Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-17
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s1.aF FUN Wilmington
fM.4sHlSoToS, Feb. Is --Senator CI,ar5.
/ lsl nAs received q tettef from Col. WiI9oT
s.FS' says himself and the other nFfso5ass
I y = Got9fa9ta are IN good health md IN
s slsis condition has been rendered com.
~ n : Ap.e me eiothtng received from he
:, Tue Post Once Department has re5k5Zs,l
tne contract With Geo. F. NesBftt AZ =
York for stamped envelopes Tbis -. ~.
teman IS the original contractor. and -
ing 70 hts Improved machinery he IL ~
aPled % Furnish supplies at 4 grelt Ts5l,,s.5
non non OF former rates. The Dep6ftn,6S,.
therefore coutemplates selling the enveI-
oPes AT reduced prices aud at the int -,
!! mere were SIX regular bidders since ~.
hrst Of October. $3.50 si's
The Department has sold one million
Two hundred end seventy thousanti- 81 ,he
newly introduced stamped Newspaper
wrappers.
The last steamer from Port RoyaI
otoggnt 70 New York seyeuty.iiye thou
y0hu u: Parker has been appointed
f9 .: =, az Ship Island, Miss.
rue oregon DeNoerat aud Los Angeles
'etaa; nave been suppressed from the msilg
On ~ ground that they have been. nsed
~. W purpose o. oTsrthroWing the Gov
eEpmeal and giving aid aud comfort Ia
the enemy now at War;akaInst he Tsi,t,I
States. st's = llhts1
Ass ~ ashta&toa correspondent Of The
New York 4illcsi says tha. Hamilton Ffs6
ana Bishop Arpes returned 10, Washington.
to-aay, aud made report to the Goyernt1ent
o. their mission to relieve Union prisoner
IN the South. They repaired TO Fortress
Monroe and made known their commission
to the Confederate authorities at NorfoIk
BY whom the matter was referred 10 Rieb.
mond. Arcpl7 came, refusing the Com.
mlssioneES admission to the Confederate
territory, but expressing a readiness TO
negotiate for the general exchange Of
PrlSoners observation-disclosures opened mo-.
goIiattons which resulted in perfect sue
cess. an equal exchange was agreed on.
ou1 Tue Gontederates had 800 more prisou-
e!s !han we With commendabls nagna.
ulmity they proposed to release those nIso
on parole IL our Government WonI mid sS ,.so
to release 800 of their men that NAV ieIt
tall into our hands. The noble comi6is.
sion OF Secretary Stanton therefore has its
ample reward.
general jail delivery of our dear boyR
W'II occur throughout the South, and win
soon be rejoicing in liberty regained.
The following official dispatch from
Gen. Lauder has been received at head
quarters;
Paw Paw, Va. Feb. 18th, pm
-Ngj. Gen. G. B. NcClelIqn:
The railroad Was opened 10 Hancock
this morning. Also the telegraph.
We bad an important forced reconnois.
anee last night, which was completed to-
day. We broke up the rebel ncat Al
BloomerY Gap. We run down and cam
tured their commissioned officers: AMONG
them, GOlouels, Lieut.. Colonels, Captains
30. We engaged them with 400 cavalry.
Our Infantry Eere not near enough to
support the cavalry and the enemy were
retiring. We have In all IS prisoners and
killed ID of the enemy. We lost ? men
and horses At their frat ERE. led the
elarge 10 person. Il was comt;lTHs sur
prise. Col. Carroll, commanding the 9Th
or 9TH Ohio regiment, made a very daring
and successful RECONNAISSANCE immediataiy
afterwards to Unger's store. Major Froth.
lnghamts entitled to great credit for build
ing under my direction, in four hours. Ia
ne deed % nights .cel6 pleta hridRSI
actusS the great 9Geapo1, 81 ANN r5's5
q1ented mountain road, Two columns of
TWO thousand men each have marched SO
miles and one column 43 miles since 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, besides bridV.
ing the river. Papers that we're taken
from our prisoners aud my own recounois.
ance to the South prove that the country
Is clear and Jackson aud LOrinZ aro In
Winchester We oecu lied the Bloomery
Gap aud Point Mills on the belief by iufof-
nation from deserters that Gen. Canen's
brigade was there.
Gen. Denniug has just arrived at New
Greek from Mooreield, forty miles south
of Romney. he has captIred PCS beef
cattle and broken TAP the guerrilla haunt
there. Two Of his men were badly wound.
ed and he killed several of the rebels.
The enemy has thus been driven ont or
this department..
tSignedl F. ". LANDER,
Brig. GenI.
The following order was issue,l to-day;
MAsnISErhN- Eal, : 1871