The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-21
LATE NEWS.

NEW YORK, Dec. 49, The correspond
emit Of the Tribune thus describes the
carnage of Saturday:
II is not using too strong an expression
10 say that in this battle we were butch
cred. The loss Of enemy in compare
son with our own must be insignificant.
More than half the division of General
French were placed hoyS de- combat before
they.had fred a shot having orders to
withhold their fire, charge bayonets, and
rush upon their entertainments. They
anticipated no obstacle until they should
meet in hand 20 hand fighting for the crest
of the first range of hills, but how little
they new their foe they had TO deal with,
lying close upon the soft earth behind a
low stone wall, a half destroyed fence,
which we had not taken into our calcu-
lations as obstacles.
The enemy watched the approach Of
French ill every man in battle line came
under the aim Of the best sharpsooters in
the rebel army,in an instant, almost before
the fence itself was discovered 10 be an
abstacle along their route, n thick line of
and wall, and The moment the first volley
was fired, sixty pieces of artillery, charg-
ed with grape and canister, sent the in
fernal contest straight through our ad-
vancing lines, raking them in front, and
upon both flanks, Destruction so terri
BILE never before has been seen during
this war.
French went into battle with 1000
men, and two days after the battle, only
1900 men have reported TO him.
The entire loss of the corps of Couch
consisting of the divisions of Howard
French, and Hancock, and which the
morning up TO the battle, contained 40
regiments, old and new, amounting TO at
least 25, 600, is now 10000
think official reports will not vary
from this estimate more than 800 over or
urder. The losses in Reynolds corps of
Franklin's grand division, which was at
first supposed to be but 1000 are to. night
considered by some of Franklin's staff
officers nearly 1000.
The following, based upon official re-
ports as far as made out, and upon esh
mates Of those who have the best facili-
ties for judging, is as near correct as can
be obtained up TO the present time. The
right grand division, cons listing of Sum-
ner's I'd corps, Csuch's, and Towards
division, $50; Hancock's division, $500 !;
Freneh's division, 1900; the 9th corps,
consisting of Wilcox's and Sturgis' di-
vision, 925; Getty's division, 400; total
1906. The centre of the Grand Division,
-,
fields and Humphreys division, 1900:
GrifIln's division, 1900; Sykes $50 /;
total-2,950. The left grand division;
consisting of Franklin's LIST corps, Rey-
nold's and Gibbons division, 900; Mead's
division, 1900; Doubleday's division,
$50; total-2,850. The 9th corps
(Smith's), 200. Total loss in the right
grand division, 7,055; total in the cen
tire division, 1885, total in left grand
division. 1850. Total-l3,055.
1t is believed that these figures will
fall under rather than exceed the OIL
cial report
New York, Dec. 18-The Cahawba,
from New Orleans on the 10th, arrived
to-day. Among her passengers are Hon.
| b. t. Flanders and Hon. Ii. Hahu, Mem
bers Of Congress from Louisiana.
Gen. Butler, finding the fund for the
poor exhausted, has levied an assessment
of $2S,060 on the cotton brokers who
advised the planters not to send in their
produce in order to induce foreign inter
ven,iOn
Coz French, Provost Marshal General
has issued an order that all persons ar
irving at New Orleans will be required ia
take the oath Of allegiance before land
ing,