The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-07

on the second day after its occupation
by our troops General Wilson's c1m.
mand reached Macon on the nightof
be 20th. Five miles from the city q
Tag of truce metthe advance guard Of
our regiments marching on dlnk Of the
command. The officer in charge OF the
flag Of truce informed our forces Of the
stmistice which had been agreed upon
between Generals Sherman aud John
stOn, bus no heed was paid to it, except
10 send the Gag 10 General Wilson, who
vas some miles ia The rear, while the
aoVance pushed on aud entered the
Uown, making prisoners of several
rebels, iDe.ud NJ Generals Howell Cobb
and u W Smith.
The whole loss Of the expedition
from the ume IL left Z lstport until it
arrived az Macon, wss thirty one killed
and three hundred and tweRty-one
wounded When our forces leftSelms,
they were compelled TO leave over six
Jy Of the worst wounded men in hos
,iLals there. At Montgomery they LEFT
All who could not ride sny further,
numbering one hundred and forty four
Thirty i've were Jeff in Columbus snd
all The rest taken 10 Macon.
la the light 81 Selma, Forrest received
a blOg on the head, cutting through bis
naE but not drawing blood, and blow
on the lett arm when inalcted 5 severe
bruise
Between Selma aud Montgomery,
Gen Wilson Organz d a force Of three
thousand negroes and armed them With
arms taken from the rebels. The force
is now with him at Macon All along the
!ins OF march she negroes were found
waiting along the roadside, TO join the
column with bundles of bed clothes on
their heads, and household articles in
their hand., they followed the line OF
march day after day, and the staff Off
ceIs were continually engaged in weed
Jog OUT the feeble, old and young, who
we're not able to keep up. a long train
! OF wagons and aBbulsnces socompanit d
( The expedition, and take it all in all il
was truly motley csvalcade Our
| f0rcesst Macon are camped out Of the
city, while 8 strong provost guard pat
/ rolls the streets. Such business as there
/ is in the city, has been resumed and
I will 90 on as usual General Wilson
is comoelIcd TO subsist his fOrce on the
country, aud one Of the Objects FOR
which these officers Of whom We have
spoken came through, IS 70 obtain sup
I plies ami clothing
The whole Of Georgia isc0vered with
I the paroled prisoners from Lees army
and those paroled by Wilson. OF the
! latter we have heard that Gen Thomas
has ordered that they shall not be con-
sidereI IS s.paroled, Many of these
parUled men are joining Gatewood, and
\ ne has got foice atpresent that Is
quite formidable. He has disappeared
! from his old haunts in Chattanooga
! Vallevand McLem0re's Cove, bat il IL
not definitely known where ne has
I zone To. Colonel JohnsOn, command
/ lng brigade in Wofi1rd's command,
was apprehensive Of IN attack from
him on Wednesday night
Daring the assault at Selma General
Long. commanding the "a Division OF
/ Wilson's command. was severely
wouuded in the head Ga the 23d ult-
/ Dr. Olky, Medical Inspector Of the
command, and Capt Hosea, Of the JIG b
1 c S infantry, bearing dispatches, left
Macon TO go to Savannah by way Of
| Atlantis and Augusta
Trains and mails arrive at and depart
from Macon for various poin's, regular
/ " every day, bulsinos Wilson sdvanc
I'd through Alabams, their routes II
that direction have become circuDscElb
ed