for their license, and one or two
went to the Aldermen for certificates, being too poor to pay.. . .
Puss
Shelton and Melinda Smith, defendants, with Mary Hill as witness, formed a trio
of "yellow gals," brought up to settle a dispute between the first
named parties, as to which was the most respectable nigger of the two, and as to
which of the twain had "roped in" the largest number of gals.
The decision of the Recorder was nearly two to one in favor of Puss, who
paid $8.50 for her position, while Miss Melinda was assessed only $4.50. . . .
Hardy
Goodswin and Rachel his wife, (the former a slave, the latter free) had a
quarrel, which waxed warm and still warmer, until the fair Rachel seized a log
of wood and threw it at the feet of her lord.
Hardy seized the formidable weapon, Rachel retreated, and from a war of
rocks they finally came to close quarters.
Rachel is one of the heavy weights, and Hardy, being some hundred pounds
lighter, had to bring science and pluck to bear against superior physique.
For some time the contest seemed doubtful, until at length Hardy got the
tack on her, and down came Rachel with a crash.
The involuntary seconds on this occasion were Ellen Brooks and Caroline
White, who testified the facts above recorded, and in reply to a closing
question by Recorder Shane, Caroline said that while Rachel was down,
Hardy—but no matter about that—he was the smallest and the rules of the Ring
ought not to be too rigidly enforced on such occasions.
Hardy was fined $15, and the Recorder was ungallant enough to make Rachel
pay $6. . . .
Another
quartette of Africa's daughters appeared in front of the Recorder for the
purpose of detaining in the work-house Abbey Wilson, who it seems, was
determined to have a fight. Three
glasses of liquid fire had caused her to hurl curses loud and deep upon the
heads of the four "innocents" in court, and she needed just one more
to elevate her to fighting trim. That
was obtained, and she commenced operations by whipping the smallest one in the
crowd, when the officers put a stop to further depredations by lodging Miss
Abbey in the calaboose. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 30, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre. "The
Denouncer; or, The Miser's Daughter;" song; dance; "The Dead
Shot"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, July 31, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Delicate Ground;" duett "When a Little Farm We
Keep;" dance; "Mr. and Mrs. Turtle"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 1, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Matrimony;" song; dance; "Perfection"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 2, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: "Morning Call;"
pas de deux; duett; "Black-Eyed Susan"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: "The Follies of a
Night;" song; dance; "Irish Heiress"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 5, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A
Washington dispatch of the 2d says: "A
notorious female rebel spy and mail carrier was captured near Warrenton, and
sent to this city yesterday, in charge of a Federal officer.
She is now in the old capital prison.
This woman is represented as a sister of Mrs. Chas. J. Faulkner, and for
a long time past has been engaged in carrying the rebel mails to Richmond, from
points within our lines.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Lady of Lyons"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Two
Maryland girls, aged eighteen and twenty years respectively, were arrested in
Washington on the 30th ult., in soldiers uniform.
They said they had been in the army sometime, and one of them was at the
battle of Bull Run. They were
admonished by Gen. Wadsworth, and sent to their home in Maryland.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Three
ladies, Mrs. Cross and two Misses Hurdin, were brought down from Harrodsburg
last evening, in charge of a Federal officer, and placed under guard at the
office of the Provost Marshal. They
are charged with aiding the rebellion.—Louisville Journal, August 5.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 7, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The
notorious female rebel spy and mail carrier, Belle Boyd, was captured near
Warrenton recently and sent to Washington on the 2d inst., in charge of a
Federal officer. She is now in the
Old Capitol Prison. This woman is
reported as a sister of Mrs. Charles J. Faulkner, and for a long time past has
been engaged in carrying the rebel mails to Richmond from points within our
lines.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 7, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
We
understand that Mr. W. J. Jackson, while baiting his "trot line"
yesterday morning between the lower wharf and the City Mills, hooked up a
bundle, which, upon examination, was found to contain a newly-born infant and a
number of stones placed in the bundle to sink it. Every appearance indicated that the child had been placed in
the river Tuesday night. Mr.
Jackson took it out to a secure place on the bank, and then came to the city for
the coroner. The coroner being
absent, marshal Chumbley procured a coffin, and in company with Squire
Southgate, went with Mr. Jackson to hold an inquest.
When they arrived at the spot where Mr. Jackson had left the corpse, it
could not be found, nor could any trace of it be discovered.
This would indicate that the perpetrators of the deed had got wind of
what was going on, and the little innocent has probably been again consigned to
its watery grave.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 7, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Sweethearts and Wives;" dance; "Paddy Miles' Boy"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 8, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Some
of the soldiers in our midst are not at all particular as to their treatment of
citizens. On Wednesday night last,
a party of them went into the house of one of our cleverest business men, and
demanded liquor, which they were denied, of course. They thereupon left, but shortly afterward returned with a
bottle of whisky, over which they enacted quite a disgusting farce; ordered
supper, devoured it, and, after insulting the host and hurling a beef-steak at
another person, they abruptly took their leave without paying a farthing for
what they had eaten.
Another
soldier yesterday engaged one f our colored hackmen to drive him about in a
prince-like (?) manner for two or three hours, and unkindly refused to pay his
bill. The negro tried to have him
arrested, but the civil authorities could not, and the military guards declined
to do so. Cases of this sort are
met with every day, but do not show a faulty discipline or a want of
subordination, so much as a wonderful nack [sic] of evasion on the part of
soldiers. In a great many instances
of the kind, the city authorities have taken these disobedients into power and
administered justice, but very often they go unpunished for their malefactions.
There is a joint understanding between the military and civil authorities
in regard to such infractions of the soldiery, by which they can and do act
independently or in concert, whenever the bounds of reason are overstepped, as
in the cases above cited. Persons
who may be imposed upon in this way, have only to enter complaint at the office
of the Provost Marshal, and on their identification of the offender, their
wrongs will be promptly redressed. If
this is not done, they can expect but little protection from the evil-disposed
men who accompany all armies. By a
strict conformity with the measures adopted by the civil and military police,
and increased watchfulness and determination on the part of those who may be
subjected to these unsoldierly abuses, we trust that a feeling of safety and
harmony will henceforth be cultivated.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 7, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
A
Sister of Mercy states the curious fact that the last words of a great number of
soldiers dying under her observation were of their mothers, though many of them
must have left a wife and children.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 7, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Little Devil; or, My Slave;" song; dance; "Katherine
and Petruchio"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 9, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Thetre.
"The Solder's Daughter;" dance; "Eobert Macaire"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 10, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Anti-Negro Riot in
Brooklyn.
Attempt to Drive Negroes from a Factory—The
Assailants Driven Off—Several Persons
Seriously Hurt.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser, August 5.
A party of about five hundred Irishmen made an attack yesterday upon a
building in Sedgwick street, occupied as a tobacco factory by Mr. Lorillard, and
in which negroes were employed. The
building was stoned and the windows broken.
Patrick Keenan, who was once an Aldermanie candidate in the Sixth ward,
carried a pot of tar in the basement of the building to be set on fire, when the
combustible material spread with great rapidity, threatening to suffocate the
negroes, who had taken refuge in the upper part of the building.
In the midst of the disturbance the police arrived in force, and quelled
the disturbance, arresting Patrick Keenan, the leader, Michael Meagher, William
Morris, John Long, Richard Baylis, Thomas Clark, Joseph Flood, Elias P. Welder,
and Charles Baker, a negro, the foreman of the gang of workmen.
It is
said that the Irishmen were indignant that negroes should be employed in
competition with whites, and resolved to prevent them from working, hence the
attack. The negroes have been
employed in this factory, and have hitherto been unmolested.
The
glass in the windows of the factory is considerably riddled by the stones thrown
but no other damage was done to the building.
The
actual rioting was confined to less than fifty persons, and the large crowd
collected were chiefly drawn there by curiosity, in the same manner that a crowd
can be collected at a moment's notice in any populous neighborhood by any
exciting incident. The disturbance
was all quelled by a detachment of about a dozen officers, under Captain
Holbrook, of the forty-third precinct, before the arrival of the larger force
under Inspector Folk.
As to
the origin of the disturbance, there are various rumors, but none of them can be
traced to any authentic source. The
report that the mob were incited by politicians has all this foundation—that
Patrick Keenan, one of the most active of the rioters, is a noisy ward
politician, and a member of the Democratic general committee, where he is
distinguished for his turbulent behavior, so much so that at a recent meeting
some of the other members threatened to put him out of the window.
