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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-02-10

ELEVEN hundred OF our released prisoners,
including forty officers, arrived at Fortress
Monroe on the 9th inst
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-02-10

HE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE
This ne Improved farm located 2t miles South-westo
Cedar Fails consisting of go Of land all under cu
yation Also fifty Town Lots including three upon the
Mil square and Of the stores and rooms above in
D vermans Block. eEa
EDWIN sIevy
onnAa YASIs, Isva, Jan'y lefA, ~.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-02-10

FIVE days from this the draft occurs. =
Who carsSs
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-02-10

.y- Ny :tecs Is certainly tho most aesir q
ble to make selections from in this market. I
hare on my hands By far the largest stses I
eser bought, and the goods msst be sold,-y
not at my price at yours. By lootiag ossr
my stock gen eitl find thGt clothing has not
as much as some dealers voul5 Asss
you 6e!iess.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

It is reported from Washington that
military and naval operations have COM
menced below Wilmington, North Caro-
lima, and news of the capture of the city,
it is SAID, may be expected shortly.
1t is stated in our Washington dis
patches that General Sherman was ex
pected to reach Branchville, South Ca
rolina, on the 9th instant.
A correspondent at Key West informs
us that the wreckers have set fire to and
totally burned all that portion above
water of the United States steamer San
Jacinto, wrecked short time ago on No
Name Key, Bahamas. They afterwards
attacked the shipwreckcd officers and
crew. but were stoutly resisted
Though q number of shots were ex-
changed, no one was reported as injured.
Two moro English blockade-runners, the
schooners Augusta and Fanny McRea,
captured by the United States steamer
Honeysucl<le and schooner Fox, had ar
rived at Key West.
The Baltimore american of Friday
evening says: The notorious rebel guer
rilla, Marry Gilmor, who arrived here at
late hour On Wednesday night, ycstcr
day left here for Fort Warren, in charge
of Major Young and three Federal scouts
in rebel clothes. Captain Wiegcl learned
that Gilmor's life was endangered at the
Relay House. when he proceeded to that
post with an armed guard and protected
him from danger.
United States Marshal Murray, in ODE
dience to the instructions from Washing
ton, left New York for Montreal, to take
charge Of twelve Of the 81. Adams raid
crs, who will be delivered to him there,
and brought to New York by him for
trial.
Captain j. NJ. ellis, superintendent
of the naval observatory in Washington,
died suddenly of apoplcxy on Thursday,
aged about fifty-thrcc years.
Admiral Porter has made over the
prize money due him for the capture OF
the ram Albcmarle by force under him
to Lieutenant Gushing.
General James S. Ncglcy has resigned
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-13
YANKEE DIPLOMATIC PAPERS

lANh EE UxPLO1nd XlC IdINEXIO.
The diplomatic correspondence Of the
Yankee Government for the year 1864
is published. There is very little in it
which has not been made public before.
We find, however, some of Stewards cor
respondence with his Minister in London,
which is new. We giv6two letters:
SEWARD TO ADAMS ON THE REBELI.IoN.
Mr.. Seward, in letter to Mr.. Adams,
dated April 81, 1864, says:
"Sir: / have received your confdcn.
tial dispatch Of tho Sth Of April, No. 651,
together with a copy Of the London
Times which contains tho reason as
signed by the Law Lords foraheir deci
sion dismissing the appeal nfsthe Alex.
andra. / have expressed in letter to
Mr.. Etarts the views have taken of the
course to be pursued in that subject in
London, and have transmitted to you q
copy Of that communication.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-13
The Senate, oso motion Of Mr.. Hunter,
went into secret session.
uOrrSE OF DELEGATES.

