The New York Herald Newspaper, March 1, 1862, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 9302. LITERATURE. ee ee = we WEBELY, Geir eee Tae, Con! ng the Following spin femal etratone:— APLENDID PORTRAIT oF GENERAL GRANT, THE niko OF FORT DONELSON, thrittis er eeu oot HAND TO HAND FIGHT OVER ay ee, THE WOUNDED BY TORCBLIGHT PORTHAIT OF ‘GewenaL CURTIS. GENERAL by GARFIELD. CAPTURED REBEL FLAGS in the old House of Repre- sRBOH, i, Ue RTATS TRAE once 8 neta tS SUCKNEE AT FORT DO- ND VICINITY. wpa Ay OF ie arin © 2 ILL SPRINGS, KEN- D riot SEAT OF reaaegippeuen of oe Unio A In fi i and thorough, ius Slane Ene ee TF eh wil coniais Ihe iret portion of «New and juorel by Wilkie Collins, author of “The Woman in sateSlernsrti ba Wesel io toa McLexan, Esq. BEST.—! ‘PER'S WEBEL, Gs Beaty ata, ; $0 i OND! % eg EEN. CRY, ip eNinieane 00 MAP OF TES en Daprenegepauon of the Union Ar- ee idee the usual auras Gren ‘Heading Matter, Lounger, Nowe, Biories, ae, de. b.. he. “ee seeps ae 2 eww safe and th fh Hlantraons Peete sama age ae ie will com iin the frat NB Novel, by Wilkie Collins, the eyes ews xray a mcg uta ve gn ebuint oe oan Mclean, Bo ET THE HARPER'S WEEELY, G aay ea iigetrtions:— : > tne HAND TO HAND FIGHT ‘7 GUNDED BY TORCHLIGHT Shuruit. $ in the old House of Repre- aT f ORT DO. VICINITY. TOME oF 2 MILL SPRINGS, KEN- PRS TOE UA Reading Matter, Tounger, the War, the next num! rane wal, ished on SATURDAY 3 i mn ofa New and Powerful Gouinn abthor of * The Woman in ‘White, en ‘This Story will be illustrated = Joun McLEnan, a ha" ‘ THE pa rey eben st es Seer Le EEE onan, THE = eat ae EH reef foie TO HAND FIGHT OVER FoR. THE iE Tyan BY TORCHLIGHT or Pie ARF LA. Repre- eontatinge ¥ ER. COMICAL ITE ao of L1' ‘ORRESPONDENCE ora ee GRANT gre aA Ta AT FORT DO- VICINITY. woe Sion aoxeise BATTLE ts MILL SPRINGS, KEN- E SEAT OF WAR IN TENNESSEE AND KENT ra a ‘showing the present position of the Union under Generals Grant and Buell Besides the an variety of Reading Matter, Lounger, News, Stories, &c., &c., &c. ogi SMaition to ad ‘usual graphic and thorough illustrations the War, next. ly, which Sat female wa SATURDAY NEXT, will contain. the first eerie} jew and Powerful Novel by Wilkie Col- Uns, author of “Tho Woman in White,” eniitled ‘This Story will be illustrated by Jonw McLEnan, Esq. ‘T.—HARPER’S WEEKLY, eee eat adarePrie Shy Gente, aor 3 nthe El Feil Ly endid Tustrations — VIEW OF wr . RNOLD PORTRALT OF GENERAT, GRANT, THE ° A Waa Maret of the HAND TO HAND FIGHT OVER ba HWARTS EE KING iE WOUNDED BY TORCHLIGHT arrER THE BAT ree PORTRAIT OF GENERAL CURTIS. PORTRAIT vA GENERAL GARFIELD. CAPTUKED REBEL FLAGS in the old House of Repre- Bentative: at Wasnt 101 Execution of the SLAVE TRADER. onus ICAL LTH I Tilustrating the CORRESPONDENCE Tae RANT AND BUCKNER AT FOXKT DO- Mahe OF FORT DONE! 'D VICINITY. FLay OF THE BATT! MILL SPRINGS, KEN- ry Mics under Ge ees Sranang Buel, not AP Benides the y cf Reading Matter, Lounger, News, Stories, Fre’ ae., a In addition to the usual graphic and, thorough illus. trations of the War, the next number of Hai at SATU; RDAY } NEX’ i oat bits at_poriion, of a. New and Powerful Cvhunes author of," ‘rhe Woran in Whiie,” ented ‘This Story will be illus rated by Joux McLexay, Esq. ET THE BEST—HARPER'S WEEKLY, - yoltowing 6 lid Tiustratione.—~ V1 abbey rater Pontiatr oF w GENERAL GRANT, THE of the HAND TO HAND FIGHT OVER aduwa 13 BATTERY, SEEKING FOR THE WOUNDED BY TORCHLIGBT PORTRAIT O} ‘GasBRaL curtis. eae GARFIELD. FLAGS in ‘the old House of Repre- i, the Dag TRADER. the CORRESPONDENCB BUCKNER AT FORT Du- son OF "FORT DONELSON AND VICINITY. ween v4 ‘LAN OF THE BATTLE OF arenas KEN- 4 +, ~ po al cas IN TENNESSE! Sn under Genera anand Bu raph — Besides the usual va Reading Matter, ews, Blories, de, dey Ae. Sere In addition to the usual mh of the ar the next Rumer of i rpera et which wil be yabiiahed o& SATURDAY HREY, will contin the fret sion of @ new and ins, Either of “rhe Woman tn Wile ‘This Story will be illustrated by Joun McLexan, Eeq. one THE RARER, Af tg OF did {ituetrations:— iate nae GENERAL GRANT, THE wad “nee othe HA HAND TO HAND FIGHT OVER h ‘op ass BY TORCHLIGHT are NERA GARFIELD, the old House of Repre- Le ear eA PONDENCR a i ao on BORREbON enn SPRINGS, KEN- * ie eee re WAR IN, TEN! Bionanaer Ge ind Bl " abaephalgs lon AP news Blories, Be, kc, be remecrivher tmnt, pen BEST.