The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-02-13


| Iietrs. Col. Fsll6wsaf tiis sasenfssrlta
| Mass. Re ainnslat, Ind a sewers other
are not heard from. 81 e ~ q J,
/ fhe gunboat Undefwrfter VI captnred
| under the guns OF our Fort fich slielied
| her and yet her Oh Are and she blew
/ up. go.
The world rs New Orleans letter says
I our forces at Madisenville- sGrc being COM
/ stantlv increased eyideItfyyWith q YieE
/ of making it the base of suppliess srfs +
i Ra,nncY SAYS that Banks will soon en-
i bark for Texas, which 3betokens nm ad3 4
i vance movement In. that. quarter. The
j neo1sle of that State are ready in large
i numbers, TO join our forces . .s.4r.y,. III
/ The Tribuas's NeHbeln letter of the
/ fiYsSsays our piekets were dEivEh in, last
suaasy night at BACHELORS Creek, Deep
Gully, and Briar Creek. t3,.z s1It =
] Lieut.. Col, Follows qf the seventeenth
| Mass. with lis men and detachment of
the rinety-ninth New York. with p sec
/ ton ChuFchill's battery, went out on the
/ Washing tofi road this rElor1srg. Another
/ section went out on tho .frent road and
1 were captured and ontysa hundred and
only hundred and fifteen OF the ifth
Massachusetts which ont out under Col.
/ Fellows, came back IN the evening. The
enemy came on them in overwhelming
numbers, but our troops held them In
check till the baggage and camp cQalp:
| age could be removed or burned. :..,>.
4 detachment of the 18th Ma s., uGde"
| Lieut.. Conn, got to the capt Of Col. Clas-
son, with some OF the hundred and thirty
second, New York, at Bachelors Creek,
in time to help burn the camp and hos
pitd stores. The enemy followed our
men closely. until they were under the
GU rs of our forts Our total loss is prob
ably twenty or thirty killed and wounded
and one hundred captured.
HorSToN, TEXAS, Jan. five have
| accounts OF another serious Indian raid
into Cook county, in which Y on Is PEG
| pie were killed.
The indians were armed and e63dipped
| by the Yankees. z,.. :..... 80 ,
+ Fifteen millions of confederate money.
that run the blockade from tire eastern
port to Havana had safely reached Mon
terey. Mexico,
| Enroute Trains from the Mississippi
department have been attached by the
| English house of Milmo z Co., Matamor-
as, for alleged failure Of Hart, Q. NJ. Con-
| federatc States Govt, in meeting his
contracts for cotton. The same house
has attached large amount OF cotton in
transitu in Mexico, belonging to our gov
eminent, on the same account.
Gen. Hamilton, abolition appointee Of
the military governor in Texas, at the
reception at Matau1oras by the governor,
in speech at banquet. announced that
in case the French advance on Mdtamor-
as the Yankees would help the Mexicans
whip them out. .-..,..
Tho Yankee force ut Saluria and Da-
KEYS Point is about 10000 men. They
occupy Indianoia with small garrison,
and have visited ;LaYoceas~ No damage
was done there except the sacking of
few houses.
The railroad from Lavacco to Victoria
is thoroughly destroyed.
They also landed "a faFce of4 few hun
drcd, one day last Week, on the upper
part Of Matamoras peninsula, for the pur-
pose Of cutting off fifteen of our pickets
below them. The pickets escaped.
a company, Of -pep attempted, last
week, to cross from the main land TO
the peninsula, but were caug ht in a storm
and II men persisted.
The proclamation ofLincoln has excited
hardly thought.
The health and spirits of the troops is
good.
The organization of>the army is thor
ough.
The Examiner learns that GO Yankees
escaped from the prison at Danyille, Va,
Thursday night
Telegraph operators in the principal
cities South. have formed a secret league
and Thursday last, struck for higher
wages. The strike causes great incon
vcnicnce to the government.
These operators will be put into the
army. and in few weeks, it IS hoped.
the lines will be at full work again.
The enrolling officers are proceeding
rs rapidly us possible.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. "a Washington
dispatch to tn" ledger says:
Rumors are current that the combined
attack by the t4ct under Farragut and
some g. 900 troo ps, by way of PaScagoula,
w9s made Satu day last, If this is so
we will probably hear it through Rich
mond papers, dC4 e to day.
Nav YoNx, + 10. "a special to the
Post SAYS;
The House Committee on Military At.
fairs, wih'proboIAy agree 10 exempt Qua
icrs.
Committee on Ways and Means agreed
to the Senate Bil increasing the pay Of
Inspectors on Customs one dollar a day.
CuIoAco, Feb, GA resolution amen
datory of-the confscation aet~ PASSED the
House yesterday-S2 to -. The resolu
ton as passed amends the joint resolu-
ton of July Eth, 1862, by making it
read that no purishHnertt or proceeding
under it shall be 20 construed as to work
the forfeiture oethe estate of the offend
er, contrary 10 the. Constitution of the
United States, provided that no other
public warning or proclamation under
act ef-JHlEv 1917, chapter ID, section g.
shall be required, than the proc amatiQn
of-the President, made and published by
him the 25th of July 1862, which procla-
nation so made, shall be received aRd
held sufficient in all CO now pending,
tqsstT hereafter -r%piee under said