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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-07
nEPoT QUARTERMAsTER,s OFFICE

All the Lumber to he delivered within ~ dsTs
After signing the contract.
The Lumber 10 be inspected By IN Insp sctof sp-
pointed on the Part Of the 6ovarnment.
Payment 20 be made upon the satisfactory aom
petion Of the contract.
fropcs.ls mrstbe plainly marked "FRcFosALs
FOE LuMBER.'
The ability Of the bidder 20 hlI the contact,
should 1t be avs.d ded TO him, must be susrsntied
by two EpcnsIbe o persons, whose sIgnstures mus
be appended TO the guarantee, -.... ..
The responsibility OF the gusIantofs must be
shown by the official certificate of the oers Of the
nearest district court or Of the United States dis
trlot attorney. .-I -
Bidders must be present in person when the bids
ere opened or their proposals will not be ccnsld-
Bopds, in the sum OF Tvs thousSnd doll.rs,
slgned BY the contractor and both OF his gusran
tors, viii be required Of the successful bidder upon
signing the contract.
The right TO reject any or ali bids tia, may DO
deemed too high Is rsservet b, the Depot quarter
Informal proposals. will be rejected.
Form Of Gnararts
we, - OF the county OF -, and State OF -,
And -, of the county Of -, and State Cf =, do
hereby guarantee that = 10 able to ful hl CON
tract In accordance With the terms of his pro pol-
ton. sn0 that, should his proposition be accepted
Herewith. =
should the contract b' swarded him We ere pre-
pared 70 become his seop 1ti es.
(To this guarantee mr az be appended the oerti6-
cate above mentloned.D d. n. RUCKER
mn % Colonel and Quartermsster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-07

correspondence Between Generals Curtis
and Van Dorm.
The following correspondence has taken
place between Generals Van Dorr and Curtis,
in relation to the barbarities committed by the
indians connected with the former General 8
force upon the Federal troops at the battle Of
Pea Ridge. General Van Dorm acknowledges
that he employed Indians, but says that they
we're civilized ones. He charges that some Of
the Germans in the Federal army murdered In
cold blood a portion Of the rebels who were
taken prisoners, but General Curtis denies it.
The following is the correspondents
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

Now THAR Memphis has fallen, we know
that the anti-burning party in the Sonth is
sIrOnger than the Pro.burning party
Rvery day or two ne used to hear that a
project about burning the city was agitated
anew that those who had nothing to burn
wers in favor Of it, and that those who had
property were opposed. Human nature in
Memphis is human nature all over the
sonth. There will be but precious little
voluntary buruing-RIl the blowing and
Dragging aud drunken prOclaiming of the
rebel generals to the contrary notwith.
standing. People who have families in
the South, have no desire TO bcggar them
just to please the couspirators who are
carrying on this rebellion for their am.
bilious purposes. And hence we viii see
that wherever cotton or other cOmmodttie:
are burned. it will be done under tear o.
the Confederate authority.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

WewOuder what the secesh think of the
last movement of their frieuds2 from Cor
inth, We mean. All their previous move
ments, excavations, SC. have been splendid
victories. The giving up of New orleans
even was claimed as a victory, and losing
Island No. 10 was not defeat; neither
was the evacuation OF Columbus or York
town, or Norfolk. They were NIL move
ments that bodied good for the confederacy.
And now how about the evacuation OF
Corinth2 Is that, too, a victory. Have
the Federals gained any yiCtOries-have
they they ever fired gun. killed man OF
done anything at all 10 this war? Is there
any Federal army at all, anywhere; aud
lastly, is there a Government known as tn,
United States of America?
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06
About the Crops,

We request information from our friends
and readers in Western Virginia, Eastern
Ohio and Washington aud Greene counties
in Pennsylvania, as to the condition of the
crops. fruit, &c. We wish our friends. to
write snort notes, aud expressid them Just
what they would like TO read in another
persons note, VIE something that.will set
forth in a few. clear words what the wheat,
corn, oats, peaches, apples, plums, &c.
promise as crop.
We hope every reader will consider him
self personally invited to write US such in
formation. Eg IHE
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06
Hon. A. CaIawe1I.

