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WEDNESDAY, MARCH ia, 1859.


WEDNESDAY,, MARCH ia, 1854.
FROM NASHVILLE. I
i Gossipping Letter About Various !
Things.
Especial Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette-l |
NAsHsu1E, Tenn, March 8, 1863.
EAsuyuLE NEWSPAPERS. |
The newspapers Of this city suddenly be- |
came dcfuncI after the fall of Fort Doneison. /
Nos another paper was issued during their |
eight days Of panic, or until thes national I
troops bad restored order and security to
Under the protection Of the Stars and Stripes
The propzietors Of the Union aud american,
the original secession paper of Middle Ten
nessee, and the most violent Of all the rebel
q new paper from their office. It made It's
first appearance last Friday evening, and prom
ises 10 be continued regularly. 1t does not, Of
eouree, dare to advocate secession openly, un-
der lie noses Of our Generals, but its virus is
ssuilleiently manifest in the tone Of its news
other paper. is yet regularly published in the
The old Nashville Ra,vaer, the time-honored
Wing eEgan Of Tennessee, has partially re-
such news as 1t can get from stray North
ern and Southern papers, and the local items
Of the city. It will be remembered that when
after remaining Union as long as possible, the
Banner finally yielded to the public pressure,
and carried over with it the last Of the open
itor retired, unwilling to give its aid to
cause which he feared would end in just such
disasters as are DOW upon them The seces-
sion editor has in turn retired-In fact his
g1ace-and the proprietors, though Intending
TO issue only o news sheet: for the present,
have brought back their old clitor to superin-
tend. The act Is at least a mark:o fitting
respect to- the military authorities by whose
Permission alone they are enabled to publish
st all.
KEBE1. IE1o1C5SGs OVER THEIR VICTORY AT
DoSELsog.
By the way, I know nothing richer IN the
| whole flow Of Southern braggadocio than the
I confident boastings Of these secession papers
| Issued the very day Fort Doueleou fell. This
as any. sent on, some days ago, its very
frank history Of the disgraceful panic into
| which generals, legislators, preachers, sol
| diers, citizens, women and Governor fell alike
| On the Sunday Of the surrender. Take the
| following from its issue Of Saturday, the day
| before:
| awe have defeated the enemy =:nd driven
| lis advancing legions back from Fort Donel-
! sou. Els retreat is lnitatory to 4 series Of
bully runs Which he Is destined to expert
ence upon Inc turf Of Tennessee. With Pill
| 1ow, Buchner and Floyd at the head Of our
| troops, We arc inrincibfe in that quarter, and
| MAY rest secure from any serious danger by
way Of the Cumberland riyer, for some time to
come:
II hsyc1r or~n4E
refreshing to receive so important solace.
Whilst it rcdeems our disaster it breaks the
force Of the cncmy's achievements
s'He has been driven back, peu mel. After
LENGTHY engagement along onrwhole line, 4 in,
the darkness to make good his re-
treat. We suppose, quite a. gloss
Northern Journals. accomplished all he
came for'-'only party Of skirniahers'-
in order &c. But it can hardly be concealed
that his onset upon Donelson met 4 repulsc
which Will inevitably silence his braggadocio,
60 far as lis prodigious feats in this State are
| concerned. Thus far lie has little to hrag about
and thf affair .ss Of Thursday Thu gxss him zt
entertained by our5clf, Of an early de-
monstratlon- against . Nashville entirely
ont Of the question, and should at once
/ d4itf Hi AlA1EL9 4u1l luc Liu1lQ, LIZ IE!fUuI
or the aged. As to the ladies' Of the city, il
must be said that they have exhibited bul
small apprehension during these late event:
Of apparent jeopardy. They eTincc SO much
. courage, f1rmness and decision, That many
suggestions arc entertained to raise femnl,
! regiment for local de1e:se. The Pike and tn,
. IHtticoat are somewhat akin, it is thought b!
many, being both Of Polish origin; and vi
| all know that whoever meets the one or tn
z other, will be equally liable to catch q tartar
reason in it; aud, moro than all, is q marvel
: ou=1y favorite topic among the ladies them
selves.