The House met at IL NJ.
M Rouldin. from tho committee, re-
mr., ed a hill to p1ovidc fuel for sick and
1pvn,,nded Virgins soldiers in Chimbo>
razo Hospital, which was read the first
time and ordered to DC read second
NJ Buford, from the Committee on
Ranna introduced a bill to provide for
the redemption or registry by the banks
of VIRGINIA of their outstanding circu-
Mr. Mr. Tor.lin, from the Joint Commit
.oo an Salt submitted a joint resolution
80 ;nou;rv. addressed to the Board Of
public Works, as to whether the said
Roard had made any contract with the
Confederate Government for supplying
III cold Government. with salt, and, if
ca requesting to be furnished with
COPY of the contract.
The resolution was agreed to and sent
to the Senate
Mr. Buford offered resolution that a
snecial committee of seven be appointed
to take into consideration what relief
can be afforded Virginia soldiers by the
employment of negroes as cooks, etc. !;
also, to inquire into the expcdicncy of
cnlisting and arming of the black popu>
lation, both free and slave, and their
employment in such service as prudence
may dictate. The resolution was agreed
to.
Mr.. Kelley, Of Petersburg, moved, by
resolution, that the House provide by
law for the exemption in the second
class militia Of Petersburg of all over
fifty years Of age, the same as in the
Richmond second class militia. Agreed
to.
The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from the Governor res
commencing additional legislation on
the subject of the county quotas for
slaves to work on Qualifications and other
Government works, which was read and
referred.
The remainder of the session was
consumed in the consideration OF bills
on their second and third reading.
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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
lEXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.

SATURDAY, February II, 1865.
The Senate was called to order at
noon.
House bill providing for the compile
ton Of the Oovington and Ohio railroad
and the construction of the branches
thereof read twice aud referred to Com
mittes on Roads and Internal Improve
ments.
III. Newton, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported bill providing
Tor the exemption from the military
ss1vacs Of the State, or in any reserved
iorce Of this Commonwealth. of certain
eaPIoJess and mechanics in the service
= ny railroad company in this State.
The Committee for Courts ~ .Ines;.o
70 wnom had been referred : RESOLUTION
. to the expediency Of sme ,sr... ~.
Code 10 relation. to the iur;sd;c.;en ~. ~
rcuit courts ip cases Of divorcs s ."',a. -
4 Inexpsdisnt to make the ch.n nspo's
The following joint resolution e.:
ossr under the rules, was offered -
1ssessA6 ~ ne 0rsrval Assss.Slv. Tia. -
49,. ~ he1eey tnse.seacd. and our member -
Se !oe The payment OF 1t least 10 month :,
9 ~ soldiers II the army Ia cold ar I'll
~ e eaA esneral amnesty bill for iii ar
~ Sa.ss. loia tts army of the Confede.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Henry S. Foote, ex~mcmher of the
Confederate Congress, who recently ar
rived in Washington, reached New York
city on Tuesday night, in charge of an
officer of General Sheridan's army, and
applied for a room at the Astor House ;
failing to obtain which, he sought an in
terview with United States Detective
Colonel Baker, but was unsuccessful in
obtaining one, and was at once removed
to Fort Warren. His refusal to take the
oath of allegiance is understood to be the
cause of his Imprisonment.
The Cincinnati Gozette's Nashville cor
respondent says that two corps of Hoods
and Lee's-had been
sent to South Carolina.
Eishty-seven Confederate cavalrymen,
charged with being guerrillas, passed
through Boston on Tuesday for Fort
Warren. They were hoadcu1ad IN
couples.
Admiral Goldsborough is at Washing
ton perfecting the organization of the
Yankee fleet for European waters. 1t
will be composed Of some of the largest
and finest frigates, which the recent ma
val successes have released from block
ade duty, and possibly an iron-clad Zone
of the large class) may be added to it.
The Delaware Legislature has rejected
the proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition by a three fourths vote in the &c.
nate, and a two-thirds vote in the House.
Washington A. Bartlett, formerly an
officer in tho United States navy, and
father Of the young lady whose marriage
a few years ago to Senior Oviedo, Of
Cuba, was known as the "Diamond
Wedding" died on Monday, aged forty
nine years. In 1861 he was actively
engaged in fitting out a naval brigade,
but subsequently left tho service.
That part Of Virginia which is repre>
sented at Alexandra, by whatever name
the Yankees call it, ratified" the abo-
lition amendment by its Legislature "
on Wednesday.
The report about DR.. Gwin having
been made Duke, etc, by Macmillan
is pronounced q canard, and had caused
much merriment in Havana. Gwin was
in that city, and going to Europe, having
failed to obtain what he sought from
Macmillan.
The recent military order disbandine
the Kentucky State troops has been re-
voked by direction Of the War Depart,
ment.
Andy johnson, the Yankee Vice-Presi
dent elect, is sick at Louisville.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE c.
The House met at II o'clock and was
opened with prayer by the Rev. DR.. Dun,
can.
A message was received from the Pre-
sident, in response to resolution of the
House, transmitting statement of the
number of quartermasters and the duty
to which they are assigned. The Quar-
termaster. General states the whole num-
Der Of quartermasters at one thousand,
three hundred and sixteen, of whom
three hundred and eighteen are engaged
on post duty and in connection with the
tax in kind. Laid on the table and or
dered to be printed.
Also, the official reports of Generals
E. K. Smith, Taylor, Magruder and Price,
of operations in the Trans mississippi
DEPARTMENT. Laid on the table and Or
dered to be printed.
The motion entered by Mr.. Chambers,
of Mississippi, to reconsider the vote by
which the House rejected the bill for the
relief of Nathaniel Moore, postmaster at
Enterprise, Mississippi from response
bility for Government funds captured by
the enemy while in his custody, was ia
ken up, and the House refused to recon-
slider.
Under the call of committees, Mr..
Machen, of Kentucky, from the Commit
tee on the Quartermastera and C0mmiSsary
Departments, submitted report as to
tho circumstances under which the CO.
vernment had paid the market value for
wheat delivered in Virginia during the
months Of July and August, 1864.
Pending the consideration Of the re-
port the morning hour expired, and the
consideration of the tax bill was resumed
and continued till the hour of 'adjourn
ment without any conclusion having
been arrived at.
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FROM GRANTS ARMY.


