Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-04
From New York.

Ngw YORK, Sept. 3.
| A Washington special says rebel prsonoso d
| rect from inch ester say there arc VERY few 70
| helS ;hcrc- that the main body is at NJ rtinsbusg
! Union surgeon just returned from he Tipped
| p. mac confirms these statements and adds thu
| he enemy are sending away the sick and weund.5
| ed alter stripping them Of clothes and shoes fog3
the use Of tho able bodied who remain in the
ranks.
Hooker has far recovered that he IL in readi-
| ness to assume command wherever the PrcsidenG
may command
| Harvey has been assigned to the command IN
| he West.
| Among TIC nen who arc heartily In favor OF
the Presidents proclamation n a military means
| Of surressng the cDeliion AMI most vigorous
iuea-ure Of crushing treason ovtrs where are Hen.
Joseph Holt aud +. Il. Cushing. of New York.
Tie solicitor IT the treasury has saadifed his
previously expressed opinion touching r..e atiI-
tty TO taxation Of articles manu- actuted iVor To-
sept lat He now holds that removal fronA the :
premises, although II b. only to store houses in
4aMe town city, IL .Gch removal n il cohtem.
! nntei b. the 10Th section OF tho tax law. II
nale hof,rc sept. lst il relieves the article Yo-
moved rom taxation
A large meeting WAS he'd At tho Brooklyn Aoa.
70 v If music last night to hear Hon A. J. liam.
ton, Of texas, tho rebellion. His speech WIS.,
hishly interesting, ana met with APPRECIATION. Ito
goes for making war in earnest.
4 Cine nn4ti lie 1ye5 the list OF 10 gun
boats one ard Nv gn;.s each, on the Ohio, NJ aud
Duble.
4 louisville dispatch Of the 81 says 500 prison.
ers taken by Roseau'3 division, 4tfi.e ed rom Md
distoun. Our army j. drawn u IN liae of battle
Il miles distant, on the Bardstown pike. heavy
ki.m-hitg Is ing Report say. kosoau's
division has had an cngagement,
look out for ucws 10 morrow
A Washington letter 10 the Commercial rec, rd-
| several runurs ns to the Presidents visit t. Nc
| Cl.ilau. ANON. others that he intends to detach
~ lyff4 ,ittp ipv plyftta
| indicating Burnside.
I'll. same letter ssys it is believed impbr,ant
dispatch nave been 5ont abroad daring tho pres
week, nciu ing c1Pie' 81 an Intercepted letter
rom JEFF Davis 10 ~Iidoli, announcing mis- inter
| ion 20 captnre Was.irg'on, and make j, tho Cap
ial of tao Conrclcra States, written about tho
/ tim. Lee crossed the Potomac.
From Louisville.
! LOUISVILLE, Oct 2.
/ To JonrnaL IL informed 0! sharp Hkirnsh
la NIGHT with Con. SINS advance and 2,yyO
t.hsl cavalry, at floyd's Fork, tho enemy being
| rsEtei on the surrounding hi.ls. Wo Tepulscl
them Tncy retained, when we then brought our
artillery against them, whom they again Hei Va
captured in al old house in that vieinity,
l40Do0 rounds Of ammunition.
There i. heavy mu.ketry firing the shelby
Vile road, IL miles distant, at nine O'Clock thus
morning The result unknown
| Tho Journal also says there was skrmishing
this morning i've miles distant, on the BaFdstUw n
road The rebels were repu!sed. Ioss unknown.
our loss was % killed and wounded.
Gen. q. " Mcgan, with his whole forcc from
Cumberland Gap has reached the Ohio river, OPP
posi'e Portsmouth.
Carnonai,ng has been heard to-day near Mt
Washington, IN the vicinity Of Salt River.
The rebel. evacuated Shelsyvilo last nigh first
compelling the sorekeepers 70 receive Confederate
script in paymen, for what they wanted.
At Psfi., KY, hil the storekeeIers except two
s.ce.h, sen. their goods away. The rebels pro
cured At the to- a supply of blankets. paying in
Confederate SCRIPT. The blankets giving cut,
.hey infested On cutting up these storokeeper's
carpets for blankets. These secesh storekeepcrs
declined Confederate scrip, for the carpets, hen
they were arrested AID pat in Jail for discrcding
| Confederate MONEY.
We learn that Kirby Smith has been playing
the same game upon come secesh stofekeeqers at
| Lexington.