The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-12-25
News and lteIAs,

news ana lteIAs.
A prominent citizen of Maryland, who
has been down at Richmond, reports the
Union sentiment Of eastern Virginia to be
constantly increasing. He says that il
Congress does not lcgislatc unfavorably on
the slavery question that portion Of vir.
ginia is safe for the Union.
Twenty notorious rebel prisoners were
discharged on the 18th from custody at St.
Louis Oh taking the oath Of allegiance.
The 18th Iowa regiment has gone to
Boonville, Mo.
Charleston harbor was to be block ed
up by the stone fleet OH the l4th.
The steamer Baltic with 1000 men left
Port Royal recently for Fernandina. The
Notifications there consist of battery Of
five guns manned by two or three hundred
men. 1t is an important point for raval
station.
Ben McCulloch has arrived in Richmond
1T is said to DC court ,nartalled for re-.
fusing to obey orders of Gen. Price.
Fifty seven buildings, and property to
the amount Of 100000 was destroyed
blythe recent great conAagration in Char
lesion.
The Santa Fe mail brings intelligence of
massacre of twenty men by the Apache
Indians at Fort Stanton, Texas.
The rebel privatcer Royal Yacht was
captured after short resistance by two
boats and forty men from the Santce.
The steamer Champion with several army
officers on board and So, 600, 900 in treasure,
arrived in New York on the 18th. On the
4th she was chased by thrcc.masted pro.
peller.
A fishing boat was run down of the
harbor Of Grand Haven, lake Michigan,
ON the 18th, by the schooner Peoria. Three
men on the fishing boat were drowned.
The House p. 0. Committee have agreed
to report bill abolishing the franking pri-
velcge. .-. .......
Sccy Cameron has submitted to Con-
gross report in favor Of an appropriation
of 81 200, 900 for putting our coast dcfcnses
i'll order from San Francisco to the great
lakes
The engagemement at Munfo, dsville,
KY, between $50 federals, and 5000 re-
bells, which resulted in the repulse of the
latter, was, for the numbers engaged, one
OF the most brilliant affairs of the whole
war. Federal loss, ten killed and twenty
wounded. The rebels lost one Colonel
Captain, Lieutenant, and sixty-two non
commissioned officers and men, and a very
large number wounded.
The Europa's news reached Richmond
about the same time that it arrived a,
Washington. Hop, has not yet transpir.
cd.
The propeller Dunkirk was burned a,
Buffalo, on the morning Of the 18th.
Lord Lyons on the 10th had an inter.
view with Secretary Seward in regard tc
the Mason-Slidell affair. Nothing regard
ing this meeting has yet been made public
Private letters from England state tina,
there is intense excitement there, and re-
bel flags are for sale in all the streets, and
at the places Of amusemcnts.
The schooner Sam Houston recently
chased a rebel schooner ashore, in the gull
OF Mexico. She was completely wrecked.
The sloop Vincenncs, Mississippi rive,
steamer, and an English barquc, were cap.
turcd while attempting to run the blockade
off the mouth Of the Mississippi river.
Our government has intelligence that
the insurgents are throwing more troops
into Manassas.
Memphis papers speak Of great rejoicing
at the south in consequence Of anticipated
hostilitics with England. Tennessee mo-
ney was at 40 per cent. discount in Men,
phis. ..-...a
Dispatches received at St. Louis indicate
that Gen. Popc's army in several detach.
lnents by forced marches got between por-
tons Of Gen. Prices army near Clinton,
and captured four hundred prisoners will.
all their arms, baggage, munitions, and pa.
pers. This brilliant vancouver, so we'll
carried out, was planned by Gen. ualleck.
An artillery duel took place on the 10th
across the Potomac at the Point Of Rocks.
Several shots were exchanged on each side
when the rebel battery was silcnced, and
the men driven from their position with a
loss of IA killed, and many wounded.
Norfolk and Richmond papers state that
many will 60 against England, should she
engage in war with the United States.
Gen. Floyd's army had been ordered to
Bowling Green, Ky.
The British brig Cheshire, in attempting to
run the blockade at Savannah was captur.
cd by the gunboat Augusta. Her cargo
consisted chiefly Of coffee, salt, and army
blankets. ..-...
A special dispatch from Port Royal an.
nounces the sinking Of Hollin's battering
ram by the steamer Nassaehusetts.
Unusual depression is reported through.
out the South. A great negro instruction
is reported in Mississippi. $4,000 worth
Of property had been destroyed on the
Quitman estate alone.
Gen. Burnsidc's cxpelition-supposcd
in some quarters to form portion Of Nc
Clcllan's adyance-is about ready to de-
part from Annapolis
Geo. w. Jones, Of Iowa, ex-lninistcr tc
Bogota, has been arrested in New York 70,
treason, and sent to sort Lafayette.
The Kentucky Legislature passed ,cso
luton approving of the coursc.of Presiden