The Goodhue volunteer., 1864-01-13
Times SDscZL. 1-Our Governuo,t

Times Sp<c1uz. ]-Our Government won II
permit General Butler to be out!awed bv
Benjamin. The exchange of prisoners com
mited to him will be left in his hands Sec.
retary Stanton o'day has enlarged Buffers
powers by ptting all the rebsl prisoners IN.
der his care. There will be 10000 ar Point
Lookout within three weeks. The policy
is resolutely insisted on that all exchange
shall take place through Butler, and nones
except through him. Jefferson Davis was
in favor ofrecoguiz;ug him as Ould had al
ready due:> Benjamin wrote proclamation
outlawlng Butler. Lincolns last procla-
nation outlawed the whole Richmond Gov
ernment, and through this, equality in dis
ability there is no doubt but exchange will
be again re-established.
Stencman has been assigned as Grants
chief OF cavalry.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.
1t mas leaked out that official reports nut
the Union loss in killed, wounded and miss
ing at charlottesville at the appalling figures
of 10000. >>'~0
Inc special committee Of tho House on
ship canals have soon to report their bill for
the ono in Illinois.
Samuel Is. Rusgles the author Of the report
on the enlargement of the New York and
Erie canal IS here urging that great improve
ment. lie has just returned from Europe.
Mr.. woodbury., OF w., has received tele
gram that the quota Of that State is full,
with surplus o: 27O, besides the re enlist
ing in the first.
WASHING ION, Jan. 6.
1ribu"e's Spseiu! The mission Of Gen.
butler here has much wider track than
has yet been stated and relates to further
pans OF the utmost Importance, the nature
o. "h'ch must rerneiu a secret until subse
quent action on the part Of of the Rebs cause
their developement
General Butler had protractcd in.ervieg y
to day with the President, Secretary Stan.
ton, ana General il,llcck, and is understood
to have received their endorsement of his
proposed course. and had full rowe given
him 10 curry tho sa'ne inro effect. That all
rebel prisoners about 39 000in number are
TO be transmitted to his department, is
tfu' an Re latory me lsure> TO a proper
an legitimate extent have been ueIct mined
upon.
There is also embraced in General Buffers
scheme :n've III the gun: wnch tn, rebels
little tlnk OF, and which clnnot fill to bring
them to terms. lie has prepared rs counter
nave 10 every 'ssihs c,n in,ency, and
whether they refuse to hold c I'm nuncati,,.,
with hun or not the re suit will b. the Same.
Other >pe' al; are 0: the san, ten,r on ths
same subject.
W ASu1NGTJN Jan. 5.
II.
10 morrow to aSsu 1'o c'nn.n Of the de-
paTlment Of OHIO, relieving Ca. Foster,
who is reported in bad health.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.
A letter to the Tnes giv.s an interesting
recount OF the expedition Of negro brisadc
INTO North Carolina, the re suits Of wlch are
:.ooO saves release from bondage, with
whom were taken 21) OK, horse AMI mule
teams, and ab,n, Is s. lIiel horses. the
guerriIlas lost ,hir,cen killed AMI wounded
ana ten dwellings, with many Thousand
ou 'l'e!s Of corn bI.ned, besides two ii,;iiler.
les, four Teoel camps destroyed, AMI one
guerrilla hung. Ole hu d",d rides AMI lo,
OF uniforms fell into our hrn1s. Our los,
was II killed and woun1e Il I'd o,e taken
prisoner. We brought 2ll rebel pris,
1nerS ana 'our hostages
Nsw Yonx. Jan. 10.
Latest ihrln East Tcone>se. o: the :;th inst
10 the tlcrill ate> tn It oar force, have been
driven b'ck from Bean Station by Lon-s rect.
Our losses in fonr days sxirni shiny rpache
about two hundred b. ,iIes few wagons.
Rebe! prisoners state th,. Lon ,$trset his
been reinforced by Eweil and be had bc"n
ordered to take Knoxville q. all hazards.
L'ns>t' eet has about 10000 men
Gen. F,s:er is at knoxyIc, Gen Parker
comnandes in the f,ld. r.
New OsLEAN;, J.n 3
1n'orm.ti h,I re ,ch:l here fro n three
or four differcnt directions tn It all the reba Il
troops which have bean o.,,rltin, in Western
l. 'uisan., 0, tn, b,nks Of II, Tech, ri.er
aal ic f,c: IN, wh,'e 'or:. Of tn, enemy are
gathering central Tex,s, anl unitlns to
furm one large army to attack our new ac
ql'sit:o,s on tn. cast of Tex1, TA,y will
number at least g 900
I'll, m,'t am ''e proportions have b,,n
ma 10 n, IN y: this 6,c, a. we'll rs p,.sible
with tn, nu'nb,r Of tro op, IN this department
There WILSON b. nsws o. grea. interest from
Texas