The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-11-13

his IS both generous and deserved,
and we hope will be followed in due
time by a major generals commission,
which Prentiss also deserves as much
as any man who has been lately thus
honored, aud far more than some who
have proved themselves unfit for the
place.
The general, we understand, will
probably take brigade under Rose
Grams. He is fighting man, and that
is the kind of work suited to the tenn
permanent of Gen. Prentiss.
The Senate Chamber at Washing
ton is ready for the carpeting and desks
for members. The Representatives.
Hall is being scrubbed out. Outside
the building every one is hard at work
cleaning the marbel, aud the grand
stair-cases of the extension are rapidly
approaching completion. 1t is estima
ted that by the 4th of July the bronze
statue of America will be elevated to
to the position on the dome it is to oc-
cupy. The elevation of the statue and
total height of the building will be 400
feet.
Counterfeit $50 and 800, raised from
ones and two's Treasury Notes. made
their appearance in New York on the
9Th inst. They are quite blurred and
very defective.
The remains of the late Maj Gene
raj Richardson passed through Detroit
on the 9th inst, en- route for Pontiac,
his former residence.
The city of Rome is reported to have
dinals, 35 bishops, and 1929 priests ;
-. zGo members of male religious com
munities, aid 2,Oal nuns; 500 mem
bers of colleges, / ,427 girls in converts;
92s boys and 200 girls in charitable
institutions; 1898 Poniiaacal soldiers
Sol mont Catholics, and 4,4S6 jews.
The French troops numbering $4,000
men, are not reckoned in this count.
All these, it seems now, are for the
present to be left under the fatherly
dominion of his holiness the Pope, and
not turned over to Victor Emanuel
The French Emperor has his hands
too full of other matters to risk alienat
ing French clergy by Withdrawing the
bayonets with which he defends the
Pope. And doubtless -Eugenie, who
is very superstitious, exerts considera
bic influence in the same direction.
Over 800 Indians have been convicted
by military commission at Lower Siou,
Agency, as participators in the lat
horrible massacres, and condemned t.
be hung. Whether they live or di
rests with the authorities at Washing
ton. The people of Minnesota, to
man are in favor of their immediat,
execution.
There is no longer any rebel force il
the Shenandoah Valley. Jackson hav
ing succeeded in joining Longstree
on the Rapidan. The whole rebe
army is now united in the Fedora
, front. Culpepper was entered by on
cavalry on Friday, the rebels fallin;
back towards Gordonsvile. Our force
q are pushing rapidly aud geneI al Ell
gagement is considered imminent.
e The report that threatening dispatch
4 es had been presented to our govern
( ment by the Freuch Legation is de
j. clared to be untrue by the French Mir
It lister himself. Has esi.n.s
n The draft commenced in Wisconsi
$ on Monday; and some difficulties re
sesulted. In Ozaukee county mo
: seized and destroyed the lists, AN
d drove off the Commissioner. In Mi
, waukee there was strong POPULAR fel
II ment, the streets being paradcd by
d procession of opponents of the mea,
/ ure, and, in consequence, the atteml
- to enforce the draft was postponed fl
. the present.
J. The Vanderbilt sailed on Monda
' night, on a voyage III search of til
. rebel steamer Alabama. gsb
T. Richmond papers state that Mobi
is still in the hands of the rebels. 81
FL Gen. Beauregard has ordered MOI
combatants to leave Charleston wit
their movable property. He has ais
ordered all the slaves to be remove,
T. This is done in order to avoid emba
= rassment and delay in case sudde
q necessity should arise for the remov
T. Of the entire population.
" A dispatch from Washington say
that there is no dissatisfaction at ii
. removal o. Mcclellan expressed h
5 leading officers, bu: quite contrar,
l. Gen. Burnside is universal favo:.iit
and is cheered wherever he goes.