There
is another rumor that negroes had insulted white women; also, that the negroes
had tauntingly said to the Irish—"We can stay at home and work, while you
d----d Irish have to go to war and fight." This is all hearsay. It
was also stated that the negroes worked for less wages, and white people had
been discharged to employ negroes in their place. This is also untrue. Colored
women and children, and a few men have been employed in these factories for over
a year, and there has been no reduction of wages or changes made lately.
The fact is, however, that there was a very strong feeling against the
negroes on the part of the Irish, and it needed very little to produce a
disturbance between them.
The
immediate cause of the riot is also involved in uncertainty, and it seems to
have been a spontaneous outbreak. Nobody
can tell exactly how it commenced. The first that is known of it is that a crowd of fifty or
sixty men and women had assembled at the factory, and were hooting at the
negroes. This crowd was soon
augmented to a large mob, though but few actually took part in the riot.
The
cause of the riot cannot be ascertained, further than the whites of the
neighborhood have an aversion to the colored race.
The colored people have been employed in these factories for years, and
at least one of them, the foreman in Watson's factory, received $14 per week.
They are mostly employed at such work as but few white people are willing
to undertake. The result of the
whole affair is that most of the colored people are afraid to resume work for
fear of violence, and will thus be out of employment.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 9, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Letters
from Cayes, Hayti, announce the arrival there of a colony of contrabands from
Washington. The acting American
Consul writes that the contrabands were in good health and excellent spirits;
that they had been already located, and, as far as he could learn, the emigrants
and the parties with whom they are located are perfectly satisfied with each
other. The consul adds: "Hayti could easily maintain as many inhabitants as
Ireland, and its present population, including the eastern part, certainly does
not exceed 650,000 or 700,000. It
could, therefore, receive all the African race from the Southern States, and
would not then be so densely populated as Ireland."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 9, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
In New
York, some women, in order to obtain a goodly share of the fund "in aid of
the families of soldiers," borrow children, and present a whole flock to
the sympathizing gaze of the disbursing officers. One woman claimed and received her allowance, and it was
afterwards discovered that her husband had never joined the army.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 9, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Sweet
potatoes made their appearance in the market during the past week, the first we
have seen this season. We recollect
a few years ago, one of our enterprising market gardeners exhibited some well
grown sweet potatoes in the market on the 4th of July. . .
The
market was very liberally supplied with large and delicious water melons
yesterday, which were sold toward evening at reasonable prices. We hear quite a number complaining that their water melons
have recently been destroyed by parties making raids into their patches.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 9, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Ingomar; or, The Greek Maiden"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
A
Chance for Somebody.—The Memphis Bulletin of the 2d inst., contains the
following advertisement:
Two
young widows, of good standing, aged seventeen and eighteen, wish to correspond
with two officers of good family, holding commissions not "higher"
than Major-General—"wealth and beauty" no objection.
Black hair and eyes preferred; blue not objected to, but red seriously.
Address Eva B. and Leonora S. through the post-office.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Don Caezar de Bazan;" dance; "Slasher and Crasher.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Recorder's Court.
A large number of people, and some of them respectable and "well to
do in the world," were arraigned before the Recorder on Monday, for
drunkenness. An interesting feature
in the business was the strange fact that not less than five men protested in
the most solemn and earnest manner that they were not drunk.
One man asserted that he had drank but one small glass of whisky in eight
days, and had touched no intoxicating beverage on Saturday, the day of the
arrest. The others had drank very
moderately, and all had been exposed to the sun during the day, and were much
fatigued. We verily believe some of
these men, and have no good reason to doubt the word of any of them.
The question naturally arises—can it be possible that fatigue and the
heat of the sun will produce effects upon man which the ordinary observer cannot
distinguish from drunkenness? We
doubt not the fact, and respectfully ask Recorder Shane to institute a rigid
examination into the next case of the kind that comes before him. . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Madelaine: Belle of
the Faubourg;" dance; "Paddy Miles' Boy"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Salt.—The
price of salt is again upward, ten dollars in par funds and fifteen in Southern
bank notes being the modest price demanded for each barrel, and holders no way
anxious to sell at these rates. Almost
every other necessary of life is tending to the same high state.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Dull
Times.—The city is extremely dull, and incidents few and far between.
The weather is so hot that a horse could not be induced to run away.
Few are getting married, and social enjoyments are almost unknown. A quiet chat with an old friend is the height of our
enjoyment at all times, but even that is less enjoyable now from the scarcity of
Bourbon or Burngarden and good smoking tobacco.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Theatre.—Every
man, woman and child in the town is surfeited with war and politics.
Yesterday two gentlemen were discussing the pleasantest manner of
spending the evening after supper. One
suggested the Theatre, to witness "Madelaine."
"Is there any mention of politics in it?" asked his friend.
"D—n the political" was the reply.
"Any war or fighting?" Divil
a bit." They agreed to go.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
So far
as we have been able to learn, the people are almost unanimously in favor of
opening such number of the Public Schools as may be necessary to accommodate
such children as parents and guardians may desire to send.
In the estimation of those whose opinions we have heard expressed, it
would operate injuriously to suspend the Public Schools, even temporarily, as
proposed by Alderman Brien's bill. The
tax has been levied and partially collected, so that the means to carry on the
schools will be provided. The
property would suffer greater injury by not being used, while the present seems
the time, of all others, when children should be kept at school.
The excitements of the street do them no good, if not a positive injury,
and it strikes us it would be good policy to keep open the schools, that as many
of the children as possible may be kept out of the streets.
It is
not necessary to address to the city fathers an argument against the education
acquired in the streets. We all
know it is easily acquired, and rarely otherwise than pernicious.
The Public Schools will do much to neutralize the influences which the
excitements of the day exercise upon the minds of the youth of our city.
Let us, therefore, appeal in behalf of those youths who are to be found
scattered upon the streets of the city, because they have noting to do, for a
continuation of the Public Schools. It
would be infinitely better to appoint some one to gather in these boys, than to
close the schools. It is not
improbable there will be a great falling off in the number of those who attend
the schools, as compared to former sessions, but it is almost certain there will
be enough to make two good schools. The
good that may be accomplished for these boys and girls by continuing the Public
Schools cannot be estimated. It is
in this light that we have been induced to make this appeal in their behalf.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
A
great shock was felt in this community a few days ago by the intelligence of the
sudden and violent termination of a life gentle as it was inoffensive, and in a
remarkable degree devoted to the consolation and support of a venerable and
widowed mother, of whom the departed was the chief stay and companion.
Henry
Clay McNairy had left Nashville but a short time since on a visit to his sister,
Mrs. Goodrich, of New Orleans, and was returning with his aged mother to his now
desolate home. They were
accompanied by a young lady, who was a friend of the family.
Shortly after reaching Guntersville, Ala., on the Tennessee river, a
skirmish occurred between the Federals and the Confederates, in which artillery
was used. Having carried his mother
to a place of safety, Mr. McNairy came back for his friend, and just as they
had, in company with the landlady, crossed the threshold of the hotel, a shell
exploded at their feet, instantly killing the latter and mangling his body in a
dreadful manner, so that he survived but twenty-five minutes.
He was conscious almost to the moment his spirit winged its flight to Him
who gave it. His friend has her
clothes almost torn off her, but escaped personal injury.
It is scarcely necessary to remark, that this is one of the most
affecting and startling examples of the horrors of this distressing war which,
involving the innocent with the guilty, has, within the last six or eight
months, filled many a once happy home with bitterest wailing and the anguish of
despair, and plunged thousands of tender mothers into untold agonies of grief.
In the
lamentable occurrence of which we speak, is found the eighth young man who has
been called away by death from our immediate vicinity since the first of
December. Let the young lay it to
heart, and see that they are prepared for a sudden call from the King of
Terrors, whose shafts fall harmlessly upon those only who are ready to meet him.
The
studious and retiring habits of Henry McNairy withdrew him from a general
intercourse with society, but his fine talents were devoted to the happiness of
the domestic circle, and the pursuits of elegant literature, while the Muse
found in him an unobtrusive but gifted votary.
When a young man in his strength and vigor, patiently, tenderly, and
untiringly as a daughter, bows down his life to "rock the cradle of
declining age," to smoothe with a delicate hand every furrow of time and
sorrow; to cheer and sustain, by the happiest efforts of taste and intellect,
the weary and heart-stricken pilgrim of a troublesome world, or her path to a
brighter—this is a picture that angels must delight to dwell upon; and these,
the fruits of a pure filial piety, for which young Henry McNairy was
emphatically distinguished, and for which he has inherited a precious blessing
and a rich promise for the future which cannot fail, for God himself has annexed
to it a reward above all price, which our young friend has gone up to receive.
