The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-01-16

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lefa1eaRsay.ak Hanaaaaa. setting hy. O.
hort Of Kichxiond officials, has ofEeFed
% seil e Ae4 6fank or Hnrlhnt all co..
ton noR rsAzaining within d certain dls.
tr:et Ut outside Of the Federal line. :
This offer embraces II. Goa bales and Is al
Confeaerats cotton. Greenbacks will -
taken for IL. II Il said Hnrlbus faroEs
| the purchase.
II is stated that Kirby Saith rccengly
sent an authorized messenger 10 Was2l-
ington 10 propose to Federal anth9rfsies
to furnish every requisite authosity 10 ret
! out all the cotton on that portion Of tie
Red River and Washita districts within
rebel control. Money Tor the saras to be
paid TO THAI class of officers excepted
from amnesty offered by President Lin
coin. They are to retire from the rebel
army and 60 to Mexico.
The Republican says editorially 6f the
correctness of this information:
We hsvs no doubt but Ii comes from
sources likely to have the best means of
information, also that This Would involve
the. complete disarmament Of the rebel
force in Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Texas. and the immediate rettirn Of
those States to the Union.
NEW YoRk, Jan. ia beet or n;ns
small draft gun boats for Admiral Farra.
gut carrying two or shres rihed guns
each, will sail in few days.
I The Herald contains an Intercepted
rebel letter of Dec. 3lst, which says: i. B
Longstreet's forces have joined Lee,---
The latter has nlatured and Is about to
/ consunitnate series OF naneuyers, and
albeit bloody battles ti,o. The writer
says the day cannot Be far off when we
shall embrace each other in Maryland, in:
the old homestead In Baltimore beneath,
the victorious cross of d free and recog-
nized South. :....
| WASHINGTON, l2.-The committee on
Ways and Means in supplement harry biz
which viii soon be reported, propose 10
place duty of sixty cents on spirits, and
two cents a pound on cotton il also pro-
Vides that duty on spirits shall be levied
upon which no duties have been paid and
| no return made from the 18th of January
| 1864. --- III. =.
In Senase to-day joint resolution con-
tanning beunties heretofore paid, was
| passed. !
4 message was received from the Pres
dent, in answer to the inquiry relative
to the exceptional treatment of Kansas
prisoners by the rebls.
Letters from Gen. Halleek to Secretary
. of war, says he has no information that
volunteers from Kansas, when taken
prisoners, have been treated by the enemy
any different from those from other States;
also says that the General in command of
the department of Kansas, knows Of no
distinction being made. u
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 12.-Maj. Gen. Grant
and staff arrived last night from Knox
vile.
NEW YoRK. 14.-Chattanooga letter 10
the World, intimates that our cavalry
viii soon make q raid to Montgomery,
Alabama. D. .--t ., ~ -. Z
Tribune's Washington letter says the
rebel government declined to assent to
the scheme proposed by Richmond pa
pers TO make . wealthy turn of their sill
yer plate jewels into the Treasury. The
same correspondent says Lees present,
force does net exceed $4,000.
The pre- ence of the rebel force in the
Shenandoah Valley is to procure subsist-
snce and also preparatory to plan of
operations, which will probably not come
TO light befare the beginning of the next
campaign.
CHICAGO. Jan. IA Washington let
tet of the 18th, says:
The republicans in both Houses Of |
the Pennsylvania Legislature, have, on
joint ballot, re-nominated Abraham |
Lincoln for the next Presidency. The |
resolutions with preamble were engross- |
ed on parchment and sent to Simon Cam |
eson, to bling to Washington as . pres |
ent to the President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-the Secretary |
now in the army IA majgens, IL briga-
dier-gens and q staff officers unenploy-
ed-total monthly pay @2, 1873.
TRENTON, II. J., Jan. I3.-Gov Parker, |
in his message disapproves the Presi-
dents amnesty proclamation. He also
disapproves the emancipation proclama- I
ton as an obstacle in the way of peace.
/ CAIRo, l4.--Sothing transferring. =,
Regulations for leasing abandoned
plantations are published. Any loyal /
man is eligible to have just as much
land as his means win allow him to cul-l
tivate. Rents to be paid out of the pro-
ducts. ! ID r .5~>-.
PORTLAND Ne. 14-Foreign news up to
the 3lst: Gunboat Wyoming had gone
in dursuit of the Alabama, which was
reported to have captured U. S. vessels
in the straits of Funda. .'%.
CoLUMBus. O., 1.-THE rebels and
their friends in Canada design attacking
Putin Bay, and troops have been sent
there. IT, > a. 81. 49,.
CHICAGO. 14.-Gen. Foster hasinforma-
ton that Longstreet is again moving on
Knoxville. having been reinforced by
Ewell. His army now numbers 1000,
LEAvENwoRru, Jan. 13.-The Kansas
Legislature organized yesterday by elect.
ing anti-Lane officers. Ply
WAsn1xorox, Jan. 4,-Enrollment
Bill was taken up, and the original
am ndment of the committee striking
ont the $500 clause was reported. "a