The national Republican., 1862-03-06
EVACUATION OF ooLunnus.

EVACUATION OF OOLUADuS.
A dispatch from Gen. Halle,k states that 9
detachment of cavalry from Psducah entered
Columbus at 9 O'Clock on Monday evening
driving before them the eneny's rear susrd,' :
and that "larss quantities Of artillery and
stores were csptarsd." .srtr.4.f E.dr...
A telegram from Columbus, Tuesday, Marcel
4, gives The following Asms: s0.v !, -a
Ths evacuation. ,oommenced on Thursday
Last, but all therebels did not lssve until Q lsts
hour yesterday afternoon. '~r sgv e
The torch Of the incendiary waa nrst applied
On Friday, and The con6asfauon raged will
great fury until Sunday. Even sow large pos
tons of The ensmy's bsrsckA msgszines hat
heavy clouds Of smoke and asher. n,
Everything which they oosld not carry sway
with them they either buroed or threw into III
river. - '''' ~ n 80. ..
A great many cannon Of The most efsotv,
range have been dismsniled and sunk 10 th,
river. In one plsoe saw 6ve heavy guns, ant
10 another seven, which had been thrown from
| q high bluff On the bank Of o river. But Il
their descent they bad bsen stopped by hi
trees which overhang the stream below. -
II Is a. Jet impossible TO ascertain how man!
cannon the rebels have thrown into the Missis
dppi, supposlng that 10 90 doing they woult
render them useless to ue. .' 4. ~
The rebels entirely destroyed their barrack'
commissary and quartermasters stores, 90 h
one lot burned SIX thousand bushels Of CORD
bacon, being very much soaked with water
would not burn, and lady told me that wher
the rebels found they could not destroy thil
bacon By Ore, they sprinklsd poison over n.
The massive cnain which the enemy had
stretched across the Mississippi still remains
although the Missouri end 10 u the bottom O
the river. The shore 10 arewn with the great
est quantity Of torpedoes and anchors.
TIE large magszins Is still on Gre, bu
whether or not all the powder has been 70
moved 10 not known. -.'5 -
There were, at the time Of the evacuation
$4,000 troops In and around the, place
entire force commanded BY Ges. (BhAop) Polk
GeDs Obeatham and Pillow were n comman'
Of brigades; Gen. Bsauregard u. pot here.
The rebels when they evaNuatsd Columbul
not oliy. went BY railroad, 6ut also svaile,
themselves Of the facilities offered BY tweot,
| transports. '''' ~ o. ~ sscs'- =.
The railroad track was torn up for six mile,
aud the bridges burnt. ., .i7".'. ''nit,,.
| The capture Of Fort Donelson aud occupatio
Of Nashville had disheartened them snd ID
men, becoming depor aAzsd and. reckless, Bal
they would soon bs surrounded and stasve
out, and ,thsy would no loassr osey NE con
msu6b of their superiors. y. EnG.
Cen. Polk, and the oiaoers sseGaliy la b
como unpopular, because = 49, tsaoPs
marked, they had done nothing hnt forufy.
The ferlilsd works AZ ,sssy Sq1oenve,
they reach from the iron banks above ne TOW
around 10 ths chalk bluffs below, pronAh
| E,.,r rnSloa is, avkant Euarv nrOmi0Ant bin
on the river and around ths town 10 fortified.
Secessionists, living near Wheeling, ha'
been, since the evacuation, carrying on
wagons, valuable stores not already destroye
and wore arrested, with their teams, Is soon
our troops arrived. .... ..