The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-01-23

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Mexican aisls pf the border, Iet then
Leave lie Es0ant rather thar islyck . tllt
protection Of yosaF forces. These yiiree
Tons result from tEa lixed letern1inafEos.
OF the President t0 avoid any departure
from laNtIal nentra1ity and any tslaneces,
sarys uaaiaRf al en- geEaefat on TIE pfAsea,s
field OF war. AZ The sarna time YOU viii
be expected to obsegke the military and
political e9ents as they occur lii Mexico,
/ and Communicates ali that shall be irnpor.
E ant for this Government TO understand
concerning them.
Gen, Grant telegrapfed Halleck to-day
that Gen. Foster, Wha.was suffering from
q wound has asked TO be relieved. He
suggests that either Schofeld or Mel Pier
son be Immediately assigned that com.
malad.
Maj. Gen. r. Steele Is placed in com.
naand of the department Of Arkansas.
New YoRE, 2l.--The steamer Eagle
from Hayanal6th has Mexican news of
the defeat Of Juarez's army and flight Of
Juarez, and says it was confirmed, but
another account states that Juarex.s
troops were successful. .-.,.f
The rebel steamers Alice and Little
Lila are ct Havana waiting for D chance
to run the blockade. .,..>...:. ~. /. 7
The rebel steamers Syren, Fannie, See
Tia, and HanSa, arrived at Nassau from
y Wilmington, reporting that the difficult
ties of running the blockade hare IN
creased but successful way is still open.
The Bohama Herald mentions that the
rebel steamer, Don Ben was caught and
destroyed by the Tioga. -. =
A large quantity of guns and powder
for. the rebels have been seized at Har
yana.
The English consul at Havana is about
dispatching the steamers Cumberland
and Laura, both laden with powder &C.,
the former is believed to be intended for
a 'priyateer. Their departure is delayed,
owing to the presence of the gun Boat,
Desota.
NEw York, 21st.-The Herald's army
Of the Potomac correspondent says that
a gentleman who left Richmond on the
sixteenth reports one or two divisions of
Lees army have gone to Longstreet,
who Is said to be advancing on Knox
vile. IT is believed in Richmond that
the Yankees are about to abandon Va.
The whole rebsl force is to be concen-
trated in Tennessee and Kentucky.
New YoRk, 2lst.--ItEe Tribune and
Times special says that Gen. Butler. in
on yesterday, received
dispatch from Frotress Monroe of 8 ru-
NOR that the rebels had evacuated Rich
mond, and removed archives to South
Carolina. He Immediately ordered re-
in force, which went within
miles of Richmond and re-
ported the rebels still there. Butler goes
back to Fl. Monroe to-day, backed by
the government, and clothed with full
power to conduct the business of ex-
change his own way. He has proposed
to the rebels to exchange man for man
and officer for officer, without any ifs or
butts.
Gen. Blair has resigned his position in
the army.
The Tribune's special says the Senate
Committee determined to postpone the
of the nomination of Major
and Brigadier Generals for the present in
20 osoorFai,, botr vo;n nPI
unemployed Major Generals there are on
hand.
The Court Martial in the case of Sur
geon General Hammond met here yes
terday. All the members of the court
were present but Gen. Starkweather.-I
Gen. Hammond was arraigned and plead
not guilty, and asked for postponement
of four weeks for the purpose of obtaining
witnesses from the west. The request
was not granted. The trial will proceed.
Chas. 4. Dana was to day nominated
by the Executive session Assistant Sec
rotary of War under the law recently
passed.
The War Department have decided
toat volunteers who have served faith
fully for two years are entitled to the
bounty provided by the act of July 22d,
no matter at what time since the COM
of the rebellion they entered
the service.
C4NcISSArI. 21st.-SeYeral rebel officers
escaped while on transit be-
tween Louisville and Camp Chase. Some
have been recaptured.
Large numbers Of recruits are daily
passing through the city for the front.
Two trains run through daily from
Chat tannooga to Nashville in nineteen
hours.
Mortality in the Chattanooga hospi-
tails is about ninety per week.
A riot occurred in Seymour, Ind, on
between drunken soldiers and
the guard, resulting in the death of two
Of the rioters. and wounding several
others.
CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-The Senate yester-
day confirmed Robert B. Sevain as Sup't
of the Mint at San Francisco.
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