, 1864-05-01
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tfibune.l
ST. CLOUD HoTEL,
TasHruiE Arrfl n 1854

md a BRIEF line may interest your
RAIDERS, and, If not too eircumstantial, will |
not convey anything Of a contzaband nature,
and get will tell your readers much You all |
desire to know Of that comprehensive state
Of facts "the general situation in Tennes-
g9e. And, first, do not be go green IS to be-
lleye us cmbowercd in Springs budding and
glories, and when say We,
mean the whole of our gallant army which
form perfect blue streak almost unbroken
in continuity from Nashville to Huntsville.
They are everywhere and always to be
seen. Their camps dot the hillsidea Their
forti1cations cover all possible approaches.
Stockades appear at all the bridges. Among
an this frowning presence Of w0r runs the
military railroad with it's long trains thun-
dering over track as smooth nearly as the
Michigan Central, and that is saying great
deal. It has been carefully reballasted and
new ties have been laid. Railroad men all
through the northwest. can tell where the
rolling stock came from. Thus much ofour
railroad communications. Here Ia where We
shall put In some ofthe 100, 600 one hundred
day men you are soon to send down.
But said we were not in the bloom Of
the year yet The season is very back
ward. The boys still enjoy their
overcoata and camp-tlres. Fences
still eufIer, and groves melt away. It lie an
unusually cold and backward Spring, aud It
will be some tfmeEet before we or our ani-
mails get green fodder Our boys are suffer
ade which shows three hundred cases of sour
y. This appalling disease Is only to be cured
by free use Of vegetables. It Is caused by
months Of diet On pork md hard bread. Let
the Sanitary Commission pour down their
potatoes, onions eabbages, and kindred ID anti Sa
matitria nedica snd set the only salvation for
the brave boys, With their swollen gums,
loosened teeth, discoloted limbs and enlarged
Joints.
Generally, in other than the above respects,
this army which numbers not less than
900 men. IL IN the best of fighting, trim,
and are all with eyes TO the front. Already
there are some movements reported. I can
give you r Q details. It is not supposed Nc
Pherson will nnd the enemy &t Dalton. The
impression Is that the rebels will make their
pegin =" That the future alone can dcter-
mine. We are prepared. and If we break the
enemy's line, shall press home into the heart
Of Georgia. If NE fail, don't look tR see the
army rushing demoralizcd back Upon the
Ohio River. We have pretty Thoroughly
hold them.
The people of the State evidently feel moro
/ secure. Don't imuglne the whole State q
desert The war hae reached only the mar
row strip along the military routes trayersed.
Off these the country has its usual aspect,
work much retarded. FrhAt noble animal,
the horse, is In great demand. The rebels
| seize Ill they Gnu lay their hands on, and
solely to save the quadrupeds the disgrace
| of rebel service, the branding iron "U- s.
Is int now heI4pg shouldered By all the steeda
A dag or two since NIL Nashville WAS In ex-
citement, and the country round about in
| frenzy. At given hour on pleasant day,
| when the streets were full Of teams and car
riages. all of sudden Federal troops appear
description.
In trlce every horse was seized, unharness
cd, without asking tue owner go much as by
your leave, and was led away to the corral
In single days time FIVE hundred horses
the yards, and the "monrners 20 about til.
streets" II Royal Richard were to offer hil
Kingdom for horse in Nashville and hare
asouts to-day, the chances are he would MOI
get one for that price
The most pitial,le Of Ill the sights thu
greet the eye here Is the great troubled, dis
treEscd herd of refugees pouring In here from
the South thepoor whites driven bevond tn
. rebel lines by want, and seeking Bnccor will
US: These enfcEers arc mostly women an'
| cA4uIeus lew 0l0 men. All Tue ttont, able
. hodied husbands, sons and brothers nre Il
the rebel army. They are coming In By thor
, | s2nds.
, At certain points, 60 gTcat Is the pressur
for food, that our own soldiers have bee
temporarily put on quarter rations. But th
military necessity Of keeping IN accumult
: tion OF stores to guard aglinat contingencies
i La: caused the recent PRONUNCIATION OF tt
& strict rule that no further commtssary rattor
+ shall be issued to these unfortunates,
= causes seG ."".rinE.
J. The thcr day 1t Cleveland, Tenn, saw
q poor womnn barc-hcadcd and bare.footc
q with rugged attire aud hagga.d face, vi
r. had walked fifteen milce to get food for h
. . starving children. The amount Of the mice
u Of the whole region is i1calculab1e It "
}. need all that the liberal spirited people Of t
r North can do to avert 1.-THE oft