Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-29
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p We aps indebted to & irien4iiDpi>seopy ID;
the New Tork Herald" Il il Instant;
IRON whichwe mako the following interesting
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s sUREENDER OF. CLARESFInE; 5l;ii Il
|EsAcgArloa OF FORT :ndaE1sos,
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''sr .".',u,,s::esail,9 liI.r:huetst. 81. .lSG2'
THE laet'el.!E'nine' hundred strong; Ii dder
W"nlwhrd occupied arksyileETsrh.. o;i
Tuesdsy last The garrison, consisting Of 4
p"Ttian = ths flm' Ohio rssiia,;a., SSiirFfndsr=
ed, and 1:ere paroled,~ :. -, !,at., y.r,.a.,
II il reported lhat'ths enesiyiRars ad vane-
ing on Fort Dcnelson, which 'ksd BEER absn-
dGned by the Union iorce: ii charge, reported
to lie only 1900 strong. Tie post, may be
couFidarsd :aluel9ss, at prseeut, aa-fhos Cum
nerlsnd riT27 hss now cnly thi1ty inc nee q
wster. ~. - -"
,, sg:EFan Or uLaisavliIE lI5o'17Ici:fiTY: r'~r
,, ,UlaTay;iic, reported to be ID ths
! o' the rsbel5;is d smart and .,thri7ing posi-
village e:of salonfgomery o:,Eistge Fe6nesees. el
which county it is also tha GqFitsl.. II, Ii
situated on the right bank Of The Cumbe1@
Eisni river, at the mouth of .ths Rod, river:
anu at c, distance Of about ffyy miles fru1tl
I Nashville in q "No:ihwestsrlJ direction - in
Iiis prospernUs. liuiei il contained e popula-
tion Of about ,iour thousand persons, sup.
poi tei 1uur or live newspaJ srEir and 'transast-
I'd considerable trade. The financial r6jr-
tion Of Tie business oi the place was rsgu-
lated ,by two Banks, supposed to be very
sound Tbe county in " hich .Giarksyiuer is
western part OF tie State, bordering on
Kentucky" snd liaa an area Estimated
at. five hundred and ffly Square. niles
or over. three hundred and fifty thousand
ncrcs..-It is -ir1crbactcd by the Cumberland
river, which 'is .naflgahle For ''stea1iifhoSts,
and is also drained by its slIluent, tbe Red
river before. EVuken Of = The, csuriscs OF tfln
country s-undulatinE. and thersoii very fer
tile In, 1850 the county" prbdured. sbtut
three and s half nilli0uE P6a ads. Of. .totact l.
! q greater quantity LLaH ,-wasv raised v.na any
oihe1. county 0f tie Srata. The populatlru
in that year was 2I a455; Of whom 9,67r " src
slaves. Clrksv!lle is also In Important ets;
tion of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, being
sit1 ated between" Louisville aid Memphis. :
| Ii is one ahuhdred and seventy ght miles
from the former place; and oTi5s hundfed~ and
ninctY-ninc miles from the latter This road
pa5s+s through RoTIiug; Greep, from which
place il IL, distant nboutsixey -four 1uil.ss
| - ...r 80 =, %: tsr1rf :.- .-o,ss ..vr-.~ fm
!. t0hT. DndELsuN afD aEIclslJh -:
! Fort DarsiEon Is situated ol, The Ehika- .qi
! the Cumberland river, near, tbs. villa &c rGi
Doyrr. in Stewart county. Tennessee. II
;ras surrendered 10 the"Unio1'' troops 1indcT
General Gran! on the l61f Of February, l SG2
after Ell. obstinate lesistance, of tlrss, days
The couHty in which. it ;a situated, adioins
Montgomery. county, Anf contains atout
seven nGndts1 square miles or ,Dsarly iour
handfe9 and fffy. thousand Aerss. Il L
! also, Ike, that county, lnterseot4d sbp :tl,s
Cumberland river, .nud .bo luded :un.the SoutIr
west by the~ ~ftnueasee n yer, on whlch'' is
;iluuied Fort Henry. The countl contains. 8
population OF about ien tluusani persons
one-fourtn Of whom are slaves; -The. ca pita]
Of tho county is Dayer, before alluded 30, and
| rh;cn is = posi- village of Small ,p7etepsions
Fort DopelSon.. is about ,seyentyrhye- m,les
West Northwest Of Nashville, H,saaw air Il line
I or .aboutr one hundred ,niles,s liow1ng4 fii
cour1e Gfthe7irefi2 " ~ iS. i;-1Ss:',;' :.
- .,I..1nI 49, u -! -! ~ =
r NAsHyistszaE5+5.ueas.sg2 81. lsGG. i
I IS estsrdby 1aftefluong ,Clptain Atkinson: g:
the Fjflieth Chic, with twenty 1nsifjna stocE'
ale, st Edgeielda Junction, ,!was sttnrked, by
urie thousand IueTCillss. 1le rrpulsed them
Three times, killing -Morgan's adjntaut,' sa5'e1
| rrivatrs, woahdiIig eighleen, and finally, ai,el
th5os hours fighting, -drGIs, ,lheE- 1T.
Colonel SIasonj of the Seventy Ohio
| jtne same regiment denounced by General
Sherman icr cows1djce. at .ShilvhB, :Ejth. 2nj
men, 'tSo rshy5u, and in strolg .intIsnch,
n1ents 1T. Clar ksviIle, SURRENDERED Without
resist .nre 10 tue same numbrt- sf, gusrri!as:
The guerrillss were aided by rebels who nsd
taken the ckth of slteg glance:
"A large amount.of United States TT9pertS
was seized and one hundred soldieTs captured
| by 'Cie7Iilias ct Mansrow creek, near jEe-
field Junction, and tho bridge burned
T.: General NelAou LEFT Nashville for Louisville
+ this morning. "-; ,....s..?. :t-.: -.
20 RCssELGvit-r. TESS., August 81, lS:,Ccr1.
=. &i, that is known here Of the: capture o:
Ciarksyille is, that .Cul- Hlasoo SURRENDERED
his whole coIEiaand1e q Euerrillaforcc under
4; t. Johpson, ,Yecdward and Gsgrii.. =,
T. '..f,u: ranst reliable reports: represent Ma
sons force st COO that" Of the. Tehela ffG7;
| 400 t. co. Not a gun was :IrEo. Mason
| and his'uien ware pal DIED, and"ySent down tho
river. :. s.. : -. ,,...a.-,!.-~ - ..-..,-..
Fur her iriu1ma ation1rorD- -GiaT ss Vile sncy-5
the surrender lo haye!beet the most disgrace
! full and oowardiy af1sir of" the var Tue pa.
roied ti6reTj we-a allowed to cGrfJ' r0f theft
horses and side arans. The surrender was
n;sde to ar inferior iskM Of rebelcavalrJ rJ5 :sahd
S1asun and " oodward Tiade-speeches=cainPH
-.enting guei, other,'s. 80" '"::'o - - IL