In the prime of life he has been snatched from a small but devoted circle
of friends and admiring relatives, who will never cease to mourn his untimely
end. Peace to the memory of the
early dead! May the living remember
that at any hour or any moment the same destiny may be theirs, and watch for its
approach. Thrice blessed are those
whom the hand of a merciful God now takes away from the "evil to
come!" Requiescat in pace,
ought to be written on every early grave, and Laudate Dominum!
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Recorder's Court.
The Court yesterday morning was full, and considerable business was
transacted, but that prolific element of profit to the City Treasury, Smoky Row,
was totally unrepresented—a fact so singular as to call for a notice.
Only one female was arraigned, she a colored woman, accused of harboring
a slave. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Serious Family;" song; "The Irish Tutor"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
Common Council yesterday rejected the bill to suspend the City Schools by a
unanimous vote. We congratulate the
members on this action, as will nearly every parent in Nashville.
In the name of the hundreds of little boys and girls who will be the
recipients of the benefits of our City Schools, and whose eyes will grow
brighter at this intelligence, we thank the members of the Common Council.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 15, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Temptation; or, The Irish Emigrant;" dance; "Young
Widow"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 15, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
Wit and Wisdom.
We bow to the man who kneels.
An
aimless man is likely to remain a nameless man.
Advice
is the only sort of vice that some people don't follow.
Lawyers
are the vultures that hover over perished fortunes.
In
large assemblies of men there is more feeling and less thought than in small
ones.
We
have generally a much stronger curiosity to know what is said than to know what
is true.
Many
who profess to think that, in giving to the poor they lend to the Lord, haggle
with Him about the amount of the loan.
"What
stingy fellows they must be in New York," exclaimed a country girl.
"Our Sallie says she never could get a buss without paying five
cents for it."
A man
might frame and let loose a star to roll in its orbit, and yet not have done so
memorable a thing before God as he who lets go a golden-orbed thought to roll
through the generations of time.
"There's not an hour of day
Or dreaming night, but I am with thee love;
There's not a wind but whispers of thy name,
And not a flower that sleeps beneath the moon,
But in its hues or fragrance tells a tale
Of thee."
Some one writes
both gracefully and forcibly: "I
would be glad to see more parents understand that when they spend money
judiciously to improve and adorn the house, and the ground around it, they are
in effect paying their children a premium to stay at home as much as possible to
enjoy it; but that when they spend money unnecessarily in fine clothing and
jewelry for their children, they are paying them a premium to spend their time
away from home—that is, in most places where they can attract the most
attention and make the most display."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Kate Kearney;" dance; "Idiot Witness; or, A Tale of
Blood"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 16, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
A
contemporary tells the housewife how to make vegetable soup.
It may be worth a trial:
Take a
good sized chicken, or an equivalent piece of beef or mutton, cut it up and put
it in water, rather more than enough to cover it, adding a tablespoonful of
salt; boil until nearly tender, skim off the fat; add butter, salt and pepper,
and more water if necessary; then slice into the soup ten large potatoes, one
small Swedish turnip, one carrot, two parsnips, an onion and a few stalks of
celery, with two or three spoonfuls of rice; boil half an hour, or until tender.
Before serving, add a spoonful or two of wheat flour stirred up with cold
water. One [end of article]
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
Postoffice at Murfreesboro' has been discontinued, and the mails to Lebanon,
Watertown, Alexandria, Liberty, Jennings' Forks, New Middleton, and Gordonsville
have been suspended for the present.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Another
Desperate Negro.—Yesterday morning considerable excitement was caused about
the Public Square in consequence of some difficulty between a white man and a
negro. No one knowing the origin of
the disturbance, all sorts of rumors were soon afloat, and pistols and knives
were reported to have been used. We
have taken considerable trouble to ascertain reliable particulars of the affair,
which are, in substance, as follows: Isaac,
a negro waiter at the City Hotel, and formerly one of the best and most polite
boys in the establishment, has latterly been somewhat neglectful of his duty,
and on Saturday morning brought matters to a climax—to that point where
forbearance longer ceases to be a virtue—and the steward felt called upon to
reprimand him for what he had done. His impertinence was beyond endurance, and the steward
attempted to chastise him, when Isaac seized a knife and attempted to strike
with it. One of the proprietors was
appealed to, and at his request went below to Isaac, who renewed the attack, and
afterward ran into the street, taking refuge in a house a few doors below.
The proprietor then went out, and after some difficulty succeeded in
bringing him back; but only again to break loose and run away—this time toward
the Market-house, where he succeeded in eluding the vigilance of his pursuers.
The Marshal and Police were put upon his track immediately, but up to the
present writing, he has not been arrested.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary:
Theatre. "Still Waters
Run Deep;" dance; "The Two Bonnycastles"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Special Meeting of the Common Council.
At the request of T. J. Yarbrough, John Trenbath, and G. M. Southgate,
councilmen, the Mayor of the city called a special meeting of the Common Council
on Monday evening, at 3 o'clock, to "take under consideration the subject
of suspending the Public Schools for the present."
At the
hour appointed, on motion, Squire Southgate was called to the chair on taking
which he explained the objects of the meeting, and called upon Mayor Smith and
Mr. J. L. Meigs, Superintendent of School to make further explanation as to the
necessity of closing the Public Schools.
Councilman
Anderson offered a motion to reconsider the vote taken on the subject at the
previous meeting on Thursday, which was adopted. The bill was then read, when
Mayor
Smith introduced Mr. J. L. Meigs, who stated the objects of the bill, and the
necessity existing for its passage. All
the schools, he said, would be required by the military authorities, and if
other accommodation were provided, there is at present no certainty that the
Board of Education could retain it for any length of time.
The fitting up of the basements of the three churches late used by the
Board, had cost $1100 for fencing, hydrant water, etc., etc., which had not yet
be paid; but it was expected the rent of the Howard school house would pay all
those expenses. there was but little more than $3000 in the treasury to
commence upon, and the Board could not feel justified in incurring heavy
obligations for rent, alterations, repairs, teachers salaries, etc., without
seeing some prospect of meeting them. The
lowest bid for supplying the schools with coal was forty-three cents per bushel,
which of itself would be a very large item.
He thought it much better to pass the bill, and allow a few weeks to go
by before taking any further action. Perhaps
a month or two may cast such light upon the subject as would warrant the opening
of the schools, and if so, the City Council would be ready to improve the
opportunity by ordering them opened without unnecessary delay.
A
suggestion was made to add an explanatory clause to the bill, but on reading it
over again, it was thought to be sufficiently explicit.
Several
members of the Board expressed themselves satisfied with the explanation of the
Superintendent, and on motion, the bill passed on its first reading.
The rule was then suspended, and the bill passed its second and third
readings, and was signed by the Mayor. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Summary: Theatre.
"Madelaine; or, The Belle of the Faubourg;" dance; Irish song;
"A Kiss in the Dark"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
In
view of the prospective high prices for all descriptions of cotton and woolen
goods that must prevail during the coming fall and winter, the Springfield
Speculator makes a good suggestion to the ladies of the country, that they keep
their spinning wheels and looms actively employed, to help supply the demand for
such goods as jeans, linsey, domestics, and other cotton goods. Our people must learn economy, and they will find that the
wearing of home made clothing, besides being a means of encouraging home
industry and enterprise, will be more economical than the goods from the
factories. We hope the market may
be amply supplied with such goods, and the people, by universally adopting them,
make them the only ones that are fashionable.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Ingomar"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 21, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Kate Kerney;" dance; "Temptation; or, The Irish
Emigrant"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 22, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Recorder's Court.
The business at this Court yesterday morning was very limited, only five
cases being before His Honor, three of which were for being drunk and disorderly
viz: Jane Owens, fined $6.50; Nancy
Knight, $8.50, 11½ days in the work-house; and Emanuel Rymetus, a colored
person dressed in female attire, $13, or 17½ days in the work-house.. . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 22, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Lucille; or, A Story of the Heart;" dance; "Kiss in the
Dark"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 23, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Denouncer;" Beauty and the Beast"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Giraldi; or, The Invisible Husband;" dance; "Irish
Tutor"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 26, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Sweethearts and Wives;" dance; "The Wandering
Minstrel"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 27, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
To
Market-Men.—A rumor having got abroad that the horses and vehicles of
market-men would be seized if brought to the city, we have taken the trouble to
inquire into the matter, and are informed that no orders of the kind have been
given. All such persons are
permitted to enter and leave town unmolested.
