Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-07-08
EkGAGE MENT NEAEs NkITE Olk
SWAMP.
1000 Rebel Prisoners Taken,
From WASHINGTON.

From Warrington.
), WAsAIsG ron. July 6.
Especial to the T.6une.l
Commodore Wilkes has been orlered to COM
| mand u the fotilla on James i.ivcr. -
| II is said tn at Gen. Lew. Wallace earnestly de-
| sires to be sent with number of Ind lana and
Ohio regiments t. join McCielan.
| According to latest dates from Fort Monroe Col
Van WycA is not dead but seriously wounded.
Especial to the WoId
| An officer Of high rank trsln McClellan's army,
who has VISITED u ashinxton, gives Tue most
| coufas.D Dg account Of affairs watch has yet been
| re.eisei lie states that army is much larger
| than is currently reported, in vIYw OF our late
losses, aud toatit Is In perfectly secure position
either Tor offensive or defensive movements, anu
| this without the aid Of gunboats.
The officers and Civilians who are constantly ar
rlylEg here euntlnua to give iabuou, accounts Oi
| the nuuber of tho rebc forces prccip tates upon
Mcclellan ID TIE bait.es, and yet fic'a inf r
nation here persists in saying that Bea ureg ard s
army, or most OF it, i still in Mississippi Ii this
be so the robe! force have been ncrea, ed 10
| its present numbers at Richmond by q rapid con.
scripion
Senator Clark viii lea7e in day or two for
New Hampshire to recruit a reg giment. Sen
ator Dixon has already gone to Connecticut Tor
the same purpose.
Herald Special.
There arrived TO-DAY five LIeutenants and tw 0
Sergeants Of an wa regiment cspturel at Shiloh
and after prisoners at Macon, 9.. They
chan ed clothes wi r. bel soldiers in prison and
escaped. procured couple Of elk Ifs and start, i
down Ucomu gee river. Vhen they arrived a.,
the mouth OF the river they were picked up by -
boat iron one OF cur vessels l hey tr4 4ns,e red
to the transport Massachusetts and arrived a, Fort
Monroe on Saturday morning.
lhe Navy department has been officially in
formed that Cn the 10th ut l. cut Conn. sndi ug
Powell, OF the ganboat Ialiona, accompanied by
the Somerset, crossed the bar of ST. Marks river
and drove out CONF ally of rebel artiliery with
or field pieces, fscm tort near the iignthe use
and afterwards landed and burning the ;ort ami
buildisgs used as barracks.
We captured me English schooner Lucy, from
Havana. cndeayoring ~ run the blockade on the
florida coast.
lew, 0: Cedar Keys Sac rom Havana. The
Soner>e ct also su prised steamer in Dead Man.
bay, ,Oadipg with cotton, tut before she coui be
reached she was ired and es.royed by her crew
The steamer Montgomers, off the Rio Gr,nde
has Captured tho ritish schr. Will of the Wisp
loaded with gunpowd r,,n fish barrels and in bugs
percus5 On CAPS, shoes, anu case IL .rked cloth
lug.
No more furlongl.s will be grated to returned
prisoners. All iur.oughs heretofore given tn EN-,
| are revoked, and all prisoners COW at large o.
their paroles or VINO may hereafter be paroled by
the Ieoel authorities will immedi ,ey repair, VI
belonging to regiments raised il New Lnsla1d or
the Middle States, to the camp Of instruction es-
tabiishe, near An.apolis, Md. If be onginx %
regiments raised in vrgi"ia, Tennesree, Kentucky,
Indiana, Michigan AMI ohio, to Camp Chase, near
! Coluueus, Ohio. II belonging to reg ginents rails
el in Illinois Wisconsin, Iowa. Miunes and Mis-
souri,, to the camp near Jefferson Btrracks. Mo-,
and report for such duty, compatible with their
parole, as may be assigned to them ~ the com
manding Officers Of such camp. and all, whether
officers or pr Yates who iali to comply with this or
der ia the space OF time necessary vii! be account
ed deserteIs and dealt with accordingly.