Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-12
NrshYIlIe In Retreat,

Nashville In Retreat,
At nine O'Clock we were wakeued by
the strange notes Of "Hal Columbia
Ehistled by an Israelite, in whom there
was no guile, in the adjoining room. 1t
raised certain doubts within Us, but we
ventursd 10 dress and issue upon the
streets. The Jew was only prsCticing in
sdvance-the Federals had not arrived.
but the scenes which met US everywhere
surpassed recital. Chaos was come again.
Nashville is never inviting Just after q
rain. Imagine &c sue8red with mud,
drenched wiz water, bowed down
with grief and fear, Snd occupied by the
Texan Rangers. Old citizens moved
about uneasily; and rag and tag, when
they had nothing else to do, fell
upon the commlssary stores and helped
themselves 20 whatever they could find.
The railway dep0ts where the lazy and
1 Indifferent authorities were pretending
Z 10 be engaged in the work Of transpOr-
tation, were thronged bv ySgabOnds,
white and black, who robbed the casks
{ Of bacon, prigged the cases Of clothing,
and spiked the barrels Of mOlasses until
I the traces Of pllaEe absorbed every
other sign. The public square was
crowded with the debris Of the military
] storehouses, and he who coveted an ar
I ticle Of wearing apparel, frOm pair Of
I gloves to a pair Of boots, had only to
/ tilch it from the general mass. A favO-
rite amusement Of the hour was what
. went by the name Of % pressing If
ven wanted 10 steal anything YOU
I had only 70 "press Il. II you wanted
some one else to do what you were too
1 Indolent 70 DO yourself, you had simply
. = draw your pistol and press him. -
/ The enemy was pressing ~ the times
/ were pressing .' and each particular in
dlvidUal, com posing the great medley,
particularly Il be could mount q feather
I and wore a grey coat, was con the press. %
I I ssW q ranger attempt to press auegrO
On the corner Of College and Union
I streets. The negro resisted Ike a mad
man and the ranger shot him and
I heard that q negro servant Of Gen.
( Floyd's pressed g whole squad Of white
men. under threats OF srrest and martial
law. That light the Suspension bridge
Was destroyed-Sn act which did DOT
delay the advance q single hour, aud
nearly impoverished the Children OF the
generous and gallant Zolieonsr. II
was 8 very foolish and needless act, and
did not emanAts from Albert Sidney
Johnston.
Tbs Chattanooga DsPOt.
Thursday was q sharp and windy day.
The sky, yet dappled with doubtful
clouds, was clearing into blue and gold.
But the addition Of light, while II ilu-
mined, did not brighten the scene Of ruin
and confusion. The retreeting, pres
( ing.u stealing. syyssrin9 drinking and
! shooting still continued: and each hour,
{ whilst L withdrew nothing from the riot,
+. Increased the nervousness both of the
/ people and the soldiers. ] parted com
4 pany with my friend the aFullerist the
morning Of our arrival, and having
/ completed my own arrangements for
retiring Ia good order" sought the
Chattanooga depot, encumbered with
nothing but haverssck and blanket.
A single trsin Of cars, loaded with
twelve or fourteen hundred Of Floyd's
men was sll that wss likely 70 move out
Ia the direction Of Mmfreesboroj during
the day, and managed % pres nv
sell Ia among the men under pretense of
Delhs q z 'lai lerInsster's clerk, a charac-
ter Whleh Was more respectable at that
time thah IT Eiterw2rd become. The
group Wnlen received me was beguiling
The time over the pleasant game 81 1lCi9
sledQe," AZ dollar "pitch y alterna -
bv incursioas into a keg of Eo1C-
which had been snuggled into a corner
Of the car, where It lay in semi-eoD-
eeainaent, and conjecluFes upon he
movements Of the enemy, his probable
proximity and the events In front ol
DonelsoIi. As the game and discussion
grew more animated, the temper Of some
of the parties gave way, and among
other diversions, particularly TeInem
, Der a fight, which absorbed every Othel
, incident for the time being and brought
J up the guard. About noon two report
rang on our ears apparently from th'
river, and certainly below thecity. 'Ih'
Yankees are coming ran along the line
and there's the gun5oats shouted bal