The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-05
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Matters and Thingo in Hiddle-Ten-
c. sponisnce Nashville Union.

IuELAu0NAi IENN-, October !. 1865.
believe that prem. sei YOU upon my de-
parture from Nashville letter occasionally,
if in the course OF my travels through this
war-stricken country, q should be able 90 pick
mp anything Of interest 90 y0ur readers.
Whether the condition OF my promise viii
I Be fulhilcd, / leave yourself and Teaders
10 Judge. D lef. Nashville behind me on
Monday last, and reached Murfrees boro
| early the same morning, where ] remained
thee daFs sallying cllt in the country oe-
caaionally y, wiih an eye % business as we'll
as pleasure. Nurireesboro is rapidly recov-
ering from the effects OF her share ia she
war, aud again presents, In q great meas
uFe, her olden sPQearanee- The couutry
| aaioiumg the place hardly bears an imprcs-
SION II thc late armies that were cuutinusllv
inhabiting it. The farmers are busy In the
he ds; fences lately torn doEn are sVain put
Up; country houses have an air Of nea.uess
aud taste about thcm once more, while
spirit of industry and desire % repair late
| damages, seems "a auimata an cllsses.
The cotton fields al eioug the road from
Mrurireessoru 70 ShelbyvilHe are alive with
negroes picking cotton, who DO not seem o.
feel that indolent freedom which ch5rac-
terizes their s'cullud" brethren in the larger
cities.
The cotton crop viii no doubt be q good
me he only made FIVE hundred pounds nov
where be used % make a Thousand la ol,'en
times.
was glad to notice that the people gene
rally seem inclined 10 pursue peaceful avo-
cations, and submit quietly 10 the new order
/ Of things, with the spirit Of good. law
abiding ciuzens. All el-sses seem % have
abandoned late preJudices, and fricndH
/ ness between eOmbaiauts ia both the Fed
[ eral and Confederate armies seems to pre-
vail. I reached Tullahoma on Thursday
morning, and the day after took a lumber
/ Jog vehicle for Shelbyville, Uia the so-called
turnpike road. The Jogging and jostling on
I the route did not prevent your correspond
ent from seepm & his temper, which retained
| all Of its sweetness % the very end OF the
I journey. Just outside CT Tullah3ma, on the
/ Fayetteville road, stands a gallows, erected
/ by the notorious General Payne, OF Gsliatiu
and Paducah intamy. ] could not repreis a
/ feeling Of horror when myself and c0tnpsn-
ion lefs the main road and stood in the
awful shadow OF the scatlold, on which I
am told many, hastily condemned and
/ speedily shrived, were executed. The sets
Of this msn Payne, during the season Of his
command here, stand written with horrible
characters On the hearts Of those who fell
under the displessure Of that unsparing ex
ecutiOner. As the mothers and children on
the Scottish border trembled at the name of
the Black Douglas, SO do the white Ups and
trembling tongues OF the mother and infant
hero murmur the name of Payne ! turned
away from the terror-copjuring gibbet, end
left the barren and desolatea deld on which
IL stands with feelings Of infinite disgust.
As / said before, the turnpike tsom Iulla
h0ma 90 Shelbyville is so called, tr DC re-
sembles more a narrow path iuiersecied
with bitches and ruts than the broad smooth
thoroughiares which justly bear the name
Of pike" All along the route looks lonely
and desolate in the extreme, while farms
look uncultivatod and neglected. The ciu-
zens were noue Of the richest before the war,
and they are almost utterly impoverished
now They have will enough 10 work, bus
there Is little or no demand for labor, and
no money amongst them 20 purchase farm
ing stock or utensils. All glasses, however,
seemed reioiced 40 the termination Of The
war and exprcss unanimously desire 90
become peaceabls and law-abiding citizens.
Advocates of war would meet with no add
herenis here, and the standard Of Mars
would. ii raiaed, be likely 10 be poll down
by some otton-hesded child, or "klnky
headed niger" Your correspondent being
frightened by suudry articles ln the Press
and Times containing marvellous accounts
of guerrillas, and a still liugering war spirit
ia the people Of the rural districts, took an
lruusuai urecaution aud carried a Colts
Navy Revolver % enforce proper respect on
the road, aud resist avaricieus highway
men who might envy his striped shirt
collar or take fancy % has gold
bucklad watcbgusrd Iho precauliou
was unnecessary; the road was solitary aud
deserted ] found myself praying Tor some
entertaining "gorilla" 10 talk 10. Melsn-
cholv COWS viewed me doiorously; horses on
gothic style Of architecture, grew scnti-
mental when i passed; war stricken hens
aud hungry ro0sters refused me single
cackie: cotton beaded children, with dirt
sreaked isce., and gaping mouths, w0nld,
81 long intervals appear on the road ana
greet me with stupid stare, while one soli-
taFy gentleman hog gave me contented
gTuut and looked, .u every respect, as much
OF a BORE as tb5 Prcss and Times itself.
Having no use for my weapon Of destrucl
iveness j tfed one barrel al tgz-ard, and
b7, ught the odoriier0us Jotgi li0ul) % the
earth; lifted the deceased feeder on carriou |
from lhe ground, and have on iHdisflat IN |
4 sunct) recollection OF craving "uttar of |
Roses" ~ ight Blooming Cereus' and Luz |
bins Extraess toenable lIe b. get my breath /
This game was the only trophy Of the day |
aBort. Reaching Shelbyville late iu the even /
ne. was surprised b hud bu inoss com-
pietely stagnated, and the place looking /
Ike graveyard
'sIB is s0mbre Quietuess."
The Merchants were complaining sadly Of |
the drying up Of trade, more especially from /
the fact tnat they had fun Stocks On hsud. /
notice that the Merchants al through this /
Country aud even in the Cross r0sd towns /
are disposed to buy In Louisville and Cin-
cinnati in preference % Nashville. z DO |
not think itis the bargains they get in those /
Cit e's which persuade item 90 20 there o. /
cur own Nashville market offers better ad /
VautaCes in many respects o. the southern /
trade, which it so streniOusly soiiclts. The /
delay in shipments from Nashville South
ward, By the Rail Roads operate te .rihly 4
against us. I ascertain from Merchants iu
Murfreesboro that they receive goods socncr i
from Cincinnati than thcy,io,r0m Nashville, |
Cannot our Bard Of Trade look into this /
The fault does not lay with the shipper, fr 4
I know Of instances where goods were de-
livered % the Depot Of the y q r R on i
Monday and dId not reach Murirecsboro 4
until Frisay. Nashville must secure the /
trade Of Middle and East Teunesse, Northern /
Alabama and Northern Gergia, and if O i
preference both ia tariff, rates and speed Is
given Cincinnati and LOUISVILLE, she must /
inevitably suder. Our Merchants would do Il
we'll 70 look into this matter. ! returned % /
Tullsh0ma yesterday evening through q i
cold and drizzlnE rain The weather has
turned decidedly cold since and Autumn i
promises Us foretaste oiw.nter. Truly yours 1
Ess