The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-26
TIE LATEST NEWS.
BY LAST NIGHTS NAIL.

A freight tain Of fourteen cars, load
ed with cattle for Chattanooga, ran off
the track near Oakland Station this
morning. One hundred and fifty cat
tie were killed. The employees on the
train escaped injury most miraculously.
FoRT DERUssY, RED RIvR, La, Mar Il. ;
VIA CAIRO, Mar %
This fort was captured to-day by Uni
ted States forces under Gen. Smith.
The expedition left Vicksburg on the
10th, landed at Semmesport on the
18th, marched to Bayou Glaze, where
Gen. Lennys rebel brigade had en-
camped, but which fed on the ap-
proach Of our troops. leaving conside-
rable camp equipage and commissary
stores Gen. Smith pressed forward to
Yellow Bayou, where q strong fortihca-
ton had been put up, but the rebels
again fled as we came. The enemy was
pressed and some skiFmishing ensued,
resulting in the capture of several pri-
soners and a small wagon train At
daylight the entire command started
for Fort DeRussy, Is miles distant, and
at o'clock the 81 and 4th Indiana
batteries opened on tie fort, which re-
piled yigorOusly with three of its heav-
lest guns.
Cannonading continued one hour,
when Gen. Smith ordered the lst and
ID Illinois, 10th corps, under Gen Nor
rer, to charge the enemy rifie-pits and
storm the fort The 6Sth, 18th, and
seth Indiana, and the 44th Missouri
regiments then charged over the deep
bitches and thick abatis amid CALLING
fire, and within 20 minutes after tie or
der was issued the color-sergeant Of the
9TH Illinois planted the American flag
on the fort The victory was complete
and resulted in the capture of 325 pri-
sOners, including 81 commissioned Off
GERS one 29-inch Dahlgreen gun, - a
FOUNDERS, four 32pOunders, two 6-poun-
deTs, a lot Of small arms, 1000 barrels
Of fine powder, an immense quantity
N assorted ammunition, and several
thousand dollars worth Of commissary
stores.
Fort DeRussy is a most formidable
work, quadrangular shaped, and bas-
ton and bombproofs covered with rail
road iron A powerful water battery
connects with the fort, the classmates
Of which are capacle Of resisting shot
and shell of the heaviest calibre. The
position Of the guns was capital for
rapid and effective fire on all boats
attempting to 60 up or down the river.
About 600 negro men were employed
Tor one year constructing this fort
Gen Smith will superintcnd the de
struction Of the Notifications to-mor-
row. 1t will take 1900 men two or
three days to destroy them Glorious
news may be expected from Gems.
Banks and Smith within two weeks.
Their positions are strong, and their de-
signs are contraband.
Among the artillery captured were
two guns belonging TO the schooner
Morning Light, two rihed guns from the
Harriet Lane, captured OF Sabine Pass,
and one gun from the Indianola, sunk
in the Mississippi last year Therebels
boast that the Missouri can sink any
gunbOat i'll our navy.
Admiral Porter has been engaged for
the last three days in removing obstruc-
tons from Red river
CAIRO, March 24-The Cairo newspa-
pers contain the following list of vessels
composing Admiral Porter's Red river
expedition:
Fort Holman : guns, Cricket s, La
fayette 9, Neosha /, Ozark >, PASSPORT
9, Choctaw 3, Usage 3, Chillicothe s:
Louisville II, Carondolet ii, Benton IS,
Pittsburg II, Gazelle 8, Mound City If,
Gen. Price 9, Lexington s, Ouachita 80,
Black Hawk Is. OF these the Ozark
and Usage are turretted vessels. The
Lafayette, Eastport, Choctaw, Chilli
cOthe, Benton, Carondolet, Louisville,
Pittsburg and Mound City, are iron
clads The Lexington is one of the
three wooden boats which were first
put in commission on the Mississippi
The Ouchita and Black Hawk are for
midable wooden vessels partly plated
The balance are iron.clads
The AutOcrat, John Baine, Baltic,
DIAM, and the hospital boat Woodford,
of the marine brigade accompany the
expedition, with fifteen transports.
A rebel force, estimated at 1000, with
artillery, under Forrest, advanced
northward as far as the Ohio river last
night At three o'clock this morning
their advance drove in our pickets
south Of Union city, and later in the
morning cut off communication with
Columbus, Kentucky, by destroying the
railroad, cutting telegraph wires, and
burning bridges. Our forces at Column
bus had gone to meet them, and
firing in the direction of Union CITY
OF 81,
An adequate force under Gen. Bray
man left here this morning for Column
bus, thence to meet the enemy. Adj
vices from Columbus up to o'clock
this afternoon furnishes nothing later.
PHILADELPHIA, March PA despatch
from Annapolis says that 1000 prison
ers have Just arrived from Fortress Mon
roe. Four hundred sick died on the
way. The condition of some is beyond
description. Though the funds of the
Christian Commission are low, a large
shipment Of necessaries was sent from
here to-day.
MrNcn Chunk, Pa, March 24-The
large shot and shell foundry and pat
tern shop Of Albright II Stoif was de
stroyed by fire this morning. Loss
$4,000 insurance $4,000. The large
water-wheel, Al feet in diameter, was
the only thing saved, The fire was the
work Of an incendiary.
BALTIMORE, March 2I-The steamer
New York arrived yesterday at Fort
Monroe from City Point. She brings
63 officers and go soldiers. Federal
prisoners Of war. Col. Mccain, 57th
Ohio, and 1t Col. Williams, 18th Ohio,
were on the sick list
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