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Qbito9o Qrib,1ue.
MONDAY. DECEMBER 70, 1852.
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
Our budget Is Of unusual interest this
morning. Gen Banks has entered upon :
his work at New Orleans.
The Pirate Se1nmes has orerhau1ed the
steamer Ariel, outward bound, and taken
theretiom $4,000 in specie belonging to
his own hiends The steamer was re}eas-
ed under $2sS, 900 bonds, payable when G.
S. A. is recognised, at which time the
Federal Government may as well be on the
look out ior tSezames' pile from this source.
It will be seen that the authorities at
Martinique gave "sid and comfort to the
pirats.
The rebel operations in Central and
Western Kentucky seem to be gaining
head and to threaten the communications
Of Grant and Rosecrans, especially the
latter.
The raids Of Forests cavalry upon the
Mobile and Ohio road have been in a
measure ARRESTED, and We hope to hear in
few days: that railroad communication
with Grants army is uninterrupted.
In our st. Paul special dispstch will be
found an account of the hanging Of thirty
eight Of the thirty nine condemned Indians
at Mankato, Mimi, on Friday last.
Our dispatches from Washington show
that Burnside has yet an active enemy to
deal with, and our private advices give US
assurance that he will actively deal with
them. Another little surprise party toob
place for our outposts On the Occoquan or
SATURDAY.
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GEN. BANKS HEARD FROM.
Tie best preserved secret Of the Govern
ment, since the war commenced, is out at
last, and the first authentic intelligence Of
the destination Of Gen. Banks comes to
hand in dispatches that announce him
landed and at work As we have more
than once fore6hadowed in these columns,
Gen. Banks takes the reins from Gen. But
Ter, and with an army seventy thousand
strong Will carry on the work Of restora-
ton and repossession On the firm founda-
ton laid by his predecessor in the
Gulf Department. He will carry
fire and sword through the Gulf States,
and apply the heroic remedy to the NAL
ady Of treason in that hot bed Of the Slave
Power. Never fear but the army Of the
RappaAannock will feel the "tire in the
rear" when Gen Banlss carries the Presi-
dents Proclamation through the very
heart Of Secessia. By the first day oi
March, Gen. Banks will have one hundred
regiments Of contrabands, armed and bid
den to fight 9SS77 ts;1 tsiea liberty. Tht
thorough work Of this war is about tt
begin, and with this coming week.
, 1862-12-29
The WAR IN VIRGINIA.
Successful Rebel Dash on the
0ccoquan.


Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, 1862.
occoqr1an was in the possession Of rebels
last night. Their cavalry surprised the force
under Col. Canby at DunfrieE, capturing
parts Of three egiments and four guns, and
then pouneed upon 0ccoquan, where the I'd
Pennsylvania cavalry lost twenty killed and
wounded, among the former Capt. johnson,
and captured or dispersed the rest. Efforts
are making by slocum and Burnside to cap
turc these rebels, but there arc no tidings yet
Of success.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s.-A report has reach
cd Washington that q company Of the I'd
pennsylvania cavalry, commanded BY Col;
Price, stationed at Occoquan, was surprised
this morning by detachment Of rebel caya1-
~. A fight occurred, in which number
were wounded, and Capt. johnson, Of the
killed. Several supply wagons were captured
by the enemy. It is also stated that the
rebels captured some Of our troops and q
battery at Dumfrics yesterday.
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THE PROCLAMATION OF
JEFF. DAVIS.
HE ELIMINATES AGAINST
BUTLER,
Wholesale Hanging with an |
A ROAR At THE HEELS OF
BUTLER.

