The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-19

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pied by the enemy. We fought them all
day but were unable to hold the city.
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New YORK, May 1.-THE steamer
George Washington, from New Orleans
on the 10th, arrived here this morning.
An Opelousas letter Of the 9Th states
that information from Grand Gulf and |
the gunboat feet had been received there.
with details Of the capture Of Port Glib. |
son by Gen. Os'erhaus. When the latter |
was nearing Port Gibson, he was meet |
by hundreds of families fleeing from the |
interior 10 escape the raid Of the Illinois |
cavalry.
The prevalent opinion among seces-
sionists was that Port Gibson was the |
safest place in that region. The dam
age done by the cavalry raid was ire
parable.
IL was rumored at Opelousas that Port
Hudson was evacuated.
Tho New Orleans Era of the 12tb
mentions rumor that Port Hudson was
bombarded by our feet on the night of
8th aud all day. On the OH Col Grier-
son had arrived at New Orleans, and has
been presented by the Unionists with
magnificent charger.
Admiral Farragut arrived at New Or
leans on the 9th, from Brashear CITY.
| The Admiral and his officers left the
| flag. ship in the Red river, and brings the
/ important intelligence that Alexandria.
| La was captured on the 4th bv Admiral
! Porter and portion of his own fleet prior
to the capture Of Alexandria Fort Dea-
russy, on Red river, was also captured.
! After the capture, on the morning of the
| 9Th, of Alexandria by our gunboats, the
advance cavalry of Brigadier- General
! Dwight dashed into the place, forming
! junction of Farraguts and Gen. Banks
forces.
Opelou5as dates of the 9Th state that
our army was there on the march. Gen.
! Dwllhts brigade was supposed TO be in
! Ale xandria, and Gems Emory, Weitzel
and Grover, with their forces, were close
behind.
A Baton Rouge letter of the I'd inst
states that Col. Grierson's force the 9th
and 7h Illinois cavalry and a battery,
numbering some 900 men, followed by A
large number Of prisoners, rode into that
city on that day. They left Lagrange
on April 10th, and burIt the rebel stores
and railroad depot at Okalona, the depot
and two heavily laden freight and COM
mlssary trains, and an ordnance train at
Newton, on the Charleston and Vicksburg
Railroad. The ordnance train contained
three thousand loaded shells for the
Vicksburg batteries, which exploded,
making terrific noise. From Newton
they followed the railroad, burning all
the bridges thence south on the Mobile
aud Ohio Railroad to Enterprise. where
they destroyed the rebel ordnance works:
thence back to Newton, burning all the
bridges; from thence to jackson, de-
strOying the great bridge over the Pearl
river and tearing up two miles of railroad
track thence they followed the jackson
and New Orleans Railroad south TO the
Louisiana line.
A rebel force of 5000 men at Clinton
was evaded by making a circuit around
them. Onr forces destroyed their camp
| equipage and stores, and captured 800
prisoners. While crossing the branch
, of the Amite river, Lieut. Col. Black
burn was seyerelywounded aAd left in the
| hands of the enemy. They crossed the
{ Amite river on the morning of the LIST.
Ten miles from Baton Rouge they cap
| tured a rebel cavalry picket of 100 men
! and horses, burned Capt Wetherbee's
8 house, captured his horses, and then rode
! into Baton Rouge, looking rough but in
good condition. Every railroad in Mis-
sissippi has been cut by them. They
have supplied themselves with fresh
horses on the routes, and brought in
over 800 Contrabands on horses, and
nearly all these leading horses
FORTRESS MONROE, May 16.-The Rich
? mond Enquirer of the 18th inst. contains
3 the following editorial:
There is evidently to be an active sum
mer campaign. The plan of the enemy
appears 10 be TO keep our attention con-
stantly excited al every point at once, 80
that no part OF cur wide frontier may be-
freed from the urgent and immediate an.
prehensiOn of an attack; then they car
strike where they think our line is weak.
est or where our defenses are least pre-
|, pared, and if repulsed they IN retir,
and direct blow at some other quarter
, In the meantime they can bag much plun
der and cause much sorrow and heart.
breaking among our people by expedi.
tons through thinly peopled regions des.
b titute of troops They can also force more
, and more of our reOple within their lines
to take their hated oath for a quiet LIE
. and to save their property from con6sca-
ton,
! Thus they can demoralize and rob us
, within our own borders, preparing all
the while for serious assaults, and de.
. liVering them Just where they are ready
and where they choose. II is hard to say
az what point they are most active Just
now. Ii one look southWestward, il
: would seem that the State of Mississippi
I is the region Of most extensive operations.
Immense armies are gathering in and
around Yicksburg, and while prepare
tons are in progress for a new assault
! on that place, the back country is devas-
tated and the people plundered by cav
airy raids, but at the same moment
Charleston 10 kept on the qui vive by en-
ergetiC preparations for another attack
bysea or land, or both at once.
The object may be only to prevent
Gen. Beauregard from sending away any
Of the troops which now depend on
Charleston at the same instant. Burn
side threatens East Tennessee, and
Hooker largely reinforced, is expected Ia
cross the Rappahsnnock somewhere OF
anywhere from Culpepper to Port Royal
TO keep some Of our forces employed in
the defence Of Richmond. Reinforce
ments are being sent TO Fortress Monroe
and the onemy's gunb0ats are harassing