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New* Items.Congress adjourned the middle of theweek for the holidays* and the draft will probably,be postponed twenty days.Representations to the Millitary Committee in both Houses from all parts of the countryseem about equally divided on the subject of retaining or repealling the hree hundred-dollar clause.Morgan crossed the Tennessee river above Chattanooga. He came near being captured. Two of his officers and thirteen of hi9 escort wero taken. Morgan wae mounted on a fast horse presented him by a Kentucky sympathiser.Gen. Rosecrans has been assigned to the command of the Department of Missouri, vice Schofield relieved.Captain Boutelle of the U- S. Coast snrvey, writes from charleston that the obstructions in the harbor there consists j ! of n double line of piles across the chan-j | nel, from Pickcey io the middle ground, and from thence to Fort Johnson.There is an opening o( 2(JC feet. The ! piles ere driven in seven fathom water,! aud can easily be demolished be the! rams.tfb* insisted upon,atThe 46th has forage trains twice once east of the Ti New Iberia, on t! met no rebels on ei ter we went near t] discovered sinoe tl war. They are sit' bayou running op about fifteen miles fi ty has already been the owner, and will,peace be a source ofthe country and the*Up to April 1862 ed in small quantitinothing by it. it as an escort to it arrived here: d again wost of as road. We rip. On the lat-reat salt mines,eginning of theupon an inlet orWelt;n the gulf andIt. t;Ining c ditto ocral conv the S natirto aTlwho from ed U.jIA bill passed the House appropria-1 | ting twenty millions for bounties, etc., | to soldiers now volunteering, which was • j strongly opposed by many prominent . i Democrats.Or at thi Cole SenaAtoveifafterdenclt;churi right pews and t the ii a tcT was ter ii kissThe follow in lt;r is a list of the membersof Capt Ewings Company, of the 128thi• Regimenl of Indiana Volunteers:IfaeCaptain, Alex. K. Ewing.1st Lieut., John C. Barnett. 2nd •* John T. Powell. Orderly Sergeant, William C. Mills.f2nd3d4th5thi lt;t lt;i i1st Corpora!, 2ndi lt;d1I3d4 lb5;ii 6tn 7 th 8thi i* li (lt; ilt; i4 iFrank E. West. Wa. Kenton.Wm. Harper.J. M. Vigus.Samuel Tilton.T. Bainbridge.G. E. Brugh.Daniel Comingoro. Thad. C. Barnett. Ilirara Clary. Beecher B. Powell. John Callahan..tIFifer, Janies E. Mills.Dr urnmer, Daniel Redd Jr.Levi Barber, e ; David Beaty, I* ; David Brown, . I Benj. Brown, e ; Henry Berry,; John Buntain,ei-I,kec6ifJames Crosby, John Conrad, Janies Cassel,John Chambers, Samuel Dodd,Ira N. Dav,Asa E Daggv,W. M. Davis' Jonas Deford, James Evans,, A. Foust,William Freeman,?» Elijah Galloway,)( ! ,WUHnm Hyi\rThomas,J. Iiu, Hiram Hare,; Taylor Hurst,! Jarrett Hudson,* 9' i J. D. Hudson,»• i Hubert Houston,: Absolom Howor,iJohn Hearne, Hanison Keith,E. Lederal,G. R. Laird,J. J. Myers,John Martin, Adam Mioehart, Robert McDowell,iti-Vat,tatrai*esJames McConnel, Thomas McCoy, William Mott,Jacob Nichotlemuft, Granville Powers, David Powers, George Porter, Reuben Russell, Whiteford Rinehart,W. L Richardson,Jap. Reder,Eeuben Reed,F. M. StClair,Alfred Smith,Luther Smith,Francis Smith, Robert Sproul, Harvey Stout,W. H. Spencer,Vnul, RlalnfthprJacob U:umcougn, John Stadler,Danl. Thompson, Robert Tilton,John Vigus,Horrace Vigusr Lewis Vorhees; Newton Whittaker, John White,Clark White, Horatio Williamson, Thomas Wardla, James M. Young, Andrew Young Robert Larimer,he proper-ne of wealth to r the return of udlcss riches to hers.was manufactur-bv evaporation.Salt water was foundry digging a few feet in the earth, whtcb afforded the material for a spoall trad?. After the war occurred, the demand become so great and the price so high Hhat efforts were made to increase the supply of water by digging new wells in * different place.In one, which bad been sunk deeper than others, what was supposed to be a rock, (nigger-head,) was struck by the negro digging. The overseer in charge