The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-06
TIE LATEST NEWS.
b LAsT NIGHT sNAIL.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-The Navy De-
partment has received official information
in relation 70 the attack upon che gunboas
Marblehead in Slono Inlet on Christmas
morniDg, by which Robert Brown, Lo-
repzo D. Shaw, and Joseph Phillips were
killed, and Charles Moore, Alexander
Henderson, John Hsckett, and Charles
2emmes were wounded. Commander
Buloh, Of the Pawnee, says, that at TWEEN
~ minutes after six on the morning of
the 25th of December the enemy opened
on the Msrblehead which was replied to
vigorously.
At 6:l5 the Pawnee opened Ere on The
enemy's batteries from her 0-pounds
rifle gun. At o'clock the c. P. Will
liams, on hearing the firing, clipped her
cable and came down 20 Folly Island un-
der sail and opened fire handsomely.
The rapid fire from the three vessels
aoon caused the enemy to retreat. At
$40 the enemy had retrea'ed in disorder,
leaving two OF his guns in the batteries.
The Pawnee then proceeded to Legers-
vile Soon after this General Gordon,
commanding the troops on the south end
Of f, lily Is and, came up.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-Rumors of the
enemy's designs and operations in the
Shenandoah Valley are exagger ,ted.
Fitzbugh Lees cavalry, perhaps 100
strong, supported by Early's three mea-
gre brigsdrs on foot, with ImbOden and
her local leaders with dstachments,
mum bering ell told 5000 or Z 600 men,
are near Woodstock and NJ. Jack on,
and 70 Ike an occasional dash as far north
as Winchester. The fastest indications
D int more to the Valley, if not west of
the moua aims, as their scene ''Ot opera
ti0ns; certainly they have not appeared
a. vet IN sigh of the Baltimore and ONO
Z ,ilroad, the trains of which are running
regularly AID successfully with quanti-
ties Of freight and passengers.
The best Evidence of the fticisl con-
fidence in the security of the route is the
sending of important detachments over
it.
Msior- Generals Butler and Burnside
are among the latest distinguished arri-
Vals.
Brig. Gen. Garrard has been ordered
to take charge of the Cavalry Bureau,
thus relieving Gen. Stoneman.
A large instsllment of five per cent
Treasury notes was seat forward to-day
to the associated banks Of New York,
Phi adelphis, and Boston, amounting TO
500 SOC, GOO These notes were distrib-
uted pro rata to the cities named. Near
L. S9,O00000 more are packed, ready for
transportation and > large additional
amount will 60 to the banks tomorrow.
There has been . total misspprehen.
sion in certain quarters IS TO the recent
arrangement for negotiations of $50 600,
600 through the Subscription Asencg aud
the National Banks The $50 CUQ000
taken by the Associated Banks were hrst
to be delivered to them. No commission
was paid for placing them in either case.
ST JOINS, N. B, Jan. 4-The exam
nation OF Colline, Mckinney, and Seely,
charged with being concerned in the
Chesapeake affair, was commenced be-
fore the police magistrate this morning.
At the outset the counsel fer the prisoners
took exceptions TO the form of the war
rant, aud commended th t the case did not
come within the provisions of the Extra
clifton Treaty that the off nee, was COM
mitted on the high sea not within Ameri-
can jurisdiction. The magistrate re-
served judgment on these points. Cap
tain Wllls5s evidence was then taken
He modified bis first statement IS to n
shots being fred at him. He now says
that there were two or three. In other
respects his evidence is substantially the
same as in his published statement. The
examination was adjourned until Wedus
day The court room was crowded with
spectators, but there was but little excite
ment.
WASHINGTON, Jan. At commenced
showing at halfpast nine o'clock this
morning.
Dispatches from Mr.. Buyn, the Ameri
can Minister in japan, announce that the
japanese Government has agreed to pay
the claim for damage of $4,000 for in
tercepting the American steamer Penn
broke last year. This sugur5 good un-
Outstanding with Japan.
MILWAUKEE, Jsa. 3--The weather for
the past 49 nours all over the Northwest
has been the coolest known for many
years, the thermometer ranging from 30
TO 40 degrees below zero. Several per-
cons we're frozen to DEATH. q