Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-05

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Jackson will be overtaken and forced
to fight or abandon bis ground entirely.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON. June 8.
The Government regards as palpa. |
BILE fact that the movers in the present
rebellion never entertained the expecta.
ton Of achieving a revolution; what
they desired, was to open a point for
foreign Intervention, or which they re-
lied to overthrow the Union. They
began their intrigues even before they
ventured upon the rebellion, and ever
since have applied themselves to this
work Of Intervention. The pretence Of
revolution was, therefore, fraud, and
is now exposed to the world. 1t is not
doubted that these views are now, or
soon will be known to European Gov
ernments, through the Secretary OF
State.
A highly interesting report was made
to the House this p. M, by Representa-.
tive Blair, Of Missouri, from the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, with an amend
ment, reported as supplementary Sec
ton to the pending bill, tor enlargiDg
the Illinois canal and improving the
Illinois river. The section provides for
charging the locks of the Erie and
Oswego canals to size adequate to
pass gun-boats, at cost not exceeding
$3,ooo,ooo. The report presses these
works strongly as a military necessity,
rendered manifest last Winter, in tie
British press, in respect to the cities and
commerce of the Lakes. Our two great
channels Of naval access, one from the
Hudson, and the other from the Missls-
sippi, are strikingly treated by the re.
port as integral and iuseparable portions
Of harmonious system of national de.
fence. Their commercial importance
will probably be presented to Congress
in some other form.
WASHINGTON, June 3-l1 .. N.
The War Department has not received
any further details of the late battle in
front Of Richmond.
No news of public interest has been
received from the army Of Corlnth.
Advces from the valley Of the Shen.
andoah, indicate that race is being
run, in which, so far, Jackson's army
has the lead.
(Tribune's Dispatch.
Rev. DR.. Tying, of New York, and
Stephen Caldwell, of Philadelphia, rep
resenting the Freedmen's Associations
Of those cities, waited on Secretary
Stanton this morning, in company with
Senator Sumner, to inquire Into the
authority under which Gov. Stanley
issued his order closing the colored
schools in North Carolina.
These gentlemen had official advices
that this had been done from Vincent
Collier, who was teaching 800 blacks,
when the order was ISSUED. Secretary
Stanton showed them his instructions
to Gov. Stanley, which contain not
word directing him to enforce the local
laws Of North Carolina nor do they,
in any way, authorize the issue OF the
order in question. Sec'y Stanton also
said that he would not remain one hour
a member Of the Administration which
sanctioned such proceedings as that OF
Gov. Stanley, and read his visitors the
letter which he had just written to that
functionary, after advising with Lincoln,
in which be was directed to revoke the
obnoxious order, and to allow schools to
go on as heretofore.
The commission and instructions to
Gov. Stanley and Andy johnson, we're
to-day sent into the Senate in response
to Senator Summers resolution of IN.
quiry.
The commission simply constitute
them military Governors of their re-
spective States to keep the peace and
maintain the National power. Their
instructions are in very general terms,
aud prescribe duties such as are sug-
gested in their commission as quoted
above not a word in either about en-
forcing local laws.
Especial to the Herald1
The House committee on railroads,
ETC., have instructed their chairman,
MIR. Mallory, Of Kentucky, to report
bill to further the construction of the
Pittsburg and Connelsville Railroad to
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at
Cumberland. This is in accordance
with the memorial of the members of
the Legislature Of Ohio, which sets forth
the need of closer, speedier and more
direct communication between the
Northwest aud Washington. By this
road, connecting with the Baltimore &
Ohio, Z miles would be saved in the
transit f,om the great Northwest to the
seat of Government. It is represented
in the memorial that amounts that would
be saved in freights and fares by this
line, would soon more than repay
any temporary outlay Of the Govern
ment expenses of transportation on mil.
itary account. Accordingly the com.
mittee report in favor Of endorsing
bonds Of the Connelsville road to the
amount Of 100000 under proper
securities, provided that troops, mum.
tions Of war and stores shall be carried
over said road at half the usual price.
The route of the Pacific railroad a.
provided by the bill that has passed the |
House runs gradually and directly north
and west from st. Joseph, No., to the
'oonth.west Pass, near the asa parallel
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