Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-07

Our troops took possession Of Nashville
Thursday afternoon of last week From the
day Oh which Fort Donelsoh fell up TO that
time tic city had been the scene OF indcscriba-
bic confusion and disorder, and large num-
Der Of The people had flrd panic-stricken south
ward by rail road and in the wake OF their re-
treating army. or 10 papers recently pub
lished in the city all had ceased 10 be issued
except the Daily Banner, " hich gives a graph
ic description of the scenes that followed the
news Of the evacuation of Bowling Green and
the fall of Fort Donclson Tic reports that Gen.
Harris had indicated Union roclivilies are
unfounded lie is still rampant rc5cl, as are
also all the leaders in the rebellion. There
has beeu some Union sentiment manifested on
the part Of the people of the city. bu. OF TO
the extent that some writers have represented
We suhjoin. from the correspondence of the
Cincinnati Commercial, brief description Of
the entry of our forces into the city and sub
/ scquent events:
The news fthc fall OF Fort DJncIsod reach
cd here while the citiz:ns were in church. Such
a $tedddiing from service was never seen. All
the carriages, hacks, wagons, horses, Sc, were
Immediately impressed, and no for Dixie was the
startling Cry. The legislature immediately con-
/ venCd, passed bur one resolution, viz:-Resol-
Ted, That we take special train for Memphis,
unanimous in the off, and in u few moments
| these valarOus COnleds we're steaming away for
the destined point Of the last resolution. Gov.
Harris followed suit with all the State records,
/ in a carriage. AS he ncared the brid re, 10 lis
! horror he discovered that il was wasLcd away,
but no. hing duuntcd he plunged in and swan
across.
"'rhe wicked flee when no man pursueth.
| by this lime ten. j ohns on's army, from Bow
! ling Green, arrived. hey came not in order,
| but running from all directions This intensi-
fed the panic
| AT this tine commenced IL scene of dastruc.
tion suidI;n Witnessed Around the State
! House were piled immense stores and muni-
tOns of war; thousands of muskets and guns
were burned magazines blown up, and some
thirty-tive cannon spiked and rolled into the
/ Cumberland. The Louisville and Nashville
and lipnzied mob then started for the su+pen-
sion brds that sTunncd the Cumberland IRON
Edgrfeld to the public 81 Iure in the city
Around it they found clustered many Of the
most influential citizens of the place who begged
and prayed for them to spare the structure; but
the valoraus J, thieving General Floyd, who
was leading the mob, ordered the ciiz. rs away.
The bridge would not burn but with pick and
hammer lie wires at this side were cut asun-
der, and in moment the work or year. and
thousands of dollars in value, were sunk in the
tirbd waters Of the Cumberland. Oh, the dam
nable joy of secessiu Gen Il 'llicoffer had his
all invested in this bridge, and from it his siN
orphaned children expected their future main
tcnance. Their father leIl like a hero-thougL
in bad cause; and the same men who virtual
! ly dove him INTO his ignoblc position, have
lobbtd-ayc, basely robbed his orphan daugh-
tiers.
Floyd then ordered the army warehouses IL
DC thrown open, and told the citizens to hell
themselves. There the language fails, Webster
is nowhere, and words are bcggurs, in attempt
ing to describe the scene. None Of the work
ing classes had left, hence they rushed, as goc.
the hurricane, upon the houses, curang, quar-
reling, scrambling, fighting over their i'll gottei
+ gains; combine all this with thousands 0
drunken soldiers sacking the stores, chasing
the fast women, and you may with the help o
your imagination, make up the scenes conse
quent upon the evacuation OF NasLvjlle Nev
Z &c.