Anything they may bring will readily sell at good prices.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 27, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Delicate Ground;" solo "On the Piccolo;" "Kate
Kearney"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 28, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Street
Rows.—Nashville whisky appears to have a very bad effect upon the soldiers in
our midst; almost every day more or less fighting or quarreling takes place
among them, and yesterday in addition to the unfortunate affair mentioned in
another paragraph, a serious affray too, place on Summer street, during which
one of the parties nearly lost a finger, and the other received some severe
bruises. On College street a
drunken soldier was arrested by Deputy Marshals Tucker and Steele, and in their
endeavors to get him to safe quarters, Tucker lost his coat and vest, and Steele
was severely handled. After getting
him into a hack, an army officer ordered his arrest by the Provost Guard.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 28, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Recorder's Court.
. . . John Mitchell was again arraigned for abusing his
wife, and the proof being conclusive, he was fined $50 and costs, and the Clerk
directed to make out another mitimus [?] for the $50 which the Recorder had
remitted on condition that he was to treat his wife kindly for the future.
She is a pretty little woman, but seems to be almost broken hearted John
will have about 150 days to serve in the workhouse, unless wife again begs him
off, or unless he himself touches the Recorder's heart by fair promises. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 28, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Paul Pry; or, I Hope I Don't Intrude;" dance; "Paddy
Miles' Boy"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
watermelon trade continues quite brisk, as the remains which are to be seen on
the streets and side walks will testify.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Drunken
Soldiers.—We have been requested by a number of citizens to call attention of
the Provost marshal to the large number of drunken soldiers at all times to be
found about the city, creating a disturbance, stealing fruit and committing all
kinds of unlawful acts—even interfering with the police in arresting
disorderly persons. The matter
should be looked into, for portions of the city are in a constant state of
excitement.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Recorder's Court.
Quite a romantic scene occurred in the Recorder's Court yesterday
morning, in connection with a young woman named Ellen Quinn, who was arrested on
Wednesday evening, for being drunk and disorderly.
The witnesses against her were Belle Fulcher and Mollie Bradley, the
former of whom was fined $5 for disturbing the Court after being told to cease
talking. Ellen was fined $14.
She was willing to plead guilty, and threw herself upon the mercy of the
Court, promising never again to appear before the Court as a criminal.
Ellen is the young woman who was arrested some months ago for being
dressed in male attire. She is a
native of Ohio, and was among the earliest volunteers from that State.
She preserved her disguise for several moths, when her sex was
accidentally discovered. She then
left the army. But her love of
romance and adventure prevented her remaining long in the charms of crinoline,
and she soon joined another Ohio regiment, with which she came to Nashville, and
afterwards went farther South. In
April she returned to Nashville, and her disguise was shortly thereafter
discovered, when she was arrested and placed in the work-house in charge of Mr.
J. Q. Dodd. Here she remained until
about six weeks ago, when she was permitted to depart.
She was a stranger in town, and knew not where to go or what to do for
food and shelter. Under such
circumstances, distressing and embarrassing as they were, she very naturally
applied to some soldiers for advice. One
of them took her under his especial care, and promised to have her wants
attended to, and to procure lodging for her until she could be sent home. He took her to a house of disreputable character, where she
continued until Wednesday last; but she has not yet lost all feeling of shame.
Her tears seemed to indicate that she may yet be reclaimed, if proper
steps be taken to accomplish so desirable an object.
We commend her case to the military authorities here, and hope they will
render her such speedy assistance as will prevent the necessity of her returning
to her former habits. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Satan in Paris; or, The Mysterious Stranger;" solo "On
the Piccolo;" song; song "Here's yer Mule;" "Kiss in the
Dark"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 30, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
We are
rejoiced to find that our little paragraph concerning drunken soldiers has
already produced a salutary effect in mitigating, if not entirely removing, many
causes of complaint. We hope in a
few days to have no further cause to allude to such disagreeable subjects.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 30, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Recorder's Court.
Ann Fletcher, becoming tired of crinoline, on Thursday night, donned male
attire, and went to a ball to have some fun.
She was discovered, and soon after arrested, and yesterday morning she
paid the penalty--$23.50. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 30, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Giralda; or, The Invisible Husband;" dance;
"Omnibus"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 31, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
More
Fighting.—We regret to say that several fights occurred in the city yesterday,
produced by a superfluity of whisky dispensed among the soldiers.
No less than three occurred on Deaderick street or vicinity.
Most of these disturbers of the peace were arrested by the Provost Guard
and lodged in jail, and before night quiet again reigned.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 31, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Wool
is now higher than it has been for forty-four years.
This is owing to the large demand for army goods, and to the advanced
price of cotton. It will not soon
fall so low as it has been of late years; and we shall be surprised if the
flocks upon our hills are not greatly increased.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, August 31, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Pizarro; or, The Death of Rolla;" dance; "Two
Bonnycastles"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 2, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Closing
the Liquor Stores.—Orders were issued from Headquarters yesterday morning for
the closing of all liquor stores and bar-rooms, and nearly the entire day,
guards were patrolling the city to see that the order was obeyed.
In some instances large quantities of whiskey were thrown into the
street, and considerable excitement caused thereby.
Bayonets were presented and pistols drawn on one or two occasions, but no
serious consequences ensued that we are aware of.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 2, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
Workhouse.—This receptacle of political and military prisoners, and
law-breakers of all descriptions, ages, colors and sexes, is now thronged, and
everything about the place has assumed an air of bustle but not confusion.
Under the guardianship of Mr. J. Q. Dodd, the machinery works smoothly,
and order reigns in every branch of industry, as well as among the inactive
classes—the political and military. Carroll
Fowler has become an important personage in this establishment, and performs his
varied duties with becoming dignity and decorum.
Tierney took his departure yesterday, and others are looking anxiously
for their day of deliverance. Yesterday
eleven State prisoners were received. We
hope to be able to give a list of their names soon.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 2, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Seven
fair residents of Parkersburg, Va., suspected of having exhibited their
rebellious sympathies in a practical way, were taken to Wheeling a few days
since. They were very contumacious
until they found that they must take the oath of allegiance or go to jail, when
they adopted the former alternative, and were released.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 2, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Serious Family;" "Beauty and the Beast"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
A
gentleman recently from Mobile states that there is not a single carpet to be
found in any house in that city, every one having been given up last winter to
be used as blankets by the rebel army.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
authorities of Memphis have driven the frail women out of the corporate limits
of that city.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
We
hear a great deal of gratification expressed that a guard has been placed in the
Market House, to preserve order during market hours. Marketers have experienced considerable trouble of late from
unruly soldiers, against whom the guards will now protect them.
The
supply of market stuff has fallen off greatly within a few days, notwithstanding
every thing in that line commends good prices.
The country people will find a military guard in the Market House to
protect them against any imposition that may be attempted to be practiced upon
them, so that they will be secure in bringing their produce to market.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Drunken
Negroes.—The attention of the City Police is now being directed, and very
properly, to the numerous groceries and dram shops in which negroes are supplied
with intoxicating drinks. The law
forbids any person selling or giving liquor to negroes, and those who violate
such a wholesome preventive of drunkenness must not complain if they are made to
suffer for their conduct to the utmost extent of the law.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Daughter of the Regiment;" song; "Irish
Emigrant"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 4, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
Louisville Journal tells of an occurrence we had not heard of before.
In its issue of the 2d inst., that paper says:
"The rebel ladies of Nashville prepared the other day a superb
dinner for the guerrillas that they expected there.
We hope that the feast got up for thieves and robbers was eaten by
Nashville's patriotic defenders."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 4, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
action of the military authorities in stationing guards in the Market house and
at other points to arrest soldiers who may interfere with parties bringing
produce to this city to sell, is exercising a very salutary influence and
inducing the country people to bring forward their produce.
The market was much better supplied yesterday than for several days
previous.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 4, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Recorder's Court.
. . . Belle Fulcher and Ellen Quinn had a fight Tuesday
evening, during which Ellen had her eye colored, and lost some of her hair.
Belle being in her own house, was fined only $3 and costs, while Ellen
was adjudged to pay $5 and costs. . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 4, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Maid with the Milking Pail;" song; "Little
Treasure"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
water melon trade seems to be pretty well over.
The supplies brought to market are rather light and of inferior quality.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
St.
Cecilia's Academy.—This well-known institution for the education of young
ladies will be opened for the reception of pupils on Monday next.