Within the last day or two letters have
been received from Hon. A Caldwell, U.
s. Consul to the Sandwich Islands. We
are authorized to say that all reports about
his coming back again, on account of Diff
culties with the authorities there, or on nc-
count of any other cause, arewholly with.
out foundation. Mr.. @. reports his rela-
lions there as of the most harmonious and
satisfactory character. ~ -
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

IT is evidently the name 'coniscation9
aud uOt.the appropriation of the property
of Rebels to pay the expen SEES of the war,
which frightens certain class of Repre-
sentatives and journals. While the House
Coa6scatiOu bill received only eighty-tWo
v9tes to sixty-eight negatives, an act te
collect taxes where insurrection prevails,
was passed by a vote of ninety eight to
seventeen. The act provides for the sale of
all lands on which trxes shall not be paid,
and redemption is allowed only to loyal
owners. 1t also allows of the subdivision
ofestatcs, and their leasing or sale Gin par.
GELS to any loyal citizen, or any loyal per
son who shall have faithfully served in the
army, navy, or marine corps This act
will apply the property of Rebels to the
support Ofthe Government, aud be the same
in effect as a ConGsCation bill.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

The Glorious News.
AT last We have glorious and decided
news from Hallecl'S army, Ge6sP6pe. one
of the real men of this war who has done
SO much from the start, who has always
been where he was needed justin the niche
of time, has been driving and scattering
Beauregard's army before him like Whirl-
wind. Hewas forty miles south of Gorihth
when Halleck telegraphed, and in hot pur-
suit Of the fleeing and skedadling rebels
Id had tSken ten thousand of them prisozr
uers, besides fifteen, thousand stand Of
arms, and WAS continuing the harvest with
all possible vigor. Halleck reports that
the enemy were going ittotbe tune of"the
devil take the hindmost," aud that Beaure-
gard himself had lost his hope and his pres
ence of mind in the face of the discovery
that the railroad had been cut and his
flight interrupted, and in despair had told
his troops to save themselves the best way
they could.
The exploit of Col. Elliott and his brave
Iowa regiment, 10 penetrating right into
the brunt of the rebel flight, through
swamps aud woods, and through an un-
known and hostile country, will be ever
memorable in the annals of the nation. II
is one of the most daring acts Of the war;
and shows the hardy stuff our patriotic
troops are made Of They marched. day
and night, bafled all the euemy's watch
fulness, suBsisted themselves upon the
meat they could get as they passed through
the country, and finally came upon the line
Of retreat at Bonneville, cuethe railroad,
blew. mp several bridges and culverts,
burned the depot, destroyed twenty-six
cars loaded With supplies, also ten thous .
and stand of arms, and paroled two thons-
and prisoners which they had taken. but
cOald not keep.
This brilliant stFategem efEeetaally check.
mated the enemy, and has resulted in the
news received yesterday of the capture OF
ten thousand men by Pope, aud of the sub
starIial dismemberment and disbapdop-
ment, as we take it, of the rebel army oil
the Southwest. The effect of the news on
the Oonfederates at Richmond must be ter
rible. Defeatedand out.generaleda as they
too, have recently been, aud hemmed in
closer each day, with food growing scarce
and hardly procurable at any price, they
also must now be on the point of flight ant
disbandonment. 1t does not seem possible
that they will attempt another BATTLE
Certainly the last lingering hope of fina
success has gone out in their hearts. They
can see nothing but a general closing in OF
them from every side. Mcclellan is in tb,
front of them, and Mcdowell, Ranks an,
Fremont are chasing up jackson with ra p
; i'd marches, aud will soon be also in thei
front. Burnside lies concealed just belo,
Petersburg, near Weldon, ready. to do a
the word what Elliott did for Beauregar
I viz fire their line of retreat, and faI
upon their fight with all the force at hi
a command.
The bright sun of the Republic, so lon
Obscured, seems once more to be loomiu
E up on an almost clondless sky. Eyerythiu
4 promises well. Millions of patriotic heart.
e that for SO long have been weary with anx
i tety, will now beat happily. Tue end c
i the great conspiracy is very near.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