PH1LADEEPH1A, Pa, December 27.-T1e
Press publishes what purpWts to be "a
retaliatory proclamation of jeff Davis. It Is
over column long. Gen. Butler and all Ills
officers are to be hung, if taken. All soldiers
taken prisoners are to be paroled- Negroes
found with arms arc to be Immediately hung.
Federal officers found with slaves are also to
be hung
Davis declares Butler a fe1on, deserving
capital punishment, and orders that he no
longer be considered or treated as public
enemy, hut as an outlaw and q common enc
NV Of mankind, and when captured, the Off
Ger capturing him, Will instantly hang hi1u,
also. that no commissioned United States
officer taken shall be released on parole be-
fore exchanged, until Butler shall have met
punishment for his crimes; and that all com-
| 1nissioned officers in the command Of Butler
| be declared not entitled to be considered as
| soldiers engaged in honorable warfare, but
| robbers and criminals, deserving death, and
that each Of them, whenever captured, be re-
| served for execution.
The proclamation is dated Richmond, De-
NEW YoR5, Dec. 27-The following are
Davis allegations against General Butler:
Peaceful and aged citizens, unresisting cap
| lives. anu 1Uu-CbIHuAtSAulE. 1lhfC HeEA NOunuEA
Mt hard labor with chains attached to their
limbs, and are still so held in dungeons and
fprtresses Others have been submitted to a
like degrading punishment for selling medi-
cine to sick soldiers Of the Confederacy: Sol
diers Of the United States have been invited
and encouraged in general orders to insult
and outrage the wives, mothers and sisters OF
| our citizens. Helpless women have been
torn from their homes and subjected to solf-
tary confinement, some in fortrcsses and
prisons, and one especially on an island Of
barren sand, under tropical sun, has been
fed with 1oathsome rations that had been
condemned as unfit for soldiers, and hat
Prisoners Of war, who surrendered to TIL
nayal forces Of the United States, OF
agreement that they should be released OF
| parole, have been seized and Kept in cleS'
, Confinement. Repeated prete9ts have becl
sought or invented for plnndering the inhabl
tvnts Of the captured city, by fines levied an
: collected under threat Of impIisoning the Re
| }cusants at hard labor, with ball and chain
Tie entire population Of New Orleans hay
been forced to elect between starvation. b
contiscatlon Of all their property, aud tahin
IN oath against their conscience to bear ale
+ glance to the invaders Of their country
Egress from the city has been refused to thos hos
= and eyen to lone and aged wome1
: and to helpless children, and sfte
f being elected from their homes and rol
0 bed Of their property, they have been left
q staTye in tie streets or sup5ist on charlt:
h | Slaves have been driven from plantations
e owncrs would consent to share their crol
with the Commanding General, his brothe
Andrew ). Butler, and other officers, al
when such consent had been extortcd, slay
J. have been restored to the plantations and the
compelled to work. under hsyonets Of t
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G# The Secession organ in this city is
doing all in its power to produce civil
war in Illinois and in the West. Its beast
" attacks on all men Of New England
blood, are made for the express purpose Ct
provoking a collision among our people
The liberation Of this reptile in our loyal
city, is one Of the things that neither the
soldiers Or the army, nor the people Of the
rural districts can comprehend.
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A correspondent Of the New York
Tribune, telegrarhing from Washington on
Christmas day, says that the President. in
the course Of conversation the day previ-
ous, remarked that he would not withhold
his New Years Proclamation Of Freedom,
if he could, and he could not if he would.
, 1862-12-29

With the opening Of May a Federal
force, under the command Of Gen Butler,
was in possession Of New Orleans, to
which rebel stronghold the way WAS open
ed by the bombardment Of the forts below,
on April 2Sth, Gen. Butler found the city
stepped to the eyes in the rebellion. To
be an UnioDist before his arrival was death,
and for time after his coming the only
measure Of the indignities heaped upon
wcarers Of the Federal uniform, was the
daring of tue male and female traitors
that Haunted and gloried in their
shame Gen. Butler put an end to
this exhibition with a promptness and
1igor that spared neither class, nor rank,
nor sex, from punishment adjusted to their
deserts. Hc purified the very atmosphere
Of New Orleans, and made for the flag and
symbols Of the Union silent reception
where respect was denied. In all this be
did not court The favor Of the rebels, made
no friends with them in junketings and
festivities, held firm military rein over
that community, fed its poor, 1eopened the
choked sluices Of its prosperity, and sur
renders his post to successor Of similar
views, who will carry on the work
SO well begun. For all this, Gen. Butler
1as the best Of all testimonials to be paid
such services the wholesome dread Of the
enemies Of the country, the hatred Of the
big and little tools Of the rebellion, from
the home organs Of JEFF. Davis to theil
faithful copyi yisttss-the Chicago Times, tn
New York Ford, and a bakers dozen O
lesser sheets busted in the purposes Of tn
traitors. Gen Butler is on his way to Ney
York The country has other use for him
It might I've a good idea to give him th
department Of the North, and let him fl
at work upon our OWL home traitors.
, 1862-12-29

KANSAS C1TY, Dec. 27-Sal,ta Fe advices OF
the 18th, state that it is now pretty well as
ccrtained that there is no probability Of any
immediate reappearance Of the Texans. New
Mexico atlyices at Fort Stanton are eucourag-
ing. Col. Carson was active In the pursuit Of
the A},achcs. Many settlers on their way to
Bio Bonito to open ranches, and miners in
large numbers, arc rushing to Plaeien, which
were being so proftably worked when the
Texans took possession Of that portion Of the
TerfitorY
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West to East. The Times man may him
self see this Butler yet in judgment upon
his own foul case of treason. -
= As for JEFF. Davis proclamation, the
world will live to laugh 1T its impudenee
and impotence what time the rebellion
shall be numbered with unaccomplished
crimes against Humanity. 1t will stand
as 8 proof that Butler served his country
BY using lis strength against her enemies.
By this be will be remembered when stick
in-the-1nud generals are long forgotten.
, 1862-12-29
FROM SPRINGFIELD.


