The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-20
LATEST NEWS.
BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.

morning The price opened at 2l5, and
sold as low as 206l, and went up again
to 209
The Richmond Whigof the 18th says:
The Petersburg Express of yesterday
says our army is calmly waiting the adj
vance Of the enemy on the right, fully
prepared to receive him when such a
move Is attempted Though no dispo-
sition has been shown 20 attack our pO-
sition there since the late advance, yet
it is believed that the silence of the last
few days is but the quiet that precedes
the outbreak it is not unlikely that
an attempt viii be made 10 flank our
forces We think the enemy fully salts
fed Of the futility Of al efforts 10 take
them by assault
AZ the present moment, says the EX-
press, attention il directed to the north
side Of the James, where heavy en-
gagement seems not at all unlikely 1t
IS known that Grant has largely rein
forced tho forces already there within
the last two or three nights, and it is
not improbable that when fighting COM
mences we shall have it at both ends of
the line.
The Wing, referring TO the destruc-
ton Of rebel property in the Shenan-
doah Valley says The fell work 10
going on by order Of Gen Grant TO de
stToy everything that will sustain life
IN the valley. There Is one way, and
only one that we know, to arrest and
prevent this and every other sort Of
atrocity, and that is, to burn one of the
chief cities of the enemy, say Boston or
Cincinnati, or let its fate hang over the
others, as a warning of what may be
done, and viii be done to them, if the
present system Of war on the part of
the enemy is continued If we are
asked how such thing can be done,
we answer, nothing would be easier;
million of dollars would lay the proud
eat city of the enemy in ashes. The
men 70 execute the work are already
there. There would be no difficulty in
finding, either here or in Canada, suita
bic persons to take charge of the en-
terprise They might retaliate on Rich
mond or Charleston, and let them do
so IL they dare. 1t is a game at which
we can beat them New York is worth
twenty Richmcnds They have a dozen
towns 10 our one, and in their towns is
centred nearly AL their wealth.
The Examiner takes 10 task the two
Southern statesmen, Stephens and
BOyce, who have advocated the momen-
tous proportion Of convention OF all
the States, and in fine VEN of ridi
Guile, depicts the mighty convention
with the South Carolina delsRA,es sit
ting cheek by jOwl with Banks, Sum
neT, Everett, and Beast Butler.
The Commercials Washington special
says the Provost Marshal General has
adopted regulations that in case drafted
men desert prior to mastering in, the
quota Of their respective districts, viii
not be credited, and supplementary
draft viii be made when the exact de-
ficiencies from that cause is known
Ghe 18th corps correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Press chronicles the ef
feet Of fort being constructed in one
night by the 4th and 9Th regiments Of
United States coloTed troops. So secret
ly was the work conducted, that those
inside the breastworl1s knew nothing
of it. and in the morning were surpris-
ed az what appeared to be the work of
magic.
The Illness special correspondent
with the Army Of the James, describing
the reconnaissance of General Terry,
says the enemy was finally driven under
the shelter of a long and formidable
line Of earthworks, about two miles
from our lines, with redoubt on T8rry
ton road
The enemy has left no means unem-
ployed Of strengthening the defences
Of The capital The ground is filed
With field Notifications, and Is bridged
and walled with earthworks, line after
line in succession.
The rebels have been making recon
noissances OF our position at Bermuda
Hundred
The Tribunes Washington special
says the special trains from Baltimore
Were required to-day to bring down 900
or 900 merchants and clerks, arrested
there for selling goods to smugglers
The HeTalds London letter says the
financial crash in London, Liverpool,
and Manchester, promises TO be very
extensive. Birmingham and other ex
tensive towns will not be much affected.
Richmond papers Of the l4th don't
contain much news. Forrest telegraphs
his escape to Corinth, Miss. 4 repulse
is admitted in Florida in regard to the
defeat Of the rebel cavalry in the val
ley The papers admit the defeat, but
say they lost only FIVE guns They also
assert that Sheridau's infantry was en-
gagged, which Is not true
Among the passengers from Havana
by the missing steamer Roanoke was
Lieutanant johnson, who captured the
Chesapeake, and the Ensign of the
Harriet Lane, who was to take charge
of the Roanoke's engines.
The sidewheel steamship ii. Chaun
Ger, for the Pacihe Mail Company, was
launched today.
The correspondent Of the Montgome
~ Appeal writing from headquarters,
SAYS Sherman has three million Ia
tons south of the Tennessee. Most Of
these are AZ Chattanooga This is full
rations for thirty days, and may be
made to last sixty days With what he
can gather up, he may feed his army |
for some time
The Augusta Sentinel says Davis's |
reception by the army was very cool !
Open dissatisfaction was expressed, and !
a change of commanders demanded
The Richmond Examiner Of the 18th 4
says, Five surgeons and two officers I
captured ct Saltyille, have been receiy- /
ed at Libby Prison
II Hcior- GsasraiDlr
SulJoined dispatches have reached !
the department this afternoon, from 1
Nashville, i P 81 The following des-
patch has been read from General Sher-
man
SHIPS GAP, Oct Is, 2 Nl-We took
Ships Gap to-day, capturing a part Of
the 2fth North Carolina Two corps
are represented TO be at Lafayette aud
one south from Villanara IL is plain
that they Distracted Snake Creek Pass
TO delsy our trsins, bus by tomorrow
/ can move IN any direction.
Signed ". I. SHERMAN
Deserters from Hoods army report
his forces 80 600 strong number Of
cavalry unknown. No news from Ten
nessee river.
(Signed) G. II THOMAS.
CHArraNooaA Oct II, 10 P. M-The
rear Of Hood army left Lafayette, GO
ing south, Al daylight today
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