Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-03-17
LATEST NEWS
By TELEGRAPH.
GEN. GRANT BE SUPERCEDfD
BY GEN. HALlECK.
News from Com. Foot's Fleet
AFTERNOON DISPATCHES.
Srecia, to Tribune.l

Special to Tribune.]
WAsHiNGTOS, March a.
The President nominated, yesterday, for nrig.
General, James Craig; also, Root. Z. Buchanan,
\ to be Inspector General.
The War Department has authorize! General
Halleck to suferceds Gen. Grant, unless he should
\ ask T. be relieved, account Of bad conduc. nj
| Fort Donelson and elsewhere
Assistant Secretary Fox, who is i, Washington,
reports this Merrimac bidly injured in the two
her hull by the Monitor and was
leaking very badly when she put back. The
Cumberland's broadsde in the first day dsht in
jured Ter 50 badly that she could not then attack
the Minnesota or Roanoke, although they we're
! both aground. He thinks ,ha, tho Minnesota car,
now that she is afoat handle the Merrimac. She
| is so slow and unwieldy, that he considers it ut
teIiy impossible for her to go to sea- as she would
immediately founder in an ordinary gale. The
Merrimac's snout was knocked a.kew by a bali
from ll-iDch gun on the Minnesota.
Capt. Buchanan was wounded by shot from q
riaeman on beard the Cumberland, tho ball going
| Though his thigh.
Mr.. Fox says the crow Of the Minnesota, as we'll
as that u tho Monitor, are eager to see the Meri-
mae come out again, but it il not likely that they
will be gratifed.
Com odore Stevens, Of the steam battery, has
obtained permission from the Secretary Of Wax to
make use of the l5-i,ch gun at Fort Monroe, 10 be
placed upon his steam propeller Nauqui,uck, and
uSsi In tho defence OF New 1Crh la.toT, and to
aattack the Merrimac in the event Of her appear
nee.
lierald's Dispatch.
Gen. Mcclellan received division Of the army
in II e vicinity OF Manassas this p. m, and lie
rode along tho lines he wa. gr ee,ed by the most
voci ferrous cheers and enthusiast.
fugitive from village on the Orange and
Alexandria X. K, arrived to-day. 10 states that
ther. were 40 20 rebel troops in GordonsvlIe and
that they continued TO pour in wildly and hurI,d
ly under the impression that the Union army was
in pursuit Of them.
Gen. Johnso and o,hcr rebel officers were din
ing at the tavern when he LETT.
He sta es that the road from the Rappahannock
to Manassas WAS strewed with undetshirts. ha, er-
sacks, blankets and provisions fl ng away in their
yetrea, and that numbers of soldiers lay iain ed
and exhausted by the railroad side.
IST ecial to tho Times
The steamer Achilles, while passing the rebel
bat. cries at Acquia Creek, last hight, fred at
six times, indicating that there rebels
lingering on the Potomac none Of the shots took
effect.
Gen. Hooker was of tho opinion, day, that
the rebels had not abandoned Fredericksburg
The firing from AcGuia Creek battery last nj yht,
seems to confirm the opinion.
:Icsident Lincoln on Thursday approved of the
additional article OF war, which goes into medi
ate operation, namely: All officers persons in
| tie military or naval service Of the United States
ara Prohibited from enpoyins any Of the forces
under their respective commands for tho purpose
OF returning tustives from service or labor who
may nave escaped IRON any persons whom such
service or Ia Dor is ella med to be due and any Of
Erer who shall be found guilty by court martial
OF violating this article OF war; shall be dscharg
Cd from the service.