When we say that it is under the direction of those accomplished and
pious ladies, the Sisters of St. Dominic, we need say no more in behalf of the
teachers—their fame is world-wide. Of
the building and its surroundings, we say, that they are nearly
completed—sufficiently so as to warrant a reception of the pupils at the time
appointed. The main building is
three stories high, and commands an extensive view of the beautiful adjacent
country it is 42 by 120 feet in the clear, with ceilings 12 to 14 feet high, and
ventilation complete. Surrounding
it are flower gardens, orchards, play grounds, pastures, etc., from the lower
part of which a fine view of the city and of Edgefield can be had.
No healthier locality could be found anywhere, and while it is only about
a mile and a half from the capital, (an easy fifteen minutes ride,) it is beyond
the noise and confusion, and other nuisances of city life.
Several of our most influential families have already made arrangements
to send their daughters to St. Cecilia's the coming session, and we expect by
next year the Bishop will be compelled to commence the westerly wing of the
building, in order to accommodate the applicants.
For terms and other particulars, see advertisement.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Release of Rebel
Prisoners.
From the Chicago Tribune, Aug. 30.
Gov. Campbell, of Tennessee, whose mission to Chicago we noticed at some
length a few days since, has been successful in securing the release of three
hundred and eighty-seven prisoners, now confined at Camp Douglas.
By consent of the War Department, the prisoners alluded to came up
yesterday and took the oath of allegiance.
Twenty-one of them left last evening, the balance taking their departure
to-day. The released prisoners are
all Tennesseans, the most of them artillerists captured at Island No. 10.
We are informed that many others would take the oath were it not for the
general impression prevailing among the prisoners that they are to be released
by exchange. The prisoners
universally manifested a feeling of joy and relief that their captivity was
over; and one of their number, a shrewd, devil-may-care individual, gotten up
most gorgeously in a pair of trousers made of three-ply carpeting with a mammoth
and gaudy figure, created much amusement as he passed through the gate, loudly
exclaiming: "Good-bye rebs!
Hope you'll have a good time. I'm
a regular Yankee after this; no discount."
It is
a noticeable fact that the prisoners from the Gulf States manifest no desire to
take the oath, but, on the other hand, manifest a most inveterate hatred to
everything federal. The batch
lately brought from New Mexico are especially dogged and contumacious.
They are a bloodthirsty, brutal pack, whom no amount of good treatment or
kindness will ever effect.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Seven Clerks; or, The Miser of Marseilles; dance; song;
"Swiss Swains"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Wood
has been selling during the week at from eight to ten dollars per cord.
If those who have wood to sell do not bring it to market at these prices,
they cannot be anxious to convert it into cash.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
In
these piping times of war and confusion, few people have a more difficult task
to perform than the City Editor. The
reader expects to see his department filled every day, no matter what happens,
but if nothing happens?—what then?
No one will commit suicide or murder, fight a duel, or do any other
foolish or diabolical act, from which a paragraph may be made.
Even a drunken man is a rare occurrence now, and even this miserable
pittance is snapped up the Provost Guard, instead of the Police, thus depriving
us of an item and the city Treasury of a fine.
The haunts of the "frail fair ones" are as quiet as graveyards
at midnight, and in public houses the stillness is only broken by the sound of
the billiard balls. Yesterday a
horse threw his rider, but he fell in such manner as to avoid even a scratch.
Had he broken a leg or an arm, or his neck, something might have been
said about inexperienced riders venturing upon fiery steeds, etc., etc., and
perhaps a heart-rending obituary might have followed.
A dog was run over, but the little fellow picked himself up and ran off
unharmed. We went to the work-house, but nothing had "turned
up." At the Recorder's office
all was quiet. Squire Southgate had
nothing exciting on hand. The
grape-vine was not in working order. The
telegraph wires have been out of fix since the storm played thunder with them,
and every one we meet has a very improbable story to tell, which he is ready to
vouch for, of how "Morgan captured two prisoners yesterday in
Kentucky," how he took a train the same day in Alabama; how he was seizing
horses in Tennessee, and at night we are told at the theatre that "John
Morgan's got yer Muel"—the mule that quiet and inoffensive country
gentleman lost in camp some time ago. The
reader will therefore make charitable allowances for any lack of local items.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Kate Kearny;" drum solo; comic song "Popping the
Question;" recitation; cornet solo; duett; "2, 4, 5, 0; or, The
Lottery Ticket"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 9, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Mule
Driving.—One of the wagoners in front of our office, last evening, applied a
new term to his much abused mules. This
patient and industrious animal suffers much, and yet bears the whipping and
abuse patiently, as a general thing. The
team referred to, however, from bad management on the part of their ignorant
driver, were for a time unmanageable, until the fellow applied to them what he
seemed to think the most opprobrious epithet possible.
After calling them sundry hard names, and jerking them unmercifully, the
driver bellowed out, "Stand still, you d----d Irish son of a b---h!"
and they stood still.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 9, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Child
Murder.—On Sunday morning, between 6 and 7 o'clock, officer Ingles discovered
a dead infant on the corner of Summer and Gay streets. News of the discovery spread rapidly, and before a magistrate
could be obtained to hold an inquest on the body, a large crowd had assembled on
the sport. About 8 o'clock Squire
Southgate made his appearance; a jury was empanelled, and the inquisition
proceeded, but it was merely a professional one, as none present could give any
information as to who were the parents of the infant. Dr. Martin made a post-mortem examination, and testified that
the child was not more than twenty-four hours old at the time of his death,
which was caused by a blow upon the forehead.
The child was large, with well-formed limbs, and finely proportioned
features. Squire Southgate
requested those present who might obtain any clue to the discovery of the
perpetrator of the foul deed, to make known their suspicions to the police
authorities. A verdict was rendered
in accordance with the above facts.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 9, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
On
Saturday night a dense crowd assembled at the theatre.
All that part of the auditorium set apart for white people was crowded at
an early hour, so that standing room could scarcely be obtained, when a number
of privates in the Tenth Ohio occupied the negro gallery.
Before the first act was over, that part of the house also became
crowded; and at the fall of the curtain some of the negroes left their seats and
were passing through the crowd, when some soldiers seized them and knocked them
down. In ten minutes every negro
had been badly beaten and elected from the house, some of them being thrown
entirely down the stairs, from the top to the bottom.
As the last one disappeared, quietness was again restored.
No alarm was visible in the lower part of the house, and when the band
had finished their performances the curtain rose, and the play proceeded without
interruption.
Leaving
the theatre, several members of the Tenth repaired to Smoky Row, where they soon
came in contact with the Provost Guard. After
considerable disturbance with them, they committed some depredations on houses
in the neighborhood, which were finally brought to a close by a volley from the
guard, wounding one of the disturbers in the leg, and enabling the guard to
arrest others.
On
Sunday morning the soldiers resumed their attacks upon the negroes—this time
displaying their pugnacious propensities especially against those negroes
dressed in Federal uniform. On the
Square, Deputy Marshal Steele probably saved the life of one negro by advising
him to take off his coat, when the soldiers around him tore it to atoms, having
previously knocked the negro down several times to make him take off his
clothes. On Deaderick street they
caught another negro in uniform, and literally stripped it off him, leaving him
to escape well covered with bruises and only partially with rags.
Another negro in uniform was caught on Gay street.
At their request, he very wisely took off his military coat, when the
soldiers tore it to shreds and threw it in the street.
Two or three other cases occurred during the afternoon, but no material
damage was done.
On
College street, come members of "The Bloody Tenth," as they said, got
into a fight with some other soldiers. Rocks
and fists were freely used, and blood flowed copiously, when an officer rode up
and put a stop to further bloodshed. All
things considered, such disgraceful proceedings were never before witnessed in
Nashville, and we hope never to be compelled to witness a repetition of similar
riotous conduct.
In
Edgefield many depredations were committed, but no personal injury inflicted,
that we have heard. Several stores
were broken open—among them a liquor store, from which all the whiskey was
taken, and we are informed that everything about the premises afterwards
destroyed.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 9, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Recorder's Court.
. . . Mary Gibson, for renouncing crinoline and donning
male attire, was fined $6. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 9, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre. "All that
Glitters is Not Gold;" dance; "The Omnibus."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 10, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Soldier's Bride;" song; dance; "Irish Hussar"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Headquarters, Provost Guard,
}
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 9th, 1862.}
From
this date, the sale of intoxicating liquors, (spirituous, malt or vinus)
wholesale or retail, publicly or privately, is forbidden in the city of
Nashville and vicinity.
This
order is positive, and applies alike to Hotel, Restaurant, Saloon, Bar room,
Grocery and Groggery, and any violation of it will be summarily punished.
Alvan C. Gillen,
Col.