—1 HARPER'S WEEKLY, Ls? this olin Price Six Cent nits, ea ependie, Tilustrations:— fee Sears tao N GENERAL GRANT, THE he 1 HAND TO HAND FIGHT OVER WOUNDED BY TORCHLIGHT ne fat “Brecttieh of GORDON, te a ‘@ Bu scone is OP FoR LAN’ OF NE POSH aye rar SPRINGS, KEN- MAT OF THE sx NNESSER A: Armies wait de eet ine precent palin of ihe Union Besides usual Matter, Lounger, merase mir of ‘ar, the next number of He We be published on BATURDA’ rion ofa and ep at pele) mae which wi is Bee NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. Jeff. Davis’ Message to the Rebel Congress. The Rebel Leaders Have Attempted More Than They Can Achieve, Important Meeting of Cotton and To- bacco Planters at Richmond, THE DESPAIRING CRY OF THE REBELS, Burned by Ben. McCulloch, All Communication Between Savannah and Fort Pulaski Out Off, hey Ren fe. Je Davis’ Message to the Rebel Con- gress, To ram Sexars arp Hover oy REPResEntanves OF THE Cowvapxnars StaTss:— In obedience to the constitutional provisions requiring the President from time to time to give to Congress in- of the etate of the confederacy, and recom- theif consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and }) 1 have to commu. nicate that since the message at the last session of the Provisional Congress veils have demonstrated that the government had aitempled more than i had power successfully to achiew. Hence in the effort to protect by our arms the whole territory of the Confederate States, seaboard and inland, we have ‘been so exposed as recently to encounter serious disas- ters. When the confederacy was formed the States com- Prising it were, in the peculiar character of their pur- suits and & misplaced confidence in their former ass0- ciates, toa greatextent destitute of the means for the pro- gecution of the war on so gigantic a acale as that to which it bas attained. The workshops and artists were mainly to be found im the Northern States, and one of the first duties which devolved upon the government was to establish the necessary manufac- tories, and in the meantime to obtain, by purchase from abroad, as far as practicable, whatever was required for the public defence. No effort bas been spared to effect ‘both these ends, and though the results have not equalled our hopes, it is believed that an impartial judgment will, upon full investigation, award to the various do- partments of the government, credit for having done all which human power and foresight enabled them to accomplish, The valor and devotion of the people havo not only sustained the efforts of the government, but have gone far 10 suppot its deficiencies. The active state of military preparations amonz the nations of Europe in / pril last, the cate when our egents first went abroad, interposeii mavoidable delays in the procurement of arms, and the want of a navy has greatly impeded our efforts to import military eupplies of all sorts. Thave hoped for several days to receive the official reports in relation to our discomfiture at Roanoke Island and the fall of Fort Donoleon. They have not yet reached me, and I am, therefore, unable to communicate to you such information of past events and conrequences resulting therefrom as would enable me to make, recommendations founded upon the changed condition @ things which they have produced. Enough is known of the surrender of Roanoke Island to make us feel that it was deeply humiliating, however imperfect may have been the preparation for defence. The hope is still entertained that our reported losses at Fort Donel- won have been greatly exaggerated, inasmuch as I am not only unwilling but unable to believe that a large army of our people have surrendered without a desperate effort to cut their way through the investing forces, whatever may have been their numbers, and to endeavor to make a junction with other divisions of the army. But in the absence of that exact information which can only be afforded by official reports, it would be premature to pass judgment, and my own is reserved, as I trust yours will be, until that information is received. In the meantime, strenuous efforts have been made to throw forward reinforcements to the armies at Leon] threatened, and I caupot ae the bigger a dis a ments we have borne by ner ing the people to stifi Greater exertions, will specdily secure results more accordant with our just expectations, and as favorable to our cause as those which marked the earlier period of the war. ‘The reports of the Secretaries of War and Navy will exhibit the mass of resources for the conduct of the war, which we have been enabled to accumulate notwith- standing the vory serious difficulties against which we have contended. They afford cheering hope that our re- sources, limjted as they wore at tho beginning of the contest, dur! its progress became developed to such an extent as fully to