The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-03-01
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General Ssots 80 ssnisssed. lainister
Extraordinary 80 .Aexieo, % Sasprdav.
with, i il said, funotioao saeh g s. exer.
cised5n The paeifc>sioo G he Norfhe,ee.
efD Boosdasy 4ssssiens so
Accompanying this .sominatioa the ,ro-
ject Of treaty usss io6s ~ Sauate. ahe n,;c.
cipal featu.e Of which 81 ~substsuti.l,y 8.
assumption Of she Mexican debt. the is,er
en- % which amounts 60 thsee mIlions ner
year. The treaty g~uarassees or psyment
Of it for ise ye1rs.s g So
u is shouzhs The nonination Of General
Sc,ss will be confirmed By ste Senate. II his
fopctIo6s sbpuid be limised 20 the pssi6sas
too u an armed quarrel against Mexico.
particularly AZ . Denens vbeo "a can
not defend the 4fJnrte Doctrine, and 20 to
Eers relief !; bus i il doubtful whether the
S .nate sill favor The scheme Tor rav;us "a
Of Esc'aSd FIases aat Spsis,f os Eve years
or life.
BAltimors, Feb. q.
Old Point bnae' has arrived. She brings
Fourteen released oficers-iurlud,ng Cofs.
ne: Wood, Of the n. r. lish, captured at
Bull Ran; Col. Lss. OF the Mass. 2i.h, cap.
tared at BAHIA Bsufs; Col. Cosxsse.l, If
Iaspu,HE reg.meas and Capt. kifer. Of
Bakss's California regiment. Col. Waad
vas paroled and had the liberty OF moving
about Richmond. Previous 10 his leasiny.
he was present At the inauguration of j. O.
Davis on Saturday, snd states shas 20 ca
fhis'a.m was manifested ON the ~occasion-
hardly s. cheer, even.
Col. Lee says, that Just before Ieaving, on
Saturday esealng. be vas taken one side by
. Distinguished officer Of The Gov ernuleus,
wso pei,aseiv assured him that an cnheial
dnpa'ch had just been received Of the fall
Of Nashville.
Chicago, Feb. "a. o, A. NJ.
saCnmberland Gap and Rus>elville are in
the hands Of the federal forces.
Fort Monroe, Feb. 81.
Steamer Baltimore, which left here sew
erai days ago, with ammunition for Burn
-',i-'s expedition, arrived from l~In.ssr.s ut
IL O'Clock to-day, having left yes,erdsy.-
News NOS Of special interest. The oh N.
L. Regiment had gone on an expedfraen up
Cboxan river, with three gun boats but
having found the rebels in full force reiu. d
cd without making an attack.
The ohjec, of the expedition was to des
troy the railroad bridges or D!ackwater and
Chow, an rivers. The enemy, hnwescs, was
discovered in llrge force at Winton.s M
demonstration was made. The enemy fred
at the gnnboats, and in retaliation the town
was sheiiei. eiis
Greates par. OF Burnside's expedition
WAS s,iii ut R,anoke | .land. and Gen. VIII
hams brigade ut Ilatteras had received Or
ders to proceed there.
$. Il. Spaolding ,ef, Roanoke, Saturday.
Tor Eli ab-th Cry, with prisoners taken by
burnside; they we're paraiai for excianye.
Election ordered by Provisional tavern
merit Of Moth Car,lina, took place S.tar.
day, resulting, rs far as ret urus have been
received, ia tho reelection Of Foster, to
C,ngress. Ordinance OF Convention also
ratified.
Cairo, Feb. "A.
Troops are consregating here, and prep
~nrations are making for a move at Cssum-
bus. The confrd-rates are extremely busy,
either prep ring To evacnt,e the place. or,
as some think, ID attack Ms here. Seven
teen steamers were lying NJ Coiumbas this
morning, uad scauts reported them loaded
with troops. Their force is 81 1000 strong,
and FIVE gun boats. s'FE
Memphis papers of tho .. Just received,
represent the people Of Tennessee az feeling
son ma,>er. the publication ofyallf news
there. They acknowledge the late defeat
to be n terrible calamity, but are not dis
hearte1rej.
The Governor of Mississippi has made n
general call upou NIL persons capable OF
beariag arms 70 enilst, under the aIterna-
tive Of drafting.
The Governor Of Alabama has made n
rall for twelve regiments, by the 4th Of
March,. for three years or for the war, and
threatens drafting it not filled by that time.
St. Louis, Feb. %.
Gen. Halleck, in an order addressed to
the troops engaged in the advance into Ten
nessec. reitsrates in strong language the
pppvisions 1T a previous third order. and
urges The federal soldiers to show the mis-
gurlei southern people that they come to
restore, and not To violate the Constitution
and laws. tlc forbids fugitive slav es being
admitted within eur lines, and all persons
MT ia arms. are to be regarded as'non.
cumba,an,s, aud are not TO he molcsted in
persons or property, unless they are giving
aid aud assistauce to the enemy.
Ind;anap lis, Feb.so4.h.
Gov. Morton has appointei ox-Iav..
Joseph 4. Wright IA Senator from Indiana,
&, Gil place Of Jesse ID. Bright.
Cairo, Feb. IS.
Nashville was Yesterday occupied by ten
thousand troops under Gen. Buell.. The
federal aa- Is nJw boating over the State
U,use OF tennessee.
The Legislature adjourned Saturday week
AMI me, again yesterday Mt Memphis.
IL Is currently reported that commits
sioners have BEEN appo'nted to confer with
the federal authorities a. Washington, to
arrange terms for a transfer OF allegiance,
and that Gov. Harris offered 10 turn the
confederate forces over To the Uaion.
A genilem,n who escaped from Colnm-
hus arrived here last night, and represents
i, general J:aion sens,mrnt in Tennessee.
II. thinks the Legislature will acqaiesee IN
the recommendation OF Coz Harris.
When he left CoIumbus there we're 90
600 confederate troops there.
Another gentleman, who arrived from
Nashville las night, reports that the cenFed-
crates will make another stand ~ Memphis,
for all the rebel traeps had lefs Nashville,
except the police force.
When Gov. Harris led with the L.gisis-
,ure "a Memphis. he burned the state library
and distributed a large amount OF commas
sary stores snd provisions aiming she CRIT
gems. The stores we're closed. AMI business
entirely suspended. Seccssiouists were
leaving with their stuck and negroes, and
follsw ing the confederate army.
81 Louis, Feb. 8.
Dispatches received At Head. Quarters OF
the Depsr.msns Of the West, shis mofnine.
announce that the armv under Ten. Carts
had again routed Gen. Price, together WITH
che forSes sent to his assisssace BY = Coz