The national Republican., 1861-10-18
LATE and lNesRnNf ygOM NASHVILLE,
M M TENNEss N. NJ
ANOTHER nEFvoEE FRon rENNsssEE.

IeHerday, nj. Y. Y. DE Gfove, lao Revenue
Of Nashville, Tenn, together with
two or three other gentlemen from the same
city called upon us to reveal the present state
Of affairs at Nashville. Mr. De Grovewas born
and reared In Nashville, and was elected to the
ofioe Of Revenue Collector Of Davidson county,
at the last county election, over several compeH-
tors, simply because Of his personal popularity.
Being Union man, he declined to take part
with the seeesionists, and therefore became the
object Of persecution. After various sittings,
the " Committee of Safety y issued an edict for
bis banishment but the Secretary of the Com
mittee, being gentleman, could not 90 far for
get his instincts as to serve the psper.of ban
i-bment But the Union Collector, weary Of
an existence at the mercy Of outlaws, arranged
bis business as well as he could, gathered to-
gether his family Of four little girls, and taking
bis wife upon his arm, who also was born in
Nashville, shook the dust Of the city of his
feet, and departed.
MILITARY IMPORTANCE OF NASHVILLE.
Concentration of Railroads. The military i'm
portance Of Nashville Is greater than any
other Southern point. The whole network Of
Southern railroads centre there, and, within a
short time, they have go arranged their rail-
road matters as that the entire rolling stock Of
all the Roads can be used upon any one Of
them, so that II, by the casualties Of war, they
lose one road, they can use another, while all
their engines and cars can be, at short notice,
put into requisition for the transportation Of
| troops, or the munitions of war. Troops can
now go from the army at Manassas Junction to
Nashville, or to any other important Southern
point, without stopping or changing cars.
MANUFACTURE OF ARMY GOODS.
The war has given great impetus to manu-.
factures In Nashville, almost everything neces.
sary for army purposes being manufactured
there in large quantities.
Clothing and Army Tents ALI the Northern
sewing machine men had agents in Nashville
but the war effectually cut off their sales, 30
the agents hie ed large number Of men and
women, and employed oil their machiDes in
manufacturing clothing and tents for the army,
They are all doing large business. The
principal tailors Of the city are also engaged
in making clothes for the army, 80 that the
main supply Of clothes and tents is now oh.
tained at Nashville.
Shoes.-Large quantities Of leather and can
vass shoes are manufactured.
Leatter.-Previous to, and in anticipation o
the war; immense quantities Of leather wa
brought to Nashville, from Kentucky, Texa
and Missouri. One leather dealer alone
bought $4,000 worth Of leather, which is nov
being worked up. Canvass shoes having beer
discovered on the feet of some Union prison
ers, the new idea soon spread over the South
ern country, and they are now made in large
quantities, especially in Nashville.
SsddQes, Harness and Cartridge Boaes- I'm
mense quantities of these articles are also
manufactured. Two or three large shops ore
filled with men, engaged In this work many
of the persons thus employed, never before
sewed q stitch; but the want of employment
and their own necessities compelled them tt
undertake the business.
creek, some fifteen miles from Nashville, II
successfully employed in manufacturing pow
der. a.
Percussion Caps are made 10 the city at th
rate of 100000 per day. Two Germans hav'
been killed by the explosion Of the fulmina
ting powder. 90. .. ..
Rifles and Muskets are manufactured on
large scale, and there is also an immense es
tablishment for making Bowie knives an,
swords.
Odnnon Shot and SheQ.-About one hundre,
men are constantly, night and day, engaged i
making these implements Of war.
There is also drum and fife factory, doin
good business.
Prouisions-There are now in the ware
houses OF Nashville, meat and -four enough
feed the Tennessee troops for twelve month,
Immense quantities Of provisions were bough
before the rebellion commenced, and hav
been kept there. There is one store, 800 fee
long, by about 20 feet wide, and FIVE storie
3 high, filed from the bottom TO the top wit
bacon, and all the Wholesale grocers are vel
supplied with provisio Of all kinds.
D The Offences Of Nashville. Three weeks age
there were no forts, and no soldiers at Mash
|. vile. At Dover, on the Cumberland river
, there is battery, and at Fort Henry, on tn
3 Tennessee river, there is another, together wit
force of 1000 men, and these forts are
, arranged, that If one should be taken, the me
> can fly TO the other without impediment.
Zollicoffer's invasion Of Kentucky was deem
ed an act Of military necessity. There wer
large quantities of pork unsaltsd in Nashville
and iu other parts OF Tennessee, which woul
, be entirely lost, unless salt could be procure'
Zollicoffer, therefore, invaded Kentucky, an
; went to the saline works In Clay county, too
all the salt be wanted, put 1t into wagons, an
} sent it to Nashville, and thus saved their baco
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