Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-25
THURSDAY MORNING. DEC. 25 1861
Late News BY Last Nights Mails.

WAsnrSGToN News, 23d.-To day's
Chro"'etc officially announces that there
10 no intention OF superscdng Burnside,
and adds that Gen. Hallcck, 1t is under
stood, reports him free f,om all blame in
the Fredericksburg matter.
The Repubttcun, in long editorial
to-day, calls for the immediate rcn. oval
of Burnside.
Another caucus Of Senators has failed
TO produce much OF a result, though the
radicals are much inccnsed 1t the wsy
the President has treated them.
In the Mcdowell court of inquiry to-
day, cen Sigel was cross.examned on
behalf of the defence. lie was thus cx
ami ed as to why be had bias in his min,
against Mcdowell. and he reptile, :.
length, charging neglect on McDo- IL "
part 10 reinforce him (SigeI with ,.rs,.,
at Waterloo, and also the abse, .oo :, ,La
confidence and coh.ulsatior. ., M.naw
ellis part, which should hs = "x;.,ei Ia
tween corps commander
The Gle ks and emr' .ov.. oe.ho In.o,;or
Department ,o-.dy .''oyes o' ',ie interior
service 20 Seer. y presented silver
~ 20 seer Jtary Smith, valued a,
seven hundre". dollars.
By dire' ton of the President, the
troops y the Department of Tennessee
and those in the Department Of Missouri,
operating on the Mississippi River, will
be divided into four army corps, to be
numbered the 18th. 10Th, 9Th and ! 7th
Gen. McClcrnand is assig e TO the com
mand of.he 18th, Gen. Sherman to the
command of the 18th. Gen. uurlbut to
the command Of the 10th, and Gen. Me-
Pherson to the command Of the IL Armv
Corps.
CINclNNArI News, 23p.-The commits
sary s,orchouse at Lexington was destroy
ed by lire on Monday morning-supposc
to have been done bv rebel emlssarcs.
The loss to the government VIII be
heavy.
Great excitement exists in Lexington
from continual reports that scouts from
Moigsns guerrilla party are lowering near
by.
Conductors on the Central Railroad
tonight report that Lcxi g:on is nm Ter
martial law, and every road and
thoroughfare is strongly guarded.
Much excitement continues at Paris,
and apprehensions are still entertained
that the enemy are in force near Mount
Sterling. Federal scouts have only gone
out, within q week, fifteen miles from
Lexington.
Two alleged rebel spies ere arrested
in Newport last night The y claimed to
be deserters, but their story is not cred
tied.
The Cincinnati Enquire for to-mor
row will coatain lengthy editorial de-
manding peace, and urgin!, it as neces-
sary for the perpetuity Of the Union.
From Nashville news coracs that Buck
ncr has gone to Mobile, Loring to Mis-
s:ssippi, and Stuart to Savannah. Bragg
is closing up in our front, and sklrnlsh-
ing is more ir. quebt and general.
INDIANAPOLIS News. 23D.-It is a
mistake, as teleeraphcd from this point,
that the Ammunition furnished oul troops
in the field is superior. The work at the
ar email here is done chiefly by inexpe>
,ienced gels, and therefore it is no won
der at shells aimed at the enemy cx-
plode harmessly.
Ia the telegram emanating from the
Executive Office here to the Cincinnati
abolition prints, they try to explain the re-
cent defeat Of their party on the ground
that many Union soldiers were Absent
This is true, but not in the sense in which
they pretend to understand it. The ar
my from this State is composed of two
tn ID. Democrats, and, when they come
home, since Lincon's proclamations and
usurpatious, they will be more Demo-
era ic than ever. state this fact as an
Inference from tho conversations Of off
GERS and prlvatcs whom | have met. l
speak only, OF course, with regard to the
loyal State OF Indiana, State which is
dong all II can. by s men at home and
abroad, to restore the constitution and
the Union.