GENERAL HEADQUARTERS. STATE OF lLLEEo1s,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFF1cE,
srH1NaF1E1D, Dec. n. 1862
SPRINGFIELD, December 9Th, 1S62.-Tne
1Ath cavalry regiment, formerly organized un-
der Col. Jenkins, and the 18th, Col. Hancock,
and the 18th. Colonel Capron, have
been consolidated, and is here to
be known as the 14th, Col. Capron.
The regiment organizing By Col. Stewart, has
No. Is assigned to it instead Of l6, aud will
hereafter b. known as the 18th Illinois cay
airy This regiment has just been organized
Col. Stewart was for some time in command Of
a batal1ion, consisting Of companies known
as Stewart's battalion. Permission was
given him to increase his command
to regiment. he has recruited one COM
pany here making six full companies. There
are six cavalry companies lying around loose
but all serving in the West, these companies
have Just been assigned to and now constitute
a part Of this regiment. They are as follows
Capt. Ford's company Of Ottawa, formerly at
tachcd to The SD infantry; Capt. Willis for
merly Capt jerks, and Capt. Shearer for
! ncrly Capt. Smith of Kane county, and for
| merly attached 10 the seth infnntry. Capt
Huntley Of Winnebago county, Capt. Wilder
Independent Kanc county cavalry, and Capt.
/ Gilbert Of Elgin, and formerly attached TO tn
| 52d Infantry.
The field and staff officers Us appointed arc
Warren Stewart, Col, rank Dec. IS, 1862; G
". Bacon, Licnt. Col, rank Dec: 25. 1852
Franklin I. Gilbert, I'd Major, rank Dec. q
1862; T. L. Morris, Adjutant, rank Dec 2:
t 1862; 8 B. Stewart, Quartermaster, rank De-
e6, 1862; Lewis, Southern Commissary, Tan
Dec. Is, 1852 Capt. Gilbert's company TT
: non1inally attached to the 18th cavalry, Co
, Voss, but left for duty at Gen. Halleck
/ Headquarters in St. Louis, and did not 60 Es
when the 18th cavalry did, this company beir
detached from the 18th cavalry and assign'
+ to the 18th, the Mcclellan Dungeons, print
, pally from Chicago, two companies on t
Rappahannock hare been assigned to the 1T
This arrangement puts all l1linois eayal
companies in regimcntal organization and
3 is believed their own interests and the pub
t service will be promoted thereby.
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81. LOTS, Dec GA deserter reports that
jeff Thompson is at Pocshontas With about
COCO infantry, mostly from Missouri and Ar
kansas; also that he has two regiments Of
cavalry and one battery.
Reliable information has been received that
Ciaib jackson. ex-GoEeGnor Of Missouri, died:
on the sth, At Little Rock, >, :: .: :.
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Murder and Robbery at Vim.
EenH6S~

;, VINCENSES, Indiana, Ueteu1ber a4.--IasL
n7eht about seven O'Clock four men broke
info tie house Of Isaae Purcell, six miles east
of % vinccnnes, and demanded, bis money.
o Gpon bis refusing it, they knocked him down,
I'D taking M Ep Mhieh 4ha9 he sn %az Fb,ng 6qggb At
nsmsers ms asee Of Tie e@iiy into Submission and
fn1ced Mrs. Purcell, with a loaded pistol at
lier head, to give them what money tss1e e. Tas
in thc house In this way they got 81, TOO in
eo1d and $500 in bank notes, aud then made
M Mr Pnrrelr died from his wounds this
morning. No clue has Jet been obtained to
the muTderers-
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Nxw Yoak, Dec s7.-Latest adyices from
Galveston. Texas, represent al quiet
4 vessel has arrived. here from New Orleans,
18th. All quiet there and at heHocsn, n =:
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New YoaK, Dec. 27.-The steamers for Eu-
rope to-day took ont s2e6, $50 in specie.
, 1862-12-29

Hapginx Of Thfrty-efEht Condemned
IudfAnk--One Of the Number ResP1.
ted for = few days.
, 1862-12-29

w ANTED-By young man
entry book keepng to considerable extent. sitoa
not object 10 travelling agency. Address p. NJ
Sycamore. H. deSlyGe45t
|.WANTED-Occupants for q very
W desirable enit Of front rooms at Is Congress
street. corner Of Michigan avenue. dee9yGSllt
, 1862-12-29

