The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-04-24
are 10 be taken 10 Alton.

The cannon and other plunder co,,uro,
from the enemy in the entrencbmen,s n',,,.,,
, ste Island No. 10, are all being remoy.I N
the island. The island is TO be fpr,6eJ ,,.
eordIng to plans presented by assistant secre.
tary Of war, Scott.
The Cd regiment, Illinois infantry, ius,
arrived from Camp Dubois, having been trans.
ierred to the garrison Of this post.
PIrTsBURG LANDING April ao-.Ge,
Mitchell, with his forces, are AZ TuscumLiD
On The tennessee river, lie also has con.
troll Of nearly 200 miles OF tho Memphis &
Charleston railroad Is far ~ Chattanooga
oU saturday night there was "A lar.e fire
III 'he direction OF the rebel camp. Oar scouts
report that the enemy Ure drawiug.in their
lines ana II Is SUPPOSED that they are destroy.
lnS Their cpmmlssary stores, which cannot 6e
conveyed owing 10 the had state of the road.
The weather here has been very unpea,
ant, II has ralncd for nearya week, the roads
are almost impossible, the health of the ar.
my Is improving
Gen, iialleck is rcnnoyating and maxim,
great Improvements since his arrival
The report that Lieut.. Col. Moore and Ma;
I. W Wooden, Of the 18th Michigan rc,'
iment. were wounded at the battle Of pi,,7.
burg is.a mistake. | saw them both thar
regiments made + reed marce of 81 milss
aud arrived on the battlefield ON Monday p
NJ. The regiments acquitted themselves mo.
| bly,.
The body Of Gov. Harvey ha. no, been 20.
covered. Everything that can be done for
the recovery OF the body il being done
/ The Tennessee river Is still rising but no,
very fast.
/ Our pickets encountered some s,rolIin,
rebels last night, and captured about %, in
GLIDING "A captain.
Quite number of descr,crs come in every
day.
Large rcinlorcements arrived here to-day,
Dubuque, April 23-The river rose in.
chc' IN II hours, and is q feet below HIGH
water mark.
Clinton, Iowa, April 23.-Thc river has
fallen inches since it commenced and is at
n stand.
FoRr MONROE, April 23.-Small boats mr.
rived from Norfolk to-day, containing sever.
al refugees.
They report the Merrimac ut Gosport navy
yard having iron shields put over the port
holes.
She Is expected out again in few DAYS.
She was aground the last day out as we SUP.
posed.
There was nothing said in Norfolk about
the bursting of a gun, and it is doubtless in.
correct.
Capt. Buchanan is thought to be alive He
was wounded IN the thigh by rifle shot.
The steamers jamestown and Yorktown
went up the James river ON Friday. and 70
Yorktown on Sunday, and took on iron to be
rolled into plates at the ilreicgar works.
Four gunbGats have been launched at Nor.
folk and four more were being built. some to
be plated with iron.
he reported engagement between Burn.
sides troops and Georgia regiment occurred
on Saturday.
The tederals numbered 500, the rebels were
the Sd Georgia regiment.
The night was on the canal above Elizabeth
City. The rebels lost IL killed and IS in
wounded
They said they run on being attacked be.
cause they we poorly armed and equipped.
One OF these refugees, who visited Rich.
mond last week, says there are but few troops
there or at Norfolk, most OF them having been
sent to Yorktown. 1900 had passed thro'
Richmond III one day.
ohe OF the refugees was a sailor ON tho
fInsal and lett Savannah on March 18th.
lie reports great CONSERVATION there on the
fihgaI and other shipping in the harbor.
Tribunc's dispatch:
WASHINGTON, April %. Horace MAYNARD.
who returned from Tennessee, and took his
seat to-day, declares himself in favor Of
stringent confscation act against the rebels.
Several other border state members will
support one.
The senate committee on territories has
instructed it| chairman to report Il bin iden.
teal with that reported to the house by Mr..
Ashley, organizing the territory of Arizona.
One section extends the Wimot provlso over
the territory as now organized.
The following order has been issued by the
war department:
Ad jutant Generals Office.
Washington, April Is.
General Order No. 40.
The secretary of war has observed with
some surprise that the commander of one or
two military departments, conceiyne tbem.
selves empowered to do 50, have undertaken
20 accept the designations and otherwise dis
,harge from the service Of the United States
'fhcers commissioned or appointed by the
president on the volunteer staff of the army.
All such discharges are irregular, and unless
confirmed by the president void of effect,
None but the president can discharge Off.
,ers appointed by himself, and as he has not
delegated this power to any general, no gen
raj must attempt to exercise it,
BY order of the secretary of war
SlSned' l.. Thomas, Adj't Gen.
BY general orders issued from the war de.
art dated
Adjutant Generals Office, April IS.
by direction Of the president, Brigade Sur.
con Il. IL. Thompson, U. S. volunteers ia
lsmlssed the service as an alarmist. on the
recommendation of his commanding general
la Gen. Burnside
On the recommendation Of Brig. Gen Sum.
er, commanding the ID army corps, approy.
d by Maj. Gen. Mcclellan, commanding the
rmy OF the Potomac, Major Van Stienhaus
apt Botticher, and Capt Camp, GSth N, Y,
OILS, Lieut. Lombard, battalion adiutan, If
tn ILL., cavalry, and Assistant Surgeon VIII
ans LIST \. Y. artillery, are stricken from
'e rolls of the army for being captured by
re enemy, while struggling, without author
y, around the outposts of the army, March
Sth, 1862
The headquarters of Lieut.. Col. William
Gilman, commissary general of prisoners,
removed from New York city to Detroit.
The senate military committee passed IN.
several nominations this morning.
Among those reported for confirmation Gre
an. Shields to be ma or general, and Colonel
of Ky. to be n brlgadier general
HoratlO King, Buchanan's postmaster gen.
al, was to-day nominated commissioner I'm.
r the District of Columbia characterization
t, in place of ex-Mayor Berrett.
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