--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.
’