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A correspondent of the Chicago Jour' nl relates tbe followiu interview ot' u federal foraging party witü a Tennessee fiiruicr : '' At ancther placo we called oa thu owner, a malí of over sixty years, well sived, yet evideutly rauch cast down and disheartened. He was polite, and an1 swered all questions tediously. On being asked wüat hu had tu spare, he answered, "Not inuch - indeed, notliing." j Ilia wii'e and four children standing by bim, said not a word, but the couutunance of the whole group showed tbat tho I old man told the trilt f). " [ndeed, I i have nothing, Baid he, what, with one i army aud auotber, oarapaigning through ■ this part of Teuneseu, they havo stripI ped me of all 1 could spare and mora , too." '-Have you uo horses ör raules V aked the offiecr. "Yes I have oue more inuie, which is entirely broken down, it was left me by a troopur, vho took my last horse in its stead. No beef cattle ? was the next question. ''Not oue," was (lío answer. Any hogs ? " Yes sir, I I have four pigs which I had intooded foa i winter's supply of meat." Any negroes ? ' asked the officer. " No, uot one, niy servuuts all left me two or thro months ago. I have not one on the place. I have to chop all my wood, and do all the out dooi' work, aud my wife and daughters do the indoors, what they can. Any corn or wheat . ? " No wheat, and only two or threo barrels of corn," was the reply. Lel's aee your mulé 'Í said the officer. It was brought up, and was as the old man had said. Suow me those pigs, was the next demand. Whtn he heard this, the old mau cuuld hardly speak - hi.i hopes were alinost at an end. He show ed the pigs, however, they were no moro than 8uch a f'aoiily vould need, nor as much, in fact. The officer then kiudly said : You may keep all these things, they will help you out, and caa bo of but little good to us, and gave the old man a " safeguard," which might save hm prop erty from all future uiolestalion from our troops Thrue years ago, this man owned a lare, well stocked plantation, and a fine stud of horses - had cattle and hogs in plenty, with servants to come at m cali, and corn to sell and to keep. Now he was cineerelv thaukful aud much moved, that we spared him bis four littlo ahoata, his pittanco of corn, and hia old mare niüle, with which he hoped to make a mail erop next spring. Tl war had beon at hia very door, he had seeii it in all ita relations, and kuew t! at it was vigorously proaecuted."