Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-04-08
MISCELLANE0US

Union, has received authority from the War
Department to raise regiment of Infantry
in Illinois There will be twelve new IRON
clad war steamers ready for service on the
1st Of June. go. Over 900 rebel dsssrters
came into Chattanooga during the month of
March Our Red River Expedition has so
far captured about 600 rebel prisoners. :.
Gov. Hahn has been pstitoned by 25O Lou
isiana rebel prisoners, confined at Camp
Morton. Indianapolis, to exert his influence
with the President to secure their relea se.--
They are sick Of rebellion and slavery go.
The tailors Of Chicago are on . strike. :.
Gov. Buckingham, Of Connecticut, has do.
mated his salary for the past eighteen months,
amounting to 81 900, to the State fund for
the benefit Of sick and wounded soldiers.
In the recent election in Tennessee about 5O,-
900 Union votes were cast. :. The Chicago
Tribune Ct the 4th says that the National
banks Of that city, during the three days
previous, received more than 600. 900 in
subscriptions to the new 1910 loan. The
rumor that our Government was to recognize
the Macmillan Empire in Mexico is author
itively denied. Gen. Lane, Of Kansas, in
a recent speech in New York, advocated the
denomination Of Lincoln. :. By order Of
Gov. Morton the entire Indiana Legion, mum.
bering 10000. is ordered to be in readiness
at any moment to take the field to repel in
vasion. Hospital No. 2 at Vicksburg, was
recently burned by incendiarism. No lives
lost. .Advices from Rome state that the
Pope is dangerously i'll. -. Tho New York
Seventh Regiment distributed $4,000 to
the Metropolitan Sanitary Fair. -. General
Meade, in . written statement to the Com
mittes on the Conduct Of the War, denies
that he ordered retreat at Gettysburg. ..
Admiral Dahlgren having given up the hope
Of recovering the body Of his sen, has gone
to Charleston to resume command Of the
South Atlantic Squadron. =. The military
authorities at Louisville have no apprehen.
sion Of any extensive raid into Kentucky for
the present. On the 31st uls., Gen. Ould,
rebel Exchange Commissioner, visited Gen.
Butler with Gag Of truce at Fortress Monroe.
Considerable excitement was occasionsd by
his presence. The object Of his visit is not
revealed {. .Johnson's rebel force in Georgia
numbers about $4,000. 80. In Philadelphia
last Saturday an Irish woman was shot dead
in concert saloon by her lover. ;. The Vel.
land Canal opens for business on tho 18th
inst. -. .Lovejoy is buried at Princeton,
whore his final obsequies we're performed on
last Friday. 49,. Important revelations have
lately been made, showing that the rebels
have been drawing supplies largely from the
loyal States. -. West Virginia has done no.
bly, in her support Of the Government. Her
quota under all calls is 81 ,4ss. She has fur
n.ahed 22,6O6, exclusive of e enlisted vete.
rams. The Charleston Mercury is opposed
to attempting any more Northern invasions.
Tho Charleston Mercury thinks the ty-
rant Lincoln is shaking in his shoes. Yes !;
but JEFF Davis is tied to his heel. 4. Il. Dean
Richmond, prominent Cop, says the cops
went nominate Mcclellan for President
Don't make Little Mac cry In St. Louis
the radical candidate for Mayor, Thomas, was
elected by over $500 majority. "A block.
ads has been established at tho mouth Of Red
River and none but government steamers al.
-lowed 10 enter. "a recent experiment Of