Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-03-13

evacusted .ent1evi.lc, ordered to reinforce
:otepienson's Depot hva n4ies from Winchester.
The forces under Gen'ls Ha il:on and Williams,
constituting Reconnaissance. reached here this
evening without serious opposition.
Six Southo n lnen votca aye, anl Line M Y, in
the House to-day, on the President emancipation
resolution. The Others from TIC Border State
were not IN their seats.
iierads Dispatch.
Before dark last night, Cel Avc1ill with large
bsdy OF cavalry, entered tho far-famed ret Il
works at Mapassas mud bivouacbe,, .er the night
amidst the gu.Is ot the rebel stronghold The
Intelligence gathered at Manassas and in tho
ne ghbcrho cd, tends To snow that the whole rebel
army has retired Snnthwa-d. Ii is lot credited
that they will attempt to make a stand near u.
The country is oten, level and unproIlising for
defensive warfare. The opinion is gtninc .rDu.,d
that Gofdonsvil.c was simply the rendezvous for
what was lately The rebe army Of the Potema-
rs it is the Jun Ction of tho Orange 4 Alexandra.
with the Virginia Ce:t:ai Railroad the only poin.
at which they can with any SORT i confidence, Mt
tempt to make a stand. It IS near the Junction
of the Frederick 4 Potomac with the Central
Virginia Railroad, in which neighborhood the
North Anna ard South Anna rivers unite and
form the panamahy river, bout go miles directly
sor,h Of Richmond At this POINT tho country i
much broken and admirably httei FOR defence
1t is reported that in their retreat tho rebels
have destroyed the railroad bridge across tie
north fork OF the Eappahan -o,ll. Ia their hast,
they have left behiLd struggling parties of col
diers, who seem to be very glad to be made prs-
| oneis. Wherever they have ne, it is evident
that their army is completely demeya.izea, and
totally unit for service.
The moral effect Of the retreat from Manassas n
Richmond will be the same th.ougnoa. the south
as it is in this part Of Virginia and the i'm preston
prevails that the Southern Confederacy has 90, .
iapsed, ard many Of the people thank God for it,
The forts are all abandoned, but log houses hun.
lro has upA Ia m 1,a.
/! 80 900 troops, still remain. Also IA immense
number of tents. Heaps Of dead horses cover the
fields in the vicinity. The log hu's arc strewn ali
! along between Cent-eyilIe and Manassas Tho
railroad track is undistuTbed. except the br;joc
across Bull Run, On the Warrenton turnpike.
which is blown up, as also tie bsilge aoross Cob
| River between Ccntreville md Manassas. All in
| dicated q precipitatc flight Of the reseIs.
| Some c4issons were found, 5at no guns. Piles
of bullets ana cartriig iges were left nd nn
| quantity Of Quartermasters stores.
In one place were discovered about go 0nO busb :
/, els OF corn, which had been set on fire. and wa.
! sti II smouderiL.. Among tho trophies are ack
| saddles, army orders. nlskets, reyo.ve-s, bowie
knives, letters etc. Over 000 pack saddles We,
| found oil new, and marked &c. $. A."
| People in the vicinity state that prior 70 III q
| evacuation there were lGo,0 troops ut Mana ,saa
| and Centrevi.le Covering the breastwo,ks were
! what appeared to be cannon, but upon exami ma :
! ton they proved to be wooden affairs got up for
| effect.
| Two Pennsylvania cavalry regiments were the
first Union troops entering Centreviile Four miles
from Manassas Home Guard had been organized
. to protect themselves.
! Gen. Mcclellan has taken up his quarters at
| Fairfax Court House.
| A dispatch has been received here contradictiap
| the announcement that Winchester was occupied
Yesterday by cur troops, and stating that it il held
| by rebel force. 1t il believed here by the bes,
informed critics military affairs tha. the rebels
there are simply portion Of the Virginia militia,
left there to cover the retreat Of the main body OF
] rebels.
I. is not probable that any considerable force
would be maintained in that part Of Virginia af.
ter the evacuation Of Manassas, which commar. d,
| the only railroad avenue thence to Rich mond.
Large numbers Of contrabands have reached on,
lines, which nov extend beyond Mapassas juno.
tion, and are still coming in ~ droves.
The sarshworks at Csntrevine were greatly mis-
represented. They were not Of the formidabl,
character supposed. The enemy before evacaaa
Ing had somewhat injured them by breaking th.
| embvasures and casematss.
On our troops arriving ct Fairfax Ceurt Hous
hey found ~ more than dossn fsniliss. tn