The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-12-24

NY ltiuiOTFttieutS " nOIu the lOftS " hen
he shall take them
Another letter states that one Of VIII
sons Zouaves was killed and another
wounded on the 22d
Abou $500 guns were fired in the
TWO days. Al 3 +. M on The 23d
Warrington was set on fire bv our guns,
and that place and nearly all the navy
yard was DESTROYED
The steamer Times was disabled bv
the first shot The rebel fire slackened
on the 2d day.
Two companies Of Wilson's Zpuaves
have charge Of the batteries near the
fort. wo companies assisting on he fort
and the remainder OF lie regiment have
10 work in the trenches to repel midniuh,
attacks.
The heaviest rebel guns are near the
light house, and the best morlars on both
sides of the hospital The water battery
below Fort MrRae is bad customer
The ranges Of our artilerymen are splen-
did.
WA>HINGToN. Dec. Tribune S
Special-A. M johnson of the Lincoln
Cavalry has been sentenced to be- shot,
and will be executed To morrow.
Senator Sumner read to Secretary
Cameron this morning warm and in
dignant letter from Gov Andrew, remon
straling against The employment of
Massachusetts men in the disgracetul
business of slave catching as had been
done on the Upper Potomac. Secretary
Cameron promptly referred The letter To
Gen. Stone with the emphatic request
that he would see to it that the men OF
color who entered The camps under his
command were treated literally in the
spirit OF the order concerning tuyitivpS
rom slavery, which the Secretary Of
War had already given to the command
ing General
BosToN. Dee. IS "A letter from Col
Lee, OF the Massachuseus 20lh regiment
da,ed Richmond Jail, Dec 4,h, DIES
c,ibes The cell in which other hostages
and himself are confined rs small and
damp, the cold air drawing through the
windows. Most Of the hostages have 10
provide their own beds, he Government
allows hem only Two cotton sheets To-
each bed They are forbidden to receive
visitors, and all communication with
other prisoners is denied them. Col.
Lee and Major Reeve are well.
Mrs. John c. Breckinridge is said 10
be h Gliding receptions at Baltimore. A
party vas lately given in her honor, Al
which all tie ladies' wore badges of red
and white ribbon, and the cake W $
frosted with The same colors. She is
represented as The center of the female
secession element of Baltimore This is
the nearest approach to Mrs. Jefferson
Davis's promised reception at the Whine
House
NEw YORK. Dee 18- Col. Mulliyan
had public reception at the Civ Hall
-lay
The Eren'ng Post learns from com
mprrml letters Of the highest character
from London, that the BRUSH govern
men' proposes TO seek an explanation a
The Tren' affair, and perhaps AN apology
will be asked for. No mention is mad
OF a demand for lie surrender Of the reb-
81 commissioners.
The English writers hope the subject
will be treated by US with patience and
kindly spirit.
WAsHINGToN Dec IL Mrolds' Spe
afternoon the pickles oil Ben.
ker's division were driven in by the enc
N.Y. The rebels were soon driven back
Many Of them We're killed.
The Secretary of war has submitted 10
Congress the statement of Quartermaster
General Mrigs, asking The early appro
pralion of Sl,000,O00 TO complete and
pay for the gun boats. mortar boats and
tug boats Of the Western floiilla so thaf
they NAV not be delayed at St Louis un
Ill the interceplion OF navigation bv ice
He states the 81 100000 Appropriated
by Congress at the last session, is suffi
rient only for the construction, equipment
and main'ainence of seven or the gun
boats sand without expressing any opinion
as to h. necessity ofihe feet ordered to be
built by Gen. Fremont. He thinks the
Government is bound to pay for them,
and that if armed, equipped, and well
they will add to the strength of
he army in the West. and the success Of
The expedition intended lie open the Miss,
ssippi.
The report of the Chief Engineer, Bar
1ard. which bias just been submitted TO
Congress by Gen. Cameron shows that
he de(ences around Washington con, list.
II 40 works. mounting 1000 guns that
he whole defrnces occupied are about
IS miles, exceeding by several miles The
amous works IN Torres Vedas the most
extensive fortiticaion, of this kind, known
n modern times. Gen. Barnard asks the
appropriation OF ) so 900 from Congress
ar The completion OF these works. Sec
'eiary Cameron has also submitted To
Congress report in favor OF an appro-
prialion Of S47l0.0OO for putting our
coast de!ences in order, from the Lakes.
around to San Francisco a large portion
Of which is TO be devoted to defences of
New York harbor.
Dee. l8-The Chicago Tribune SAYS
Of the conflagration in Charleston that
on the night Of the l0lh. or morning oil