, 1862-09-13

Correspondence Of the Detroit Free Press. !
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. s, 1882.
1t IS impossible to follow in desall the |
movements Of the army Of tue olio.
point SITTER point given up, until the !
aovtpt day Of autumn witnesses the Is
Enlistment II the third division head4uar-
.ie1s Il Nashville. "lIos are The mighty fall
c1!' Six weeks ago to-day, chro1lclc1 the !
opinion with us that q winters occupation OF /
Alabama VAS to be our lot. To-day pro .ialms J
TIC eoatinusf oeca4aosio1 Of Middle T.uues- |
see, without reiniorss'"'cnts, dubious matter,
4tt to he determined l. israse h IS t;,arfully
dceinsated cur ra;kz, 1lcre is 60 use hiding !
tie TACT. b; psrolS6 aud by wo*1nas received |
III Q thousand different hkirnlishes y as many
points, the ranks hive grown thin. slur sun
plies arc entirely cut oil We are 1iv'-,y On |
half rations AID the foe, in force, threi:. rs
our rear and compels cur front, step By stco,
to rttlre.
On the 20th of August the evacuation O.
HuLts, l1lc cu;an=Eced. sGs stand of arms,
1iuetythree saddles, iu7nt{ty Of car5ines,
ere made into three huge bonGses ard
burned. : qu.ntiiy of AMMUNITION Captured
fio1n the rebels at the time OF our first til
u1uphal emily into Huntsville, but useless to
Us, was ie part burned and runk i'll the canal.
Three trains laden with stores and strongly
guarded, |. f. for Nashville On the 2GEh.
On The eth, between noon aud twilight,
fur trains left OF the lrSt Of which MAS Brig.
Ut ucfIl L1fGll II. 1t1u-6tiu GDQ sElli, VINO
| went ttuS ea'ly because ordered to assume
! i1nutdiate command of The forets concen-
| trailing at Nashville. he ordereu the troops
defending the stockades along the line Of
I bridges to pack up, and hold lhemseIye:: III
readlutss 10 f,liow HIM on the coming trains.
| They sill canl, TO Nashville eia A-neu5 and
] Pulaski ard that line OF railroad is abandoned.
| Tic 11st Olio, Col. Nurton's regiment-thc
| exemplary batt;l Ion that ran1ed SO furlou,ly
about the bsrbaliti.s " Of tue splendid l9:h
Illinois, careee-eiy burned about 0ue-hiu OF
| Athens brtore ey.scu2tlng.
Lieut.. Bell OF l1e 19ih Illinois, with forty
mem while in command Of B.uc6adr prar
Pulaski, ~as surrounded sy 400 gutrriltss lin
the wocds) ard in reply to ! aemlad for sur.
mtn, vho lave l, GOO ro1lnds Of ammunition,
and forty trus'y guns. lave au abundance
Of rations, and when these aad the courage OF
ny men TAIL them, ill taisk Of your prop
osition." He replied to their Offer to parole
llayed out, and invited them to the attack.
| They retired, however, and after firing ona
bridge, fell back six miles to an1ther, and
lying IL wait for q small train with eighty
| soldtrs aboard; after firing into it aud killing
! four and wouudang seven they cut down the
bridge behind i, and folio wing it to thu
smtulde1ing IenlaiEs OF the burnt Uridge, a.
tatktd it, and atter a sETcTe f ght were COM
pcl.cd to skeGaddls with loss OF twenty, and
on cur lar: q loss Of rane killed and wounded.
| DULL Ill LILY IL GVINtuL1AltuH3 III -Au14EtH5-
buro. Loo1nis' battery, the 4tl Q aio cavalry
ard tie 10Th Ohio infantry were the las:
troops to lc2ve Alabama.
The nurderers thlt constitute the rebel
amy laye hprg tw9u:y.three Tsnnesseeans
o1c.rs Of the Oh Michigan were pina"d to
'l.c floor Of tie prison house at N eeon,
Gso,gla, with baJonrts for retcrtng s'd.sres-
] ,ecttuil}" to thu yenomous Insults Of a So
called rebel lady(s1, vino was perhaps the
-
niehsr III t.yor with crinoline treason; As
this ucscrter tells some pretty tail stories, l
all; inclined 10 ui=cT1dit his etateGlentS.
