The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1865-01-21

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hardment not stated.
TIE Sentinel states that the discard
between Butler and Porter, wss the cause
Of our failure.
Washington, Jan. Is.-The following
announcement has 'kOen furnished for
| publication;
DEPARTMENT. or STATE, ]
Washington Jan. is.
| The President directs the undersigned,
to peefaem TIN daty Of aasoaacing IA the
| people of the United States, that Edward
Everett distinguished MT more By
isarains and ei"qu.nce thar hy unsur
passed 'n4 dtsintercstci l1bors OF pat.
trieilsm At PaFind Of PpliIisAl disorder
depsste this life at four o'clork this
, 1aarn:aE. The several Executive De,
atrtm 'ats Of tha @ ,vernment will cause
1?Pr 1p-'tte hn1'rs TO he rendered To thu
aIetn ~ If the desessl. It has, AMI
abrad wherever the national name AMI
authority is known.
(Signsi,l W. H.SEwARD.
New York, Jan, l4-The Worlds
special says:
. Its probable that the President will
issue supplementary proclamation after
the f4a OF Charleston. increasing tire
number AMI grsis Of ofisers excluded
from amnesty, after certain date, in-
forming JEFF Davis and his supporters
that if they hold out long enough to
compel the raising of another army, no
amnesty whatever will be givea. Bot il
they lay dowa their arms, they will be
msgnanimously treated.
A Savannah letter says that q 9 recent
successful expedition up the Savannah
river for the destruction Of the Savannah
i Columbia Railroad, is psrt Of the grand
project for the complete isolation of Rich
mond
1t is reported at Fort Monros that
proper authorities have gone TO Georgia
for the purpose ofssttling terms on which
Georgia can return to the Union, and
may proceed thence In North Carolina
St Louis, Jan. l4.-rfov. Fletcher
issued proclamation. to-day declaring
Missouri q free State. in accordance with
the emancipation ordinance passed. By the
State Convention,
The expedition sent from Cape Girsr-
deau 10 Cherokee Bayou. a few days
since. killed nineteen gnsrilIas, captured
a number Of prisoners and 6ty horses.
Nashville. Jan 1.-THE Cnion Con.
veutiaa in IT'S session to day, nominated
", G, Brownlow for Governor By aecla .
nation.
Washington, Jan, 1.-The Richmond
Dispatch of the l2:h says:
II was reported vest, rday thyt Mr..
Blair, the Yankee peace commissioner,
arrived during the day and had an inter
, view with the President and Secretary
Of War. He has not. We are assured
come - the city II ia untrue that the
Secretary of War has sent him pass to
visit Richmond
In the Confederate house Of representa-
tives on Wednesday. Miles, of South
Carolina, introduced the following rcsolu-
tons, which were ordered printed:
! Rrsolre8, That under the Constitution
] Congress alone has right to declare var;
and the President, by aud with the consent
! Of the senate u make a treaty of peace.
| Reaolced. That all attempts to make
peace with the United States by faction or
intervention Of separate States compriS~
! ing the Confederacy are Unauthorized BY
! the constitution and in eontravention Of
the supreme law Of the land. and there
fore revolutionary.
Francis p Blair, Sr., the Yankee
peace commissioner, arrived in he city
late on Wednesday night. He came into
our lines at a point ia front of Fort larri-
sen. held by the city h,ttallion He ws
| DELAYED several h,urs on our lines wait
iny fnr permission to come "a the city.
which WIS not p-neurei I'LL late hour
of nj rh, Since his arrival he has BEEN
kept or has kept hirnse,f frhm 'hn public
eve. His movements and whereabouts
are shrouded in mystery lie is believed
to he lodged at the SpottsvllSe HnuEe.
asd has been met aecideu,ly by several
Of his old aequ,intaaces There NEE
ings were characterized by the.atnost
cordiality on both sides fle is said to
have had an interview With the chief
executive officers of the gavernrseRt.
New York. Jan 1T.--Four rebel pirate
incendiaries have been arrested by officer
under Gen. Dix and Supt. Remedy
They we're under the leadership Of q
| rebel Capt Be !. and were captured on the
Northern border.
They will be tried By court MArsiA at
Fort Lafayette.
New York. Jan. 17,-Advices from
Hayti announces that Prest Jef1rard
proclaimed revolution is vanquisned and
order restored.
Death sentence passed on traitors has
been eommuted.
Richmond Despatch Of I4th says Foose
is still at Frederick shurg awaiting orders
Despatch also says Gen, d. II. Hill has
gone with Beauregsrd 70 Montgomery
Ala to communicate with Hood.
The Richmond Wing says Grant Is
being reinforced on both the north and
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