The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-24

WAsHNGTON, juno 22--All the ingor-
nation which our cavalry has been able
10 obtain confirms the previous imp ca
sion that there is no rebel infantry this
eide Of Blue RIDGE, though they may oc
copy Ashby's and Manassas Gaps Gen.
Pleasonton found none in Smoker Gap
The rebel cavalry force still remain near
Middleburg. Our cavalry has been
through Thoroushfare Gap, thus showing
that neither Gen Lee Tor any Of his
forces are there, az publish, d. Nothing
has bscn seen Of the enemy toward w r
renton aud beyond, ncr south OF that
place. Our army is on the move, aud if
the enemy intends to give US battls he
can come out OF the Shenandoah Valley,
and do so whenever he pleases. General
Hooker is prepared; every th,ng is most
favorable Tor army operations.
We have unouthenHcated reports, that
the rebel army is reirea:ing down tue
Valley toward Oulpepper.
New YoBK, June 2l-The s'eamer
Dudley Buck, from Newb,.n, has ar
rived
Gen. Wells negro brigade now num-
bers between three and four thousand
The enlistments average from fifty to
one hundred a Day, aud on one day they
reached three hundred.
a Baltimore letter says that Colonel
Kane, formerly marshal of that city, has
escaped to Dixie, aud been appointed
| aj)r- General in the rebel army.
Another letter says: Cumbe land, Md,
has been possessed by our roops, and
h.f e., u 4
no rebel forces in that region. The
country between Cumberland and Mar
tinsburg has been laid waste, the railroad
track destroyed, bridges burned, &c.
NEW YoBK, June PA Baltimore let
ter Of the 21st in the Philadelphia Press
says that Lee has pushed up his army 50
that his left wing rests in Mary land
and to get supplies be has invaded
Pennsy lvania. Hooker has pushed his
army up so that his right wing rests Ga
POOlesville. The advance into Mary Ian
must be made before the rebel army can
give battle.
A Frederic letter Of tho 20lh, in tie
Inquirer, says it is not believed that oy,r
10 900 men Of all arms have crossed into
Maryland and Pennsylvania. They al e
steadily advancing eastward and will
not stop before they reach Monocacy
Junction, where they will be in position
to unite with Lee near lint Of Rocks, in
the vicinity of Nolan's Ford, when he
may cross Maryland Heights, and will
thus be completely Invested.
The steamer Locust Point from New
Orleans on the 10Th, arrived TO night
| The papers contain no news Whatever
Nothing had been received from Port
Hudson, except that fighting continued
there, no one knowing tue results.
FoRTREsS MoNRoE, Jule 21.-The Gag
of truce boat l. icOnio III rived this morn
ing from City Point with four rebel Off
GERS. the rebels having refused 10 ex
change ouroiicers for them.
The following extracts are taken from
Richmond papers:
A desperate fight took place on the
18th at Pord Hudson. The Uonfederates
charged the enemy and drove them from
their Notifications.
The situation az Yicksburg still en-
crosses all the solicitation OF the coun-
try. Heavy endorsements are pouring
into Grant, and large installments from
|
transferred t. Grant. Whether Johnston
has, at the last hour, been invested with
authority to concentrate the troops Of the
West is the anxious topic of inquiry and
the vital question Of the crisis.
WASHINGTON, June 22.-The extra Re-
publican of to-day says: At z O'Clock
yesterday morning, under orders from
Gen. Hooker, eur cavalry and artillery
attacked the rebel cavalry and artillery
force under Stuart at Aide. The aghi
opened with great spirit on both sides
The onslaught of our men was promptly
met, and from the information received,
neither side gained much for several
hours, when tie rebels began 10 give way,
aud for bours afterwards it was a rams
ming Eight, our forces crow ding the enc
my on the right, lett and centre. The
field was strewn with dead aud wounded
rebels.
BALTGMoRE, June 22-Tho statement
that tho circulation Of the New York
Express, Caucasian, Citizen, Enquirer
and Chicago Times would be stopped Ia
this department is erroneous. Tue Bal
timore papers were prohibited from pub
fishing extracts from them.
The Richmond Dispatch Of the 19th
has the following significant paragraph
Richmond IS about 10 be uncovered oil
the defence afforded by the proximity OIL
General Lees army, part Of which is
already ia the valley and probably in
Mary land, and the rest will probably
follow where they cannot be brought in-
SANITY to our assistance If We should
need them"
BALTIMORE, June % --All the inior-
nation received at the American Office ID
that the rebel force at Frederic and IN
that vicinity is only small scouting
party, and tlat there are not more than
1000 or 5000 rebels in Mary lauu; tual
there has been as yet no engagement, a
demonstration made, at Harper's Ferry
and taat We still hold communication
with that point
CNoNEATI, June % Yesterday about
9OOTebels crossed the river in the neigh
borhoOd Of Leayenworth into indiana
This morning they had reached Paoli, IN
OfaDge county, for the purpose, tits said
Of burning bridges on tho Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Railroad. Troops are moving
TO int rcept them.
NEW York, June % The details Of
the battle at Winchester show that Mil
roy had seven thousand men. Tue 18Th
Connec lieut. and bth Mary laEd we're cap
tured almost entire. The former were
nine hundred strong, Of whom thirty