, 1865-01-08

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Erstrucsion of iEcbcl Property.
[srcc;al Dispatch to The Chicago Trihunc.1
cA1no, Saturday, Jan. :, 1856.
Iy the steamer Henry Alncs, VIC have New
Orleans dates 10 the 31st. Tho BE has late
rumors from Atatano,as from the ,lorniaa
Cal Of The 18th.
The steamer T. Z. Lee had been wrecked
of Natagorda in suuall, and six Of the crew
drowned. Twenty-Five others were picked I'M
Oil cotton bales by lie French slip Castillonn
frnln Havana.
The III 0rt'cn publishes decree of the En-
pcror Maximil1ian Of the 9th Of November.
for tho creation Of flmpcrial Commissioners to
visit various provinces, 10 inquire into abuses
that may not otherwise come to the kuowl-
edge Of the sovereign, to correct such Us arc
committed By public functionaries, aud to
exercise wholesome control over tho atitnin-
istration Of political and judicial affairs.
and are to be respected accordingly.
The Morning CdN has the following Mata-
moras price current:
dinaEy: &c; ordinary, ;t3G23sc.. There Is no de-
mand for the lower grades unless for good, clean
cargo, 3i2 s,isar. crushed. .1Cn1sc:
Havana light brown, 9Ga1sc; ordinary a,rawa, 90
10c; bacon. 1sGo1dc; hams, lsc: cotfso Rio, 3ac;
soc; iafd: is@isc s; iron. % ioss1se aa fs bisNs
goods, s5d135c z yard: danncle, 50cGas1.0o y
ya5a Prints 1ss G.; ~ ]; y ye5d; % dsmssties
fhocs, sia.0OG3 90 q dozen.
A gang ofrebel guerillas, abont twenty In
number, attacked the steamer Florence i've
miles below Columbus, Ky., this fnrcnoon,
while ehc was taking on wood. The boat
MADE her escape and captured two of the
brought In several offhc same band.
4 number Of rebel desertcrs from Hood's
army have arrived at Columbus and taken tn.
cath Of allegiance, and are preparing to come
No,tli.
Col. Macarthur, Ill. Il. S. colorcl l,cayr ar
an order that NIL able-buiiied males between
tl,e ayes Of eighteen and forty-nvc, within the
picket lines OF the post, including Govern
mcnt employees, be Immediately oyrau-
lied into ), battalion militia, to be known
as The ctl regiment enrolled militia,
District of West Tennessee. Persons claim.
ing exemptions must make proper proof aud
procure certificates on Or before the 18th of
the present month. Maj. ". n. Lansing, It'll
u s. e. heavy artillery; Maj. JAS. Thomson,
Surgeon 9TH u. S. e. haavy artillery, and 1t.
Edward 4. DouglAs, 4tll U. s. C. heavy artii-
lcry, arc appointed blythe Board for cxamina-
tim Of applicants for exemption from mill
tia duty On account Of nhys,cll disability.
Capt Ro1nulus 4. Moss, 4th u. s heavy artil-
lcIy, Is appointed Major uf lhc new regiment
with orders to ut once organize his command.
After the 15tl. day Of Junuary, 1865. all per
sons not provided with proper certificate Of
membership or exemption will l,e arrested
and tincd 1rom SO to 500, according to the
nature of thc otlvnse for ilIe benefit OF The
militia fund.
Yesterday morning abont O'Clock man,
named Swccrson s. King, from Haywood
ceEnty, Tenn, fell overheard from tile CITY
of Cairo, laying at thu wl4arcbs,at Of johnson,
ltou,ans & Co., and was drowned. The body
loatctl down to the navy receiving. sllip, d
ehort distance below, where it was taken out.
Money to the amount of Isl. 50 WAS found on
]'is rc!scn: Among other papers found was
an cath Of allegiance to the United States,
dated at Camp Douglas, ILL.,, Dec. 10th, 1861,
from which it would seem that the deceased
was q prisoner, probably on his way home
when he met his fate.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 3. via CA1no, Jan, T.-Gcn.
Dana has received information from his cav
airy tnrccs sent out from here m thu a1st Of
December. They struck the Mobile and Ohio
Esit1Vad live miles below Corinth, anat1iad,
on tic 9th, utterly destroyed it to below
Okolana. Twenty-rinc bridges, a great deal
of tres:lc work, thirty-two railroad cars, 800
army wagons, and 1000 carliacs were dc-
strsyed. Forests camp Of disnounted men
at Verona were dispersed, aud six officers und
twenty men captured. The expedition did
not lose man.
Gen. Gricsson has orders to destroy the
road us fur as Meridian and release our pris-
oncss at Cahaba, ii possible.