Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-07-18

called siege guns. did zee these same
guns carefully and safely brought of
the field, both from the right and lett !;
I saw them pass Sava9e's Station as
early a. noon OF Saturday, June 2etb,
aud again saw part of them in battery
on one OF the hills near James River
during the fight on Monday afternoon,
June 3Oth.
From Warrington.
WASHINGTON, July 1s.
The following is the bill which has
passed both houses, and removed the
Presidents objection to the con6scatioo
bill
Resolved, That by the Senate and
House OF Representatives, ETC., tba,
the provisions Of the third clause Of the
fifth section Of an act to suppress insur.
rection to punish treason and rebellion
10 seize and coufscate the property o.
rebels and other purposes, shall be sc
construed as not to apply to ac,'
prior to the passage thereof, nor to IN
clude any member of State Legisla
ture or Judge of any State court ~ht
has not in accepting or enter n, upor
the duties of bis Office taken the oatl
to support the Constitution Of the 80
called Confederate States of America
nor shall any punishment or proceed
ings under said act be so construed a,
10 work forfeiture Of the estate of thu
offender during his natural life.
Especial to the N. Y. Herald.l
Reliable advices received frcm Rich.
mond state that rebel troops are in grea,
numbers, with an abundance of artillery
and full of confidence. 1t was though,
that our army would be overwhelmed or
the Chickabominy, and that the fac,
it was not, is attributed to the good gen.
eralsh;p of Mcclellan. The rebels plan
ned TO weaken our lines on Friday and
on the succeeding Monday, but did not
Army corresr ondence Of the Times. July 1871
The position of the main body of the
army near Harrisou's Landing remains
unchanged.
Yesterday squad OF the 6:h U. S
cavalry went 10 yards beyond the
picket line for the purpose OF preventing
a surprise to fatigue party on duty a,
a point in the rear. The enemy's pickets
were discovered half a mile in advance.
For upwards Of three hours the two par
ties sat quietly on their horses watching
the movements of each other, until at
length the enemy became exceedingly
restless and showed signs of hostility.
The 9Th allowed them to advance q few
yards and then gave them a vol'cv from
their carbines. A few shots were fred in
return by the rebels, after which they
galloped off to their original position.
No one was injured on our side. The Ell.
envy lost 3 wounded and one taken prie.
oner.
The main force Of the enemy is not
less than Is miles from our extreme
line. That would locate them on Trent
and Gaines mile, the former of which il
N the west, and the latter on the east
side Of the Chickahominy.
The new base of operations will lead
to our approaching Richmond from au-
other quarter than that OF Mechanics.
vile and Fair Oaks. The public will
readily perceive the direction most like
~ to be taken by the army.
The only question is when will active
operations be commenced. Give US
renforcements aud we will give YOU
Richmond. Rein'orcements have al.
ready arrived, but do not iezr repletion.
The more men we have and the sooner
they join 10 the better it will be for
Themselves, the country and the chase.
Ihe transport Vanderbilt with . flag
ct truce, went up the river yesterday ioI
the purpose Of bringing down our sick
and wounded. She returned At 4 late
hour Last night with about 900 on
board. I1e ess s..
The Harpers Ferry, correspondents
OF the Tribune, dated July lob. .sv,
that fears are entertained that ne shall
soon have trouble 10 conse quence oflhe
threatening appearance OF matters It
Winchester. The stores and oil the
salaables Of the army have been safely
removed here BY way Of the Potomac
and Winchester Railroad. a.tssI axas
Various iumoriaare adoat IL regard
to'the moven ents of.ihs snemy,,and it
. reported here that our picEsts we're
driven in below Winchsster lat night.
!. 10 anticipation al danger the teis-
aph oey s ess .4.s elsss Aas 81 been r.
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