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


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Washington dispatch says; /,
/ It Il understood tiiat California ana rs
Oregon will coon be formed into q fnal.
tary department, and Forces there Talseel
!. To at. least ten Full req aents i,
Ii il expected that q Major General
will be sent there froTa the Atlantic
/ States,
II has been discovered thaton the oc-
Foe sion of Meaae,s late movement the
rebels we're so apprehenslye of defeat
| that they took all the feluns out OF pris
Ion and reprieyed large nunnher OF
deserters sent them to reinforce Leo
Fernando Wood has, it is said, prepared
a speech to be delivered on the anamen.
/ datory confiscation bill, in which he will
Eenforee his views as to the propriety and
necessity, of appointing peace commits,
sioners to the Richmond Government. :
j 4 special to the Herald, dated Head
Eat1arters of West Virginia, says: -.s Z.
We have captured the rebel mail. The
secrets of the mail bag are curious, inter
! estina and I'm one or two instances, high
! ly Important Almost all the letters
contain remarks on the Presidents am.
pesty proclamation. The citizens oil
the South complain OF the soldiers, the
manner in which rebel officers in high
positions are spoken of, &C., all serve in
very many respects to confirm the reports
in circulation regarding the Cenfederacy
The weather continues mild, but the
common roads are hardly in o passabie
+ condition for heavy trains and artillery
Several prominent citizens and rebel
officers. one OF them widely known as an
Elk Foreign Minister, are negotiating to
come within our lines under the Presi
dent sannesty proclamation. ssE
The Herald's letter from the squadron
off Mobile reports the English man oil
war, Sioux, with the feet, sinking, with
been asked by flag of truce. ~
All vessels on station have been en-
gagged in firing ct the steamers aground
on the bar, and which our feet comman
der means to have destroyed. ~.
Fort Morgan fired on our vessels bui
struck none of them:
The Smelling of Charleston is continued
night and day at intervals Of ten min
utes. -..
Charleston is gradually trembling un
der this incessant bolAbardment.
A special to the Tribune from Wash
ingten says:
Instructions are to be sent to Genera
Steele by the President to issue proc
Iamation appointing the election fer the
State of Arkansas on the 18th of March
After election the Governor, it is un
derstood. will call a convention to revise
the State Constitution so as to abolish
slavery. No person will be allowed tc
vote who does not take the oath pre-,
Scribed by the President in his procla'
nation.
Gen. Palmerston has issued an order
to effect no excuse hereafter to be &C.
cepted for slrprise or capture under ples
OF the enemy in our uniform, as no per
son will be allowed to approach within
rifle shot till their character is ascertain
cd Officers surprised will be recon-
mended for dismissal. Privates are tc
be tried by court martial should they
prove responsible.
Rebels wearing our uniform, caught in
the act of making war against our forces
are ordered to be shot on the spot.
The Times special from Washington
oath, says Brig. Gen. Getty he's been as,
signed to duty as chief OF artillery on
Gen. Meade's staff.
5000 dollars has been raised in Navy
Department to pay the expenses of the
race between the gunboat Eutaw and the
Sttamer Kin-Kiang, which is to be from
Fort Monroe to New York The Herald
| says the race will probably take place in
few DAYS. After ths1racs the Eautaw
will be put on the Wilmington blockade,
C1xc1xSArr 25,-Special from CAatta-
no0ga Dist, says the rebel orders requir-
ing soIeiers to serve three years more, is
causing hundreds to desert. Fifty-six
came into our lines to-day i'll one squad.
Gen. Vance and of his staff, captured
at the front arrived here and sent to
Nashville.
II A Louisville dispatch to Gazette says
that city is flied with rumorS of an in
tended rebel raid into Eastern Kentucky.
1t is said they will enter the State at
three different points.
New York "a.
The Etna, from Liverpool the 9th. and
Queenstown the It'll, says in French Corps
LegtStatn several amendments 10 the hd'
dress introduced expressing greater sym
pathy with Poland, and declaring it as
prudent to recognize the Poles as belig-
erents. Report of committee on suppl
mentary credits asked by the government
and warns execution against dangerous
entanglement. 1t unanimously ADVISES
that an end be put to the Mexican expe-
dition as soon as the honor of France will
permit. The committee wind up by pro-
posing the adoption of the bill.
The King of Denmark issued spirited
and warlikc address to the army. He
calls on it to uphold the honor of the
country by force if necessary.
Copenhagen telegraph says that four
teen thousand troops Of reserve have been
called out. The report that the Anglo
French feet will soon visit Copenhagen
is contradicted, but fact that the En-
glsh Channel fleet is recalled home lends
some color to the statement.
The German troops in Holstine show
continued activity.
Official general correspondence of vi