The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-01-13
AAHEEF NEWS.


Admiral Farragut Is to tako command cf the
Eastern blcckadiug squadron.
Snow covered tho ground st Chattanooga on tb'
9Th lust.
Gov. Bra anrIcite, NJ Kv, sent \ message 30 III,
Senate ogsho 9Th inst urging the immediate ne
ecssity Of raising troops for State defense
The term. Of enlistment of only 20. 900 veteran
volunteers expire before The ls cf next july In all
cur armies.
Ex-Governor Ihcks, II Maryland was on the
9Th inst elected U ). Senator frun that State, u
All the unsxpired term 81 Senator Pearce, " which
he had beou appointed by the Governor.
Indiana has filled her quota under the last call
,or troops aud Vermont has raised between two
and three hundred men more than her quota calhcd
for,
Cen SrovrMiS has been relieved from his po-
stion as Chief of Cavalry in the Army orhc Poto.
mac to bc placcd in similar office IN tho army Of
the Cumberland. Major Giratd succeeds " the
,ucapcy mido by his transfer.
The Washington Star says the President has
ordered court martial for the trial Of Surgeon.
General Hammond, under charSrs at fraud aud
malpracticc bruSght by the comuis ion that not
long since examined INTO the affairs of his office.
The lee has rendered Iuhnson's inut no lnnEci
an Island, and fears have bocu entertained ot n
new attempt on the part OF the rebel officers at that
point 10 eject their escape. To meet any rnv,
inent of this kind large force has been Rewarded
70 that pons.
The Little Rock D,mocraf Of the goth ult., con ans
report that Gen. Prices army was eighteen males
south of Camden. Marmaduke has h 'cn relieved,
Pagan is recruiting from Camden to Princeton aud
Rockport Senator Mitchell has just returned irun
RichDlond with news which created commotion.
An expedition left New Orleans ON the 3oth nit,
tho ultimate destination of which Is suppose to b.
Mobile, although it will probably remain AZ Pasca-
Coula until the rainy season is past. The rains
have boon very violent on the Cult Coast, and Ncw
Orleans has been almost flooded.
Three Cninn soldiers were lately murdered near
Mulberry Tenn, and General Thomas has issued
an order assessing thirty thousand dollars on the
Rebel svmpathizors living within ten miles of the
scene of the murder the money to be divided be
tween the families Of the soldiers killed.
n, the sth inst. in the U. s. Senate, most of tho
day was consumed in tho discussion of amend
meuts tp the conscription act. But ono Senator
favored the repeal II the $500 exemption clause,
while all others who spoke opposed such repeal.
Indications are that not .thisdd d tho Senators
will faYcr its repeal.
One regiment Of colorcd cavalry, nTr,Jcrin,y
twelve hundred men, has been organized by General
Butler in six days, and every man will be- mounted
snd in the line in the short space Of two weeks
from tho day Of organization. Tho command of
this mounted " corps dAfrque" has been bcStow ed
on Colonel Clirard, formerly Major oC tho ID New
orr taNully, ana an OnlccT oi great meTl'.
Union movement. which promises gocd fruit,
has begun in Florida. meeting, participated
in by the most influential citizens, was held at st.
Augustine on 10Th ult., at which speeches were
made and resolutions adopted looking To return
of the State 90 She Union. Ono of the resolution
proclaimed the recognition of all persons in the
State rs free, and the prohibition of Slavery in tho
future as foremost in iinporamt reforms.
letter to the New York Times gives an interest
N.Tn # R,tU IN
in'r North Cernlui, the results OF which are nearly
5000 slaves released from bondage, with WHOM
were taken about $50 OK, horse and muc teams,
and about ~ saddle horses. The gusrrilIas lost
~ killed and wounded Ten dwellings, with many
thousand bushels of corn were burned besides two
distillerics. Four rebel camps wore destroyed and
one guSrula hung. Also, 100 rifles and lot Of
loss waS l2kiled aud wounded and taken pris-
onsr. We hrought in IA rebel prisoners aud 4
hostages.