The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-03
nirfI Letter FROM pixie.


A sho y bolr in hunt Of srlnges, candies, new
thoes and laaio A" axins Gay aud festive Yankee |
grs--Llyaly Yankee and h1ggard Rebel merchants
--lho "inflnous N rcer -" lay on n sney rob
els--Gen. Mitchell and Neil 3. Brown.
The public will be diverted at the fol-
lowing letter from she rebel" who
visited this place recently ia search of
something TO wear and eat She seems
to have been greatly distressed at seeing
the Yankee boys and girls having such
high time in the city which once aspired
to be the Capital of the Confederacy.
All, bow she would like to see Yankee
merchants trading, and the Federal flag
floating over Chattanooga. We know that
she would. We are sorry Gov. Browns
friends in Dixie have not few copies of
his give it up speech at Columbia
From the Chattanooga Rebel.
A VISIT TO NAsHvMLE.--A fair CORES
pendent, who has just returned from a
visit to Nashville, writes us the follow
ing account of her experience among the
Yankees, and description of the Trip TO
Nashville, with graphic pen daguerreo-
toype of the Capital as she saw it;
"0ur trip to Nashville was one of ex-
ceeding pleasure. We Travelled the Hills
boro road, and although continually
plunging into bottomless mud-holes and
occasionally into rapid running streams.
with now and then the sharp ring of
musketry quickening our pulsation 10
foyer heat, and as suddenly toned down
by the frequent thunder showers; vet
we had started TO the city, and nothing
but death OF deluge could stop US
Oranges, figs, candies, and other good
things doomed up in our vision! New
shoes and other fixins took complete
possession of our senses, aud on to
Nashville was the very climax Of hap
| piness.
Ths country looked beautiful, the farms
Ia tolerable order, the wheat very fine,
but little of the animation we usually
sec shout plantations OF this season
Most of the negroes have been stolen, all
valuable horses and muies taken, leaving
oxen and broken down stock to do the
work.
The suburbs of Nashville look ragged
and sOoty, with here and there carcass
on the green, decaying beneath the hot
sun; scarcely fence around house or
| garden remains. The beautiful groves
around the city, and the old beech tree
with your name cut in its smooth bark
in childhoOd's idle hours, have all passed
away beneath the strokes of the enemy's
axe. The interior of the city is not
/ ,oh oh
The first day felt exceedingly annoyed
at the fashion and gaiety that swept by
me on the street, and remarked to a
friend with me that the 'she rebels" in
the language of the Gn)famous Mercer,
could not feel the war as we did With
them il was a romance, with us fearful
reality, or that they were hardened or
heartless. Heaven forgive the remark.
They were Yankee women and men that
made the streets look so gay, and our
poor rebel friends seldom walk the
s,reets-the few that are left in the dear
old city. There is vigilance kept
upon the citizens that is almost beyond
endurance.
Do you know that there are sisny
here in the South (exempts)that sell cof-
fee 20 old toothless women at SO per lb
that sell small bark and silk-mixed
handkerchief5 10 soldiers at $40 apiece.
Saddles for service OF S250l and when
our soldiers gain victory these men are
seen on the streets gesticulating hercely,
al told you zoe would whipl" Poor fell
lows, we should not be severe, they can't
help belonging to the LAY on Nancy
stock. We were in Nashville four DAYS,
met a great many old friends that were
curious to know something of Dixie, and
what we were living upon. Among our
visitors were the Misses NJ, very bitter,
incorporating rebels. The rumor that
Miss b, NJ, is engaged to Federal off,
Ger, she denounces in the most violent
manner and sends many messages of
love TO that dear old soldier, General
Hardeel'
Gen. Mitchell is esteemed by the ciii :.
zens of Nashville for his kind acts to-
wards them. He is not tyrant, neither
is he a rutiian like the others. He had
to carry out many orders that were ex-
ceedingly repuisive TO him. For this
reason he asked to be relieved. Gen.
Morgan is now commanding.
Mitchell has a good forehead, black
eye and open countenance In manner
courteous and agreeable, He visited US
az our hotel, (St. Cloud) and was very
polite and attentive 10 us during ourstay
in the city. Gen. NJ knew that
was a rebel. would have scorned TO
deceive him in regard to my politics.
On Saturday last, Ex-Gov. Brown, DR..
John NJ. Watson, DIR. Curry aud family,
passed our town, exied from their homes.
DIR. Watson was turned out Of his house
az early as last October by Negley--it
Is now the Pest house of the city. Ex-
Gov brown will remain in our county.
lie and your friend Mai Falconet and
others dined with us yesterday. Gov
Brown has changed very mueh--he is
very thin end has q wild, painful, and
startled look with the habit, when not
talking, OF dropping his brow in the
palm of his hand as IL suffering deeply.
think he has been greatly misrepresen-
ted-aRd is now winning the sympathy
of his friends and will deserve their es
TEEN, when he makes them understand
his true position 10 them and his coun-
/ try.
May he live 10 see the Independence of
the Confederate States firmly establish
ed, and help to guard with more than
argus vigilance the pillars and walls OF
the fair and mighty fabric,
p. S. Almost forgot to tell you Gen,
Mitchell said he saw Southern papers
very often, and especially the Ohatianoo-
ca Rebel, and il never failed 10 pronounce
him a Kansas ruiiian. | think he was