AMONG the gossip we have on this side
OF the Atlantic, from Paris, is that slidell
and family, aided by many sOuthrOns, are
making prodigiOus exertion and, spending
immense sums of money in entertainments,
in order to produce an Impression on the
French Ministry, five of whom (the mum.
her, We believe, is eleven) are willing to
recognize the independence ofthe South
slidell has large fortune Of his own, and
100000 was raised for him, it is said. 10
spend as a political fund. No wonder,
therefore, that in apartments, wines aud
show, and with a :dashiug family, he eclip-
ses Nr. Dayton, who is a plain and simple
man, wholly uneducated in the art OF di-
iplomacy, and even in tho French Language,
which the slidells speak as flnently as they
do English. Mr.. Dayton's character, an
tecedents or intellect, il such things are
studied aud weighed, will compare favora-
bly, with his wiley adyerss "a
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

Bonneville, the place atShich Col. Elliot
cut the Mobile & Ohio railroad and inter.
Cepted the rebel retreat from Corinth, is a
little village in Tiahamaugo county, Miss,
about twenty-five miles South from Cor
NTH To reach it Col. Elliott had to make
long detour down along the line between
Mississippi aud Alabama, and thence
across the swamps. He probably marched
$50 miles, and that. too, over by-rOads ana
by-paths. and Oftentimes over no roads or
paths, The country is one of the hardest
in the world TO traverse in such mn irregu-
lar way. Astounding as 1t does in swamps
auda thick set, stubby underground ofnOn-
grel timber. The Coufedera,es, by all rule
OfmOVements laid down in the books,
could hardly have expected to be out
HAhked in this daring manner. Their pre-.
conceived notions of Yankee enterprise
have probably undergone an additional in
tensitication.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

wEnotice among the ltst,of wounded at
the battle last Sunday, near Richmond, the
name Of u. A. PuFviance. Lieut.. Colonel
Of The s5th Pennsylvania regiment. Pur-
VANCE is one Of the editors Of the WASH
ington, Pa, Reporter, and has been in the
war everlsihce it commenced. We deeply
sympathize with him and hope that his
wound will prove nothing more than an
honorable scar. -.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

Gen. Mcclellan has paid his respects to
abe wiie of Gen. Lee, commanding Tie reb-
81 army ossthe East, and Gen. Butler has
lna oduced himself to Mrs Bsapregard, the
wife Of the rebel leader ofths army of the
West. Now Gen. Bnrnsideis also very.
polite man, and is decidedly probable
that he will leave his card with Mrs. JEFF.
Davis as shepasses through North CAROLS
ma, and eagerly embrace the opportunity Of
showing her every possible attention.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

THR recent creation of the "Department
ofYirgiuia," aud the transfer OF General
Dix to Fortress Monroe, indicate such CO.
operation with Mcclellan in his advance
upon Richmondias is very desirable. 1t is
probable that Gen. Wool was sent to Balti-
more because the sensitive old vetern did
not desire to serve in the field ina position
subordinate to Gen. McOlellan.- Cinci:ndti
Commercial. f,s
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

tbs Chicago Tribune says there proba.
Slynever was time before in tie history
of the West when there was such an i'm
mense amount of counterfeit moneyin cir
culatiOn. Such isthe5 anxiety of Eastern
bankers to get'a circulation at the West
that even hundred dollar bills have become
very common.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

