The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-11
President Linc0ln'S Message On
The Peace Conference.
JEFF Davis Given TO Understand
Chat only Submission would
be accepted.
Rebel Senate Reject the Bill fOr
AriHing he Negroes.
Rebels 90 abandon Mississippi
West OF the iaZ00 and Zig
Black Rivers.
Further Particulars OF the LATE
Fighting.

Fighting.
I Wa-mAaraS, Fab. 10 -Uor-E.--A mes
sage wsz received FROM, the 'rrsi5eu. rela-
ting g, She re-cs conference. He SAYS Mr..
Blair, although going to Richmond With
his consent. had no authority 10 sPeak or
at fer the government. afr. Davis wrote
a letter through him, expressing bis readi-
nr-= g, receive or send commissioners. Mr..
Lincoln subsequently expressed himself 10
the effect that he was williny to receive
/ sgentz, formally appointed, with view 10
secure peace on a basis OF one common
country. The particulars arc given how
the conference was brought about. Par
| ticu'Rr instructions were given g to how
the Confederate commissioners should pass
| through our lines, promising sale conduct
and protection. They were explicitly told
that it was to be informal conference, on
! the basis already mentioned. The commits
sioners wrote letter, saying they wished
to confer on the subject Of tine existing war,
| and Oh what terms it could DO terminated.
Surprising the proper point had been reach
| ed, the President dispatched Secretary Sc
/ ward 10 meet the commissioners, with in
7tructous t. confer on basis of restora-
| ton Of the national authority. No receding
by the Executive on the slavery question,
| no cessation Of hostilitie5 short Of an end
! to the war and the disbandiug of the rebel
forces. Seward was further instructed that
he was not 10 conclude any arrangement.
The President, meanwhile, sent an orderto
cen. Grant not odelay military operations
Mr.. Seward communicated with the Presi
dent, and the latter went down on The rep
! reseutatiou OF Gen. Graut-haying pre-
yiOusly received a dispatch stating that the
commissioners had accepted the proposed
terms on which the conference was to take
place. The commissioners said in a note
that their earnest desire was Just and hon
orabIe peace, and they we're ready to sub
NIT or receive propositions for that pur
pose. They We're not to be understood as
admitting anything apar. from the object
Of their mission. No papers were exshan-
| ged al the conference, which ended without
| result
WAsuvroy, Feb. IO.-The Government
received the following dispatch this morn
ing: City Point, Va, Feb. g, the Richmond
papers Of to-day contain no news. They
have no intelligence from Sherman.
Gen TorralIe, Of Georgia, was killed yes
teriay.
The Senate, by an almostuuanimous vote,
rejected he biu putting 100000 negroes in
She army
The Enquirer says Messrs. Dewitt and ".
C. Allen, of the Richmond Ambulance
Committee, viii leave the city this morn
ing in charge Of lot of supplies brought
by the last hag-of-truco-boat for the Fed
eral prisoners confined at Dauyille, Va,
and Salisbury, y. C. Three Federal officers
ct each place have been elected % attend
TO tho distribution Of the supplies.
The Wing says the Canton, Miss, Cili-
z.u has heard it iutimatad by gentleman
Of intelligence that it is altogether proba-
bic that no further efforts will Je made to
hold the country between the Yszoo aud
Big Black rivers, or to protect the Missis-
sippi Central Railroad but that our lines
will be moved back as far as Brighton; aud
perhaps farther east.
HEADQUARTERS Army or TFE PoTouAC,
Feb. 3.-The result of yesterdays engage
msut was more important than reported.
The particulars were not fully known al
that time. When the 9TH corps fell back
to the line Of works at Hatch er's Run on
Monday night, the enemy did not follow
vigorously, nor did they make any attempt
TO storm the position. Itwas believed, how |
ever, that they would do SO yesterday morn |
ing, but up TO noon no sign of an attack |
appeared, nor did the rebels seem to be in !
strong force in the vicinity. Il was, there |
lJGe, determined 20 send out a reconnaissance |
on tie ground occupied by US the day be- !
fore, and ascertain where the rebels were, |
and ID possible 70 force them back 20 their |
works 1t Dabney's Mill. Cen. Craw ford's |
division OF the Jth corps having had the |
advance the day before, and being best &C
qua,uted with the nature Of the country, |
was selected FOR the duty, which they per
formed to tho entire satisfaction Of the |
commanding General. The column moved !
about noon, taking the Dabney's Mil Road, |
aud after advancing about half mile |
struck the rebel pickets, who fell back as
our men advanced. line Of battle ives |
then formed, our right resting on Hatch |
e-'s Run and our left supported by part |
Of Gen. Wheatou's colored sixth corps. The /
entire line then advanced cautiously |
through the thick woods on each side OF |
the road, and before going far met the reb-
els in force, when sharp fight began i'm
mediatelv. The rebels were steadily driven
hack on each side until they took refuge /
behind their works at the mill, where they
made determined stand. The fighting
here was kept up till dars, when our men
commenced throwing up light bresstworks
t. protect themselves. The rebels did not
seem disposed to attack again, as they had
done a day or so previous, and the object
of our movement having been accomplish
ed, our troops were Withdrawn during the
night to their former position on the
Vaughan road, IN the vicinity Of which
strong works have been erected.
The loss in the movement turns out to be
quite heavy, considering the small force
engaged. The 50 division, jth corps, SUI
ferei principally, the following are the f g
ures killed: officers, Sc men; wounded, e
officers, 49I men; missing, ! officers, SIS
men; total, 81 officers, lI45 men; aggregate
loss, IlsJ officers and men, ont Of about
1000, who went into the action. The heavy
loss in the division indicates the manner in
which the men acquitted themselves, and
they have been highly comPlimeIted Tor
their bravery by their officers.
The loss IN the 9th corps is not reported,
but is very slight, they having acted as
supporting column, rather than an attack
ing one.
WAsHEGrov, Feb. IO.-To HoSoR4sLE,
TlE House. OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN re-
Spouse 10 your resolution Of the s.h inst,
requesting information relative to the con-
ference recently held In Hampton Roads,
nave The honor 20 state that on the day ug
date, gave 20 +. p. Blair, ST., g csvd writ
ten as follows
ALLOW the bearer, F. p. Blair, ST., 10
pass our lines % 50 south and return.
Signed LIxcoLS."
That Et the time I was informed that Mr..
Blair sought the card as means OF getting
10 Richmond, Va, but he was given no au-
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