Heavy skirurishiny is coutinu.ll!y going on
aaorg tie 1rtr1 OF our line. Battles hive
netu fough1 at Stevenson and Battle Creek.
Our fo,ces had harily left Stevenson ere the
| I. r,jlica1!oDs we occupied by the rebels.
! butlls ht alpuart-rs, nor at alurfr4esh,ro,
will be cianse ID 10 NasAsille. GINS, Bl=l,
Rousseau ani Ney1ey Il Id dsilg cons!l'at!oas
t the headquarters Of the second division.
Roserrars s falling tlck o:f3rc P.i.e to
tNt ct q Junction With Buell. Loomis' uetery
holes 4 position Of high honor in the extreme
sdvance. The rthels under Bragg, Price,
Smith, Adams spd Cheathatn can be sally
esssana. ed a to. 200 at least, aud will probably
exceed 5000 bgltiDg men. The chicalric
dt10ity t!e7ceudautS OF thu lite REBEL General
Zoll1cot1er. with their oltActorie5 at titey de-
.lst Is elee=ticn+ parade the streets of Na5ivi1se
w',h rocket pistols PRO- 'ruding from tue petty
waists. a studied and well acquired express
sion of disgust is the salu:at!on the diulnu-
( tive Anl* zons Ercet our as1oulshed soIdiery
| With. They have won for themselves not 3
| ytry t1viah!c reputation aud name.
Aarama has collected from her mountain
tops ard sides band Of sturdy braves, who
,, | haye EEfn1ssd the hanrer Of their fathers to
: tie free air Of heaven. deterlniaed to battle
, under it until peace and protection is restored
, TO their households and hearthstonss, DESC
Hat hT-,, Ao-k ~
ing for SOU bern fi;h's" Tie couatr5 will
set hear from the LIST Alahan.s, whose hearts
are heavy 18th tue wrongs inflicted ani the
so'7ow erea'ed by the lawless leaders OF these
rebel hal1ltti.
III compliment TO to the skill and energy
which Gen. Ncgley mas displayed in keeping
| open this road with the small force left him
, by Gen. Mitchell, Gru. Buell. has organized a
pe" division, Ohe Sth) and assigned General
!, Nseles TO the command Of it.. This rec9gni,
= = | tlon OF his services Gen. BueQ has been in,
! uuced to make by his sense Of Justice, and
: though Bae1l is opposed unaltcrao1y to the
: views aud Practices OF GAn. Nvgley in regard
10 The treatment Of rebellious citizens, he felt
| posision. n lhe new division, thus e. pc.
lliy organized to reward faish5u1 officer and
in recognition Of the important services rem.
dered By him, understand that seVeral IA,
j. NOUS regiments have been placed. The Isl
t Wisconsin, which, in Northern Virginia, Won
the battle OF Falling Waters, is among these
: the colonel, s:arkweather, commaading 8
d brigade in the new division. In his brigade
snd formir q part of the 6th division, is tht
18th PepnE, 1vapia, Col Hambsight. The fa
: nous 18th Illinois and The 24th Illinois are it
Negley's division.
, An AFFLICTED MoTuER.-A few days age
:. an old gentleman Of sixty, and maiden o
+ sixteen, put up at one OF the hotels of thl
I city, the register discovering, much to tht
y surprse OF the proprletors, that the coupl,
q were man and wife, probably in the hEst stage
d Of the honeymoon. A few hours after tn,
bride was found in the parlor moaning AMI
sobtiDg bitterly in her endeayors to give ven
TO what appeared to be some heart-crushln!
: sorro#. "Why, my little dear" said til
). hostess, her kind heart OVERLOOKING with sym
b IatFy, ''what is the matter o. 20, dear. dear
e dear!' said the youthful bride, bet %een he
t. coIvu1sise gasps and sohs. tall nv sons. fly
Il i'll rumoer, are in the army" The lady,
h sppesre, had married her husband the d.
, before, Who had five grown up sons, all c
d whom bad enlisted, and the appa,l'ne Iscs b !.
just hurst upon the atfllcted mother OF sixteen