The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-11
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It Is beIiev ed here .aat Ar. Stephens is in
st-ucteI by JEFF. Davis and his Cabinet to
take peace on the best teruls he eau, but to
make peace. Z: is also thought here that
Mr.. Stephens will act return 10 the Cou-
| fede-acy i ne does 40. succeed IL h4s mis-
sion.
From various demonstrations IN front o.
the 9Th corps last night and this morning,
it is apprehended by some that the rebels
intend TO make an attack to-day. and by
others taat they are aLoU. evacUatiny Pc
te-sbuTg.
| There vas considerable artillery Eriug
last evening. being brought on by the en-
Battery No. 5. thiak, however, shat al
demonstrations O. strength by the enetay
at this time are &c. the purpose of giving
time 20 Mr.. Stephens peace mission.
| The Tones Washington special spya it IS
understood hsre that Lincoln and Seward
are on their way back, but nothing 3
known OF the result CT the Conference.
| The 7,lbuns says Major General Gil
more and STAFF sailed on Thursday for
Hilton Head. Gen. Gilmore is appointed
to ommand new department of the
Southwest, including South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, and y part, if not the
whole OF North Carolina. He supercedes
Gen. Foster, but Sherman, OF ""',sse still
remains in command of the army IL the
field as heretofore.
| The WorlTs Washington apeciai says :
It IS well known here tonight that on
this day the President, Secretary Seward
and the Richmond commissioners held q
long interview at Fortress Monroe, and
the radical Congressman wao yesterday
| sneered at the whole peace affair. do not
| hesitate to admit tonight that their faith
- now the other way. It is not expected
the President and Secretary Seward will
return before Sunday.
The double-leaded editorial piece in the
| Chronicle of to-day, rendered emphatic By
| It's large capitals, has attracted great atten-
| ton everywhere, and is regarded as being
officially inspired.
| The Her0lTs dispatches from EastpOrt
OF the 18th represent the troops of General
Thomas army, both cavalry and infantry,
as finely located and IN excellent condition,
and impatient for another advance move
meut. Rebel deserte.s there, as IN every
| other region where the National soldiers
! are stationed, are constantly coming into
the Union lines.
Gen. Thomas coGmissaries have to feed
large numbers OF the inhabitants. as guer.
riilas have destroyed or carried of tue
greater portion OF their DIVISIONS. a
BY late Southern papers it appears that
the rebels now, that al their able bodied
men have been forced into the army by
| CONSUMPTION, are siagularly eaough calling
| for volunteers, and a Dill has been intro
duced into their Senate urging all except
| those already "a the army aud deserters to
form military companies 10 serve during
the war, the members to be allowed to Sc
lect their own officers.
Mr.. j. l.. pugh, member of the Military
CoMm ittee il their House of Representa-
tives, Ia letter which he has written gives
the outlines OF bill for the conscription
OF all males between Is and 55 years tor
| the placing in theariny ofail men between
these ages now exempted under detailmens
tor othao services, and for the reduction to
the ranks Of all officers without command.
| The statement made some time ago that
Beauregard is to command in person the
army lately under Hood, and now under
Dick Taylor, is repeated.
O1e thousand paroled Union prisoners
| We're, on Tuesday last, detained "a the
James river by the ice.
BY the arrival % the steamer Empire
City, from New orleans, January 18th, we
learn that the holiday in honor Of the abo-
lition or slavery IN Marylahd and Tennes.
see, fixed by Governor Hahn, was duly
celebrated.
In late rebel raid on the plantations in
| the neighborhood OF Concordia Lake, La,
nearly everything Of value was destroyed
or carried Of.
/ Rebel deserters from Mobile who recent
~ reached the Union feet in the Bay, state
| that it was the general belief that the city
would soon be evacuated, without waiting
for the advance from Pascagoula of Gen.
sent as having been increased to %, 600.
| The Commercials Washington special
| savs the Secretary OF War was informed
yesterday that Gen. Grant contemplates
negotiations with the enemy for the ex-
| change Of prisoners at the rate of 1000 a
month, which Is as fast as the rebels can
deli yer them.
Tho indies, iona orn thof a moro x,;porcra
| war policy will be adopted.
The Cabinet was called together to-day,
| and doubtless had the result Of the Presi-
dents conference laid before them.
| NEW YORK, Feb. ga letter from the
Department Of the South, to the Times, da-
ted the LIST, states that Company Of the 4th
| Mass. cavalry. under 1t. Col. Barnet, Of
Gen. Hatch's stat, made raid last week
in the town Of G;llensonville, situated 10
miles west of the Charleston &, Savannah
Railroad, and II from Grahamsvil,e. AZ
ter burning the Court House, Jail, and one
or two other public buildings, the party
returned to Pocataligo. Consumed with
the court house was quite number of the
Beaufort County Records, at the loss OF
which, the few inhabitants of the place
were considerably grieved. Nearly all of
the documents destroyed were of a recent
date.
A few days before our troops entered tne
place, squad Of the rebel Wheeler's men
had paid the same place q brief visit and
made themselves extremely obnoxious
among the towns-peOple by appropriating
all the cattle, chickens. hogs, and such like
property. that they could lay their hands
upon.
in from the Florida ports, brings US news
OF the capture Of q portion of an Ohio -egi-
nent, stationed atJacksonville, last Thurs.
day. Forty men, under the command Of