WANTED-Board by q young
7 lady who Is 4 perfect musician, in an American
family where music would be equivalent to her
fpatj- Eeet city references can be given, Address
Music P. D. Box 1856, West Side Branch.
, 1862-12-29

w W.ANTED-Eo purchase a sec
W ond-handed Camera. for cash. Any party hav-
ing for sa1e may find It to his interest to address
Chicago 2 Q. Box $Ss giving size, mske and price,
dtess.EyG171t
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c5 2. N tas5its situation ,s ssG1s ss
attentiOn de29H Hy5ot1t
, 1862-12-29

CARn-Ow1ng to the unparalleled SUCCESS We have
met with during the past four months. We have been
tnduced to locate permanently ut our old stand and
IN order to have room greatly increased us1
have added On s2e forty feet t9 thu rear of our
pI the n,s-st and bert selected stocks Of Books EN-
bractng eEefyxalEable work In the English 1aaEuage
and many 10 tho FEenCh ard German, ever brought to
this city We lave also adasa vasicty rtehnes& and
eplend9r to n,unddcent Treasury ffs@- To one
and ali VIC wouId say. gtre single trial and We
Nillguarrantec you entire satfaction and sen1 you
away With glad heart and slniling face:
' THE PROPRIETOR
, 1862-12-29

EOUND-A Newfoundland Dog.
u The osncr can have 1t by calling, at 500 west
lQ.y6G0
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-06

AN ACT abOlshing certain collection districts and
reducing compensation OF Officers OF customs in
Callorna- r-Ieh .lrIa.l I--
BE It enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives the United states OF America In Con-
gress assombed That the collection districts of Mon
lerey, san Diego, Sacramento, SOnOma, San joaquin,
and San Pedro, heretofore established by law, are
hereby abolished and the attached to the COL
lection district of San RraneBco and there shall be
aPPointed in the usual manner inspector at each
OF the following places Monterey, San Diego Sacra-
mento, Reneca, stockton, San Pedro; and the salary
OF each OF the said inspectors shall be thousand
dollars per Hnnum.
Sec. q And DO it further enacted, That from and
aiter the first day Of July, eighteen hundred and
sixtytwo, the annual compensation Of the collector
OF customs for the district of San Prancisco shall
be six thousand dollars; of the naval oGicsr four
Thousand i've hundred dollars; ofthe surveyor, four
thousand dollars Of the principal appraisers twenty
i've hundred dollars each; and OF the assistant ap-
prassEs two thousand dollars each; and the Oies Of
an additional appraiser general 10 be employed on
the Pacific coast created by the act Of Congress-
titled, AN act making appropriations for civil and
diplomatic expenses OF the Government for the year
ending the thrtieth Of June, eigateen hundred and
hfty-fOur," approved March third, eighteen hun
ished. ~ -
Approved, June 2, 1852 ea1 ao
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-06
WHEELING. va. WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 6, 1862.

ing about "preserpirq Me Constituiion,
as Il is, and restoring the Union as it vas."
a great deal too much is just now being
said about the Press. 1t is but drop in
the political ocean, aud there is no danger
that it will ever destroy or establish an
empire. A dog may bark at the moon,
but there is no danger that it will be able
to frighten it from its place in the
heavens. Notwithstanding the ranting
of the Press and its followers, and the
war for the Union will progress and
the rebellion will be put down, and after
this is accomplished, there will be left in
the several States great intelligent, lib
ertY-loving element which will restore the
Constitution as it was. We are willing to
trust the salvation of the country in the
hands OF the present administration, be-
lieving that it will exercise no power iu-
consistent with the Constitution that is not
necessary to put down the rebellion nd
preserve the government.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-06
OEFIcIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Rltsed at he Second SsssioH Of ms Taf,ty-s.reatt
C0RJress.
IP0BLIC-No. 72.l

