The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-21
THE LATEST NEWS.
By LAST NIGHTS xaIL.

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There is a rebel feet of thirteen
barges, with a howitzer and twenty-fy,
men. on Chowan river,
The results Of the rebel raid agains
| Newbern were the capture Of our for
ti6cations at Evans Mills, the garrison
escaping; the capture OF the stockad,
/ at Crawlin, with its garrison of fifty
men and some injury to the railroad
between Newbern and Morehead City
The rebels were repulsed by our bat
terics and gunboats at Newbern, 'aEc
retreated on the 9th.
The rebel ram Albermarle had nine
men killed in the fight at the moutl
of Roanoke river on the 9Th, and wa,
50 badly injured as to be sent up the
river for repairs.
BERMUDA HuSDRED, May lS.-All j:
quiet with our army to-day. The object
| of the demonstration on Fort Darling
was merely to draw offas many of Lees
| troops as possible, and also TO attract
the attention Of all the rebel forces in
/ and about Richmond, TO enable Gen
Kautz to destroy the communications
south Of Richmond. On the 10th the
rebels came out of their entrenchment
and earthworks in front of Fort Oar
ling at daylight, having been heavily
reinforced by Longstreets corps, and
made three advances, all of which were
promptly repulsed by our men. The
enemy lost in these charges from ,O0O
to 500 men, while our loss was very
slight.
Gen. Butler having learned that Beau
regard was heavily reinforced by Long
streets corps, and also ascertained by
the rebel papers and rebel sources that
a bridge over the Appomattox river,
and several miles Of the Danville Rail
road were destroyed, and that dams,
locks, and embanllments of the canal
leading into Richmond were also de-
stroyed, decided to fall back from be-
fore Fort Darling, and gave orders &C
cordingly.
BY Monday evening our army had
securely arrived behind our new lines
of works, having retired in perfect Or
! der, excepting Heckman's brigade,
which was badly disorganized, and
General Hickman was captured The
brigade formed the extreme right wing,
and the enemy attacked this point with
great desperation following them back
nearly two miles with overwhelming
numbers, capturing a large number,
and killing and wounding many. Three
of our guns fell into the hands Of the
rebels, the horses being killed The
guns were spiked Atpresent it is i'm
possible to estimate our loss Strag-
glers are constantly coming in.
We have lost more prisoners than the
rebels, but their loss III killed and
wounded doubly exceeds ours, as our
men were protected by works Several
of Longstreets men were captured,
who stated his whole force was cooper
ating with Beauregard.
PHILADELPHIA, May ia special to
the evening Telegraph, dated Wash
ington the 18th, contains the follow
ing:
1t is reported that advices from the
Army of the Potomac up to o'clock
a NJ, have been received, and show
that the second corps advanced success
fully. turning the enemy's left flank,
and capturing fifteen guns and many
prisoners. 1t is rumored that Lee is
falling back slowly, and has been fore
ed to evacuate his works. If this be
true, his total overthrow will soon he
complete
B4LTMoRS, May l9-Gen. Lockwood,
who had command of the Notifications
in and around Baltimore, has been or
dered to active duty in the Army OF the
Potomac
HALIFAX, May l9.-Her Maiestys
steamer Vesuyius, from Bermuda the
18th, reports the pirate steamer Florida
at that point.
NATcHEz, May l2-via CAIRO May is;
There have been rebel reports of the
capture Of Port Hudson, and the non
arrival of boats from New Orleans
since Monday, tended to strengthen
the probability, but the arrival of the
Gray Eagle, Captain McDoUgal, this
morning, put the matter at rest De
tentions were caused on the lower river.
1t is known that Polk has detached
10000 of the 1900 men in Mobile late
ly, to operate on the river. The stea-
mer Cuba, which started to go up Red
River, and was turned back at Black
River, arrived this morning and reports
q battery Of guns at Shaggy Point
No boats have come by for several days.
The gunboats below and land force a.
bove were expected to capture it and
reopen the river. The river is report
ed rising little.
GAULEY BRIDGE, WEsT VIRGINIA, May
is. = Additional information throws
some light on the part taken by the
cavalry proper under the command of
Brigadier General Averell in the ex-
petition to Newbern This column
went to the right of the main body
under the immediate command of Gen
Cook. Gen Averell reached TO within
fifteen miles of the Salt-works in Taze-
well County, on the 7th, where he en-
countered a force Of the enemy, driv-
ing them on to the main body near the
SaIt-works This force was under the
command of Generals Sam Jones and
John Morgan, and numbered FIVE thou
sand. Fifty prisoners were captured,
among whom was John Margan's
private Secretary. Our loss is but one
man On the tenth, General Averell
reached a point within four miles Of
Wytheville, where he encountered
the enemy, four thousand strong,
under Gen Sam Jones We fought
them for four hours. driving them and
killing and wounding many, and cap
turing some prisoners Under cover Of
darkness the enemy retreated Our
loss was one hundred and twenty killed
and wounded; none missing. Near
Blaeksburg, General Averill commenced
destroying the railroad, which was most
effectually done to a point four miles
east of Christiansburg. at the latter
place small force of the enemy hasti- |
ly left, leaving two 3-inch guns which
fell into our hands General Averill
has fully accomplished the work as
signed him by General Crook. The en-
tire expedition has been brilliant sue
cess in all its parts, giving additional
lustre to the high reputation of Gener-
al Crook. am expecting full details
of the part taken by the main body
hourly.
The Duke de Luynes has been at Je-
rusalem, and is now exploring the Dead
Sea on board a small steamer called !
the Segar, 80 feet in length He had
this built on purpose at Toulon- twas
then taken to pieces and sent to Jaffa, |