The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-02-10
NEws of TIE MEEK.


rebel Government are taking steps to
propose to the Federal Government to
lay down their arms upon promise Of
amnesty to their leaders,
No large bonds arc to be isaued
bearing more thtn five per cent. inter-
est. .,.. 10
The suspension bridge has been
blown down in Lewistowu, Ctnada.
Private dispatches say that m en-
gagemen: has been fought in Hardy
County, Virginia, lasting five hours.
The prospect of a European war
has depressed English funds.
The London Post doubts whether
Austria and Prussia can devise Il seri.
Gus war with Denmark, and believes
their action is governed by ulterior
motives.
Governor Vance, of North Carols
ma, has kindly offered General Long
street enough clothing to supply his
command. -a..s s. .r.
Newbern, Brownsville and Fernanv
dina, Southern ports, will soon be
rcopened by the Federal Govcrnme Mt
to the trade, of the eiworld. .. en-
4 bill recommending General Ora ut
for Lieutenant General Of our armies
has passed the House Of Representa-
tives. .... .t... ..- .......
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations have agreed to report upon
the French Spoliation bill. sons.- 7.
According to the New York Even
ing Post, General Gilmore is to come
North. He is now at Hilton Head
Several regiments Of Gilmore's force
have been sent elsewhere.
q. It is reported that bands are being
o.gaaizel in the South to resist the
c,a'oripsioa. a.-.. ...s.,.
io General Writ A lams has captured
near Natchez sixty wagons and teams,
eighty negroes and thirty Federal
prisoners. ..s,a. ..... .........,.. g..
General Lyon, of New York, has
been appointed Governor Of ldafo.
The new call for troops will neces-
state an appropriation of S20o,V00,-
o91. ~ .-. ..a ,a-.. .r r..'.'
About Eve hundred rebel prisoners
at Point Lookout have been enlisted
in the Federal service. 1t is not
thought that it would be prudent TO
rely upon such men. -
DR.. Buckley has been ordered to be
discharged from the Ohio penitentiary
by the authorities at Washington.
The late fire at Columbia, South
Carolina, was most disastrous. The
loss was three millions of dollars.
A large number Of Confederate Of
fieers, said to have escaped from John
sons Island, have arrived at Halifax.
Senator Hale has been exonorated
by the Senate Committee for taking q
a fec to get prisoner out Of the CAPS
itol Prison. The committee see no.
thing improper in Senator accepting
fees for Judicial services like that.
1t is proposed in the Senate to put
the negro troops upon the same foot
ing with white troops!
1t is reported that General Ere
mont will be sent as Minister to
France, in place of Day ton.
At Memphis the Rev. DIR. Stead.
man, the Misses Purdue, and other al
legged Confederate spmpathizcrs have
been ordered South. 's f.E a
IS General Scammon, of Ohio, and his
staff have been captured in Western
Virginia. sr tst s-ss 20 hi
81 skirmish has taken place near Me-
chanicsburg, in Western Virginia, in
which the rebels are reported to hav e
had the worst Of it. = 'a'-.'' ''4'
It is claimed that intercepted LETT
tiers show that out Of three thousand
rebel cavalry sent into the Shenandoah
Valley not over. Eve hundred returned.
The others were frost-bitten, died
from exposure, and deserted. The
expedition was total failure. d
\ The rebel steamer Mtydower, load
ed with cotton, has. been captured of
the coast of Florldaby q Federal cru
User. ssa sgs1 .assstg Il. s'e5 .oeH
We have accounts of quite a skir-
mish in North Carolinst between an
expeditiohary force sent out by Gen-
eral Butler and the rebels. The ex-
pedition seems to have been anfortu-
nate. - iosa3 Ia t a
Colonel Muliigan has driven .he en-
eny from and re-oecupied Burlington
snd Mooreield Junction, in Patterson
Greek Valley. The rebel cavalry at-
tan,nfed 10 bnr.n. some bridges in the