, 1865-02-18
Condition OF Freedmen 1t N4shv111e,

l.. Ecorrespondenee Of the Chicago Tribunc.1
NAsHEn11, TENN, Feb. II. 1866.
Being favored by Brig. Gen Whipple,. Chic
Of staff of Gen. Thomas, to travel anywhere
In this nanartIn.nt. T started fro,n I,onisri,1s
1t o,c1oar - Eahr,arr Oh for th1s 49,
# vss oa co,a - "a, 49, snarv w. ou M ~ a. anna nv nro
lection. thoucht 7. aeainst the guerilIas that
4 have sn fnfa.ted +t;s reovion rha thfn1v.c1od 4
hnttor.,,,ta .""He 'n ns,1y - aoo-e -. ao.1 ~
49, nutt rele lnoss', m,oooss' VI asen ~
Inc doors Of their miserable tenemeDts. On
our heavy train speeded its way, through bar
rem and desolated country. down rayines. mn
the side NJ rnerv hf,1s a,d tbro,,n,' th-sa ~
san. -, 4oeAJ n0 - 1D'ssku "
.ou8 1unnels, one OF WHICH "as 1nree-qnar-
ters of mile long,-and over several iron
bridges that 1eplace those destroyet.h the
rahcis aa,,i - ,.;earot,o ] 1aaI;.a :a...s w.
49, D1Nlt |l"@ rHr.s."s tAS ""no
W. passeo, most ol "hl:h nso sao history
OF rebel sympathy, but all Of which are now
awed into subfection by the powerful arm of
Uncle SAM His boys in blue {black and
"alte3 are eneamped along where danger
| might be, to each encau,prneut of which the
Christian Commission agent aboard the train.
throWed ont bunl,a of narers 7rhirh
| were caoe,lv eaizad strhn-e !, .a;a
/ he. ssh r. saT a,,ra oai4
| e;Io oa ~, 49,, 80 ~ as W. ~, uy
here IN III Tehni fan a. aso 1hat
I ~e0
neuse, noW barn, that they tell us Is where
/ Abraham Lincoln WAS born. It was moved
/! there ffum little out Of town in this iHar.
f"n.y+ oon oUausJ ~. :, u ~ perhaps tWelve or
tEoul1een leet square, poor old log building.
surely, Thought !, II that were bis birthplace,
| IT were well nigh 'sfn maneer,n for horse
with "no visible marks Of Gods d;sn1co..
suEs" we eafe'y arrived 4 the iilthy, nafFow-
eaisu e.v,b;a G1Iy =. Nasavlie. heEe almost eV-
ety1nlng Is military, and tells the sad stories
gh prees sdrt tssSy hn1o and
orc Of the demoralizinr fntincnces ~ ~.
Every moral and Christian man mnst sh,;dd H.. -
III, ~ u1gse tn5ongs OF now IDLE soldiers, In
cl.y .a nheEe almost every door invites to dissl
Ration, a1d Where $500 women Of the ILL
cbn as n,aina Saals,in lteedmans friends,
and continued payer from al ali that % ean 'I%as mus
10 sase these dear young men.
III mnt a,; as ny mission Is for the freedmen,
q communication lust ,eceiysd from tenoe1S nS
the teachers Of the Freedmen hern % da.e.iS une o.
the incoming Of one company Of cont5,han55
hefnrs s'E Hoa1si' noaen anu chfldren--heeing
s.R.v 0 = % ma1Gr. ny
1orcea, con;rnb:r5 ~; 5GonTmosqr ~: ons Of the
located pear Pulaski ap u III ~ southwest wna
snbsisence HI nos es9ny Gnay saianE al Of their own
prodpcts Of heir q o9 q ne surplus
and eetfay ~ me expenses Of their maanenancc
~ ~ 1T nas at9m HoFernmeut andpreylous
evacuation by Thte a s5
aan efsakng asp up o. That md he neEheorng csmps
the With The ~ ns1n among
tess5srs. ~ ee-4'A u paying 'ne'f own
s,a gnafn,. c ~ osdef Wa g1sen ior breaking camp
ioree IT. plaee m OF saety they had on hand
eand do9nrs With ~ ~ np1o1a s9 eo5taa md ten thou
NOmHn'A
Srica T; Sothing Lately bought At Wholesale
piement. iSnnin ana Gy; oesaos agricultural i'm.
sduon an4 al things needfal for their
Se "The ad1 ofIIts9s Prosperats. msds h,..
shoes and az soods a 9assy alstfshptton Of the
Re Hae what hey conld carry and Start for Nashville
and 1rmy was ont sl1 Or seven miles sway,
gathering most porsa6e a eda ecta has5siy 5syy
csn,e onrin,s ~ ;h ana hree Or four days later
Vile m s4l,1t. so ~ aae eonIaRand camp at Nash
IN wagons drawn by o4en md N mn,ea and
~ith a. he io1asa head; wagons, animals and people.
pout,g I gea I'd dpe9ong, clothing soo1ng utensils,
e1st1Ia y ILL., op 1 saca q Journey;
several mni taa1s q oxen 70 start With, and
bo1ses ana I1n LEANS and mad condscated all the
route, , and piled bags and bundles upon, and hung
oza % IT, parcels around them, until they looked
tures they really were.. '''''@ ''l' >'ea'
~ ons y; mule observed bore four children, and
1snT OF them carried three. VERY few hat l1nf nnn
:1naer, and eone had two women or tYo or tbrse
.n1!area piicd ADORE heap Of bedding 60 7olu-
naona mat NC unfortunate quadruped under
acash Was only dtsttuguishable as = pa1r Of ears
na = AZ At OF legs.
aanse VINO had ridden most Of the way were !
,r,!p aveiy Ifesh, and ecemed quite Jolly at
'nong themselves safely at the end Of their }our
,ne5 9tnefs, WHO had Walked the greater part of
ne distance, were so much latis1ed thai theT
'S0me Of tho little children hal d;a3 nnd h.,.,
eft On The way, and many mothers had m throWn own
NJ may eseI3 tnlng else to carry their little ones.
~ came into camp footrsore and weary. covered
IN mad, and without blanket or any coyenne
esiGe = +, & 1ac clothes they wore.
- II WaS sad, sad siEht, one of the most he,r4 |
tcktning Of al the eortowful scenes have VII,
II thought, as / watched thnm aaeaas taua. !
bad a aeen az 81 ths entsnse e The Of pictures
esert; and Of he dessripooss in M ths gEeat
10 Israel l1es feeine from the I'M ~ ~ mnt oi