Year: 1863

sECEsH LETTER.


The following was sent us last week by
a friend in Morrisville. who stated that
it was captured recently:


NASHVILLE, TENN, HOME, !


March lst, 1862.


Dear Frsemd:-A lonely rainy Sab
bath evening is only we'll spent in read
ing and writing, so you will be indebted
to the rain for another letter. l wrote
last Sunday, and if the mails are regular
you have received it ere this was COM
PEELED to send it to Murry County, to Mr.
Vanlar, as we are such close prisoners we
are allowed no mail. l am really low
spirited this evening and fear your letter
will not be very welcome, and it is state
so unusal for me that feel quite unlike
myself; SO make due allowances for all
excresscnces. awoke this morning with
feeling so deep of such intense, uncon-
querable hatred to the Yankee Verman,
that l almost feared to attend church, but
did. Mr.. Harris preached, charity nev-
er Eaileth," and Ed, while listening, l
shuddered to think how little had, and
prayed God to forgive me, but could not
help it, that they might be scattered so
far apart that only Omnipotencc could
put their disjointed limbs together. 1t is
scathing, crushing, humiliating to our
proud southern nature to bear the insolence
even of their presence in our city. l
must in justice to Gen. Buel, say that his
untiring vigilance has prevented much
that otherwise we would have supposed,
and although an enemy, he has thus far
been a gentleman. That is too much to
say of federal, though he is general.


Our city is overpowered with the honor
of holding in her midst, generals, colon
els captains and lieutenants, sufficient to
make blockade of Uockheads. My eyes
are positively on pivcts, for have turned
them often enough to havo transversed
them, had it not been the case. / am
sitting by my window and have full
benefit Of the blue devilS, for they have
been passing since last Monday like bees
in a swarm. | do not know the strength
of the army, but they are the most splen.
didly equipped men ever read Or, and
much less saw. The privates are much
better than our officers. Quite gorgeous
display they made in their triumphant
march through our city, the band playing
Hail Columbia, but when the arch fends
raised the Stars and Stripes to the tune
of Dixie, Ipray God may never let me
feel as l then felt, for / could without
a culver, or the slightest feeling of hu.
manity have cut the hearts out of every
one of them. Now my friend "don't keeT
at distance" for have entirely recovered
from my saoagerous mood and am willing
to let them alone, knowing the Lord will
reward them by their iniquities. The
patience of Job and the meek humanity
of Mary, would be only sufficient to make
this Mary await such judgment, though
without wish to hasten it.


have never liked the North; they ar,
essentially different run of people from
us, but would willingly haveextended tn
hand Of friendship if they would onl,
have attended to their own business an,
their side of the fence; but now the,
have crossed it, desolating our homes,
would wage war eternoly and if eventu
ally they conquer, let it be wide desola
tion without sprig Of vegetation or


human being alive. For myself, before
will acknowledge their authority. / vii
make my own funeral pile and die if
cannot live free, am not excited now