1st Tenn. Infantry, Provost Marshal.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
It is
remarkable how quick the necessities of a people are taken advantage of.
For several days past there has been but a poor supply of produce brought
to market by the country people. Yesterday
the market was almost as bare of produce as Mother Hubbard's cupboard was of a
bone on an occasions when hunger was pinching "the poor dog," and the
consequence was, only a few were fortunate enough to get any thing; but they had
to pay well for what they did get. Butter
was selling at sixty cents per pound, Irish potatoes at seventy-five cents per
peck, and other articles at equally high rates.
Now, there is no reason why such prices as these should be demanded. There is nothing like a scarcity of produce, and nothing can
justify such extortion. The poorer
classes cannot pay these prices, and if the country people should keep their
produce back for even a short time, there will be suffering in the city.
Wood
has been selling during the week at from twelve to fourteen dollars per cord.
There is plenty of wood near the city, but it is not brought to market in
sufficient quantities to meet the demand.
We
hear as a reason for the scarcity to which we allude, that many people who are
in the habit of bringing their produce to market say that they have had
considerable quantities taken from them by soldiers, while others express a fear
that their horses will be taken or their teams impressed into the service of the
Government. We are quite sure a
misapprehension prevails in regard to these matters, and that it has been
circulated for sinister purposes. There
are probably those who would not hesitate to put money in their purse in this
way. A few soldiers may possibly
have overstepped the orders of their superiors and have taken some produce from
marketers, but they would have been promptly punished had the matter been
brought to the notice of the proper officer.
The recent order of Gen. Halleck, which we print elsewhere, is very
explicit and peremptory upon this point.
We
trust the military authorities will take this matter in hand and give the people
such assurance of protection as will induce them to bring in their produce.
As previously stated, the withholding by the country people of their
usual supplies of market [torn page] for a week or two would produce serious
suffering among the poorer classes of the city, who are unable to send to the
country for the supplies so necessary to their very existence.
The prices which are [torn page] now in the market for every species of
produce, showed that something should be promptly done to relieve the poor.
It
seems almost incredible to those who do not personally investigate the matter,
that such exorbitant prices should be demanded for produce in a land blessed
with plenty, as are now exacted in our market.
Let something be done to induce the country people to bring in their
supplies.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 11, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Little Devil; or, My Share;" song; dance; "Irish
Heiress"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Address to the Ladies.
One of the first objects of the purchaser of market "truck"
should be to furnish for his family consumption such articles only as are fresh,
wholesome, and digestible—the latter quality, above all others, should be
insisted upon, or upon the proper and speedy digestion of our food depends
much—very much—of our happiness, as well in this world as in the next. What does indigestion produce?
Pains in the chest, headache, sourness of stomach and temper, quarrels
with wife and children and neighbors, loss of customers and of all charitable
and social impulses, nightmare and bad dreams—in fact, nearly all the ills
that flesh is heir to. One of the
first incentives to a good digestion is contentment of mind; when this is all
right, and the body is in a sufficiently healthy state to enjoy a certain degree
of out-door exercise, the usual fare is easily converted into blood, bone, and
flesh, by the aid of our digestive organs, and after the day of labor is ended,
we meet our family, hungry and happy and find them all smiling, and so glad to
meet Pa as Pa is to enjoy their society. A
contented mind must therefore be looked to—at all hazards it must be
preserved. Think you, dear wife,
that a man can digest butter of an inferior quality at 50 cents a pound, with
business dead and money scarce? The
very idea is sufficient to worry a man into a fit of dyspepsia. Can potatoes at seventy-five cents a peck be digested?
No; a Welsh rarebit would be a delicacy compared to it, and hot light
bread and butter a medicament for a dyspeptic.
Other things might be enumerated, but we consider it unnecessary.
The careful wife can always discriminate between extravagance and
economy, and with a little reflection she will agree with us that even bread and
bacon and a happy home are better than all the luxuries she could purchase at so
great an expense. Economize,
therefore, when you can, and dispense with all luxuries.
Buy nothing that you cannot conveniently pay for, and remember that if
you have anything to spare, there will be thousands of poor the coming winter
that will need your aid; and charity always confers a double happiness upon
those who give, as well as upon those who receive. Let us all look to these things before it be too late.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 12, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"The Follies of a Night;" dance; "2, 4, 5, 0; or, The
Lottery Ticket"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Experience of a
Paroled Prisoner.
Affairs in the Rebel Army—Treatment of the
Wounded—The Dead Unburied—Incidents of
the Battles—Houses Prepared for Destruction,
Etc., Etc.
Correspondence of the New York Herald.
Washington, Sept. 6, 1862.—Captain Judson, Assistant Adjutant General
to General Hatch, has arrived in Washington, after nearly a week's sojourn among
the rebels at Manassas, where he had been taken prisoner. . .
The
officers are well uniformed, and are generally fine looking men.
They wear a double-breasted coat of very fine cadet gray, with the
buttons of their respective States, infantry officers having their cuffs and
collars blue, cavalry yellow, and artillery red.
Most of the artillery officers, however, wear short jackets trimmed with
red cord. Their sabres are of very
poor quality, and many of the officers are compelled to carry their swords
constantly in their hands. A few
have their sabres quite sharp. The
privates are dressed in every style, most of them wearing the clothes they
brought from home. Great numbers
are without shoes, and have been for months.
They are armed with the altered flint lock muskets, rifles and shotguns,
and express the most implicit confidence in success.
Among the guard Captain Judson noticed a small, smoothfaced lad of
fourteen, whom he asked, "Why, what are you doing with a musket?" when
the little fellow straightened himself up, exclaiming, "I am a soldier,
sir, and fighting for my country. I've
carried my musket so far, and I reckon I can carry it farther."
There
seems to be a great lack of discipline as regards respect for officers; but so
great is the desperation of the men, who have been promised the privilege of
sacking Washington, that in battle not a man dare flinch or for a moment hold
back. Their artillery is considered
by them the poorest arm, and their cavalry the best. The latter are mounted on very fine horses, and are armed
with double barrelled shotguns and sabres.
Most of their sabres are manufactured at Port Republic, in the Shenandoah
valley, But few have pistols.
They have a most beautiful silk guidon of scarlet and blue, with white
stars and crimson fringe.
All
the arms lost by our troops are carefully collected and issued to their men.
Sharp's rifles are considered great prizes, and command an exorbitant
price. A number of the Second
Berdan Sharpshooters were taken prisoners, and every man destroyed his rifle by
either removing the slide at the breech, or by bending the barrel, not one of
those much sought for weapons falling into their hands in a serviceable
condition. . . .
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Headquarters, Provost Guard,
}
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1862. }
Hereafter
any citizen found in the streets of Nashville between the hours of 9 P. M. and
reveille (daylight) without a written pass, will be arrested and confined.
Passes to be out after 9 o'clock P. M. will be granted at the
Headquarters of the Major-General Commanding.
By
command of Major-General Thomas.
Alvan C. Gillem,
Colonel 1st Tennessee Inf., Provost Marshal.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady;" song; dance; song;
"Captains Not A-Miss."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Those
who have an idea that it is not hard living in Nashville, should visit our
market a few mornings.
Eggs
were selling in the market yesterday at fifty cents per dozen.
Think of that, ye who would take "'am and heggs."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Recorder's
Court.—Another dull day at court, only one case coming up, that of Emery
Kennedy, charged with being drunk and abusing his wife, for which he was fined
$50 and costs; but in the absence of the needful wherewith to meet the demand, a
document was sent to J. Q. Dodd, requesting him to furnish Mr. Kennedy with
employment at 75 cents per day, with board and lodging, which will liquidate the
debt in 72 days.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Marketing.—Prices
of marketing are still rising, and are likely to continue their upward tendency
for a short time to come. Yesterday
morning butter sold readily at $1 a pound—and not by any means of the best
quality. Irish potatoes sold at $1
a peck, and sweet potatoes at 75 cents, while peaches of an inferior quality
were held at $4 a bushel. Cabbage
sold readily at from 10 to 30 cents, according to size and quality, and other
articles at a like rate. Coffee and
bacon are not purchasable at any price, we believe, and sugar is becoming very
scarce. The market was well
supplied with fresh beef, and the quality we thought better than usual.
A good supply of wood was on the Square, which was selling at from $8 to
$12 a cord, according to quality. We
expect prices on all these articles to come down in a few weeks, when farmers
are enabled to bring in supplies with safety.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 14, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"A Husband at Sight;" dance; "The Rough Diamond"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
We
noticed an unusual number of "black-bellied bottles" on the streets
yesterday, which some regarded as significant of the overthrow of "King
Ardent."
