, 1863-12-07
LATEST FROM CAIRO.
SOUTHERN NEWS,
FBE VAR In ARKANSAS.
&c. &C. &c.
FROM E4AShfEaTO


three or four pages moro tlan the Presidents
message. 1t is not Jet finished either, but
probably will bc tomorrow. Tbs other re-
ports arc now in type. >.
Mr. Chase's report had to be delayed to re-
ceive the estimates from. the other Depart
mente.
It is known that the main feature Of the
Presidents message is bis position On recon-
stTuction, ns intilnatel some days aro in
these dispatches. On this. point 1c will not
differ materially from the views Expressed by
Mr. Chase in lis Mozart Hall speech. ::
LAND OFFICE.
The GcEcInl Land Office has sent to the
Governor Of Iowa authority to locate twenty
two hundred acres Of land, indemnity for tho
like quantity IN Jasper county, Iowa, claimcd
as swamp, but sold as available public land,
Returns from the Surveyor General of Mime.
sofa show progress In the surveys on both
sides Of Crow Wing and Long Prairie Re-
Serves Thcreport from the expedition to run
aboundary line between Oregon and Washing
ton Territory shows tie party were detained
from reaching their destination till later than
intended by hostile Indians. Snow had COM
menced on Dlue Mountain, and the work
would have to be postponed till spring.
oH'oS LEAGUE"
T. Harland, Grand Secretary Of the Illinois
Union League, and other delegates from that
.'0t 4@'s -. 44t',e4 ne ~ a.teno tue tseet-
ms " .le o''oo Ae7soe IN 'n's c1t'' On next
"eo"ss""'' ,.
costIs11n BEATS
aI. n.y. -, " 81, LOUIS, 's mere 10 contest
~ seae " ~. os' " o. Aouls, hahe 10
.ontees LUG ecu. .. ,'ceiatg' una Sleeper o1
o'7'oAA' ~ sones w eea1 VI Aiee'
-oEsSA11oA - DEATH
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Ill., ,o,a s."e1a, 49, nan.,
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-oto9 ". -4 ."4eo ~ 4out
haes@s ~ eseh tes non oecnpS me notIa
oanA1 14'si u'aA 4e4u. ~ oo ~ III tne
a'te1noon' some men !" lhc employ Of the
eose'nlnen. ~ 'icnna' "efe cap!nfed On
satafoas, "1tn1h lille OF camp. Eight gucr-
i1as were captured on Saturday, three miles
from Vienna
At lalfpast sir P. m. Saturday, guerillas
attacked the train near Bca1ton. The engine
was struck By about twenty bullets. and tic
cpgineerwas shot through the can. No 9TH
er damsec.
A PLEASANT arrA1r,
Tic lady managers of the Northwestern,
F.ir.rcccnt1vbeld 1t Chicago .thron,rI,f; n A.
mold. presented to tbc President = fnc ,,o,d
watrh fin ;1onat;on of J,ncs = uoos e.
of f,n,'-,,,o ,na ,,rct.ntsa h. ". p-s.;sa, 49,,
-. az. 49,. .n;Ea 80 -, 49,
~ ~. -. t-4Ivn W. .4A1 n4o>s .ne 4a'sest oo-
aa.4oa ~ ~ AZ enape ~ .uc L"ancipa-
ton rtoela"a1lon' winch sold Tor three thou
sano aol'a's'
CONGRESS.
No nominations for minor officers In the
house will be made till after the Speakers
-.. n s eo..ees eNc''e7
n.en 'ute1Gs', @nu - slea.i5 n'lAea. 1reet,
-adems, McPherson and Burlington now sccn1
to hare it between them. Which has the
best chance no mortal can till Bnf4nrton
has been Gaining i,nm.nre1r since 1asr Sstnr.
day morning. Horace Greeley is favoring
either Green, Adams or any other reliable
mnn the Rorder s+ates NAV nrccont
nao~,.at,,s ns.-,.;' y f-
~ uov'Aespe,' 1 Aus tas'ot, u 1o"a'
seems to DC ahead, and for Post Master the
chances OF Brooks, of. California, are 1irst
class. >. -
So; pF.rn.
r., oDE'
Since Surgeon Gen. Hammond's exile to
the west The Board OF Investigation have dis
covered the sravest corruptions In his late
,nooaccntnt If his icnartmcpt. xw,,d,as r.,
contrscts nrrc,,as.s ~ m ~; ~ Tdrnas % r. "le' :"
1sIA11p PENSIONS GRANTED,
The number Of invalid pensions granted
by the Pension Office dnriu. the month of
November inst c,nsed va. ) III, Tbc nTtnher
- nsnstons 80 ~ ,r;Sem. ,ao,,".s - ann ,aoe.
oi pensions 10 "lao"s' 1aothess ana orphans
allowed during the ZANE month was Z, ,00a;
total number for November, ,0s7 The num-
bcr of invalid cases allowed exceeds thcnum.
her OF new cases fled for the month by ! C,Ba
Meetssc. according to present asntcfs ucWf VII
not be forvarlctI to Conrress until Fr;daT
There is mnch converssf;nn ra1at;x. n Tho
course Of the Clerk of he House Of Renrc.
sentatives, in making up the roll of mem
berz. The law TO regulate the duties Of clerk
in preparing for the organization Of tie
Ho1ee, passed On the Sd Of March LIST, pro-
vides thnt before the first meeting Of the
Congress, and Of every subsequent Con-
gres5, the Clerk of tho next preceding House
Of Representatives shall make rolf Of tlc
Representatives elected, aud place thereon
the names Of al persons and Of such persons
only whose credentials chow that they we're
regularly elected IN accordance with tic laws
Of their State respectively, or Of the United
States,
On inquiry today 1t is ascertaincd that no
credentials were filed from Minnesota, Kan
sas or California up to this time. All the
other States have filed, and ali correct except
ing West Virginia, Oregon, Missouri and
Vfisinia-
Last Friday the Clerk sent telegram to the
Secretary Of State Of West Vircini3 to be here
by Monday to correct the rrtnrns from fhat
State. He will doubtless arrive in time m
the same day. he also sent dispatches to
Ne9Taska ,[as 4Mesr1tory. ~ NOW hampshire and Con
n9s5 necncut, .ae 1ast tMo o. WINCH nave alfeadE
nign c9Trcct cfeden1las:
House Of Represenfatires held q ca7,cns ca ' at