, 1864-05-02

Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.1
ST. CLorp HOTEL.
NASHVILLE, April &c, 1864
I lave Just come up from the front,
and q brief line may interest your
RAIDERS. and, If not too circumstantial, will
not convey anything Of contraband nature,
and yet will tell your readers much you all
desire to know Of that comprehensive: state
Of fncts "the general situatton'' In Tennes-
sac. And, first, do not be SO green as to be-
1leve Us embowered in Springs badding and
bloseomfng gloriee, and when say We,
mean the whole Of our gallant army which
form perfect blue streak almost untroken
In continuity from Nashville to Huntsville.
They arc everywhere and always to be
seen. Their camps dot the hil1sides. Their
1ottihcations cover all possible approaches.
stoclndcs appear at all the bndges. Among
all this frowning presence Of war rms the
military railroad with its long trains thun-
dcriog over q track as smooth nearly as the
Michigan Central, and that is saying great
deal. 1t has been carefully rebal1asted and
new ties bayc been laid. Railroad men all
through the northwest can tell where the
rolling stock came from. Thus much four
shall put In some ofthc 100, 600 one hundred
day men you are soon to send down
But I said We were not in the bloom of
the year yet The seaeon Is very back
Ward. Ihe boys stu enjoy Their
uaTscoas e.,S' c..ts u 1.os ..,a;t a41a RI &c
s.n. I eu1st, una EaSn til M. =" - -, - ~ !.
ni he sso oo.u t;ma nav ~ hefor En- anu
muls get green fodder Our boys are eulfer-
Ing aSain for vegetables. There is one brig
aue 3e o,1,5,tl ~ S<,e9 ~ % ssu.,
- 80 .,ta pT rn,tetntS..s y r. on5 s1isa
4Gnntha IF aiet ~ norl and h,r.3 t-aaI - =
the Similar Gonm;ssion ~ 1onr dnEn .tai.
nntafaes onions cahha~cs and kindraa anti
FEco.hn1ioe far cneaner ii,on, onrth;n~ IL ~
ic IT. cosaea n, r. tean ahy n tae M
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la'pfesson - WI II; tn1as a.tts .usr
nfst etano ~ ~ Auanta; ta Hhe1e WIN nshtlug
oagln anas .us au.ote ;5ion1 ~ eau dett IT.
nln ~ ',e aiG u y ~. "e oIA W hnt aue
enemy Ane, kAall Pttss hou9s aug Lue ueart
ofGeorgts. II We 1all, don't look to see the
aIny Iusntng ueMolaiHeu nach u?oa t9e
Cuiu at. ~ l., ss ~ rosse III ~ III,
Pl41teu out Posas LII Aeaneseee bull auo WILL
hold them
ihe people o. ihe otate eelaenl!y 1eel more
secure Don't imagine Inc "ho1e 5tate
desert The War has re- reached only the mar
Off these the country has its usual aspect,
saTe that horses are in short crop. mud farm
work much retarded. FThat noble animal,
the horse, is in great demand. The rebels
seize Ill they can lay their hands on, and
solely to save the qnadrupeds the disgrace
OF rebel service, the branding iron "U. s.
Is Just now being shouldered by all the steeds
available.
A dav or tive eince all Nashville was in cx-
element. and the conntry round about in a
frenzy. At:a given hour On pleasant dav,
When the streets were full Of teams and car.
ed on the scene. and what follows begsars
| descr1nfions
In a trice evervhoyse wos seized unharness-
| cd. without, asEing the owner 40 much as by