The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-03-12

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Ths cavalry under Kilpatriek which
made the recent raid around Lees &fxay
and came doNn 10 YogkteTFI heYs
marched anf0sS kAe Yseninsal3 90 New
port esss ard afs fu d&y IN barking far
k0xtsnonth. va.. from which plaza they
u Ilf march on snfEol " here Gems Hell
man d quite ssriously threataasd By the
enemy. said 20 number 90 60. y slf
Is. special to the Commercial sAys;
Gen. Grant left to-day 70 Fisit che army
OF the Potomac, and expected To- be hack
TO morrow. he will soon return To the
west to ontinue there his inspection OF
all the armies OF the Union, but will
make Washington his headquarters,
The Roanoke from Hayana 5th, has ar
rived. s... .,r & Is. ss st.t
Eight hundred troops are daily expect.
ed from Cadix, .f.sx 80. u. .rs2 q
The English steamer Donegal, with .
cargo OF cotton, ran the blockade at Mo-
bile on. the night OF tbs 18th of February
and has arrived Of Havana,
i, Mobile papers reported that the excite
naent in regard 10 Sherman expedition
haa ceased asi3 If {, t,l5,s j. stlt. @ftlys
ST JOINS, n. B., March Io-Justice
Richie to-day ordered the release of the
Chesapeake prisoners brought before
him by writ ofhabeas corpus. 4
WHsHrsoTox, March sth.-.Ths final
argument on the quicksilver case Was re-
sumed to-day. s.#@*ls"s ~. s'.5 ff&s = ma
BALTIMORE, March sth.--Conference Of
the II. E. Church in session here to. day,
adopted the report by. forty eight to ten },
which declares that we owe exclusive al
legiance TO the Government of the q. b.
in war and in peace, and to the constitu-
tional administration in every department
thereof, and that we exhort our people,
who by position, kindred orfnterest, may
have been tempted to sympathize with
those who seek to overthrow this Govern
ment, and not to esteem loyalty to the
as optional or @ matter of
taste. sympathy or preference, but one of
divine Injunction, and in the language
OF the Decinles fuse all laudable means
to enjoin obedience to the powers that
be" and that we will not receive into.
conference, or elect to ministerial orders
either from local or itinerant ranks, any
man ofknoWn, disloyalty, and that in view
of the great change which is taking place
in the public mind in regard to the eman-
cipation in the, State of Maryland and
We believe the time is not far
distant when the Baltimore Conference
will no longer be embarrassed in main
tanning the well known principles of the
Methodist Episcopal Church upon this
subject.
PORTLAND. March 9th.--The Nova
Scotia from Liverpool en- the 18th, and
Londonderry the 18th has arrived. The
affairs in Schleswig are much changed.
Palmerston announced that orders
sent to the Cape of Good Hope to release
the privateer at Tuscaloosa, the internA
tionai law not justifying the detention.
Rumor says that Victoria 10 about to
the throne in favor Of the Prince
of Wales, who is to ascend the thrown as
Edward Seventh. '..
New YoRK, March Washington
specials state the first and third corps of
the Army of the Potomac are TO be tenn
transferred TO the second, fifth
and sixth corps. The commanders Of
the three corps are SedgWick, Hancock
and Warren.
Tribune's army of the Potomac dis
patch says that on Friday Gen. Custar,
With 500 men made q reconnaissance 10
Ellis Ford, on the Rapidan, and found
only the usual rebel pickets on the oppo
site banks, A small portion of Custar'S
force crossed and drove the enerny's
piakets in-the direction of Fredericks-
burg. They secuted the country several
miles without meeting any opposition.
C1xcIxxATr, March 9th.-Special to the
Columbus Gazette says:
Gen. Grant while on his way east in al
with distinguished Ohio |
officer. expressed himself entirely salts. |
fed with the situation of military affaias, |
and spoke in the highest terms Of Sher-
mans expedition. which has given the
rebellion the severest blow since the fall |
Of Vicksburg. Sherman destroyed forage
and provisions enough to subsist the
rebel army from three to six months: in |
one place he destroyed over two millions
Of property, and in other places immense
stores. Thousand Of bushels Of corn
and large quantities Of wheat were con
sumed. He brought in large droves of
cattle and several thousand head of
mules, eight thousand negroes, and over
four hundred prisoners, with triling
loss on our side. .......-..
In addition to this, by the destruction |
of very important railroad lines, Sherman |
has released McPherson's corps from
guard daty along the Mississippi. and re-
stored it to active service.
4 Chattanooga dispatch Of the sixth
says: =, 80 r -....4s.rg $500. ,ss--....
All il quiet in front except an OCCASION
ii exchange shot between the advanced
cavalry sickets. sz..< -, .,,. .s.r,.r .,yas Il
To-day : large force Of cavalry appeared