The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-04-09

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lister Val then be- appotnted. to eonnser,
sign the acts OF the new Emperor. +.
tilohe soys the policy or the new En-.
percr viii be strictly neutral lie will
not recognize ths Southern Gonfederacy
Sliaell has been refused an interview
with the Duke while IT Paris. .
EEw yoKx, April .. -C0lunbia fron,
New Orleans with dates To 24sh has ar
rived: = ~,.1s''s# @,t,a q. ..@ %a*S #.~
Our army IL still pushing mp Red river.
Steamer Luminary brought To New Or
leans from Alexandria 800 rebels prison.
ers, including IS o&cers. captured on the
2lst twenty eight miles back Of Alexan-
dria. Gunboats having commenced de-
stroying property the troops follow the
example, and tho inhabitants destroy oil
private cotton to prevent it falling into
our hands . 81. ~. "
Among the prisoners is Gen. Taylor,s
chief of staff, and 50 of his infantry. al
The advance of Gen. Ranks force had
reached Alexandria, having marched l70
miles in 1--WE days. Eighty or ninety
prisoners were taken. and slight skirm-
ishing lasted several days. Oar forces
N ever healthier. .-~~ : @l>-e..5 ....-, =. 81.
Latest adyices say 9Th, Tenn. cavalry,
about GOO strong. had q fight near Somsr-
vile, Tenn, 30th ult.. with about I,500
rebel cavalry, supposed to be- Hart and
McCullough's command. After fighting
four hours, and finding themselves out
numbered largely, they fell back, Ieay
ing so to TO killed and wounded in hands
of rebels. 49,. .....-
Mexican Question In Congress.
NEx York. April 3 Washington spe-
Gals say both Senate and House commit
tees on foreign affairs bad under c6naid-
Grafton for some time the subject OF
Mexico, but refraincd from taking action
thereupon at specialinstance Of secretary
Seward. This functIonary, it appears.
informed the committee he didn't desire
any action by them as it might interfere
with his operations in negotiations with
the French Government. House COM
mittee, however, became tired waiting,
and are about ready to report series o.
resolutions emphatically main tanning the
Monros doctrine. Med ,ugal also pre-:
pared series OF Resolutions to same effect
which he will shortly bring before the
Senate, sustaining them with a speech.
House committee on Military Affairs
matured bill called for by War Depart
ment, consolidating uil old regiments oi
artillery into a corps to be commanded
by Major General who is also to com
mand all artillery tOrco Of the United
States.
WASHixGToN, April 1 In the House.
Davis, from lHe Committee on Foreign
Affairs, offered the tol owing joint reso-
luton:
RssoIeei, That the Congress Of the
United States are unwilling, by silence,
TO leave the nations of the world under
the impression that they are indifferent
spectators OF the deplorabte events now
transporting in the RclhIblic Of Mexico
therefore, they think fit to declare that
it does not accord with the people of the
United State to acknowledge monarchi-
cal government on the ruins of a repub
llcan government in America, under the
auspices Of any European power
After some debate the resolution was
adopted by unanimous vote.
From Up Red River.
New YORK. April 4. -Tribune's Alex
andr;a, La, letter states that Il report i
current among the secv>h, that General
Steele entered Shreveport on the 18th,
after ten hous> 6sittinc. No confidence
Is placed in the report, though it may be-
true.
Our feet was awaiting F rise in Red
River to lass the falls.
Our gunboats had captured over 49,
01o bales Of cotton 5000 bales were
burned by rebels aboari steamer Fails
City.
ALEXANDRIA, La, March &C The main
body Of Gen. FraukIin's army arrived
this morning from Op"lou>a3, after Is
DAYS marching.
. The country through which it PASSED
was d'serted-the male portion Of the
whites and blacks having gone to Texas
indications are that Banks army will
remain here some time.
The whole column. under Cen A. J
Smith, moves up the river TO Shreve-
port, with Gunboats.
sanitary Fair i'm New YO,k.
New YoRK, April 1.-The Sanitary Fair
opened To day.
There was an imposing procession Of
the military this forenoon. &c. The
streets were thronged, and much enthu-
siasm manifested.
Subscriptions to the l0-forty loan for
the last week have averaged nearly a
quarter Of a million per day.
The pirate Alabama was a. the Cape Of
Good Hope February TO- Thirty Of her
crew were sick with the yellow fever.
Supreme Court.
WAsuIxcrox, April A. Associate Jus
tice Nelson. in delivering an cp. Mon in
favor Of the Quicksilver Mining Compa-
ny said:
That if the Court for the Northern
District of California had cbnforrned to
the mandate Of the Supreme Court in
entering the survey, this controversy
would thus have been closed.
II appears. from the opinion, that the
California Court was influenced by the
Of Con gress which allowc d appeals from
surveys in private land claims. the alter
ing of the line fixing boundaries in dis
pute is wholly unsustained If it was
competent to change one line, it was
competent to change all.
The Court. to day, ordered, adjudeed
and decreed. that the decree Of the Dis