New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-27

wounded or dead men. Inc 1nnaolahts nau h,''
Some of our soldiers were sacking it, contrary to ex-
press orders. saw plates, knives and forks, end
articles of fine female wearing apparel on the floor
bloody rags wero everywhere, and often pieces Of
raw human 1esh cut away by the surgeons, and yon
could not open door without hearing grosns. No
matter how grand OF how low, how retired or how
public the house might be, it was all the came.
Thunder ard lightning, cholera or other pesticnoe'
or the most awful earthquake could not have
caused such scene OF horror.
On every hand were the evidences OF poverty.
Their two.wbeeled smbulances were carts covered
with white cotton cloth, and in every branch III
which our army is supplied with permanent and
scientific fixtures, theirs are supplied with temporary
and barely sufficient ones. We have overrated their
powers.
The letters found On their dead soldiers turn our
idea. into another channel. They are from fathers
sisters, and wiyes-mostly from the latter The wife
writes about home she sends cakes, pies, and cloth
ing; almost every one 70 many twists Of tobacco
one sends apples-the largest one is from the "ne'
the next in .ne from the Oldest child and 20 OH TO
the youngest one. Some tell how The work goes Oh
that 10 and Tom slayes arc drawing rails, or grub
bing but il has raned 20 much they could do itlie'
They have rot 40 many pounds ofsugar from Memphis
or they are using rye instead Of coffee, and they IKE
il ius, az well. One wants shoes for Andy AMI she
.ende the measure. have il before lie now. ANS
for Andy's shoes aud the pair he sen' her II her,
and she thanks him for them. One wants her nus
band TO take care Of his health and 10 keep himsei
well supplied with good, warm socks. They reaie
the news Of neighbcrboOds aud there some scan'
dalous stories Such WRITERS dare say lead laugh
ing lives. They seldom speak Of the war or It's
cause; they seem wholly taken mp with domestic
cares. Several mention danger in connection with
Cumberland Jap, and that troops are hurried thiihor
father writing TO hs speaks Of the Union men
as "cowaIdly scamps" Every wife shows that she
loves her husband; she prays for him; but all fear
all are in Distress, and lie awake nights thinking OF
them. A fear Of something dreadful as likely to
happen runs through all their letters whether written
by men or women. They are plsinly written; the
spelling is not often good but there 10 no nistakiog
The fac, that they are warm with affection -that
they have human feelipSs.
"show tia, you have human feeling,
Ere you proudly question ours"
exolsims the African captive. They have shown it.
These letters are addressed to those now dead.
Fifteen thousand other men, 10 whom similar letters
have been addressed, are carried away captive. IL
NAV be long before their families will learn whether
those they love 80 well prisoneu in cold,
Northern climc or whether they lie in the cold I'M
distinguished grave. Many viii die before peace re-
Turns. Wha, agonizing hearts what hopes long de-
layed will be found through tho length and breadth
Of Middle Tennessee o Heavens! these are they
who have separated families without sigh-who
have sold children of them Of their own blood,
to 90 to the plains Of Texas, fathers 10 the rice
swamps Of the Carolinas, and mothen TO the cotton
fields of Mississippi ard Alabama.
Shortly after Buclanan was elected, and Fremont
was defeated there was al alleged insuueeiion
among the slaves in the Tennessee Iron Works.
These iron works are around this very Dover is
not known how many slaves were hung, but u 10
known, and well known, that many tho were limo
cent were hung, and that some shot without In
voe,igstion or trial. Has their blood crying 70
heaven tho last FIVE year., and have tho silent,
agonizing prayer, Of parents torn from their children,
and husbands from their wives for ten times AZ
many years, a, lac, been heardl
would Dot FOR my life say one word which should
lead the reader 10 think that exult fallen foe.