The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-16
THE LATEST NEWS.
BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.


CAIRO, April a. - Another demand
was made this morning for the surrender
Of Paducah, giving one hour for the
removal Of the women and children.
Col. Hicks declined TO surrender and
proposed to meet the anticipated at
tack
CAIRO, April l4-On Tuesday morn
ing, Forrest, with some G,000 men, at
tackled Fort Pillow. Soon after the
attack, Forrest sent a flag oftruce, de
M .nding The surrender of the garrison,
torrest in the meantime, was disposing
/ his force so as to gain q decided adj
vantage Major Booth or the 18th
! Tennessee cavalry, was in command,
with four hundred of that regiment,
+ two hundred Of the lst battalion 9th
/ L. s. heavy artillery, formerly the lst
Alabama cavalry, colored The flag Of
/ truce was refused
/ Fighting was resumed afterwards,
! when q second flag came in, which was
also refused Both flags gave the rebels
/ the advantage of gaining new positions.
/ The battle was kept up till P IL,
/ when Major Booth was killed, and Ma
/ jor Bradford took command The reb
/ els now came on in swarms, overpower-
/ ing our troops and compelling a sur
render Immediately upon the surren-
/ der ensued q scene which utterly battles
description Up to that time compare
/ lively few had been killed, but the
rebel liends, as bloodthirsty as devils
incarnate, commenced indiscriminate
! al. A. i
ing those Of both cOlors previously
wounded The black soldiers, EecOm
Ing demorRl;zed, rushed TO the rear, the
white officers having thrown down their
arms.
Both whites and blacks were bayo-
neted, shot, or sabred, even dead bodies,
and horribly mutilated children or
eight years old Several negro women
were killed in cold blood Soldiers I'M
able to speak from wounds, were shot
dead and their bodies rolled into the
river.
Dead and wounded negroes were
piled in huts and burned, and several
citizens who joined our forces for pro
lection were killed or wounded. Out
Of the garrison Of GOO, only 200 re-
manned alive. Among our dead officers
are Capt Bradford, Lieuts Barr, Archer,
Strom, Wilson, Revet, and Maj Booth,
al of the 18th Tennessee cavalry.
Capt PASTOR, and Lieut. Logan, of the
18th Tennessee cavalry, and Capt
Young, Of the 9th Missouri, acting
Provost. Marshal were taken prisoners.
The steamer Platte Valley came up
about 81 o clock, and was hailed by the
rebels under flag Of truce Men were
sent ashore to bury the dead and take
aboard such wounded as the rebels had
allowed to live Fifty-seven were taken
aboard, including seven or eight colOred
men. Eight died on their way up.
She arrived hero this evening, and was
Immediately sent TO the Mound City
hospital to discharge her suffering cargo
Among the wounded officers of the CO.
ored troops are Capt Pooter, Lieut.
Libberts, and Adjutant Lemming. Six
guns were captured, including two 10
pound Parrots, and two l2-poUnd
Howitzers 1t is the intention Of the
rebels to evacuate the place and move
on towards Memphis
LITTLE Rock, April ll--Advices from
Gen. Steele, to the 7th, have been re
ceived
His expedition had reached a point |
miles south of ElBin's Ferry, on Little |
Missouri river about % miles from
Camden, where he expected Gen. Tha- !
yer with reinforcements the next day
On the ID, Shelby attacked Steele's |
rear guard, under Gen. Rice, with l.
200 cavalry and two pieces of artillery, |
and was repulsed with a loss Of 100 |
killed and wounded Our loss AZ xii |
led and wounded, and Is prisonera
On the 4th, Marmaduke attacked him |
with 1900 or 1000 cavalry and five |
pieces Of artillery, on the south side Of
the Little Missouri, and, after five hours /
hard fighting, he was routed with loss |
of killed and % wounded. Our loss |
% wounded
There is a large force of rebels FIVE
or six miles in Steele's advance, but it
is not expected they viii make a stand
NEW YoRK, April l4-The fall in gold /
was caused by the reports that Mr
Chase has drawn from 100000 to $780,
00Q against the gold sent from San
Francisco last year
A Natchez paper Of the lst has the |
report that the rebels have blown up |
the rams Shreveport and Missouri to |
prevent them from falling into our
hands, and evacuated Shreveport
The printing Office of the Commercial |
Chronicle at Panama, was seized by the
Government officials, which caused |
great excitement The Star-denounced |
it as unjust Both the United States
and British Consuls took an active in
terest in the affair, but have failed to |
induce the authorities to desist
The Baltimore Sun reports a fight |
near Winchester, on Friday, between
Major Hunter, with a force of Pennsyl-
vania cavalry, and the rebels under !
Imboden. From 80 to 100 were killed /
and wounded on both sides Passen-
gers from the West say it was a decided /
Union triumph.
NEW ORLEANS, April "a brilliant
fight recently took place at Pensacola
between the l4th View York cavalry |
and the 57th Alabama rebel cavalry, in
which the rebels were almost immedi-
ately put to flight in a hand to hand
encounter with the sabre
Mrs Gen. Banks, assisted by the
ladies Of New Orleans, designs giving
q series of tableaux at the Opera House
on Wednesday for the benefit Of sol
dier's widows and children.
Proceedings OF the First CslOred Mis-