The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-01-28
The News.


The news this week is interesting, in
many particulars. and yet it is uninteresting
when, ,cQnsid dered, IN, comparison with the
exciting news We had expected 'ere this 10
have received.
Last Friday the report came that it was
reported in Washington that Burnside's
army had crossed to Rappahannock-that
Gen. Sumner had tlanked the enemy, and
;hat victory was certain We waited with
brca'hlcss anxiety !or the confirmation
when 10 it was con'radicted. Matters on
the Rappahannock, so far as we know any
thing about them, remain in stun quo.
After abandoning the sciye Of VickSburg,
Gen. McClernard ascended the Arkansas
river to Arkansas Post, where the rebels had
established a post, ami captured their whole
force, consisting of 4,72O prisoners, $500
Enfield rifles, 1900 shot guns and rifles,
1900 horses and mules, and 21 pieces OF
ordnance. The force captured comprise ten
regiments, and by the capture we got prob
ably $50 commissioned officers to Offset the
federal officers the rebels are detaining in
close confinement
Colonel Murphy, who surrendered Holly
Springs without blow, indeed, allowed the
rebels to catch him asleep after having been
warned that they We're coming, has been
dismissed from service, and thus the gallows
dcfraudcd out OF victim.
After a long and patient trial, Gen. Fit2
John Porter has been found guilty Of every
charge preferred against him by Gen. Pope
This, in great measure, vindlcates Popc's
Potomac campaign from the imputation o
inbecility, and fastcns a strong suspicion o.
treason upon Porter, and leaves Mcclellan
in an uncomfortable predicament, inasmuch
as Porter was McClellans confidential Aid.
Porter has been dismissed from the service
his dismissal creates profound sensation in
Washington-not half as profound, however,
as would have been the sensation, to him
created by rope, properly adjusted around
his neck.
The iron clads have reached Hampton
Roads, having rode out the most terrific gale
on record. Waves thirty feet in heighth
rolled over their decks. Their seaworthi
ness is thus established.
We are whipping the rebels in Arkansas
badly. Our gunboats are 800 miles up the
White river. St. Charles, Duval's Bluff
and Discare are ours, with a large number
Of prisoners, and quite an amount of yalua-
bic plunder.
Tho Fronch Government has intmated to
the British Cabinet that the tacit consent
given by England in allowing the Alabama
to be built, fitted out and sail, is a direc.
violation Of the law of nations, and England
is trying to get out Of the scrare
Butler, it is reported, is going back to
New Orleans.
LArER-Thc latest dispatches brings
news of the most startling import. Gen
Burnside has transferred the co,nmard o.
the Army Of the Potomac to Gen. Hooker
by or,{tr@ III PrtsM MT. Generals F:ank
lin and Sumner arc relieved from command
and itEc Washington correspondent Of the
81, II Nmld, says it is ,rmo,ea that the
Army of tho POTOMAC is to be dsbanded
and the greater portion Of sen, West. 1t
ls .aalio reported, that an entire change in the
policy OF the. .\dmiuistratiopiis to take place
Simon Cameron is charged with fraud and
:, corruption. "a
,>. We do not believe all Of these reports
part Of them, arc undoubtedly true, fb,
Bur"S.de's farewell address is issued :. bu,
that the Potomac army is to be dsbanded
Or the policy Of the Administration changed
We don't believe it. Our impression is, tina
those Generals who have been relieved ar,
to be sent on important active duties in 9th
er departments, and that, until Spring, n
least, the Army Of the Potomac, will act as
an army OF defence. ..,...
rsrsy Connic. in the North Part of the
Rebel Programme.
No man in the country better understood
the rebel programme, in all its amp!iiica,ions
than Stephen y. Douglas. In the last pub
= ''c speech he ever made, speaking of The
rebel plans he used the following language
: They horcd in tho. Northern States nara,
questions " ents bring civil war between Dem
esrals sand .Repshstcans, when the South would
sop IN with ller eoharss, aiI enc to eonoue,
the other, G ta&a s1s>t. t,ssg ore; n t4x riI.rs