The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-01-30

favorabls q schemes II Ffssicii aaabislen.
All this particular isaasotuFe of aIaafs for
| the Emperor and Chambers "a France 20
luonine themselves to preaching The me-
Its az peace ii BIZ no means the way %
Iobtafn Ii: e1t would be better IL Francs
lTers 10 esaploy her whole iiu&ueiacs isi
| anaeayops fos check those stNcial posi-
tions which are urging Germany into p var
which must sweep into It's ever widening
vortex every power on She EziFapsan
icontinont.
CurcIoo. Jan. q. The amendments
| to the tax bin which passed the House,
Yesterday, were erroneousty reported last
/ night. The. following Is correct: /
| Section Il provides D duty or 90 cents
Ger gallon on all spirits first proof dis
Etiiled and sold, or moved for collsuHap5
| ton or sale. ....
Adulterated liquors pay an additional
duty Of 20 csrts per gallon, provided
I.sueh duty on spirituous beverages shalI
be collected Mt no lower rate than first
| proof, and shall be increased in proper
ton for any greater strength than OF hrat
4 proof spirits distilled prior TO date. ~ :
Section seven provides that there shall
be collected on spirits distilled from
grain or other material, whether Ameri-
can or Farsigri, duty Of 40 cents per
i gallon. s.o'.s. >4.s.~s.~.~ n ..@es~S S@siss
+ WAsnrSoroS, Jan. 2g. - Dispatches
from Admiral Lee reports the destruc-
i ton of 81 blockade runners, within q
short period, off Wilmington. :
Z = 81. aoF1n
around Niagara Falls Is $500, 900. =
The canal is proposed to be built from
headquarters to Le'gistown, distance OF
s miles. n 20. -
In addition to this ss, 100000 win be
asked for for the enlargement of locks on
the Erie canals. $4,000. 900 for q cana
from St. Lawrence River via Lake
CHAMPAIGN, to Albany, aid $fa sOO0, COO
for the enlargement of Illineis canals 50
that vessels az GOO tons btrthen can pass
Questions affecting the banjshment of
vallandighapn were before the Supreme
Court to-day.
NASHVILLE, Jan. GA meeting OF
over two thousand persons was held at
the capitol tonight TO coffsult on the
restoration of civil government in the
State. ....s. %..T. ~.
Resolutions were passed recognizing
the authority Of the Federal Govern.
ment. in" -. :"
BALT1NoRE, Jan. 23.-Tn the Maryland
House of Delegates yesterday, series OF
resolutions endorsing the administration
of Abraham Lincoln and Fe-nominating
him for the next Preside ncy. were
adopted.
New YoRk, 24th.-The Times contains
a translation of a letter from a French
man formerly in the rebel army dated
Richmond, llth. He reports the arrival
of another agent of the French, Emperor
named MartIguay, and his mysterious
conference with jeff. Drvis. 1t is known
he says jeff. has promised to recognize
the Empire in Mexico, and promised
France all the advantages ofthe Southern
Confederate if Napoleon would recognize
and support the Southern States. All
our principal men, he says, think war be-
tween France and the United States near
at hand. The writer has no doubt that a
plan making Gen. Lee dictator win be
adopted as the only means TO counteract
strength of the North. Loe expressed
his willingness to accept it. He and JEFF.
are on bad terms. The latter would have
to retire. Davis is very unpopular in con-
sequence of keeping Bragg so long in
Icommand. He has even thought since
Bragg's dismissal of giving him command
of the army of Virginia and sending Lee
to Dalton, but had abandoned the plan
on account of great influence brought
against it. Johnston, who took command
Of Bragg's demorolized army, thought of
retreating to Atlanta, but was kept at
Dalton by orders from Richmond, that he
might take advantage of the probable
weakening Of the Northern army by fur
loughs and expiration of term of service.
Jetf's plan is to keep the army on the
offensive, though Lee gave his opinion
that with the miserable condition of the
army in regard to clothing and provisions
it is impossible to do so.
| Early's expedition was miserable fail
ure, more than a thousand veterns re-
turning hordu combat, having their feet
and hands frozen.
News from Charleston writer says
discouraging Beauregard expressed his
opinion that he could not hold Charles
ton much longer, for Gilmor's guns were
in position to reduce it to ashes in few
hours, if he intended TO do so. One South
Carolina regiment doing duty there in
tended to desert eii-masse, but We're pre-
vented by one Of them giving inforn1a-
ton. Twenty of the ringleaders were
shot, and the rest divided up among the
other regiments. The 30th Virginia reg
iment was ordered to Alabama and re-
fused to go, and were disbanded and
used to fiji up other regiments, as the
only plan to avoid rnutiny.
Bread riots occurred almost daily in
| the South. The writer concluded that
the days of the Southern Confederacy
are numbered, and its backbone COM
pletely broken.
QUEBEC, C. f.. Jan. 25.~--Marshall KaVe
With IL confederates, mostly escaped of
ticers from Johnson's Island, left here
to-day for Halifax.
CAIRO. Jan. 25.-Litt1e Rock advices of
the 10th state that the convention as
sembled there on the 9Th has about COM
pleted its labors.