...to leave the town, around which pickets had been posted to give warning of any approach, as well as to prevent the departure of those in the place. About sundown a rebel Lieutenant came down to Capt. Ballard , of the McCoombs, and Capt. Pepper, of the Dean, and told them he has the honor of informing them that General John Morgan had arrived in the city, and had made the Ashcroft House his headquarters. ...