Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-03-04
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
THE tArEsr FROM TENNEssEE.

RKoPBNINe or RAILROAD coHMrSickTioS TO
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. KLgcrf0t.
LOUISVILLE, Feb Railroad communication
between here and Nashville has been resumed,
except over creek ten miles north Of Nashville,
which vtas Dana led by the high water Of Satur-
An election was held on Saturday fof mtnici-
pal officers, and passed off quietly. The retiring
mayor issued proclamation assuring citizens OF
protection by the Federal troops II they quietly
pursre their accustomed avccations
Several rebel prisoners have been brought to
Nashville
Twenty Eve negroes seized by the rebels in The
vic!nity Of Bowling Green have been recovered
at Nashville and sent back.
6efefal mall communication 10 re-established
TO Bowling Green, and for military letters to
Nashville, The starsand stripes are floating over
Tue pcss o@ce !hste: ...
ORDER or GEN HAILEcK REGULATING raADs ON
THE CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE RIVERS.
ST. LOUIs, March Gen. Halleck has issued
an important order establishing regulations for
the present conduct Of restored intercourse I've:
tween sections In the department Of N issourl and
the country m the Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers, thus allowing eofs;rle,ce to follow with
the post Office, close upon the advance s0uihwafd
OF the armies Of the Union.
The order provides for granting licenses 10
steamboats, and other water craft running, In
trade or travel, on these waters in addition TO
the customary requirements OF the revenue laws
tHR LATssT FROM cAIRO-PRohABLE DEsTRUc-
TION Oh COLUMBUS
CAIRO, March "A great ii Sht was seen ia the
direction Of Columbus last night, and II Is gen.
orally believed that The rebels there have burned
everything that could he consumed
The Memphis Appeal Of the oath announces
the occupation OF Nashville by the ederal
rOOps, but contends that the feeling there is
| strongly southern, etc. The same paper says:
"Gen. BeauregaId ia said TO be making enei-
getic preparations az Columbus -
Bnshrod Johnfon arrived from Nashville on
Saturday
JEFF Thompson lefi Lis old headquarters day
before Yesterday Oh secret expedition. tie viii
turn up somewhere.
The rebels are said TO be fOItiIying island No
10 The island Is well adapted for-plsnting bat
tefles TO comma nd the river.
Prominent otireIs here believe that Columbus
was burnt last night
THE MEMPHIS APPEAL on rHK SITUATION OF IHK
RKBRL cAusR
| CAIRO, March -fLe Memphis AppeSl says
that the citizens OF Nashville avoid inteTcourse
OF any kind with the invaders Two British days
have been raised by property. boldprs there thus
evincing an intention TO eiaim tie protection OF
| that government
The sick are being removed from Columbus,
and We a'e pleased 10 learn that Gen BeauTsgard
| ID making prompt and energetic preparations Ia
| resist IN attack, which now Sc ems SO imminent
| on Columbus. Bushroi johnson arrived from
| Nashville on Saturday, having escaped from the
/ hands OF the enemy.
Both houses or the Tennessee Legislature mF,
| on the 27th and adjourned for want Of a quorum
Concerning president" Jef's message the
Il
his past policy and the extent CT the disasters
| which have followed from IL We think wal
Will soon be made on the advancing columns OF
| the enemy-thst we will attack, pursue and de.
| stroy, instead Of being attacked, pursued and de
| sIJyed.
| "fhe spade will bs dropped and the bayOnei
| resumed 10 other words, the policy Of Fabian
Daviswill yield to that Of Napol, oHic Beauregard
in view Of these facts we eau see light cleaning
through the dark clouds that at present enve ope
US, which viii burst forth In less than sixty days
| In full and respondent lustre"
TOWN OF COLUMBUS IS FLAMEs
| CHICAGO, March = "A special dispatch to the
| Times, dated Cairo, .Isrch /, ?, ports tat the
unanimous dislOyalty Of the citizens In and around
Nashville Is confirmed by every arrival from the
Cumberland.
| The difference In sentiment between the people
| along the Tennessee ard Cumberland rivers Ia
| ls very marked. On the former there were many
Unionists, but on the latter none have yet made
their appearance.
Reports are currsntsand credited here that Co.
luubus las been evacuated and DESTROYED The