Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-31

A dENI1sEAAN JUST AkklVED-A :. Do-
Gfove,Iate Revenue Collector of Nashville
Tenn. furnishes the following facts to tie
Washington correspendent Of the New York
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In Nashville the Southern intolerants have
organized and put in operation society
which is miscalied 1.-The Committee of Safe
~ y III is the business of these N m 70 spy
out and denounce every man or woman sns-
% cted of Union pFocliviiies, whereUpo1 fol-
lows an edict of Punishment Ii the sta Ce
ments Il haze recently heard are reliable, and
of that L hav no doubt. then we may safely
say that Nashville. hitherto occupying a po-
zsiIion of only minor impsrtaace. bids fair to-
become one OF thu greatest. if. not the great
est, COMMERCIAL and manufacturing empo-
riums of In South. from which the wars of
the Confederate armies are to b.. sipptied d.
Already the nucleusof a vast military deao1
has been formed there. They are we'll sup,
pii.d with materials AMI manuf ictnr 'rs of
tents and army ciotsins o. every description.
For their good luck in his Inc they are ia
4. btsffsin a meisarel To- the Nor u All The
Norshern Swing, machine companies have
Hagenss in sNa-hVife. bat STAGE the breaking
cut of the VAR these gentlemen have
not fnu nd business transacted under UDion
seeu tiles very profitable, and 90 'hey
/ offered their services 10 the Confederate
Government aud took cut contracts
t, Manufacture clothing for the army.
They are doing q most extensive and
successful business. All the tailcrs 10 the
city are likewise engaged in making clothing
for the army. So tn It Nashville is the grand
ready-made military clothing store, from
whence oil classes of Southern purchasers
are supplied.
& The leather dealers aud shoe manufactur
ers of Nashville are also doing big business
no Loaf hop 6aal al in,
the way of speculation just before the war
| broke out They bought up immense guam
titles of leather in Missouri, kentucky, and
Texas And just about this time they find
themselves on the right side of the fence. -
Large quantities of canvas shoes are also
| manufactured. There are two large mnnu-
factori-s which turn ont Immense quantities
OF saddles, harness, and cartridge boxes.
Many Of the employees in this and other
shops are new to the work; but war is a lev
eler. and necessity compels many who never
did turn before to earn their bread by the
sweat of their brows- .-,r.r
As to munitions Of war; the resources Q:
Nashville, in this particular, are very supe-
rior.
There is powder mill on Sycamore Creek,
| fifteen miles from Nashville, now in success
! fIl operation Also a mandatory in the
| city for percussion caps, where they are made
! at the rate of two tn usand ive hundred per
day. e 1ss and muekets are also manufao-
turtd. and there is large establishment fur
| max ng bowie knives and swords.
| One hundred men are employed day and
night at the mandatory fer cannon, shot
| and she'll.
! They are beginning TO fortfy the place
| At Dover. on the Cumberland river. there is
| a battery fully arm d and manned; and a.
| Fort Henry. on the Tennessee river, there is
| another. and free of two thousand men, so
arranged that. if rither OF the forts are assault
led or rendered untenable. they can immedi-
ately. on the word OF command being given.
promptly shift from one fort To the other.
/ 3 As there is a general impression among
our people Of the great scarcity of provis
ions at the South, we will give few details
in this conn, ctiou which our informant
vouches for. There are enough provisions
meat and fiour--now stored in the warehouses
] of Nashville to feed the Confederate troops OF
! l. uisiana fer at least twelve moutkE--the
! provision dealers having inv, STD largely III
this line just prior to the breaking "ur o b.
rebellion With an eye 10 The present state "a
! hugs THERE'S ope provision sinr- in Nssh
! vile three hundred feet long and seventy
wide, five stories in helah. AMI hi.
mammoth pork house is packed trum top t.
bottom with bacon. There is no scarcity
| among wholesale provision mercnauts.
There is one other very important fact ii,
connection with these NASHVILLE Stats les
which is well worthy of consideration. TIE
railroad interests of the south having b.
| come subservient to those of the Confederate
| Gov, rnmenf, all the energies of those most
| int crested have been b-nt to the task OF
system .Iizing. consolidating, and Central
! iZing she affiirs and op rations of al .be
| railroad companies throughout the South, 90
] that some one point should be the nucleus,
the heart of all these various interests 81
| c,uc 'iltr.ted, SO that The aggregate capital
| Of the roads may b. used >ep rtteiY or as +
/ whole, fer any puTpose that me G1gErnp mt
my Rdicate; and all the uuited rolling
stock OF ties roads can, IT any time. be cpu-
cen rat d on any one ~ them which IL IL
! Gnosr desirable il should be used fir G.vrrn
meDt Purposes, or in thc event IF The 9th
erS beng rendered useless by any of the &C.
! eide t. 'f the war. AMI the property of the
/ various ruads-cars aud engins Scan at an =
| time be thrown upon any particular road
! where additional accoI modaiions are needed
fr-uransp0riing trOaps. To such perfection
| nave they c,rri d this system, that any num-
/ OF Confederate troops can be transported
! from Manassas to any Southern point, over
any one OF the railroads without stopping OF
| changing cars.
TIL Sc details of the present etate of aft ,irs
in Nashville, being obtained from an old res
! ident of that place. and thorough bushes,
| man. who is accustomed TO give his attentiC z
20 the matters herein discuss. ID, are particu.
larry useful in giving Us some idea of the re-
sources of the South. Nash vile is evidently
! right arm of the Southern Confectionery
| How many hopes for the coming winter cen.
| ter upon those vast stores accumulated in its
warehouses. The loss Of Nashville would bt
paralyzing blow, in a most vital point, tc
the Southern Conftderacy. 1t naturally oc
ours that we should recognize the growing
| importance of Nashville, and in some way
make the fact subservient to Union inter
eSts.
/ Edwin Booth In London.