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Meeting
of Free Colored Men.—A circular was lately received by one of our free colored
men from James Mitchell, Commissioner of the Colonization Society, addressed to
the free colored people of Nashville, and requesting their opinions on the
propriety of emigrating to some country where they could live entirely among
people of their own color. A
meeting was held on Sunday evening to take the matter into consideration, when
the circular was read, and referred to a committee, who were instructed to
report suitable resolutions at a subsequent meeting to be held on Thursday
evening. The meeting of Sunday was
only a preliminary one, and but little was done more than above noted. In our paper of Friday, we will give a full report of all
that transpires.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Selling
Liquor.—Several arrests were made yesterday for selling liquor.
Why cannot people, in times like these, abstain from dispensing the
poisonous liquid, which at almost every hour endangers the lives of themselves
and fellow citizens? The streets
are filled with drunken soldiers, and blood is shed every day, and frequently a
dozen times a day, in consequence. Respectable
liquor dealers very properly obey the order forbidding its sale, but some
people, destitute of every consideration where a dime is at stake, continue its
sale in violation of all propriety. Some
are keeping jugs of liquor in private houses for sale.
When the proper time arrives, we hope to see law-abiding tavern keepers
compensated in a measure for their losses, but these law breakers ought to be
punished.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 2-3
Cherry Street Clubs.—No. I.
"Tom, what is the news this morning?" asked Jake Sniffles when
he met his friend on the corner of the Square.
"Oh,
nothing, nothing," replied Tom, "only grape-vines about the war, I
hear nothing but idle talk about the army, and inferences as to results, which
are not worth a cuss. In fact, I'm
so sick of the stuff, that I've a great mind to organize all my friends into the
Soap-suds Regiment, and just go and whip out the whole comboodle—McClellan,
Halleck, Pope, Beauregard, Bragg, Lee & Co., and end the fuss."
"Bully
for you," said Jake, "and if you will raise that regiment, put me down
for Brigadier-General at once."
"Well,
come round to my office on Cherry street, an we'll talk about it.
At all events, it is a good place to loaf, and we can at least talk about
something else than the war."
'All
right; I'll be around after awhile."
So Tom
and Jake met at the office of the former on the street called Cherry, and went
into a discussion about all sorts of things, both pertinaciously avoiding to
mention a single thing about the war. They
met at the same place the next day, when two or three of their old chums, in
passing along dropped in to hear the news, and while away the wearisome hours.
Very
soon one of them said he had heard that there was desperate fighting going on in
front of Richmond, and that, in all probability, Pope would soon have the
capital of the Old Dominion between his thumb and fingers.
"Oh,
pshaw," said another, "Pope is no fighter, and I don't believe a word
of it."
"Hold
up, gentlemen," interrupted Tom, "there must be no talk here about the
war. I am always glad to see my
friends, but I'm determined upon not talking or thinking anything about the war,
if possible. I had no hand in
bringing it on—I have friends in both sections of the country and kinsfolk in
both armies, and, like old Kentucky last year, I'm bent upon being
neutral."
"How
the devil are you going to be neutral, or quit thinking about the war,"
struck in Jim Toodles, "when every body talks of nothing else, and when you
see soldiers passing along by your own door every hour in the day?"
At
this moment another friend stepped in, and Jim informed him of Tom's
"foolish idea" not to permit any war news being reported at his
office, or in his presence, if he could help it.
The
new-comer said it was a wise action if was impossible to carry it out.
If war news is prohibited, I'd rather visit Tom's office than any where
else. And after a pretty full
discussion all around, the gentlemen present finally agreed that, upon the
whole, it was better not to talk about news which seemed to engross almost every
one's attention, and that it would be more ennobling and pleasant to talk upon
any other subject.
So
stories were told and anecdotes related, and scientific matters discussed day
after day, interrupted the second day only by the statement that the news about
the taking of Washington was all gammon.
After
a little laughter from Tom, and a gentle hint that such talk was contraband,
each one present took a fresh quid of tobacco, and Jake Sniffles told a little
story about his courtship of Jane Thornton, when a young doctor named Jeremiah,
came in, accompanied by his legal friend Snang, who said that they had heard
that this was the place where all talk of the terrible war was interdicted, and
if so, they would be glad to have the privilege of calling frequently.
"As
often as you like," said Tom, "you will be always welcome at the
headquarters of the Cherry Street Club."
"Are
you going to call our little assembly the Cherry Street Club?" asked Jake.
"Don't do that but let's call it the Elm tree Club."
"No,"
said another, "the Willow tree Club will be better; for we are weeping for
our country."
"Not
much of the weeping," said Snang, "for we are not in the army, and
don't intend to be."
"Let
us call it the Magnolia Club," said Jeremiah, "for that is the
prettiest and most appropriate name in the world."
"O
no, none of your fancy names," said another, "I think that Tom's
choice is the best."
"Speaking
of names," said a quiet-looking gentleman in the corner, "I can't say
that I agree with Mr. Billy Shakespeare, that 'there's nothing in a name.'
I think names do have an influence upon the human mind, and a very
considerable influence too. There
was a man right here in Nashville, only a few years ago named Wrigglesworth who
became a monomaniac upon the subject of his name, which he said was very ugly,
and that no man could succeed at any thing with such a name."
"Why,
yes, I remember that man," exclaimed two or three, "and was present at
his funeral—he died here."
"Well,
well, let us drop the subject of name and separate for the day," suggested
Jeremiah, the doctor. The hint was
taken, and the Club adjourned till next day.
IDDO.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Marketing.—There
was a considerable reduction in the prices of marketing yesterday morning,
butter being reduced 25 per cent, and other articles from 15 to 20 per cent.
Apples and peaches are still very dear.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Summary: Theatre.
"Naval Engagements;" song; "Robert Macaire"
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 18, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
It
will be seen by his order in the morning's Dispatch that Dr. Swift, the Medical
Director of the Army of the Ohio, has seized all the ice in the city for the use
of the sick in the hospitals. Citizens
will have to give up this luxury.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 18, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Thief.—Two
soldiers and a boy were yesterday marched through the city under a guard of ten
men, as a punishment for their thieving propensities. On each of their backs was placed a board on which was
painted, in large letters, the word "THIEF," that every one might be
made aware of the cause of their unusual parade.
They attracted considerable attention, and the boys around town seemed
delighted at the novelty.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 18, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Cherry Street Club.—No. II.
The Club met at the usual hour, and after all were comfortably seated,
one of the members introduced the subject of Indians, and wondered if the tribes
who once lived here in this part of Tennessee ever expected their conquerors to
get into a war among themselves?
"The
Indians did not live here," said the lawyer, "for this war was a
common hunting ground for the Shawnees, (Suwannees,) the Creeks, and other
tribes of red-skins."
"O
yes, they did live here," retorted the doctor, "away back yonder
before the hunting ground arrangement. Of
course they lived here, for all around this neighborhood there are immense
Indian burying grounds, and thousands upon thousands of graves have been opened
by the plow and in cutting roads, digging foundations for houses, etc.
Why, there is an Indian cemetery of more than a hundred acres on the bank
of the Cumberland, seven or eight miles from Nashville, where Messrs. McGavock
and Harding live. A half a dozen
such graveyards are to be found within fifty miles of Nashville, and the proof
is incontrovertible that at one period of the history of the world, there was a
large population of Indians here."
"Well,
what became of all this large population you speak of?" said Tom.
"Don't
know," said the doctor, unless they were killed off by civil war, or wars
with neighboring tribes. One fact
is certain, that either by war, or pestilence, or flood, their numbers were
rapidly swept away. They delighted
in fighting, but it is well known that, in olden times, there was much more
water in this country than there is now, and there may have been a second flood
for all we know."
"How
you do talk, doctor," said a member who just began to get interested
in the subject. "How do you
know there was more water here in old times than now?"
"Why,
because old John Haywood says so in his [illegible] original History of
Tennessee,' a work I am just reading for the first time.
He says that the rivers have shifted their beds, and in some instances
their mouths, more to the South and West, than in the olden times.
The great Mississippi has changed its bed more to the South, while the
Cumberland has done the same thing. The
streams were once all full to their banks, and frequently overflowing.
The prairies and barrens were once covered with water, which has been
drawn off to the ocean by some cause or other.
"And then the sink holes, and volcanic ores, and ocean shells found
in Tennessee, and the earthquakes and comets which took place, all go to show
that old Dame Nature once held high carnivals in these diggings. Oh, they had grant old times here, in days past and gone—grand,"
said the Doctor, with emphasis.