(which Is sufficient reason in itself,
Being woran@s reason
"Wc would not be at all surprised to see
: | regiment Of the kind parading the streets an
, | one Of these sunshiny afternoons, short dresses
L. jockey caps, feathers, Zouave Jackets, etc.
course the ChcsteriGldan tactics will be adop1
cd aE drill code e. Eyes right-march!
:. with our victorious boys at DonelsoD, Oh
no# thoroughly reused generals, and on
contemplated regiment Of petticoats-to 50
Z nothing Of cur already organized city ,ni1:tar
!: Nashville is al right for the present."
STRATEGY IN sTAMFED1NG.
= A correspondent in the same paper, writin
!, from Bowling Green, has sumo fears that pc
hars, for stratcs,ic purposes only, that stron!
: | hold may be eraczated- He is certain TINT
they do run away from there, it will only be I
bring confusion to the Yankees. Their trooI
are true as ever drevbiadc, and the BowliI
: Green merchants are very foolish to be afiic
C. cd with so scnseicss panic. Hcar lin CO;
Il clHdc: !
s'Merclauts here are closing their busiue
and preparing to leave never knew befol
y that people could 80 suddenly become afIectt
e by . panic. have asked thousands what Il
1e matter was, and have as yet found no one vi
te could give satisfactory answer. AL S;
of that Bowling Green is to be evacuated We
it docs look SO. Our forces are leaving ii
taking their arns, guns tents, wagons, store
etc, with as much Iapidity as they can exhibi
But let us reflect little. There are powerf
divisions on our fanks, and they have partial
succeeded in obtaining a footing in our rea
. Oar nzen, the guns, the oror&sions etc., may
g sent bcoiD to drtte then, bac1 copered Nth def
~ and disgrace. There are yet seven or Gig
thousand troops above here % true as eG
drew blade Hindman with his brigade is
Dripping. Spring, fifteen miles abovei VII
l. Breckenridge with his brigade is few mil
= this side. They are both, I learn, under mart
N ing orders. Stirring military events arc up
us. The Yankees may and will rue tho d
that they yeutuTed into your noble State
;hi- found document 90 racy that I must
pardoucd i brief extract. It is the "Conf
erate States Almanac, for the year Of our Ii
n 1862, being the second Of the Confeder
~ ~ States. Edited E,;,i{ p % T. G. Summers, 9, ?.
the close Of this precious document is a
Of " memorabilia In which the Revere
editor says ''wc have taken great pains
est avoid e7ore,' Witness his success. Iqu
a1mt st at random:
rK ''July 12-Fight at Rich Mountain, Va,
which less than 500 Confcderates disp1a,
Spartan Ealor IN opposing over ten times th
= number, by whom they were oyerwhelm
. Gen. Garnctt was among the killed.
- "Sept. l0.-Battle Of Carnifex Ferry, Va
which the Federals under General Rosecr:
were routed by The Confederates under G
= Floyd. Among the Fede1al5 killed was {
= Lowe.
"Noy. 7.-Batt1c Of Belmont, No., L
Columbus, Ky., in which the Fcderals, I'M
Ger. Oglesby, were routed by the Coufedera
under Gems. Polk, Cheatha1n, and Pill
Confcderates lost some 800 killed and won
"a. ed, and 26 prisoners Federals, about l,
killed and wounded. and 200 prisoners, ini
ing Coils. Doughcrty and Beaufort prisoner
, NOV, Slight near Rketon, Ky,,
which the Federa1s under Gen. Nelson y
rcpulEed By Coutederatcs under Col. Villa
the former losing 21a killed and about
wounded the latter, ? killed and Is wonpde
Asof course the reverend doctor belit
}T, this, what can the masses believe?
And now, having given some rebel hist
I cannot aroid the temptation to conclude
exercises with little rebel poetry. Il
= from the close of an Grafton delivered in N
Is, | vile by Col. II. n. Bilbo:
"Tennessee was the last Southern Stat
| fnf ff,e EoYt1ia1 -Ennf that f1nurd her in n