The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-20
LATE NEW S.
HEADeUARTERs ARMY OF THE PoroMAo, !

DCbs 10 4As
Yesterday the rebels sent under a flag
of truce message that we could bury
our dead. A burying party accordingly
went over and continued their labors du-
ring the truce.
Col. Walter, of Longstreetes division,
informed some of our officers that the
rebel Infantry force engaged in Summers
front on Saturday was only two brigades,
hut thatthey had large reserve near
! by. He said our men exhibited great
bravery, but he considered the rebel po-
sitiOn impregnable, and that force of
10000 would find it impossible to carry
the heights in the face of their batteries.
The rebel loss was small compared
with ours, from the fact that they were
protected by a stonewall and rifle pits
Our losses, as heretofore reported, have
been considerably decreased by the ar
rival of stragglers.
The enemy took nearly eight hundred
prisoners from us, considerable portion
Of whom were absent from their camps
when we evacuated the south side of the
river. The prisoners taken on both sides
have been paroled.
1t is stated that Lee and Longstreet
came down to-day and held converse
ton with some of our officers. The flag
of truce was Withdrawn to- night, after
all our dead were buried.
FoRTREss MONROE, Dec. II. - This
morning the Baltimore mailboets brought
down one hundred and three Confederate
prisoners captured at Antietam, Ii great
many of whom were wounded
| =, ,LoNo h.
ports that Gen. Banks and Gen. Emory
are cooperating with Gen. Foster and
the corps in Gen. Dix's division.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-The bill of
Repre- sentative Aldrich to indemnify the
State of Minnesota for the expenses in
Cured during the recent Indian dis
turbances, appropriated 100000 for
that purpose.
The postal appropriations for the
coming year amount to S12, 100000. This
does not include the appropriation for
the California central route, for which
special grant of one million dollars was
last year made, which it is presumed will
be required.
The Joint Committee of Congress on
the conduct of the war In pursuance of
| Dena'Or w llhlusOh . ISsOluIlODt WnlCn
was adopted to- day, left Washington to-
night for the Rappahnnnock to inquire
into the facts connected with the late
events near Fredericksburg. They are
accompanied by Senator Wilkinson and
several others.
New York, Dec. 1S.-The Cahawba,
from New Orleans on the 10th arrived
to- day. Among her passengers are Hon.
B. F. Flanders and Hon. M. Hahn, mem
bers of Congress from Louisiana.
Gen. Butler, finding the fund raised for
the poor exhausted, has levied an assess
ment of $4,000 on the cotton brokers
who advised the planters not TO send In
their produce in order to induce foreign
intervention.
Col. French, Provost Marshal General,
has issued an order that all persons ar
irving at New Orleans will be required to
take the oath of allegiance before landing.
The rebels on the opposite side of the
lake were conscripting, and out of eigh-
teen who crossed on passes, sixteen were
J seized and put into the rebel army.
CHICAGO, Dec ia special Cairo
despatch says the gunboat Cairo, when
twenty -one miles below Yazoo on Friday
last, was blown up by torpedo, which
was sunk in six fathoms of water The
entire armament and outfit was lost. II
is thought the torpedo was set off by a
galvanic battery at Delphos, opposite.
NEwYoRK, Dec 19,-The correspondent
of the Tribune thus describes the carnage
of Saturday:
1t is not using too strong an expression
TO say that in this battle we were butch
cred. The loss of the enemy in COMPARE
son with our own must be insignificant.
More than half the division of General
French were placed hors du combat be-
!, fore they had fred shot, having orders
to Withhold their fire, charge bayonets,
ambush upon the entertainments. They
anticipated no obstacle.until they shonld
meet in hand to hand fight for the
crest of the first range Of hills bnt how
little they knew their foe they had TO
|, deal with, lying close upon the soft earth
. behind a low stone wall, half destroyed
fence, which we had not taken into our
calculations as obstacles.
The enemy watched the approach OF
= French until every man in battle line
D came under the aim of the best sharp
q shooters in the rebel army, and in an
, instant, almost before the force itself
was discovered 10 be an obstacle, along
their route, a thick line of flame and
r smoke streamed above the fence and wall
8 and the moment the first vOley was fired,
60 pieces Of artillery, charged with grape
and canister, sent their internal con.
c tents straight through our advancing
= lines, raking them in front, and upon
e both TANKS. Destruction so terrible
never before has been seen during this
war.
= French went into battle with 1905
s men, and two days after the battle, only
( 1900 men reported TO him.