The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-02-17
THE NEWS.

pairing for a movement upon Little
Rock.
The Virginia Legislature is occupied
with the consideration of resolution re-
questing the Confederate authorities to
suspend their outlawry against Butler,
until the exchange of prisoners is effect
| ed.
Atlanta will be destroyed, it is said, be-
fore it will be captured. Starvation is
not thought to be imminent in the South,
as there are plenty of sweet potatoes.
In the late movement up the PENN u
la the Fourteenth Connecticut lost l32
uleu.
The Secretary of War has ordered tie
suspension of pay to 800 or 400 Coloncls,
for neglecting to forward proper returns
to the Adjutants etiee. lie has also
stopped The pay Of nearly 200 company
uni field officers for the same reason.
1t is thought that perhaps the Senate
amendments to the whisky tax may he
adopted by the House. These amend
ments fix the duty alter July at eighty
cents gallon, ana do not tax the stock on
hand
General Sick!es is to be sent to Arkan-
isas, by the President, to fix up the cleo
tion in that State.
I.cae. III Duticr has Introduced the Mas
g. sachusetts Common school system at For
tres Monroe and Norfolk. Whether But
ler is one of the teachers or not is not sta
ted.
Our Government is not inclined to re-
cognlze the Dominican Republic as bel
llgoreut power.
Some arrests are being made in Rich
mond for conspiracy to release the Fed
eral prisoners and to destroy Government
works.
General Breckinridge is to have COM
mand in Southwest Virginia.
The Confedera,es claim to have repuls-
ed the Federals with some loss when the
latter made an effort to cross the kapi-
dan at Mortons Ford.
The Lieutenant Governor ofSOuth Caro-
lima is dead.
West of the Mississippi the rebels are
said to have thirty five thousand men.
Warsaw, NJ o., has been destroyed by
IN accidental ire.
/ The New York Herald has a special,
which announces, upon the authority OF
la deserter. that the Confederates are re
moving the Federal prisoners from Rich
mand.
] Gold closed yesterday in New York 593
to oJt.
/. Is said that the Confederate force al
Grand Gulf for the defense of Mobile
docs not exceed 5000 men.
The Repubiicans in Congress are pro-
puslu. tu aLuiisn slavery.
sc nave la,e md important news from
Mexico, detailing the prUsress of tue
French.
They are talk ing in Washington Of es-
ia blishlng Bureau to look especially al
Lcr the Interests vi the Tree Ur stoien ne
Sroes.
governor Trough has appointed j. j
" inans Judge of the Common Pleas III
the Second .iudIcIai District, III place o
i " hue. appointed Supreme udge.
4 ne son ut Iroverunr DramIetle made Il
strong Speecn 5es,eluay IN 'Iie l>ci..ue )
(! House ui nepresentati' es against the ~
oliton policy ct the administration
(! Southern sympathizers IN Baltimore
pronounce the repnrted arrest OF DE bow
I OF be bow ) REVIEW. i'll the oouIh, ny Ill,
Davis UsvveruuIeut, conard.
! T..crr is no instan Of the Jef D.yls
i Governments suppress ny any newspaper
in opposition to 1t. although there are 4
mum Der OF such IN the South.
IL is reported mat the Confederate
Army of uenerauI Puik, III Misaise = pt
is D,tween 900 and $4,000 strong.
The House Military Committee have
agreed 10 Il resolution that all Generals
who shall not have heen employed tol
three months before the rom oi Mncl
next, shall be dismissed irum tne scrslce
The SenAte Judiciary Committee ha'
agreed to abolish slav .ry in the United
States, which is as much as to say thai
Iii. coins proclamation to that etIec
amuauts tu notalng.
J.l4 Lame las gone up i'll hansas. de
has beeu beaten for the United States Sen
ate. Governor Carney takes his place
after the 18th of March next.
General Banks has issued a lengthy
reclamation in Louisiana concerning the
working OF the abandoned plantations.-
He does not seem to be in favor of the fog
ging of the free negroes by thelr employ
ers, and interdicts it.
BY the City OF Cork we have later news
from Europe.
There has been a sanguinary conflict in
Poland between the Poles and the Rus
slams.
The Representative Chambers in Aus
iria aud Prussia have voted to sustain
ii oSe governments in their war with Den
mark policy.
The House of Representatives in C"n-
Igress refuses to allow the writ of habeas
corpus to those who desire to recover their
boys who have enlisted in the army before
they were of the requisite age.
1t is reported thatthe Confederate Cap
ital is to be removed from Richmond to
Columbia s. G.
The United States Senate has passed
a hill prohibiting any Member Of Con
gress or head Of Department receiving any
compensation for acting as attorney or
agent where the United States is party.
Tho penalty is fine and imprisonment.
The Presidents stable in Washington
has been destroyed by fire and six horses
perished in The flames.
Rebel deserters report that Gen. Bragg
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