Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-09
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
From Washington

From Washington.
WAsHISGToE, July SIT is the current
belief that Congress will adjourn sine die
by next Monday, the business before it
being already reduced to only n few prom
iueut measures aud other matters 10 be
disposed of without much controversy
The Committee7of Ways and Means will
have disposed of the bills originally there
in by the reporting OF the remaining one,
making additional appropriations, small in
amount, for certain civil expenses. The
Tariff bill with Senate amendments will
he returned to the House to morrow. The
Confiscatiou bill is pending IN joint COM
mittee of conference. The Soldiers PEN
sion and the Naval Appropriation bills are
yet to be definitely acted upon. Unless
more important questions intervene, the
session can conveniently be closed by the
time indicated.
The War Department has received dis
patches dated United States steam slOop
Brooklyn, off Vicksburg, June 22d. The
following is from Capt. Craven to Commo-
dore Farragut:
r:-ln obedience to your orders of the
18th, j left BhtOn Rouge on my way up the
river, at l P. NJ. of that day. Onthe 18th,
at 9-P. ~, l sent the marine guard and II
party of seamen, in all about loo men, I'M
Vi
Bayou Sara, for the purpose of destroying
the Telegraph apparatus and wires, and
with orders TO inform the authorities of that
town that we were, on the river for the pur-
pose of enforcing tho laws of our common
country and protecting its loyal citizens
and at the same time to warn them IL any
hostile demonstrations were made upon the
vessels or transports as they passed in front
OF their town, by the thieves and murder
Ill al.
held responsible fori it, and at least be laid
under contribution, if not dealt with more
severely.
AT about IL o'clock in. the morning 1t.
Lowry returned with his party TO the ship
having thoroughly accomplished his work,
excepting securing hetelegraph apparatus
which had been removed but a few min
utes before he landed. About half mile
of wire was cut and brought on board, the
vitrioliand batteries destroyed The peo-
pie appeared to be peace IDLY disposed aud
were very civil aud did not make any DEM
constructions. The Mayor and Chief Magis-
trate informed Lowry that but two or three
days previous to our arrival, the town had
been visited by band of guerrillas, that
they hadcommitted lnnnr outrages against
law and order, and he had arrested Lieu
tenant who commanded the party, but he
Was rescued by his men and borne off to
the woods. He represented these guerril-
lag as a'lawless set, of whom the inhabf-
tants of the country and small towns had a
greater dread than of the visits of our Ma
w. oreven our Army, and hoped we would
hold him responsible for tho acts of his
| cut throat band.
Before leaving. the shore, Lowry with
the flag of our Union Mt the head of his
party marched to the tune of Yankee Doc.
iln fhFOuuI1 OlFAft III Ist,
Passed about 1890 a. NJ. NHtchez, on the
10Th on the morning of the 18th the Rich
mond Joined us Mt about $3.50 A. N, we
passed Rodney, and arrived at our present
anchorage on the 18th at 1I:30 A. 81. No
where on our route were we molested, aud
l saw no change in the aspect of things
since our last trip, excepting at Grand
Gulf: the town there was in ruins, having
been riddled by shot, then destroyed by
FIRE. On a small hill, just to the right of
the town, was small earthwork which
has been only recently thrown up, aud was
capable of receiving three or four small
field-pieces. It,sas we'll as the town, was
entirely deserted. st.ad
On the goth inst, Commander Porter ar
rived here with ten of his mortar boats
yesterday the Miami arrived with another,
and this afternoon four others were towed
up. i
Commander Porter informed me that the
tlotilla was fred upon at the Ellis Cliffs,
and that it is the intention of the rebels to
mount a troublesome battery at that point,
and one also at Quitman's landing, as he
learned at a farm house, coming up.
The boats which arrived this morning,
were cred at from Ellis Cliffs, aud one, the
Emily Parish, vas hit two or three times.
One shot temporarily disabled one of her
boilers. Yesterday morning sent the
Oneida and Winona to look after these
places. Tomorrow 1 shall send the Ka-
tabdtn4 to convoy the two boats as far as
Baton Rouge, or until she meets you there.
At Vicksburg the iebels appear to be quite
busy in extending and fortifyiug their
works, and it is said they have some ten
thousand troops QuaEtered in and about
the town. =. - 80 ~ : q
The Washington Star says:
On Friday last, \ division of McDoWelrs
corps took up the line of march for War
renton, Va, which point it now holds. We
presume this movement is preparatory to u
prompt and proper concentration OF Gen
4 IOnnaIa aryy,y