Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-09-24
From " asIiington.
" AsiiIhuToN, sept. p.
lieral,i Dispatch


From Developments b5a6c to-day am satf4lIe.,
il at tie stateIueiH fataa+dei la,t nirhlIuri.
ing 10 come from man just from hanassas con.
ccrning the strength ata condition et the reLe1.
"as gara.ei. coming throu.h third party r..
day ! have seen h}u. and his statement = yery
clear, ana J., e0Hfil!4cj by numerous other si.te.
meuts made by other reliable parties. Ills p4.i-
tion Il late At Richmond. Manassas. Niuchester
HArper,s Ferry, Nunson'- Hill and Fairfax NJ N
iou4 eriod- AMI his acquaintance with inci,nna
thing bavo enabled him . Judge Wei II tie con
dition nd n0venena N the rebels
He SAYS the number troops fro:. Richmond 10
,lr iatamae Lvpsburg II one direction i
Aqua and Matthias FONT IN another may ~ fcty
bc put down ut tf5.o8g u 900 ot them were N
Richmond three days ago, another 30 QUO at M
nasS-s, while the remain NJ - 90 are scatt re
along from tbat point to Munson's IiI.j and iron
he vicinity Of Noians Ferry to Harper's FcfryanI
on the Potomac south ot Alexandria from the u
clnity Of Aqua reek and Matthias Point
The troop i Iec.turg are militia and NUN l1er
00a There htc aiso about {, 600 in the yieilitt +
~ Noans' Ferry
y force IL tairfax court House i. auIte small
Ge erals BeauIegatd and Johnson maze this Mae.
their headquarters.
he main battery On A,unsen's Hill consists q.
the j2pounders i little Ia the rear If this is an
other battery more secure, containing three gun.
he men are generally well clad but not with
wooden cigthing, and arc beginning to suffer + :
want ot them, especially those from extreme
southern States
Blankets are very much needed at njyht
1t is considered inI,ss bic o suGpIy their wants
the troops have NJ shoes but those they brought
from home, and most ii them are about used If.
and there il no possible means for supplying the
article. They cannot be manufactured as leather
is scarce ard there being No Keats foot oil to bt
had hides cannot be cured tor the manufacture II
leather. The cotton crop which has been pledged
for the confederate loan Is not to be removed to
the seaboard cities until ready Tor shipin Mt for
fear Of seizure
There has been pressed into the confederate ser.
vice nearly all the teams ami horses in the Valley
ot Va Farmers arc deprived Of Their usual advan
tages for tillny yroun treUaratory 10 sowing
next whea, and c.rn crops Forage Tor horses )
being rapidly bought up showing .ha, Il s.eci '
move is about to take place between Acquia Creek
and Acxaparia. Two new batteries, oae five, tic
other ten miles above, have been erected work
upon them has boon done dark nights. The IN
tenton seems to be the erection Of similar deienccs
along the Potomac up to point a. near to Alex.
andrla as practicable. He says the rebels feel sal
in regard to th protection Of the Potomac between
Acquia Creek and Matthias Point, and that this
feeling of security has probably arisen from tie
fact that contrabanj 70 yds have ia sey
eral instances been carried across from the coun.
ties of Chester and 81. May iuto Virginia on the
Maryland side. In these two counties Of seual
lights have bean noticed giving rebels timely