Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-14
Esst Tennessee acknowledgements
ton of Frefght8.
Special to the New Orleans Crescent.

Special to the New Orleans Crescent
RICHMOND Sept. 4, 1861.
The Government, this morning, ordered
the military possession of the East Tennes-
see Railroad. The iuatten,ion and gross
negligence of the superintendent and en-
pioyees have resulted in the accumulation of
near four thousand tons of Government
freight between Chsttanooga and Bristol, in-z
Guiding hospital stores for the sick and con-
tribuiiOnS to our soldiers. In taking posses
siOa of the rolling stok on the road, instruc.
lions have been sent out to-day to pass into
the service of the Confederate States all the
engines which reach Chattanooga from Ten
nessee, Georgia and Alabama. The wisdom
of ibis measure will be acknowledged by ali,
and notwithstanding the personal iHcouveni-
ence to which many will b. subjected, every
patriotic citiz IN will submit with pleasure.
Included in this vast accumulation Of Gov
eminent freight, may be mentioned sugar,
coffee. rice and blankets, medicine and hos
pital stores The army il suffering greatly
for the last-named articles. Many of the
regimental surgeons have access to a less va =
riety of medicines than the medical bags of
q country doctor at the close of the season
would exhibit. la four or five days, all the
freight on the East Tennessee road will be
landed at its place of destination, aud the
travel on the road will be free and uuinter-
rup ed. For the future. no superintendent
q
within or pleasure. for Government freight.
An agent of the Government will be always
present to guard against a recurrence of this
shameful abuse. 1t is to be regretted that
the proper authorities neglected this measure
so long. as it was we'll known that the entire
population, about and contiguous to the
road, was moreOr less disafiected towards the
Contederacy.
Mr.. A. B. Cammack, of New Orleans. who
hos hao trtb
conf motion with Quartermaster, in pur-
chasing SIS horsrs and mules in Tennessee
and the borders of Kentucky, has been
obliged, in order to avoid detention on the
East Tennessee Railroad, which would be IA
tai to half of the stock purchased, and rem
der the residue unfit for service for months,
to have them driven to Arlington, Virginia,
in order to avoid the railroad traversing East
Tennessee. Johnston's aud Beauregard's
command have been prevented. no doubt by
want OF this identical stock, from forward
movement weeks ago. The power to iniure
and perhaps endanger the Government should
not be longer committed to irresponsible aud
may be reasonable agents The step taken
this morning looks like business, and will
bring health, JOY and comfort to many
poor fellow now suffering for want OF those
indispensable articles. piled up al Knoxville
or other points. The punctuality and dis
patch of Adams Express Company, which
was an agreeable although expensive conVe-
nience in former times, has become a
slow coach. Hundreds of packages, which
have been expressed at high rates. are now
in company with Government freight detain-
ed on the road, and if any one supposes that
a package from New Orleans will reach here
in less than six days, and often not in eight
days, they labor under u mental hallucina-
ton of the most preposterOus character.
Packages of great Importance to the parties
to whom addressed in Richmond and express
ed separately on the 18th. 30th and 3lst Ju-
ly, did not reach here until the Sth of Au-
gust. and all came together, and this delay
is not attributable to negligence of the Ex-
press agents, but have been systematically
brought about by some designing Federalist
between Chattanooga and Bristol. The pos
session of the road by the Confederated Gov
eminent should be heartily responded to by
the citizens OF New Orleans, for none are
more interested 10 regular observance of
the time table and the departure and arrival
OF the cars.