WHEN Mobilsfalls the entire State of AL
ALBANIA falls with it, for the rivers of the
state-the Tomblgbee, the Tensaw, the
Alabama, &c.-raverse its whole surface
from North to South, and are nayigabIe by
our iuYuluerable gunboats not only to
Montgomery, the frat rebel capital, but to
nearly oil other points of value.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06
AN ORDINANCE

5fr n l.
To amend the 2lst section Of an ordinance To pres
vent certain improper practices therein specified
found on page lS5 Of the printed volume Of the or
dinanees OF the city. So p ss545HJt'- $40
Sec /. Be It ordained by tho Council Of the City OF
Wheeling, that section 2ist be- and the Is bere
by aniended and reorlained so astO read a. follows
tO-wit: f61E if75
SEC 1t Elall not be lawful for any person to loi-
ter upon the sidewalks sit upon the paraptt wall
Of the Main street bridge across Wheeling Creek or
to oitOr upon about the Market street wire sus-
pension bridge across the said aS to obstruct
the free passage along said side walk IN any man
neT to annoy peEsops sing said bridges; and every
person who shan offend against the PTov.ion
less than one nor than I'VE dollars and II such
tine be not paid upon Tie rendition Of the Judgment
such person may, At the discretion OF the magistrate
rendering the Judgment, be sentenced to labor with.
ont compensation at any Of the public works or I'm.
pFOvements undertaken, or to be undertaken by. the
city, until said line and costs ofproseention shall
have been fully paid, or for any perod exceeding
thirty days. 7iz1 p f'a sn3 r
SEC. 2. This ordinance shall be aud remain in fall
tnrce and effect from and after the 2d day OF june
1892.
JACOB BURKLE,
Je6St al r. d City CLERK
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

WAX FAlru.--Aa venerable clergyman
ofwhom We know, is=accustomed to prny
very specifically. Lately asking forthet to-
tai overthrow ofthe rebels, he said: t.We
acknowledge the weakness of our faith
when we ask for their repentance. ~ Prop
i1enee Journal sgd a. IN 3.ilf!t.- 80.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06
Jaekson's Escape.

jackson has escaped, it would seem,
from his pursuers. Ills rear guard was
strong enough on the other side of Stras.
burg to hold our advance in check. He ia
willy old fox aud evidently knew his
ground aud his opportunities a great deal
better than we did. He knew Jus. how
much margin he would have to 90 on and
what time he could make.
We notice that some of the Washington
dispatches ask why Gen. fremont did not
take more direct road across from Frank
lin aud throw himself in Jackson,s roar
and completely cut Oh his retreat. It is
very easy to ask such question. The
glib people who propose it, do not know
perhaps that for four days previous TO his
march General Fremonts troops had had
scarcely bite OF bread that they were
qpbsIstiug on flesh neatRithout even salt.
To have moved further south on a line that
would have taken him directly across to
HaFrisonburs, would simply have been to
lead his troops Oat in the wilderness 70
starye to death. AS it was, he could with
she greatest difficulty subsist his troops at
Franklin, and was compelled 70 come round
BY Petersburg aud meet his supplies.
Jackson being General, and NOT let.
ter writer for the New York ueWsPapers,
knew this before he commenced his pnr-
suitsof Banks
- -9-----
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

The Atlanta conftdsraey proposes, and
the Petersburg Express endorses heartily,
"tbat Beapregard, Secretary Randolph, or
JEFF. DaNs issue an order that for every
lady in New Orleans who is maltreated nm
der Buffers order, ten Lincoln prisoners
be put 70 tlealh.i'
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

ALL that,we dread about Judge Thomp-
sons Imprisonment at Camp Chase Cwhith-
er he was sent yesterday is that he viii
fall into one of those tits of frenzy again,
and write another twenty five hundred lines
of poetry. We think that stringent pre-
cautions opghtto be taken to protect the
loyal people of the country against any
such infliclion.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

AN army correspondent With the advance
of General McClellan's army writes that be
is within hearing otthe Richmond BELLS
He adds, however, thatthe bells have been
recast into cannon.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06
Tho CentralOhIo ma.

