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


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Herald from, sa< kass Wssssfu
ainia Of the Lib 81 b &,
"a par i. = ~ ii aarcaIation Is ssbsl|
novsraass ii zinss onisley, - a. co.'s
Z. 80 tEo captured FabsI letters much
il, taresti,,u information ID obaaiusd- One
i i. n. asgs that secret Unios
are formed in Virginia tlssEt are sfie1Ss 2 y
have ever ten Thousand members, 49,. M,
Of shnrn are wealthy and SO IlgeE - cssls
zans. The letter says Jef1. DAVIS Knows
this. and has ordered several suspecten
sSssfiss 10 Be D arrested, and that secrss
agents are now on the hust for al sts'
III Tribune has Waskinsson Letter
which says that Lee has reserved thirty
.thousand recruits. VI A u ~.
81 T.onastyeet i now To BIZ strengthened:
His fofcs & said 10 be forty .6vs shousand
men.
Br ackessidgs and Buckney, the writer
saws. are 10 Invade Kentucky, Assisted by
T.ouussreet. either by reuses mig IN re-
serve at Bulls Gap, or adTancing 20 cen
traI Tennessee. t0Attensps . rsosennent
on the rear Of Grazt. The latter seems
10 be ont Of the question. .sr. b. q
Nsw YcgK, Feb 1Tth~-Arny OfAcers
from the front express the opiHion that
within ten DAYS the roads viii enable the
rebeIs to move. and they will initiate the
spring campaign. Two opinions prevail
lone that they win attack square in the
front. and sndeayor to drive Meade with
in the defences at Washington. The
other is that Lee viii 60 rapidly up into
Pennsylvania, plnnderiug vastly more
than last year, and Sighting pitched bat
ties only on line Of safe retreat.
IL Is quite probable that in few days
the Secretary OF the Treasury will adver-
tise the ten forty loan. ">
BALrJMoRK, Feb. l7th.-EsGaped Union
officers have arrived here. The account
of their escape is full of thrilling interest
Many particulars are withheld from pub
licatioTl. They we're dfty-one days in
making the tunnel. Their instruments
we're case knives, pocket knives, chizels
and files. Twice they had abandoned the
work, and commenced again. oD account
OF Instructions which they couldn't pass.
They disposed Of the evacuated soil by
drawing It ott Of the hole in o spfttOon,
to which they attached . cord. This was
filed by the party at work in the tunnel
and pulled out into the cellar by his COM
r. .nions, who disposed of it by spreading
F. IN shallow layers over the floor. and
cave, ing IL with straw. The woEk was
,arAssa rily slow. So close was the ss.
noosnher,@ IN the tunnel that they could
rer.a;r in - but short time, and candles
would 60 out. SO close were they 70 the
s,,rface fbat an . time small hole broke
throuah' Forum Ntely this was not dis
covered and was of great service, admit
ting air and light to IL. . tunnel When
completed it was about l.v1ty feet long
and opened into an old TO. 'Aeco sne0'
beyond the line of guards. AS SoOn .,
they found the way clear the eE1srgeo
slowly in small squads, making their way
towards the Williamsburg rad By tI'e
shortest route. Darkness favored item.
and the fact that the rebel soldieas WHOM
they met were clad in the army coats OF
Uncle Sam which they had stolen, was
great help to them. although many had
haversacks with them, they found the
national uniform better disguise than If
they had been provided with rebel uni
forms.
NEW YoRK Feb. l7th.-Herald' s special
saws:
The policy ofextending the Presidents
amnesty proclamation is much talked of,
Rebel prisoners and refugees state this
would cause whole regiments to desert.
Hartford, Feb. l7th.-The Union CON.
ventien to-day nominated for reelection
the whole of the present State officers.
Providence, R. I. Feb. 17th.-Governor
Smith announces the quota of this State
under the last call is full.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l7th.--A bill was
reported yesterday to guarantee to GER
tam States whose governments had been
overthrow, republican form of govern
ment, and provided for the appointment
of provisional governors who shall have
enrolled I'll white male citizenss.in Ghe
State, designating those who take the
oath of allegiance, and If those taking
the oath shall be one-tenth Of those en-
rolled, said governor can call a convention
and declare the will of ths people in
forming new State government. No
person shall be eligible to seat who has
ever voluntarily borne arms against the
Government, or held any civil or military
Office under any usurpine power. = The
convention shall adopt in the State con-
stitution the following propositions:
1st. No person who has held or exsr-
cised any office, civil or military, state or
Confederate, under any usurpiag power
shall vote for or be member of the Leg
islature or Governor. -" -.*
I'd. Involuntary servitude is forever
prohibited, and freedom guaranteed to
ali persons in said State. j.