The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-12-27

PVVA lnos SCu- OduAS HAS gone 70 new
Orleans. His feet viii rendezvous at Ship
Island, for the capture of Mobile. His or
ders supersede General Butler. unless eoun-
fernandez by the President.
The rebels have advanced from Jackson
northward, driving in our forces, taking
numbers of prisoners aud threatening Co
lumbus and Paducab.
The late reports from Fredericksburg
soften down our defeat there very much.
The Zri6une's first reports were wild. La
ter and official reports leave the result thus ::
killed, 1873; wounded, (many slightly
900; missing, 300. The Richmond
Dispatch of the 18th says their loss was
2, 500 that LOO wounded had arrived !;
that Gems. Gregg and Cobb were killed and
the Sd South Carolina Regiment nearly an
initiated. Nearly all our dead were strip
ped of their clothing.
Gold has not advanced in New York,
from which it is inferred that the result of
the battle of fredericksburg is not consid
cred disastrous.
The Times dispatch says Burnside as
sumes all responsibility, and firmly believes
he could have carried the enemy's works
Sunday, had it not been opposed by his
council of war.
Gen Foster has made an advance into
North Carolina He marched from New
bern, as the rebels say, with $4,000 men
and gun-boats. After severe fighting and
several bayonet charges, with great loss to
the enemy, Kingston was taken, but was
injured by the gunboats. We took 500
prisoners and eleven guns. Our loss was
$50. Later rebel dispatches say that our
forces have attacked Goldsboro, the crossing
Of the railroad from Richmond to Whining
ton, but nothing is certainly known of it.
The news from Washington is of more
than usual interest. A part of the border
State Congressional delegation have been
making another effort to mop up the tide,
by urging the President to recede from his
emancipation policy-with no apparent sac
cess, however.
On the 18th, Col. Kerrigan, M. c., was
arrested for openly denouncing the Presi-
dent as traitor.
Henderson, of Missouri, introduced bill
providing for the issue of U. S. bonds to
the amount of $25, 1000, 900, to compensate
the shareholders of his happy State in case
Of emancipation.
!
The Washington Republican and Ckron-
icle favor the plan of going into winter
quarters.
Porter's dispatches to Mcclellan and
Burnside have been introduced at the court
martial, and created some sensation when it
was found that Porter had attempted to
suppress them, and that he had spoken con-
temptuously of Pope in them.
There is general desire expressed to put
Banks in charge of Department.
The Senate held secret caucus, and ape
pointed committee to call on the Presi
dent. Mr.. Seward rendered his resignation
on hearing of it. On Friday. the commit
tee had an interview with the President and
! Cabinet mr. Seward only being absent),
which lasted for four hours. The next day,
by noon, Mr.. Chase sent in his resignation,
not merely as a matter of form, but in good
faith. 1t is not known that there is any
objection to him on the part of the caucus.
The Representatives of the States were in
no manner consulted regarding the propri-
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complaints are made by them, there being
general acquiesence in the proceedings.
! The resolution adopted partial reconstruc-
ton of the Cabinet, which several Senators
interpret to mean an entire change of pro-
gramme. Reports are current, but which
cannot now be verified, that all the members
of the Cabinet have resigned. Fessenden,
and Daniel S. Dickinson of New York, are
among the most prominent, among others
named for the Secretary of State, and it is
believed the former will soon be rendered
the appointment. Speaker Grow will prob
ably be offered a Secretaryship. Many of
his friends seem to regard this as nearly
certain.
The Philadelphia haquirer's Washington
4 correspondent says the attack of the Senate
caucus was not made on the whole Cabinet
but upon Messrs. Seward and Blair, whose
ideas on the conduct of the war are opposed
by the other members of the Cabinet. Mr..
Blair has not rendered his resignation, but
. he will have to go, and probably Mr. Bates.