The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-13


CAmo, Aug. l1.--Gunboats are being
prepared 10 cooperate with Gen. Steele's
expedition into Arkansas.
Vicksburg Is being put In a complete
sanitary condition. Rations are still
iseued daily TO upwards Of thousand
Inhabitants.
The guerrilla Richardson has returned
70 West Tennessee with reinforcements
70 carry cut the CONSUMPTION. II issaid
be has instructions TO oonscript all lisht.
colored negroes, between the aces of
eighteen and forty, TO serve three years
as soldiers at the expiration of which
time they are to be manumitted, but will
receive no pay while in tho service.
a Reconnaissance under Mai. Warden.
Of Gen. Ransom's staff, TO Woodville. 20
miles from Natchez, destroyed five loco
motives, foriy-three platform and twelve
passenger cars, burned q cotton factory
at Woodville, and cotton and msnufac-
iured goods 70 the amount of $4,000
600.
Cairo is thronged with twenty day
fuFloughed men from below.
Twenty deserters delivered them
selves up, after Listening to q speech from
Gen. Logan, ut Marion, a day or two
ago.
Deserters are being captured d.ily in
Bcuth-eastern counties, Limos, and for
warded 20 their regiments.
a company Of citizen scouts, number
ing about sixty, organized In North Ala
bama in Juue last 10 resist the rebel
CONSUMPTION, have thus far evaded every
effort to capture them. They report 70
Gen. Dodge at Oorinth. Their number
is increasing, and they have either cap
tured or driven out every officer sent 10
that section to enforce the CONSUMPTION
Letters from privates in Bragg's army
report him falling back 20 Atlanta, Ga,
A considerable number of deserters, who
retained their side arms, are in the
mountains near Pikeville, Ala, organ
izing with citizens TO resist the CON
scription.
The CONSUMPTION In West Tennessee is
pretty effectively broken up by the Wig
lance of Hurlbufs army.
FoRTREss MoNRoE, August IO.-Ths
steamer Nellie Peulze arrived this morn
ing from Stone Inlet. Capt. Phillips re-
ports that he lett there last Friday, a.
which time the siege was progressing IA
vorably, and the officers and men were
in fine spirits. No news of Importance
The following letter has been received
from our Newborn correspondent
NEwBERN, N. O., August 9-The On.
ionists in East North Carolina are q
hold great mass convention for the pur
pose of invoking our Government to senC
sufficient force into this department Il
occupy Raleigh, Wilmington, and Wei
don, in order 10 force the rebel army Il
abandon Virginia, and thus restore thes,
two great States TO the Union at once.
WASHINGTON, August 10.--A refugee
has arrived here from Petersburg, Va,
which place he left eight days ago. III
says Lee has not been reinforced, ant
that thore are but few troops in Rich
mond. Matters are dull and gloomy
and provisions were very high.
| A Court of Inquiry, In the case 0
General Milroy, regarding the suFrende
of Winchester, is about to be organize,
here. General Milroy is here. ,o
/ LExseToS, KY, Aug. TO- Report
from the front indicate that all is quie
on the border. There are q few small
bands of prOwling guerrillas this side @
the Cumberland river. They will no
long be permitted to harass the inhabi
tants by carrying on their wholesAl
plundering and horse thieviDg.
Refugees from East Tennessee, VIII
left Boone county nine days since, re
port that Forests mounted force wa
TO rendezvous at Kingston or CONCORD
They also state that rebel brigad,
commanded by Armstrong, had arrive
at the former place. NJ e.
Reports regarding the movements {
of the enemy in East and Middle Ten
hessee, are SO conflicting that it is dill
Bcult to determine the effective force {
the enemy, aud what bis programme 1
Gen. Burnside arrived here this morn
ing. He was serenaded this afternoon
the Ponix Hotel, and large number
citizens turned out to pay him their res
poets. The Gene al, upon their urgor
calls, made few remarks very apprc
pirate for the times.
Movements Of troops in this direotio
are very active.