meet our fature wants, ‘The policy of anlieturent for shorts terms, against which Iheve steadily contended from the commencemett of the war, bas, in my judgment, contributed in no imma- terial degree to the recent reverses which wo have suffered, and even now renders it difficult to furnish you an accurate statement of the army. When the war first broke out many of our people could with dif- ficulty be persuaded that it would be long or serious. It was not deemed possible that anything eo jnsane as a persistent attempt to subjugate these States could be made; still less that the delusion could so far prevail as to give the war the vast proportions which it has assumed. Tho people, incredulous of a long war, ‘were naturally averse to long enlistments, and the early Jogislation of Congress rendered it impracticable ‘to ob- tain volunteers for a greater period than twelve months, Now that it has bocome probable that the war will be continued through a series of years, our high spirited and gallant soldiers, while gonerally re-enlisting, are, fom the fact of having entered the service for a short term, compelled, in many instances, to go home to make necessary arrangements for their families during their prolonged absence. Tho quotas of new regiments for the war, called for from the different States, are in rapid Progress of organization. The whole body of new levies and re-enlisted men will probably be ready in the ranks within the next thirty days. But, in the meantime it is exceedingly dificult to give an acourate statement of the number of our forces in the field. ‘They may in general terms be stated at four hundred regiments of infantry, with proportionate forces of ca- valry and artillery, the details of which will be shown by the report of the Secretary of War. I deom it proper to advert to the fact that the proces, of farlough and re-enlistment in progress for the last month had so far disorganized and weakened our fgrces as to impair our ability for successful defence; but I hereby congratulate you that this evil which I had foreseen and was powerless to prevent, may now be said to be sub- stantially at an end, aud that we shall not again during the war be exposed to seeing our strength diminished by this fruitful cause of disaster—short estimates, ‘The people of the Confederate States, being principally engaged in agricultural pursuits were unprovided at the commencement of hostilities, with ships, ship yards, materials for ship building or skilled mechanics and sea, men in sufficient numbers to make the prompt creation of a navy & practical task, even if the requirea appropri- ations had been made for the purposes. Notwithstand- ing Our very limited resources, however, the report Of the Secretary will exhibit to you satisfactory Proposition in proparation, and certainty of the near completion of vessels of a number and class, on which we may confidently rely for contesting the vaunted control of the enemy over ourwaters. ‘The financial system devised by the wisdom of your predecessors has preyed adequate to supplying all the wants of the government, notwithstanding the unoxpect, ed and very large increase of expenditure resulting from a great Augmentation in the necessary measures of do fence. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury wil exhibit phe gratifying fact thas we haye no fpating debs; The Town of Fayetteville, Arkansas, | NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1862, OPERATIONS IN ARKANSAS. The Position of Benton and Fayetteville, Re- cently Captured by Gen. Curtis. J‘ that the credit of the government is unimpaired, and that the total expenditure of the government for the Year Day been, in round numbers, one hundred and seven. ty millions of dollars—iess than, one-third of the sum ‘wasted by the enemy in his vain effort to conquer us, Jess than the value of a slight article of export—the cot- ‘ton crop of the year. The report of the Postmaster General will show the Condition of that department to be steadily improving, its revenue increasing, and already“ affording assurances that it will be self-sustained at the date required by the constitution, while affording ample mail facilities for the le. ars the Department of Justice, which inclpdes the Patent Office and the Public Printing, some legislative provision will bo required, which will be specifically stated in the report of the head of that department. Tinvite the attention of Congress to the duty of or- ganizing 9 Supreme Court of the Confederate States, in accordance with the mandate of the constitution. Irefer you to my message, communicated to the Pro- visional Congress in November last, for such further in- formation touching the condition of public affairs aa it might be useful to lay before you, the short interva; which has elapsed since not having produced any mate- rial changes in that condition, other than thoge to which reference has already been made. In conclusion, I cordially welcome the representatives, who, recently chosen by the poople, aro fully imbued with their views and feelings, and can 80 ably devise means and needful provisions for the public service. 