The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-24
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH, "a, 'e2
Especial Dispatch to the Missouri uomocrst.I

fgpeclai Dispatch 10 the Missouri DcmocAtl III
,CArRo., March 20--Yazoo City is sup
posed to be strongly fortified, and pro-
yided with formidable batteries. The
bluffs are high and calculated to afford IL
excellent Qualifications. These will prob
ably have TO be taken from the rear.
The latest reports from the canal oppO-
site Vicksburg are to the effect that only
the stumps are now to be removed, and
the level or shallow places deepened with
degrees, then water can be let in. II has
undoubtedly been done before this lime.
The 1l63h Illinois regiment dug seven
~ feet of canal alone.
The Captain and Clerk Of the steamer
Minnehaha have been arrested for conlra-
band trading, and sent TO st. Louis for
trial The barkeeper had several state
rooms filed with barrels Of whiskey,
which be sold at enormous prices.
FRANKLIN, TENN, March 2O.-A con-
siderable force Of the enemy's cavalry
recrossed Duck river and advanced TO-
ward Franklin yesterday, but were driven
back. The bridge at Columbia has been
rebuilt, and Gen. Van Dorm is said to have
been largely reinforced. Cavalry Skin
mishes occur daily. We have vast ad
vantage in position.
Special Dlspatchto the Cincinnati Gazette.
MURFREEsBoRo, March 20.--This morn
ing Colonel HalPs brigade, of General J,
]. Reynolds Division, when returning
from an expedition, came in contact,
three miles this side of Milton, with a
large force Of rebel cavalry, who at
tempted TO surround him. lie sent in
word that he would be able TO hold his
own until the arrival Of re-enforcements.
Cavalry and infantry were Immediate
~ pushed out to his assistance.
Since then heavy firing has been heard
In that direction, and it was supposed
that an engagement was going forward.
The rebels have been making demon
strations to day upon the Salem road,
and appear TO be feeling with their caval-
ry all along the left of our lines.
Lieut.. John ID. Lanahan, Fifteenth
Kentucky, for rendering his resignation,
accompanied with expressions of gross
disloyalty is ordered to be dishonorably
dismissed from service, and conducted
outside of the army lines b y the proves
guard.
General B. w. Johnson's Division was
reviewed to-day.
The Chattanooga Rebel of the 18th
says: Bragg's army is in better condition,
and more bent upon its mission than ever
before.
Rebel papers speak OF Hooker's army
as having been sent to Port Royal.
Mobile papers say ample preparations
are making TO give our troops a warm
reception on the Tallahatchie.
General Joe Johnston was at Mobile
on the 18th.
/, PHrhAbELrHIA, March .21.--Jay Cook,
the subscription agent report the CONVEX
slams Of legal tenders into 20 U. s.
loans to-day. New York, $4,000 !;
Philadelphia 5 10000; Cincinnati, $685.
900; Baltimore, $4,000; Cleveland 90
600; Pittsburg, $4,000; total, $780,
600. aaN
u SAN FnANcIsoo, March 20.--Reliable
advices from the city of Mexico to the
I'd, says the French were then eleven
leagues from the city, with no signs of
an immediate advance.
NRw York, March 2l.-The steamer
British Queen, from Havana the 18th, via
Nassau, reports that rebel steamer ar
rived at Havana on the 18th from the
coast ofFlorida, with 600 bales of cotton.
The Port Royal Ne,0 Sotitt, Of the 18th,
says Jacksonville, Fla, was taken on the
10th by the negro brigade. The negroes
behaved with propriety aud no one was
harmed on the 1lth.
Col. Montgomery with 200 men, had
sharp skirmish three miles from the town
with 200 rebels.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS, March 20.-There is
but little doubt that large army under
Breckenridge and Morgan is now in Clin-
ton county, KY, south of the Cumberland
river, ready to advance into the State.
A number OF Copperheads have been
arrested and admitted TO bail for writing
reasonable letters TO the army, encour-
aging assertions, Sc.
New YoRK, March lS.--The bark
Sarah A. Nichols, from Buenos Ayres for
Cuba, was chased into the harbOr of ST.
Thomas by the Pirate Florida The au-
thorities detained the pirate until two or
thre0 hours after the sailing of the bark,
PROPOSED EXECUTION or BRIoHAM
YOuNe.--The Washington correspondent
Of the Philadelphia Inquirer says:
"There was cabinet meeting on
Thursday over Utah affairs. Central
Nye, Governor of Nevada, was before the
cabinet meeting, and, after narrAting tho
condition OF affairs there, expressed the
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