The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-19
THE LATEST NEWS.
BY LAST SIGHT's NAIL.


FoRrREss MONROE, April 1.-THE
steamers New York and Empress have
arrived with five hundred and sixty
+ three sick and wounded men The re-
mains Of Lieutenant c. D. Forsyth,
who was accidentally shot in Libby
/ Prison. was brought down aud left here.
The sick were taken 10 Baltimore
/ Port Royal papers Of the l4th contain
/ reports of the capture Of the sidewheel
+ blockade runner Alliance or the 18th,
/ near Defuskie Island, in the Savannah
river, where she run aground All bat
six Of her crew were taken prisoners.
/ She was from Nassau, with cargo Of
( assorted stores for the rebel Govern
ncnt, valued at $50, goo
The Savannah Republican Of the 18th
states that the Yankee prisoners at An
Jacksonville, Ga, are dying at the rate Of
( twenty to twenty-five per day.
Nassau papers Of the 9Th state that
Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, and vii
mington, are less rigidly blockaded
/ than ever The papers also say that
steamers are coming IN with supplies
/ Tor the rebels which promise large
I profits
NV YoEE, April 1.-THE Richmond
/ Examiner has u rumor that Gen. Burn
! side was landing at Newport News The
/ Examiner places the strength ofGrants
army at 10000 infantry, and says q,
+ COO rcinforcements viii be the extent
I OF MS present resources.
/ CAE0. April 1.-THE steamer Emma
was fred into on Thursday night near
( Fort Pillow by fifty rebels IN Federal
uniform, supposed to. have been the
rear guard OF the enemy Withdrawing
4 in a northern direction.
Il IS beiieYed that Forrest has not
vet removed his headquarters from
/ Jackson, Tenn
Memphis cotton market inactive, and
unsettled, at 64@G5o for good middling
and &c for middling fair.
/ The steamer Swan, from New Orleans,
/ has $50 bales Of cotton for St Louis.
/ The steamer Hope passed up for St
/ Louis with large cargo of groceries
and go bales Of Gotten. She was fired
into fifteen miles above Memphis. She
returned tho fire and dispersed the
guerrillas. The steamer Liberty passed
up for Louisville with All bales of cot
ton. The Ike Hammit, from Alex
andria, Red river, Of the 2d, arrived
with four more guns from Fort Drury,
and two barges containing 500 bales OF
/ cotton as prizes for the navy 1t is re
ported that there are 1000 bales OF
cotton up the. Big Black and Yazoo
rivers. The gunboats Avenger, Onachiti,
Chachittin, and Lafayette have gone
up to secure it. Two other gunboats
are ordered to as ;ist them. Ten OF
them are up Red river, thus accounting
for only one gunboat being at Fort
/ Pillow
Rcd river is rising The steamer Col
den Gate, from Memphis for Fort Pill
low, laden with boat stores ana private
! freight, was taken possession of by
guerrillas on the night Of the 18th, at
Bradley's Landing, fifteen miles above
Memphis. The boat, passengers, and
crew were riHed Of everything
The steamer Celestia was fired into
near Augusta, on White river, a few
/ days since. One man was killed and
three wounded. All steamers approach
/ ing the shore above DuyalIs Bluff are
fired into.
The fight ct Rosevillo referred to in
/ a previous despatch lasted four hours.
Brigadier General Croker and staff
arrived from below
! The 6th Indiana infantry, 4th Wis
consin cavalry, and portion Of tho 9TH
/ Illinois infantry, veterans, arrived, en-
route for home on furlough.
4 private letter, dated GreenyilIe,
/ Miss, the 18th, states that the steamer
Woodward was recently sunk on the
1 shoals above Alexandria on Red river;
! also that tho navy are capturing large
quantities of cotton in that region
The main body of the rebels left Fort
Pillow on Friday morning, and the rear
! guard in the afternoon, taking all the
small arms, and destroying all the am
munition and everything else de
J sructible
Late adyices from Duvalls Bluff re-
! port the country infested with gueyrillas
who are constantly robbing the people
and committing all manner of depre-
dations Mr.. Nixon, State Representa-
| tive from Franklin county, has been
| murdered, and a Representative from
! Arkansas county kidnapped Nothing
has been heard from him since.
On the llth inst, four hundred Texan
cavalry attempted to surprise the camp
of two hundred Federals at Rossyille,
on the Arkansas river, but were repulssd
with loss Of twelve killed and large
number wounded. Our loss was five
killed.
SAN FRAyCIscO, April l6.-Sugar, teas,
| rice, and most other articles Of foreign
importation are firmer ia anticipation
of the increased duty before Congress
adjourned
A letter Of April lst, from La Passe
on the Colorado river, says the Indians
were killing the people, stealing cattle,
and preventing the miners from work
ing in the Waller river district Unless
energetic measures are taken, little
work will be done this season. General
! Wright was urge to send 10 General
! Brown one hundred soldiers The In
| dams along the Colorado river are yet
peaceable, and viii probably remain so
if the disturbance further east is quiet
/ ed soon. II is OF the greatest import
ance to have Iratabot speedily brought
! back from the Atlantic States, as he ex-
ercises a predominant spirit over all the
/ Indians in that part OF the country.