1 assure you of my hearty co-operation in all efforts for the common welfare of the country. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Newspaper Accow EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF UNION YRISONERS FROM COLUMBUS, 8. 0. The Richmond Dispatch says that one hundred Yankee prisoners at Columbus, 8.C., were expected to arrive on the evening of the 26th inst. Three instalments of an equal number will be brought hore from that city, when tpe yhole of them will bo sent to Newport News on parol PROPOSED DESTRUCTION OP me corrox AND TO- BACCO CROPS. A meeting of the cotton and tobacco planters was held at the City Hall, at Richmond, on Wednesday evening, to take into consideration the voluntary destruction of the cot- ton and tobacco crops, in view of the fact that tho efforts of the enemy were mainly directed towards robbing the South of their accumulation of these two great staples. Anumber of speeches were made and » committee was appointed to prepare buciuvas for an adjourned meeting ve same evening. PROCEBDINGS OP THE REBEL CONGRESS. In Congress, on Wednesday, Senator Simms, of Ken- tucky, offered resolutions declaring that the people of the Confederate States will, to tho last extremity, main- tain and defend their right to self-government and the government established by them, and to ‘this end do pledge their last man and their last dollar for the prosecution of the war until their imdependence is acknowledged; and also, that they will submit to any saerifice, and endure any trial, howevor severe, and, firmly relying upon the justice of their cause, and hum- bly trusting in the providence of God, will maintain their position before the world and high Heaven while they have a voice to raise or an arm to defend. The resolutions were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs: Aresolution was offered providing for compensation by the government for cotton and tobaceo burned to pre- vent their falling into tho hands of the United States. COTTON FACTORIBS BURNED. Ricumonn, Feb, 27, 1862. Schley’s new extensive cotton and woollen factory was burned on Tuesday night. The loss is heavy. The cotton factories at Columbus and Augusta have suspended temporarily in consequence of material injury to their dams and canals by the recent freshet. AFFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA. ‘The Raloigh Register of the 26th inst. says:— Two men were brought to this city on Monday as prisoners, on the charge of having piloted the Yankees to Roanoke Island. They were arrested on board a schooner a short distance from Plymouth. They were committed to jail. sos same paper tn on ediorial bogins by saying that it would be criminal as woll as idle to deny that the pre- sont is the most gloomy period that the South has wit- nessed since the commencement of the war, and goes on in the most earnest manner to call on the people to stand by their colors and fight to the last. All the prisoners taken at Roanoke Island have been released on parole. Quite a number of them arrived at Raleigh on Monday, and thoy stated that a hundred and fifty were loft at Wel- don to come on Tuesday. Five regiments of volunteers for the war are wanted to make up the quota of North Carolina, and Governor Clarke has issued a proclamation appealing to the pa- triotiem of the citizens of the State to fill up the regi- ments. REBEL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PBAVANNAN AND FORT PULABKI CUT OFF. Avavsra, Feb. 26,1862. ‘The Savannah Republican of this morning says that communication with Fort Pulaski has been effectually closed by the federal, who have erected three batterie? for heavy guns. FAYRTTEVILLE, ARE., BURNED BY THE REDELS. Maura, Fob. 24, 1862. Genorals Price an@McCalloch are both preparing for battle. The former is this side of Fayetrevilie, and the latter ie at Boston Mountain, with a force of cavalry. Maurma, Feb, 26, 1962. ‘The town of Fayotteville, Arkansas, has been burned to | ers taken at Fort Donelson is about 7,000. The number the ground, by order of General