, 1881-10-06
ucr Wonderful Growth i'll tho
Matter Of Manufactures
md Trade.
a Place Destined TO Surprise the
World In Hor Iron In
iluBtriea.
Some 0uriosities Seen During Visit to
Lookout Mountain the
Clouds.


forty 10 fifty ln[Ies nj, hour did not apparent
~ excite their curiosity. III lnnst Of the
houses passed the tinury aid Windows were
open, but the occupants wCro usually no-
where visible. Ii sonic happened To bo Iii
sight they only gave Il passing glatlce at tho
train, and then returned to tlleir occupation.
The negroes werp The only enthusiastic OBJ.
servers uf tho mourning trn[n.
There aru but fow largo towns between
Henderson aud Nashville. anu, lis tho trnin
which GaYrtel tic Chtcago delegation Of the
Army Of tla Cumberland to Chattanoogn
was special. few stops were inadc. AT
Nashville, rs the train plisscd nlonE the Gill;
bankmcnt which leads through Edgctlulh to
tho Cumberland lllver, the minds Of tslosc
who were with Con. Ductrs army III 1SJ. IT,
ycrlc.l to tie time wllcn tIley marched along
tic same e,nDntlkment to tllu river, alld were
tllun transferred auros5 tho river By trniis-
ports which Ind come lip tho river from Fort
Doneison. This c0ufcderates lad burned
the bridges mud the river Ind reached Its
highest watcr-lunrk by recent Hoods, 50 thut
,Il land uppuslt Nashville except the ratlroNd
track anu turnpike wns covered With water.
After Il supper ut the Maxwell lIoi.se tho
sw,eia1 wis attached to the reguar train
fro.n Nashville to Chattanooga. 1t nccdc,t
bit slight stretch Of Imagination to feel
that We werc bounu Upon sOluc sucret cxpe-
tlitiou 10 captured ballu Of gterrilns or busll-
wE,,ckers, such as we're freunent during the
War.
The mind Of tho writer reverted back toan
expedition which was sent out in this Ban,u
Objection by ten. Mitchell shortly nIter tic
1irst occupancy Of Nashville by the Union
.troups. Morgan's cavairy. under Dasl,
Duke. hud done considerable lA,naRu by
nuklng bold and frequent inraa.s through
our picket l1ncs Which were uuite extended,
and In many places renUt1 from the
1untr body Of the arnty. liz had
on several occnsi0lts captured supply
trims, nlNl lau BECOME Il serious
n,s"se " S M saptHifnS 1Hs o'SXSi sS
captured. Preparations were hastily made,
and Il couple NJ regiments were crowded
Into army Wagol,s tir.wn hy tue regulation
II ~ yIxt es 81 ate IN ss o % dnsk i @ Ws
found that tho bird lllttl ituwn.
As tug train sped alo,tE in tue dnrk mAny
thought they could rceoEnza places where
6Gir,MLstl or basllc lad taken place. After
lassing Mnrfrcesbor0, q thrilling ctrcuni-
b&ance WHICH occurred III April, lHS, (bMt,
owing to ths stirring events l!AppenIng; ut
turyl. was called tu nlfHt.
1t WIS about tho time Tint Gen. Grant Ind
started for pltlsburg IasldIlE mil Gen.
Buell. was nlnrclllllE Acrlss tlle country for
same point, Con. O. II. Mitchell being q, The
x,lie, Tenn Gsn, ; Mtshe! q IT, sonssiss4 fd "
@ sr tsorsa e. ssa t. cit p4s 's ses Il Y sU cares %
ton RaElr0ld. and thereby cnt 1tf GGn,
.!olnstoM's sllppics a.M colnnlunlcMtlor. Alr.
J. J.; Andrews tho taao:!s w. wy & a9 kentncky,
i've soldiers disguised rs cltixas.s tous thesi
lives III their llnAls, nnd, In squads al
twos:: tl!ryes, r, a''d ,,I,s, fp,}rs, lroceeiet
which was s..asse w Of freight ast ,,asset'
Eer.cnrs. Thelr plni,. was to cuptnte tn
graph wires. gaill sufficient start 10 ennblt
them to burn several nrge nllu llApnrtnn
bfiifes, ~ BE Stfy fn:, ng "ppuMrt1, M
@ y oa6f' o'G i1r nSfs fs ms e @ fs Il ,
@ tjeif ire Ireaktas,. The hi bad i'd ,,ltd"r XII Hruwt u
l,ud observed TINT there was no tclegraphi'
communication at this point, which WINS, a
hands had left the traln II euup!lng-pin wu!
removed, leaving only tlreo or four cars ut
tachetl to the l0c0nn'tIye. 'rlle rlctl sprAlll
d s sunatsr n5t9as s nSsSS@ nd e s ay ts'q si
5sf 5 sne Hyss s. q u ,i iSs;e 10 p" 'Sf,! '!Saft!
Tss snt i!nl-''s'as f4 soIs ,' stSo" mol u , Hsa1s
theli that they lad beri, outtlui,n by til
lnnkees, alrti then tthoy lonknd p, about to
loali, a,ul Win thls el.ssv atecr tlle r,lI'
uway lraln was commenced, the men push
ing up gratlo mud jumping q, md riln
hnwn Erat's; ~ tho i,eAlsi,ne,, Andruwt
train willis one of tic men e!s,nbeh i. teit
graph polo and Crt tic wires.
At t1l ,,eSt stal1 tle tr VA r,, Hpo
IN ri Ir NNik
switch: Andrews finally convinced Ii
IVAN lint lie WIS running 8 sl'ersM M
ln,tnitlon trn[n to ten. Johnston, III
prevailed OIL HIN tn Ol,bi the swftrl
SECTIONS was met, wl,Irll orcisLoned cunsl,
rrable delay wuitE,sg for tl!s last section I
pass, when another staIt WIS n,ntite a,Hl Il
ra!t torn uE. The p!lrsnerd l.!tl III tEe men!
ensine which t,sy laa irsxl pr nntl co,
bet'n,e very uxetting, Andrews niMl ]!
party, bya c0nbnal!oA Ut unfortunate ci
o.!n!StAMces % cpu'a y l'at gst tl'e stnIt t!Iey d
tileir azaro,.s liz ] eSrsriI,l,',t. X Thoy icl sifi M
considerable advantage, but tl, tlulnys I,
cnsiuncl by atom tQr w4at a1tl waiter ~
o:hcr cl.,ses ,asstto them fe'lr tat tIlr,y vol
ionser. Ticy knew. tIiat ,tley ~ ~
being fol!owei far they go!lH ltear t! t!
lnuce. alMi u. Il loslg stretch ot sr|t.le cu.l
bou thu pursuing trlin; Int, nfter lhs.sing
ttat!o1,, they did not NEGLECT 70 stop alnl Z
the te!usssiA wsrss. WI while El'!s my WY \ !
llp IN their rrnr, Int lEiey SOON fo1llnl that /
nAe4l!al race coull int po Iept up n,u'
longer.
!aken fresh locouDliyu as1 started
When tAo5 Gains 10 tue breaks The u