The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-01
Items OF News.

I says;
The advance Of Longstrecfs force
+ viii reach Greenviile tonight Their
+ retreat is rapid since they burned the
bridge, and his cavalry is reported es-
F Gaping into North Carolina By French
Broad Gap.
Our advance at the Plains found some
deserters, among them a Captain and
some citizens of Knoxville, who report
that the 9th corps, under General Sedg-
wick, had cut Longstreet off They say
he burned al his trains that his re-
treat was a rout, and that if we press
him. over q thousand men, discouraged
by the retreat, viii come into our
lines
/ Gen Schofeld teiegraphs from the
! Plains tonight, to Gen Hascall, to have
all the baggage sent up at once. He
viii rapidly complete the bridge and
/ follow the rebels up.
A sharp skirTnish is reported between
Beans Station and Rutledge, yesterday,
by a force of infantry from Cumberland
Sap We drove the enemy No par
ticulars Col Kline, Just in from the
Plains, confirms the above
A despatch from New York, under
4 date Of the Doth ult, says:
The United States corvette Housa-
tonic Captain Pickering, was destroyed
lin Charleston Harbor on the 18th, by
| the propelled rebel torpedo Davis, the
New Ironsides' old friend 1t struck
her on the starboard-quarter, and in q
/ short time she sunk off the beach
Jules 0. Marzzi, Captains Clerk; and
VIM Hazelton, Ensign, are the only
officers lost
a caucus Of Union members Of the
Ohio Legislature, on the Goth ult,
adopted the following resolution:
/" ResoEusa, That in the opinion Of this
convention the people Of Ohio, and her
soldiers in the army, demand the re-
nomination Of Abraham Lincoln TO the
Presidency of the United States"
The members spontaneously arose to
their feet, and gave cheer upon cheer at
the commencement of the passage OF
the resolution
A Louisville dispatch says -" The
courtmartial case Of Captain Crandall,
for killing Lieutenant Hogan, is con-
cluded The testimony substantially
confirms the account published at the
time of the arrest. Crandall is exon
Grated"
NEW YcRK, Feb. Washington dis
patches to the Philadelphia Press state
that the Richmond Enquirer Of the 22d
says: If Grant beats Johnston, Georgia
and Alabama are open to him, and
/ Mobile will fall without a struggle
Geo. P Kane, the notorious Marshal
Kane, Of Baltimore, had arrived in
/ Richmond and been made Colonel
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Gen Sherman
has no intention Of going to Mobile.
He is now in a safe position.
Should Gen. Sherman accomplish the
/ object Of his expedition, and secure the
possession of the country between the
/ Mississippi river and the Memphis and
New Orleans railroad, he will obtain a
large quantity of cotton now stored in
that region
1t is understood that the President is
/ preparing q new proclamation revising
his circular on the amnesty proclama-
ton
MENrHTs, February 25-Arrivals from
Nicksburg confirm previous reports
that Sherman had occupied Selma, Ala
Reports from Cen Smiths cavalry ex-
petition are not so good. Several strag-
glers who arrived to-day state that For
rest, Adams, Lee and Roddy ooncen-
trated against him, and succeeded in
forcing him back with considerable loss
He had a severe fight at West Point,
Mississippi The slow movements of
Col Warning division. consisting main
~ of New Jersey and Pennsylvania
regiments, delayed this expedition some
eight days, thus giving the enemy time
to concentrate against them. It is re-
ported that Col Smith is slowly falling
back toward Memphis, but the report
is not generally believed, as little credit
can be placed in the statements Of strag-
glers
New YORK. Feb. 27.-The Express
says From an officer arrived in the
Fulton we derive some further particu-
lars of the disaster to our forces near
Lake City. Gen Seymour. who COM
manded the expedition, has been placed
under arrest by order of Gen Gilmore.
! His successor is Gen. Wedges, who left
Hilton Head on Tuesday last with re-
Inducements for Jacksonville, consist.
ing of an entire brigade Our infor-
mant says it was the opinion of the Of
fcers who took part in the expedition,
that our total loss in killed, wounded
and missing is between ] 200 and 1900
General Seymour IS severely censured
for not throwing out scouts and Skin
mishers as our troops advanced As il
was, our troops we're led into snap.
! Hamilton's artillery led the van and
suffered severely. The rebel sharp
shooters picked off their horses, and
the guns had to be abandoned The
10th Massachusetts Mounted Infantry
also suffered severely. In the retreat
many Of our wounded were left behind
within the enemy's lines Our troops
were right in front Of the Confederate
batteries, IN piece Of woods, before we
were aware Of their presence, and when
their batteries opened CALLING FIRE,
our men were driven back panic strick-
en- in disorder
The rebel force is not known, but is
supposed to have been large One OF
the prisoners captured stated that troops
had recently been sent down from
Charleston, and that Gen Beauregard
was in command.
Gen. Hardee himself was on the field,
having come TO Florida on q visit to his
family, and also to form second
marriage.
Our loss is variously estimated at from
/ FIVE to thirteen hundred. Seventy-eight
rebel prisoners were brought by the
Fulton understand that the purser
Of the Fulton has a list Of killed and
wounded, which he viii show, bat will
not allow It 70 be copied
The Toronto Globe thinks jeff Davis
I speaks like patriot and a statesman.
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