The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-12
LATEST NEWS.
BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL

FiStoa5 SbcAnuSf- OObD gave chase. me
steamer Arago crowded on all steam
and sail The Huntsville, commenced
firing which was replied to, the firing
} being kept up two or three hours The
gunboat Banshee joined ia the chase,
thus hemming in the pirate The pur-
sued and pursuing vessels we're nearing
land very fast eastward Of Cape Look
out At 800 P n, land being in fall
view, and The pirate evidently being
hemmed IN by the fast vessels after her
the Arago kept on her course to New
York. Purser Ely, Of the Arago, has
no doubt il was the pirate Tallahassee.
She had no guns of long range, and
was unquestionably captured or sunk
before sunset, they being less than
hfty miles from land.
By the Arago we have the Palmetto
Herald of the Sd, which says an ex-
petition under Lieut. Colonel Warfel
with mounted force commanded by
Major Keith, 4th Massachusetts cavalry.
on the lst, went from Magnolia, Florida,
and, on their return, were attacked ten
miles from camp. the rebels defeating
our force after a contest of an hour
Our loss was two killed and FIVE wound
ed, and two commissioned officers,
twenty five men, and twenty-five horses
captured. Many of the missing men
had since come in
A correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury regards the expression by
stephens, BOyce, and Others IS intimat-
ing a surrender, and have fallen upon
rejecting minds with shock as elect
trical as lightning
The Montgomery Mail urges Con-
gress to propose a convention of all the
States
The Macon CGnfederacy regards the
discussion Of the peace question as
impolitic on the part of the rebels.
The anticipated attack on Whining.
ton ia being discussed by ali the pap
ers. They claim that the defences are
very stFo1g, but regard the situation
with anxiety.
The barbarltjes pracbsed on the Uni
on prisoners at Andersonville, are re-
peated at Florence, South Carolina.
NEWARK, Nov. 8.--New Jersey gives
Mcclellan about 5, 500 majority.
Starr and Newell, Union, and Sit
greayes, Roger, and Wright, Democrats,
Il Hl0 CACCNrA " AOURTesS.
The State Senate will stand 3 Deme
ocrats to Union-a Union gain of one
member The House, with three coun-
ties 70 hear from, stands 30 Union to
q Democrats. The Unionists probably
have one or two majority there, but on
Joint ballot the Democrats will have a
very small majority, thus securing the
United States Senator TO succeed Mr..
Ten Eyck, Union.
The Unionists gain 5000 votes IN the
State over 1862. Governor Parker was
elected by nearly $1,000 majority. The
Union party carry every county in
South and West Jersey, and the cleo
ton of every member of the Legisia-
ture there.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 9.--The Republicans
have a majority in the House. The
Senate is doubtful The Republican
majority in the State is about 1000
ALBANY. Nov. I0-There is nothing
moro definite here to night as to the /
result in this State. The Democrats
claim it by q few hundred, while the |
Republicans insist they have carried il |
by at least 5000
HARRIsBURG, Nov 10.-The majority |
in Penns ylvania will be from fifteen to |
twenty thousand, without counting the |
soldiers votes in the field
[Signed SSoE CAMERON.
QUEBEC, Nov. l0-Prominent men
from Northern States are here, urging
the Canadian Government to energetic /
cooperation with the Union authorities /
to preserve peace on the frontier. Eli /
cient measures on the part of the Cana |
dian Government have been taken.
MONTREAL, Nov 9--The examination |
of witnesses in the st Adams raiders I
case proceeds slowly. 1t Is said no APP 4
peal can be made 20 English courts, as
an act Of English Parliament limits 1
writs TO the United Kingdom.
WATERBuRY, Conn, Nov l0-Hon /
John p Elton, one of the Union Flee
tors at large chosen on Tuesday, died |
to-day. iL
PRoyIDEycR, r. ], Nov. l0.-This State
complete gives 5,0Gl majority for Lin
coin, exclusive Of soldiers vote
WfLMS0ToS, Del, Nov. 9.-McClellan
carries the State by $50 majority
New YoRK, Nov. l0.-The Herald
says New York and Pennsylvania
has both gone Republican. The indi-
cations are that Seymour Is defeated
Fenton appears to run ahead of Lin
coin in several counties Thus far Ne
Clellan has carried only three States.
New Jersey, Delaware, and Kentucky.
The next Congress will be overwhelm-
ingly Republican. Congressional deleea-
ton from States yet to elect member 10
Congress to stand the same as present
will be three more than tWo-thirds
Republican on joint ballot
New York has gone Republican by
8, 900 and Pennsylvania by 1900 ma
jority. The Post says the Mcclellan
vote is q out of 249 Lincoln has
probably carried. every State except
New Jersey, Delaware, and kentucky.
The Republican gain IN this State since
1862, SO far as positively ascertained, is
about LOGO Eighteen Pennsylvania
regiments in Grants army gave 400 |
votes for Lincoln and 2. 200 for Ne
Clellan.
The Albany Evening Journal this af.
ternoon claims majority for Lincoln
and Fenton fromfye to seven thousand
The Atlas and Argus insists that
there is twelve to fifteen thousand ma
ority for Mcclellan
The Times Martinsburg special SAYS:
zen Sheridan has recovered from the
'ecent poisoning 80 as to be able TO ride
ais horse Captain Moore and his staff
ire better, but not well enough to ride.
Count de Gross, Austrian Minister,
lied at the Clarendon Hotel on Tues
lay.
The Herald's Fortress Monroe special
avs All the arrangements for the ex-
hange Of 10000 prisoners at Savannah :
AVE been made The first instaIlment
f rebels sailed from Hampton Mon :
lay for Savannah. On their arrival there !
0009 of our men will be received in !
eturn The Union feet VIII be ample !,
nd sufficient to convey this number.
The Boston Advertiser has an account y
f the capture OF the Florida by the :
in Bahia The priva- :
eer was cut out and Carried of from :
mid aSpanish aest The Massachu. =
cts steamed down the bay with the :
,rize IN tow, aud was fired on from Fort =
& harcellus. and pursued by two !
menofHar, which were left I
,ehind
The Herald thinks the capture justi- a
able, while the Times says II is clearly :.
legal, being a breach o the law of !,