The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-09
BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.


CAIRO, April The Cairo News has
been furnished with the orders issued
by Brig Gen. Buford, commanding the
second division. Of Forests cavalry,
cOngratulating his troops on their sue
cess in the Kentucky campaign. He
praises their conduct during the attack
on the fort at Paducah, and alludes
with feeling to the death Of Colonel
Thompson, commanding the third brig
ade.
The rebel loss is set down at ten
killed and forty wounded The Fedral
loss was twenty-seven killed and
seventy or eighty wounded He con-
cludes by exhorting his division to per-
sist in its intentions to hold Western
Kentucky The actual loss of the
Federal forces was fourteen killed and
forty-two wounded Rebel prisoners
admit that their loss was 800 killed and
three times as many wounded
CAIRO, April 6.-Memphis dates of
the 4th furnish nothing important. The
Golden Gate, small propeller, was
burned by guerrillas on the I'd inst,
sixteen miles below Memphis. >
1t is reported that the rebel General
McCrea, having a number of robbers
and murderers under his command, is
infesting that neighborhood, and rob,
bing friend and foe alike
Gen. Bates had fight with the guer-
rillas yesterday at Hickman, and
captured few of them
The steamer Carrie Jacobs, bound
down, laden principally with -four, col
lided last night with the steamer Gen.
Anderson below Metropolis, the Jacobs
breaking in two No lives are known
to have been lost.
The steamer FOrsythe, after leaving
this port to-day, was brought buck by a
shot from the fort. Her officers are
charged with having contraband goods
on board The boat is under guard.
the captain under arrest, and the third
clerk in the guard-house.
WASHINGTON, April Senator Hale,
Chairman of the Naval Committee, has
now under consideration the numerous
applications for the relief of engineers
and ship builders.
Five thousand applications have al
ready been made by seamen to be trans
ferred from the army to the navy.
1t is stated by Senators that nation
al bank or cHrrency bill will be passed
by the Senate and sent to the House
for its concurrence.
The Senate to-day in Executive SEES
sion confirmed the following names of
Brigadier Generals:
Col c. G. Harker, Goth Ohio. from
April 20, 1868; Col John r. Miller, Goth
Indiana, from January ), 1864; Harry
II. Sibley, of Minnesota, from March
20, 1868; Col. L Trobrain, 55th New
York, from January ), 1864; Col. G.
Raemmerlings, 9Th Ohio, from January
5, 1864; Col Cyrus BUSY, Sd Iowa cav
airy, from January ;, 1864; Col c. c.
Andrews, Sd Minnesota, from January
5, 1864 Col John w Fuller, 9th Ohio,
from January ), 1864
Various gentlemen who were absent
from the House Of Representatives on
Monday when the question was taken
up for the adoption Of the Joint resolu-
ton protesting against the erection of a
monarchial government on the ruins
of any republican government in Amer
lea under the auspices of any European
power, have permission to record their
votes
WASHINGTON, spril 1T is under
stood that attempts will be made to
engraft certain other propositions on
the anti-slavery amendment to the
Constitution, but it is believed that the
Senate will vote them all down, and pass
the original amendment, rs it was first
drawn
1t is understood that a number of
General Hookers friends will tender
him public dinner on his return from
the West.
The consolidation of the different
creates, as might have been
much unpleasant feeling
the military
WAgHINGToS, April Mr. Collins has
here, after nearly two years
absence in Russia and England Ne
gotiations for the right Of way and con-
struction of telegraph across Asiatic /
Russia, Russian America, and British |
Columbia, so as to connect Europe with |
America via Berring strait having been |
brought to a satisfactory conclusion, |
under very favorable terms, they now /
await the final action of Congress.
We understand that Mr.. Collins viii /
soon present the plan to Congress in
view of the cooperation of our govern
ment 1t Is due to Great Britain and 4
Russia that their liberal grants and
in aid of purely interna-
,,-,vI- Df 4Is~
fraught with incalculable good to the
United States and the world at large,
should command promptly the gener-
BUS aid from the United States 1t GER
.ainly devolves upon our government
10 second this great enterprise, and
more especially now since Russia and
Great Britain have met the question in
4 liberal international spirit, and clear
ed it TO all questions as TO the right of
with New York. There
never was an enterprise presented TO
.he consideration Of the Government
that pleads more eloquently than this.
II is the last link in telegraphic chain
that is to bind not only Europe and
America, but Asia and Africa, into one
living and speaking community
NEW YoRE, April The regulation
n relation to the price of gold at the
Treasury will be 81 Is until the close
If April 18th
The subscriptions TO the 1910 loan at
he First National Bank to-day were
s20j, 400 the receipts at the Custom
house to-day we're S6S9,000, of which
s.oEn nRn rssar.s