The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-01-23

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Tie 81. 8. Do insist and ia ii.
"a insist thai the Rritish Govt Il iaasl,
|respodsible for damages which peacsssal
laW-abiding citizens Of the U.. s. sustain
~ the AlabafnA, that vessel having beer
built In British waters: The Eecretars
cannot therefore instruct minister adams
70 refrain from pressing the clAins which
ne has nosS I'M his hands.
FoRzREss MoxaoE, 17.--The Richmond
Sentinel says. Sc Ri sss tsa
Yankee troops are being landed d
Mooriead City. n n 'ss IS
We expect stirring times on the coast
this wlnter.s.9 aI4Ff@s - $751; ssssS
S a Confederate onarternaaster has been
discovered defanItsr To the amount Of
half . million dollars
Nrw. Yolx, s0.- Morning Star from
Orleans 18th Havana 18th, Was: detained
three days by Gen Banks, to carry. dis.
patches to blockade runners. 81. '...s..33
cheoners Isabel and Union arrived st
Havana with cotton. The latter MAS
chased to Havana BY the gunboat Desoto.
Report at Hayana said the steamer
Harriet Lane was expected from Calves
ton with cotton. ~. 49,:
~ Propeller Boston, captured at mouth
of the Mississippi some months ago and
taken to Mobile and has been made into
a gunboat by adding so feet to- length,
and will soon be ready to run the block
ade and make an attempt to capture
some of the Orleans mail steamships.
F.. Gen. Banks issued proclamation for
the election of Governor &c. in Louisiana,
on 22d of February.
The occupation of Indianola was UNI
opposed by Gen. Warren, i: =
It Is confirmed that the town of Madi.
sonyille, Louisiana, on north side of Lake
poo1atehaFtrain, was .cahtured without re-
sist>nce. -.
The Sth of January was observed at
Orleans by Rssalute at Meridian by order
of Gen. Ranks. Great Union mass meet
ing was held the same evening, in order
for State election. -. :.
Gen. Banks says he is fully assured
that nine tenths Of population desire the
earliest possible restoration of Louisiana
to the Union. He declares so much OF
the Constitution and laws of the STATE as
recognize and regulate slavery, inconsis~
tent with the present condition of pub
lie affairs.
New York, 20.-The Times special
says:
4 printer arrived from Richmond says
the rebels are pushing into the field every
male from IL to IS.
Lees army hasn'tbeen reinforced, but
Johnston's armpis heavily augmented.
He has no doubt that the rebels will
soon consent TO exchange of prisoners,
as they want their men in the field and
our pI isoners are burden.
The construction of the iron clads at
Richmond isabandoned. The iron has
been sent 10 Charleston and Savannah,
to complete several vessels being built
there.
A universal feeling of terror and de-
spondency prevails in the South. 1t is
with difficulty Government will be able to
stem the current of popular feeling set
ting against it.
WASHINGTON, 19.~Rumor says Secre-
tary of interior has cancelled the sale
Of Winnebago trust lands and ordered a
new sale.
Immense deposits of lead, believed
with gold has been discov-
cred near albuquerque, New Mexico.
Herald says consignment of supplies
to destitute citizens of Va, within and
near our lines, was sent out yesterday.
Cumberland, Md dispatch of the 10th
reports all quiet. No indications of al
rebel advance
New YORK, Jan. 2l.-Havana advices
say San Louis PotosiWas occupied on the
24th by Mejia, unopposed.
Selma has bought ten thousand rifles
lately from Europe, said to have been
intended for the confederates.
4 fight took place at Aiasco> in the
valley of Mexico, in which the Juarists
were defeated by French detachment,
with lors of Sc,
Key West adyices say the rebel steam
err Gray Jacket with 500 bales of cotton,
a quanty of terpentine and rasin-Was
captured on Dec. l3st, by the gunboat
Kennebec. off Mobile. She is worth
nearly $4,000.
The British schooner Don Jose from
Nassau, the bark Roeback from Havana
lot S1ODllcJ ana INC SIOOp 11duCOCh' were
taken on, the Florida coast. All had
valuable carCocs.
. Admiral Farragut has reached Key
West.
Adyices from st. Domingo report the
advance OF Gen Gandara to May Aqua,
and a victory over the Domlnicans by
Santana.
The Spanish war steamer had captur-
ed two schooners laden with rifles and
for the Dominicans.
CHICAGow2l-FernandoW Woods amend
ment to the excise bill, adopted by the
Of the whole in the House
yesterday, provides that whisky on hand
prior to the passage4of the bill, must be
paid tax Of forty cents additional so as
to make it an equal tax of sixty cents
levied on whisky to be manufactured.-
This amendment passed by large ma
iority. after an animated debate in the
face of the opposition of every member
Of the Ways and Means committee.
WASHINGTON, 20.-The Following is
Aha o1.hsfay1ca of N letter from Secretary