Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-19
From Cairo.
TSuecia! to the Chicago Times.l

The steamer Imperial passed. thi, port last eve
ming. bound from p!ttscurg 70 ot. Louis, With sG5
sica soldiers.
The Empress, with another load Of sick, passed
this morning without stopping.
Reiu, ,ees continually arriving from the
South whence they fl o to avoid the conscr ption
law which j. now being entor- ed in those por-
tions of tennessee that are Dot within tho
Federal lines. They bring de, lorablc accounts Of
3he condition OF affairs in thrt vicinity whence
they come. A II ab'e-5oaied men sTe pressed into
tho ar.ny. and, when unwiingness to comply
with a simple notification is manifested, the press
gan. IS res.rted TO-
/ have just seen company Of four s.e2nb boat
men from Memphis. They say that nesily all the
male s,cessionis,s Of that city capable OF bearing
arms have gone to the army. Union men are
obliged 70 keep concealed or fly from the country
to avoid pressmGi,.
Much fe,ing already exists in the city. In
consequence Of the withdrawal Of the fathers and
husba ids many families left entirely destitute
To add TO the suffering, provisions OF GA kinds are
extremely scarce, and demand cxorbitnnt prices.
The commone.t board is charged from iif-
teen dollars per week, while N hotels and more
exclusive private houses from fifteen to twenty
five dollars ischarged
There is new. regarding tho movements Of
the feet that l am at liberty 10 communicate.
The jeff Davis circular creates intense interest
hero. 1t was written by certain correspondent
expressly to hoax the Chicago 2rabnne. The re-
porter Of that paper was veIy ready to be hoaxed,
bit ng at the bait the moment ii was thrown out.
In fact, all the correspondents not in the secret,
were anxious to procure copies, and the entire
pres. of the country VI uld have been caught in
the trap but for the protest OF tho party
cetned
GOV. Yates left hera for Pittsburs to-day On the
stee nler Clara Eel.
Lieut. Lyiori has been relieved from the charge
of the ordnance department at this post, and Or
dered to report to Col. Collender At Monterey
Lieu,E Ii. Smith, Of the u illinois Artillery,
suceee is to the o dnance department here.
The troo, stationed at Cairo suffering
greatly from diseases peculiar to the Mississrp,
bottoms.
Two hundred Of the esd Illinois are in the hos
pital.
How Gen. hunters Emancipation
Proclamation is Received In Wa>h-
instOn.
NEW YonK, May II.
(Times Specially
Gen. Hunters PROCLAMATION e1citcs scarcely any
interest in Washington no enc attaching aly
importance as to it, efficacy to produce the end
designed. siar;i,i iaw sonly enforced by m ar,iai
power and hunter has torce at his ccmmand
adequate to enforce this precl nation. His do
claring freedom to all the slaves in three States
when he has no power TO tree q single one outside
OF his camp is regarded il Washington as an act
of s.ull ication, highly discreditahle to any one
hodidg the rank Of General, ard supposed to
have ordinary intelligence. II the military row or
is withdrawn from hunters Department before
his proclamation is executed Throughout those
States, i. is conceded that the civil Iower will not
comp etc or coun enance what martial law pro-
claimed. but did not practically execute.
Tie Presidents policy is supposed to be author
itativey settled by his action in Fr mont cas-,
in which all his Cabinet concurrea. fremont
freed, by proclamation, the slave, # all men en-
psged in the rebellion. Hunters PROCLAMATION
frees the slaves OF oil men in three States Hheth-
er they have engaged in rebellion or not. punish
inc ioyagts as we'll traitors, and all because he
has declared martial law where he has confe ssedy
no ability to execute it. 1t is understood that
Hunter took no speci6, instructions from the
President, in regard TO the manae emcnt Of mat
ters in his Department, bat was left all eth er
military commanders have been, to his own dis.
cre,ion, in this attempt to re-estab!ish the Con-
stitusion and Laws 10 the revolted States. II is
said that the President will be waited on this
eveuing, by several gentlemen, to ascertain under
what aatnority Hunter is acting.