The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-02

THs DasoLtTI0N IN TcNsEssEE.--A corrcsp0n-
den, Of the Baslon .gig:rti5er who has been on /.
tour III Tennessee Of an extensive aad somewhat
dangerous character, on his return to Murftecs
boeJ' writes, under date OF January 81, rs follows
In years agnne, and not long ago, Tcuncssce was
4 pesllisG, Peace ana plenty smiled .aw and
ar lti.nea, EoW IS ii noW ; h.ftcr Teeh :.
journey, sit me down 10 poini you 4 D:ctusa 81
what nave seen. To the East ard 10 the ~ est,
to tnc North and the South. the sights sadden-
ing, sichcUina. Gavern,Gent mules and horses are
occupying the h1nes-aye, the paidces-iA which
her chivairic sons 50 often Sirmberei
The monuments of her taste, the evidences of
het skin the chartcterisiics nj her people, are be
ing hloited from existence Her churches are be
Ing turned into houses OF 3rosttuti0H, her 5v!Gina
Iirs shelter tie sick and s1Te, Wh0.c gsieiS ami
gtuiiS rcVtfbefatr r!l"te once III" HOVER ut out
youth were Wog: breathe the poetic passion aud
67Ncc 10 iite music &! their summers s.4. Iits
cti-s, hex towns, aad he! siis,@rs are draped ia
mourning. Even the county, ever dGd always 70
II uch nearer God and Nature than these, weafs
the black pail. Go from VI 7Mphis 10 Chattanooga
:ii.d il is like The march from, Moscow III oten
tiiae,
The state Capito., ike the ktemlin, alone re
mains OF htG iO.Inct gOIy and greatness. let This
point (hiuriseesb.In) be iic cen,re, and then make
Il circumference III thiiiy miles with inc, and we
III stay i week IL iHt WOMB ui Gtsh!;..Io,i. -
WsatfIf YOU go un the Selma. the shelby yViNo, the
Manchester, ar any other pike, for = disidhee u
tl.iuy mites CitiiaT way, what DO we behold One
wide, ~ lid aHu drtdiE 81 4ste, SO 10 speak
The fences are all burned iDNn; tue apple, the
,.aaf and the plum trees busB.d ia ashes long agu;
,te torch appii ii to thousands %! splendid mansions,
tie walls Of which alone rtmdtn ANA even tii5 IL
seldom 80, and where j: il, ihtir smooth plaster Is
covered with vulgar e;Ilhtts ard itam0Tli di:i
t,iLes. John Smith ana lc- Doe, Ftdrra;c i.ni
Confederate warriors, have left jack knife stc,eo
tvp n. On the doors and castings, whore these, in
iiGr teWncss, aFe preserved. Inc flShcts ana ne
railing. where are they
where are the fosebusuGs aud the vi0iots! HGt
ahGve all. AID beyond all, and acarer and more
t.lan all else where, oh where, are the once happy
ana contenttd people fed who lived and breathe
ana had their being here? Where are the rosy
checked cbtfubs and blue eyed indiienp go,ic J?
NHeie the gallant young men Where are
ali where are any OF them:
Bat where are they gone-this once happy and
cnntented people? The Young men are sleeping
III their graves at Shiloh ut COfinlh at Fort Don
elson, aud other fields OF called glory. The
ynIng women have died OF grief or are broken
hearted; tae children are orphans. Poor little
things, pity them from my heart y. look at
them black and white for they ssem 10 have
shared en!ng.on fate, sad like dy.Hg III common
destiny.
Incif iives~-t moan tas master ana s!ave, and
ther offspring seem 10 have been iHseparabiy
blended In many cases | found two three
she ieioies of the faithful slave; and again, have
seen iaTga nuiher ot little negro children, Whose
parents were likewise dead. nestled IN the bosom
OF some white families VINO, by miracle, were
saved from the vandalism of war