The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-20
IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE.

ARRIVAL IN WASHINGTON OF A REFuGEE FROM NASH
vILLE--MILITARY IMPORTANCE OF NASHVILLE TO
THE REBEL TRooPs-ExTENsIvE MANUFACTURE OF
ARMY GOODS, SUPPLIES AND AMMUNITIoN-DE-
FENCES OF NASHVILLE. ETC.
From the Washington Republican, Oct. 1871
Yesterday Mr.. O. C. DeGrove, late collector at
Nashville Tenn together with three other gentle
men from the city called upon to reveal the pre-
sent state OF affairs Nashville Mr. DcGrove was born
and reared in Nashville, elected o the office of
Revenue Collector of Davidson county at e last county
election several competitors, simply because Of his
personal popularity Being Union man, he declined to
take part with the secessionsts and therefore became
the object of persecution. After various stngs, the
Committee of Safety issued edict for his Danish
mcnt bat the Secretary Of the Committee being gentle
could not far forget his instincts serve the
paper of Punishment But the Union collector weary OF
existence at the mercy Of outlaws arranged his bust
well as he could gathered together his family of
four little girls, and, taking his wife upon his arm, who
also was born in Nashville, shook the dust Of the city off
his feet and departed.
The military Importance Of Nashville is greater than
any other Southern ront The whole network OF South
railroads centre there and within short time they
have arranged their railroad matters that the entire
rolling stock Of all the roads be used upon any of
them that If by the casualties Of they lose
road they another while all their engines and
can be- at short notice. put into requiston for the
transportation of troops or the munitions Troops
go from the army at Manassas Junction to Nash
vle or to any other important Southern point without
stopping changing
The has given great impetus to manufactures in
Nashville almost everything necessary for army pur
poses being manufactured there in large quantities.
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Nashville but the war eflectuay cut off their saesso
the agents hired large lumber Of and women and
employed all their machines in manufacturing clothing
and tents for the army They all doing large bust
The principal tailors Of the city also engaged
in making clothes for the army that the main supply
Of clothes and tents is now obtained at Nashville.
Large quantities OF leather and canvass shoes arc
manufactured.
Previous to and in anticipation of the war immense
quantities Of leather was brought 70 Nashville from Ken
lucky, Texas and Missouri. One leather dealer alone
bought $4,000 worth Of leather which is now being
worked up. Canvass shoes having been discovered
the feet Of Union prisoners, the new idea soon
spread over the Southern country, and they are
made in large quantities, especially in Nashville.
Immense quantities Of saddles harness and cartridge
filed with men engaged with this work. many of the
persons thus employed before sewed stitch but
the want Of employment and their necessities CON-
PEELED them 10 undertake the business
powder mill on Sycamore creek, some fifteen miles
from Nashville is successfully employed in manufactur
ing powder
Percussion caps arc made in the city at the rate Of
$50 600 per day. Two Germans have boon killed by the
explosion Of the Illuminating powder.
Rifles and muskets are manufactured on large SCALE
and there is also an immense establishment for making
bowie knives and swords.
About one hundred men are constantly night and day
engaged in tho manufacture Of cannon shot and SHE'LL
There s also drum and fife factory doing good bust
There are now in the warehouses OF Nashville meat and
flour enough to feed the Tennessee troops year I'm
quantities Of provisions bought before the rc-
bclion commenced and have beea kept there There is
one STORE three hundred ee long, by about seventy feet
wde and five stories high, filled from the bottom TO the
top with bacon and all the wholesale grocers are well
supplied with provisions Of all kinds.
Three weeks ago. there forts and no soiers
Nashville. AT Dover, on the Cumberland river there ia
battery, and at Fort Henry, the Tennessee river,
there another together with force Of thousand
men, and these forts are so arranged that If should
be taken the men can fly TO the other without mpedi
ment
Zolcofer's invasion Of Kentucky deemed act OF
military necessity There large quantities H pork
unsalted in Nashville and in other parts of Tennessee
which would be entirely lost unless salt could be pro-
cured. Zolliconcr, therefore, invaded Kentucky and
went to the saline works Clay county took all the salt
he wanted, put II into wagons and sent 1t to Nashville
and thus saved their bacon.