The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-20
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By LAST NIGHTS MAIL.

in Charleston barber, and their remnants
line the shores.
The entrance TO the harbor is now be-
lieved 10 be clear, and il is supposed that
our navy will take due Advantage of the
fact.
The New 0.leans Piesyune Of the Oh
has news Of the recApture Of Paebla by
Jaarez's forces, and that Commonfort
was advancing against the French.
The French in Tampico are in a state
Of siege, and have lost 800 men by yell
low fever.
WASHINGTON, December 18--Mulually
friendly and satisfactory explanations
have taken place to-day between the
Secretary Of State and Lord Lyons, con-
corning the recovery Of The Chesapeake
and her crew within British jurisdic-
{ on in Nova Scotia.
FoRTREss MoNRoE, Dec. 1.-THE fig
of truce steamer arrived last evening,
and brought from City Point free negro
who was captured at Gettysburg and re-
Gently liberated By the rebel authorities,
and two surgeons who had been some
time in prison at Atlantis, Georgia
While the latter were at Richmond the
rebel officers showed them through Ell
the prisons in and about the city. They
report that they found our prisoners
quite comfortable and well fed, though
they were partly furnished with provis-
ions from the loyal States.
The Richmond Wing, of December Is.
saws: On Thursday last an explosion
took place st the Chesterfield coal pits
from the admission of gas into the room
from the RaccOon pit, near Clover Hill,
twenty-nine miles from Richmond. Six
teen men killed, and three injured. The
accident occasioned tremendous explo-
sion. The flames from the kissing gas
assembled some hundred feet above the
Orifce of the pit.
CHArrANooGA, Dec. 18.-Gen. John. FL.
Morgan escaped across the Tennessee at
Gillepsie's Landing, sixty miles above
here, on Sunday evening. Captains Will
liam and Robert Cummings, WAC es-
capped from Columbus with him, were
captured, together with fourteen OF his
escort Of thirty. Reaching the neighbor- ]
hood of the river, they impressed every
citizen to prevent the alarm being given,
and hurriedly constructed RATS at lhe
mouth of Whites creek, on which an at
temot TO cross was made. A citizen,
who eluded their pickets, gave the alarm.
and the attempt was nearly frustrated,
Morgan escaped on q valuable race horse
presented to him in Kentucky, going in
the direction of Athens. Gen. Howard,
who is in command at Athens, has cav
airy securing the country, and possibly
Morgan will yet be taken.
Wheeler has rejoined Hardee, and is
recognising his cavalry force.
Refugees and deserters say that the |
Iebel cavalry will be actively employed |
during the winter. .s.s i
On Wednesday the guerrilla Champ |
Ferguson, with small force, captured a |
part of the LIST cavalry division, on the
march from McMinnville to Sparta. Pc
ter Ebel, sutler of the 9th Pennsy lVsnia !
cavalry, and three Others, were muir
dered.
Hsrdee's headquarters are at Dalton,
and his pickets extend as far as Tunnel
Hill. His army, including the Georgia
militia, numbers $4,000 strong. 1t is
IS being utterly demor;l-
ICED.
Generals Grant and Sherman left for
Bridgeport to-day.
Steamboats, make the trip from Bridge
port to LoudOn, whence stores are trans
ported by rail twenty-five miles to
There is nothing from Gordon Grau-
yer, who is with Burnside, probably
lighting LongstTeet. who is at bay near
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1--we learn
through dispatches received atthe head
quarters Of this department from Gen.
JorcoraD, that last night company ], of
he both New York regiment, at Sau-
,istus Station, in the midst of terrible
storm, then raging, was attacked by 9
body of Stuart's rebel cavalry, about
!, 500 strong, under command of the reb-
j General Ross, which left Fredericks-
burg on Wednesday night last. Contra
" to their expectations, the company
was on the railroad doing guard duty,
md made gallant and, rs it turned out,
! successful resistance, having beaten
hem off four times before they were
lanked. Their tents were burned by .
portion of the enemy who were in the
ear. The company was then forced to
,etire, with loss of two men wounded
lad one taken prisoner. ~
The rebels attempted to burn the
bridge over Hope Run, but took STAN
)ede before doing it any damage TO
'peak of, as il was repaired In two hours
his morning, and trains are now running
gain. On moving off again, the rebels
Ient back TO Fredericksburg three aEbu-
ances of their wounded, and left in the
direction of Oentreville. As soon IS day
light, Gen. COrcoran, who was in COM
nand, sent the cavalry in pursuit of the
Oe, and has since reported that its adj
vance had come up with the rebel rear.
Gen. Sickles has asked for court Of
INQUIRY upon the charges contained 10
ZEN. Halieck's report. Other officers
made similar requests to disembarras the
resident
The following is from the correspond
mt of the Baltimore American, dated
charleston, Dec. Is:
Gilmore again shelled Charleston on
Thursday night. throwing q number of
bells into different parts of the city,
without doing much damage. All the
ebel batteries opened, and . heavy
ensued for several hours.
The storm is washing away the rebel
and yesterday large num-
YER Of heavy timbers, bOlted together
With iron, came down with the tide.
They were secured and towed ashore by
ur tugs. The amount of timber that
ame down is SO large that it is believed
be distractions must be seriously dam
ged.
CISoINEATI, Dec. 18.-Gen. Burnside
5 expected to arrive here tonight.
The Commercials Chattanooga special
sys that during the march of the troops
rom Chattanooga against Longstreet at
knoxville, Changers corps got in ad-
ance of Longstreet's ammunition train,
Fhile Towards corps was in the rear.
there was no escape for the train, and
orty zone loads Of ammunition and two
were run into the river at
.oudon.