Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-03
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Nine Days TrIp from Nashville
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For the sentinel
Nine Day. TrIp from Nashville
southwark.
NASHVILLE, TESs.. June j, 1850.
Enron SENTINEL: At this tins. more than
any other. a trip through Secessa seems 20 be OF
peculiar interest at least, IL has proven itself so
TO the writer. and. being somewhat partial TO
your paper be has a notion TO give YOU his m
pressions.
Il time when the armies OF the rebellion
are returning home, and men who at the 0uIse,
linked their fates with the Confederate cause.
sre. after four years Of absence aud bloody war,
Ending their way back to the circle Of cherished
associations, 50 long abandoned lt Is a touch
ing sight, when on train loaded With them,
leading Southwark. 10 see them. al each slow
motion aud stopping OF the cars along The road,
clambering oil 10 take the near cut home-a home
from which many OF them have not received IA
line or heard word for two, three, and four
years There is look upon each brow, OF sad
ness rather than OF Joy NJ returning. Each
countenance Is haggaId AID cAreworn. Is ex
hibited Only in The face by hope and good cheer
long deserted. Ii IS strange, out true, that this
expression OF long suffering is 20 plainly define
ated that even when in the attire OF citizen.
with no other marks Of their past vocation upon
them but this one Of the face, a discriminating
eye cannot fail detect the Confederate soldier
Wherever you sec him, whether amid his com
panions ia arms, or lningling with those who
have fought so nObly against him; whether al
the railroad station, shaking hands with old
ueighbors and friends; or embracing those more
dear-his vile and sisters-eyery look aud action
seems to say, n TefuTn conquered, moi a con
querOr."
God forbid that such men should be treated
harshly by unjust legislation. Let the forgving
hand Of Executive cemency endeavOr 10 heal
rather than augment their wounds. Surely they
are punished enough Without clothing. with
out money, their stuck gone, and farms IN ruins
detected in spirits, they return TO homes that
have been rudely handled and made desoate by
grim visaged war
The hand Of art will find many years of busy
engagement. and many bright spring and sum
mer will bring Is foliage and flowers and yer
dant lawns ere the scar this war has made upon
the land of the South will begin TO grow invisi-
BILE Science aud agriculture will lind long
and difficult task in smoothing over the ruins OF
this fair land. which ts erring people have caused
to be made. Tho lesson has been a terrible one
and one that will install It's principles for cen
tury to come The Southern people are satisfied
with the experiment OF rebellion, and it is not
] likely that We or our children will ever have
| even a shadow of another. The Confedera te
/ soldiers turn with horror from the thought
They are not defiant or dlsorierly as many cor
| respondents of the Northern press would have
! you believe They do not boast of what they
will vet DO TO pervert Federal authority. They
take the oath eagerly and are anxious To return
to the duties of American citizens. and live
quietly once more in peaceful life
| Ii IL quite pleasing to observe the soldiers OF
the opposing armies minglug together AS though
/ thew had never stood face to face in battle. Ga
the streets they often together in friendly in
tercourse respecting battleh fields in which they
have met. Arm in arm they can be seen enter
ing the saloons for social drink (Sodiers will
drink to bury the animosities OF the past in the
sparkling fluid oil tho flowing bowl" On the same
seat in the cars Federal and Confederate may
be often seen; aud more than once have known
them to occupy the same bed st q hotel. The
universally OF this courtesy is what is most sur.
prisng and pleasing. Remember. | not
speaking exclusively of Nashville; the same is
true of soldiers at Columbia, Chattanooga, Tul-
lahoma Knoxville. Tennessee, Huntsville and
Stevenson, Alabama, and other places. 1t the
contrary occurs. it is the exception aud not the
rule.
The Southern States are doing their utmost 10
raise something for subsistence. Their crops
are a. large as they could plant, though many
fields are not in cultivation for the want OF sufh
cient help. The Confederate soldiers have
nearly all gone To work ia earnest. though it is
lamentable the crops planted are not as much as
can be cultivated, and il is now getting too late
60 plant more.
The season has been very backward, but the
corn and cotton up aud doing finely The
former in many places has received its first and
even second blowing. and MANY fields of the cot
ton have been cleaned and thinr ed
Considerable apprehension is felt by the South
ern people about the liability Of the negro to
become permanent nuisance. Elated with his
newly acquired freedom he seems little inclined
to follow the law OF nature by eating his bread
in the sweat of his brow. To some communities
the citizens have been compelled by necessity to
form Vigilance Committees for protection against
theft and robbery. However, there are some
instances where the negroes have taken pOsses
sion Of their former masters plantation, who Is
absent, and are making effort to raise crop,
though the old and experienced planters in the
community indulge IN many a hearty laugh at
their ideas o. Agricultural management and
economy.
In many cases they are vet with their old
masters, some working for wages, but, as 1 have
often been credlbly informed, generally as a mat
ter Of charity. The citizens manifest DISPOSE
ton 10 mob all suoh nuisauces. aud. unless the
negroes change their programme, some trouble
may be looked for in this direction The almost
universal sentiment Is 10 have them leave the
country for some other land, where they will
never again disturb our political or social fab
rio
There two bills before the Tennessee
Legislature under debate tor the diSlranchlse.
of the disloy al citizens and soldiers OF the
State One provides for the acknowledgements OF
the leaders and the other for all lrho hare been
dislogai during the rebellion. The House is
more conservative than would at first be sup
posed. but candor compels me 10 say that ts
talent is not TO be envied by any Legislature in
the Union.
The military here are actively engaged in pre-
pairing TO muster out all troops whose term of
service expires before the 3lst of October. Re
cruits TO old regiments be formed into
new ones The soldiers are in great gee at the
thought Of returning home Convalesccnts have
all been discharged aud the hospitals here are
nesrly all broken up.
Yours truly. W L y 49,
The Charleston Courier. OF the 22I says:
Last week the citizens OF Fernandina. Florids
elected Mr.. Mott a. MAYOR of that place The
election sas participated in by both whites and
blacks. Chief Justice Chase formally performed
the duty of swearing the Mayor into office
Two pugiists. Tessot ara Domein. lately