The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-23
THE LATEST NEWS.
Special Despatch to tho Nilsson D. lnocrat

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MEMPHIS, May 10, via CAIRO, May 90
By steamer Express we get one day later
advices from below.
In the fight at Raymond we lost II
killed and about 800 wounded. The
20lh Ohio lost ii killed an d29 wounded.
The goth Illinois and 23d Indiana lost
considerably in wounded. The 18th
Ohio lost 10 wounded, none killed. The
enemy's loss is much larger han ours.
They left 81 dead on the field and a
very large number wounded. II was
prime pally an infantry fight.
o. Sunday theTs was TO be a combined
attack on the front Of Vicksburg by the
fleet above and below. IL is understood
the enemy was ,ngaged last Friday and
Saturday in removing the heavy guns
from Vicksburg to a position at Black
river bridge.
II is said Joe. Johnston has super
ceded Pemberton, and that he has large
reinforcements.
There was great excitement AZ Helena
last night. General Sterling Price is
said to be approaching that place with
large force, and was only forty miles
distant.
The people of Southern Alabama are
getting uneasy, as the tide of war rolls
towards them, as il is now rolling from
the Northern border. Gen. Buckner,
commanding the Mobile district, has is
sued an order, in the course of which he
says;
"if any citizen or resident of Mobile
thinks that the time has not come for
him TO make preparations TO defend bis
home, let him make arrangements at
once for leaving the city when danger
arrives. No man who Is able to bear
arms, will then be permitted to remain,
unless he belongs to a military organiza-
ton"
A letter from Selma, Ala, dated May
9th, says:
"The crops In this section will be i'm.
mense. Harvesting will commence in
our lower counties next week"
The Columbia South Caroliuian of the
9th says flour was sold in that city, on
Friday, at $40 a sack. We learn that
several transacliOns took place in the
city on Saturday at $50 and S35 per
barrel.
"rhe auction sales advertised in the
Charleston papers are immense, consist.
ing Of every conceivable kind Of Import
ed gods, both necessary and sumptu-
sry."
INDIAEAPoLIs, May 20.--The mass con-
vention of the Democracy Of Indiana.
which assembled here 10. day, was called
TO express their sentiments upon the con.
di ION of public affairs, and to petition
tor redress of supposed grievances.
The concOurse Of people is very large,
but not eqLalling in numbers the Union
meeting asst MD ed here in February TO
hear Governor Andrew Johnson. The
east half of the State House yard was
about full and, at the February meet
| ing, a Democratic surveyor estimated
that space would contain $1,000 persons.
The Petersburg (Ya) Express says:
"The aAairs about Nioksburg at This
time cannot be regarded as hattering.
Although safe it will require the utmost
caution, and courage TO avert disaster.
"After having had years time to
perfect all the defeDses,it appears that we
are now set upon in the very qnarter where
we had least expected. IL may be con.
traband 10 say this much bat Is due 20
the people that they should know how
affairs stand, and, II danger threatens,
they are entitled to know In what quar-.
ter Il 10.