Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-02-23

means OF prosecuting the war beyond
the present session. There will be no
want of men without any extraordinary
| legislation. If there should be
a deficiency. 1t could easily be sup
piled by a draft .
| In battle that lasted from nine
o'clock in the morning until shutdown.
near Valverde. N NJ, a Confederate
force under Colonel Steele defeated
and drove in a Federal force under
Colonel Candy. Valverde was little
town on the Rio Grande river, neaR
the boundary between New Mexico
and Arizona, and seven miles from
Fort Craig. The Federal force, which
comprised the garrison of Fort Craig,
was supported by battery of six
guns under Captain McRae. Captain
McRae was killed in charge by the
Confederates and the battery was cap
tufed.
Capt Nathaniel P. Gordon, com
mander of the slave ship Erie, was
executed at New York, according to
sentence. He had attempted to COM
NIT suicide at three o'clock in the
morning by taking strychnine but the
physicians succeeded In prolonging his
life until 1t could be taken by process
of law.
February 20, 1862.
Jefferson Davis was inaugurated
president of the Confederate States OF
America at Richmond, Va. The cere-
mony was at noon, In front of the cap
ital. The oath of office was admins
tered by J. d. Halyburton, Confeder-
ate Judge.
Western Tennessee was proclaimed
under martial law by General Grant in
a proclamation issued from Fort DON
elson. Whenever a sufficient num-
Der of citizens return to their allegi-
ance to maintain law and order over
the territory, the military restriction
will be removed" the order concluded.
Henry T. Clark, Confederate govern
or Of North Carolina, issued procla-
nation calling on the people of the
state to respond to the requisition
made on the state by the Confederate
government for men and money.
Washington's birthday was general
ly celebrated throughout the nation,
and the army and navy, The sloop-of-
war Adirondack was launched at the
navy yard at Brooklyn.
A breakfast given by Americans in
London in honor of the birthday OF
Washington was made the occasion of
patriotic speeches and the expression
Of friendliness toward Great Britain.
The breakfast vas held In Free Ma
sons hall. Two hundred persons at
tended. The bishop of Ohio presided.
The Hon. G. F. Adams, United States
minister to Great Britain, responded
to the toast George Washington" The
bishop of Ohia proposed the health of
Queen Victoria. Mr.. Moss, United
consul at London, proposed THE
Union" and Cyrus W. Field spoke to
England and America"
President Lincoln's order OF January
"a for general advance on February
20 was not obeyed.
February %, 1862.
Fayetteville, Ark, town on the
White river, $50 miles west Of Little
Rock, was burned and abandoned by
"a force of Confederates today, before
the advance of Federal force under
General Curtis. The Confederates,
who were greatly outnumbered, re-
treated over the Boston mountains.
General HallecH issued an order to
all the troops under his command de-
filming the policy TO be pursued by the
forces as they advanced. Private
property was ordered to be strictly re-
spected, and all non-combatants treat
ed at neutrals, unless they were
known to be giving aid to the Confed-
crates, in which case they were to
be treated as belligerents. Regarding
the slavery question as matter for
the civil authorities, he prohibited the
admission of fugitive slaves within the
Union lines except by special order or
the generals commanding.
Nashville, Tenn, was evacuated by
the Confederates. having become I'M
tenable since the fall of Forts Henry
and Donelson and the advance of the
Union army by river.
President Lincoln appointed Andrew
Johnson military governor OF Tennes-
see.
February "a, 1862.
An expedition composed OF four
iron-clad gunboats and two mortar
boats, with the Twenty-seventh I'LL
nois and battalion of the Eighth
Wisconsin made reconnaissance
from Cairo to Columbus. The Con-
federates were found to have seized
all the fat boats and skins as far up
the river as they dared to go. A
movement of the troops in Columbus
was asj detected.
Lieut., A. G. Rhind, II. s. N. with