Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-10
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WASHINGTON, March S.-The Commits
sioner of Indian affairs Mr.. Dale, has re-
turned from the West, while In Kansas
and Nebraska the Indian chiefs called upon
him and rendered tue services Of their
warriors for military service but these
cannot now be accepted. Upwards of G, 900
loyal Indian refugees including their fnma.
lies from the Cherokee country, are in the
lower part of Kansas, in their retreat from
the superior forces of the enemy, they
threw away everything which impeded
their stampede; the panic among them nj
that time is represented as frightful; these
Indians being in n destitute condition Cen
Hunter supplied their immediate neces-
sites. Commissioner Dale telegraphed to
the Government authorities and through
his representations Congress promptly
passed an act for their relief. The Post
Office Department received letter TODAY
from Nashville, dated the Sd inst, in which
it is stated that on the special agent Mr..
Marklandi taking possession of the Post
Office in that city, he found that the rebel
Postmaster had stripped 1t of every article
OF property, blanks, locks, mailbags, Irvine,
scales, keys, sc. The special agent had
managed to get the mails from Nashville
to Louisville. d.
The letter adds that the u S. officers
and troops have agreeably disappointed the
secessiouists By reason of their good be-
haviour and gentlcmanly department, 9th.
ers are mad because the officers and men
will commit some act of violence, or
perpetrNte an outrage of some kind. Be il
said to the credit oil all the officeas, soldiers.
civilians aud camp followers, that the or.
der in Nashville was never better. lave
never known better order.
The nomination of Abraham Waterman.
as Post Master of New York City, has moi
yet been confirmed. '.S' -
The President has issued a war order
No. 2, in which he orders that the army of
the Potomac nc divided into an army cSrps
to be commanded by the commanders OF
corps selected according to their seniority
! in rank, as follows: Tho first CORPS. Oar.
NEE, consisting Offour divisions, TO be COM
mNnded by Ma. Gen. Sumner. The sec
ond corps is not given in the despatch.
Thrill corps, consisting of three divisions.
to be commanded by Brig Gen. Heintzel.
/ man. Fourth corps consisting of three
tdiyisions. to be commanded by Brig. Cen.
| Keys The fifth corps. consisting Of Gen,
Banks and Shields (late Gen. Lander'sl
commands to be commanded by Maj. Gen.
Banks. Capt. Bell, of the Sd Pennsylvania
cavalry, has been promoted to be Major Of
tue Sd Illinois cavalry, now in Gen. Hal.
leek's department
GHARLEsTowS, Va, March 9.-The repor
4 of last night, that our forces had oecti.
pied Leesburg, is officially Confirmed. Tn,
tenemy evacuated he,town on Friday morn,
ing, taking all their supplies and baggage
to Atddleburg, but it is not known Whet6
or the troops retired thither or started to
wards Winchester. Col. Geary ocsnpis,
the town nnresisted yesterday morpino
capturing considerable, property belonoin,
70 the rebel army All was quiet on oii
frontiers last night.
osWEGo, N. ", March s.-Mr. Ricbar
Oliphant, the Oldest printer in the sal,
fell dead in the street this afternoon hi
death has cast a gloom over the entir