, 1864-12-01
FROM MA AND uE-
LOW
Tho Military Sleuatlou-7sattcrr ot
Chattanooga and Upper MixsisaippI.

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NASHVILLE, Nov. 27.-Numcrous renort
were In circulation yesterday relative to th,
Military Situation" in Middle Tennessee
Inc utmost confidence is felt here in The
ability Of General Thomas, and the strcnott
and efficiency of his noble army. Shou1d
Hood risk d battle, he will Ego UNI
! The whole number in the re(ugec camn al
Chattanooga Is 1900. OF this number 1.G71
| are negroes, and e,Go5 are whites. The an.
lnoFIties nrc sending the white REFUGEES
Aorth az fast as possible, but no negroes,
lHenty-hEe negro men, each with families,
were sent to the camp over the river. where
they are to he employed in choppins wood
Tor the government.
Maurice Seaman, formerly private in the
% wisconsin Battery, was found dead. hay.
ing evidently been murdered, near the Chat.
M i9nooga depot, In Nashville, on Sunday night,
ey; as be was known to have had 81 COO in a
belt around him, but when found he had no
valuables on hfs person.
Governor Brough. Of: Ohio, has written q
letter to Colonel Royal Taylor, the Ohio
State agent at Chattanooga. informing him
Just completed the purchase Of large amonnt M
oi supplies among other articles, LOCO bush
els OF onions and ,000 bushels Of dried fruit
most Of which will DC sent for distribution to
me Ohio soldiers in that vicinity.
large Quantities Of pumpkins arrive by
private partiea, but large numbers Of them
are intended for the hospitals at this post.
~ order of the Secretary Of War, Chatta-
noosa has been created o military post. and
entitled to Post Chaplain, who also acts as
scnoolmaster: IN accordance with the revised
July 18th, 1sG2. The Council OF IAdmialstrn-
lion OF the post have appointed Chaplain Van
Horne to M lhc Office, and have sent mott
nsaa!on mon OF the appointment to the Secretary
The intense severity of the recent co,a s,.r
is shown BY the fact that four children Of 4
refugee family were frozen to death on Tues
Gay hight at the Chattanooga depot, In Nash.
Tflle, and on the night previous man named
r pat,ick Cavanah, formerly Of the 9sth New
.,',5 aytk lnantry, Nas frozen to death In Edge
field, opposite Nashville.
. a day or two since fornsine party. consist |
ing Of two hundred men and = large train Of /
wagons, went out from Calhoun, Ca. In the
direction Of sInnll village called Fair1nount. |
ana ana "hen @ near the latter place, on their re-.
der two leaders named TAFT and Fields. In
the fight which cnsued, the rebels were Il .iven
Oh, with loss Of three killed and left on the
field, our men losing none
Inc money ey-order business Mt Chattanoora
ana thls city is proving great success. soi-
- .. 4 - ecn4F1oJ eCa y! !Ac doFernmenL lind
It very useful for remitting money home to
1neir families. Citizens aIso find It very con-
venient for rcmitting small sums North. We
would call the attention of soldiers and en-.
p!oyees Of the Government to t4is safe mode
Of making rcmittances to their families All
they have to do Is to call at The post office and
procure their money orders, and there is no
possible chance for loss. Out of about $50
money orders issued ut the Nashville Post
Office, more than half of them are payable to
Women-WiEes Of the parties sending the