The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-02-27

80, ssss,. Dodge. rbceiyed at Gen. 10 /
s0,ssx hsadsssaarEe states that the rebels
& ssIrposed ia b RosIdys consfs5and q.
fessnr,ted ID cross the Tennssses river as
sI.re6 difieref places, but were driven
I hack By DodNes troops. Loss or the
II T5niofs troops was slight.
Il IL Il runiored here that Sherman had
. fight with Polk near Bfapdon. Miss !,
and whipped him and taken u. 900 priss
i oners.
Quite 4 number Of delegates 20 the
freedom convention aYriued, and many
more are expected this morning. sa
The court martial case OF McCook and
crittenden will probably adjourn To-
| morrow. z~ VI d
The Mccook case IL concluded and the
Crittenden case will be tomorrow.
Outsiders say both Generals viii be
indicated as military men, ....s......
From Col. billiards. oath Kentucky,
vho arrived from Cumberland Gap last
light we learn that Longstreet, sitter
rossing Holston River to the North side
and returned again destroying his pom
toons in precipitate retreat
| Officers from front report oil quiet at
Chattanooga and Knoxville. .. 5 ss-s.
Refugees from Georgia, South Carolina
and Tenn. continue TO come in daily,
many Of them ina starving condition.
| New YoRk, o. A Washington dis
patch reports the capture Of II blockade
RUNNERS on Lower Potomac with a large
amount Of rebel goods and large rebel
mail. ..."..
Times Newborn letter of 18th. reports
the final retreat Of the rebel force.
| A Carolo Pass, Texas letter to Herald.
states that deserters report Magruder's
force thirty thousand. Caney Creek is
occupied by five thousand men with sew
eral heavy guns. Twenty thousand men
can be concentrated there in 2 days.
The rel e!s have two picket posts and Ii
miles from Caney to give them time for
preparations in case of our advance.
WASHINGTON, Ala prominent citizen
Of Va, recently arrived from Richmond.
says the rebels are preparing to attempt
to drive the army of thes Potomac back
upon Washington by q demonstration
along the Blue Ridge and if possible.
| force a battle near Bull Run.
The rel els have almost suspended the
work on their iron clads. are compile
ted at Charleston and 2 are in process
of construction.
No hopes are entertained by the rebels
of making iron clads.
New YoRK. Feb. 2l.-Additional per
Afr cain Commons, D ISraela contend
ed that the Queens speech should have
made some reference to American affairs,
and complained Of its silence on this
and other important subjects.
Palmerston replied that the govern
ment could have repeated what had Of
ten been said before, and could see no
necessity for that
Darby, in the House Of Lords, repudi.
ated the idea of the British being respon-
sible for the doings of the Alabama. lie
trusted that the ministers had given such
| an answer to the claim OF the federal
government as would put an end to such
monsterous demands in the future.
The debate on the Danish question
generally inspires more confidence in
commercial circles in England. but it was
felt that it was by no means defined what
ultimate shape or policy England would
| take.
I In the House of Commons, Mr.. White
side called attention to the distress in
Ireland, and the consequent emigration
Of fighting men to America.
Parliamentary papers relative TO japan
estimate the destruction of property at
kago~iodi at a million pounds sterling
AMI x 0 killed.
Nlenn papers express the hope that
the explanation just sent by Austria and
Pru sin to England, will avoid all further
APPLICATION.
A Paris correspondent of the London
Times says:
AT the ball on the 3D. Emperor Napo-
leon said to a group of Marshals and
Generals, 1t appears they have begun to
exchange common shots in the North.
Let them go on no affairs of ours; our
policy should be ,nonluterventiOn.
Those wnom he addressed seemed to
agree with him.
Great Britsin's address in reply to the
Queens speech. adopted in both Houses
OF Parliament. without amendment.
In course ofthe debate in the House
of Lords. Darby reviewed at length the
foreign policy of the government. con
tending that it was injurious and humili-
atIng to England. the rejection of Emper
or Napoieon's proposal for o European
Congress-, and his Invitation to recoe
nize the government of the Confederate
States together with fruitless negotiations
with Russia respecting Poland and to
interfere in Danish and German difficult |
~, were seyerally referred to, and altbo'
he Old not oppose the address, he severe
ly eensured the Russians.
RUSSELL in reply, explained that the
Danish and German difscultv showed
that England was quite hnfettered in
the matter never having given the
slightest promise of assistance to DEN I
mark, - "a. - -,
E'ri Grey commanded the lombard /
ment Of Konigsburg and fhnnrht Mr.