New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-17

man two seata In our rear. "Not two months
coma. some twenty Rebs como ter his houso while
be war layiu' out In the woods az toted bis "iio-
as young AL purity oman as yer own sster-oi
'bont mile, an thar TUX thar will NV her-a on
em! She made OF. ter CT vi hone, but it killed bar
lie warn't wuth har when she died, an he'd hev
gone clean crazy ef he he'd been. He's moTe'n halt
thet now-crazy fur bloodl An Kin yc blame him
Kin ,o 'soect nan thets bed seCh things done ter
him II show ouarter1 'Tsint in IA 1r ter do it. All
these boys hes he'd jst sich, an things like hit; an
thew 20 in ter kill OF be kilt. They doan't ak no
msrcy. an they don't show none. Fifteen thousand
on 'on ar in Burrsidss an old Rosy, army, an 20
kin AK them if they dom, fight like devils. The iron
has entered thar soaIs Sir. They feel they're doin'
God ssrvice--an' they ar-when they Goes fur Sc
cesh. An when this war ar oyer--ef it ever ar
over-thar'll he ssch reckonin vuth the Rcbs nv
East Tennessee as creation never know'd on afore.
Thar won't be one OMEN left this side NV heh!'
This was said with vehemence that startled me.
His eyes actually blszed, and every line on his
scanned face qrivered with passion. To change the
subject asked:
"And that did you do after the fight"
"No, KNOWN what noight happen, we changed
cloes with eech wv the Rebs as bed gray 'uns, and
put Nor,h-plumb fur tie mountains. Nigh onter
Meigsville we come outer Union man, who
helped us 10 Gu, some timber, an make = rait-.ur
we lowed the Secssh would track us wu.h houns,
and ter throw 'em OF the scent led ter t-ke ter
the water. We got inter Obey. Fork, and loa,ed
down ter the Cumberland; hidin' in the bushes on
this side in the daytime, an foatin' at night. We
got nigh orier Carthage, en- knoTd the rivef want
safe no longer, left bit al struck 'cross for
,he railroad. Thet keuLy Al lull nv Kebs but hevin
tie Secesh cloes sn we made oCi ter git 'nuti tor
ea! III We 90. yefs."
We had creased the Cumberland, aad wee then
approaching Nashville. Iis beautiful saturb,,
though covered with the carly foliage of Spring,
wore most desolate appearance. Splendid planti-
tons, and charming gardens were overrun with
weeds; magnificent villas were heaps Of ruins. How
fcariuy have their osners explaed the mad crime
Of Secession How have they sown tho wind and
resped the wbislwindl
at tie station noase We the gauntlet Of another
set Of military officials. Passes were examined aud
luggage was looked into, but after While tbs Col
onel and squeezed ont Of tie crowd and Into sn
omnibus - 20 to the Comm-rc.li,'" ho sad 10
ine. I've tried the St. Cloud, and I'm disposed 10
see if the other If quite 80 bad
"well, I'll go with you. I'm familiar with
Southern hotels, and don't expect much."
II had expected much, should nave been dis
appointed; for tIu;h conp,s me 10 say-snd I've
been some what o! traveller aDd 1een strange lodg'
ne.pl,ces in my iime-lhai tie Commercial lloteF'
Of Nashville is tie flthiesi, bugies; honse, public
or private, ever passed night IN. In any North
ern town /, would be indicted nuiauee, calou-
lated to breed pesuleace and bad m0ralsamong the
people. Biscuit, heavy "a lead; steak tough ~
leather; coiiee thick aa mad; and oora-eske 70 sat
urated with trioLo that all Is original flavor had
del arted, was it's .uvaping 5lll Of fare. No, not
for n small fee to tho ebony walter did
procure mo some s,ra Sbcu.ea, and for them ]
blessed him. and Of then | nAic my sapPeT.
Being iaiigucd with my 0gnsy, asked, eAIly in
the evening, 10 he shown 10 room, and o servant
conducted the 10 dingy apartment n the rear Of
the house, where | had iJl l4slu.sgs OF AL tie
fnue, and perfumes Of the Niohoa : aimsnsions
were a5ou. eight ieet by t~eift. -~t 81" As ~ero
fmIAred with tooi aud tobacco Jaicc IL osrc hoor,
which had never known mop or terub,lng-
brush, was coated with layer Oi so thick enough
to raise crop Of potatoes. Bu, tho led, AID tue
curtains and the linen rLoush, TO DO exactly
truthful. wasn't lneul. Thee mu,, lcaye TO
Tho resders imagination, for 10 description would
10 them jasce Suffice 1t 10 cay that after al hours
persis,ent effort, did effect improvement. Ia
them; aud then, wrapping tie draPery OF M
couch" sbou, me, lay DO N, Jut DO. 20 pless.ii
dreans;" for at that moment tie dsrkies in the bAl-
ber's chop telo N-sairs struck up "de banjo Al oe
bones" and for Two moral hours had 10 listen 10
all the Ethiopian ,onss, written and unwrittep, IN
existenee. Ia sheer desperation | hnally got up,
took seat by the window, and to the intense delight
Of the sable mslodisl,, joined in tho reirsins. To
give the reader an idea Of wha, bad 10 endure.
rnd Of villa. "pubie sentiment" among The tariie.
Of Nashville may te supposed 70 be- sabjoin Of
the sougs which tried 10 take down in the dark;
"ll .nr yoa q .onu to suit De iiaes,
called pobbtn around. iotuln a. 31ndi
You'll sse fsf a rslsDn h. ds !AyE".,
Il. dey $40 bsbbih' around.
Ole Roacy'a down b. Ieuuesisc,
B0lb4n around. heD1tu' AfogGis
Az .otiB' al ds daIAes Tree,
A. hs sro bosD4u' around
Hem .tr.dde el on De bis oI, gray.
Bybb.1 around. boOU.u' .fouldi
Az e. 5sc-sh-asy cal lie "sJ.
Asne $40 bo'biD' .tound
Doy y.fs de- Union His AID drum,
Io1llL around. DD3Oiu' sfOaad,
An know de Judsuer.-day en- coDe.
Wea deJ ain DOJOia' siOaEi
Ole inasss dat bis var h0ss,
BobbiI siVISd. bO5Dln' llounf
Says hs: You fomp--it all an ioss,
fuI K0dey's DobDl' ssouhd"
IL usei b. cot mlg y daf6,
B0Dbib' sfouud. bobbin' sr,und.
But dcu Le tpk brandy-suss.,
An did gso bObbi' al0und.
Eo bob o. lad dh' down 10 frl.
Bspbin' EIDuld bObbia' around.
A. o. ia si1u OO-wed-
Ds Side bobDin' around
Iis ira die rig aL!nt 10 pay,
BobBlu' around. bJDIin' siO1gd,
reckon he'll plsy ~ all d. day.
an dsu-.No DObbiu' Ground