Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-06-11
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NEWS. OF THE DAY

7 1oeeooy -ospcfuoOus JUDO "a. uci
/ tone is highly encouraging.
An item OF considerable interest ha
8 again transpired in the Army Of tn
: Potomac. Pontoons were laid and
accommodating party crossed the Rap
T. pahsnnock. q short distance below
; Fredericksburg. and proceeded as IA
D as the Bosling Green road. Having
! reconnoisered the eaemy's position. and
ascertained bis movements, our forces
! returned to Falmouth. The exPedi
/ tion caused considerable stir in the
rebel camp. and much excitement in
: Gen. Hooker's army.
The rebel papers at Richmond are
drawing largely upon the fancy. to
keep up their hopes with reference to
Vicksburg. 1t is not worth while to
contradict their stories. Suffice TO say
that our advices direct from General
Grant are later than the rebel rumors.
This is also true OF Port Hudson. The
story OF Kirby Smith having crossed
the Mississippi and joined the rebels st
Port Hudson is improbable, to say the
least. inasmuch as our gunboats oc-
cupy the river both above and below
that place.
From our front in Kentucky there
is no news Of importance. Picket COB
bling is the principle occupation there
at present. re
The city Of Norfolk has returned to
civil rule. The civil and military will
act in concert with each other. The
Acting Military Governor, General
Viele, will continue the Provost
Guard. notwithstanding police force
is to be maintained for the preservation
OF good order in the city. The duty
Of the former will be, more especially,
to prevent Illicit trs6c in goods. and to
look after the sly enemies Of the Gov
ernment. who are continually prowliDg
around with view Of impsrting to the
enemy all the information they can
gather regarding our doiugs and the
situate OF our forces. The manage
ment of affairs, both civil and military,
will b. conducted in 9 manner similar
to Baltimore.
General Hooker has issued an order.
providing that the privilege Of supply
ing newspapers and periodicals to the
army, and also stores for officers mes
ses, shall be given to the highest bid
der, the amount of the bid to be paid
in advance to the Medical Director 70
a hospital fund. Disabled and dis
charged soldiers will have the exclusive
right TO act as Dews-agents, and they
must furnish the daily journals to the
soldiers at a cost not exceeding five
cents copy.
Secretery Chase peremptori,y re-
fused 10 see Fernando Wood durin the
recent visit of the latter to Washing
ton.
Our Washington dispatches state
that the reported capture Of Shreve-
port. on the upper Red river Of LouisI-
ana, and the destruction Of the rebel
navy ward there, are discredited at the
Navy Department.
The latest diplomatic aspect Of the
Polish question is stated by the well
informed Paris correspondent of the
New York Times, as follows: eng
land has proposed an armistice which
has been accepted by France, and thus
far refused by Austria. But even if
Austria adheres to it, the two parties
mostly concerned-Russia and Poland
will refuse it, and then what? Shall
we have European war or not? In
the meantime the iusurrection is per-
haps more than maintaining itself-it
is extended daily over more ground,
and the Poles at Paris are absolutely
certain that it will yet extend further.
Oil every one exclaims. il the Mexi-
can business were only terminated"
The law passed by the last United
States Congress fixes the rate Of post
age on newspapers as follows:
Daily 80 cents
Tri weekly Is cents
Semi-weekly 10 cents
Weekly s cents
weight not to exceed four ounces
The new rates take effect July /. 1868, I
after which date the charges on the
Gazette will BE- according to the FORE
going schedule.
We have the report from rebel
Sources that an expedition up the Com
bahee river, South Carolina, has car
ried off one thousand negroes and de-
stroyed property to the amount Of one
million dollars. The Combahee flows
along the northern border OF Beaufort
district, through a section Of the State
densely populated with negroes. The
authority which We quote does not
mention the commander or compost
ton of the expedition. but it is doubt.
less the one commanded by Colonel
Jennison, which left Port Royal two or
three weeks since. 1t was made up Of
loyal South Carolina (colored soldiers.
and without question did good work
The rebel kilograms likewise state that
Bluffton. South Carolina, the post vii
lage in Beaufort District. bad been set
on FIRE by our troops, though they
claim that the invaders we're driven
back.