Litchfield enquirer., 1862-03-06
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 age to the permanent" rebel Government is l lpublshsda Ifis. a very curious and significant tdocument; Hssays that his government had Iattempted more than it could achieve, and in it's
 eHors to protect the whole ita territory, it had J .ncountsfed dfsasters. He has. not yet received
 the official reports of the discomftures at Roa- noke or Donelson; the Roanoke affair was deep
 ls .humiliating and he is unwilling to belieYe that a large army surrendered at Fort Donelson j withouta desperate efortto cutits'way through ] the enemy: But strenuous efforts have been
 made to send endorsements to the threatened 1 positions; and the disappointments will nerve
 the people to still greater exertions. He oppo-
 ses the policy of enlistments for short terms,
 and urges the soldiers to rs-enlist for the war ! He cannot tell the present strength of his army,
 but estimates it at 400 regiments of infantry, l with cavalry and artillery. He thinks the
 whole body of new leyies, and re-enlisted men
 will be ready within thirty days. His army was
 at present so disorganized as to impair it's abil- 1 ity for successful defence His navy is in sat- | .g f~ fl. | isfactory condition. His finances are prosper
 ous, he has no floating debt, and the expendi-
 lures have only been $17O,O00! His postage system is steadily improving. In closing he as- I sures his Congress of his hearty cooperation in \ all it's efforts. Our military authorities uillnot
 doubtless be blind to some of the important facts
 mentioned by the President of tho styled Con l federate States. esd q ] sa'e'e $ aa5k .aa.7e
 THERE is no longer . doubt that Nashville is in our position-both National and Rebel re- ports agree as to that point, The evacuation by l the rebels appears to have been attended by
 their usual exeesses. A dispatch from Clarks- vile states that the rebel soldiers plundered
 many dwellings and business houses, and exci-
 ted great alarm among thepeople. Several reb
 els were shot by the citizens whom they were in the act of robbing. Gov Harris, it is asserted
 was actually driven away by the Union men
 Before he left, he made Q speech recommending citizens to burn their private property, and call ing upon Tennesseeans to rally and meet him at Memphis, but-no one paid any heed to him Much indignation existed against Floyd, who destroyed the railroad bridge against the pro
 test of the citizens. Gen. Nelson is reported to be in command at Nashville, Gen. Buell. being still on the north side of the Cumberland. The
 Union sentiment is very strong in the city.
 MEMPHIS papers state that as early as the 18th of February, Gen. Polk issued orders prepara- tory to the evacuation of Columbus. and the demolition of the Notifications there The Co., lumbus forces were ordered to fall back to is- land No. 10, about forty five miles below-one of the islands fortified by the rebels and which commands the river. It is probable that Flag Officer Foote on his recent reconnaissance, when he was met by rebel flag of truce, was inform ed that very few troops beside the sick and wounded remained in the place. -..-..-. s.a 4 A VARIETY of interesting and important news from, the Rebel States reaches us by way of For tress Monroe, and through the medium of late
 Tennessee papers. On Wednesday evening last,
 a meeting of Tobacco and Cotton planters was held in Richmond to consider the propriety of
 voluntarily destroying their crops of these sta
 ples, III view of the fact that the efforts of the
 Union men were mainly directed toward rob ping the South of them. The delegates appear
 to have done nothing but make speeches howev l CT. Committee was appointed to prepare
 business for a subsequent meeting. Meantime,
 in the Rebel Congress, motion was made to
 provide compensation by the Government for
 cotton and Tobacco so burned. Probably the Convention of Planters will await the action of | the Rebel Congress, in this respect, before de- termining upon extremes. Resolutions declar ing for war to the last extremity were intro
 duced in the " Congress-" on Wednesday, by one ] of the Senators sent by the bogus Kentucky Gov ernment, but action upon them was deferred fthey were sent to tho Military Committee. The | rebels evidently think their case desperate
 one. The Raleigh IN. O. Register, editorially
 considers the present the most gloomy period experienced by the South since the commence | ment of the war, and calls upon tho people in
 the n ost earnest manner to stand by the colors
 and fight to the last; but judging from the fact
 that five regiments of volunteers are still wanted to fill up the quota of North Carolina in the reb
 ell army, the call will probably be in vain. The
 Lynchburgh (ya.) Republican states that our forces occupied Nashville on Sunday last. The
 Savannah Republican of Wednesday, announces
 that communication with Fort Pulaski has been
 effectually cut of by our forces, who have erect cd three batteries for heavy guns, bearing on tue river ms go rsats7 a' a.rg -f- E % AN important prize, captured by the Ports
 mouth off the Texan coost, was brought to New York on FridayAthe British iron steamship La
 Buan, built in Hull in 1S56 She was loading cotton at the mouth of the Rio G1ande. s,
 MONDAY Government is in receipt of highly important advices from Tennessee and Kentucky.
 Gen. Buell. telegraphed on Saturday night, to Gen. Mcclellan, that Murfreesboro had been l abandoned by the rebels, who were retreating | along the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad,
 tearing up the rails as they proceeded, thus rem dering pursuit difficult Chattanooga although
 in Tennessee, is very near the Georgia line, and
 the railroad passes through the northeast corner
 of Alabama, and touches the Georgia line before
 reaching it.. A great change is found to have
 occurred already in the political feeling of Tenn
 essee, and the War Department feels itself war
 ranted in taking measures immediately to raise and arm volunteer troops in that State. The I . sn =, Io L,r