Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-04

Extract from = letter from Parssn BrownloW.
have spent two afternoons in travelling
around this oity,-N apd=inspeeting its enVi-
rons, fortifcRtions, ruined fields, deserted
houses, and wasting beauty. IhRye sur
veyed the surroundings for q mile and a
hall, and all is one vast military encamp-
ment. Poor old Nashville dull, dirty,
deserted, used up, ruined Nashville-all in
mourning, and in sack-clOth and ashes
The business houses are closed up, no stocks
of goods in the stores aud no work going
on ia the various manufacturing establish
ments. Secessionists on the corners of the
streets, and on the pavements; cowardly,
meau looking men, and she-deVils, all sour
and uncomfortable in appearance. This
city is one of the poisoned strongholds of
the rebellion, aud the she devils of the re-
bel party send out letters by negroes TO the
rebel army, and post them as to the condi-
ton of affairs. One of these negroes, with
full mail, betrayed them, and about the
same time he was ready to start out he
turned over his whole budget to our au-
thorities. And yet these rebel letter wri-
ters go unwhipped by our heretofore imbe.
cile military authorities, aud these she dew
lis throng the quarters of the Provost Mar
shal, and ask for passes aud tavors, as
though they had been loyal all the time!
The beauties of this Internal rebellion
face up to the gaping mouths,a and even enter
the lank bellies Of Secessionists in this
city. Would to God that the guilty alone
could be affected But the innocent, of
whom there are thousands, suffer with the
guilty. Ont OFF, 900 Germans in and around
Nashville, 1 am told upon reliable autEori-
ty, that there are but three Secessionists.
Coffee is 81 per ponnd; sugar IS cents
coal is 81 per bushel, and was formerly 10
| to 20 cents Cabbage 80 cents per head
in the market house, and everything else in
proportion. The hotels are beggarly af-
fairs, aud their customers are all army Of
ficers, with now and then struggling ci-
william. The private boarding houses are
filled with refugees from the surrounding
counties, who are boarding at 81 per day,
with scant fare. The Federal teams are
going into all the surrounding country on
foraging expeditions, bringing in all the
corr, fodder, oats, and hay, they can find
for twelve and fifteen miles around, leav-
ing the citizens to look on sOrrowfully.
They are now getting their rights and their
pay for encouraging E. Kirby Smith and
Bragg TO invade Tennessee aud Kentucky
General Rosecrans and staff make their
headquarters in this city on High street.
He is driving matters ahead, and inspires
dence l have had three interviews with
him, in his own quarters, aud he has i'm
pressed me more favorably, in all respects,
than any officer in the United States SER
vice, with whom | have como in contact
he is q live man, fighting man, and, to
all inteuts and purposes, a loyal man.
Pleasant and Communicative, free and easy,
the large army here, officers aud men, are
delighted with him, most favorably dispos-
ed towards him, aud will move with alacri.
| ty under him. The divisions move off un-
der his command, under the conviction that
he never gets defeated. was present on
the Franklin Pike, one mile and half out
of the city, evening before last, when Gen
eral Rosecrans reviewed the East Tennessee
regiments, and he most effectually gained
the affections of the men. He rode along
the lines, made short speeches to companies
showed that he was a practical hard
working gsoldier-inquired after their wants.
He inquired into their commissary and
quartermaster departments, told them 70
cook their meals we'll, to be cleanly, and to
be regular in their habits, and not to lose
sleep when in camps. He told them that
rough was the Word-that he wanted them
to fight, and to be in condition to be led
victoriously into their own country.
It was an imposing sight to witnessth this
review; to see the cheerful faces of the
boys, and hear their laughter; their we'll
dressed, well-armed, and excellent appea.
rance. In this way he inspects all the
divisions that arrive and 60 into camps
His preparations are on large scale, a:
they must be, with more than one hun
dred thousand men under his command
Hehas, forinstance, seven enhundred wagons
running between here and Mitohellyille,
bringing forward supplies. The railroad
will be completed to this point by tC
morrow, when these wagons will come in
and the supply trains will move from thi,
towards Murfreesborough, and thence in
the direction of East Tennessee-poor
Oppressed, neglected, dOwn-trodden East
Tennessee And when this army reache.
East Tennessee, either somebody will get
hurt, or somebody will have 10 leave that
country.
The Theatres In New York.
(Erom the ". Y. TribunoJ