Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-11-20

instant. as day OF Thanksgiving;
Therefore. |, Oliver 4. Morton, Governor Of
Indiana. do hereby sci apart said day. and call
nPon the people Of the State 10 observe The
same, In accordance with the proclamation o.
the President. Let the people thank and praise
Almighty God for the many mercies He has
shown during the past year. and pray Him.
with humble hearts, 10 s,ilI protect, guide and
bless Us. and restore the inesilmable blessings OF
unity and peace 10 bleeding and suffering
country.
Given atthe Executive Department, at India
napo:is, this 9Th day Of November, \. d.. lee3
OLIVER P. NORTON.
The Army ofthe Potomac seems 10 have settled
WI into the quiet for the time. We had few
days since a report OF u war conference al Wash
ington, in which Halleex aud Stanton favored
.'winter quarters" while the President and
Meade were '.siil for war; Their idea is said
10 be to push on. and make fight as soon IS the
Rappahannock bridge shall have been completed,
which it is said will be IN afsw days the rebels
have steadily fallen back, with little resistance
before our advancing troops, leaving their com
Portable winter quarters, si Meade IS said to hold
the rnasiership of tae situation north Of the
Rapidan.
The enterprise Of sending cans OF relief 10 o-r
starving al dying ldiers at Richmond has been
most happily sIecessful--a4fCO rations aud 5.UOo
fI!i suits OF clothing, seat By the Governmcn;-
aud i l.rg. number OF good things sen: by the
s4Al.ar. Commission, havs been duly received.
anu w.ll adj naca 10 tao co.nfo.l OF oar .mprls-
oned othes.
| Il! tn iol.osirg ;segra rhie item in this morn
4 h.. l..
pea y! Lac reOels.
"roArRIs, aiosRoE, Nov. l6.--Ihe steamer
Convoy, which lei. nsfe Let sata..s! Win pro-
Visions aud eioiing Tor oas soldlers held prs
olers an hiehmoAd, re.urned to-Ia.. bringing
back INC provisions .nd eiothiAg. Colonel in-
il x, whS n..d en.rsc oi tle .tter. WAS refused
iht pnviiegc OF t..Alls lhe ratlous to hichmond.r
| The cxreaition from New Orleans under .oI.-
m.aId nerai baLks, hos landed al The mOatn
OF the R.O Usand. las river Is the UodhGar!
1 bei~ cen Iexas aud MeAieo. The rebel forces
being scattered al over Ihe State, there Was no
dIluoulty IA landing, except from the roughmess
OF tie walters. The rebel occupants of Ia. forl
there abandoned IL and set h,e 10 tue town. The
ln.en eitIzcns, attempting ~ put odt the flames
anu save the properi. Serc set upon b. the sol
uIcrs aIid secession citizens, when severe street
hight ensGei. A Maine regiment at once
oraered 10 march upon the town, but the result
has not yet arrived. fw' vessels were lost dur-
| ing The sailing Of the expedition, bat no lives
till the time OF landing, when eight or ten
were drowned by the capsziag OF boat III the
surf.
b. Gratz Brown, the leader of the Missouri
Radicals, is elected 10 the u. ). Senate for the
shor term. He is the head Of the immediate
emancipation movement in Missouri, and his
election is great triumph for the cause. But
its peculiar sign ifcanee is thought to consist in
the fact that it il an utterly oser~ helming GcieaI
Of the Blars Gratz Brown has been specially
conspicuous as the opponent of the re-actienary
policy advocated by the Blairs, and the triumph
is considered their repudiation.
John Il. Henderson is elected for the long term,
six years. He says he is just as radical as Brown.
The friends offre. dom are juDilant.
1.-The President has sent congratulatory dis
patch ON the election.
General aurnsides resignation accepted,
and General Foster appointed 10 succeed ~ the
command in last Tennessee. He proceed. to
duty 1T once.
Tie following dispatch was transmitted to
General Meade, and b. him given II the Army oil
the Potomac en- Monday:
ssW ARLINGTON, Nov. Q.
''Major General Meade:
al have seen your dispatches about operations
on the RaPpahannock on Saturday and l wish to
say, well done.'
'ABRAHAS LINCOLN"
This Characteristic expression OF thanks was
well received by the soldiers, who lell highly
satisfied with the knosledge that their move
WI iur bx
the President.
Miss Charlotte Gu. krnan, the grea, tragic act
ress has given $500 - to the SANITARY Commits
sion. 1t Is the proceeds Of five d ran attic repre-
sentatious.
The receipts ofihc great Sanitary Fair a, Chi
cago were 500, 600.
The ease Of Cathcart and others, charged with
consprigg in Ohio, will probably not be tried for
some time. Some OF the parties have been re-
lc, sed on bail. George h. Push is counsel Tor
1 the accused.
! We have news Of another most painful river
! disaster. Tho steamer Sunny Side was burned
on Friday morning, about ntyeight miles
below New Madrid, sn the MISSISSIPPI. Her cargo
took hre irom IA spark. The boat ashore,
bGta number of tbs passengers perished Among
the lost are bine women aud six children. The
cargo, inelading ,3oO bales OF cotton was de-
stro!e d
No movements OF interest In Meade S army.
At ,h-riestoD ditto. Our gannets have pitched
f,N tons more OF shot anu shell into sumter.
It's "a d mat General Mcdowell is 10 have a
comiu.nd at once.
several yer! valuable prizes have been cap
turca Oil Huntington recently. some OF tAen
BnIt,sn UailI steamers, with valuable car- "es.
Ons mad s. ~ Li.neld .iLos.
Colonel l-Irn, IS succeeding we'll IN recruiting
+ negro r"gIn.ehts ia mar. hid.
lne reJei Government IS impressing hogs in
! NIrs.n,a, leaving 10 ...orc than ole hog 10 orc
! i-n.iA. tioar 10 q4UIea ~ hlehmohd at nom
50 10 Sl-J barrel, aud scarce al that CON
meal, which IS equal! scarce, sells ~ Sc :.
| bushel cold sells at 81, AHA SILVER a. c,cNeL
dollars.
The largest payments ever made at the Treas
gTy, ia a..s GAY, III tue histo,y OF the haioh,
were made ,ast thursday, shen over t~enI! -n'o
InlluoLs were paid out.
| ia sad more nas O.en severe cavalry nghi
tIuIpcpler, Va. No lafiSuiars.
tcic.ram daied ye,lriaa!, lrom htadqgar.e Is
| o. tue tus the lenne.sce states mat eEef.i
sneril.an Vas IA uonetal Ihoai..s' hrsaq aarter.,
having made "a Junction, With Ills chsife COM
mand, ~ "a Crafts iigst.
/. ,,ote OF the ONO soldiers is coming Ia
heavier than was Anticipated. II is tnougat u
viii reach forty forty two thousand. ihis vii
ran Brough's malort! pretty close up 10 o"a