McCulloch. ‘The military ‘Stores were first burned. The Confederate army at Boston Mountain are preparing for. battle. Late advices from Knoxville state that the Confederates @t the Cumberland Gap expect an early engagement. Tho federals are frequently in sight. It is reported that nine federal gunboats and fifteen transports were seen on Sunday at Mayfield. No immedi- ate action was expected. AFFAIRS IN TENNESSER. Caro, Feb. 28, 1962. The rebel War Department has called on Tennessee for thirty-two regiments, An official despatch received at Knoxville says that an ample force will advance from Richmond to protect East ‘Tennessee, Governor Harris has taken the field in person, The report of General Beauregard’s illness is unfound- ed. He left Corinth for Columbus on the 19th, The Memphis Avalanche of the 24th cays persons re- rted to have left General Johnston’s command say that entertains no doubt of hig ability to enter Nashyiile whenever he wishes to do 80, RicuaonD, Feb. 26, 1862. The Lynchburg Republican has a special despatch from Bristol, Tennessee, statiag that the enemy had occupied Nashville on Sunday. The number of Confederate prison. killed was 500, and wounded 1,500. The admitted loss of the federals is from 6,000 to 10,000 killed and wounded, General Floyd has saved all his command except the ‘Twentieth Mississippi regiment and the Greys’ and Jack. sons’s batteries, which were taken, ; Lyxcupuna, Feb. 25, 1862. A portion of the bridge which connected the island on which the South Bide dopot is situated with the North Virginia and Tennesaee depot was destroyed yesterday by coals falling from a locomotive. Two spans were burned, which will prevent the running of the South Side cars into the ity. General Halleck’s Order Respecting the Rebel Poisoners in Arkansas. Sr. Louis, Feb. 28, 1862. Goneral Halleck, ina General Order, states that suf- ficient information has been recoived that the rebels, in evacuating Mudtown, Arkansas, poisoned the provisions they were obliged to abandon, and that forty-two officers and men were poisoned by eating the same. He says wo cannot retaliate by adopting tho same barbarous mode of warfare, nor can we retaliate by punishing the innocent for the guilty. The laws of war forbid this. But the same code authorizes us to retaliate upon the guilty parties. Persons guilty of such acts, when captured, will not be treated as ordinary prisoners of war, nor will they bo shot, but suffer the ignominious punishment of being hung as felons. Officers of troops guilty of such acts, although not themselves the advisers or abettors of the crime, will, whon captured, be put tn irons and conveyed as criminals to these headquarters. The laws of war make it their duty to prevent such barbarities. If they neglect that duty they must suffer the conse- quences. News from Fortress Monroe. Fortress Monnor, Feb. 27, 1862. A fing of truce to-day took over fifty people to Craney Island. Tho ateamtng Young America went to the assistance of the R. B. Forbes, before reported ashore about Nag's Hoad, yesterday morning. The crew wore all taken off ‘and brought here, together with tho officers, baggage and a large portion of the stores. ‘The R. B. Forbes was set.om fire at nine o'clock in the morning, and was totally Westroyed. The rebels had threatened to take her; but the captain showed the great. est coolness in danger, and deserves great praise. Preparations for Colonel Corcoran’s Reception. ‘Tho officers of the Bixty-ninth regiment New York State Militia hold a meeting on Thursday evening, Febru- ary 27, at their headquarters, Essex Market, Grand street, to make arrangements for tho reception of their noble and gallant chief, on bis return from his ng and wearisome captivity. A committee, consisting of Captains Bornard Reilly, John Breslin, Thomas Lynch, William Putler and Major , Wer errand te Proceed at once to Baltimore, aod tare ait the Colonel’s arrival by the Fortress er remad committes consiat! of Captains O'Keefe, woram, rape elly, Coonan and Thomas bana! were ited to make arr its for his fon in York. This every evening ref the heedquarters, over Kesex Market, ee ee nine, ‘until all arrangements are comp! News from San Francisco, ‘Sam Francisco, Cal., Feb. 27, 1862; ‘The steamer Cortez, from Oregon and British Columbia, has arrived hore, bringing $120,000 in gold. ‘The weather throughout the northern coast bas been cold. Wihey sons on their way from Portland, Oregon, to the miedo, ave fresen to to death. ‘Thousands who left California for the new El Dorado are detained at Portland until the spring opens. pie rh ip Joop Graal ha arrived rom Pal, | Hove is errived ship Charger, Forty-nine days from Hong ACADEMY OF Music.