The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-02-03
Nashville a Pandemonium.

TIE Nashville correspondent Of the Phia-
delphia Enquirer Paints the following picture
Of Nashville as il Is:
Il will give you little idea Of what Nash
vile is Just now. First, disease and disorder
reign supreme. Years ago. one case OF small
pox would drive the people almost frantic -
Now, no one seems disturbed, although there
are eleven hundred cases Of that odlous disease
in the city, besides FIVE times that number who
lie sick with other disorders. be CITY Is full
OF thugs, asSaSsins, highwaymen aud robbers.-
Scarcely night passes that man Is not XII
led or knocked down aud robbed, While a
multiplicity Of burglaries occur nightly. There
are more places where ardent spirits are sold,
than there are in the city OF Boston, while he
rlGisons de piGisir blast the reputation Of the
most prominent streets. The newspapers OF
this morning mention that three or four hor
ses were stolen in broad daylight n front OF
Gen. Granger's headquarters that five houses
were broken into aud robbed the night before
that three men were assaulted by highwaymen
that one man was killed, aud that brigade OF
LOG bad been Gagged for dl unkeuneSs ~ The
past twenty-four hours. l am just giving you
stern facts, and doing it as briefly as possible.
| do not desire 10 be sensational, and merely
state in a small paragraph what might be ex-
tended into a Png0.
The reader will naturally ask, who are the
prominent actors? who are the authors oil
these wholesale crimes? Is il the citizens oi
Nashville, who have always lived in opueucy'
aud ease, that have turned robbers, aud high
waymen aud murdereTs? Is II the daughters
OF Nashville who fill the HOUSES oil shame which
flourish upon every street? No. none oi
IL ese. The citizens OF Nashville are inttlI
gent men and women, and are in no way asso-
clated with this diversity Of rogues. Nash
vile has little or 20 law, and is situated with
out the limits Of the government Or COURSE
al the villains about seek refuge here, thus elu
ding Justice without leaving the country. !
IS estimated By gentlemen in Office, who should
be thoroughly posted, that there are at leasi
Thousand deserters in the city; that there arg
at least two thousand of those rascals here who
have received large bounties from different
States aud subsequently run away There art
also hundreds ofieamsIers aud others who have
been discharged from the army, and who hav
ing 10 visible means of support, have takel
| the desperate chances Of iif. the road. whll'
the remnants of the 'l'ruesdae gang still lnies
Tue city auu TUG LOIu hhO"S "Hob o1ioOieN
they are not matched for; aud lastly, there ar
a great number Of viciously-inclined negroes
who, unwilling to work or join he army, ar
professionally living up to their instincts, an
exc out an existence by what they can steal !
IS this unfortunate race that has 50 fearfull.
disseminated the terrible disease OF the small
pox, as in many cases the poor victims hav
been seen upon the streets in the fullest stage @
the disease. This is f true picture Of Nasl
vilIe without any coloring or exaggeTation.
am well acquainted with all the civil and mi
.tary officials, and get my documents at hea1
quarters