The latest news from Grants army is
given in the following paragraph:
The Army of the Potomac still held,
on Tuesday evening last, Ill the ground
along and west of Hatcher'e run, which
it so bravely wrested from the rebels on
the two preceding days, and it was be-
lieved to be General Grants design to
permanently maintain the new position,
which the men had already strongly in
trenched. The troops cffecting this ex-
tension Of the left of the army of the
Potomac lines were the Fifth corps, two
divisions of the Second, one division of
the Sixth, and General Gregg's cavalry.
The fighting on Monday Of the Fifth
corps and the cavalry, with the rebels,
was of a very severe and stubborn charac-
ter. The only disturbance of the quiet
on Tuesday was caused by an attack of
the enemy on a portion of the Fifth corps
and the cavalry, which was soon repulsed
with tritling loss on the Union side; &C.
casional brisk firing between the pickets
and the opening of some Of the Second
corps artillery on the rebel works oc-
Cured, to the last Of which no response
was received. A heavy rain, hail and
snow storm prevailed during all Tuesday
in the army. We have no record OF
Wednesdays operations. The Union
losses in the fighting on Sunday and
Monday arc estimated at total OF eight
hundred.
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moro terrible scenes witnessed. Men,
,co,gea and children ,cerc literally roast
ed alipe in the streets.
Captain Joseph II. Ware occupied
the dwelling No. 1928 Ninth street
His family consisted of himself, his
wife. and Ave daughters and two
sons. They oil got into the street just
no they left their beds, and there they
found themselves in a river OF fire. The
family became scattered. Mrs. Ware
had her youngest child, girl OF about
five wears of age, in her arms. She fell,
and Lewis G. Williams, member of the
Moyamcnsing Hose Company, made a
desperate effort to save them. He had
hold of the unfortunate woman, but he
was compelled by the fierceness Of the
fiery blast to leave her to her fate and
seek safety for himself in flight Mrs
Ware, her child, and daughter about
fifteen or sixteen years Of age, were
burned to death in the street and so hor-
ribly mutilated that their remains can
only be identified by the peculiar cir
cumstances surrounding them. Captain
Ware and his two sons escaped; but
three of his daughters are missing
Captain Ware and his sons were all badly
burned. There were six bodies, in all, re,
covered: they were taken to the second
district station-house. Three of the
bodies have been recognized as belonging
to the Ware family. One, the body of a
man supposed to be Mr.. James Gibbons,
the proprietor of dry goods store,
i, 1873 South Ninth street. There is also
boy not yet recognised, and man
whose body was found in Ninth street,
ashort distance below Washington street
A fragment Of red cloth, resembling the
lining Of "A fircmans coat, leads to tho
belief that the victim was fireman. II
is thought there are persons who have
persisted and whose bodies arc buried
under the ruins.
Nearly every house from Washington
street to Federal distance Of two
squares, is burned, with all their con-
tents, nothing but the bare walls re-
naming this morning. The same scene
of ruin is presented on Washington,
Ellsworth and Federal streets, both
above and below Ninth street. The en-
tire number of buildings burned is about
forty seven.
1t may be stated that the whole Of thu
property destroyed was involved il
flames within the space of thirty mi
nutcs. The streets being flooded will
water and snow, tho water courses an(
sewer inlets being choked up, the burn
ing oil spreading with great celebrity owe
the surface, reached from house to hous'
on both sides of the way, and ran il
burning streams into the cellars. Thi'
is what caused such an immense de-
| structiOn Of houses.
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SENATE.
SATURDAY, February II, 1865.

