The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-12

| turning to the army.
Our wounded are reported to be
1900 the most Of whom are at Fred
erieksburg, and so thick are they lying
in the streets and on the pavements
that the cavalry patrol ordered out
could not do duty, as it was difficult to
pass between the rows of wounded
without tramping upon them.
1t is said there are between 1000 and
1000 rebel wounded there also, who
were left on the field
NEW YoRK, May l0-Richmond pa
pers Of the 9th contain dispatches from
Lee and others relative to Grants adj
vance and the battles at Orange Court
house.
The Dispatch of the 9Th states that
the rebels repulsed the Union troops
on the plank road near Spottsylvania
The cement lasted from noon till
night. The rebels claim to have cap
tured 900 Of our troops.
OF Fridays battle the Dispatch says
The Union troops were repulsed in
every attack, and Longstreet finally
forced them to give way. Longstreet
was severely wounded in the shoulder
Gen Jennings was MORALLY wounded
| The Union troops were pushed back TO
Charlottesville Everything looks
well.
The Wing of the It'll says: Up to
late hour on the 9th no fighting had
taken place on the Peninsula
The moment it was known in Peters
burg that Buffers transports were up
the James river, Gen. Picket ordered
out the militia, and great excitement
ensued. They were moved out, bat
nothing said of meeting the enemy
Forty-one transports and others coming,
with three iron-clads and four gunboats
were counted and 10000 to $4,000 men
landed at Bermuda Landing
The Wing, of the It'll states that
Richmond is in no worse peril than when
threatened by Mcclellan, and argues
that there is no need of apanic
a despatch of the 9TH from Demop-
oils states that the rebel cavalry, six
hundred strong, engaged five thousand
Yankees near Olive Branch Creek, IN
der General Andre, and were repulsed
with heavy loss, the Yankees retreat
ing to Baton Rouge
A Dalton despatch Of the 9th stated
that the Union piclxets were eleven
miles from Tunnel Hill, bat we're so
strong that nothing could be learned
OF their movements
A Demopolis despatch of the 9Th
states that General Emory, with ten
thousand infantry, two batteries, and
two hundred and fifty cavalry, was adj
yancing towards Yazoo City.
A I l. II
three hundred and ninety-fve shells
were thrown at Sumter between Fri
day and Saturday, and twelve shells
were thrown into Charleston on Satur-
day.
Avote Of thanks to Forrest is under
consideration in the rebel Senate.
Commanders Pegram, Root, and
Spaulding, have been assigned TO the
rebel iron elads in the James river.
WASHINGTON, May l0-The prepare
tions for the wounded in the recent |
battles are most perfect The weather
Is cooler, and there is no rain, both Of
which are favorable conditions for |
Grant Troops are constantly arriving !
here from the North.
The Senate will make another at |
tempt to pass the banking bill to-day |
The House viii vote on the contested |
election case tomorrow.
The following is extracted from pri- |
vate letter of a member of Gen Sedg- |
wick's staff, dated the 7th
Gen, Sedgwick's staff are all right /
so far. We have been fighting three
days with rather favorable results. |
Several of Grants staff are killed or
wounded Gen Getty, commanding
the second division, is wounded; also,
Lieut. Fox, of his stat"
The letter speaks of the capture Of
Gen. Seymour, and says he behaved
CALAMITY, but his brigade was outAanked
last evening and broke it was the
same that ran at Nine Run last fall
Not word from Grant up to this
evening. lie keeps his counsels from
the President and the War Department,
as from all others. When he last left
Washington he said, to the God speed
of the President II viii do my utmost
to fulfill public expectations
Not a straggler or deserter has been
sent in from the army lines since the
battle of Thursday last
1t is said that the rebels have a large
entrenched depot of supplies on the
north line of defense, toward which
point Lee was directing his retreat
Grant, in following him, will be leaving
his base Of supplies at some distance,
but his men have rations for several
days with them.
HATTERAs, \. c. May The schooner
Eliza Sheldon, bound for New York,
has Just arrived here from Newbern,
and reports that the enemy made a de
on Newbern Yesterday, |
cutting off the railroad communication
between that place and Beaufort, and
making his appearance on the south ! ,
side of the Neuse, two miles below the ]
city, with cavalry force, accompanied
by battery of four guns, which com
manded the water approaches to New
bern, for a brief period, The gunbOats
Commodore Barney and Louisiana sud-
denly made their appearance at the
point threatened, and forced the enemy ,
back from the river
Nothing was allowed to pass over the
railroad from Newbern to Beaufort yes
terday, as this demonstration was ex- :
pected. Therefore the enemy failed to
secure a loaded train of cars.
Captain White thinks this move Of Z
the enemy was only cavalry dash, and. l
not intended as general attack on
Newbern
Bermuda HUNDRED, Va, May 10
Fighting commenced yesterday and
confined till night, between General
Hickman brigade and several other
brigades, under General Smith. Gen. |
Beauregard commanded IN person
during the fight Our forces drove the
enemy back three miles, nearly 70
We hold the railroad be-
.wsen Richmond and Petersburg. Gen.
Kantzs cavalry succeeded in destroy
ng some portions Of the Petersburg
md Weldon railroad at Hickss Ford.
md captured many rebel prisoners. (
CHICAGO, May l0-The most serious )
,ale which has been experienced here Il
Turing the last two years, swept over
he city last night, doing considerable Z,
lamage 70 the shipping About thirty =
'essels, some of them flying flags of s
distress, were anchored between here a
nd Grouse Point six miles north. 4
some damage was done 10 the build :