The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-01-18
THE WAR NEWS.
From The Age Of The Nh ]

General Butler has been removed from
command. The War Order No. ! series OF
1865, orders him 10 give up the coInmsLd oi
Norfolk, Fortress Monroe, the north bank
of the James, and the Dutch Gap canal,
forthwith, and proceed to Lowell, in The
State Of Massachusetts and re port Tor fur
Their orders. General Ord has been appoin-
ted Buffers successor. Wilmington and
the Dutch Gap canal caused his removal,
which no one will regret.
There has been a contest between lndi-
ans and Federal. troops ~ Colorado Terri
tory, in which thirty FIVE Indians and nine
teen soldiers were killed aud wounded. 1t
occurred near Julesburg.
General Bragg has issued a congratnla-
tory order TO his troops, comPl;menting
them on their success at Wilmington.
General Slaughter has been placed in
command OF all the Confederate troops in
Texas.
From The Age Of the l2h inst.
There is scarcely any military i%n!elli-
gence this morning.
AT eleven o clock on last Sunday morning
General Butler received the order OF the
Wa Department removing him from his
command on the north bank OF the James.
7 AT three o clock General Butler gave OPP his
command 10 GedeTal Ord, aud embafking
on a gunboat, sailed down The James 10
Fortress Monroe.
General Thomas w. Sherman has arrived
al New Orleans, where he is 10 have an ac-
tive command. There is a report that at
the end of last month there was fighting
going on in The neighborhood OF Mobile.
We have no particulars, however.
The Confederaies have made a raid upon
the Federal picket line in trent of Peters
burg, and have ca ptured several prisoners.
Tbora b,L kaau M chattr,a in tho NOS linn
of affairs in Soulh Carolina. The Confsd-
crates still ho'd Vaudeville, the Federal
troops being between there aud The SaVan>
| nah river
An order has been issued by the military
commander OF Arkansas for the evacuation
OF Fort Smith. The Federal troops have not
yet abandoned the fort, however.
Five guerriilas have been hung near Clar-
kesborg. Tennessee.
From the Age Of The 18Th inst
Mr.. Blair arrived ia Richmond On Monday,
and since then has had a consultation with
the Confederate authorities, though the re-
suit OF ii has not Ell transpirsd. General
Singleton, OF lllioois, a prominent Dsmo-
Graf, has also gone 10 Richmond, All ii is
understood that he will assist III the peace
negotiations. There are all sorts OF rumors
flying about, but nothing dc finite as TO the
/ pIbOdOi6 l6SuN VI tilCcO LiiSoiOho'
General Sherman.s advance guard is
slowly moving from the Savannah river
towards Charleston. a large parI of the
! Federal army has been transferred from Sa
vannah 10 Port Royal, and whilst Que co..
umn moves north from HardeevIile, which
place was evacuated by the Coniederates
on Thursday last, another is marching from
Hilton Head. Both columns are moving
towards GrahamsvIlle, lhirty>ioCr mile,
north OF Savannah.
General Thomas, after marching south to
Pulaski, Tenuessee, suddenly cut IoOse from
Nashville "a a base went 10 the TeHnesee
river, and turning eastward, marched up II
towards Chattanooga. His object is un-
known, nor has be been heard from since
January 4th. General HooI has made a re-
port of the battle OF Nashville. He SAYS he
lost fifty pieces of cannon, but thai his loss
in killed and wounded was small. He say
notniug about prisoners Hoods army is
now distributed al various points rom Flor
ence. Ajauama, westward TO CoTInth, Mis-
sissippi. He is guarding the northern parts
oil those States
[EiOm Tie Age Of tie IIh.
A resolution has been passed by the Uni
ted States Senate ordering the COmmiuee
+ on the Conduct OF the wal 10 begin al once
an Investigation OF the Win fngton disaster.
[ General ba tier wss relic we'd rom command
al the request OF General Grant, who, on
January OH, ,elegraPhed the President that
he wished Buffers removal. Ater a con-
sullauon with General Halleck and Assis-
iant Secretary OF War Dana, the order was
issued whlch sent Butler 10 Lowell, Massa-
chuseits.
From all The various reports il seems tina
General Hood, ia the recent campaign IN
'front.' o: Nashville aud on his retreat, lost
aboul seventy five Gunjrei men killed
wounded, aud captured, ard fry piece -oi
artillery.
AT tour O'Clock on last Monday afternoon
Mr. Blair and General Singleton were r5
ceived by the Confederate pickets, in iron
OF General Ord's Gate ButIers) lines, on the
north bank OF the James, and were escorted
10 tue SpotsNood House, in Richmond.
1t is Gumored that General Sheridan is TO
be the successor OF Butler. ORD now has
his command temporarily.
[Eom lie Ase ofke 18th
For a week past all SORTS OF stories have
been circulated OF The dissatisfaction OF the
people OF Georgia with The Southern Con-
federacy and their anxiety 10 return TO the
Union. Reports were made of to wn meet
.ngs at which resolutions denouncing the
Confederacy were passed. All OF these sto-
ries originated with the Savannah Repubi
can, which, like all d~isloyal journals sud
denly converted 10 Administration princi-
pies, IS noted Tor but one thing-a remarka.
bic facility for falsehood. As the Journal re-
ferreG TO has suddenly become silent on the
subiscl, and even The deserlers from Rich.
mond say nothing about The supposed dis
saticiacIion, we presume that this last story
has had It's run, aud we will hear nothing
more about il.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania, on
Thursday 18TH inst, elected William H
Kemble State Treasurer, by a majority Of
thlriy-lwo votes. over William V. McGra,h