Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-05
TELEcRAPHiC.
neon Reports.
AFFAIRS AT CORINTH.
100000 PRISONERS TAKEN
FROM MCLELLAN'S ADVANCE
Jackson still RetreatinE.
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Neon Reports.
100000 PRISONERS TAKEN
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From Warrington.

WASHINGTON, June 3-ll Z. M.-Tbe War
Department has not received any further details
in relation to the great battle in front of Rich
mond.
No news of public interest has been received
from the army OF Corinth
Advices from the valley ofihe Shenandoah in
dictate that race Is being run, IN which, so tar.
JaeksOn's army has the lead.
The Tribune's dispatch saws:
Rev DR. Long, of New York, and Stephen
Caldwell of Philadelphia. representing the ireed
mems associations of those cities, waited on Sec
rotary Stanton this morning. in company with
Senator Sumner TO inquire into the authority
under which Gov Stanley issued his order. clio
sing the colored schools in North Carolina. These
gents had official advices that this had been done
from Vincent Colyer, who teaching 500
loyal blacks when the order was Issued
Secretary Stanton showed them his instructions
to Governor Stanley. which contain not word
directing him to enforce the local laws of North
Carolina; nor do they in any other way author
ize him to issue the order. Secretary Stanton
also said that he would not remain an hour
member of an Administration which sanctioned
such proceedings "a that of Governor Stanley.
and read his visitors letter which he had just
written to that functiOnary, after consultation
with the President in which he was directed to
revoke the obnoxious order and to ALLOW the
schools to 20 on aS heretofore.
The commissions and instructions to Governor
Stanley and Andy Johnson were to-day sent in
to the Senate in response TO Senator Summers
resolution OF inquiry The commissions simply
constitute them Military Governors of their re
spective States to keep the peace and maintain
the National power.
Their Instructions are in very general terms and
prescr be duties such are suggested IN their
cOmm ,sions as quoted above. Not word in
either about enforcing local laws
The Her;,lds dispatch says:
The House committee on railroads, &c, have
instructed their Chairman. Mr. Mallory of Ken
lucky, to re; OFT bill To further the construction
OF the Plttsburg and Connesville railroad to the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Cumberland
This is in accordance with the memorial of the
members of the Legislature of Ohio, which sets
forth the need of closer speedier and more direct
communication between the Northwest and
Wa>hng ton By this road, in connection with
the Baltimore and Ohio, seventy miles would be
saved in transit from the great Northwest 10 the
seat of Government Ii is represented in the
memorial that the amounts that would be saved
in freshts and fares by this line would soon more
: than repay any temporary outlay of the Govern
ment expenses of transportation military
count.
The committee report in favor of indOrsng
the bonds of the Connelsville road to the amount
of 81 900 under proper sureties, provided
that troops munitions OF war and stores snail be
carried over said road at half the usual price.
The route of the Pacific Railroad, as provided
bv the bill that has passed the House, runs graz
dualiy and directly North and West from st. Jo-
seph Missouri, to the Southwest pass near the
43d parallel of latitude, and thence it defects
southwest to the great Salt Lake, from which
point it describes circular course in northery
direction and enters California above Sacramento
The steepest grade is upon the Sierra Nevada,
and is but one hundred and four feet. At all
other points the grades are not extraordinary.