The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-08


night south Of Cape Hstteras, ~ ftnO
loss Of two officers and thirty-eigbt men,
names not known,
(signed) REAR ADMIRAL LEE.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK, Jan. 1.--Rebel
papers, captured at Van Buren,, admit
their loss IL killed and wounded at the
battle Of Prairie Grove to be over 4 600.
The entire Geographic correspondence
Of Gen. Hindman was also taken, which
contains much valuable information, and
. will be forwarded to the War Depart
ment.
The destitntion Of the rebel army is
ptiable. -Four Thousand OF Hindman's
infantry is without shoes.
The loss to the rebels by recent raidr is
over half a millien.
The rebels are dispensing in every di
reotion, with the reported intention Of
concentrating at Arkadelphia, City miles
south west eff Little Rock
Gen. Scholield arrived, and is as
signed 60 The command Of the army of
the frontier.
MEMpHIs, Dec 30, via Cairo, Jan. L.
The city is full of rumors concerning
the Vicksburg fight, but none reliable.
The capture of two suffers wagons by
| Richardson's guerrillas, near German
town, on Saturday evening, caused are
port to be circulated that Gen. Gront had
been whipped, SC, a"i
Gen. McClernand is here, expecting 30
20 South, He is awaiting orders ,-
There has been no boat from Yioks-
burg up to christmas day Al that time,
all Of Sherman's force had not moved
from Friars Point, for that night they
burnt the place. The advance could not
have gone very far below. f r
Frohl Little Rock we learn that there
are about twenty five thousand troops
in the State. Holmes, with ten thous-
| and, is at Little Rock. There are ten
thosand at the Post OF Arkansas, on the
Arkansas river; five thousand are at
| Austin, Arkansas and five thousand
more are organized guerrillas. They are
well armed ard tolerably well clothed,
They get most of their clothing from
Texas. Their arms have been across the
Mississippi; among them are six and
twelve pound brass field.piooes
Flour is sixty dollars barrel; salt
thirty dollars per bushel; chickens one
dollar apiece; eggs one dollar per dozen
butter one dollar and fifty cents pei
pound, aud pork thirty FIVE cents, at Lit
tie Rock
George Ray6eld, lessee Of the theatre
in Memphis, shot man named Foley
this morning
CAIHo, January 2-The steamer Be-
arrived to-day from Helena, having lief
that port Wednesday noon. One of .he
officers reports a battery at Cypress
Bend, erected by the rebels TO ammo,
uuarmed boats They had captured TN
steamer Blue Wing.
The gunboat Conestoga is retained a
Napoleon TO convoy steamers past III
guns.
just before the b left, Gen. Gorma
received despatch from Gen. Sherma
that the rams had attacked the batter
at DrumgooPs Bluff, on the Yazoo rive
about twenty miles above the mouth
had fought two or three days; that Cap
Gwinn, OF the gunboat Benton, had bee
mortality wounded by a shell; that III
Benton had been struck by thirty thre
balls, none Of which penetrated her ar
NOR !; three shots went through her por
! General Sherman said the battle wa
progressing we'll; that his army ha
crossed the YA2Oo, and was pressing Q
the rear Of Vicksburg.
II General McClernand is hurrying on
, Join HE command.
A private letter from person attachs
to the Mississippi gunboat feet, writ,
only thirty miles above Vicksburg, Q
the.30th, states that the gunboats we
1 to be concentrated al the mouth of Il
Yazoo, while the army was 10 mass
boiat above and march 60 some point
II few miles back Of Nicksburg, 30 as
attack simultaneously. Weleft, says u
letter, at Helena five thousand FEEDER
troops, besides large force in Memphi
, The 4ppoI states atGcneral Pillo
has been assigned TO the command Of Il
troops lately under Buckner
Cairo, Jan 3s---Dispatches from G.,
4 Sherman on che battle field Of Nicl,
burg have been received al Helena.
Saturday, the 9th, Sherman debark
Vi his force on the lef, bank of the fazc
ten miles above the mouth, and, formi
a line Of battle, advanced towards Vicl
burg. nfa .rr
After passing beyond reach Of the
. from the gunboats they encountered
enemy In force. A terrific conflict
1--WE hours ensued, in which the enel
was driven back between tWs bayt
=. that grit the rear Of Nioksburg, and IL
- their entrenohod works on the hill,
shells. ..e HrrH Niri
Saturday night tho two armies lay
L. their arms, with two bayous interyen
between them During the night p
o' ICONS were constructed, notwithetand
the destructive fire from the enemy Il
under cover Of the underground.
AZ daylight Sunday morning a c
~ cerled advance was made by Sherm'
me whole force. Steel held tho left, Nor
iqs' and Blair the contre, aud Smith the ri
Steel turned the enemy's right 90 al
B, communicate with Morgan's diyis
having been separated by a swamp Z
ming AZ rio IN nnrlea 10 the main from