—Mr. Gottschalk’s Matinee to-day will bo a very brilliant affair, in point of attendance. ‘Tho facility of securing seats without am extra charge has on this, as on the last occasion, assured a full house befor: |. The programme is a splendid one, and, in addition to the opera of ‘Botley,’ brings out the great pianist in several compositions in which he bas not been an you heard, SS PRICE TWO CENTS. IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE. Occupation of Nashville by the Union Forces. Offer of the Rebels at Murfrees- borough to Capitulate. GEN, BUELL’S TERMS 10 THE ENEMY. Unconditional Surrender or an Immediate Attack, &e., &., ce. ‘Wasmrnaton, Fob. 28, 1862. A despatch was received at headquarters to-day, an- nouncing that General Buell arrived at the north bank of the Cumberland river, opposite Nashville, on Tuesday, and found there some of the rebel pickets, which retired. On Thursday the column, composed of Nelson’s and Crittenden’s brigades, marched without obstruction through the city, and encamped four miles beyond, on the road towards Murfreesborough, where the rebel army, under General Johnston, are reported to be pre- paring to maka a atand, A great deal of Union feeling waa manifartad by the citizens, Camo, Feb. 28, 1862. Areport from Murfreesborough states that the rebels havo concentrated at that place, and that General Buell bad surrounded them so that none could escape. The rebels offered to surrend ir Position if allowed to march out with the honor a General Buell refused, and demanded an surrender, and said that he would allow two consideration, and if the place was not sur: that time he would open fire upon them. The, 2 pired this morning. The rebel army, in their retreat from Nashville, ‘tott 1,600 sick and wounded, destroyed all the bridges, burn. ed all the steamboats but one, which escaped. Tho Tex” ans fired the city in many places, but the citizens extin- guished the flames. The great majority of the property owners remained. The excitement was intense. Gover- nor Harris made a speech, and said that he had done all he could, and he was going to leave, and advised them to follow. Sr. Louis, Feb. 28, 1862. ‘The St. Louis Democrat has a despatch, datod Clarks- vile, 26th inst., which says that the rebel soldiers, before leaving Nashville, plundered many dwellings and business houses, and excited great alarm among the people. Seve- ral rebels were shot by the citizens whom they were rob- bing. Gen. Nelson is in command at Nashville, Gon. Buell being still on the north side of the river. The Union sentiment is very strong, and our troops are received with the greatest cordiality. Great indignation is expressed against Governor Harris, who was fairly driven away by the Union men, they having become bold at the proximity of the Union troops, and daring to assert their rights. Before leaving Governor Harris made a speech recommending the oltizens to burn their private property, and calling on Tennessecans to rally and meet him at Memphis; but ‘no one paid any attention to him, and it is thought he will not receive any considerable reinforcements. General Crittendon’s command had juiued General Johnston at Mnrfrecoburu. no railroad bridge at Nashvillo had been destroyed. by order of Goneral Floyd, against the urgent entreaties of the citizens. The destruction of the bridge caused much indignation. Occupation of Nashville—The TEvacuation of Columbu: mo oa Buell {From the Chicago Times, Feb. Nashville is occupied by federal troops. on Sunday, at the head of a portion of his eommand, entered the city. The rebel troops, after committing all manner of depredations on public property , destroying railroad bridges, &c., fell back on Murfreesboro, on tl Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, thirty-two mi southeast of the capital. It is thought they will avail themselves of the mountain passes in this neighborhood, and oppose the advance of our army into Northorn Ala: bama. Gen. Buell had with him, in his advance from Bowling Green to Nashviile, portions of McCook’s and Mitchell’s divisions, but, soon after his arrival at the latter place, was joined by Crittenden’s and Nelson’s commands, ‘who went up the Cumberland by steamer. His force, allowing ar en, at hen af Green and other points occupi J 8 U 40,000 troops. ‘As our troops “Reytets inkennaaee, ee heat the most gratifying evidences of the revival < Union feeling among the people. Tho left wing of Buell’s army, undor Gah mas, by this time must be in the