The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-01
THE LATEST NEWS.

PHILDELpHIA, Aug. 3O-The steamer
bermuda has arrived from Port ROYAL on
wednesday, morning, having stopped of
charleston Her captain reports that
Fort Wagner has not been taken yet, aud
cannot be at present. lie confirms the
report that Sumter has been knocked 10
pieces. Further naval operations will be
carried on without regard TO Fort Wsg.
ner, the capture Of which will be left 70
Gen. Gilmore.
FoRTREss MONROE, August 29.-The
Richmond Dispatch of 70. day has the
following
Charleston, dug. 27.-The enemy made
an attack on our rifle pits on Wednesday
night about seven o'clock with an over
whelming force. On Thursday the fir
ing on both sides was slow, with no un-
usual incidents
Charleston dug. 25.--The lombard
ment Of Sumter and Wagner proceeds
sluggishly. The enemy is working hard
in the treuct eI in front of Wagner. No
further attempt has been made TO shell
the city.
Headquarters Army ofhe Potomac, dug
ita % The execution OF the substitute
deserters sentenced to the penalty of
death in General Orders, No. "a, took
place to-day. More than ordinary in
terest was exhibited in this execution
Of military law, and it is estimated that
not less than $4,000 persons were
present. The ground was we'll selected,
and every arrangement was so complete
that no accident occurred 70 mar the
solemnity of tho proceeding. At the
order to fire, thirty-six muskets were
Ai-~harged and instant death was an
nOunced by the surgeons III a,,,.-L---,
as the result. The spectacle was an vi =
usual one. The Profession the Hebrew,
aud the Catholic stood side by side,
each uttering prayers for the departed
| souls The names, ages, residences,
| &c, of the deceased are as follows Geo.
Kuhna, Hanover, Pa, % years old, I'M
married John Felane, Pennsy lvAnia
Italian, 2G years old, wife and family I;
| Charles Walter, Prussian, % years old,
wife and child; Geo. Reinessee, Italian,
| "a years old, wife and child; Emile
Lee, Prussian, 80 years Old wife.
New YORK, Aug 3O.-The Herald's
Washington dispatch says the bursting
| of a 30O-pound gun near Charleston does
not prevent the Smelling of that city, as
| the shells thrown were from 200. pound
err Parrot.
| There is no information at either the
War or Navy Department that our flag
waves over Forts Sumter and Wagner.
| Urea, N ", Aug. 30-The Governor
has been informed by the Provost Mar
shal General that credit will not be al
lowed to towns for any excess of voluu-
teers that may have been furnished ov'
their quotas under previous calls. TIE
Provost Marshal General has also deer
ded not to allow credit for volunteers
raised since June IL, 1868, in districts
where the draft has taken place, but in
districts where the drawing has not beer
commeuced credit will be given for r.
cruits sent 20 regiments in the field, anC
for volunteers enlisted in companieS
which may have been raised in such dis
tricts and mustered into the serVic' o
the United States between the 1lth day
OF June, 1868, and the day preceding tina
fixed for the draft to take place. Mel
merely enlisted will not be credited
They must be mustered into some or
ganizsd company.
CAIRO, Aug. 80 Gen. Steel is moving
towards Little Rock. The rebels ar
concentrating to oppose him. The rebel
in the Trans Mississippi Department ar
organizing for better concert of action
Gen. Grant and Adjt. Gen. Thoma
left Memphis for Vicksburg on Friday
Most Of the cotton lying at the moutl
of White river has been accidental.
buried N.Y. M [A
BosToE, Aug. 30-The Memorial Di
, plomatique, of the 9th, says: We ar
happy 60 be able to announce that hi
Imperial Highness the Archduke Ferdi
nand Macmillan accepts with tue con
sent of his august brother, the Emperc
of Austria, the crown of the new Mex
cAu Empire. f. .-f-1 -IaF Q.
PH1GDELrHA, Aug. 3o-The reb
papers, of the 10Th, snnunce the deaf
of John b. Floy d, at Arlington. r.l
. The Subscription Agent reports d
, sale of S543,950 worth Of 520's c
/, SAtuI day, gFaaa