The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-02-20

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,FoRrsSSs srosnos Feb III II have i.
Iceived q Telegram from Gen. Wastas
(which states that Gel. sstpaiei, &: with ITO
IotheF Union officers. escaped from The
PRISON at Richmond. by liraina 4 ts.apel
Col. Straight with II others arrived safe.
| ISigned - s., 5. b. r. BUTLER.
Pr sxfrn, AJAX. Feb. IL. Col PHILLIPS
commanding the Expedifio4 into Indian
Territory has drivea the enemy ont ef.
| that region-- killed 100 and captured &c.
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aoet sts Its, Een. Us oaatalllon OF,
infantry en %. me .ia KENTUCKY 10 q nght
tate!x WithA1gappaltons guesg1llas beyond
tne Aeiaessse me. killed ~ ana too1 ~
pFiSVh efss = 2 uRdfen hoEkess ana recap
Infea q iarEe quanLty q goods stolen by
Ffiaias ErUsAs SscGiE saeess, - Il = -
CBIcAso. Feb l5shs-The Mara tI,ix
morning n yerv fs.pAprs. =. s.~ssass Is
A Cairo dispatch says:
By the Platte Valley We leara of fight
at Cartartia on The 9th irSE. with 1000
Texans. who, With artillery and musketry
opened on nuF transports The eMerny
were finally tlisiotlged, bat with whatl6ss
il is unknown, ..:. j
Deserters from Price's army are arriv.
ing at Little Rocix. They say the army
has no knowledge of the Presidents am.
nesty proclamation. and express the opin+
ion That ~ soon as the provisions are
known there would be little left of that
army. - ~
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SEw YoaE, Feb. 18th. The Worlds
Nashville letter says: /,
The army at Chattanooga Is preparing
for immediate operations.
Chattanooga il we'll stored with mum.
stions OF war. ,-...
The roads to Georgia are improving.
The writer thinks thai Gen. Logan
with the 18th army corps which mo Ied
from Huntivilie, would strike for Rome
Georgia, to operate on Jongton's flank,
assuming that will be Logan's destination
Grant Will march against johnston with
eighty Thousand men.
NEw yopvt Fah .51Stb .cosras r,r,,I ast
of tha HcraId At J3slIi,.olis T1Lid ~wr;fas
that he had an interview with Mr.. Wy
hart, an escaped conacript from near
jefferson, n. C.. lie SAYS that Mr.. w. |
gives important information, which is as
follows.
About Ahrec weeks ago over thirty new
long narrow open boxes cauiked, barred, |
and made pointed at one end, were sent
to Wyethyille, Withe county. These
boxes we're. STYLED paontoons. Officers
had arrived and sent out men Strong
wagons and good horses taken from the
farmers IN, that neigisborhood. 1t was
whispercd afnony military men that there
would soon be a raid made into Ohio. and
that the pontoens referred to would be- !
drawn overland to either New or Kama |
waha river, ana would be fioated down |
tue o'i'o anu ,n1' RIVER crossed ~ Two
points, :n one cti1 m e1h9 ny way par
o0ul'i'te anu "yat"9 ,'3 ~ WIS
Ptcteu tii"t 'Eo"ts woo'u arrive tofcoh-
ct,I''r"'4on Iio'' ootii EASTERN anu western"
rye Ir s a'...SS .. Tho aho.o .ouou.
respondent says that runlors have been
circulated for some time past OF mysteri |
Gus movements on the line of the Vir-
ginia and Tennessee railroad.
Harsld:s :. s,,acia1 savs.
II g understood that on the 1cd ofI
Fahru,rv President Lincoln will iv.uo |
nror1an,sti y for nm; v,rs.I a,n,,nci,aI;,n,
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