The Nevada County picayune., 1912-01-26
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 Two blockade runners, endeavoring to run the blockade off Pas fOutre. at the mouth of the Mississippi. went ashore and were burned by their crews, who escaped. The schooLsrs were laden with cotton.
 The Union light boat stationed near the middle ground at the entrance to the Chesapeake. broke from it's moor ings and went ashore at Pleasure House Beach. near Cape Henry. The vessel and crew fell into the hands of the Confederates.
 January g, 1862.
 William H. Seward, secretary of state for the United States. issued an order to the marshal of the DIS trict of Columbia directing him not to receive into custody any persons claimed to be held to service or labor within the District. or elsewhere, and not charged with any crime or misde- neanor, unless upon arrest or com, mitment, pursuant to law. as fugitiVes from such labol or service" fnd not 
 tody beyond a period of thirty days from their arrest and commitment. unless by special order of competent civil authority" The order was to be enforced ten days after It's tssu- ance. and had no relation to arrests made by military authority.
 Governor Pierpont declared vacant all the civil offices cn the eastern shore of Virginia beyond the Ches- apeake recently occupied by a Fed eral force. and the commanding gen eral of the force issued orders for an election of such officers.
 The Confederate prisoners taken with the capture of Hatteras Inlet. North Carolnia. who had bee rele > ed on parole after a period .. con flnemen, in Fort Warren. Boston har- Dor, were released iron! their parole. having been exchanged for like mum Der of Union prisoners.
 Henry S. Foc:e of Mississippi offer ed peace res Jlutions in the Confeder- ate congrt ss at Richmond.
 January 26. 1862.
 General Halleek issued an order commanding the president and officers of the St. Louis Chamber of Com merce. private organization of busi- ness men. to take the oath Of alIegi ance to the United States. If any one of them shall have failed to do so within ten days his office shall be de elared vacated, and any attempt on his part to perform its functions will sub ject him to arrest for contempt and punishment according to the laws Of war was the import of the threat contained in the order.
 A reconnaissance of two Federal reg iments and a company of cavalry from Camp George Wood. near Munford. vile, Ky. developed the presence of Gen. Hindmans Confederate brigade three miles beyond Horse Cave. The railroad track was found destroyed in places to point within four miles Of the Federal position the roads were barricaded with trees felled by the Confederates, and the reservoirs in the countryside were rocking with the stench of dead horses and hogs ed in their program of making the Union advance as difficult as possi. ble.
 January 27. 1862.
 The Reverend Bishop Ames of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Ham lton Fish ot New York where appoint. ed by the president as commissioners to visit the Confederate prisons and tend to the necessities and wants ot the Union soldiers held there. The Norfolk Day Book commented as fol lows on the appointments: The Hon Edwin NJ Stanton. who succeeds Gen eral Cameron in King Lincoln's war office, favors us with a remarkable document. the cool effrontery of which eXCites our unqualified admiration The exquisite modesty of this propo sition to send official inspectors of our defenees and general condition en titles Mir Stanton to the reputation ot being the most impudent man among all King Lincoln's proyerbially impu dent subjects
 In the Western Virginia Legislature a proposition was introduced to pro vide that no slave should be brought into the state, and that all children born of slave parents after the first ol January. 1865, should bo free, and placed under an apprenticeship by tht state. The proposition was referred to the committee on General Proyis ions
 Tie president of the United States issued General Order No |, command ing a general advance against the Con federate forces in the field on Febru ary 22.
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