The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-20
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LevEsyILLE, May ia dispatch from
Cairo says the steamer st. Patrick from
Memphis, has passed, with 500 bales Of cot
ton, for Louisville.
Tho capture Of az0o City BY Macarthur is
confirmed. The rebels have been badly
whipped. Between q, 600 and 81, zoe bales
Of Cotton are reported to be in the vicinity, of
which 6,ooo or 1000 are owned BY Union
citizens.
The rebels have erected battery on
White River at South Bend, cutting on sew
eral boats.
The Tribune's Washington special dated
headquarters army Of the Potomac, May IS,
100 p m, says the desultory firing which
commenced at daybreak has grown into
very considerable battle The enemy hiss
massed all his strength on our right, with "a
design to make one more effort to break
through our lines, and reach our supplies.
This move occasioned re-occupation OF
our position, and it was upon our extreme
right, with the I'd and 9th corps, that the
struggle has been kept up til noon to-day.
Then our troops were advanced to within
very close range Of their earthworks, when
a murderous artillery fire was opened on us
oecasioning us considerable loss, but our
guns were seon got into position, when We
charged and took their FIRST line of rifie-pits,
capturing many prisoners. Their firing
has ceased, and the indications are that
there will be no more fighting till this eve
ming or tomorrow.
tits estimated that the rebel loss Is lar
ger than ours, notwithstanding the advan-
tage of their artillery It is stated that the
decisive battle is likely to be fought here
very soon.
WASHINGTON, May ESPECIAL to the Phi
ladelphia Enquirer, says about daylight,
brisk fire opened all along the line, and
at O'Clock in the morning an engagement
seemed to be progressing.
NEw YORK, May 1S-Cotton 80, Gold Sl1{
PRoCroR's CREEK, May 14-Gen. Dun
hams brigade this morning charged on the
enemys works here and carried the entire
line. AT ten o'clock several Of our batter
les opened ON the enemy who had been
driven back into some tiers of heavy earth
works, when our batteries succeeded in
silencing the enemy's guns. We stormed
their works till shutdown when we retired
for the night. Our loss during the day one
hundred and fifty killed and wounded. At
four afternoon one of our shots exploded in
the magazine in the outer works Of Darling.
About noon to-day the enemy came out Of
their works and attaked Gen. Hickman's
brigade
The fight was with musketry and lasted
till o'clock, when they were driven back
to their works. AT nine last evening, the
rebels attempted to advance on our lines on
the Petersburg turnpike, and after a short
engagementwere driven back totheir works.
Everything working finely. Butler COM
mands in person.
NEW YORK, May 19.-The officers Of the
Independent Telegraph Company in New
York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere South,
and the offices of the N. Y World and
Journal of Commerce, the two papers that
published the bogus Proclamation, are an
ders seizure by the Provost Guards.
1t is thought these papers viii be soon re-
leased from arrest, but the persons putting
the proclamation into circulation will be
tried by Court Martial.
bermuda HUNDREDS, May l6.-Last eve
ming the rebel ram Richmond came down
James river and opened fire on our feet
We returned the fire and drove her back,
following her mp. Heavy firing has been
heard since last night.
FORTRESS MONROE, May 1.-THE Rich
mond Examiner says the enemy is coucen-
trated in Virginia. If beaten here he is
beaten everywhere. If he wins here he
wins everything. The war and the Con
federaey might continue, but if Virginia is
lost, the present Confederate organization
cannot possibly survive. Heaven and
earth now call on the Government to bring
up all the troops at its command.