, 1862-04-02
LATE FROM NASHVILLE.
Interesting Intelligence from Ten
nessee and the South.
ADVANCE OF GENERAL BUELL..

nesgee and the South.
OF GENERAL BUELL..
Especial Correspondence Chicago Tribune
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March -, 1862.
The latest information regarding the move |
,nents Of the rebels on the Memphis and |
Charleston RAILROAD indicate that they arc |
making preparations for more formidable |
stand, tr struggle perhaps, than it WAS sup
posed they were capable Of ut this time The
capture at Fort Doncls0n Of such large army,
OF such numbers and varieties of arms, was !
thought to have curtai1ed to an effective de- |
gree the resources Of the enemy. The wish
Was father to the thought. The loss Of the |
arms fell heaviest on the rebel Contederacy.
that 1t is almost impossible to replace the
arms: We have had sufficient indications to
positively prove this-a fact mentioned here
and spoken Of very freely, hare not seen
mentioned. As early as December Last, Gov
ernor Harris Of this State disbanded about
to arm. He urged upon them to take pixies
until it was possible to furnish them with bet
ter weapons, but these 10, 000 we're not Of the
Idle in the last ditch men. Besides, there is
nothing pleasant or agreeable in making a
bayonet charge With pixies that would not en-
him. The language Of the Richmond papers
in regard to John Ietcher's proclamation,
calling out the militia Of the State, would indi-
cate that the same were to serve without arms.
But it Ia not the part Of wisdom to under
rate rebel Resources, and particularly at this
time. The rebels, though they have lost Mis-
scuri and Tennessee and Kentucky and Viz
giuia-though ten Thousand armed men have
been captured at Done3son, are to-day strong
er than they we're when Fort Henry was in
kfnrS- 14 ftSf
like : broad and untrue assertion, but it
stands to reason. and this is the reasoning:
First, they are positively strong in their oTn
concentrated position, near the source Of sup
plies, in d country where forces can be hur-
riedly concentrated for any etlort, and where
they are being concentrated. Secondly, they
derive strength, negatively, from the fact thlt
we are necessarily weakened as We lengthtn
the distance between our armies and their
sources Of supply. The rebels were weak in
their former lines because SO unconaccted
They assumed them for the purpose Of draw
ing their supplies from the States in which the
lines were Laid, and when they left them they
we're left desolateu. It was terrible price to
pay, but the absence Of the confederates was
well worth good price. When they fell
land desolated and robbed OF all its produce.
On the contrary, it Was upon country which
had produced large crop Of corn, wheat and
cattle, and from which the rebels bad not pre-
yiously drawn any Of their supplies It is
stated here that not less than COZ, 900 head Of
hogs have been Killed and packed in thiz
vicinity. In the little town Of Shelbyyil1e, I
am told, they packed 5000 head, where be-
fore none had been killed. These hogs were
drawn from this State and Kentucky. AL the
pork from these animals has been transport
ed to the points south Of this State which are
now occupied By the rebels. They are thus in
the midst Of plenty, and more than this, in q
country peculiarly adapted to defensive opera.
tions and works, and Te in the meantime are
| getting weaker in the proportion Of the dis
| tance from home.
The concentrations against Gen. Smith arc
| most formidable and threatening, aud demand
| hasty movements on our part. Gen. 4. 3.
| Jobnston's whole force has been withdrawn
| from Decatur. There is hardly corporaI's
| guard at that point. The forces Of Brig, Gen.
| CAeatham we're removed from jackson TO Cor
inth. Gen. Polk has passed large portion o1
| T. J. MCGOWAN in command at Island No. 10
Gen. Bragg holds Humboldt with the majority
| OF his spIendidly drilled Men from Pensacola
It is said that these are the finest troops in tht
ConfedcracF, and arc 10,00O strong. Tht
whole force thus concentrated against Gen
Smith will aggregate not less than 50 900 mel
probably double his force. Unless Gen
Halleck pushes Gen. Buell. forward, Gen
Smith may be overcome, and we may NEE
with terrible reverse. At any rate, troop:
will have to be poured in upon Gen. Smith
He has assumed the position which must b
defended, and which must be held, and Aay.
no doubt will be. But certain it is that h,
must have the men now or never. A rcVers,
to the rebels with Beauregard in command
would be most terribly demoralking. Maj
Gen Brooks, Of the Tennessee militia, has OF
dered the br1 gade forming his division to has
tily rendezvous at 4 point on the Mobile an,
Ohio Railroad conveniently connected will
Corinth. have seen special order from
Brig. Gen. Ruggles to the Tennessee regi
ments Of Cols. Lee and BroWdcr, to report Il
Corlnth, and the 7th Mississippi at the sam
brooks.
ALI the railroads in the western part of til
Confcderacy have been placed under mi1itar
control, The cotton, sugar and mo1asse
Which has accumulated in Memphis has bee
side Of the city where it can be conyenientl
burned. This is being done under the care c
L. D. McKjsick, Provost Marshal Of Memphi:
who will also attend to the burning.
: All the Federal prisoners at Memphis haV
been sent 10 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, sla Mobile
lion that Nashville was a few days since, and
; experiencing the horrors Of invasion. Nasl
: vile people and papers do not appear to regre
it. There has always existed rivalry betWee
: tic two cities, and Nashville 1as been mad
somewhat sore by the taunts Of the Memphi
papers on the pcacable surrender Of this cit,
: We have State anaconda here, who is b
| ginning to contract. Gov. johnson is 4 gre
: horror to Tennessee traitors, and his first NOV
, ment has caused great squirming among th
l small politicians who rule this City. He ht
r sent the Mayor and Common Council a me
sage with an accompanying oath in blanl
e which he tells them, according to the lot
3 | Article Of the Constitution Of the State, tht
: are required to subscribe to. The oath is I
support the Constitution and the GoYernmel
: Of the United States. After debate Of col
r siderable length and mixed argument, it ":
t resolved to send q communication to Cove
nor johnson, representing that no such oat
r has heretofore been required Of them, and as
r ing reconsideration OF the question: 0.
G sponse was IN " respectful and corteo
ter7ns''-as if such a thing was unheard Of b
+ fore this time. The same paper thinks tt
l. action of the Common Council not up to II
l. demands Of the occasion, and suggests, that
l. Governor johnson is an earnest man, he Ii
T made up his mind what to do with those wi
s refuse. The matter Inns not resulted in al
e thing as yet.
t. =. s. Thu1nick, Colonel; Frank P. Foste
It Lieut. Colonial, and g. Myers, Major, make
S call to-day for volunteers for the Governor
Guard.
C Quite number Of flags Of tue ssgood 0
:, stJle'' grace the city at present, many
It them being from the hotels and priya
T. ! houses.
The bridge at Columbia overDuck river IT
d finished yesterday, and today Gen. Bue1
N army of blank number Of men, co1uposiJ
i blank number Of divisions, under blauk &c
Il erals, is on its march for blank.
d ANOTHER LETTER.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, 26th March, 1852
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