SATURDAY, February II, 1865.
The Senate met at IL o'clock NJ. Mr..
Hunter. Of Virginia. in the chair. ),
Mr.. Dortch, Of North Carolina, offered
. resolution, which was agreed to, that
the Committee on Military Affairs be IN.
structed to inquire into the proprlety OF
nroyidinc by law that supcrnumcrary
officers and officers of the invalid corps
shall be assigned to the command OF com"
nanies of Junior reserves.
Senate bill fixing the first Monday IN
december next, and the same DAY IN
eyery second year thereafter, as the time
for holding congressional elections Tor
Missouri. was considered and passed. .
Senate bill fixing the compensation OF
military storekeepcrs was cons'deFso anu
lost. ,.;
The Senate bill to turn over the ous''
ness of CONSUMPTION to the commandments
of reserves in the several States, and to
abolish the Bureau of CONSUMPTION and
the Office of Commander of Conscrlpts'
was considered and amended.
Mr.. Watson, of Mississippi, offered, as
a substitute for the bill, bill reported
by the minority of the House Military
Committee.
On motion, by Mr.. Orr, the further
consideration of the subject was post
poned till Monday, and the substitute
ordered to be printed. ,
Mr. Burnett, of Kentucky, introduced
the following, which was placed on the
calendar and ordered to be printed:
81 attf 70 ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF ALL OFFICERS
ENGAGED IN plsChARGIS0 THE DUTIES or PRO
vosr-uARsuAI EXCEPT WITHIN 1hB LINES OF
. An ARMY In THE FIELD.
"The Congress Of the Confederate States q
America do enact. That the office OF all officers now
engaged in performing the duties OF provost mar
shsl outside the lines of an army in the field: be-
and the same is hereby, abolished PSr'e" d., mat
all officers who may have been disabled ana as
signed to the discharge of these duties shall not
lose their commissions, but may be assigned to
other duties.
"Ssc11ox T. That all officers whose offices are
abolished by this act shall have the right, within
thirty days, to volunteer within any arm OF the
service from their respective StateS.
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were of like desperate character with
Davis's speech, and SO, also, It appears,
were the speeches Of Stephens and the
others
Tho Richmond press, it will be seen,
are in = fcarfully excited and belligerent
condition of mind, and if it is possible
now to fire the embers in the Southern
heart, it bids fair to be furiously done.
The Tribune says:
We fill large portion Of our news
columns this morning with extracts from
the Richmond papers of late dates
What they think, or affect to think, or
think proper to say about peace, the
reader will learn who takes the trouble
to 90 through these various extracts
What their editors really know of the
recent conference in Hampton Roads may
be seen in the message Of jeff. Davis to
the rebel Congress and the report Of the
commissioners themselves. If the oh
iect was to conceal the details of that
conference, they have succeeded per
fectly. If the commissioners merely
went there to learn that President Lin
coin would treat for peace only on the
basis of the Union, they might, one
would think, have saved themselves the
trouble Of the journey. If they learned
anything else, VIC must await President
Lincoln's communication to Congress, fol
the .rebcls shed no other light upon the
subject.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-13

