Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-12-21
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The number OF Union soldiers now on
the sick list in the various camps and
hospitals of the country is estimated at
sixty thousand.
Slaves owned BY rebels coming within
the lines Of our army of the Potomac, are
hereafter to be received under military
protection.
The entire Indiana delegation in Goa.
gress have taken ground against the ar
ming Of slaves.
As Prof. Lowe was lately making re-
conr distance in his balloon near Budd s
Ferry, the rebel battery fred at him, the
screw Of shell striking his ear. No dam
age was done.
Another 9th expedition, under
the command of General Burnside. is now
rendezvousing at Annapolis. 1t will con.
sist Of IS vessels, and take out 10, 900 men.
General Hallsck has issued an order
requiring oil municipal officers it Saint
Louis to take the oath OF a!.egis eco, ard
ordered the Provost Marshal to arrest all
State and county officers Of Missouri who
do not subscribe to the oeth within Ger.
tain time.
The telegraph, two or three days since.
announced that the Republican members
Of Congress had in caucus determined to
insis: on the immediate ems ncipation Of
slaves. 1t is now stated that tho caucus
consisted Of only eleven members. Hope
it is true.
In compliance with orders from Eng
land, Sir Fenwick Williams, com mander
of the British forces in Canada, now NUN.
bering about ten thousand, has recalled
all absent officers, brought his troops un.
der his immediate supervision, and is
bringing them to high state of efficiency.
There can be no question of the loyalty
Of the Mormons. Every U. S. soldier has
been Withdrawn from Utah, and matters
there have never been so quiet or tranquil
and travel so uninterrupted and free from
danger.
By late enactment Of the Kentucky
Legislature, every voter when challenged
must take On oath of allegiance to the
United States, and then sabordinately to
the State.
The remarks made by Owen Lovejoy
when introducing Gen. Lane to the sere-
uaders in Washington the other evening,
is quite significant on account Of q covert
threat against IL, President. 1t is a.
follows -
"A certain individual 10 the olden times
who was head and shoulders ebovs his
contemporaries, was made King, and who,
BY refusing utterly to destroy his enemies,
according to the Divine command, lost bis
crown. hope tia. no gentleman of latter
days, resembling him in height nd station
will, by following his example, share his
fate"
There are seventy mills in New Eng
land now engaged in mauufac.ory of clcth
for the Government, and the value Of the
goods is 500, 100000.
Capt. David D. Porter, Of the Navy, is
getting together the materials for another
expedition to the Southern coast, At New
York. There are about eighty vessels
ready, or nearly ready for sailing, and 9th.
ers are preparing for service
Rev. George Gordon, Principal Of the
Oberlin, Ohio, College, has recently been
sentenced to fine of $50 and six months
in the Cleveland Jail for obstructing the
process Of the Fugitive Slave Law.
From statement furnished the Gov.
eminent by Gov. Dennison, it appears that
Ohio has now enlisted, in the field and
camp, for the three year service, 6O,25O
soldiers.
Out Of s4O0,0 900 recently discussed at
Port Royal, over $3.50, 900 were sent home
at once by the soldiers to their families
The Philadelphia Gazette says that it is
susceptible Of proof that Pennsylvania has
5000 men the field.
A letter from Port Royal announces the
death Of Gen. ORA yton, who had command
of the rebel forces at Port Royal. 1t is
said that he was wounded in the fort and
died in the retreat. He was q man of
great wealth and large military experience.
1t is stated that John C. Breckenridge
and r. NJ T. Hunter have already been
selected by jeff. Davis government to 60
abroad as ambassadors in place Of Slidell
and Mason, and that they are intending
% secretly cross our lines into Canada
and sail from Quebec or Halifax.
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