Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-08-23
AFTERNOON DISPATCHES.

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"AsHIS0ToN, August 81.
Especial to the Tribune.l
Inc war Department has information ~b;ch
-, - .no oeiiei that the rebels have witbdrax
. mile beyond F.irfax Court II nae ,s.u;.,l
Piokets ~ the village. Inc movamsn. ony
suddenly. onions was msde
reported that the rebel strength at Ices
ou,g was Increasing, ami consists of ve,sl ,bos
~nu men, supported by artillery.
oen. Dahks Is hear enough to the min, 81 -
vent serious shot and she'll obstacles fra
oven u the liver were fordabie which /, Iii e
Oe Tor day or two, yet ~ nv
20 mprrow Gen. Mcclellan assnmo,
u al the troops on the Potomac.
u.%1M r iison mas been offered place in Gen.
"co'eiiah SIAN and is urged by Secr.tarv Gam.
eron to take it. lie has no. vet decided ;, -.
cept. uoo'uco 70 ac
- Irvate advices from Kentucky stat, thot ,be
onion men there re rardly REQ. wing arms md
organizing, and that TOUR or tive regiments are
ready. s"ou's are
1t is believed tha, in few dav. ono ,o,., =,
.zens Of Kentucky and Eastern Tennesseo ;,, ~
IL me from which hundreds of fupityes a 30 ,ro.
ceeding TO ii .ht their way back. r.
. Last night mutiny broke out in the Nav York
1lst hes 'ment. from Buffalo, stationed at For,
hunyaI. Forty Of its mem bers were .rr.s,aa -,
are to be sent to the Tortugas. "N
Zen. Fremont has been authorized 20 take md
use the Illinois Cent al Railroad Tor military mr.
poses. p1'-
liimes Cores sLoLdence
mo "ar department. has accepted n Regiment
OF Mounted Rangers, 10 be raised in a. cloradn Tar
,enoefed oy Judge Petti., OF that Territory
., Jas, rogers, one OF the deserters from the R.b
that when bis rssmest I iss New orleans" d there
vas not another reg 'ment remaining In that CITY.
ana that II was almost impossible to obtain re-
cruits, though most active efforts were MAKING
Information has been recel we'd at head quarters
mat the recent rams had entirely broken up the
plans OF the kehels for movement upon Wash
ington City, by their having so swollen the Pom.
mac making it unfordahle. There is no pont
oetweea Geofgetown and Harper's Ferry which
can be forded
intelligence has been rece we'd Of t'lc intend ed
active Intervention Of England, France AMI spain
IN the affairs Of Mexico. /; is also stated that
their action IS to embrace, in some form, the re-
cognition Of the Southern Confederacy. provided
assurances can be had that the South Will not
make any attempt at conquest in that direction.
do not learn that any official representation on
this subject has been received by our Government.
but the Foreign Legations are we'll informed of it.
formidable instruction occurred among the
sl,ves in Orange county, Tenn, . few days ago.
set on foot by negr, preacher. Several negroes
we're hung, aving taken part in the move ent
There are very few whites left in that county.
near y all having been drafted into the military
service Of the state.
lHerald's Correspondence.
Maj Francis ". Crane, Paymaster of the O. s.
has been ordered TO issouri 10 nav Of th. vonn-
teers who are waiting for pay in that section.
The Union men OF Maryland are 1T last fully
aroused to the necessity Of defending their soil
against invasion from the South In addi ion I.
the Cooper Brigade Of years soldiers, Hon Frs n
cis in!mas. IN the western part OF the State, aud
Col. Wallace, IN the Eastern Shore are RAPIDLY .r
gan1inR home brigades, and Post master Purnell,
assisted BY Col. T. r. Ptherbridge, is raising two
companies Of light artillery and y regiment Of in
fAntry in tho centre, for three years service