is the old story. General Meade eould
not get his different corps to connect;
the enemy dashed. in between them
and part of the army found itself
whipped before the rest knew that q
fight was going on. The Associated
Press correspondent is particular to say
that General Meade was all day on the
ground; so we can hardly be mistaken
in charging him with the responsibility
for the whole affair. The Fifth corps is
reported to have lost from three hundred
to five hundred mainly in the Third
division-the enemy, Of course, many
more.
Our special dispatch indicates that the
object of the movement was to penetrate
the line of works supposed to protect
the railroad now building from the
Weldon to the Southside railroad, in
tended to fill the gap occasioned by
General Grants occupation Of the former
road. The, effort is spoken Of also as .
reconnaissance. But the reports arc, as
yet, too meagre to afford definite informa-
ton. We know only that one part Of
the attempt miscarricd by defective hand
ling Of tho troops Let us hope better
fortune may attend the rest.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EXCHANGE OF
PRISONERS
The New York Herald has the follow
ing intelligence concerning the exchange
Of prisoners:
After conferences with Mr.. Ouid,
rebel exchange commissioner, extend
ing through nearly a month, Colonel
John r. Milford, Union agent for the
exchange Of prisoners Of war, has, .un=
der the direction of General Grant, in
whose charge everything relating to ex-
change has been placed by the Govern
mcnt, succeeded in making all the ar
engagements for complete exchange Of
all soldiers belonging to the one side held
in captivity by the other, including the
colored troops. The transfer will be
proceeded with as rapidly as possible
henceforth till all are exchanged. The
flag Of truce boats will run regularly be-
tween Annapolis, Maryland, and Aiken's
Landing, ON James river, taking rebels
down and bringing released Union sol~
diers back.
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We have received copies Of New York
papers of the 10th. Gold was quoted at
210 a.
THE RECEPTION OF TIE RESULT OF TIE
HAMPTON ROADS MISSION.
The Now York papers publish in full
tho proceedings of Tho meeting at the
African Church on Monday night last
aud the comments Of the Richmond press
on the result Of the peace mission, The
New York Times says:
The resolutions passed ut the meeting
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TERRIBLE CONFEDERATION IN PIIILADEL-
PHIA-HORRIBLE SCENES.
A terrible and fatal confagration oc~
Cured in Philadelphia on the 8th in
slant, about o'clock in the morning.
1t broke out in a warehouse filled with
petroleum oil. The Bulletin says:
The flames spread through the greater
part of it with almost as much rapidity
as though it had been gunpowder. About
two thousand barrels of the inf1ammable
material were soon ablaze, and sending
up into the sky huge column of flame.
The families in the ncighborhood sprang
from their beds, and without stopping to
secure even a single article of clothing,
rushed into the streets, that were covered
with snow and slush. Those that were
most prompt to escape from their threat
encd homes got off with their lives; but
those nearer the spot where the confla-
grafton first commenced, and who were
not prompt to escape from their houses,
were met by terrible scene.
The blazing oil that escaped from the
burning barrels poured over. into Ninth
street and down to Federal, filling the
entire street Nth lake Of fire, and iy>
hitting the houses upon both sides of
Ninth street for two squares and carry
ing devastation into Washington, Els
| worth and Federal streets, both above
and below Ninth street.
An eyewitness, who was upon the
spot when the oil poured out into the
| street, describes the fierce body Of flame
rs resembling a screw in Its progress 4; it
first whirled up Ninth street, and then
the fiery torrent rushed down the street
for distance of two squares, and then
back again at the caprice of the wind,
destroying all living things that came in
its way, burning dwellings and their con-
tents as though they were so much straw,
and even splitting into fragments the
paving stones in tho street with the in
tense heat. Fully FIVE squares of houses,
had they been placed in row, wereo on
ERE at once, and tho scene was one TO
make the stoutest heart quail.
| People escaping from their blazing
homes, with no covering but their night
clothes; parents seeking for their child.
rem, and terrified little ones looking for
safety in the horrid turmoil, were all
dreadful enough; but there were still
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-13
PRISONERS TO BE HELD TILL THE END OF
THE WAR.

PRISONERS TO BE HELD TILL TIE END OF
THE WAR.
The Baltimore american notices the
arrival in that city of the following Con-
tederatc prisoners, Of whom it says:
By order of General Sheridan, they
arc not to be exchanged during the war,
being considered Of the worst character:
T. NJ. King, Seventh; James Riderwell,
Thirty-tirth; Herbert Alexander and
James Washington, Twelfth z. Ander-
son, Eighteenth; G. S. Lcrett, S. G. Nor
land and John Coster, Eleventh; G. NJ.
Kenny, Sixth, and L. w. Dear, of the
Forty Third Virginia cavalry; j. Brigg
and Hoffman Gilmor, (brother of the
noted guerrilla chief,) Second Maryland
cavalry John NJ. Rafter, j. d. Lynn,
VIM Hardness, james McNeal, r. P.
Tubb, of McNeirs Independent Rangers !;
and j. Tavener, citizen. They are to be
kept in confinement, and receive nothing
but the army ration, which is more than
an ordinary man can eat,
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CONFEDERATE TROOPS ATTEMPTING TO
CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI

CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI.
The Memphis Bulletin says that a
large number Of Confederates, including
Lyle's command, six hundred strong,
are reported on the Arkansas side of the
river, near Mound City, under General
Rollins, evidently intending, if possible,
to cross the river into Tennessee.