Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-07
4t[anare Waztffe.
rH omsoN- Editor
Delaware. NTarch ,. 1862.
THE NEWS

O6laWSTGs ECu 4 4SOGs
THE NEWS.
The War Department having issued strin-
gent order f,rbdling the publication of news
of movements of troops. or other war news
that car be o. advantage to the enemy, and ex-
ercising astrict supervision over all the tele-
graph lines in the loyal States, the sensation
dispatches have been entirely cut of. as well
as most OF the correspondence of the reporters |
for the citv press who have followed the sever /
al divisions OF the army or located at the head |
quarters Of the commanding Generals. Con
scquently, however important the movements
that arc bcins made, We shall know nothing OF
them till the result is ascertained, and the pub
lication of the particulars AUTHORIZED by the
military authorities. This seems a rigid meas
ure. but il is doubtless necessary, and its adOp
lion months ago would have been of decided
advantage to the public interest.
Nashville. the Capital of Tennessee and a
prominent point in the heart Of re5eda.i, has
been in our possession for more than week.
II was taken possession OF wit hOut opposition,
the rebels fleeing panic-stricken on the APP
proach of our troops. Some particulars of
the evacuation viii be found elsewhere.
/ The rebels have been reported as concentra-
ting at Mufreesborough, Decatur, and several
| other points, with the intention of making
stand -bnt they are so dispiritcd and thorough
/ ~ tlemoralized by recent defeats and repeated
evacuations and retreats that it is not likely
( they " i'll be in condition to offer serious oppo-
Siiou TO our advance for some time to come
There have been promises made 10y jeff Davis
to send them large IeinlOrcemcnts, but it is
difficult to sly where they arc TO be procured
unless il be from the line of the Potomac, and
if they are sent away from there. a more urgent
demand for aid will soon be heard from that re-
gion. The Governors Of Tennessee, Mississippi
Arkansas, and o;hrr States. are also making
strong appeals TO the entire male population
of their States calaJIe Of bearing arms, to
turn ont, but the more Of su ch undiscipincd
and poorly armed troops they have in Ihc field
the worse it will be for them-tbey will only
dcnorulizc and spread panic among what eff
ccnt troops they have, and it will be utterly
impossible to induce them to face shower OF
mimic balls from rifles in the hands OF well dis
ciplincd troops
Columbus, ny, has been evacuated by the
enemy and is now occupied by troops. At
this point, as at Bowling Green, they had
made immense expenditures of time and money
in terrifying, out have finally left their works
i without attempting defence against our ad-
vancing columns. The evacuation of CoIun-
bus frees Kentucky entirely from armed rebels.
It also leaves the Mississippi river comparative
Iy dcfcncccss, for though they have fortifrations
| al several points between that point and Mem
pills, they are not of formidable character,
and it is not likely much time will be given
them for completing works as yet unfinished
r or only projected.
At Clarksville, Bowling Green, Nashville
and Columbus, they destroyed all the property
a they could befure lcaving--but n0twitIisland-
f ing their Efforts to leave nothing that would be
of advantage to Us, we secured at each place
large quantities Of stores. arms, ANN unt;on
&c. The railroad aud other bridges at each
: place were dcstFoyed-sone of them very
a costly siructures-and attempts were made tC
. destroy the town Of Bowling Green and th'
city of Nashville. Oppression aud outrag,
t characterizes their advent into, town-anC
= vandalism uniformly Signalizas their exit.
It The division OF Gen. Banks has crossed tn
Upper Potomac at Iarper's Ferry and othe
= points, and now holds possession of Martins
c burg, Charlcstown, and other important poin,
d in that region. This doubtless means an al
d vance by way OF Winchester. in which the di
vision Of Gen. Shields Catc Lander's) will par
II ticipatc. Reports say the enemy are in fu
force at Winchester, and if so battle Mi
"a soon be heard of at that point unless the reb
At els "cvacuate," as has been their custom c
e late.
81 Nothing of Importance from Missouri. Ger
Curtis has entered Arkansas, and taken pos
a. session OF Fayetteville next TO Little Rock III
ms largest town in the State. Before leaving til
lie rebels resor;ed to their ,ua acts Of vandalism
Is * having plundered and burnt a considerable pan
; OF Inc town.
ir Nothing new from the Southern coast. I'll
a announcement that Savanna had been take
It's proves Incorrect At last advices our force
had cut off Fort Pulaski from communicable
tc with the city, and were erecting batteries fc
the purpose Of taking the fort.
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q OHIO LEGISLATURE.
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