Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-02-22

r.-.ria;r> 'hr very graf services rendered hy
{, u. >i...l. and that justice will b. done him
J., Grating him G~n-ral of Division. Cd.
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,ncAGo. Van esd--In the Senate yes'er-
IL. >.'na'"r Br"wning PROPOSED RESOLUTION
i.,a.rin- int, the .xp,-di,acy of investing
~ i-n born soldiers in the Union army, not
r4.uralizrd. with tn rights of citizenship.
The S,'naie bin creating two Assistant See
are. "a: War was passed.
In tn Senate yesterday. January 22l. a
II vas reported authorizing the President to
81 &, al railroad and Telegraph lines essential
=. ,he public service.
Wil>,a. lately appointed Senator fron Ms
-.ari. and STARK Il or--on. have p-or pros
!, cts Of hsias almii,rd to their seals
The follow ing appointment. haze bcn con
frIa.d hy the Senair: William Huntington.
H.rsh.l Of ih=, T.--ri,ory: >.,nusI u. Howe.
"f Wa>hin-,nn Territory. Indian Agent.
CHcsG,.. Jan. ei,h-Th- Navy p,part-
men, has received dispatches from Flag b:ii-
Ger Ncke"n. dated ship Island. Mississippi,
Janu.rv s,h. in which h. reports the cap'ur.
"f the town IT Biloxi. Mississippi. on the ii;
instant, by the officers and crrws of the steam
rs Water Witch. New London. and Henry
Lewis. The male portn IT the town had
.rl and If, the women and ch;lGrn. .iiier
destroying the battery aud capturing the guns
and a Schooner loaded with lumber. our YES
sis left.
II is judge Swain. of Ohio. who has been
appointed to the Supreme Bench, and not
swan. as tclegraphed.
CHIcA AGO, Jan. %. . 4. M.-Srcretarv Stan
ton has issued an order appointing Commits
>ionrrs tn look after the welfare of our prison
crs at Richmond and other places. Stanton
saws that our army must now earn its own
living. The soldiers say they only wan, the
opportunity to do so.
\ letter dated at Richmond. January 10Th,
to the AppcaI. states that john X. jackson,
Colonel of the 9th Georgia Volunteers, has
been appointed Brigadier General and is
now in command at Pensacola.
Ben McCulloch is assigned to the command
of Division of Cavalry in Virginia.
The killed and wounded at Somerset is set
down as follows: On the Federal side, Tenth
Indiana-killed II, wounded As; Fourth Ken
tucky-killed 9, wounded 90; Second Min
ncsota-killed 10, wounded Is; Ninth Ohio
killed 9, wounded 90.
Gen. IIallcck has given the St. Louis Sc
cession sympathzcrs an inkling of what they
may expect if they decline to pay the assess
mcnts levied on them. lie seized the goods
of one of the defaulters, added twenty five
per cent to the original assessment put him
out of the State, and then imprisoned his at
torney who sought to rcplcvin the property.
Gen. Sigel is to have an important COM
mand on the Potomac.
The House has stricken out of the Senate
bill the recognition of IIayti and Liberia.
The bodies of Zolicoffer and Baylie Pay
ton have been embalmed, and will he sent to
Bowling Green by order of Gen. Thomas.
CmcAGo, Jan. Enthusiastically Stanton
l,'s appointed Bishop Amcs and Hamilton
Fish Commissioners on the condition Of pris-
oners held by the rebels.
Gen. Sarcoutha is at Washington in behalf
Of Mexico, and authorized to settle all CUES
tions and negotiate treaties with the United
States.
Advices from Mexico confirm previous ac-
counts of the union of all parties, and an in.
tention to make common cause against the III.
vaders.
S3,O00,OOO worth of cotton has been seized
ut Port Royal. Three thousand contrabands
wcr engaged in gathering the staple.
We have more news from Burnsidc's cXpe-
Aitton. 1t was delayed by storms. Steamer
New York was lost on the outside bar of
Pamlico Sound-value 5000, 900; crew scvcd.
Steamer Pocahontas went ashore and was
lost. Ninety horses lost. The Grapeshot
cut her haws or and went to sea-crew saved.
FOREIGN.-We have news from Liver.
pool to Jan. IL. The furry with England
has blown over She is satisfied with the dis
position of the affair of the Trent. The London
Pot announces a thorough understanding
with our Government The Daily Nems GU
logises the course pursued by the Washington
Government. The Times says that Slidell
lish Government but does not like our stone
blockade. The Nashville remained at South
ampton. Nothing was permitted to be done
to her to make her seawOrthy. The pac ific
termination Of the Trent affair has raised
stocks in France. The Ilos;tcxr is very in
dignant at the destruction Of the port Of
Charleston. The Journal If 81. Petersburg
congratulates Seward on the IIcm policy,
and demands that it shall be made precedent
by all European powers.
CHICAGO. Jan. 29-l'risoners say that the
clothing sent far the Union prisoners at Rich
mond was appropriated by the rebels.
The losses nj IIattcras Inlet will not serious
Is interfere with Bumside's expedition.
Extensive frauds have been discovered in
the army contracts in Philadelphia
The New York 37ih surprised 30 Texans
a. Orcoquan. The Texans tough, until nine
We're killed.
Letters from Port Royal indicate an early
attack OH Savannah.
A portion II the rebel force near Piskcns
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