The New York herald., 1862-09-12
INTERESTING FROM TgHHFsSEF.
the EXCITEMENT IN NASHVILLE,
Important Movements on the
Tapis,
Ous N~sAvills Csrrsspsnasnss.

NAmvnIE, Tenn Sept 10 p. y.
1ssps Army Nsvso-Esesi<ssnt n Nashville, GaIssis
and Csarkntus--A Baals Al As,5ressows-SSvyesdw =
nc Place, &C.
Buels army continues 70 move forwasS, sse~siuG
stores, provisions &C., as they advance.
The whole line is abandoned far Marfreesboro,
and Union citizens seek refuge in Nashville leaving their
families property to the mercy Of the rebels Many
affecting cases reported but their relation viii
but q repetition Of many others before furnished TO The
public.
General Buell. is stin hers. General Rousseau CON-
mands the post. General Negley has been assigned
division (the Eishth) in the Army Of the Ohio. \, &
The alarm created by the report shas Nashville was 20
be evacuated has subsidized. The city win not, from
present information and Appearances, be surrendered
without fght. ~
allatn and Clarisvlo reported win be occupied
by federal troops II General Crittendsn's division.
Captain Kelsey, United States route agent brought In
large mail from Louisville Ass evening, meeting no
oAstructions
|r MyusnU 10 sx,noR CoI0xns.
nasmuch political favorites have been honored viii
positions in the army as brgadiers we know Of senior
colcnes who rst in the ed nrst in nght Arst 70
resist the terrible aggression upon rights while they
the South-with the mistaken idea, imagined ~
the aeressors, who have while their interiors have bee.
promoted-tnfnely inferior 10 disciplne-mantainod
their integrity and loyalty 70 the Union.
AZ nips o'clOch On Sunday morning courier arrived
had the rOss 70 pieces at Mureesborc ana Tor Col
Aierto look 70 ths safety of Nashville Col Miller i'm.
which only consisted Of the Frss Tennessee i've hundred
strong companies u the Fiftieh Indiana ana the
s1ty OHIO, doing duty e provost Iaasd which
an, about eight hundred
nrtnsr news vas hourly szpeetoa; sg. none came up
forces aA Nurffeeeboro had been captured and they
might any nomsnt attack Nashville Al three O'Clock
Aoldng could kesp his position for Upon
this information Colonel Miller ordered the troops 70 the
gotten r.ady III near DARK Il was determined not 70
till two IN tho morning after the moon was up AZ one
O'Clock A. NJ however, the news was received Of the
surrender.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept Q, 1891
Great Excitement Nashville-b tie City Be Abandon
Cd s-Reosons for and Agains- Governor JOAnsen Re-
fuses to Surreadsr-Cty Of Colambsa and B;tss Men
The Rebels Adopting More Humane Policy-Repost u
Parolcd Uaion OGser--capt Hws:r Brs0ke-Joy q
the lasaSratiow f GaaGa, NcC1e1an-A Railroad CSm
ductor Shot, &C.
Now, again. is the city OF Nashvisana state Of hgf
sxcitemsnt The report is current. ard generally b
eved that the city s TO be evacuated by SAe fedora
forces; and betake those Union who remain be
hind. what" exclaimed quiet Unionist, just now
.abapdon us the rebelsf Why there 10 not
zionist n town who would mot laugh 10 see N
shot down in cold blood by the rebei soldiers If they
for loyalty IN great state Of CONSERVATION They
win stop people the street, and earnestly inquire
whether Tennessee 10 70 DO entirely abandoned by the
Union forces. Tho answer is-"Judgs for yourself
Huntsville up, Battle Creek up, Dechsrd is up, Co
iumbia 10 up, NuTfreeeboro 10 up-Unon troops ar
moving through Nashville by night and by day, and mig
GERS hosses carts and all sorts Of articles useful for
army ara being impressed. this does net look some
thing ks big stir Of some sort, you can't tel wha
will"
"Yes,n win be peplied ssbut Why are they doing .
much 70 forty the placer They've GOT Thousand niG
/ gers BOW at work on g. Cloud HILL"
"what would you do with the niggers unless you pu
thcm 70 work. Let them loose upon ths community \
STEAL destroy and murder hope not. The federal
have gos the cussed niger now they will have
q him. IL b . mistake 70 suppose that the mos
serious injury you innict upon Tennessee ssvs
] them them ave worthless nov ss pisn.asion or hous
! servants, and every. day only increases thci
ingly surrendered their negroes. and know also tina
others have carefully selected the lame and inrm from
thar gangs with which 70 n reputation q the govern
ment officers. But why should the Unioniss hold Mash
grand army Of General Bragg Sss gone nortSwasd and Is
every march while the Unionss have lost with every
evacuation. me retrcatfor such Il -has bean effected
been deserted where the governmeat has suffered loss
from the desertion Of It's munitions Bragg
marchod bis men rom ChattanoUEa and perhaps before
this joined Kirby Smith, with the intention Of attacking
LOusy ils utterly Destroying railroad. BE has
been followed st times, from point 70 point by Buell.
the side Of the Cumberland mountains but hc has
always managed 70 eude the vigilance Of that distn-
suished military chiefsain Therefore, there being no
ensmg here to fight Buell. has to 90 after him. even he
has 70 abandon Nashville"
But what about John Morgan. Forrest Starnes Bsfe
and al those guerilla bands which have effected much
mischief 10 the country that has left7 You
Der what thcrs was in Nashville when Forrest
snce joined picnic ut the Hermitage and seri
ousy medtated . raid upon the city,"
"1rue; had not forgotten that. But Il single divi-
zion Of the Union army cannot Nashville with
present defcnoss then IL is hardly worth saving for their
services are more seriously required elsewhere They
return when they can +hs gunboats aud recap
ture The place"
do not believe that Governor Johnson VIII be willing
10 surrender the place. attacked by any force without
fight, evacuate it, unless under the urgent and
pressing necessity What General Buell. may determine
10 do s another matter.
Columbia is occupied by two hundred Of
Bine's zen. who indiffcrenty armed. They have
committed no excesses, except taking horses and
have behaved themselves with more proprety toward
Union people than could have been expected This may
after all. be but the adoption Of a new line Of
Il rflic hv tbo eloiC