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The feeling in Nashville.

--Accounts from Tennessee of a highly encouraging character continue to pour in upon us. The following is an extract of a letter from Nashville, April 20:

‘ Nearly all the preachers in the city have volunteered. Dr. Summers, Dr. McIntyre, Dr. Huston, and Rev. Mr. Reed, have all joined volunteer companies. Rev. Jesse B. Ferguson is a member of a cavalry company in the city. Our ladies, too--God bless them!--are heart and soul in the cause. They held a large meeting yesterday, and organized themselves into an association, for the purpose of making clothes for the volunteers. A public reception will be given to Hon. James B. Clay, of Kentucky, this evening. He will arrive on the nine o'clock train from Louisville. In conclusion, I would say to you, that Tennessee is now fully aroused; she has drawn the sword and thrown away the scabbard, and we are all enlisted for the war in the cause of the South.

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The Daily Dispatch: April 27, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. April 27, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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