New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-06
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sc;sd With a nndence. veal snd devotion to the
city. which cannot be too highly conmeboeu, w;
inadequate TO keep dow the selfish ana upP, ';rg
ped spirit of Mammon, which 1,ln rio. ,,;dows and
from the mouths and nacks OF suffering wiz ,.h;n
.n,nbans the poor I,tfapce OF meat ana o" re 80,
wb;ch ,pss left n. N IA indemnity Tor months VI w
with their peedes, and the facTince o n" C"n5Od
s,r. and brothers in defense OF we suu'No', 49,
81, Th,orOh IN. efforts Of the Mayor, however,
,',sr res sdopted on Saturday, by winch most u
81, on If these DOOR and unprotected crc'ltois "
,Is government were fully secured by quaI'ermSS'
ter snd comnisssry stores.
"IIere was an entire week OF panic ana coniusoh'
S,r;,o " bich millions Of dollars worth OF properly
WIS los, to the Southern Conederacy, and ~aotoDly
des,royed al Of Which mi ght have been qrleily ana
safely req owed bad the Panlc-stcSen leaders peeh
able 10 maintain their eqanimliy IN tie lace OF
vague and unautbentic rumor that the enemy were
near at bsnd. Comment upon such management
rnnece,sary in these. coumnr-it can be heard ioud
and nnspafing om every month III the land.
Sunday morning email advance OF Gen. Bneiis
column arrived and took posfession OF tdsehcid,
snall town opposite Nashville. Nothing was zone
until Monday evening. when Gen. BGell arrived at
Fdy,GelJ and was immediately visited by commit.
tee from Nashville, fesded by Mayor Chtatham.
The hour for formal interview was liked ut III u M
Tuesday, before which time Gen. Melon arrived
with his column Transports accompanied by the
gunboat 81 Loaus.
citizens walled on Gen. Buell. and surrendered the
cy rec,jyirg assurances that the liberty and prop
~ of all CITIZENS would te sscredy respected.
| Lave spent good deal Of time o.dsy 10 con-
ver,inp with the citizens and found but little Union
sentiment Men asserted that they were not citizens
If the United States-didn Z want any protection
fr I'm the Government and in several cases even re-
fnsed 10 fell any goods 10 the soldiers or ohce's;
One man ,aii he was Union man, but never nad
dared SAY so Tor fear Of being hng another SAD the
onlv two nights sleep he had had IN weeks were
since The arrival Of the National army. Another
individual assured me with very naughty or, mat
there we're no Union men IN nashville except among
mechanics and laborers 10 gentlemen ne sdiu, were
anything but SecessloHls's, o' heoo'' Hh'" '"e
term any better
/ Gen. Grant and staff came up here to-day from
Clsrksyile and spent several hours IN looking
around the city. Among O. beers whom they calie
mon WA. Mrs Polk, tne widow Of james X. Polk,
Tnrnerly PRECEDENT of the ,cbos Unied States. Tie
residence Of the reict Of the late President is hand
some brick mansion, on a fine street, a. shows oy
her surroundings that She Il a woman OF taste.
large ward lies between the street and the hcus-
which is filled with clumps Of the trim and elegant
cedar. e,ately msgncas oil green az IN err
while here aui there dsiods ana othor plants nave
pu.hed forth their lesyes end flowers with all me
richness and beauty OF Northern midsummer. In
one corner, surrounded by embems,c evergreens, I"
a tasteful, costly tomb, beneath which sleeps the
once powerful chief Of united nation. .o
Mrs Polk is a well-prcssrved lady OF perhaps d.
wears Of age. She received her visitors courieonsy,
but with polished coldness that Indicated sum
gently in which direction her sympathies ran--sbe
was simply role and lady like; E no Gaze patriotic
While che dscreetly forebore to give utteranoe to
sny expression II sympathy for the South size US
rgidly avoided saying anything that might he con-
strued into wish for the success on the Govern
ment She hoped, che raid, that the tomb OF her
husband would protect her household from insult,
and her property from psge; further than TIL. che
expected nothing from the United States and de-
sired nothing.
Soon after this her vi.itors left, satshed that
Eobrau was Joined 10 bis IDOLS and might as we'll
he let alone" Ar the widow il OF more than
ordi, ary intelligence and owes the ample fortune
Which smoo;hs the decviiy Of her old age TO the
Government it is somewhat strange that sho should
be at so bhodly ignorant OF the true character
OF the present war, and 20 uugfa'ciul
The ladies Of Naslville-that is the lew OF them
who have moi struck for the warmer and less Yam.
kee haunted PORTIONS Of Di1ieare OF course. az fnll
of treason az they ore IN cccasIoDal cares OF lowell
ness have seen only two cases u women who are
oval and both Of these are among what might be
called the CLOVER walks Of social life. One Of
these ,yss bare armed bareheaded female that 10.
sucd from shanty on the bluff a. We passed along
the front Of the ci:v, and commenced waving Der
hand- wildly up and down, ri the ssme time tcfeTn
violently on her toes. ike some devo,ee before the
altar of an Aztec idol. She continued ttis demon
strstive hut original welcome I'LL couple OF otneF
fe,n,es iaued from the shaniy, and lorcibly
carried her -doors. IL may lie suspected that her
joysl recognition sprapg rather from whisky than
u ratriUtsm--A snspltlon thht NY o"p nun" 20 ~,
l. altogether free from, as have carefully reflected
= upon tbs singular ana a'uos' i7o''ou oe VI ''
The other case was also that of an Irish lady, and
seemed more the result OF genuine loyalty IMAM OF
d s,imulan.s. As Gen. Grant and stan Were riding
through the ci,y, woman rushed out from house
and throwing up her hands in the stye adop'ed by
= cruel patents when they say, Bless YOU my emil
. drea" in fifteenesnt novels, exclaimed, God biess
1 We gintlemen, Success 60 wild We hrrah, Git IN
q H. don Ee lg ~
me - The last remark, ! may say, was ncconpa-
s MED by resembling slap and was addressed TO a
. d ryfaced gOssoon that thrust bis unkeinp, mead
beyond tho doorway, and not, "a may lie rurinscd,
to The lllinoi-ihn bero. The youth set mp one oi
those vigorous howl. peculiar 10 offended juven-
,li,v and amid chorus II ,laps, Blessing, aud the
roars OF the suffering infant, The General turned u
corner 2uG dlsappehIe0
A little further and the party passed slowly by
costly carriage, out OF one Of whose windows was
thrust the head Of an elegant -dressed lady She
WAS giving some directions 10 The lvefied darkey
, that held Tho reins; bnt looking up the party
p0esed she caught sigh, Of the Union uDhorns.
With baugh ss if she had swallowed a load,
she spat toward the ground and with a contemp,u-
our and EXPIRE ssve gfimace OF disgust upon her feat
ures dr.w in her head, and threw herself back IN
her carriage Quite possibly such movements
the very hight OF Southern neutrality-suspicious. North
in the land of Yankees ana wooden clocks, woman
who would pcrpeti ate an act OF the hlnd, under
similar circumstances, would be regarded-weil, 10
use convenient every day expression, rs "po bet
ter than she should be "a somebody closely AKIN TO.
If not the identical scarlet lenIiue spoken II IN
Revelations. -
! Occasionally met other specimens Of Nashville
Indies who 10 many csses supposing to be sol
oier from the possession OF blue oTcicot, described
upon meeting !. wide sepicircle Of ayodance, swing
inr ~ they did 50, their abundant skirts, wiih n
60 tomptuous hirt far out, ~ II ibe very touch Of
blue coat wonld be contamination. And then The