L
AN ACT providing fol the education Of eOiored chill
dren in the cities Of Washington and GeorgetoEn
District oi Columbia, and for other purposes.
tie it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentattves OF the United States Of America in Con-
gress assembled That from and after the passage of
this act II shRl be the duty Of the municipal author
tiles OF tho cities Of Washington and Georgetown, in
of the amount received from taxes levied on the real
and personal property in said cities by persons
of color; which sum received for taxes Aforesaid,
shall be appropriated for the purpose of initiating
System of primary schools for the education Of color
ed children residing In said cities.
Sec. . And be IL further enacted, That the boards
OF trustees Of public schools in said cities shall have
sole control Of the fund arising from the Aforesaid
as well as frU contributions by persons disposed to
aid In the education of the colore Faee or from any
from the general school fund; and it is made their
duty TO provide suitable and teachers for such
number OF schools ip their opinion will best Ae-
conmodate the colOred children in the various pOr-
tions Of said cities.
sec g. And be it further enacted, That the board
OF trustees Aforesaid shall possess all the powers,
ercss the same functions and have the s1ne surper-
vision the schools provided for In this
now exercised by them over the public schools now
existing in said cities by virtue Of the laws and or
nanees of the corporation thereof
Sec. l. And be IL further ena-ted, That all persons
OF color in the District OF Columbia in the corpO
rate limits OF the cities Of Washington and George
town. shall be subject and nmenable to the same laws
be tried for the same onencesi aud that upon being
legally convicted OF any crime offence Against any
Law ordinance, such persons OF color shall be lin
bic to the same penalty punishment and no other
would be imposed inflicted upon free white per-
sons for the game crime or offence; and ali acts or
parts Of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this
act hereby repealed
Approved May q, 1862. s.I- - ..d.,-..--r
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-06
THE WHEELING PRESS.


We were somewhat amused, day or two
ago, over an article in the Wheeling Pres
under the caption of Save the Constitu-
ton" We have not a copy of the paper
before us, and therefore write from memo
,ry. We know, however, that the astute
editor, with his usual crudition, was great
Iy "pained" had the collie, we presume on
account of the reckless manner in which
Union men talk about putting down the
rebellion without regard to the Coustitu-
tion, &C., and then follows up his lamen-
tations with the declaration that 'the pow
err of the President to put down this rebel
lion is unlimited" How, then, is it possi-
BILE for President Lincoln TO violate the
Constitution IN putting down rebellionP
This shows how argumentatiye the editor
of the Press is, aud how little the people
should heed his present political sPutter-
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-06
TPUBLIc No. sol
AN ACT to establish land ulies in Colorado Rerri-
tory, and for other purposes.

AN ACT to establish land oniee in Colorado Rerri-
tory, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
seutatves Of the United States Of America In Con
greas assembled, That all the lauds belonging the
Uuited States 10 which the Indian title has been or
shall be extinguiahsd shall be subject to the oper-
tons Of the presumption act OF the fourth SepEem-
Der, eighteen hundred aud fortyoue, and under the
conditions restrictions, and StiPnat0ns therein
toned: Provided, however, That when surveyed
lands areclaimed by preemptOn, notice Of the spe-
eio tracts claimed shall be filed within six months
after the survey has been made In The field aud
failure to le such notice. OF TO pay for the traet
claimed within twelve months from the filing of such
notice. the parties eAiing such lands shall forfeit All
right thereto, provided said notices may be hled
with the Surveyor General and to be noted by him
the township plata until other Arrangements have
been made by Law for that purpose.
Sec.3 And bo Il further enacted, That the public
lands within the Territory Of Colorado 70 which the
Indian title Is or aha be extinguisbed shall conIti-
tute new land district, to be called the Colorado
district; aud the President fs hereby authorized 10
appoint by and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate, register and receiver of public moneys for
said DISTRICT who shall be required TO reside at the
place at which said Office shall be located, aud they
shall have the same powers, perform the same duties
and be entitled 70 the same compensation hS are or
may be prescribed by law In relation to land omees
fths United States in the State Of Kansas.
Sec J And be Il iurther enacted, That an act en-
titled IAN act TO graduate the price Of the public
lands TO actual settlers and cutiyafor be and the
same is hereby REPEALED
Approved June ? 1852.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-06
iPunLIc-Nn.fhl
ANACr or

AN ACT for the survey Of grants or claims Of land.
Be It enacted by the senAte aud House Of Repre-
senatves Of the United States America In ConKress
assembled That all claims grants Of land In any Of
the States or TerritoEieS Of tina United, States
derived from any foreign country or goVernment
shall be surveyed under the direction Of the proper
officer Of the Government OF the United States upon
the application OF the parties claiming owning the
same, and that their expense which shall be paid or
SECURED to the sasaeton OF the Secretary Of the In
terror before the WORK ahA be performed, but noth
ing In the law requiring the executive Officers 70
guryey land claimed or granted underany laws OF the
United States shall be construed either 70 antheriLs
such oeeFs 20 pass upon the validity OF the titles
granted by under such laws give any greater
effect to the surveys made by them than 70 make
such surveys prinia hcie eTideneeof the true ioea
ton Of the land claimed or granted, nor shall any