The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-15

calico and muslin. separating the bad from
the good peanuts az they pass before them
on endless belts. The presence of strangers
does not interfere in the least with their
work. for while their ey es follow the move
ment OF the visitor. they continue picking
out the defective peanuts with undi-
minished diligence. Whether they arc so
expert as TO successfully dispense with the
use OF their eyes. or whether their work
suffers during the visits of strangers, only
one of tho Messrs. Britt can tell.
As the chameleon assumes the color of its
surroundings, so does the Tennesseean
choose for the color Of his clothes the shade
or the earth and clay of bis hills and
mountains. but he is not given to wearing
his coatwhen not required by the cold, nor
does he Affect vest at any season OF the
year he has other ideas, too. at variance
with those of the North. One is that the
horee is of little value draft animal.
SO. II u native Is not able TO keep "A horse
to ride as we'll as mules to WORK, he con-
tents himself with riding his work mules.
This is why the hitchng-rails in many
Tennessee river towns will be seen To be
filled with saddled mules. their owners or
riders being found at the landings or the
nearest river-frOnt grocerie
Johnsonville, Tenn, was the scene of an
en- gagement during the war; and there Gen.
Forests cavalry destroyed an immense
quantity of federal supplies AID seventeen
Run-boats ana steamboats,. Savannah is an
other Tennessee town made memorable by
the events of the sixties. The Cherry
mansion. situated near the landing. at Sa-
vanah. in which General Grant had his
headquarters when Johnston advanced TO
the attack at Shiloh. is q large red brick
building with white porches on two sides.
It's commanding position, large size and
bright paint make it the most conspicuous
object in the landscape. The town of Sa-
vannah. like Cliftonis back from the river
n quarter of n mile, and is only reached by
stiff climb from the water edge. At Crump's
Landing, which was held by General Lew
Wallace and his three brIgades at the
opening OF the battle of Shiloh, and from
which be moved 10 reinforce Grant, there
Is but one mouse To DO seen from the river.
The location Is a beautiful one and there
Is nothing to suggest the havoc of war.
Four miles above is Pittsburg Landing near
which the battle of Shiloh was fought on
the 9Th and 9TH OF April.lS6
PITTsBURG LANDING AND SHILOH CHURCH.
Pittsburg Landing is one of the many very
pretty landings on the Tennessee river. The
road winds no from tho river TO the town, O
quarter of a milo away. past the beautiful
National Cemetery. where thirty eight hun
dred of those who died in the battle of Shi-
loh are buried. The battle ground lies to
the west and south OF the town. They say
it looks worry much as it did on the morning
of the first days tight Young trees have
sprung up where the old ones were cut
down and the forest shows slight trace of
battle. The little lake near the Hornets
nest" to which hundreds of the wounded
crawled for water has shrunk to q much
smaller size since those April days in 1864
1t Is SAID that its edges were red
with blood when the fight was
done. The Hornets Nest" was in the left
of the center OF the FEDERAL line of battle.
There, on the crest of low hill, amid heavy
underground. Huiburts mon. with Wal
lace's and what was left of Prentss's divis-
ion. held their own for six hours against
repeated confederate charges. small
knoll of red clay. not far from the "Hor-
nets Nest" marks the spot where General
PreDtiss was captured. with 900 of his men,
during the first days fight.
Shiloh Church is located upon slight
ridge. about two and O half miles from
Plttsburg Landing, on the road to Corinth,
Miss. The present structure is a square
frame building bare of Ornamentation and
glaring in q coat of whitewash. 1t is built