The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-04-19
From N, atlanta (Ga) Commonwealth
EXrkACrB--LErrER PROM NASHVILLE


NAsnyILls, March 10. 1862.
/ Nh Bsar ffsad Since you len hers thing
have changed to a very ercs, extent. The Nash
vile of tod day Is not the Nashville OF few
months since Fully twoihirds Of our best pos
uls..on have gone. aad are nov scattered oyeriaf
cotton States Their placs. are pllod b the VET
; dregs OF society from Northern cities. There al
Thousands of merchants and drummcrs hcfs iron
New York, Philadelphia. aud Cincinnati an
new business house. are being opened here ever
day by Nor,bcra men There are number.
steamboats, arriving each day from pittsbgfE, Ga
cinnsti, Louisville. and -. Louis. The car o.
now running regularly from Louisville 20 Edge
field Gen. Buell. is still IA command heTe. ii't
headquarters are at the Hermitage. twelve mile
from the city, on the Lebanon turnpike H.
force Is al least sixfs thousand men Gcnciafs
Thomas and schoep, are at Lebanon. th,rty miles
northeast Of here, With q 900 men. Thus so.
will see there rs 900 fSderai- IN the vicinity
Of Nashville, and the cry Is still they come. Al
tho horses aud mules aud many Of THE able hol
led negroes In the counties adjoining Dayld-Ug
have been pressed into the Federal service and
are working like beavers on the Civilizations
around the city which are Of the most formidable
character. The heaviest fortihcail0rs are ca,
and south Of the city. The enemy have posse.
sion OF the tovns Of Lebanon. MgTrecsboro' -
vergn, franklin. Shelbyviile. Columbia. CeutrJ
vile. and Charlotte. which towns are east south
and southeast from the city, and embracing q -
dius Of forty miles They are constructing ih
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. as the! pt3
coed south.
ANDY johnson. the Provisional Governor. DO
here, and together with Emerson l.ihridge snd
Horace Maynard. h hu-ily engaged in forming
Provisional Government for the state Aai. Mm
II Polk Of Many is also here working check by
Iow with johnson aud the leading Federal Of
cen. ion may he assured that OUT enpuc- ~
the state are conducting the campaign with im
mense yigor. Their policy toward the people %
conciliatofy, And they are using all the afts tnd
dupiciiy OF which they are ma-ters 30 Induce
the planters to bring In their coiton for who.
they offer twenty cents IN gold bat up 10 this
time, not single bale has found IT, way % tn,
market. am informed that 10000 hale- Of cot
ton have been burned In the counties u Williams
town, daory and Rutherford alone. Gen. Pillow
oyor,ccr burned COO bales Of cotton before leas
Jag bis Nsury county plantation.
Captain Morgan. with his troops u cavalry
annoys the enemy terribly in the eighborhood o
Mutircerboro. ~coiis Louisiana cavalry and
Forrest Tennessee cavalry age doaiiAg death
and destruction o. the enemy IN the Dock rive.
eoantry. The cnemys ln>sos ia their ysTioU,
-krmishes. since the taking possession OF tbs
place, have teen not less than one thousand. 10
killed. wounded and missing
The Feierals are sorcly disappointed at the re
cepion they meet from Cur people. We keep
spai from them and have no communication
with them whatever. The country people refu-~
most bare. Aside from the miserable and money
making population. with which every state j. ul
happily afflicted, our people are sound 10 the cor,
We arr hopeful and buoyan,, aud will walt patient
ly, and pray feryeu,y fog the good IA coming
Our vumen-God bless them are all Ia favof
Of the south, An ineiden, occurred here the 9th
er day, which j. worthy Of MENTION Several FED
eral regiments wcrc passing through the city TO-
some point east. In passing by the elegant rc-
dencc ~ Dr. Rolling, a fedcrnl oaicef asked
lady who stood IN porch
Whose residence Is this madam r.
DR. BuiuEs
Where Is Ut Hnilingf
" he l. IN the Confederate Army
H. 20 you ate the wife Of q rcbol'
" Yes sir. am, aud glory In IL. And [caiipE
her little daughter O. the door who heii a Jor
lcderate Tag in her hsndl here b. the child u
rebel aad here h the proud emblem oi rebellion
which eau be seen IN every room 10 this house
The crcst-falie; vandal ruiting spurs to d..
horse, replied, " ] viii see y0u again madam
This is the spirit which aniuAies our women
Our spring and summer campaign will be TIE
Glo-i desperate struggle Of the war They evinc,
a determination 10 take Memphis and NeN Ca
leans. They have promised 90 let England hat.
cotton by the first %; MAY and they w,lI -traiu
every nerve TO keep Ii. Their policy &. t. out
number u on every battlefield. aud % take ever
unfair advantage, aud assert thai thcy vii have
100000 NOR In the Valley Of the Mississippi b.,
next May.
The army here under Bueil l. intended 30 ope
rate against Fast Tennessee. North Alabama an.
North Georgia, ia cooperation with heavy Fed
eal force IN Eastern Kentucky. knaxv.li,
Huntsville, snd your city az, considered th-
three strategic points In the territory mentioned
hope your thriving city will not suffer IN, fats
OF Nashville bat 10 he fprewarned IL 80 be for,
armed Two months ago we rested In The same
iancled security as you now seem 10 do. II day
We are writing IN The chains Of q acap1i.