--The telegraph operators captured by the
Federals in
East Tennessee were
Jno. M. Crowley, of
Richmond,
Superintendent of the
Chattanooga line, and
C. K. Nelson and
Ed. Montgomery, from
Lynchburg.
The Lynchburg
Republican, of yesterday, says:
‘
Burnside's forces are reported in possession of
Jonesboro, but we have no information as to the number.
We have a force this side, but it is not prudent to state how many.
The train that left here on Saturday last did not go farther than
Glade Spring.
It was not thought safe, in consequence of the excited state of the population of
Bristol, who were fleeing to every direction from the expected advance of the enemy.
On Sunday the train went through to the terminus of the road, and will continue to ran as usual for the present.
On Saturday the
East Tennessee train was on its way to
Bristol when a fire was opened upon it at Center's Depot, twenty miles west of
Bristol.
All steam was put on, and the succeeded in getting into
Bristol without danger, except a few bullet holes through the cars.
Since then things are represented as quiet, in and the people, have quieted down in
Bristol.
’