vicinity of ville. Governor Harris, accompanied by the Tennessee Logisiature, arrived at Memphis on Tuesday last. The Legislature was to convene on the ensuing day. have two decidedly contradictory reports as to the Go- vernor’s intentions. One reports him for peace and the Union, and the other for war and disunion. We credit the last statement, if both Governor and the Legisia- ture were willing to return to their allegiance Memphis would not be solected as the place in which to maké the avowal. Tho Confederate troops and the mob would make short work of both if they allow Union senti- ment to escape thom. We have a Memphit me per of the day before the Governor arrived there, and the propriety of burning the city, in preference to permitting it to fall into the hands of the Union troops, was being can- yassed. Citizens’ meotings were also held daily, to con- cert and organize means of defence. We have reliable information of a private nature that the bearers of the rebel flag of truce, who met Com. be saan General Cullom, near Columbus, on Sunday the evacuation Colum- a @ proposition ? This ‘ete re ronereg te Gena General | Halle aoe the terms and the answer mgr tched. by the of truce whieh went dowa from ‘rom Cairo on este If they bad not been, Columbus would yesterday have been ocou- Died by federal trope, The rebel proposition Choy g Harve ‘we may now look for a a demonstration on is, Gen. Grant, we ‘do not thi ik, willadvance ee bay the Cumberland: but, turning to tl will join in @ campaign agains! the two places named. ray large body of troops has been landed at Commerce, Mo., during the past few da; }, who, it is believed, will proveed down the west bank of the ‘Mississippi and clear that side of the river of rebels. This force, co-operating with the gunboats and troop transports, and . Grant’s army on the east bank of the river, will invest Columbus from evory quarter. With teh ep aie oleae the great highway of the opened bap te nos Price and McUulloch General Curtis, operating in Northwestern Arkansas again com those rebel chiefs to beat a hasty retreat, and ae where it was a a desperste stand woul made. A camp of ruction, ef & very extensive cha- large nuaiber of Price's sick and rete oan captured, pnd the rebelA compelled. to Te- Witte want vege they burned: purned all their camp equipage. ta Fort Donelson. TOS Soar <f.mm Taran Fort Dowgtson, Feb. 20, 1862. Arrtoal of General Grant at Clarksville—Reported Evgcua- tion of Nashville—General Grant Reported Pushing on to that City—The Rebel Prisonert—Several yet Undisposed f—The Arrival and Capture of the Rebel Reinforcements— The Total Number of Prisoners Thought to be Adout Eighteen Thousand, dc. , dc. Thave just arrived at the fort; and as! find the boat te about to start on its revurn immediately I must confine myself to but few words, just enough to explain the posi- tion of affairs in general. The commander of this district has already pushed on, and is now in Clarksville, whieh has been occupied by @ portion of our forces under Gen. Smith. On the arrival of our troops they found the place deserted, and white flags flying all erent The boats is ‘as in aleo that of the set ccemren ter Sate Bama ve feviante of ‘or chrtevife and and when th the receive protection inatead Fein leas return once more to the! Thore is a repor deserted. FS homed inquiries relative the rumor, and ‘what it is worth. ae ne 7 wil pikes The covered by there employed é durying dead. The: will have every care them, and strict searc! will be made to coeertaia wheiner “others may be ina ituation. These poor fellows had doubtless crawled Wke into the brush to get out of the confusion of the battle, and, being out of the rogular line of the wounded, wero not sooner seen by those who have beon engaged in look- ing for them. {shall, for the present, stay in this \borhood, one of your correspondents has gone up the river wih Grant, who has taken passage on the W. H. B., with @ amali force of troops—two Tm ey however, in advance. It ie thought he has pushod on to Nashville. ‘The rebel dead are pot yet all boried. alt ueh our Foote ibt~ moe rt oatibg about that Nashville has been able to make any strict therefore give it for ree wounded Union soldiers were it into the Ly fellows have iain ta tte bree over battle, and have only just been dis- troops are doing their best tooffect this object, for health’s Bake, let alone that of humanity. The prisoners have not all yet been “ent away, large numbers being still here undisposed of. On Monday two regiments of rebel ‘Tennesseeans marched in to reinforce the fort, being