, 1864-01-16
PUGET SOUND HERALD
LATEST EASTERN NEWS

states that our cavalry has returned tn Bra'trn
Station, having made successful ioray again>t
The rebels, driving the gurrIil'aS into ile n0un.
tain> aud destroying at Lur"y an extensive
saddle and harness Eiglnty ind Srvt raj tan
nerirs. They a!Si ctp;hrcd n numhrr Of priS
pnr,s, a rebel maj! ant quantity Of medicines
aud dry goods.
The reorganization Of the army has com
hienccd Gem TYLER has been assigned to the
command If the Irish Legion.
DrsertrrS from the North Carolina TROOPS
are avaiing themselves nf the Presidents
procIanl'tion, aud are c'nng into our lines.
Washington, D"c. sS.-Advices from the
Army of the P"lonnar this morning state that
all was quiet along the liues, and nothng wOr.
thy Of note is trausliring.
Il Is rcp"rtr'i that t.rre river boats, mostly
belonging To Philadelphia, while dredging fnr
oysters near poiopItauk creek, on the York
-eiyer, were captured hy the rebels. They
came oni in bnais on the I'r-tcnce 81 helping
TO make the cargo, and boarded the vrssrlS,
seized the crew, rohhrd them nf all their valu
ab!cs aud sent THIN to RichnoI'd. The VI sSrls
were burned. The crews number abnnt six To
each vrsSe. Potol."tauk creek is about 80
miles above the mouth Of the river.
A large contrahpnd mai has hcen captured
in Bati nurp, Just as it was ahn.'t IL start far
Richm nd Several persons ii prominence are
implicated. =
The C,hfiScaii, Act is executed with great
vignr in this District, and new cases Uf srizue
Of property occur.
St Louis, Dee. % News frnm Memphis to
the a6lh says that Gen. llurlhurl's fhrcrs,
which have been watching Forrest aud Ctal-
mrrs, have had several SkirmShes with por.
tinns Of the rebel forces near 0merSillv and
Newcastle.
A late Wilmington paper announced the ar
rival there Of great number oI bl'ckalie run
nvrs, and a refugee just arrived says that %
arrived there tue night beI'Te he lelt
In West TennrsSer. Forrest il still conscript.
ing the inhabitants; many 81 ilrss, hOwcver,
refuse to take up aruIs, and the consequence is
FORESTS guar,lhnuSc at Jackson IL fiIrd with
mpn wh0 have been TAKEN trMn their families.
Il IL reported that numher II Union ncn are
now held ~ prisoners at That place. Many
good Uuion men, % rSral'e F"rrrst's c''nscI y
lion, have taken to the womls and hi'le in
caves, not daring to sho% their faces at h'nr.
There l. feeling oi tine utmost nntred be-
tween the rebels and this! WIN have affiliated
with the Union ioraS The uninn men are
hunted diligently; AMI, if caught are subjected
,nakins raid into Western kentucky. Tor the
purpose of conscripung mn aud stea ing
horses. The gnrrrillas uinler Muir ny anl
PAYNE. who were ol,rrati IN the vicinity Of
Raleigh and Union D'pot, gathered up their
traps AID moved nurth, 10 unite with Forrest
Cai Ferguson IL with Forrest, at jackson, ani
Richardson has not get assumed command Of
his ,lrpsrtuirut. lie u, thnibless, Keeping out
Of harm way, somewhere IN u xie. A large
miarity Of the prorlc are heartily TIRED "f
their nres ncp, aud mo>t levoatlY wish for the
expulsun of the gucrrillas
Fartrr.s Manroe. Dec. 2S.=-A Gag sof. truce
h0at arrived iiom City P"nt trslay, with QUO
Union prisoners IN exchange for those sent up
by, Gen. Butler. he rvLe. GovcInmcnt &c.
fuses any further rxchaIgss unless all questions
are niyen up about wiIlch Our Government
has been conten,ling, ani their laws 10 regard
10 sghcsrs and sulsiirrs IN negro rvgi ents arr
rectenized. They asO ryfise to receive flag
II truce from Gen. Bntlrr, or neguliatc with
him aa The suljrct d sxrhang +, because OF
JED. Davis proclamation uutawing Gen. But
Ter last year Il Will be remembered that they
were anlte willing 10 receive frnm him, aud ,u
etrfespuud with him, notwithstanding the
pr0chmalinn they how mike rrrtrxt tor d'r'
coniipaing negotiation; aud they have alrsady
. exchanged 5000 prisoners With Gen. bu.ler.
The Richmond Epminer. Of to-day, has the
foloxi,g: ls1i asfa9s
Charleston. Dee. 25,--Thc snerHy com
meacrd shsling il,is city last night, kerrins
up . s,radv liry, which was still gmng ol' at
nine a;clock this evening. A iirg brake out at
two a',asck, dcstruying ten or twelve buildings
aud cHusing few cas,Mlties. A heavy lirne
WIS heard IL the direction 81 St0uu, which Is
Relieved - have ben bctwcrn our batteries
and ths se,.cmy's gunboats. The Kheililg o.
the citr csntIiincs to-day. One white man
was tn.sstaly and one w"lna'. slightly wounded.
Thtve aiNanen were badly wounded by the
filling walls af the burning buildings. Hlhree
or Sssr ~erv slightly wounded. asstf'
Cl,ustrst,n. Dec. 20.---From II o'clork on
Sanday,nisht % 4 tle next HftsunuOii, One huiI-
xirca and Thirty. shells were thrown INTO the
city. The eilr,n, hrrh five Euns-three ut
Greg, one at cummings' pu'int, and oiic froin
the tnurmr battery. The enEngrlneht on John
sons Isand. betwecn our light batteries and
the enemy's guhboats, Trs,udr0 ~ drawn
eight, With but lsw rasuaiies. .ls7
Charleston, December 27.-Thc enemy Fired
four shells at the city last night. Tnero wa
no firing from Norris ISanh to-day. Our hat
teries kept up vigorous iiru on the wVrking
t4tties who are engaged IN erecting nnuihel
battery al the extrrine end of Cumulngs
Point Our loss At Stono was ope killed and D
wounded. f
Washington, Dec 2e The Richmond Ea.,
guiFer of the 18th instant says that our CIV
erinnent haa abandoned every tnint excepting
hrtreaitnrpt u negro priamufs Now, TIN
simple truth Il, that unr Government has nci
abai,duned any puimt. Il IA kn0vn that Cen
Butler, WIN has superseded Gen. Mrredish
has No such Instructions. The prisoners NJ
Forts Narlalk and Mcllrnry. pnd Point La"k-
out, have been placed under orders aud he u
authorize /. to conduct The exchanging--man
SgF man, and officer lnr officer, of equal rank-
with those palnrd aud sent 6orwari by hiii'-
FelE The oIjrct " tD make m even excim'gr,
N CIR ~ tho prisoners 10 the rchcls possess'on
will admit; and, governed by huunnc natives,
the tiinFt will be made first i0 prururc the re-
lease nf thnse vile have f,r the iungrst time
been helm a. prisoners Culurcd trOuIis and
their nifierrs, 10 conducting thc exchange. will
be plncel on an equality with MI o.h'r troops,
anh 81 Of cularcd men in civil employment
This is one of the points hereafter 10 be ai.
justed. The honor aud dignity of the CIV
erninent 10 the llatrctian Of such negro per-
SIMS anil their officers will mt he compromised.
The Object of the recent visit Of Gen. Hitch
cock to FORTRESS Monroe was 10 conicr with
Gen. Butler, aud to communicate % him The