The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-15

Before the rebellion | once CHANGED 10
travel upon the Chattanooga Railroad.
The view upon either side was indeed
panorama. Immense fields of cotton and
grain were spread out 10 gorgeous and
living green, backed by distant wood
land, while ihe vcrdant lawns bordering
the rivers and creeks reminded me Of
soft velvet carpets or glorions spots for
pic-nics Gangs Of the "cullud pop'la-
ton" were seen dotted over the Relds,
cosiumed in all the fantastic livery Of
Ethiopian taste, while the mansions Of
the planters appeared every thing which
a Desire for comfort co0ld suggest or
wealth obtain.
But alasg the changel Everything
beautiful and comfortable seems to have
passed away. From Nashville to MUIR
freesboro the devastation OF homes
and farms 10 complete, Verify, the
people Of Tennessee must have been
mad when they engaged to assist the
Cotton States in their uefarious scheme.
Should the rebellion succeed, look at
the location Of the State. Will her in
terests be less liable to injury than they
were protected BY the great influences of
the great American Republic. If Ten
nessee, as a border State, suffered in the
Union, what must be her.fate ont Of the
Confederacy? Ponder well, my friends.
Reflect leisurely, and imparially, and
you viii accuse yourselves Of ingrati-
tude and folly, and gradually a return
to reason and loyalty will manifest itse If
The Presidents Emancipation Procls-
nation takes no effect in Tennessee Gov.
Johnson begs you 10 return to your ale
glance, and exempts you from the penal
ty imposed upon traitors and treason
Now is the accepted time.
THIs MAY DE THE LAST cHANcEl
VIII 10 the lamp holds out to burn
The vileat sinner my return"
But this depression is objectionable.
was speaking of the devastation of the
country in general. The battle Of Stones
river has added no beauty to the has
rowing scenes.
Perhaps there is no picture which pre-
sents such a combination of heartrending
and revolving scenes, as a battle field inn
mediately after asanguinary contest. To
the inexperienced, the spectacle is an aw-
full one. The battlefield Of the battle
of Stones river is replete with incidents
extraordinary and strange. Those brave
men who fell fighting for their country,
and fighting against il, found graves in
muddy cotton fields aud in beautiful ce-
dar groves in unromantic corn fields,
and in secluded meadows; upon the hills
and in the valleys, and for miles along
the stream upon the banks Of which the
battle fiercely ragged, and from which il
takes its name The Murfreesboro pike and
Chattanooga railroad divide the battle
field. Travellers upon either road, upon
either hand, can gaze for three or four
miles upon the picture. The first place
of interest upon the right, just at present,
are the ruins Of fine trick residence /;
beyond, upon the right and left, are the
earthworks thrown up by our troops up
on that dark and stormy night. From
these works to town are hundreds of car
cases of horses, breastworks, demolish-
ed houses, broken wagons and wheels,
and graves.
Upon the right, near the railroad, are
eleven graves Of the 74th Ohio near is
an equal number Of the 45th Mississippi;
then, side by side, farther on, repose
eleven members Of the 18th Pennsylva-
MIA, and eight members of the Rock City
Guards Upon the left is quite a cemo :
tery--ninety- three prettily- constructed
graves, with an inscribed slab at the
head Of each. As you enter the ground
. placard informs the reader that "This
patch Of ground contains the bodies Of
90 soldiers, of the 10Th, 10th, 18th, and
10Th, U. S. Infantry. Do not disturb
these graves by additions or otherwise"
Leaving the regulars, you next discover
graves Of the 10Th Illinois, and 27 oil
the 4lst Alabama Leave the line Of the
railroad, travel over a spot Of ground
containing nearly two thousand acres
and you find like scenes everywhere
The national and the rebel dead-the old
man, the strong man, the youth; hus-
band, father, son, loyer--all lie in I
common grave. The ihtsrments, how
ever, are most solemn, and the utmost
silence prevails as the lost companion il
quietly placed in his uncouth grave.
BOT.