Le Battaile Des Mouchoirs.
--The following order on the handkerchief question has been issued by the Yankee commander at Nashville:Headquarters United States Forces,
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 11, 1863.
General Order No. 32.
- I. It having been reported to these headquarters that citizens residing on High street waived their handkerchiefs, saluted and cheered a party of rebel prisoners, as they were being marched through that street, such persons are advised that a repetition of this exhibition of disloyalty on their part will lay them liable to grave charges and imprisonment.
- II. Besides the exhibition of disloyalty, such acts subject the parties to insult and violence from the loyal portion of the community, and are therefore calculated to disturb the public peace.
This is the last order of the sublime Governors of the capital of Tennessee. For the mere waive of a handkerchief, as a last taken of recognition to their departed relatives and friends, delicate women are threatened with imprisonment!
