The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-12-27

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trsssports, to-day. Destinatios uskssss.
Il IL caaj ectnrsd that i i Visksbssss or .
aank movement on the rsbols vho are nov
reported il the vieisity Of Grenada. A
large force there ere slss ereeting forsi6ca- !
lions On the Big Black.
Cairo, Dec. o.
Over Station, this side Of Trenton. was
ssscusted yesterday morning, and At Roth
ford, the frst station this side Of Dyer,
there vas skirmisbing yesterday afternoon.
On Friday, two Federal cavalry regimeDts
bad eight with lsrge rebel force, proba-
bly, the ssme that 10 nov operating on the
Mobile and Ohio railrosd ut Lexington,
Tennessee, 10 which the Fsderals we're
vorsted. We bsys no particalars.
Wsshipgsou, Dec. q.
The Senate has coo6rmed the nomination
Of Caleb B. Smith. Judge Of the United
States District Court Of Indiana. No nom
nation has yet been made to Gil the vacancy
in the Interior department.
New York, Dec. %,
Richmond pap ers Of the 10th say that
late dispatches state that the enemy have
disappeared south Of Goldsborough.
An Official di.patci, from Gen. Lee to the
rebel War Department states that there
were symptoms that the Federals were re.
turning to the Potomac.
New York, %.
A Philadelphia paper publishes an account
Of the forthcoming report Of the committee
on the conduct of the war. 1t appears that
Burnside's original plan was to move sud
denly to Fredericksburg and cross their open
base for supplies from Acquia creek and
push rapidly towards Richmond. He ex-
pected to get thirty or forty miles south be-
fore the rebels came up. Pantoons and sup.
plies were to be Mt Falmouth ct the time Of
his arrival but we're MT. This fatal omis
sion caused delay Of ten days, enabling
the rebels to fortify and concentrate. Gen.
Meigs blames the engineers for the non-ar-
rival Of pontoons, but Halleck ezonorates
them. Gen. Woodbury. says the delay was
caused by not being started in time and bad
roads.
Washington, Dec. "a.
In the House, yesterday, Blake reported
a bill authorizing the Postmaster General
to establish Money Order system. II
proposes the charge Of Eve cents On ten
dollars. On more than ten and less than
twenty dollars, ten cents. On oil addi-
tional Gums Of ten or lees dollars, five
cents. Duplicates to be issued when orders
are lost. Bill passed.
1s Cincinnati, Dec. %.
Passengers from Lexington, tonight, re.
port that the excitement which has pre-
vailed for some days past was increased
last nigh, by the burning Of large build
ing containing commssary stores. 1t was
believed to be the work Of some of Nor.
can's men. Martial law was declared there
to- day. Every road leading to the city is
closely guarded.
IIKAp Quarters Army OF PoxonAc, I
Dec. %.
Richmond papers OF yesterday say the
losses in Gen. H,lrs division on the 18Th
were GA killed and 1894 wounded. Four
hundred and seventeen were missing. This
division was the one confronted by Gen.
| Frank.in's left, and consisted of Elk bril-
| gades. Moro than half of the rebel loss
during the day occurred in this division.
The intelligence from below is that the
rebels have considerably strengthened their
forces at p ri R,yal, aud that the enemy
maintain contraband communication With
their Northern friends, vim Potomac and
Mattax Creek, crossing the Peninsula and
Rappahannock ut Leeds, about thirty miles
below thus point. No shots have been
exchanged with tie enemy for several days.
The pockets maintain friendly disposition
towards each other.
New York, Dec. "a.
The schooner Mary L. Msngum reports
having been fred at twice by the pirate
Alabama. while entering the port Of Ro
seau, Dominica, on the 9th ult. On the
LIST she saw her taking in provisions at the
Island Of Guadalupe.
Fl. Monroe, Dec %.
A Go!dsborough dispatch of the 18th in
the Richmond papers says, last night the
enemy were found encamped two miles
below Whitehall. A rumor says reinforce
ments passed Kingston on the south side
Of the river to succor their skedaddling
friends.
Lexington, Dec. %.
It is reported that Lexington will coon b.
visited again by the rebels in force. Fl"yd
and Humphrey Marshal are said to nave
come through Pound Gap from Western
Virginia, and to be rapidly advancing into
the center Of the State.
Cairo, Dec. %.
We have the following additional 10 re
! gard to the rebel raid on the Mobile and
Ohio railroad: Their forces consisted Of u
| foil brigade aud 8 pieces Of artillery They
| Grst crossed the Tennessee river at Clifton,
4s miles from Jackson, aud marched direct
to Lexington, where they were met on the
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