| Show miscellaneous NEWS ITEMS bayard ct of delaware AV A richardson of of cilino Ii lino iino J K doolittle doo Boo little of wisconsin charles R buckalew Bicka lew of P lott W X morre morrell ol 01 main alain ex gov ramsay of minnesota thomas A hindricks and david turpie of indiana have been recently elected united states senators by the legislatures of their respective states an art arrange arrangement ment meat far for an exchange of about twenty thousand prisoners was effic effected ted as a reported between captain L laidlow of general I 1 bixa dixs staff and a confederate officer who met him biro for tee thab thai purpose at cly oly chiy point on I 1 james river about three aka since sine 1 the legislature of arkansan Ark ansag bas has recently as reported enacted a law providing proy iding for the punishment by fine of not less than five thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars dol doi larg larj and by of from five to 0 o ten years of af all persons guilty of trading with iha the tb yankees the c cap piol toi tol ol 01 louisiana at t baton rouge was recently as per report destroyed by fire the state library and aisy valuable state papers were ja eluded in the tl list of property lost it is reported that the supreme mccurt of 0 wisconsin has decided de li ded to the writ of habeas corpus issued in behalf of some c catbe f the rioters who resisted the draft by which decision the right 0 otobe ahe president to cusp suspend end that writ considered ab be the great safeguard of liberty is denied the becis cison dechison de on caused con sid erable excitement ia in washington and senator I 1 howe R of that state has been sent ben sen bome thome I 1 by mr nir stanton to take the necessary steps step sto to get the case cafe before the supreme court of the united states ia in time tox for argument meat at the present session A severe earthquake is 13 reported to have hava occurred in guatemala central america on the lelh at of december many lives and avast amount of property were destroyer dest royel two towns were totally demoi demol demolished shed and olbers materially injured there is evidently a spirit of rebellion existing to a considerable extent in the northwestern states the fact was unreservedly adi ad 1 rutted or avowed on the floor of congress 0 by several members from those states in the de hatab hatoe on the bill providing for a blip slip canal between litween he the liwes likes and the mississippi river on the 13 h of january it 11 was cf ct course done I 1 to strengthen the argument in favor of the construction of the proposed canal but bat the averments aver ments wre never nevertheless tru if any reliance can be placed upon the reports in circulation to that seemed disposed ta to contradict As an index to the dire direction action in which public sentiment is strongly setting in that part of the coun country resolutions were in produced trod in the house of representatives of the indiana L legislature on the h dinst and referred to the committee on federal relations 9 declaring the admission of western virginia Virgin la I 1 into the union anlon as an unconstitutional act recommending a national convention at louisville ky at an early day and a cessation of df hostilities till the convention shall have been held and also pledging thit tint indiana will A ill lii refuse tapay ta pay the taxes ilat flat hat bat anly he ba levied for fox compensated emanel emancipation pation gen hunter has bla bea blu b koa boa lu ordered tf to proceed at ance anc to south carolina it is slated that be he will be accompanied by the noted jal jil j hawker colonel montgomery of Kansa kansas sr with a corm cota 1 mission in bis his pocket from the war depart ment authorizing him to raise a brigade of soldiers in j n that state nl of african descent the confiscation ConGi catlon cation act does not appear to have been very vigorously enforced in the dis dig brict of columbia in reply to a resolution of the house in relation to the matter recently passed the attorney general submitted a 1 letter f orn oin the district atton alton cy ey stating that in all cases of property that had been seized report d to him by the military authorities with a view to confiscation preliminary pren proceedings ce had bad been instituted to secure the condemnation ol 01 the same but he stated that there were obstacles clea in the way and serious 1 apprehensions we e entertained that no batla satis j factory results would be obtained by pro grosu seu beu j ting suits authorized bythe by the law as it now stands branda the act will probably be amended if i deemed defective 1 the reception given ta to the cavalry compi bomp t ny raised in san francisco fon for for and at th the expense of ot the city of boston on its arii arti arrival art ari ival val there on the wh ot of january la is sa d to have been a splendid bp headid affa affer r gov andrews in a speech delivered on the occasion baid said that be he i had received assurances from washl agton I 1 that tb tender of a whole cavalry batta ion lon on from california bad been accepted which i would be counted as part of the tue mm massachusetts c contingent C ri j it haa has been beer annon announced nd upon the authority of the whig that the federal boners taken in the battle near soro boro well be sert sent sen sea ta richmond because the federal government refuses refused to recelle receive tb em I 1 in in ex change abe offices officers some two hundred dundr ea in number were included which the tho 1 erate government would not do arid and according 1 k to jeff davis proclamation they are to be held in close confinement until gen butler shall be loe dell deil ered u top the confederate confederates for rit lit gen hallack has issued orders to the several officers commanding corps and dIvi divisions sons of the array directing dir ecUng that thit the confederate officers taken