Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-14

WAsrlueron. Jsss II.
No forther paEticulsp Of Gen. Shields
encaeemeat have 4en reepivsd ct
The kar 1epartmlt.
~ Alice. nom Is CIellan's hsadquar-
ters this eiening. statethataA recoono's-
auce was made this morning - fer -
Meadow Bridge. They found the enc
nv quiet, but in force. Some skirmlsh-
ing had taken place during the day, bat
with little result on either side.
The weather Is good and the ROADS
The Circuit Court to-day, in the nat:
ter Of John and William Jackson, claimed
n fugi.ives BY Dennis Daval, Of Mary.
land. reiterated it's former declsion 10
refusing to admit testimony a. to the
| loyalty Of the claimant, but permitted
the admission as to whether the slaves
had been actually engaged in aiding
the rebellion. They were returned 70
their claimant. The counsel for the
slaves claimed that they should return
fugtives only at the rcquisition OF the
Governor of Maryland, but the Court
decided against the point.
Gen. Thomas was transacting business
as usual to-day, at the War Department.
This is = sufficient reply to the state
ment that be had been suspended from
office. It is not known to bis most init
mate friends that q court of inquiry AZ
reported at a distance, is engaged 10
investigating any Of his official transac.
lions.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 9th
inst, devotes its editorial colun ns to de.
ploring such fact that there is found
no individual desperate and weary Of
living BY the wretchedness this invasion
has brought on him. as to substitute
what may be an ignominious suicide tor
a glorious martyrdom.
The paper is printed on half sheet.
and is a striking evidence Of the impov-
erished condition of affairs in lsichmond.
[Tribune's Dispatch.
Representative Maynard, of Tennes-
see, received telegram from Governor
Johnson tonight, to the effect that the
rebels we're reported to be retreating
from Cumberland Gap towards Chat
taooga. 1t so, East Tennessee is at
last freed, and Gen. Morgan can imme-
diately take possession.
The conference appointed on the part
of the House on tho tax bill, are Thad-
deus Stevens, Morrill,, Of VT, aud
Holmes, of Ind. On the part Of the
Senate. Fessenden, Harris and Hender-
son.
| Especial to the Times
An order will probably be issued to-
morrow modify ing the regulations gov
erning Brigade Surgeons, by placing
them under the more immediate control
Of the Surgeon General, who will direct
ii cir services wherever they may be re.
CURED.
A gentleman from Fredericksburg
direct, states that when the bridge
across the Rappahanuock Was swept
away by the food the other day, the Sc
cessionists of both sexes assembled on
the bank and manifested their deli ght
by cheering and waving of hats and
handkcrchiefa, yet no one was arrested.
The few Union citizens of the place
complain bitterly that the protection
given to rebel property is denied to
them, and that avowed rebels are treat.
ed with so much tenderness as to make
the lot Of the poor Unionist peculiarly
hard.
When Gen. Doubleday went out he
took for his headquarters the house o.
the notorious rebel who bad three sons
in the rebel army, but Gen. Mcdowell
instantly ordered Gen. Doubleday out
and placed a guard to protect the
house.
The following dispatch has just been
transmitted to Secretary Stanton, and
also copy to Gen. Casey:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF The PoToMAc,l
June 5!h-1l p. NJ. !
Hon. E. NJ Stanton, Secretary Of Var:
My dispatch of the lst inst, stating
that Gen. Casey's division, which was
in the line, gave way upaccountably and
discreditably, was based upon official
statements made to me before and on
the field of battle, and while was there
by several commanders. From state.
ments made to me subsequently by Gen.
Casey and Nagle, l am induced to
believe that portions Of that division
behaved we'll and made most gallant
stand against superior numbers. But
at present the accounts are too conflict
ing to enable me to discriminate with
certainty. When the facts are clearly
ascertaiued, the exceptions OF good con
duct will be properly acknowledged.
! Signed GEO. B. MCCLELLAN,
Major General Commanding.
| A FEDERAL prisoner at Macon, Ga.
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