The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-02-28
riight OF Gov. Harris nnd the
Lcgfshtturci
General Price Running
still!

Special TO the Tribune from Cairo, qays
thut Nashville was yesterday occupied by
10000 troops, under Gen. Buell.. The
federal nsg s tiow Tying over the State
House The Tennessee Legislature ud-
JJ'lrh q Saturday week 10 meet again
yc'icrdNy at Memphis. II is reported
that rurunis-iohrff have bc,n appointed
10 confer with the federal authorities at
Wellington, g. arrange terms for trans
fer of allegiance and that Coy Harris Of.
icrcd o turn the Confederate forces over
20 the Union.
: 4 gentleman who escaped from Col
umhus. arriving here last n,ght. rcprt sents
a general Union sentiment in Tennessee.
lie thinks the Legislature will ncquicsce
~ the recommendation OF Gov. lInrris.
because icnriul of rising Union scnti-
mcht. When hc lclt Columbus there were
10000 COnfcdcratc troops there.
T Another gentleman who arrived from
] Nashville last night. reports the Confcdrr-
ates will make nnothpr stand nt Mnr.
phrysboro. All the rebel troops had lrlt
Nashville, except the police force. When
Goy. Harris fled with the Legislature to
Memphis, he burned the State Library
aud distributed n large amount of com.
m.ssary st res and provisions among the
citIzenr. The stores nro closed and
business entirely suspended. The srccs-
slonlsts are leaving with their stock and
the negroes are following the Conf,dcrot
army.
IEAvrNwuBTf, Feb. 25.
II IL understood that Gen. Hunter will
leave here for ST. Louis to-day. aud Gen.
Lane for Washington tomorrow.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. %.
Gen. llullcck, this morning, tclcgraphs
Gen. Mcclellan Os follows;
Prices army has been driven from his
strong post at Cross Hollow. The enemy
lclt his sick and wounded, and such stores
az lee could not destroy, and burned the =
extensive barracks at that pluco 10 pre-
vent our troops occupying tn IN. Gen. 4
Curtis says nUst ol our provisions for the
last ten days have becn taken from the
enemy.
The Republicans Cairo dispatch snys
the occupation of Nashville is confirmed.
Our troops took pustcsSion without up.
position.
Floyd lcd as usual. Il
The report that Gov. Harris had ordered
all T,nncssec troops to lay down their
arms aud 20 home is also confirmed. 4
The Tennessee Legislature 10 called
for NJ xt Monday.
No opposition 10 Union movements is
made anywhere on the Cumberland. II
IS reported that dliite nags are flying at I
M,mphis.
Two old citizens of St. Louis, who lcf, ,
Memphis on Tuesday Lust, arrived hire
and report that on the day they l,it McL-
phis, the Legislature arrived there from :
Nashville aud were to meet on the lol- {
lowing day tn discuss the present state of
affairs in that state. The people were
rapidly arriving from Nashville aud in
large numbers.
All th- gold and silver that could be rot
hold oi had been removed to Memphis,
and panic OF colossal dimensions had
seized the rrbcls. state aud Conledcr-
ate scrip was OF no value whotcvcr-
There were only 1900 rebel troops at
New Madrid under Col. Guutrr.
STANTON Dolls Not GIvE THE rRAisE TONG.
CiuLLAE.
Tho Associated press paragraph sta
ling that Secretary Stanton, in his rail-
road speech, gave the praise sl the recent
,ictori,s to Mcclellan, is absolutely
false. - Leader Npccidi.