Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-22
r 'TELEGRAPHIC.
T18 " A. News.
FlomTIl n 9EMALl POINT.
eelsuro e Tblee1syAiD DfgDatohss ~
to Govoa11ent.
SMALL Pox Al uA1PBR'S BDRnY.
Daseensimuanoe - uail Service.
sRIxURg or POWDER FOR sBCEs.
0lONI1To.
Fyova slppo6eoeed General.
SEIZURE OF A BRITISH SHIP AND
CARGO.
Disa1 1ectien aneng Troeps at
uarpsr's Ferry.
.NOU.E,MENT Or TROOPS.
AFTERNOON DIDPATCaE1.
Disa1e 1ecdsn ansng Tresps at
narpsr's Ferry.
AFTERNOON DIsPATCaER.
Especial 70 the New York Hsrald.

Especial 70 the New York Hssald.
N1W YoRx, May n.
There was fight q Ssws:l's Point, between
two United states vessels and . rebel battery, it
being the 9Th aad last vsek now In rsbsl hands
dsfedding the sppeoaches % Norfolk, and is
Garded = IN important work against bockading
james rivsss whsss thsrs aSs new lying 70 psises
laden with tobbaeo. The steamer Star oommsncsd
Satsrday noec, shelling the works; soon sttsr
aided ~ the Frseborns driving out the rebels.
patches Of Com. Strinehan. She captured two
small vessels on sunday, near Cedar eint, one Of
then having On board ~ nsa bound for the rebel
army.
The Post Aastsr General has Issued orders to cut
oG I'll the stsamship mails on the coast also al
mails on the river Gtsemsgs plying . seeded
States.
The z|ibssS says, yesterday By bold strike
Government obtained possession Of most invalu.
able documentary evidence against the sympathis-
e.s With treason on the Nort6. At given hour,
the o1Reers Of the Law visited every considerable
Telegraph o1les in the free Ststss seising manu-
scripts Of dispatches for year. Government can
now tEsOe the seeeders, operations Of tho rebels
and their aidsrs and abettors, and hsnceforth
hold the Northern enemies Of the Republic q ia
mercy.
zSsbsms Co>resposdescs.-It is understood that
Gen. Butler has orders TO proceed at to active
movements into Virg:niA, and will directly run
Obstruetisns into Norfolk Lasb0E.
Gov. Lstcher has met with loss. He had
made for his study accurate military msps Of Vir-
ton, wore on their way 70 tAe Government, when
they were seissd BY order Of the War Department
The adjourned meeting Of the wheeling Con-
vention Of the lth sof Juns. will be attended BY
delegates from counties East Of the Mountains,
and the Convention will BE- urged 70 declare the
6Qa4Satpf tAa tDthabjols # yXigsiaip. aasspeti2p
stead Of dividing the State. The policy will be
punws saiA 0nw So AhA III Ae~AA -
an slectioa will b proposed Of Governor and
Four Regiments will be accepted from Michiean,
instead Of hires, on account Of the favorable Inn
pseysions made BY the one now here.
Special to eks Tmss-HARPsa's FBR1Y VIA Fam
BACK, May 1.-two thousand Aississippians ar-
rived here to-day. Two ksgiments arrived from
Alabama yesterday. They arc al hard lot.
The small pox has broken ont among the troops
there.
4 company Of c.-al ' lsrt Harpsrs Ferry for
Martinsburg, 70 pre-. Union men from voting
in the 23d. This 10 s.rong Union District.
The Home Guard Of Frederic City have arrested
. man who was setting 6re 70 . large tan yard.
The city 10 guarded b Union men, and Ill sscss
sionists are Watehsd. The Union msn Of this Dis
date for Congress, next saturday.
Special cf IL Her0jd.--CHAnBneDUnC, May
20.-A reliabls Union nan living in Maryland,
says he was at Hsrpsrs Ferry On Friday night and
saw sixteen Indians in ono squad, bat did not see
nsee. He says the small pox 10 known 70 exist
amsng the troops there, bat to what extent il nm
known. He believes the troops are being scattered
over Borkly, jefferson, Loudon, Frederick, and
Clarke counties 70 carry them for secession. The
estimate voters Of these countiss largely for
Union. Psssengsfs this P. :. from Loganstown
say 1900 more seceseion troops are reported q
Willianspost to-Aisht. They we're sent over the
river for boards TO construct tsnts indicating the
purpose Of forming regular sneanpment.