, 1862-03-13

hearing their conversation, exclaimed petthA
1y, !" Yes, I wish about dozen Of you would
eat at MY house. I'd poison every one Of you. u
Most OF youk kIeadeza, who!don't fully nm:
.deTEfsud cur situation, may think such ladies
meiftseyere .fndIgnation. Let M. state faete
EhEh Will melt their: indignation to PITY.
FiEst,s let them bear ia: mind that wouen,
everywhere, are,creatufks Of feeling, and that
in shaping their fee1i1gs, the clergy lave more
influence, in this country, than any other class
fmen.
<-,:. THE RELIGIOUS sEcEsn.
: Long before the rebellion broke ont, the
nest Of divine yipeEs at the Southern Metho-
DIST fphlshlng House in this city, headed BY
Rev. Dr.. j. B.. McFessen, were careful to IN
doctrfnate their people with the most horrible
opinions of Northern people; and Rev. c.
D. Elliott, at the head OF the most popular Fe-
male Academy in the South, Iabored fncessaut-
j to The same end. Then there were Bishop
9tey aad otaeE 1istt9g a1ahed cls1gmen Of the
fame reverence, Bishop General Polk. In the
Baptist Church, too, there was the industrious
j. e. Graves, at the head Of the Baptist Pub
fishing House, which is also located here.
Among freethipkers and spiritEappers there
was the hlue-eyed, emi-lunatic, ]. B. Ferguson,
popular with Tlsionaries and with those who
desired chiefly to hear some new thing. Be-
lore the rebellion, these servants Of Maulmon,
IN Gods livery, being Representatives Of rival
interests, hated those OF other denominations
as Plate and Herod hated each other But
when their country was to be- made the prey
Of wicked men: they made friends in the work
nominatfons were thousands of truly pious
lsJnen, and ma1y honest clergJmea. Bnt
the aforesaid great ones, being 1ckno wledged
heads Of sccts, corrupted the fountain Of de-
youon at its source-hlled the house Of God
With the incense Of he'll, and poisoned the
breath nf the nnnnfQ Who4 ,o+.
considered in connection with the lies daily
circulated By the yenal secular press and the
politicians, your readers Will regard our lady
secessloniEts with many grains Of allowance.
REBEL CANNON FOUNDRY
. Now that the water has receded from the
mouth Of Broad street, it discloses q consider
able prize in the cannon factory OF 7. N. Bren-
nan. saw great maDy cannon Of small cal
fber-four, six and twelve pounders-lying
about the premises, some Of them incomplete,
but the greater portion well finished. There
Is much valuable machinery on the premises,
and considerable quantities Of balls Of various
sizes, from four pounds to one hundred and
twenty-eight. Outside the foundry inclosure,
on Front street, are five smooth-bored iron
sixty tours, and an English iron thirty-tgo,
smooth-bo1cd, With five mortars, which were
probably sent here for fortitcations, They
are all spiked with files.
COTTON ON HAND.
There have been some wild reports sent
North, OF the amount OF cotton found in Nash
vile. So far as can learn, by careful inquiry,
the stock on hand was exceedingly light. Per.
zo'licoffer, little below Nashville, in build
ing breastwoEks. This would, Of course, be q
proper capture. Whether it was attended tn
or not, have not learned.
have heard OF two or three hundred bales
ln private hands, but have yet to hear Of any
1FF hi md hY7tt tF7t1
one place. Most Of the cotton il this State ia
still in the hands Of planters, and a good deal
OF it Will turn up in Rutherford, Williamson.
Maury and Giles counties.
WRESTLING ALOUD TO KEEP THEIR COURAGE
UP."
The sympathizers with treason in this vicin-
Ity arc consollng themselves with the idea
that the retreat Of the rebel generals and thcir
forces. Was designed as q strategic movement,
the south side Of the Cumberland, 80 that.
whenever they desire to do so, tl1ey could
easily gobble up him and his entire aruy,
Whether the men who profess to believe
this are sincere Or not, it is certain that this is
Only one OF the many absurdities with
Which they daily undertake to console them
selves or to deceive the ignorant
and tie nonsense which they circulate has
not merely reference to the operations Of onr
troops in portions Of the country distant from
nerc, bnt to what is transpiring in the imme.
d1ate vicinity Of Nashville.
No less than dozen times has Cautain
loomis's Battery been captured by the rebels.
and Lis men cut to pieces, according to tit
rumors circulated here They have eTen cone
60 far as to say that Gen. Mitchell was Killed.
and Gen. B1en taken prisoner, even while
Gen. Mitche1's division was in sight of the
city, and Gen. Buell. was in the Very hotel
where the story was being told.
FEW FACTS.
So much for rumors; now for the facts.
we have not had single man killed in the
vicinity OF Nashville, with the exception of
Capt Wilson, although our pickets have been
fired On great many times by assassins who
were prow1ing around In the dark for the pur-
pose OF getting shot at them, but were afraid
to venture near enough to make their shots
effective.
: We have had one man seriously, aud two or
:hEee Slightly wounded, and this is the sum
total Of the losses inflicted by rebel proves
upon Gen. Baell's army, since it crossed
Green river. Since the occupation Of L.
yergne by Gen. Dumont's brigade, on Satur-
day last, no rebel has come into tic vicinity
OF our camps, nor do we now expect to see Or
hear anything more Of them, until we have
marched nnother hundred miles OF 80 in pur-
snlt. When the 1esies en- nsasse, called out by
King Harris's sophomore address, march to
eSpe1 Us from Tennessee, VIC shall have bat
tie somewhere in the ncighbo1hood Of Nash
Vile, but not until then.