Nebraska advertiser., 1865-01-05

The President has ordered that the
execution Of the three guerrillas who
were to have been hung on the % ult.,
AZ ST. Joseph, shall be postponed for ~
days.
One thing must be conceded which is,
that General Thomas knew how 70 make
a livelibook (lively- Hood better than
any other man in the country.
The Chicago Lake tunnel has been ex-
cavated for aeariy a quarter of a mile,
and is progressing al the rate of ten feet
per day. q 4 .
A democratic edi,or in Iowa profane-
ly says his party in that State has taken
the degree Of L. D-'Liek Like the
Devil!" ~
MAJcR GESERAL JoHN A. DIX has
asked to ts rellyed Of command No
action on the, areques!It syet known to
have been taken, ,o ~
Out of 800 substitutes who left Column
bus, Ohio, for Louisville, Ky, 100 deser7
ted On tie way.
/ fEt4 -1.r.r' = E.r f..flE UUtt.- 81
1t is stated hat a lady walked down
Broadway, New York, last evening with
a dress which cost in the aggregate two.
thousand and five hundred dollars. Ho'
The number of hogs packed at Chi
cage up to The 18Th uA., was about AGO.
O0O.. loy
A retired actor, with a fondness of
poultry, was asked why he named $ fa'
vorite hen "MacduF." He replied that
Il was because he wanted her to ''lay
onl".
The New York correspondent of the
London Times admitss that the manner
~ which the Presidential election was
conducted is in the highest degree hon
orable to The American people.
Thomas Suns, the fugitive slave, about
whom there was such a pow.wOw in BIS
ton, ten years ago, Is now recruiting
agent for colored troops IN Nashville
Time maAeS all things even
The Portland AIgertisYr statss thar is
is we'll understood that Mr.. Fessenden.
will not remain at the heal of the Treas
ury Department after the 4th of March
neM,T Under no circumstances wall ne
retain that position after That TINE.
Col. j. H. Baker, 10Th Mpnesota,has
been tr ausferred from the command OF
the Post and Sub districtof ST. LoniS, to
the more important position Of Provost
Marshal General of The Department Of
the Missouri. NOS 81
While General Hood was at the rssid-
ence of a Mrs. Rains, near Nashville, on
the 18Th ins:lnt, be remarked to an off
Ger, in her presence, tia he had inspec ed
all the foruication,, and that they exact
w suited ann: aad that he wa, as GER
tain to take Nashville as that the ci,y
stood WHARF it did,
THE N. Y. Tribune's Army Of the
James, special says that refugees from
Richmond say the scarcity OF iron is SO
great thai the rebels are taking up their
waller pipes from she streets to cast INTO.
shot, and fragments of she'll thrown Into
their lines are carefully saved.
THE Y. Tribune editoriaIly kinks
with the failqE Savannah, Sherman has
the whole REGION so,uh of Virginia athlS
mercy. and eau occupy it al pleasure
1t saws thll Augusta and Charj ION
now belong less 70 JEFF Davis laan
Sherman.
Some persons ara pos assei If tas il
thai the new call for U0,UU0 1.sn b.
make up the Deficiencies. Tlts IS al
error, of which they should - bdrsed
q, the present call Ia 80 s+i=rs.ea 20
any previous on IN lis apple .3n 70 ali
districts, tut each one Will U5 TeYo.rsd.
Il furnish is ALLOTTED number.
A member of Gen. Meade's staff re-
DENLY saw a ragged boy with an uncom-
mon large muller about his neck. He
asked what was the matter with him,
and he replied that he had got the itch.
The officer investigated, and found I'M
portanl dispatches to Gen. Lee.
The bill which passed the House
mastering out Of service all officers
not employed after a certain date. was
reported adversely to the Senate and de-
fealed. II was too sweeping in its char
acter, and would have worked manifest
injustice to some very worthy officers,
though its general result would doubt
less have ben beneficial to the service
of the country.
1t is stated in a Washington despatch
that the committee CT ways aud means
are almost unanimously in favor OF the
repeal Of lle duty on paper. Mr. Nor
rH, of Vermont, Is understood to Ibis pol
icy IL isfurthrr added that the fact that
the retention of the duty will not only
produce % revenue, but add about one
million of dollars TO the cost of govern
ment prinung next year, will have great
influence upon Congress.