Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-07-20
THE NEWS.

suspension OF old party lines during the
present conflict.
After the three-months volu nteers
retire, there will still be in the field two
hundred and thirty.6ve thousand troops
under the stars and stripes.
-Captain James H. Ward, U. 8, ~.
who was killed at Matthias Point, was the
author of a History Of Naval Tactics
"Steam for the Million,' and practical
treatise on gunnery.
Fort Kearney has been reinforced by
two companies of cavalry-mounted horse.
man--from Fort Wise, Arkansas.
Denver City, according to the enumef-
alton made by the U. S. Marshal, contains
population Of 2,477.
The Grand Jury of Pittsburg has in.
dicted the clothing contractors of Penn.
sylvania for swindling.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Press referring to the march
Of the Federal troops on Harpers Ferry
remarks: "The country through which
the troops are passing, is clothed with the
richest verdure. Tho county is rolling
and picturesque, and SO impressed are
many Of the northern troops with the ag'
ricultural advantages Of the country, they
have resolved, If they live through the
war, to make Maryland or Virginia their
future home"
The Daily Telegraph is informed by a
special dispatch from St. Joseph that on
the night of the 18th inst, the Post Office
building c. c. Woolwor.h's book store,
and Fisher & Collins boot and shoe store,
in that city were destroyed by Ere. The
fire was the work of an incendiary, aud i.
is feared that further attempts will be
made to destroy the city.
The Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
is again in repair, and the trains have 70.
sumed their regular trips.
1t is reported that the L. S. troops
captured in Texas by the secessionsts
and compelled to take an oath that they
would not take up arms against the South
| in the present war, will be sent to Forts
kearney and Laramie to protect emigrants
and settlers against the threatened hostility
Of the Indians.
xb.t
| President of the Southern Confede.acy,
was dead, is hoax.
Wheat is worth from A. to Il cents,
i'll Dubuque; oats aud corn loo.
All military news from Washington
has been interdicted by General Scott, SO
we get nothing but indefinite rumors. The
rebels on the 9Th sent in flag of truce
with propositions Of peace, which were at
once rejected. Patterson was considered
safe at the last dates. Troops continued
to pour over into Virginia.
A general order Of the War Depart
ment constitutes the State Of Illinois and
| the State and Territories West of the Mis-
sissippi River, and on this side of the
Rocky Mountains, including New Mexico,
q separate military command, to be known
as the Western Department, under the
command Of Major General Fremont OF
the United States army, with headquarters
a, 81. Louis.
Zen. Buckner, commander of the
Kentucky State troops, has been in Wash
| inGton endeavoring to have the Govern
ment to respect the neutrality Of Kentucky.
He failed to receive any assurances that
theft position would be recognized as loyal
to the Union, and it is thought be will,
| upon his arrival at home, in conjunction
with Gov. Magollin, join the secessionists
against the authority Of the government.
Iowa and Minnesota papers state that
the immigration to those states is now
larger than it has been for three years
past, and that the prospects of future pros
peri'y are as encouraging as could be ex
pec,ed in these times of war. The de,
preston of business in the East has caused
many to seek employment upon the rich
farm lands of the West.
The journal Of Commerce gives list
Of fifty newspapers that have suspended
since the war commenced. Many more
will suspend before the war is over. from
the fact that newspapers cannot live with>
out large advertising lists, which cannot
be had in times Of commercial depression.
The Postmaster General is preparing
a new style Of stamps and stamped envel.
opes to take the place of the old, of which
large quantities rem ain in the hands of
rebel postmasters unaccounted for.
The publication of the Missouri State
Journal has been suppressed by order of
General Lyon.
L. Shield Of the Glenwood Times, II.
D. B. Cutler of the Corydon Democrat,
and S. d. Nichols Of the Panora Ledger
have each left thhir papers and gone to
the war The Two frat named paners