Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-05

NASHVILLE. November %
This city. once 80 famous Tor its beauty and IT,
business. preSents nov = sd picture OF aes0la-
ION. aud. IL l. does not illustrate Whist might be
The lite OF southern cities out Of the Union, IL
does show that getting out y a r,uah road 10
travel. Houses, begun when people acknowl
ci-e1 allegiance TO the United States. are vet
unfinished. while. IN bat one or two unimporiant
instances. are 20 be found evidences of late i'm
pr0vements. Not the stores and shops only, but
everything shows the ravaces of war, and moth
Ing more impre~siyely % this ind vidull than the
hotels. Southern hotels never compared favora.
bly, with the same class in the North, but now
when tea earnOt be had at any price. and coffee
80 only large figures. and every article of food j.
scarce. and servants taking TO themselves leesaad
fieelng away, they are below their average stand
ard The II Cloud = the upper ten institution
ia that line. but il chrrges tour dollars day. be
sides Il i so toll al the time that ordinary men
hnd poor chance there On arrival here at
ten at night. applied first 40 the Commercal
once house Of first class pretensi0ns but now
sadly out of repair dirty and dingy. with broken
furniture and ragged carpets aud bedding re
tanning only the charges OF is former self a an
evidence OF what II was. but was informed that il
Was full BY this time il WIS getting towards that
hour beyond winch setting up i unconstitutional
a my baggage Wis AT the Commercial, as
sured the landlord that | would take the al
vantage OF the stay law. now and sleep on
the floor in my own blanket He surrendered,
AMI | retired. Watching my chance, | have
gained the privilege ct sleeping on "A lounge in a
room where two Others are To sleep; 30 YOU see
have not yet complete victory nor undlsputed
possession of the bed room
Rosecrans entire army is in this vicinity. ex
cept those detailed along the railroad hence to
Louisville as guards, aud twelve or thirteen pay
ma
dollars. yet this pays only to the 3lst OF August.
leaving already three months due the men, with
The prospect OF no further payments until after
the lst oi January. A want OF monev Is the diff
, Guilty. Ii Is needless to grumbe about the mat
ter | suppose
There are some items of war news obtainable
~ headquarters. which it will not do To publish,
lest the editor OF the Sentinel and probably this
/ ndividual, should ne threatened with an arrest
all OF which, AMI particularly the latter, | am de
cidediy opposed tn, upon principle. | may say,
however, without much risk, that the operations
hereabouts have. chiefly at present. an eye to
supplies. The railroad has been navigabe only
"a lew DAYS, and It's utmost capacity Is not snffi
cient to meet the demands. The naughty secesh
own the river above town, and they will not let
coal come down; aud that article in particular j.
becoming The citizens feel this chiefly
as the soldiers use rails. and such like But a
/ iofdpib- eApeultloh i Srdilu aIidlr mere mere
are no rebel regiments in the immediate vicinity,
bnt the ubiquitous Morgan l. hart by. and if any
thing less than "A brigade goes out with the teams
somebody gets hurt. And every day nearly
some ent erprising iorager, venturng beyond the
foraging lines tor a little mutton or other deli
cacy on private account. fails To return time
Sometimes he gets back in day or two. minus
everything but parol; but sometimes he il
done Tor IN such way a To preclude any further
lncurs'On into the enemys lines.
a council OF war was held few days ago
consisting OF most of the staff officers of the
army, and IA plan OF the campaign was agreed
upon concerning guerrillas especially, which
when developed. will make It's mark | am posi-
lively forbidden to give publicity to 1t, vet at the
risk of your going TO Fort Lafayette. | will say
that those who know how ten RoSecrans cured
the guerrilla disease in Western Virginia yea
ago, can guess near enough
The army Is waiting for its winter outfit o
clothing, tents &c., and will be ready TO move
forward in week or ten DAYS Some thousand,
of pack mules are being bought for use along
roads not travelable by wagons; and the advance
is to be, in part, to Eastern Tennessee.
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