The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-13
Gen. Palmer at Athens, Georgia.
He is Ahead Of JEFF. Davis.
Davis Trying TO Escape Through
our Lines.
thunderstorm In Brooklyn.
treat Destruction by The Gale
GoId13s.

KSoxvILIE, May u The Tyler and
Louisville Press says stousasaa cavalry,
at present commended by General w. j.
Palmer, was whea last he4rd from, 81
\ Athens, Ca. hsvin = or-ived a, ihat place
in advance OF. Davis, Breeksaridc, some Of
: The Cabinet aud Iahan C Harris, Of Ten
nessee. lie has abandonsd his es-
cort and is now travelling incognito
with a small party, tying 70 SIP
through cur lines which arc drawing
around him. @
Palmer is ia communication " ,lh Wil-
sons cavalry and it is not Improbable thai
ere this Davis has been captured. No deh-
mite information as 10 what disposition he's
been made Of he specie he had with him.
New 0RLEGNs, May HILTON Brown,
President Of the Mobile and Ohio railroad,
asked permission to open the route from
Mobile to Columbus, Kentucky, and says
it can be done in two weeks. Telegraphio
communication will be resumed in about
three days, Candy having ordered it re-
paired.
The steamer Cincinnati conveyed four
steamers from Selma having two thousand
bales Of cotton aboard, part of which was
marked @. s. A. Considerable cotton s
still lying st our landings, but large guam
titles have been carried into the interior
from Mobile to prevent being burnt by
rebel cavalry.
Gen. steele's command will return to
Mobile. .. 81. -. .--
The conflict between the State and city
officials is still unsettled, and likely to re-
main so till another election.
The removal of restrictions on trade
gives satisfaction. --
Cotton dull. No sales. .r
WASHINGTON, May l2.--It Is said no coun-
sci appeared yesterday for the consPirators |
on the reassembling of the Military Com
mission, and among those arraigned yes
terday was Edward spanler, stage earpen-
ter at Ford's.
Seven hundred and fifty passports were
issued by the State Department during |
April. The present month, however, |
promises a larger number, three hundred |
and sixty passports having been issued up /
to last night. The majority Of which were
to Germans, who propose visiting their
homes for the purpose Of prevailing upon
their friends to return with them snd avail
themselves of the fine opportunities soon
10 ne presentsd at the South for improving
their condition.
NKw YORK, May l2.-Last evening, du
ring the the thunder storm, Shorthand 4
Co.'S. store house in Brooklyn was struck
by lightning and fired, but owing to the
prompt action of the fremen, only about
SIC, 900 damage was done. The storm was
acc OmPanied by a gale, which did a great
zeal Of damage. A large numbered houses
we're unroofed; severed persons were in
ured, butno lives are known to be lost.
NEW YoRE, May 1.-THE Gold market is
.ctive. Under the adjustment Of the spec
llative transaction OF the last two dsys,
srge purchases were made this morning to
over the short sales of the last two or
hree days, which resulted in putting up
he price to 1873. There was also a good
demand for export.
NEw YoRE, Nay 1.-THE Posts wash
ngton correspondentsays the Official state
nsnt of the number of emigrants. arriving
n this country in 1864, was 22l, JS5, Of
which lis, 200 arrived at New York
A Newark, N. j., correspondent Of the
Post says there was great destruction Of
property and many persons injured 10 that
ity by the gale last evening.
In Brooklyn some twenty houses were
nrooted or otherwise damaged. A man
Weighing two hundred pounds was lifted
rom the ground and carried twenty feet.
over one hundred trees were uprooted in
and twenty-three houses
jlown down.
NV YoRE, May I2.-Ths brig Excelsior,
rom Bermuda, reports that on the day Of
President LincoIn's funeral all the courts
N the Island were closed, flags, at half
mast, draped in mourning, and public sym
,athy was universal.
A special to the Commercial, dated Wash
ngton, IL, says; Gen. Herman has arrived
lere, and is testifying 10 the Committee on
Conduct of the War.
Beverly johnson has consented to act as
counsel for Mrs. surratt.
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