Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-06-27
the w An NEWS.
lnleYnatien ffon llanasaas I-,et,e,
JsOv:EMExT o. raoOPs.
TaH COMPROMISE nUmbUB Rx.
PLoDRD.
FORENOON DISPATCHES.


A.:.,. WAsnx0fQx, June IS.
- essisea q 1lsxandrjs rsaohsd there 10 .dsv
.Sn.a zsn1.sas =. s ssneticn. He has been confines
psi.onsss are there. He si1ss painful seoon,s. :.
q ths condition of the rSbsl feroes ami. ~
snfee days no wss . prisoner. He nsither ~ ~
SIecd nor water. He underwent IN cxamin.t;c.,
s:or - 49, psesc.s. headed y WIN. Porchsr Mills.
On being liberated, he made his way TO the Poto.
me-. u ssder to escape into Maryland. He fonrd
81 the roads blockaded b. rocks and trees. fiilsJ
% resist the passage Of troops, within 6vs mil.s
Asna:sas junction. When hs wss dismissed
- inferned that their tsoops vo.ld ~
s.nlington In less than two weeks. sn1 II he
h.n. ho1,u De caught there, he would be hun1' q.
neard them boest OF the INN nsitv or th.;se no
.s, w. aos believe there we're 5000 men th sse
.n n.y. y: qsattsr o. them Nsrs armed vi ith shot
suns, VINE many were not armed q aIl' ~.
scarcity Of wstsr caused ereat de.i ~ -. ~
among the rebels. = ''cAhess
scouts Who have just returned from ~;.h;n
me ucinity OF Fsirfax Csust House. renort ~ !.
~ en@y eave erected bsttsriss one Ana hsIs
~..ss nonn ana kast Of the Court House. All tho
1uAas leading from this direction had been or
s,rucsed ~ trees being fslled acrcss aii level
p,aees. Inis dsstsuction Of al the roads p,e-
eiades the idea that the rebels intend sn adv.p..
ano M the same view 10 sustained in the faot IN ~
g: roads leading to CentreviIls, in tho rear q
sat -. !. navs eeen neerly closed UP. There is
- -
sw troops IN the villsge, and but few thoussnd
.ocsssd 70 IN the rear. An alarm Of On advance ~
toe Federai troops caused both citizens and AL
oieIs TO leave Fairfax in great haste.
~. nar1ee commands tho rebel forces at Fair
n Trains commeaoed running to o-dav On II. Az,
snaria. London and Hampshire r. K. between Az.
exsnof1a ana the advance outposts
Ihe campaign in Eastern virginia will reis.;n
wNnin its present limits for some time. Anv al
sance before the meeting Of Congress il improbs
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-. zen batter y proceeding vigorously in organ
ising his command, and their drill is prooress;n.
rapidly. He is also tbrowing;up batteries nnna.
eite hampton. which will serve alike to protect
~ =. Ines from attack and cover Hampton,
Ine Inhabitants beyond Nov Market Rrdoa
complain bitterly Of the outrages Of the Louisses
Zouaves o A1ou's'sps
lnsormation places the loss Of the enarnv :.
treat Bethel much higher than previons acconnt.
resir cavalry wss thrown into great confusion by
It 10 not true ~ stated that there il anv co.
operation between the p. o. Department and Al
an express in the convey ance Of letters g. h..
m cry tovifS n iR.Dvpas .nests. 4,
Secretary Wells has decided to strike from tho
roll the name Of every naval officer Who resigns in
time Of wor, whether on or of duty.
reaoonoisAnce Of Mathews Point was made
yesterday BY the Pswnee number Of tho crew
landed and frightened of tho rebel ptckets bring
ing on board the Pswnee two horses, supposed to
belong TO the Col. and Capt. Of . regiment num-
bnring lvOo ascertained to be encamped miles
back Of this point. No indications Of battery near
the point Was seen.
1t appears that tho s7th regiment had . csel re-
ccption in Baltimore. Everybody looked scowling,
40 flags greeted them from the Custom House they
halted supposing it Was the city public building,
until the Stars and Stripes were dung out. Their
muskets we're loaded but not capped.
Captain of the I'd Wisconsin Regiment
which arrived here this morning. reports that al
though ct some points they resolved hearty re-
sept,on, et others they expressed very different
treatment.
An officer Of Col. Stones command arrived here
this morning. He states that sixty three rebels
were killed at Edwards and Conrad's Ferries, in
the recent engagement This work was done by
Lieut.. Ho bronch, Of the West Point Battery.
lis thought JEFF Davis does not intend making
formal propositions Of peace, but will sccede to
articles draw wn BY his emmissaFies here, who are
pretended Unionists. These are the men who arc
spreading exaggerated accounts Of men, money,
resources, etc., Of the rebels, Of such Was the re-
Our agents fix tho whole number Of troops in
Virginia ct less than 50,O0e, not ail of whom
ne veil armed OF equipped or can BE- provisioned.
Agents from Virginia claimed three negroes
confined .t the Navy Yard, from tho Commander.
the Navy.
lHesald's Drspatchss.l
Gen. Scott and his military advisers met the
and his Cabinet TO day, whom the plans
of the campaign were fully developed and dis
cussed. All that be disclosed in relation to is
is that the Union force arc ready, and the blow
will soon be struck.
am happy 70 b sbls to ststs, from the high
sst authority, that there is not tho slightest in
tenti0n % the part Of the government TO treat
with the rebels from JEFF. Davis down to the
mesnest Pryor among them. Il was settled this
very day, 70 press down on them speedily, and
prosecute the waR with such numbsrs and vigor as
to leave no chance for doubt in tho minds Of vio-
lators Of good government, that the administra-
ton AMI the loyal people who support it are in
earnest.
A spirit 10 being aroused that will result in
placing the man who shall dare to Offer . propo-
sitioa to compromiss with tfaitors in the same
ostagory and TO hang both. The feeling against
anything of tho kind hsrs, is - intense st the
the present time, that tho man who would openly
propose to settle with tho Southern rebels, By