The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-22
BY Telegraph.
Afternoon Dispatches.
Number OF Men Surrendered By
Lee, 26,1lj.
Booth Not yet Captured.
About MaXImillan.
Afternoon Dispatches.
About MAMMALIAN.
Naval Operations at Mobile.

NEw YoEE, April 2l.-Tho Herald's COZ,
respondent says The paroHng Of Lee,
army was compile ed on the l2;h. The oil
cial report puts the number Of men at 26,-
! II5, l59 pieces of artillery, "A stand OF col.
lars, and Is oIs wegous, caissons, SC, and
5000 horses and mulcg
/ The Herald's Paris correspondent says /,
MaXimulan's Minister in London has 70
signed, declaring that he 10 satisfied the
Aezicsn Empire is collapsing, aud that
MaximiliaH will soon abdieale and return C
AusLria, being completely disappointed IN
his two most imPortaut expectatious-the
recognition Of the United States, and sup
port Of the Pope's Mexican clergy; in con
6rmation Of this report it is stated that
MaNimilian has retracted the remuneration
Of his family rights to the throne Of Aus
tria, made before leaving Europe.
The Times Spanish Fort correspondent
says there were captured in the dereuces Of
Mobile "ls guns, Of which Spanish Fort
had 46.
The rebel gunboats escaped up the river,
but they will be captured or destroyed.
There were Eve Of them, four irou-cIads.
Our loss is about 1900. The rebel loss il
killed and wounded is not less-than 1000.
NEw York, April 2I.-The morning pa
pers are utterly deyeid Of news.
TAMAoUA, via Philadelphia, April 2I.-
Booth has not been arrested, but has been
traced as far aI Tamaqua. The men ar
rested on suspicion have been discharged
NEw YORK, April2l.-Thos steamer Sierra
Nevada, with Hon. Henry Wilson, Leury
Ward Beecher, and others, on board, ar
rived this morning.
WILLNVsPoRr, April 2I.-The Philadel-
phia and Erie Railroad having been thor
oughly repaired since the recent lreshets,
viii BE- re-opened tomorrow.
WEsT Cur sQUADEoS. FLAa sHIp sroCE-
DALE, Of Mobile, A pril I2.-slr: haze the
honor 20 inform the Department. that on
Monday the 10Th inst, subsequent TO the
capture Of Fort Alexis oud the Spanish
Fort detailed in nay dispatch No. So, dated
April 9th, the Uctorora, Lieut.. Andrew ".
W. i7w, aHI the iroucIads, were enabled
20 con, 4ueuce Of tho thorough dragging OF
the B.akely river, through the iudeatiga-
Bile exertiJus of Commander Pierce COSBY,
To move up the river nearly abreast Of the
Spanish Fort. from which point Lieut.. Low
with his rhgd guns, sheiied with great
precision Forts Huger aud Tracy, and with
such effect that both the forts were eyac-
uated on the evening Of the nth, and our
forces took possession, aad captured a few
prisoners in the adjoining marsh. The
forts / shall hold until Gen. Candy can gar
rison them with Lis troops.
Ihis morning moved, with the gun
boats, carrying 5000 men Of Gen. Grauger's
forces to the Forth side Of Mobile bay, Tor
the purpose Of attacking Mobile. ON our
arrival 10 was. .ascertsineJ that the enemy
had evacuated all their detcncel aud re-
treated with their Funbosts up the Ala
bama river. The guubuats will, ia a few
days, uuquestionabiy be captured, unless
they are destroyed by the rebels them.
selves.
Gen. Granger and myself have just sent
into Mobile Il formal demand Of the Mayor
for it3 unconditional surrender, which viii
undoubtedly De accedei to as the city is
now at cur mercy. The Navy has already
hojsted the stars and stripes over the walls
Of Fort Pinto and Spanish River Battery.
We also have entire possession N Of Choc-
taw Point Battery and three heavy Forts
below it Within Ganoa's bend | shall
places q sufficient number OF guuboats di-
rectly 10 'front.' OF The city, to give efficient
protection to loyal inhabitants, of whom
learn there is great number.
Gen. Cauby, with the forces under his
command, is OF present in Blak-ly, though
have constant telegraph communication
with him.
send bis dispatch by Lieut.. Comman-
der q Il. Hill, and whose vessel, the Mil
wauEie, Is, as the Department has already
been informed, destroyed by torpedo.
subsequently gave him charge Of the naval
battery on shore, with which horeHdered
very effective service in shelliug Fort Al
eXis and the spanish Fort. commend
him to the attention Of the Department for
ze'.l and gallautry. sn also much in
deb,ed 10 Commander Crosby, who has been
inuriug ia freeing Blakely river Of tOrpe-
does. having succeeding iu removing over
IJ3-a service demanding cooIusss, iudg-
meut aud perseverance,.
have the homer To every respectfully
your obedient servant,
IL K IRLInnER.