The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-01

haszrds. Paris sas in . seser Of, excite
mens yesterday-msny anticipating an in
msdfase desccDt Of the enemy. which they
deemed themselves utterly powerless to re-
.iss. They we're preparing to Ieare with
!, heir aexYoes snd other property. 'i
s a. : szssa SIS Washington Jan. 3.
aSxx Arr Mr.. Trnmbni! modified the
amendmens so as 10 confne the appropria-
sion Bill 10 any State or district in = hlch the
laws Of the State are opposed or the exc
cutiop thereof distracted BY insurgents on
rebels against the Government, too power
full 70 be suppressed By the ordinary course
OF iadicsal pr oceedings, which was agreed
TO. yeas 70, pays II. The bill vas then
passed, yeas 2, nays Il. Adienrned.
New York, Jan. g,
Floor unchanged wheat dali and On.
changed; corn dnll 4 81; whiskey "A G 2it
Fortress Monroe, Jan. %.
The only ipciden: of news yesterday, was
the arrival Of beat from Norfolk, contain
Ing fifteen con.rabands. They report that
the Merrimac was foated from the dry-dnck
On SATURDAY.. and was to have made her
trial trip on Saturday. She mounted ten
inch rifed cannon. The people we're iubi-
liant in the belief that she could sink the
whole aaees 10 Hampton Reads. Letters
from Port Royal indicate an early attack
on Savannah, by Gen. Sherman and Com.
Dupont.
Leavenworth. Jan. %.
The following General Order, issued by
Major Gen. Hunter, has caused sensation
in civil and military circles, on the espedi-
ton about to be started south from this de.
partment, called, blythe newspapers, seen.
Lanes Expeditions"
81, is the Intention of the Major General
Commanding this Department, 10 command
10 person, unless otherwise expressly order
ed BY the Government. transportation not
having been supplied, We must 60 without
il. All tents, trunks, chests, chairs, camp
tables, camp clothes, &C., must be at once
stored or .abandoped. The General Com
manling takes in his valise but one change
of clothing, and no officer or soldier viii
take more. The surplus room IN the KNAPP
socks must be reserved for ammunition and
provisions. Every officer and soldier will
carry his own clothing and bedding. The
General Commanding has applied to the
Government for six Brigadier Generals,
that this command may be properly organ
ICED, mud until their arrival it IS necessary
that be should appoint acting Brigadier
Generals from the senior Colonies. 10 ena-
Bile him to do this in accordance with the
order on this subject, each Colonei wiii I'M
mediately report the date OF which he was
mustered into the service of the U. 3.
Signed d. HUNTER,
Maj. Gen. Com.
,sa Washington, Jan. %.
HOUSE The House passed the Lesisla-
tive, Executive, and Judicial appropriation
bill. Among the provisions OF the bill are
the following, namely THAT nothing II:
the act shall prevcut hereafter reduction
of salaries, and that mileage now due BY
law, shall be paid. when certified to by the
presiding officer of each House, but there
shall be no construction for anything be-
yond that which is now allowed by law,
namely Mileage for each regular session
only. The bill makes appropriation merely
for objects authorized by existing statutes.
Lovejoy, from committee on agriculture,
reported a bill appropriating $1,000, to tbe
expended under the direction of tho Secre-
tary OF the Interior, for purchasing upland
cotton seed, for general distribution through
the Patent Office. Passed. at
So Washington Jan. 90.
A dispatch from Gen. Hein.zleman dated
Fort Lyon, to-day addressed to Asst. Adj.
Gen. Williams, says last night force of
itty men under Lieut.. Col. Burke, sent out
by Coz. Hayman, surprised party Of Texan
Rangers Mt the house of Mrs. Lee, at the
head of Belmont, on Accuqian Bay. The
Rebel force was about thirty men they
fought till all bat one was killed, whom
Col. Burke took prisoner. Our less was one
killed and four wounded.
Nav york. Inn. 90
Thu sto.m transnort pb;ladelph;a arrr;v.
=, Fro,n 4 or wast b-;nc;no dates 70 tho
ooi She br;nos Comnanv K. u. s. Cav
alry The tronns M Fort pickens and Kew
W., oro ali N eood health.
oo.z,s
NJ. u"s"'no''n' oA"' ~
opecin, " ,ns ros. ~.
usn. Ms..s,,sn was oe;ore oa n aa
YVES ~ Sb"' Hs, sys a. s M;ss."r;
Senator is in favor Of the expulsion of
Bright. .e.t-
Extensive frauds have been discovered in
MANY contracts in Philadelphia and two
members of the committee on the conduct
of the war have left for Philadeldhia to in
yestigate the affair. ia f--es
UoUss The House passed the bill pro.
yiding in all cases that when volunteer
regiment has been or shall be raised to the
minimum standard the Colonel and other
field officers who shall have been commits
stoned as such, shall be entitled to receive
the pay established by law for their respec-
tive grades, from the time they were sever
ally authorized in writing by the President,
Sec'y of War, or Governor Of their State,
to raise such regiments, provided, however,
that in no case shall such pay date more than
three months prior to such regiments being
raised to the minimum standard. The pro-
visions OF the bill are to apply also to Cap
tains, except that their pay shall extend back
only two months.
| Mr.. Blair, Of Mo-, urged the passage oil
.he senate pm aa'noilng 'ne i' Ta,.. -