The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-14
Chattanooga correspondence.

"Distance lends enchantment TO the
view" So it does. How we did long
to get sight of Chattanooga, with its
now world renowned surroundings
Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain
looming up among the clouds. So here
we are to-day, after doing the romantic
to our satisfaction, seated on . greasy
trunk, the peak of Lookout as plain and
prosy looking as the camp kettle Of
beans that is quietly boiling on the fire
before us, while right across the street
sits a young lady of African descent,
making = brilliant reconnaissance on the
curly pate of fOur-yeAr old picaninny
seated on her lisp. We suppose she is
taking experimental lessons in phrenOlO-
gY. To individuals less gifted with tee
ideal and imaginative than Henry Ward
Beecher or TX. Marvel, Chattanooga, Pm
afraid, would be found sufficiently IN
romantic for all ordinary purposes.
What can be more delightful to sober,
common sense, uncrazed by dreamy
decentralization, than to see, in all di-
rections, squads Of dead mules, baskiDg
in the midday sun? Anything more
chsrmingly foreign to ford enthusiasm
accompanied by empty pOckets-than
3 rush for 6ecayed apples-three for 3
quarter; or, an unsuccessful attempt to
elbow your way through . crowd of
RUTHLESS invaders" to get one loving
glance at a few stray, venerable pies,
just on the point of being "gObbled
upp Pshaw! How are you" Chat
tanooga?
The routine of daily life here is not
characterized by excessive variety.
Hard-t tack, coffee and meat for breakfast.
Polk, coffee and hard tack for dinner;
and for supper . pleasing change in the
shape of coffee, bareback and SOW belly.
The most interesting feature Of the
social life, is the excitement in the news
paper line. Charles Dickens in his
american Notes" gives lively descrip-
ton of the rush and scramble usually
seen in American hotels at meal hours;
but that is a small matter compared
with the rush made for the UNION and =
few other papers ss the train comes in
each morning. COpperhead, conservative
literature is at . heavy discount. a
copy of the Chicago Times or Cincinnati
Enquirer would be considered about as
much of q curiosity as one Of Barnum'S
Wild animals. By the way, how about
that coppery concern, the Nash
vile Press? Does tho bantling still
live If 90, wont somebody be
50 kind as to send on, say, six or eight
copies daily, for the accommodation Of =
few sympathizing, conservative chaps|
The other day "lhere might have been
SEEN" not the steFeOtyped SOLITARY horse
man. bat domare looking specimen Of
fossilized conservatism, in tight-fltiDg
butternut pants, and wearing a shocking
bad hat, vending his way along Market
street. Stopping at the news depot, he
enquired for copy Of the Nashville
Press. "Havn't got it, sir" replied the
obligiDg clerk. Sympsthizing with him
in his disappointment, we kindly offered
him a copy of the New York independent
gratis. He replied not word; bat 0, the
look of offended dignity and pitroniziBg
commisseration, as he turned on bis heel
and left owe ne'er shall see his like
again" The last we saw Of him, he was
seated on log, playing sad havoc with =
fftv-cent pie, and alternately making
horrible grimsces at = sable cOlored
young gentleman, dressed in army habil-
liments, who was passing quietly along
If simplicity IN msttes, religious, is
any criterion in estimating orthodox
christianity, the Tfinitys and Grace
churches Of Goldfish sristocracy, and cod
fish civilization, might well envy the
premature Developments Of out-of-the-
way Chattanooga. High and low church,
old and new school; Unitarianism and
Puseyism, are practically ignored on =
common broad and simple platform.
Every evening the church is crowded.
Il is really refreshing to hear sung with
a will, ths old fashioned hymns, ever re-
calling the pleasant days Of childhood,
and psacefGl, happy homes, far away.
A democratic aspect obtains in all the
surroundings. You are not chilled By
The freezing supsreiliOus oOndsseension
Of elegant exclnsiEsnsss. Rev. Cream