The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-30
BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.

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NEW YoRK, Dec. 28.-The American
Union Commission in this city has re-
ceiyed letters from its agents at Little
Rock, Arkansas, which say that at least
10000 persons are in immediate sad
pressing need of food, shelter, clothing,
and necessaries of life, and it is feared
many viii perish during the winter.
Considerable emigration is finding its
way 10 Arkansas
The Tribune's letter from Galveston
says: Large quantities of goods are
being sold at auction at very low rates,
the market being largely oYerstocked.
At most points in the interior specie is
almost ali the kind of currency in use.
In Galveston and other cities specie is
demanded for rents, freight, and cot
ton.
AdEices from Vera Cruz to the 10th,
by way of Havana, are received.
It is reported that the Imperial troops
had again occupied the city Of Chihau-
hau. and they were also in possession
of PiedrOs NegsOr. A number of &C
counts of additional defeats of the Re-
publicans in the interior are given, the
most important of which is one an
n0unciug that the army of General Es-
cabado had been attacked some dis
tInce from Monterey and utterly rout-
cd, and that Escabado himself J d es-
capped with an escort Of only twenty
men.
From Republican sources we have
General Escabsdos report of the recel {
engagements between his own and ii Q
Imperial troops at Monterey, present
ing a strong contrast 70 the Imperial
accounts heretofore received. General
Escabado claims that he drove Maxi
milian's men out of the city, and that
he subsequently, held il against strong
night attack, inAicting severe loss on
the enemy in killed, wounded, and
prisoners, while lns own casualties we're
very slight.
The Empress Charlotte WAS to return
to the Capital from Yucstan in the
course Of the present month
News to the 18th of December from
Jamaics is received. On the 18th
Gov. Eyre transmitted to the Colonial
Assembly a message. in which it was
stated that the home authorities had
intimated that, ii necessary, to preserve
tranquility in the Island, they would
dissolve colonial and constitutional
government and insugurate a stronger
one, The Governor recommends that
the Assembly so far reseind and mod
crate DEGREES, and leave home govern
ment perfectly free in deciding The
recommendation WIS met with an in
dignant reception, and ordered to be
tabled.
News from st. Thomas to the Dist in
slant says; The Elk Emperor Solonque,
OF Hayti, has obtsined permission to
reside on the Island of Carracas, and is |
about to leave ST. Thomas
The cholera was still raging in the
Island Of Gaudalope with considerable
severity
By the Royal decree Of Spain the
ports of the Island Of Porto Rico have
been closed to all importations though
open to expectation.
French vessels passing st. Thomas
for Vera Cruz carry large numbers OF
French troops sent to reinforce the I'm
perialists in Mexico
dispatch from Washington saws
Ii is positively stated that Mr.. Adams
will return home in the spring, and
that the friends Of Secretary Stanton
are proposing that he be sent to fill the
vacancy. It is also rumored that Mr..
Welles may be .euderad the Russian
mission
In the foreign files by the City of
Manchester, the London Times pub |
fishes a letter from the Superintendent |
OF the Atlantic Telegraph Company, |
announcing that the Great Eastern |
will positively sail in June, 1866. to Law |
the new cable and take up the old one, |
which Is ascertained to be ia the most |
perfect order by the daily tests taken
from the time it broke, aud which will /
be continued daily
The London Times comments on
Gen. Schoheld's speech at the Thanks
giving dinner OF the Americans at Paris,
and concludes that the designs Of the
Americans are entirely peaceful toward
the whole world.
Many OF the foreign papers are filed
with speculatiohs concerning Gen. Scho.
fields mission, but none of them ap-
pear to know anything about it
The political effect of the death of
the King Of Belgium is being discussed.
Some authorities think it NAV lead
TO a change of territorial boundaries.
The Paris Steele publishes the follow
ing: II is said that in virtue Of an ar
rsngement already concluded, and with
the consent of England, Antwerp and
the seacoastiare to be.given to'Holland:
Flanders and Brabant to France; and
luxemberg, with part Of Limburg, 70
Prussia We have otseen the treaty.
and are not responsible for the mis-.
takes Of these reports.
WAsHN0roS, Dec. 2S.-Information
is desired by the War Department of
the names and residences of the twenty
seven soldiers belor gin J., to what was
known among the FeUels as the Foreign
Battalion, and who escaped at or about
The time of the execution of seven
Union soldiers by order of the rebsl
zen Mercer, at Savannah, in Deem
Der, 1904 II any of these soldiers NAV
pc reached by this paragraph, they are
requested to communicate to the judge
Advocate at Washington their names
md residences, together with such in
ormauon as they may possess in re
ard to the above referred to execu-
ion.
SAY FRANcIsco, Dec 28-Adyices
rom Acapulco state that Alvarez's
orees were at Providentia, twenty
light miles east of that place on the !
9th ult Alvarez was confident of the
liberals, whether assisted by the I
americans or not he harnesses the
.reneh st Acapulco terribly. They
ct no nrnNisinns Of The Iihornln