Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-01-23
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Binghdmfon, ~. I. Jan. 6.-St. JosenA
College, Is miles from here. was entirelS
burned on New Years night. The libraries
which were very valuable, were all A.:
stroyed. Nearly 100 students were in At:
tendance.
Official reports put the Unioh loss in killed
wounded and missing At ChancellorsvilH
at the appalling figure Of twenty .eight thou.
sand men.
The New York Worlds CHATTANOOGA cor.
respondent, writing on the goth December
says:
The rebel Gen. Wheeler, with a laroe
force of cavalry, attacked and captured .
train for a. few moments, but the 4th Ohio
and goth Missouri mounted infantry cana
up and dispersed the whole rebel force. and
rccapturcd the train, taking over 200 prison.
| crS.
Chicago, Jan. 8.-Specials from Wash.
ington say:
! The fact that the alabama is believed 10
be making her way toward the Pacific coast
has at last aroused the attention of both tho
War and Navy Departments to our defence.
less situation there. 1t is stated by Californ-
ians that n single 3O-gun frigate could take
the harbor of San Francisco, or any harbor
OH the coast. The Navy Department have
determined to send two or three men-of.war
to that place, at the earliest possible moment.
Senator Conness has also secured from the
War Department the assignment of a prom.
inent and able Major General to the Pacific
coast. with several batteries Of artillery and
small addition to the infantry force. This
relieves Gen. Wright.
There is nothing new from Texas. Guer.
lila fighting has entirely ceased ON the Mis-.
sissippi.
William Makepeace Thackery, the Eng.
lish author, is dead.
Special dispatches from Washington, Jan.
9TH, says:
DIR. Gwinn, of Boston, employed in the
Treasury Department, has been arrested,
charged with having distracted large
amount of greenbacks. The amount taken
not yet ascer.aincd
Ncsc York, Jan l2.-The Tribxne's Nor
ris Island correspondence says:
| The rebels have in Charleston harbor two
iron-clad steamers, close limitations of our
monitors. ..u
Charleston takes fire and burns apace from
the effects of the bombardment. The fire al
ways spreads and burns for hours. At one
time last Sunday they burned eight hours at
one time.
Philadelphia. Jan. 13.-Last night Gen.
Meade made brief speech. urging his hear
crs to use every effort to fill his ranks before
spring, as the only means to put an end to
the rebellion the present year.
The Enqui,crs Chattanooga special of the
18th, says:
A heavy cavalry engag cement occurred
near Strawberry Plains ON Sunday. The
enemy were rcpulsed with serious loss.
A Washington letter to the Tribune says
that it has been decided to remove the re bel
capital to Columbia. South Carolina.
Chicago. Jan. IA Washington letter Of
the 18th says:
The Republicans in both houses Of tho -.
Pennsylvania Legislature, have on joint bal-
lot nominated Abraham Lincoln for tho next
President. Resolutions, with preamble en-.
crossed on parchment, have been committed
to Simon Cameron, to take TO Washington
and present Tie same 10 the President.
Trenton, n. j, jan. 13.-Go,erho,s PR.
ker's message was delivered to-day. He dis.
approves Of the Presidents Amnesty Procla.
nation, urging for conciliatory measures the
restoration of the State governments as they
existed before the rebellion. lie also disaps
proves of the Emancipation Proclama ton 10
an obstacle in the way Of peace.
Cairo, Jan. l5.-Onited States Marshal
Phillips sold to-day a large quantity Of cotton
captured by the Navy under Admiral Porter,
bringing into tho Treasury fifty -four thousand
dollars. The Marshal has already turned
over to the authorities as naval prize money,
since no administered affairs here, a half mil.
lion of dollars.
New York, Jan. 15.-The WOrlds special
says: The Secretary Of the Treasury has
under consideration the question submitted BY
numerous parties living along the borders OF
the States of Tennessee and Mississippi tor
an unrestricted sale of cotton. An immense
quantity can easily be made available.
Desrrters il large numherse are continual
ly coming into our lines, acknowledging the
rebel canse to be hopelessly lost.
A special Washington despatch to tho
Post says: Letters received here ff ON Robt.
j. Walker, now in London. state that great
revolution is going on in public opinion IN
England in relation to the financial strength
of The Government. He says also that .
heavy tide of emigration will Get towards The
country in the spring, and with Congressional
action it may b. swelled to half million #
persons year. He proposes that Congress
shall enact that no emigrants shall bs liable 70
CONSUMPTION during the war. This would
disarm suspicion abroad. s q
Ne,U York, Jan. l6-The WorlTs special
says the amendmentto Sherman's amen6msns
making the Communication four hundred dol~
lars instead of five hundred, was adopted
The Consumption Act, 40 it now stands
provides that drafted man who pays four
hundred dollars is exempted until every Other