The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-29
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The Fort Pillow Massacre.
Rebel News from Louisiana.
Rebels Believed TO be Retiring to
Richmond.
The DRAFT ordered at once.
Banks BeIIered 10 be agaIn Ad,anelng
Gold Falling Again.

WAsnSoroS, April 2s.-The House pas
sed, almost unanimously, resolution ap-
propriating $4,000, 900 for arming, equip
ping, and paying Western volunteers, for a
term Of service not less than one hundred
days.
Mr.. Goch has written to the War Depart
ment from Cairo, that the alleged butche-
ries Of colored troops at Fort Pillow arc
fully proved, and that the facts are worse
than first reported.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-Rebel accounts
from Shreveport to the 22nd, say it was gar
risoned by sufficient force to repel the excl
ted attack. The Notifications are complete
and very extensive. The river is so OBJ
structed that the fleet cannot advance On
The town without much difficulty and dan
ger. The garrison is proyisioned for six
months siege, and the troops are in the
best Of spirits, and have unlimited conf
dence in Gen. Smith.
A squad of twenty rebel deserters have
arrived.-They agree that Lee has been re-
The belief is current among soldiers that
an early retrogradc movement on that city
,Richmond), will be made.
One Of Longstreeta divisions has been
sent back to Richmond from Lees army.
Reports are current of the capture of
Newborn by the rebels, but can be traced to
no authentic source.
The War Department received no such in
telligence, and diseredits the reports. It is
said orders will soon be issued to comman-
ders having eolored troops under them to
relaliate upon the rebels.
Orders have been issued for an immediate
draft in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massa-
chusetts, Ohio, and Missouri. 4 draft will
probably be ordered in Delaware, and some
districts in Maryland.
It is not likely that there will be COLI
sion with the enemy in Virginia for many
days.
The Italian line-of- battle ship Regalatus,
has been heard from at Terrewa, Western
Islands, with masts carried away and bull
warks smashed. No lives lost.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to de-
stroyed the Wabash of Charleston by a
torpedo. The Wabash gave the enemy a
broadsids, which sunk or escaped under
cover of heavy fire.
The Herald's Martinsburg dispatch says
a force of rebels is reported to be eoncentra-
ting at Front Royal-nunbers not known.
1t is supposed they will commence offensive
operations when the Shenandoah River
falls.
The enemy show increased signs Of ac-
tivity. Yesterday they filed Hazel River
with logs, to try to sweep off our bridges,
but the scheme failed.
Mcsby's guerillas, in quite strong force,
appeared near our lines yesterday.
No citizens are allowed to go to the front.
NEW YORK, April 2a.-Cotton 81. Gold
7755.
Mobile papers say forty transports and
gunboats are caught above Red River Raft,
and cannot get down until the river rises.
4 fleet of gunboats has appeared on the
Rappahannock. 1t is now believed the
RappahaGnock or Port Royal viii be the
base of Burnside's cooperative movement
against Richmond.
NEW York, April 26.-The steamer Cham
pion, from AspinwaI with S282, 600 in specie,
has arrived.
The steamer America, from New Orleans
on the 10Th, has arrived.
The Era of the 10Th says the greater por-
ton of the rebel army is at Mansfield.
Preparations are making for another ad-
vance of our army.
We have good reasons to believe that
Banks is again on his way to Shreveport.