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

SARGE.
Gen Blair has met no enemy in force.
and reports Of Gen. johnson being near
are disbelieved at all events. wa are
prepared for him. A cavalry recnnnois
sauce three days ago discovered small
force, and had one man killed and four
wounded
Gen. Banks roinforccments are report-
cd near here, but, like many other camn
rumors, they have little foundation In
fact
Subsistence for the army comes 10
Lakes Landing, on the Yazoo river.
about 10 miles from the Mississippi. by
transport, and thence by team to the diff.
ferent army corps.
On this wing the heaviest cannonad-
ing Of the siege was kept up without in
PERMISSION nearly three hours. New
batteries have been lately put in posi- d.
ton, and $50 guns were playing on the
city at daylight. The firing was rapid
beyond belief, and the reports along the
whole line averaged one per second for
minutes together.
The resr of the heavy siege guns was
awful, and the earth was shaken by the
concussion. Atpresent, 8 A. NJ, there is
lull. The weather con inues hot, and
the roads and camps are uncommonly
dusty. The wounded are being removed
to hospital boats in large numbers and
transported to Memphis.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 3.-SUrgeon U.
5. Peck, of the 3D. Ohio, arrived here to-
day, direct from Richmond Va, where
he has been confined with other officers
of the regiment, in Libby prison. He
gives an interesting account of the
operations of Colonel Straight's raid
into Dixie, and cOrroborates the hard
fighting and bravery of our forces, and
immense injury done to the rebels before
overwhelmed by superior numbers and
forced TO surrender. Lieut.. Reed was
wounded on the field near Dog Gap, Ga.
A brisk business was done at Camp
Chase yesterday. 1000 paroled ex-
changed soldiers were forwarded to their
regiments; about 800 remain. The Gov
eminent has authorized battalion TO
be formed of rebel prisoners at Camp
Chase who take the oath of allegiance.
45 joined to-day. 81 cOlored recruits
from Ohilicothe paraded the streets to-
day with a band of music; five more
from the same place will go forward in
a few days.
WASHINGTON, June 3-Nothing has
been received to-day of Gen. Grants
operations beyond dispatch from Ad-
miral Porter giving the details of the
bombsrdment of Nicksburg on the 22d
by the gunbOsts, which concludes with
the opinion that Gen. Grant and all his
generals arc confident of overcoming all
Obstacles and finally capturing the place.
Gen. Grants losses in Killed and
wounded are understood here to haze
been exaggerated.
All the rebel picket lines on the Rap
pahannock, lately weakened have been
again suddenly strengthened, thus indi-
eating an abandonment of the invasion
project. Mostly guerillas, however, are
in our immediate vicinity as near as
Fairfax Court House.
The Richmond Sentinel says of Ger.
Banks's movements; The telegraphio
news of yesterday announced that Gen,
Banks had crossed his army at Bayou
Sara,
The statement that an exchange of
prisoners had been entirely stopped is
not true. The facts are that the rebel
authorities have refused to parole for ex-
change officers Of Col. Straight's COM
mand, they having been demanded by
the Governor of Georgia under the re-
cent retaliation act of the rebel Con-
gress in reference to negro soldiers con-
sequently our Government will neither
release nor parole any rebel officers until
an arrangement can be effected by which
our officers will be paroled orexchanged.
The exchange of privates meanwhile
goes on as usaRl. The statement that
Gen. Hunter has been removed has no
foundation whatever, as also the canard
that he refused 10 send his troops to any
point ordered by the Government
A special to the Gazette, dated Wal
nut Hills, Vicksburg, May %, says
Deserters from all parts of the rebel lines
state the garrison of Vicksburg at from
10000 to $4,000 strong, that the trenches
and forts are not relieved day or night,
and that they are now living on quarter
rations of corn-b bread and boiled fresh
beef, Their reserve is only one brigade
and half The majority of the troops
are willing TO surrender the city.
General Pembclton sent some families
with their negroes into our lines yester-
day, but General Grant sent the former
back and kept the negroes to work for us
The gunboat Cincinnati went down
and fought the upper water batteries to-
day, and, after brilliant bombardment,
became involved in an eddy and was
forced TO retire, She received several
shots in her stern, and soon sank.
Our ssppers and miners are progress
ing successfully with their work of grad
ual approach, and in some places have
reached within few yards of the rebel
works.
The rebel sharpshooters do not dare to
fire nor the men in the rifle. pits to show
their heads above the works. Our loss
in killed and wounded during the siege,
which commenced on the 9Th ult., will
exceed 1900 or 1000, the first accounts
having been greatly exaggerated. The
rebels may have to be starved out, but
there need be no fears entertained of the
capture Of Vicksburg and its entire gar
rison.