of the work had given up the hope of finding water, and had ordered the negro out several times, but the man presisted in pecking around the rock and sending up buckets of the fragments. The overseer finally saw transpaient cbrystiC, tasted them, and was astonished by the fact that ! then he had struck a dry bed of chrystalized j easte salt. A latge ahgmik oChapds were immediately put to work and immense quantities of the much needed article soon found its way up into the country.The Confederate government at Richmond, hearing of the discovery, sent agents down to buy or lease the proper-| ty, but the owner firmly declined selling, j He was then selling all be could dig out at three cents a pound, at the works, and wanted nothing better. An arrangement was then made under which the government opened new shafts and forwarded salt to their large depots all over the reb*d States; paying the owner two cents a pound lor all so taken. Meanwhile the proprietor continued running his own end of tho work and supplied his private custom.There can be no estimate of the quantity of salt excavated up to the time interfered with the speculation, but negroessay “millions of barrels were toted off.” White residents in the neighborhood say the rebels worked the mines with great industry. They knew they were open to assault by the Yankee gun boats from j Ke!it the Gulf, and by a land-force from Ber- ! ^0i0TMi. ] eong thusDiphyshabilrankkno:Stellaourpermbv n them The perioAand .am iithe b eighi ti' V whei and ] timewick. It is estimated that the great rebel centre have yet enough salt stored up j thp c to last a year. j th0 1The gunboats came up the inlet and ! ces. endeavored to destroy the works by shells, but failed. They could not be seen, and the random firing effected notb-mg.Upon the first expedition of Gen.! Banks up the Teche. a party was sent ! out from New Iberia which burned thego VMthe : bv )USROmot]i Frai sheds, filled up the shafts and rendered i »1 * . • • • i i • . i i * ■t)i by,BevMarJcon in vi Co: simwhtioi(1OtdfirirII.d1.a-dr anFrom the 46tli Regiment.New Iheria.La., Dec. 10th 1863.The regiment still occupies the position i taken up on the return !rom Oppelousas. j There are no intimation of a removal,I though, we hear that Alexandria, on Red River, is to be occupied this winter, for the protection of the Mississippi, which may take us to that place.Since the Brownsville success every*| body wants to go to Texas. The 13th I Dorps has one division now in Texas, j and another on its way there. It. is ! scarcely probable that, if any additional 1 troops an- required in Texas that two ! Corps will be divided for the purpose. I thick that the 19th Corps will occupyen t the necessary points in Louisiana, and ai! us {of our Corps will go to Brownsville, or ! some other point on the Texan frontier. fts 1 Since the Biownviile news, the rebel* lmye ie:t our point. I suppose they sawfuture operations impossible without a great deal of preparatory labor.The existence of salt at this point was ; an4 I known many years ago. There was a ! qtradition among ‘he people that natural j rock salt had, nl ap extremely remote;; period, been oblaiAj In that vicinity, butr CijWSl AQI/ttu' ItUOUl ll ,! At tho time of the discovery, a basket* j an Indian ston8 hatchet, and a bark rope, wero found on the salt ledge, under the earth. All but the rope were petrified.The rope was made of the inner bark of some tree, Rot now found io the vicinity.It was in a tolerabie state of preservation, but not like liie other articles petrified.In the future of ihe State these mines | will figure as the most important interest! possessed by it. Situated as it is upon| the Gulf, it is accessible to vessels from the coapt. It is within reach of the Opelousas rail-road and is in a position to | become one of the most reliable and extensive commercial interests upon the continent.Thanksgiving was duly observed by lour Division on the 26th. A platformwas erected in front of the Division headquarters, and our ten regiments, with at-j lendants from other Divisions, assembled \ in the morning and indulged in a sermon,; prayers, music by two brass bands and the singing of religious and patriotic songs by the multitude. The programme was diversified by speeches, aod the occasion wes very heartily enjoyed bv all.Tic.