The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-19
From Nashville.

We make the following lively extracts from d
recent letter from Nashville to the New York
World:
Geo. N. Sanders is still on the wing. gave
you the fact and form of his flight 1t remains
to be told that George absolutely walked all the
way to Columbus, q distance of forty miles,
There he made for the house of the Hon. -
personal friend, who expressed bis anazemen,
at the sight or the fugitive, whom he as little
expected as President Lincoln.
g Is anybody running about here ?'exclaimed
George.
Ills friend, beginning to discern his meaning,
asked for AL explanation.
8 Great Heavens! dor. t mention it - reiou-
ed George, pointing energetically over his
shoulder toward Nashville.
Georges family is now at the hon. friend
house In Columbia, Tenn, but his face is still
moving toward the Gulf
Another tolerable story is told ofGeor ue hero
He was one of the inhuentials who created the
panic as well as headed the stampede. Among
other valuable articles that he teared would fall
into the hands of the tede.als was whisky. And
so he went about insisting that the wine cellars
should be opened to the public. rather than
their contents should tickle the throats Of the
Yankees. 1t is unnecessary to add that George
had a" high old time in outings some of said
contents beyond the reach Of the :. invaders"
At the anecdotes again. Let ME entertai,
you further; for, to say the truth. no STYLE of
composition will SO well illustrate the scenes
hercahout on and about what is called the
celebrated Sunday by which is meant the Sun
day OF the Donelson surrender, than the nara
ton CT it's anecdotes and Incidents.
Andrew 5. Polk was the captain of cavalry
company, and is also man of immense wealth
in lands and negroes. On the Wednesday after
the " celebrated Sunday" he was seen BY his
cousin W. II. Polk, ut greater distance from
his company of cavalry than from his houses
and LANDS.
W. Il; P.-Why, Andrew, what in the world
are you doing here?
A. J. P.-Well, Bill, the fact is, I'm on nv
way to my plantation
w. II. P.--But what has become of the war
thought you were captain of u company
A. d. P-Damn the war ! I've got mn
" rights in the territories" now, and if anybody
wants my company they can have it,
The worshipping assemblies of the " ceebra.
ted Sunday" acted no " second business mart
OF lis serio comic drama. Every congregation
In the city, with the single exception of a Ro-
man Catholic, dispersed in fright A Metho-
dist minister had previously announced for that
"A. A. the theme Of % Cowardice " When
what Was the CONSERVATION Of his congregation
to be told from the sacred desk, Immediately
upon their assembling that - Lincolns gun.
boats were coming up the river, and that thew
had only three hours in which to escape By
the way. the Methodist preachers OF this CITY
are said to have exercised their lungs to anna
purpose In the interests Of secession suppllca
ting Doth God and man in tho most trenzieo
and industrious fashion to the assistance of the
confederacy. Only yesterday one of them
prayed Tor and and comior, in this hour of d.
saster and discontinue. With astounding i'm.
pudence of familiarity with the authorities, he
insisted to the Nest High that this revolution
was ms work, and He knew it, and He was
bound. therefore, to see it through The pulpits
generally are silent on the goose. )" the Ep,sco.
palians emitting their prayer Tor President and
Congress