prisoners shall not be released reea ged aed en on parol parole as a retaliatory m measure acure t bor for the retention anti and imprisonment of federal officers by confederates act ac n ng udder under orders from their eom ander in chi 1 thre are also as stated a large number of union citi elti zil ZIM confined in jails and prisons pris ns in the confederate states not eluded in tha the tb cartel agreed upon between the belligerents toj foj the ex chadde of 0 prisoners anck thereca therece 06 thi ili C coh coa oma federates fede tede raita ratta afus to exchange or rele ae se them upon any system yet proposed it la is under stood that if there are not cot aa as many bece sec aers erg era confined in northern prisons a sufficient number will be seized and incarcerated to balance the boaks an imbroglio has evidently been inaugurated in regard to the exchange of prisoners of distinction and exciting times timea and interesting if not bloody scenes may be expected before the matter will be amicably t and satisfactorily arra ged between the 1 interested interi I 1 1 I 1 on or parties about the of january as about forty scholars att adin anding a school near lanes boro pj pa were skating on a pond the ice gave way and thirty one of atthe the number were drowned according to repot report the failure of the expedition against vicksburg bur is attributed to the non noli arrival of 0 reinforcements for cements at the proper time the court martial which was wag ordered for fox the trill of agn fitz john porter found him guilty of the charges preferred against him lint and on the dinst the pre president aident approved the verdict and he was cashiered cashi ered and discussed dismissed from the service col the officer in command at holly springs at the time the confederates attacked and captured the place has also been cashiered cashi ered for cowardice arld avld and gen dax day late later in command at columbus kyp ky p has as per report been placed under arrest for his bis conduct at island no 10 and at new madrid the st louis papers report great suf sui suffering dering as prevailing among among I 1 the hundreds of emandi neb neg negroes groes now in that city they are oc of course coarse mo aly from southern plantations As a general thing they are destitute of fuel have aca scarce ree clothing enough to cover their persons persone are crowded together hier as amny aa as ten tea or a dozen in a small dingy room an and ane for sufficient suM clent food to keep them from s tarring are dependent depe adent upon the charity of their colored brethren who wha permanently reside in the city dying biln by scores ani aai ia in this do P plo pio rable condition the subject was brought before the civil powers by them the case wa was 9 referred to the military authorities these ilese latter disclaimed having hating ha ing any thin thing to do in the th premises thus thug the poor negri becomes the recipient of the c bless biess blessings ings ingi ot 0 freedom 9 here wag was an opportunity for the friends of emancipation and admirers of the negro when he was afar orf off to manifest the strength of ct thir th ir love for him when he 1 ii brought to their homes the tha republican game to lathe the last says the th great emancia aton bafile is in progress that the ebony elephant is being dranit dr awik awit and that a portion of the huge buge beast has got to be quartered in st louis in referring e to mr Lincol ns Procla procia malon naion of emancipation the london times says the the last news received oro fro fram from america Is the worst that has been yet received for it seems that tho tb matve b has las at last been put to the combustible materials which lie strewed over the whole 0 the Snut southern hern bern states and that the tho president jias aias has resolved upon the prop propagate amati agati 0 n I 1 of a servile war 22 so tar far as these wretched 1 africans are concerns concerned f A a ar argaez b the timet time their pr i u ultimate fate must be that ot of the indiana diang miho who haxe have lor for tho most mort part heil beil 1 away and the very narue narae act whose tribes naw now exist only in tradition or romance rom ance th the word extermination 12 it continues is i w wide rde ide word as appt appl applicable isable to the twelve mif int 1 1 ions of the southern states it means not only extermination of the rebellion by tho th extermination of the tle rebels rebel but it means al aio alq alo ala a extermination of slavery by the ultimate ex terminal nat on of the negro 2 A single puff of wini 11 concludes the times may send the th folds of the black flaw hag floating wide abroad and it this happen it ww will BO iao nger kyrger be a w vu 0 of angry oen men but bat a rage rame rage of two peoples tearing e eich each a eh other like savage beasts 0 an appeal toabe wealthy and fashionable churches of new york city in behalf of three thra hundred neg o ophan phan o child childrs rv the Inma inmate tp of 0 a colored orphan asylum IB in that ci y who needed food and clot ciot clothing hing bing 0 elicited the donation of one turkey y andone and onebah one ham bam A southern gentleman of course a barbarian who could nol noi understand the sublimity and glory and philanthropy of abolitionism lam l laa am picayune says gave save sixty dolla dollars 3 to relieve their distresses the pica Fica picayune remarks here bere that che cheeger Che Cht eYer tyng and beecher alid and all sit the other reverend horr hory fied to think that tho the thi slaves et of the south soult bli bhula shula ulu bave bare good horr honorea eap e ap should be w 4 ell fed and cloth cioth clothed eds edg and da do ret net more iloie than han haic balc th the e work that Nort northern herlo berio laborers do but thy thoy c coald could not think of bestowing a th aught apoll ahr thre e hundred litt e darales darkles at howe home thai that la in danger of star |