- feast was omitted, necessarily, in consequences of the dearth of lurkey and other material generally largely used | upon ^uch occasions. \ lt;•*I1 Horse racing is a^ain becoming popu- j lar There seems to be no difficulty in j let finding fast horses: the trouble is in pre- ! Ats tn pri antf-uicur ere cat al t lien l he ihc her ihe dy. watislt;Hchsending lucky ones, finding faster ones. 1A ii Alrein-notthrougii the trick of our elaborate dena-onstraiion on their eastern frontier, whilst a vital point was exposed to the enemy in their absence. We hear that the movement up. the Rio Grind was a com* pleto surprise. Every available man in Texas was summoned to repel tho inva-m-use sion from the east, and the result will be j00 ( the loss of thft entire lerrilLTV ihiough their blindness.W e have gathered up a Lw more prisoners. .Since our arrival here, about two hundred and fifty prisoners have . been sent to New Orleans. They are all Tt-xans and think their defence of their is j Slate- has cot cast much credit on their miiiturv leaders, nor secured much com-fort to thu-mselvesEff-jris have been made fi.-i an exchange of prisoners by the rebels. Negotiationshave been going on :or some time. The rebels propose an exchange of officersWe have had a brush of winter—very j severe and very early for the latitude, ci .Last week the ponds were skimmed with i C ice, and fcr several mornings a heavy!1 i ! ('i frost appeared. Since it has become ; ^| warm again. The thermometer ranges j ^latS't - al noon. Flies and musquitoes j d: are plenty. The cold weather injured'much ot the young vegetables, i The men have made comfortable quarters from the cut buildings on the skirts of the town. Somo sport brick chim-ir.evs and ail are very comfortable.DI)E FI FI C! C'IGhIiastara-ugh ol • l to ket uq-odi :hatand m* n T:.c otiVr was riM-t bv an ac-ceptancv. mi ‘-.r pat!, wuk i! «* vunditionthat do discrimination was to made against corp- or organizations Ti is was intcuded to include negro soidiers and their white officers in li;o exoiihn^t TheA r-'Tui’mg detail left here on tho 6 V They go to recruit for the rcgi-ment, and. if possible, procure n band, j j1We expect to hear of a grand rush by j y•hose who have been attending to home • p*interests, for the field. KThe regiment is in fine health. No- | body sick. Rob*. McElheny suffered the | fracture of a bone in the lower part of * his Dir. The injury is not severe, but it] Ilitliw i 1 \disable him some weeks. He ts theonlv inhabitant of tho Hospital.*The regiment w:!l be paid off about the 15th. X.awI! rebels set forth tli.at they ha! no nei/roViceof*lell*redforprisoners, nor white officer? of uegro corns, taken uron this expedition, and [ asked that the exchange might be made wuboiil committing them to ;he recognition to a principle that they would aot admit, and which was Dot involved in the question at present, as they held nothing but such prisoners as could be exchanged even undti their own policy. It is prob able that the original condition will notUni n—Unite your flour with D. B. DeLand Oo.*s Chemical Saleratus if vou ; want extra bread* oiacuit and pastry of ; all kind • United they rise,divided thev• wfa;!.For Coughs, Ookla, and Throat Disor- | ders, use *'Brown*8 Bronchial Troches,” ! having proved their cfficacy hy a test of i a many years. The Troches tie highly re - j commended and preicibed by Physicians snd|Surgeons in the Army.a
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Logansport Journal
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sat, Dec 26, 1863
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