, 1862-04-17
FROM TENNESSEE.
FEDERAL 0PERATEQM 8 In
THAT STATE,
Loyalty OF the NaShViIIians.


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not carried out in this portion Of his Depart
ment, for to obey 1t to the letter and exclude |
al slsves from the lines would be to send away
the only information obtainable. Slaves have t
been the spies Of this army. They have given |
in every case the most reliable as we'll as in |
portant information Of the rebel movements, |
which las come to the knowledge OF our |
officers in Kentucky and Tennessee. Gen. /
Buell. obtained from slave his first fntiIna- |
ton Of the preparations to evaeuate Bowling |
Green. Slaves hare been the means Of de-
tecHng officers and spies lurkiugin Nashville. |
l. slnve gave iufoz1 NATION here night or two
since Of thc presence Of two Confederate
officers near this Place, and to slave is the
commaudsnt st this post indebted for tntor-
nation which enabled him to nip conspiracy
Il the bad, md prevent .an insurTectionarJ
movement which in the present Situation OF
affairs In the advance might hare given con
siderable trouble.
On the night Of the 7th inst, Capt, Green,
Co E, 1st Wisconsin, the Provost Marshal of
the city, while going his rounds at late hour
discovered three young men dressed in the
uniform Of the rebel army lurking about the
Court House, and had them arrested. They
were conveyed to the guard house and
kept until morning. Immediately subse-
quent TO their arrest slave told Capt, Green
OF plan on foot among the citizens to aid
cayalry regiment to make descent upon the
place, and destroy the stores lodged In the
Quartermasters buildings: Capt. Green in,
mrGiately placed his guard under arms, and
the long roll was sounded in the camps beyond
the town short distance. The command
lay On their arms all night, but no alarm &C.
Cured. Capt. Green ordered all the citizens
who were abroad at q Late hour-this occurred
about ten o'clock at night-into their homes,
and the town became quiet The men az
rested gave such information as led to the ar
rest Of two Others named Duke and Smalley,
who are strangers here, but dressed in citizens
attire. Other arrests have been made, and
Gen. Eegley hopes to find all the parties Gu
Still surrounds the affair, but the indications
ere that the slayes information WAS nearly cor
rect
Gen. Ha1lcck has expressed his intention to
what he will do for information in an eaemy's
country if he does not take advantage Of that
which comes from people who are naturally
enemies to those who hold them iu bondage.
Enemy's couDtry9 Patriotic Union people
nay IS well dispel any ideas they may have to
Liz GputIu%3 u Lu1t IL QuCE duu 1oiEscE. ! uE
United States army is as much in an enemy s
country to-day as eyer Napoleon was in Rus
sia This is becoming cyinced every day and
hour, and the further South we proceed the
worse the prospect looks. If we hold Ten
nezEee, we mnst do, it By anrEisoning the
vile ten minutes, and the stores and property
Of the Government would be destroyed in
that time. The bridges which our men have
built in this vicinity Wonld not stand an hour
atter our Withdrawal The towns have to be
garrisoned, and strongly too. ! am very
I left this State because I thought
Louisville safer place to live in and hold and
express Union sentiments. I went away with
the feeling that if there we're no Union men
the people Of the South were not Union men
>at Aeart the the South ought to be allowed
to 60. But as lcng IS the feeling Was
strong for the Union; and the rebel Cos
crnment, like mob, ruled the true men
in the South felt and feel that the war ought
10 be waged. But where are these Union peo-
pie now: Men whom left year ago Union
men-openly, out-spoken-now say at Nash
vile that we will come through that town
soon, in Bull Run style, and they will pop al
Us from their houses. And here the SAINT
men say that the South two years hence, ever
if conquered, will be an enemy to the Union
and viii seize the first opportunity to seced;
from it. "Lct war occur,'' they say, tt be
tween England and the United States, and tbe
South will help old England' 1t is most pro
voking1y disappointing, but it is undoubtedl,
true that the Union sentiment once so strong
in this State, has died out almost completely
A few Wings remain true; but alas, for tht
Democracy! It is found deplorably wanting
= in this section
Gen. Negley, Post commandant here. in
forms me that he has made a capture Of 8 Brig
adler General Of the Confederate service. q,
learned on occupying the town-they dignif,
it by the title Of citJ--that a lueiu6 J. Polk
Of this county, had issued c1l1 for militia t,
serve in the Confederate service. The follow
inE is cory Of the order, which Gen. Neg1e
has kindly given me:
GENERAL oHDKE So1.
HEADQUARTERS. CoLrNB1A,
February q 1852, !
To tie Co.xma;:de7s Of the 24tA Brigade Of 7sn1
<esee tIuifia.
Yon are hereby commanded to report the strcnei
e:M without delay. You will take im1nediat
s:eps for their thorough organization, and hol
ctsL By command Of
LrCTCs J. PoLR.
Brigadicr-Genera1 18th Brigade
a. Il LouEEr, Aid-de- Camp.
Gen. Leeley learning that instead of tai
1nS bis brigade to the wars, that like a yer
sensible man, as he apparently is, Gen. Pol
had concluded to sit down in his castle, q shol
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On mi miles % IRON the citv Gen Neg1cv .s 1nl nac s
Gen. Polk on his Parole OF honor and th
nage @ catrnn Of the e. sanreme ] W conrt r. Vii whi
t. sits on the Sd Monday Of this month al Ma
l. = vile:
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