Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-12-25
NEWS CLIPPINGS.

The receipts Of cotton at New Orleans
since the lst Of September have beer over
AZ, 900 bales.
The rebels say they captured Parson
Brownlow's press. type and paper, thirty
miles from Knoxville. .
The President viii soon. issue proclama-
ton of pardon for oil deserters whe will re.
turn to the army.
In the rebel Congress the substitute bill
has been abrogated, and all persons who have
put substitutes in the army are compelled to
60 themselves.
General Sickles has asked for . court Of
inquiry upon the Charges contained in Gen.
eral Halleck's report. Other officers have
made similar requests.
The steamer Chesapeake, having been re-
captured from the pirates in the British wat.
srs Of Nova Scotia, has been transferred to
the British authorities.
The rumors Of the removal OF General
Meade, have died out, and it is now gener-
ally believed that he will remain in command
for the winter.
The President has presented to Senator
Sherman, for transmission to the Cincinnati
Sanitary Commission Fair, his original draft
Of the proclamation appended to his late
Message. >.. ..e
It is now announced that General Scho-
field has asked to be relieved of the command
of the Depar tment Of the Missouri, and that
he will be assigned to . new command
General Rosecrans ID mentioned as his prob
able successor.
A heavy gale recently swept away a large
portion Of the rebel distractions in Charles.
ton harbor, and tits believed that the Federal
navy will take advantage Of the occurrence.
Shells are still being thrown into the city.
John Morgan, the captured and escaped
chief Of the rebel raiders, has succeeded in
in getting into the rebel lines He crossed
the Tennessee at Gillespie. Two of his off,
GERS and portion OF his escort were captured.
The tax commissioners Of Virginia, have
prepared their lists, and announce their sale
to take place January 18th. The first parcel
offered will be Arlington, the homestead of
General Lee, comprising LOO acres. Most
Of the remainder is located at Alexandria.
The necessary papers have been issued
IOm IlC DcpaStthoub tOI viz eSlSo-
lishment of National Bank at New Orleans,
with capital of $500, 900 under tho National
currency bill; also for third bank at St.
Louis, with capital Of 81 600, 900, with the
privilege and prospect ofincrcasing it to 3d.
100000. .,.',........
The new State of West Virginia has been
divided by her Legislature into Townships,
like other free States and unlike the slave
States, which have no civil division below
counties. She has also adopted comprehen-
sivc free school system. They say West
Virginia is unconstitutional; but she don't
act like it. .g -...
A curious and interesting discovery has
just been made in the Department of State,
bearing upon the boundary line between
the State of Minnesota and the British Pro-
vinces. The upshot Of the matter is, that
Minnesota has a big lump Of land which she
did not know belonged to her, and that she
has full command of the Lake Of the Woods.
A very large proportion Of the rebels 10
our hands, not less than one third Of them,
are, it is said DESTROYS Of enlisting in the ma
w, and it is understood that the Secretaries
Of War and the Navy have agreed to permit
them to do so. General Morton is reported
to have said that he could on very short no.
tice furnish ! 900 sailors from the prisoners
camp at Point Lookout, Of which he is in
charge. " s..r...--. 1 -.