The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-21
THE LATEST NEWS.
BY LAST NIGHT's NAIL.

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SAN FRAxcGsco, april lS-The occu-
patton of Celina by two thousand
French troops is confirmed
Proposals having been made to oil
Juan Alvarez to acknowledge the Emr
Deror, he declined TO listen 10 il. The
French were enemies Of his country
= I'd he would resist them TO the Ia
extremity.
1t is believed that the French Will
find the mount3ineers OF Guerro among
their most bitter enemies in Mexico
The latest advices from Oajack state
that General Dcas held that city with
six hundred MexicaTs, and is confident
Of his ability to defend the State
against the present French force. in
an emergency he could retreat to Cha
pos or Gusrro; the natives Of which
states are eli hostile to the French
NEW YORK, April 10 - Richmond
papers report q riot in General Ford g
brigade at Bristol, Tennessee, recently.
Some two hundred members being dis
satisfied with the supplyof their ratiOns,
the store Of the cOmmIssary was plum
dereds = The Provost Guard fred upon
them, killing enc, and wounding five
on SIX. The rest escaped with the
piuuder a number had since been
arrested, ard would be sharply puT-
shed The men were armed with
stones.
There was a sharp advance in stocks
this afternoon, but reaction is said TO
be likely
CHICAGO. April "a letter to the
Evening Journal, dated Grand Ecore,
says oar cavalry had been driving the
enemy for two days, but in the fore
noon Of tho 3rd were sent back for an
infantry support, and Sen. r. ON, in
command OF the 3rd and 18th divisions
of the 18th corps, was ordered 10 send
forward a brigade lie did so at noon,
himself following with the 4th division.
After advancing about FIVE miles from
where the Bird division of his command
and the 9Th corps were encamped, the
rebels made a stand, and our line, con-
sisting Of only 300 infantry, formed
in q belt of woods with an open field in
front, the enemy in the woods on the
other side
General Stone, of BalTs Bluff fame
chief Of General Banks staff was on
the field, and took the direction of the
movement
General Ransom was IN favor Of adj
vancing only in force, but his wish was
| disregarded After keeping up the
skirmish across the field for about an
hour, the enemy advanced on US in
| overwhelming numbers, estimated at
ten thousand. Ransom got all the avail
able troops to the front, and opened Oh
them.
The enemy lost heavily, but advanced
steadily, and some Of our cavalry gave
way and our infantry fell back. In .
! few minutes the enemy pressed US so
closely, and the panic among the cav
! airy was so demoralizihg, that the re
! treat became rout General Ransom
done all IN his power to rally the men,
but, finding this impossible without
rejnfoTcements, he made every effort 10
save the artillery, and, while endeayoi-
ing to get the Chicago Mercantile Bal
terry oil safely, he was severely wounded
in the leg.
Capt Corcus DicBey and his Adiutant
were instantly killed Our loss is large,
probably 2,OO0. The Mercantile battery
lost all its guns Capt White is a
prisoner Lieuts Throop and Mcbride
were killed. While the 4th division
was falling back in disorder, the Sd
division, numbering only 1900 men,
came up, and was Immediately routed.
Finally, the 18th army corps, with 1000
men, came up and formed in line and
checked the enemy until we got al our
trains except that of the cavalry. The
whole army is now falling back here,
where it must wait and reorganize be.
fore proceeding further toward Shreve-
port
New YoRE, April 19-The Richmond
papers contain the following dispatch :
40 Gen. s. Cooper
The following report was received
at Baton Rouge on the 3Ist inst. from
the Surgeon General OF Gen Banks
| army We met the enemy near Shreve-
port The Union forces were repulsed
with great loss How many can you
accommodate in the hospitals at Baton
Bouge2
"The steamer Essex or Benton was
destroyed in Red river by torpedo.
a transport was captured by the
/ Confederates.
"Farragut is reported to be prepar-
ing to attack Mobile.
fSigned ID H. MAURY,
major General C. S. A ~