The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-01-07
News and Items.

News and Items.
jeff. Davis seems determined to keep
even pace with President lincoln in The
way of proclamations. Ills last denounces
Gen. Butler as felon, and directs that whe,,
taken, he shall be hung, his officers When
captured shall be reserved for execution,
but the privates shall be paroled.
Gen Stuart, (rebeD has recently made a
most brilliant dash in the rear of General
Burnside's army, and captured large sup
plies of comm'ssary and ordnance stores
and from fifty to fifteen hundred prisoners
Accounts varying between these extremes
Rumors of foreign Intervention are again
impending.
Dispatches from W ashington state tina,
three hundred soldiers per day have lately
been discharged from the hospitals.
The Mcdowell and Porter court martial
trials arc necessitating the presence Of
many able officers, who should be in the
field
The seth Iowa regiment has gone to
New Madrid.
The army of the Frontier, under Gems
Blunt and Heron, moved over the Boston
Mountains last week, and, without hating
to Van buren,, driving the enemy across
the Arkansas River, killing and woundins
few, and also taking three steamboats,,
some camp cquipage, and 100 prisoners. -
The march Of As miles with arms and ser.
vice, over mountains and through the deem
mud of the valley, was a most arduous
and gallant affair. Eight steamboats, were
also burned. &C..
The Cedar Rapids & No. River Railroad
company have extended their line to Mar.
shalltown, Marshall Co. Iowa. This point
is fifty miles from Des Mones.
The Grey beard regiment, the 3sth has
left for the South. With the exception of
the consolidated regiment, and recruits for
the old regiments a, Davenport, there are
no more troops in the state.
Gems. Burnside and Mcclellan have both
gwen testimony favorable to the interests
OF Gen. Fr'z John Porter now on cour,
martial trial. ...-....
Reports from the rebel army in Army
IN Arkansas, state that it is completely de.
moralized, four or five regiments bav;po
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gone home, most of them in that position
OF the manual which teaches shoulder
arms" NV Ell
Nest OF the assessors are charging the
the government for services on Sunday
though not rendered. They claim this
under the per diem clause. The commits.
sioner OF Internal revenue is about to de.
eide the question. Uncle Sans pockets
are deep, and small grabs are of little mo
mcnt GE" .# ~#5-
The Baltimore American believes tina,
zen. Mcclellan Is to take command at Fort.
ress Monroe, ami proceed up the Pcninsu
Ia against Richmond. We trust this is
true.
The receipts from internal revenue amount
now to about quarter Of million dollars
per day.
The rebels have erected a battery at Cy.
press Bend on the Mississippi, and captur
ed ,hc steamer Blue Wing.
The Union fleet has been having an en-
gagen'ent with rebel battery on the Zazou
river, with what result has not vet trans.
pred. The Benton was struck nv thirty
three shells none of which penetrated he,
armor Three shots went through The Dor,
holes.
Gen. Sherman was pressing in the rear
of Vicksburgh.
Colonel Murphy, commandment at Holly
Springs has been placed under arrest by
Gen. Grant, for misconduct at that plac,
This is right.
Our forces have evacuated New Madrid
and Island No. 10; for what rea:ons the
public are not informed. At the latter
place sixty nine guns were spiked, and ten
thousand rounds Of amunition rolled into
the river, by order Of Gen. Davies, the
federal officer in command 1t is suSpi
clous circumstance, and shows at least an
outrageous extravaganza in the use, or
rather the IL i~use OF. government property.
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HEADQUARTERS 3STH Rec Iowa Vols.
BERToN BARRACKS, Mo-,
Dec 25th, 1862.
DEAR TINES AS the rain this evening
deprives me from going the "srand rounds y
as Some of the boys term it, have con
c'uded to Crop line to you, and inform
you that the 3sth regiment of Iowa yols
still survives, and nearly all of us are able
to. draw cur regular rations. We are still
in quarters here, but expect to leave every
day, nevertheless we may stay here until
January FIRST, in order to get our pay before
going into the field. We are ''strapped" to
man, and lave not even money enough to
take Christmas spree on.
The 3sth for the last few days has had a
pretty hard row to hoe. for The reason that
we have had to furnish tvs hundred men
or over each day to 60 to the city, six miles,
to guard sscesh prisoners. BY the TIM
the boys walk down there and stand guard
twcntyfour hours, with but three rations
of sea biscuit and nary a coffee, and then
walk back again, they are about tuckered
out E.- H#9. - B
There are about three hundred and fifty
prisoners in Gratiot street prison or wha,
is more commonly known as McDoweIl's
college, and about one hundred and thirty