una- ware of the fact of its capture, ‘They ceme along with their colors flying and their bands playing, and they were allowed to enter the camp without any warning as to who were the possessors of it. ‘They were in all 1,470 strong, and were very nicely bagged without a shot ed fired.”’Our prisoners: it w thought, will now reach the number of about eighteen ‘thousand; but we can- not yet fairly ascertain the exact aggregate. ‘The offi- cial reports will doubtless tell the tale when they are blished. General Albert Sydney Johnston every, un- fortunate. Everything he has undertaken has failed. If he is their best officer Rebeldom is gone to the dogs. IMPORTANT FROM THE UPPER POTOMAC. Advance of Major General Banks Into Virginia Bolivar and Charlestown in Our Hands. The Rebels Shelling the Rail- road Trains. UNION SENTIMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE, &e dees Re. Bourvan, JxprEnsox Covwry, Va. ; ‘Via Barrmors, sy Teteckarn FRoM Sawpy Hoox, February 28, 1862. Since Monday night Harper’s Ferry and its vicinity have changed hands, Our advance guard, consisting of the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvanta regiment, passed over the Potomat from Sandy Hook to Harper’s Ferry before daybreak on Monday morning, by a rope ferry, and took possession of the town. Next day ample provision for transporting troops over the river was provided, and our advanced guard was considerably reinforced. Bolivar and Charlestown, and « considerable portion of the country on both banks of the Shenandoah, are now occupied by our troops. Except about twenty of the memy, which have been captured, they all rotiredon the approach of our army. The people in this town and the neighboring piaces which our troops have occupied were ina condition bordering on starvation. There are comparatively few of the inhabitants remaining here now, and they all profess Union sentiments and great de- light at being relieved fromthe thraldom which has op- pressed them for the last six months. Many refugees are returning. ‘The right wing of the army has considerably curtailed the rebel territory in Virginia, and made a foothold for itself which all the power of the rebellion eannot wrest from it, Among the trophies taken from the enemy are several fine horses. The enemy has made sad havoc among the residences of the Union people here since the departure of our troone. i‘ £0 far vo -vpvesi0n bag been given to our advance, mos a hostile shot having been fired. General Banks has ea tablished bis headquarters on the road from Harper's Ferry to Bolivar, The enomy shelled the trains to-day at Berlin as they were passing down to Baltimore, but their practice was bad, and out of twelve shells fired only two exploded, and none of them did any damage. The plans of General McClellan are being rapidly un- folded, and you may rely upon it, from my own personal observation, that the brave young chieftain is diligently as well as skilfully laboring to crush the monster rebel lion at the latest moment To-night all goes well. THE EVACUATION OF COLUMBUS. The Rebels to Fall Back on an Island in the Mississippi. The Rails of the Memphis and Oh‘o Railroad Ordered to be Torn Up &e., &e., &e. Sr, Lous, Mo., Feb. 28, 1862, ‘The Memphis papers of the 19th instant say that Gen: Polk issued orders yesterday that the track of the Mem- phis and Ohio Railroad should be torn up, preparatory to the evacuation of Columbus and the demolition of the fortifications there. The Columbus forces are to fall back to Island No. 10, about forty-five miles below Columbus, which, it is said, compjetely commands the river, and can be fortified with hééVy guns and made impregnable against any river attack. Cairo, Fen. 28, 1862. ‘We learn from a gentleman thoroughly conversant with Kentucky, thatthe rebels are dismounting their large guns at Columbus, and that the werk of evacuation is now going on, Several transports are lying st Columbus to carry off the troops. Every man coming into Colum- bus is impressed—oven farmers with their teams. Seve- ral hunared negroes were sent into the interior yester- day. This is from a reliable source. IMPORTANT SEIZURE AT THE SOUTH. Capture of the English Steamer Labuan off the Coast of Texas—Her Arrival at This Port in Charge of a Prize Crew— Dimensions of the Labuan and What She Cost, d&ec., dec. Yesterday morning witnessed the arrival in the North river of another valuable prize, captured by the United States sloop-of-war Portsmouth on the 1st ultimo, at Becia Chica, a Texan port, few miles from the Rio Grande. 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