, 1864-01-09
PUGET SOUND HERALD
STEILACooM, w. T.,
Saturday, January 9, 1864.
LATEST EASTERN NEWS.

HAifnN, Dec. f.-Ihc United states steamer
ELa and Annie canturrd the steamer hhtSa-
Ds,,ke this morning In Shrlhurne harbor. All
but three Of the crew escaped.
Washington, Dec. lIth.-On December 18th
over two thnu<and persons had arsiled them.
selves Of the Presidents proclamation, in Nor
folk, by taking the oath.
Gen. Scklcs has asked for Court of In.
ourv upon the charges contained in Hall ck's
rrpnrt. Other officers have made similar re-
uu,s,s to hi.embarrass the President.
A special dispatch tonight saws: Gen. Hitch
rock has gone to Fortress MOnrOe with tinal
prolosipnnS to the rrb,l authorities e,r an tx.
change Gf prisoners. lie will probably ntrrr
to exchange man for man, grade for grade, with.
oui reference to the officers or men Of co!or,d
regiments.
Washington, Dec. 1s.-The number nr vet.
craIs who will return to the service from the
Army "f the Potomac will reach upwards Of
PGOe0, and an equal if not llrgrr proportion
uf veterans fi0m 0tEer armies will volunteer
Tor three years or the war.
Leavenworth, Dec. ls-Accounts from the
Plains represent that there is great suffering
among the inrn aud stock. In consequence Of
n snow storm, no haN or grass can he had.
The stock are dying off by hundreds from
starvation. Many lives are known to be lost
by the intense cold. Over a hundred trains
are out, aud much anxiety is felt for their
s,ftty. Fourteen inches Of SNOW has fallen
here Il has drift,d. and all the roads are
blOekaded. No mail for three days.
Chaitanooga, Dec. ls--Jnhn Morgan cs
Capcti across the Tennessee at Gillcspie's Land
ing, sixty miles above here, on Sunday after
noon the 18th inst. Capt. Cummings, who
escaped from Columbus with hun. was captured,
together with l4o his escort. Gen. Towards
command at Athens has cavalry scouting the
country. Possibly Morgan may yet be taken.
Cairo. Dec. lS.-0n Dec. 18th, three com
l,anies ol Frdera'S' hal fight with $50 yucr.
ras near Fort Pillow. % Of the latt.r we're
captured aud severa. wounded IS cons:,ipts
wrrc released. Our loss was one wounded.
land expedition was sent, a few days since,
against the rebels at Water Proof The rebels
were rontrd with loss Of rs killed, several
wounded, and few prisoners.
Gen. Washhurn holds the coast Of Texas
from she Rio Grandc 10 within 100 miles Of
Galveston. AnOlirr division of the 18th corps
starts for the Texas cnast to-day, aud the ex.
pcctaton js that Galveston Is the next place to
DO put dorm in. the history of the war as hav.
ing been. reduced nv tho Fedrrals. t;cn,
Fraoklin Is still ut New lbrria with about fur
divisions. Gen, Weitzel gNs north tv join
Gen. Buffers command in . few days. 1t is
tot known who takes his place.
New York, Dec. l0.--Tne recent heavy
storms swept away nearly all the rebel obstruc-
tions In Charleston harhOr, aud their remnants
ine the shore al the entrance. The larlE,r is
now believed IN he cleared, an,l Il " supposed
our navy will take due advantage ef tho fact
The New Orleans Pimvtne Of Drc. 9th has
news cf the capture of Puchla by Juar, rs
forces. The French IN Tampiro were in a state
Of srise, an'i 'lpve lost there, by yellow fever,
eight hundred nipn.
a dispatch dated /" Headquarters u S. f,rces
Western Virginia. December 18Th" says Zen.
Sullivan hhhounces the capture Of FORESTS
rebel cavalry, aud number IL other prisoners,
by the 22'i Pennsylvania r,giIn,ni, while on u
recounosshee 10 Loodun county. near Upper.
vile.
The Tax Commissioners have prepared their
Lists. and asniouncr that tho salo of estates will
take place On the lii Of January. The first
parcel offered will be in Arlington, the place Of
Gen. Lac,
The tAesepeake. having becn raptnrrd in
British waters, will be given up to the Cnlnnial
authorities Secretaries Srward aud Well
have 40 telegraphrd b. Halifax. Il is not be-
licsed, however, that the pirates will be al
lowed to ppt to s.a again. iss,s
A very large proportion of The rrbels IN our
hands--nnt lcss than ops-thiTd il Is saij--are
dcsirons nf enlisting 10 the navy. Il is unirr-
stood the Secretary of War aud the Secretary
Of ths Navy are ss'eed 70 permit them to do
So
Halifax, Dec. 19.-This afternoon the steamer
Chesapeake and prisoners were delivered over
60 the G.,yernment. Upon the arrival Of the
boat eoataining the prisoners at Qleen's wharf,
the eEcttement hecams inteusa The pri.aners
wee iinordislry seized aud hurried nf by
the crowd in attendance, and the Government
ol,ccrs going 70 arrvst the prisoners under a
Warrent, were srizrd aud held by prominent
ciiiEsns, aud the officers were rendered power
less o. pei form tleir duty. The crowd Ri,ally
succeeded 10 getting on the pirates 10 a, sulall
boat The atiair caused the grvatest excite
ineut throughout the city. What course the
Auihsritirs will pursue 10 the matteriit is i'm
possible % say. The pirates are oil at liberty
aud scattered throughout the provinces. Ass.'
E.0 York, Dec. ga CrUditable Witnesses
arum Ricbuund state that our prisoners are
better fed ihsn .th..ir own people, and better
shan they would he were IL not thai the des-
perats straits Of the Cohiedrrary must be kept
from 0ur knnwledge. Fresh hetf H. now 81
per pound; fresh brad 50 80 per inaf. !. as
consequence " that thousands must starye. oi
60 INTO The army, and divide rations with their
hinirs. ti
Ithas been determined by the rebels to
consfflpt every lnalr citizen bpiwrrn ID and
6n, inclusive. fr-nnc lusl desperate eiimt T.
favor Of che Conislrracy. This conScfiplinn
lnciales negroes and whites, thrown inta the
ranks tog.thef iudiscriminaislya With tllis
immeise mpngryl horde, JrR Davis means to
preripiiate hinlsci upon Washington, Pom.
sylsania. and Ohm, commanding In person,
He viii endeavnr 10 stimulate ithc passions II
these hordes by the most extEasaeant stories.
Washington. Dee. 81. The Joint Committee
oi the Senats and House of Delegates of Viz.
GINA, at Alexandria, agreed last night on y
0ill Convention 10 abolish slavery ih that
State, which will be passed to morrow. y
The report Of the comn,issidnrrs appointed
ny the Navy Department, consisting nf 81
Slhrl engineers, who made careful experiments
ior live months. xhnwiog the. pr,ciicahility of
using petroleum aud carbon oils Ebr the pur-
qase cf generating steam. has been issued and
has l,r vcd satisfactory. II u said. by those
WHO have seen i, that results show i grra,
saving. mt only inr ordinary steamers but lnr
naval steamers, which can he kept at sea under
stfann three times Us long, with less labor and
gFeafar of.a1