Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-10-14
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ovna lgAsoufg dates of the 2.th say the Texas
~ y %uiy, Of Kemper county. Miss hs,
himself candidate for Represen
on reconstruction platform
Ia 1G pirates dtaba'na, Georg;a and Can,,,y
hde VISITED the port of Cane of caa5 ~ 1Jn ~
'l.u i'''N eapturea and boarded several ra.SpI,
III Inc steamer Vanderbilt left St ua1.-
cot,,r Il, pursuit " OF the 4ta5apo which had
The railroad between Duvalrs D,,s,
hl'tie noch ,, Is IN charge of Col. Meade brotb
Ggerillas still infest The southern side &c
| the Potomac. Some OF their raids orI VI
lures 1t is known might be prevented g 'ap-
troops were more watchful UA
Major Gen. Hancock, writing to a friend =
" ashihgton, expresses a hope to reioin the
| army WITHIN three weeks He is vet lame
ana hot able to ride on horseback but his
wound is healing
oaF works on Morris Island are progressing
rapidly. The rebel batteries sbeIi onp ,rorto
men constantly. But few casualties were re.
| ported Gen. Gilmore occasionally shells
Sumter and johnson. One Monitor keens
Fort Moultrie quiet.
| Grants order, of Sept. 22d, has been nub.
llshed at Memphis, making Memphis and New
q nv
| loyal owners thereof, ana banishing all cot+o1
| spectators from the Mississippi valley. south
| OF Helena, Arkansas.
| The gunboat Hearzev. which arrived At Ha-
wanna on the goth, reports that the T7ooo
| took into Key West on the 2Sth the rebel
steamer Herald with $50 bales of cotton,
Agents for a new blockade running conpany
with a capital of 81 goo, 600 were aboard
The Hcratd was the first vessel of the new
line.
Matters are drawing to a crisis on the ives
tern side of the Mississippi. All the 18th
and 10Th corps, except Gen Hewon's division.
have been moved to Brashier city. One corps
viii move further west, while the other moves
north to cooperate with Heron. who has
been after Dick Taylor on Red River Gen.
Banks, it is said, takes the field in person
The formation of the State Government of
| rginia is complete. The capital is
| temporarily established Al Alexandria The
| following are the names of the State officers
| Francis H. Pierpont, Governor L. p Copper.
| Lieutenant Governor L. Hogan, Secretary
| OF State; +. q. Smith, Treasurer L. B.
| Webb, Auditor; f. Z. Foster Adiutant Gen
| eral; f. R. Bowder, Attorney General
The rebel authorities have declared an al
| ditional number of their paroled officers and
men as exchanged, and ordered them to DUTY
This Is in direct violation of the cartel and
| Notwithstanding the heavy balance of ex-
/ change against them, they refuse to deliver
any of our commissioned officers, and also re-
tain large number of citizen prisoners.
y special to the Commercial from Chatta
nooga the S0th says that 200 ambulances we're
| sent within the enemy's lines under a flag of
| truce and brought in over 300 of our wound
ed. While in the enemy's hands they had
nothing to eat but corn bread. The rebels
| treated them very kindly, expressing their re-
| grets that they could not provide better for
! them They refused to permit the bodies o
| deceased officers to be removed.
The Tri61use's special states that gentlemen
who are accustomed to watch the current of
| European politics. and are in receipt of pri-
waite correspondence from well informed
| sources abroad, predict a great and general
war growing out of the Polish question which
viii convulse Europe, by next spring. 1t is
| believed at St. Petersburg that Russia will
then have million men under arms, and will
be prepared for any emergency.
Commander Bell, commanding the West
! Gulf squadron pro tcHz., has informed the
| Navy department that fever has appeared
on board the L. 5. steamers preparing at New
Orleans, from which several deaths have re
/ suited. Some Of the cases have been called
! yellow Fever and others are recognized by
/ the names Of pernicOus and congestive fc-
yer. He SAYS the disease has not extended
rapidly so far, and expressed the hope that
! the approaching cold weather would soon
/ check it.
The HcrolFs dispatch from Washington
states that no arrangements for the release
| of officers held by the rebels as prisoners of
| war at Richmond have been made The
captures in the battle near Chattanooga have
| increased the number to over 600 who are
| all crowded into Libby Prison. While the
rebels are declaring every one of their off
GERS and men exchanged and putting them
in the field again, they still hold on to our
officers and many privates as well as civilians.
The Mayor of Parkyille, and 100 other cit
| liens of Platte county, Missouri made state
Inent to tl&e effect that there are now in Leav-
| cnworth over one hundred Union families
who have fled from Platte county, for fear Of
violence from Moss militia men, and if a
change in the condition Of affairs is not soon
made the lives and property of Union men of
! Platte county Will be at the mercy of the men
whose loyalty has always been at least doubt
/ full. Many destitute refugees arriving at
Leavenworth daily.
A despatch TO the Herald SAYS intelligence
| from Martinsburg is to the effect that there
/ are no rebels in the Shenandoah VALLEY ex-
/ cept few guerrillas skulking in the noun
tains. Our cavalry have secured the Valley
/ as lar as StraSDufg ana 'front.' hONdA without
/ finding any traces of rebels. Information
/ has also been received that there is no
movement on the part ofthe enemy's cavalry
towards Western Virginia, as reported few
| days since.
The Washington correspondence of the
Commercial says that the apprchensions felt
in some quarters of the North, based upon
kilograms from Atlanta, in the Richmond pa
pcrs, relative to the situation of Ros-craus,
have no foundation. Here it is well under
stood that Rosecrans telegraphs that he il
entirely able to hold Chattanooga There is
much that might be said tending TO strengthen
public confidence in the belief that a new
reorganization of the Army Of the Cumber-
land, with its reinforcement, viii soon lead TO
the grandest of results, were they not Of
character improper for publication. The or
ganization of this army viii require a little
more time that its efficiency may insure sue
cess on the resumption of the campaign.
4 LITTLE HIsToRY-While the Democratic
party has furnished some Of the best men the
world ever produced it has furnished more
traitors than any other party The first effort