But
the conversation being once broken, two or three members commenced expressing
their opinions, which caused Doctor Jeremiah to hold in.
"Let
me ask you one question, Doctor," said a member, "when was there any
big earthquakes in this neck of the woods?"
"Why,
at various periods; but the heaviest earthquakes occurred from 1811 to 1819, and
even for a few years after. The
commenced at New Madrid, on the Mississippi river, at half-past two o'clock on
the morning of the 16th of December, 1811. The waters of the Mississippi rose twelve or fourteen feet in
a few minutes, and again fell like a tide.
Sulphur springs were opened, and white sand thrown out.
In some places there issued from the earth something like wind from the
tube of a bellows, passing through burning coal.
In the Chickasaw country, (now Memphis, and above and around there,)
hillocks of a white sand were cast up, like potato hills."
At
this moment, two or three gentlemen started out, and the club broke up rather
abruptly.
IDDO.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
It is
gratifying to witness Gen. Negley's determination to enforce discipline, and
have every thing done right. He is
winning golden opinions from our citizens for his efforts to establish order and
peace in our midst, and is spoken of in the highest terms of praise by every one
who is thrown in contact with him, either in way of business or society, for his
soldierly and gentlemanly bearing.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Death
of Ellen Hill.—One of the largest and most mournful funeral processions we
have ever seen was that which passed through the city yesterday following to the
grave the body of Ellen Hill, wife of James Hill, the colored barber on Cedar
street. She was greatly respected
by all who knew her and her loss will be sorely felt by the colored population,
as she possessed not only the means, but the disposition, to be charitable
toward her poor neighbors and friends. The
procession was fully half a mile in length.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Orders
Concerning Soldiers.—General Order No. 3, published in another column, will be
received with thanks by all lovers of peace and good order.
We regret to have to say that officers have lately become as unruly as
some of the privates. One Wednesday night several young bloods were amusing
themselves on Summer street near midnight by making night hideous with their
yells and unearthly cries, climbing lamp post and putting out the gas lights,
ringing door bells, and performing sundry other antics unbecoming the dignity of
an officer.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
During
the present dull times, with business dead and communication with the world cut
off, there is nothing left us to enjoy but our cigar or pipe and social
conversation with friends and acquaintances.
The regular telegraphic wires being down, the grapevine is, of course,
frequently in active operation, and those "in pursuit of knowledge under
difficulties" are compelled to listen to many startling revelations, which
are sometimes imparted in the utmost confidence, and always on "the most
reliable authority." Another
topic of conversation is the exorbitant prices of provisions, which cause people
to wonder what on earth poor people are to do.
A pound of butter and a half dozen potatoes will eat up a dollar.
A basket capable of holding two dollars' worth of marketing in ordinary
times, is like carrying a gallon jug for a gill of whisky, or a flour barrel for
a half peck of potatoes. Even the
horses which haul the marketing to town look lean and hungry, and incapable of
drawing even the few articles strewed over the bottom of the wagon.
People might suppose the country folks would have some difficulty in
disposing of their "plunder" at such high prices; a mistake—nearly
all are sold out by five o'clock, before most people are out of bed, and the old
adage of "the early bird catches the worm" is being put to a practical
test. To counterbalance the high
prices, we are changing our diet somewhat, and find gravy an excellent
substitute for butter; corn and cabbage take the place of potatoes, buttermilk
that of whisky, and a glass of cold hydrant water prevents our lips from
parching, while our spirits are kept up by a mutual assurance that "things
cannot get much worse than they are.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Seizures
of Whisky.—Large quantities of whisky were yesterday seized and destroyed by
the Provost Guard, and the Police seized several bottles to be used as evidence
against certain parties to be tried this morning. We presume the bottles ought to be "sampled" by the
witnesses before the case comes on.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Cherry Street Club.—No. III.
"You were talking about the earthquakes of 1811 yesterday, Doctor.
An old boatman once tome me that he was on the river at the time of the
first shock, and that the banks of the Mississippi quivered like the flesh of a
beef just killed. Do you think he
told the truth?"
"Yes,
I suppose he did, for the first shock was said to have been exceedingly severe.
Before it, for days, a troublesome warmth of the earth was perceptible to
the naked feet, and the day before was darkened from morning till night by a
thick fog, and a sulphurous smell detected.
'On yesterday,' that is, December 15th, 1811, 'there was a
dead calm, not a breath of air stirring. The
shock came before daybreak next morning, and the motions of the earth were
undulating, progressing from west to east.
The calm mentioned preceded all the shocks, and the people learned to
know when a shock was coming by the state of the atmosphere.
The great comet had just disappeared from the heavens, and superstitious
stories and surmises were circulated and believed among the people.
There was an earthquake almost every day for two or three months; then
they decreased in frequency, and took place at longer intervals.
Then months intervened between the shocks, which, in 1822, ceased
altogether.'"
"But,
Doctor, you were saying yesterday that Nature was holding a carnival and all
that sort of thing. What if there
was an earthquake, which happened to come after a comet, I don't see anything so
very strange in that. If
nobody was hurt, it was all right," said a member from Market street.
"Other
exciting events were going on," replied the M. D.
"During the chocks spouts of water, three or four inches in
diameter, sprang from the Mississippi, and ascended to a great height.
In some parts of the river, the water seemed to be swallowed up by
entering into some great spring at the bottom.
Boats with their crews were engulphed and never more heard of.
Terrible storms and strong winds were common in those days, and every one
in this region felt that great commotions in Nature were going on.
What was called 'milk sickness' prevailed in Sumner county and other
places in this State, which caused an immense excitement; for cows, sheep, dogs,
and birds, as well as men, women, and children, died with the poison from the
milk of cows or from eating butter. To
add to the troubles of the people, a fatal epidemic prevailed in 1815 and 1816,
by which a large portion of the then sparse population were swept away.
These things added to the fears of the people, already considerably
excited by the comet, by the earthquakes, by unusual lights and signs in the
heavens, which they could not understand. The
late war with Great Britain, also, engrossed public attention.
So that, all things considered, the people had abundance of material to
talk about."
"What
about the ores you were talking about?" asked the Market street man.
"Geodes
and volcanic ores were found in Stewart and Dickson counties, by the early
settlers, as well as in Davidson, and at a point between McMinnville and
Murfreesboro'. Perhaps, also, such
things were to be found in almost every part of the State west of the Cumberland
Mountains. Ocean shells are found
both above and below the earth in various parts of Tennessee.
The large beds of marine shells at the depot called 'Shell mound,' on the
line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, and on the banks of the
Tennessee river, is familiar to all. Conch
shells and madripores have been found near Nashville, in the neighborhood of
Franklin and Columbia, and in Jackson county, in fact, almost everywhere.
"Were
they not brought here by the flood?" interrupted a member.
"Possibly.
But whether by the flood or by some great convulsion of nature, before or
since the deluge, is more than we know, or perhaps ever will know."
"Science
will unravel all such mysteries after a while," remarked a sanguine
gentleman present.
"Doubtful,"
said the other, "for there are mysteries in science and in nature that
mankind with all our boasted progress in knowledge, cannot comprehend.
Sir Isaac Newton, with all his philosophical and enlarged powers of mind,
failed to unravel the mysteries of magnetism, and we know not how to account for
the variations of the needle which are sometimes to the east and sometimes to
the west of the true meridian. So
with other matters, which we know no more about than we do of the man with the
iron mask in France."
IDDO.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 21, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Cherry Street Club—No. IV.
When the club assembled, after some commonplace remarks, a question was
asked of a gentleman who had resided in Paris, for three or four years, as to
the beauties of the public gardens in that city, to which he replied somewhat in
detail: [very detailed descriptions of Tuilleries and other gardens]
IDDO.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 23, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Recorder's Court.
. . . Timothy Garvin, for indulging in the barbarous
amusement of whipping his wife, was adjudged to pay $50 and costs.
It appeared from the evidence that he had been twice admonished of the
unlawfulness of the entertainment, but persevered notwithstanding.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Cherry Street Club—No. V.
[Summary: Tale
of the land called Calicut to the east, inhabited by the ten tribes of Israiel,
who had been counted lost]
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 26, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The
city has been remarkably quiet during the present week, very few soldiers
strolling the streets, and the cyprians keeping within doors. That which is ordinarily the most disorderly part of the city
is now the most quiet, business calling few to the spot, and the entire
neighborhood seems deserted.
NASHVILLE DISPATCH, September 27, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Cherry Street Club—No. VI.
[Summary: Description
of old-time Tennessee and Kentucky frontier weddings]