The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-24
TIE LATEST NEWS.
RY I.AsT NIaHrs AaATL.

An official dispatch 70 the War De-
partment Of the 18sh announces Sher-
| mans arrival at Qaitman on the Oaio
and Mobile Railroad without opposition,
but be will not be allowed to take Mo-
! bile without 3 desperate battle. Their
advance was, without comparison, the
boldest movement Of the war. Sherman
has from 20 600 TO 80 600 They tesr
up the railroad bridges in their rear. de
meditates 20 step backwards.
MOBILE, Feb. 10 -Farrsgut has not
renewed the attack on Grants Pass. His
feet lies in the sound, the weather being
too bad for action. No landing IS re-
ported yet ia ehe direction of Pascsgou-
10. Major Gen. Scammon and stsf have
arrived It Richmond, and been lodged in
Libby prison, which is pleasing effect
for the loss Of Col Slreight on tue 5lh.
Fity-eishs escaped Yankee officers
have been returned to Libby Prison.
Three deserters, who went 70 Newbern
and took up arms against the C0nfed-
eracy, we're captured and hung 81 Kins-
ton on the 18th. The Rishmond En-
quirer Of the 7sh publishes the follow
ing:
MOBILE, Feb 15.-Meridisn Was evsc-
uated yesterday. The Government
property was saved.
Capt. Adair. Of Forests staff has ar
rived here. Forrest was ct Oxford on
the 9Th. He was confronted By column
Of infantry 5000 strong, from Memphis
yiA fernando, and twelve regiments Of
cavalry via CollieFsville.
Sherman's force, 80 900 strong, are
marching in close order, while Lees
cavalry are haFzssing their TANKS and
picking up stragglers
ORkEaE CoURT HOUSE, Feb. 16-The
enemy has not fallen baeA to OentreVilie
Is reported. GlllmOre's cavalry threw
train Of cars eff the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, six miles above Harpsr's
Ferry, snd phrOled fifty officers and OBJ
tained some booty.
PAsOAooULA, Feb Is The enemy's
feet, including = flagship, has gone
eastward through sound direction to-
wards Grants Pass. Four more gun
boats have just appeared, steering the
same course.
MOBILE, Feb. 16-Gov. Watts this
afternoon issued q proclamation to the
citizens of Mobile, that the city il about
to be attacked, and exhorting non-cOm-
bataDts to leave.
CAIRo, Feb 21-The Columbus, KY,
War Eagle has the following:
A rebel captain, e. q. Sullivan, former
" citizen Of Madison county, Ala
bama, came into the Provost Marshal's
Office and requested TO take the oath of
allegiance. He seemed to be weary with
long travel. he informed the clerk who
administered the oath that be hsd been
one Of the strongest secessionists in that
part Of the country; that he had con-
tributed some ten thousand dollars for
the cause; had fought, bled and suffered,
thiakIng that he was in the right, but
had become satisfied now that he was
not. AS soon ss he heard of the Presi
dents recent proclamation he At once left
for our lines. he said they had been
deceived The cunning arts which their
leaders had devised 10 deceive them had
become well Known Soldiers in the
ranks from Tennessee remarked that
they hoped JEFF Davis and bis leading
constructors would have TO hang. he
also said that tWO-thirds of the Fegi-
ment be held q commission in as cap
tain 9th Alabama infan ~ }, would, as
soon as pOsslbls, give themselves up
The same was true of thousands Of
others.
CAIRO. Feb. 22.-TwelVe barges coz
tsinibg u 90 bales of hay, wire burn
ed in Memphis on the evening of the
20.h. The hay was valr2d at $500 600.
Aad belonged to Graf, OOchrane & Co.
Another account says II had been deliV- |
cred to the Government.
The gunboat ConnestOga, lying ten miles |
below the mouth of Rsd River, recently
captured four rebel officers, two of them |
colonels, while attempting TO cross the /
river with 3 large rebel mail, $500 900 of
New Orleans money, 80 bales Of cotton,
and 3 number of males, horses, wagons,
ell of which was delivered to the quar-
termasier 1t Nstchez The prisoners
were retained on the gunbOst.
Nearly three hundred rebels have been
captured in the neighborhoOd of Helena
aud sent North BY Gen. BuiOFd during
the pest two months.
LITTLE Rock, Feb 21-Military mat
ters are quiet. Vigorous measures sre
being taken against gUerrillss. The
Arkansas feet have not arrived. The
river is falling. The new organization
Of the State will be success. OppO
sition 70 the new constitution diminishes
daily. No fears of difficulty between
the civil and military authorities here.
1t is safe TO estimate the radical vote for
the nominees of the Convention at 10, 600.
The hrm and kind course of policy pur-
sued by General Steele towards the
rebels is bearing excellent fruits, and is
approved heartily by the leaders of the /
present movement.
WAsHMeToN, Feb. 81 -Deserters con-
tinue to come in, particularly from
Louisisna regiments. Nearly the whole |
of the Ilh and 10Th deserted during the |
lastmOnth.
The Virginia State Convention re-
assemblies on the 22d There is no doubt |
the State will be declared free.
Upon the subjec Of tbs status Of rebels |
Who lay down their arms there is q diff
ference Of opinion. A proposition that |
they be debarEed from the rights of oiti- |
Gems for I've years has been fsyOrably re-
gsrded.
Il Is known that 43 of the 1O9 escaped |
Union officers have arrived safely aud 20 |
are recsptured, leaving II TO be account
ed for.
A prominent citizen of Virginis, who
has recently arrived from Richmond,
SAYS the rebels are preparing 20 attempt |
10 driys the Asmy Of the Potomac back |
upon Washington by q demonstration |
along the Blue Ridge, and if possible to
forcs q battle near Bull Run.
The rebels have almost entirely sus
pended work on their iron olads. Three
are completed at Charleston aud two in
process Of construction. There is only
one iron clad in James river. The two
ct Richmond are nearly completed, but
their gus are removed TO the fOrtifca-
tions 81 Charleston. No hopes sre enter
tanned BY the rebels Of making their
iron clsds available ct either point
NEW YoRK, Feb. % "A rebel dispAtch
OF the il b reports Gen. Polk ct Meri-
disn and censuriBg him for not attack
ing Sherman. His force numbers IL. 600
men.
John Morgan was st Dalton On the
14th. Forrest and Lee are stated 10
have re occupied Jackson and lowering
Ga a. Il.