The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-24
THE LATEST NEWS.

caused some mud, but the reads will soon
be dry. -
A Washington special to the Herald
states that little apprehension is felt for
tne safety Of Burnside. The junction of
sherman with Thomas enables Grant to
reinforce Burnside. A Knoxville letter
to the Herald of the 9TH men
tons the fight between the Union
and rebel North Caroliniane. on French
Broad River, in which the former wbin-
ped the latter. During the febt many
OF the rebels skedaddled to the Union
ranks, and poured their fire into their
former comrades.
The Times has letter. dated Almanac
lIs, 18th, containing a list of $50 psroled
Unionists who arrived there from Rich
mond. Six died on the passage. These
$50 were the best that could be pieked
oat to send. They all confirm the pre-
Vious accounts of horrible hardships and
suffering
A Memphis letter of the 10th to the
Times states that the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad is being abandoned
by our forces, at the expense ofguarding
it is too great.
Boats arriving from below report re-
peated attacks by guerrillas on the river.
Gov. Ramsay, of Minnesota, has
brought to Washington treaty with the
indians on the border of the Red river.
by which we acquire IL 100000 acres of
land, and all distractions to traders from
81. Paul are removed.
The Herald's Army of the Potomac
despatch states that our cavalry occupy
Culpepper, but the infantry has not vet
advanced TO that point.
1t was rumOred in camp that Lee had
fallen back from the Rapid Ann.
Expectations in the rear of our for
ces prove to be mostly by dcserters from
our own army.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Yesterday
evening about ninety of Mosby's men ap-
preached within three miles of Beaiton.
with the intention of making raid on
the railroad. Being dressed in Federal
uniforms, the detachments of the Ist
Pennsylvania and 9th Ohio cavalry, who
were in the immediate neighborhood at
the time, mistOok them for friends, but
soon discovered their error, when the re-
bells fired a vOlley into them, by which
several were wounded. The rebels were
instantly pursued and driven into Snick-
er's Gap, and six of the gang were cap
tured. Atlast accounts cur cavalry had
not returned.
John Minor Bolts, who is now at his
residence at Auburn, Culpepper county,
previous to our recent advance over the
RappahsnnOck sent letter to the Rich
mOnd Examiner on the subject of his ar
rest and treatment. It's tulI of interest
and copy has been obtained for publ
cation.
The impressions in regard to the enc
my's strength on the Rapidan are various.
Some maintain that Lees entire force
does not exceed thirty five thousand,
while others place it as high as seventy
five thousand.
1t rained all day yesterday.
CAIRO, Nov 2I.-Memphis dates of the
18Th says the recent military orders
created a very great excitement there
Every person whose actions are suspi-
cious is Immediately conscripted and
sent to camp. No passt to leave the city
are granted to any but those well known
and entirely above suspicion. A new
order has been issued for the purpose of
carrying into effect 8 previous order to
the following purpOri: All able bodied
men who do not enroll their names in
some military mpany within ten days
from the date of this order will be i'm
pressed into the United States service.
Colonies Bell and Faulkner are near
Jackson, Tenn, with two or three
thousand rebels.
Two rebel mail-carriers, with about
one thousand letters, were recently
captured near Somerville, Tenn.
A train of ten wagons loaded with
cavalry clothing, en- route from Little
Rock to Benton, were captured by sixty
guerrillas. The wagons were burned
and the clothing carried off.
Captain Bradley, of the gunbOat No 8,
was accidentally shot on the 14th, near
Landing.
PITTsBURG, Nov. %, P M.-The river
is rising agar, with feet water by the
pier mark The weather is clear and
cool. A coalbOAt rise is anticipated and
many boats are preparing to go to-mor-
row.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-Gentlemep,
arrived here from Fortress Monroe, state
that they heard there that the cores
pondenCe of the respective agents for the
exchange of prisoners has degenerated
into personalities and loss of confidence
Their usefulness is thereby impaired,
and hence the opinion is strongly ex-
pressed, that, if there could be change
of agents, an exchange of nearly if not
all the prisoners might be expected.
The payments for all branches of the
public service for the fiscal year ending
with the last of June, were S903, 100000,
of which amount $4,000, 900 was for
the army, and S66,O00O0O for the navy.
A sufliciency of money has been placed in
the hands of all the PAymasters to pay
our armies TO the present month.
John r. Settler, of PhilAdt lphis, has
been sentenced by a court-msrtjal to five
years Imprisonment in the Albany peni-
Tertiary for fraud in furniohing supplies
to the army. The sentence has been Sp-
proved by the President
BURLINGTON, VT, Nov. 22.-Considera-
BILE excitement was caused yesterday at
Rouse's Point and st. Adams, by reports
that body of secessiOnists in Montreal
had planned to seize Fort Montgomery,
destroy the drAwbridge at Rouse's Point,
and plumber Plattsburg and Burlingt ton.
Information of such plot reached Gov.
Smith and Collector Clapp, of this port,
on Friday, and they communicated with
the officer in charge of Fort Montgomery,
who soon had its guns ready TO give the
renegades q warm reception. This
scheme was probably linked with the
J ohnson's Island project
New 0RLEANs, Nov. 13-The 18th
army corps, recently operating in the
Teche country, embarked to-day at Bra
shear City for some unknown point in
Texas, by way of Berwick's Bay.
The steamer Circassian arrived here
to dav. and reports the disappearance of
the yellow fever from the blOckading
fleet off Mobile.
Trade with st. Louis on private Ac-
count is rapidly increasing.
A rumor is prevalent to day among
secession sympathizer3 of a rebel defeat
in Western Louisiana.
CNC1NNATI Nov. 22-Miles Green
woods machine shop, corner of Canal