Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-05-06
The Memphis Appeal" Of tbs 27.l. ult., fur
nishes us with the following interesting itsns:
IyF4IRS ar H4hEViiLE

| nshes US with the following interesting itst,s:
LyFAIRS ar NASHVILLE.
A gentleman who lait Nashville about len
days ego, and arrived a, Memphis yesterday
with great difficulty, gives IL some ls:er DC.
tnlls than We have before had in lllst quarter.
| flc says that On the 18th inst, there Srre but
2 900 troops in and around the city, 800 Of mhci;
we're immediately in the corporation, and tile
| rest in the subufhl. There Wa;, in addition,
one regiment ST Murfrersb6rh, and another ut
Shehyvillc, Ill belonging to ticn. Michele
! division.
Our informant states thai; .;7 lays bcfor e
| be loft tbs ''coiton agent" Of III! Washington
| despotisu proceeded ont 10 Major Tucker q
plantation, snrls distance from Nashville, Oh
| the MIrfreusboro' road, and stole ABOUT twenty
hsca Of cotton in ii,u name II his government,
and hauled it to the city. Ii had bren con-.
caaled and was discovered by him. But little
of this staple, however, had been obtained by
| the Fcdsrals since their occupation uf Middle
! Tcnnassae.
The bogus militsTy governor, Andrew John,
son, has boon reduced TO the necessity Of keep
| ing an armad guard at his door oil the time,
IS \ protection to his person. H. had issued
orders to allow no citizen to appear On the
| streets after nine o'clock, =. N, ard on tho
night Of the 18th instant tho public square
was filled with pactles under arrest, who had
violated The despotic order. He Las also estab-
lahud u detective police, some Of whom
logged The footsteps of sur informant with
much importantly. Tue chief detective is m
inscriptions Yankee sc3uhdrel, who several
years ago occupied tho samn position in wash
ineton city.
Johnson has l,oen attempting ivr more than
month to raas full Regiment as a body
guard, brt has 80 FAR succeeded in getting only
about eighty Dntchrnen To volunteer IN hal
dirty capacity.
The rigur oi the LespDlisn continued Ln
grow more sewers. Tnt Nashville "banner
nad been suppressed Tor refusing TO publish
abolition sentiments and Vnfsun OF Eti:irs i'll
in general.
JAS IT. Boil, late e'iitur III the "Ciaza.tc, V
who WAS arrested soine wetks since, had hcnn
released upon his giving bail to remain in the
city.
On the day before our informant Lei; the
news reached Nashville that taPla!n John
Morgan was moving upon the city FROM i'eba.
non with force Of 1900 cavalry. Great con-
sternation prevailed among johnson and his
minions in consequence, and the (!ill available
Federal force vas kept under arma all night in
anticipation Of an attack. Ahcnt three hun.
bred cavalry were kept around johnson S
premises as 4 special force to resist any de
lnonstratinn that might be- made upon hun
The despot himself is said 10 HAYS been very
much terrified, and hs,l his clothes packed
and his papers put up preparatory |" rapid
hegira in case of such necessity.
The people Of Nashville are represented to
us as positively being more hcstie i'll their
feelings towards lilo Lincoln government than
over. The lagrant outragss o! Jonnsons
minions have exasperatcd aud cmbitserod them
beyond the description of words, and they
earnestly lock forward TO the day when swift
rctrlbution will be visited upon their pcrsecu.
tors by the advancing Iegions Of triumphant
Confederate army.