The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-05-10
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Psducah, KY, May 6.
The report Is current here, and believed,
that Corinth VAS evacuated and occupied BY
Pope's division on Sunday.
Baltimore, May 6.
Among the prisoners taken ct Yorktown
80 the chief engineer Of the Generals Stat,
Who stases that ths rebel army numbers
IS. 600. He gives q most d~eplorable &C.
count Of its condition. He says it will be
unable to make Z stand anywhere this side
Of Richmond. Their retreat commenced
on Saturday morning.
Washington, May 6.
SExArE.-The Homestead bill was con-
sidered to-day. Carlisle's amendment was
rejected by II to %. The bill then passed
-33 to7 I.
Fort Monroe, May 5.
Five gun boats were sent up the river
to-day towards West Point to remove OBJ
structions. They met quite q numper OF
transports loaded with troops. Pursuit
val commenced, resulting in the capture
of some, while others ran ashore-6red on
our boats, and escaped to the woods.
shall run the risk Of at least holding
them 10 check here, while | resume original
plan. NV force is undoubtedly considera-
Div inferior to that Of the rebels, which will
fight we'll ; but l will do all | can with the
force at my disposal.
-s+s Washington, May 6.
The House, to day, adopteda resolution
declaring F. F.. Lowe not entitled to q seat
from California.
II Cairo, May 6.
Intelligence from Pistsburg Landing says
that Gen. Pope, by placing a battery OF ar
tillery near birmingham, in sight OF three
regiments Of rebels, succeeded in turing
them on to take the battery, when he took
the whole force prisoners, numbering zOOO.
Deserters report that there is great dlssat-
isfaction existing in the rebel army, both
among officers and men.
New York, May 6.
The steamer Edinburg, via. Queenstown
Oath. has arrived. The Times of the 24th
saws that advices frcm America indicate that
the recent battles had no effect in creating q
hope among leading houses that the term :
nation of the war was at hand. IL also
saws that the shipments of gold are begin.
ming to excite apprehensions, and that 1t
would not surprise any one to hear OF a
decree from the Washington Government
prohibiting the export of specie.
Monterey, May 6.
Gen. Halleck has moved his head. quail
ters to this place.
Our pickets can distinctly hear the drums
Cairo, Mayo.
z The steamer Ella, from Pittsburg Land.
ing, arrived last night.
A movement had been ordered at mid
night Sunday, but a drenching rain and the
bad condition of the roads prevented. The
Is again ordered to march at midnight
Monday. At the time the steamer left,
preparations were making for an aggres-
sive movement.
Washington, May 6.
A dispatch from McClellan's advance last
night says our loss in the action to-day was
II killed, and 40 wounded. Eighty dead
rebels and forty wounded were left on the
field.
The enemy's works at Williamsburg are
very Formidable and extend across the pen
insula.
The Richmond Examiner has been re-
ceived, which says the merchants of that
city are in great CONSERVATION. The stores
are closing and selling out.
Gov. Letcher has called out between 3d.
900 and $4,000 militia at Fredericksburg.
2. A bill was reported to the Senate to-day
with $50 amendments, and will be taken
up as soon as printed.
Washington May 7.
= John Nj. Bolts has been released from
prison ut Richmond, on condition that he
will remove from the South.
The report of the Senate finance COM
mittee on the tax bill, accompanied by an
amendment offered by McDougal, as a sub.
stitute for the whole bill, proposes to raise
. revenue from capital active and ~circula-
ting, to be reached by a tax on sales and
transfers on receipts in certain classes of
business, of $4,000, 000.
SECOND Capital, fixed and realized
income, duties or interest from interest
paying bonds aud securities, $40, 900 900.
THIRD.-Excise in spirits and malt liquors
and manufactured tobacco, $4,000, 900.
FoURTH.-Duties on legacies, from one
to eight per cent, 100000. =
BOG tassgE .s3 - Washington, May 7.
Specials to New York papers say that
prisoners captured at Yorktown converse
freely respecting the war, but refuse, how.
ever, 10 give any iuforMation respecting
the strength of' Gen. Johnston's armv.-
Captain 1Lacore, one of the number, de-
-olaresy that the, South will continue to fight
TO the last !; that their reverses has not dis
heartened them. They expect to be driven
out Of Virginia, and all the Border States,
and from ne sea porttowns, but when we
Meetthcm in the interior, man for man,
they will show Us, that they are unconquer-
able.
~ Major Davis,Fof Harris, Ligh. Cavalry,
has established his head quarters ID the
Farmers bank building, Fredricksburg.
= Yesterday, the Provost Marshal Of the CITY,
hoisted the stars and stripes permanently
for the fret time in the town, since the re-
bellion. Our pickets arc thrown out be
yond town. We are now in quiet possess
sion Of the entire place. 1o q
~ IA Williamsburg, Va, May 6.
Gen. Mcclellan tslegrnphcd to the war
department the following:
" have the pleasure to announce our
I. o~ecupatiQn Of this place-the result If a
hard thought action yesterday by Hancock's
Brigade During the fight he turned the
s left Of the enemy's liuea Of works. The
enemy abandoned the entire fine during the
night, ieayng all their sick and wounded in
our hands. Their loss yesterday was very
severes We have ssomes 800 Of their
wounded, and also over 600 prisoners. Our
victory is complete Ihave sent cavalry in
pursuit. The conduct Of our men, with
BcAtcety an exception, was excei.est. : The
{ enemyss works were extensive, and OF ex-
cesding strength, sHancock's Division suf-
fered considerable, That Of the others was
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