Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-31
From Washington.
Special to the He;ald.l
WASHINGTON. Ma


The following is received ght from cores
pondent at Harpcr's Ferry. In yesterdays recon-
noisance At Charles ow n, Captain Van kerber, Go
q, lst Maryland Cavalry, who was out scouting to-
getncr with eight OF his men, abou. two miles be-
yoni Charls ssto sn, in the woods, was captured
by the rebels.
A rebel soldier was brought in prisoner to-day.
tie says he deserted is native of Ireland and
had lived in Cincinnati. lie went down Just be-
fore the war broke out, to md work and Was pres
sed into service. He complains OF the treatmert
he received in his regiment, the sth Louisiana
The ratioHs were one pound Of four and ha
pound Of fresh beef, ard he called this starving
The rebel forces at all points in this region, he
guessed, from what he had seen and heard t. be
from twenty FIVE to thirty thousand, but evidently
prisoner.
Several secesl citZ ns, men and women, are at
present under arrest here spies.
Tho advance Of the rebel forces in front Of our
battle lire here, made the ypcriment Of firing nt
u for IN hour and q half or SO at intervals Of n
. mile. Wercplie1 and they retired behind a hill
We continued nalf an hour afterwards, having
range enough to follow them. Tle firing caused
seme excitement.
Every member Of The Cabinet, and it is belicv-
ed yery eaIpess iriend OF the GovernIns mt here
DEP ores the hasty Gel surcs visited upon the War
Department by sOme of the loyal parers in the
country. 1t ias already been stated that the DIS
position OF forces which is censurel, was
sanctioned by tho Pr si,lcnt, ami it is equally
true that it was appro, Ell by the whole admins
tratiOn. Successes, sucn as the country dd not
anticipate, have already attended Mr. Stanton's
conduct OF the War Depart ..ent, and ,fT9rts arc
being made which seem to insure a continuance
Of them. Dec sional failures and reyerses must
happen, but MIR. stanton is not more responsible
for these than he is entitled to tho public graft
tude for the successes OF our aims
The Navy Department has received information
that Acting Master A. W. Emerson deserted from
the Galena en- the 18th inst.
The minnesota started for Norfolk this A. NJ.
but got aground off Sewalrs Point Several tugs
endeas orcd all day to get her OF, but un3u.-
cessful up to this evening.
All the rebel fortifcations on Elizabeth River
and the navy yard have been taken possession of
by the Navy. he former are to be destroyed.
The blowing up Of the works on sewalls Point
began to lay.
Upwards Of 500 rebel prisoners have been re-
ceived ut headquarters from I'LL scene Of the late
brilliant victory at Hanover Court House. They
lett this afternoon for Fort Monroe. More are
coming in.
Especial to tho Times
The return to Fortress Monroe Of Col. Hanson,
and tn report that Gen. IIuger declined to effect
the exchange, has created considerable surprise
here. Letters from Gen. w col explain the mat ter
by giving the reply Of Gen. Hu ser, which il, that
no more exchanges will be made till the priva-
teersmen in possession delivered up. Ii
will be remembered that the rebels held Colonels
Corcoran, Wilcex and others, as hostages, to be
executed as the privateersmen were, but it was
not supposed that they were to be exchanged for
those men. Nice, however, as the requirement Of
the rebels is, it will probably be speedily granted.
The privatceyslnen are already Fortress Monroe,
and MIR. Odell goes thitLer ton morrow to see that
they are promptly sent to Gen. Iuger, ana hoping
to return in few days biingiag Cols. Corcoran
aud Wilcox and Union prisoners, to the number
Of the pirates with him.
WAsArsoroS, May 80.
The following has just been received at the War
Department:
HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI
CAaP ON THE CoRrNT ROAD, May 2S. +
10 Hon. E. N. Stanton, Secretary of Var:
Three strong accommodating columns advanced
this morning on the right, centc and left, to feel
the enemy and unmas. his batteries. The enemy
holly contested his ground at every point, but
was driven back with considerable loss. The
column on the left encountered the strongest op-
position. Our loss is 25 killed and wounded. The
enemy left 80 dead on the field. Our Losses at
other points are not yet ascertained. Some five
or six officers and a number Of privates were cap
tured. The fighting will probably bo renewed to.
morrow at daybreak. The whole country is
thickly wooded that We are compelled to feel our
way. oigued
II. ". HALLEcE, Maj. Gen.
A dispatch just received at tho War Depart
ment, fully corroborates the former message, that
Corinth is evacuated by the rebels, and occupied
BY our troops. Prisoners say that tho enemy left
last night for OkoloIna, point about 100 miles
south of Corinth, on the N. d o. K.K.
The Circuit Court to-day formally refused a
writ Of habeas corpus for the discharge Of an al
legged fugitive slave.
Subscriptions Of money are being pledged for
the employment Of counsel TO test the legality Of
the application Of the fugitive alive law to tao
District Of Columbia, before the Supreme Court
Of the United States.
Tho claimant Of the female slave recently ar
rested from Marshal Lamon, by the military au-
thorities, is about entering suit against him for
the recovery Of the value Of the woman.
Especial to Post.
Col. Jennison has me West, it is said, with
the promise Of q comm md.
II is stated that the rebel forces under jackson,
still liDger near Martinsburg, at Harper's Ferry.