The trains on This road are back on their
old time again. The experiment that was
started a few days ago of running tain
70 reach here at sig in The evening instead
Of eleven at night has been abandoned,
principally We believe, on account of the
troubles and atEienlties on the Baltimore
road, (which the night connection was
broken. sa1's's 20 -szsa - To
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

liz consideration Of the mischief. the Gov
erpmept Telegraph was made to do week
ago Sunday, Sunday night and Monday
it is suggested that the Government opera
tors be put under newspaper 0ensors-as
upon the whole. the newspapers have new
er done half as much mischief as ''the
GoYernorsl did upon the strength of des-
patches from a panic-strtcken Secretary.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06
Baltimoro and Onto Rallroad.

We are sorry to hear that tBe recent
rains have SO swelled the waters of .he Pc.
tomac aud Big and Little Cacapon, ss to
sweep away the trestle work of the Balu-
more and Ohio Railroad at Harpsr's Ferry
and at the two last named points. Other
wise the road would have been in working
order again this week. AS it is, it will
not probably be opened before next week.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTTCR

rTNUE STOCKHOLDERS or ODD HALL
II Association will loet q the Hallon Monday, the
18th inst at ~ O'Clock, for the purpose Of elssting
Trustees fcr the ensuing year,
jeGtd ISAAC COTS, Prest
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

PRESTrcE says the rebel armies can't get
a good view of anything, for they are not
able. to find a standpoint.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

Has anybody ia this city got any Con-
federate scrip "payable six months after a
treaty of peace between the United States
and the Southern Confederacy.' Because
ifthey have, we want to buy forty or fifty
bushels of it, on a speculation with the
paper mills.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

THE following cOnversatiol took place
on the receipt of the news of the eyaeua-
ton of COFiqth:
"What do yop think of Gen. Halleck's
First Epistle to the Corinthians ~
livery good he Persuaded them all TO
Zee from the wrath to Gomez
Nofe--ln the South, heavy guusare CALI
ed Persuader., by a can. term.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06
A Union regiment Forming iva new
Orleans.
The fOtlOwiag1 pOlife appears % ID
True Delta:
"Un1TEl sTATs ARsI.

49,. = - Ettf.ketS 80 so
1Fae Delta: 81
"Un1TE8lsTAri IS AMY.
\ 'tRecrliis! Reesasits q Rseruitsi- few
able. bodied meds are SWantedsto 6lIup the
various regiments United States Army, in
this Military Department to the maximum
standard. Pay, Sl3 per month, clothing,
and rations, and q bounty of one hundred
dollars at the end pf the war. Union
men forward, right into line, march
-stsESeyVEall applications having been made
by persons loyal TO the United States Coy
Grnmert for leave to raise regiment for
its service, notice is hereby given that the
written proposals Of such persons 70 that
end will be received at the general recruit.
ing Office and considered. 4f45 30
"0fice, No. los st. Charles street, New
Orleans. s 4.,55.s.,.! ats;F
s'LouIs A. SALANoS, Recruiting Officer.
COTTON PROTECTED AND CoMNoiIH. !,
Trade is beginning TO revive in New Or.
leans. The True Della announces the ar
rival, on the 18th inst, of a load of cotton
by the steamer Diana from PIaquemiue.
Cattle had come in from the Red River, and
an arrival from the Carolina Bluff Is rec
ported. with corn. oats, flour and bacon.
In order to encourage the shipments of
cotton, General Butler issued the follow
ing order, promising protection to the car
goes Ia ..6i.s 77a. IsA4 dh l.
'rhe Commanding General Of the De-
ParInsnt naxlng 9een .iatoFneo .nas re
resented and sresnow renressbting to the
honest planters and the good people of the
State of Louisiana, thai the United States
ny w. lYtess,i t.ys come ns q.
~. i anu GeSy sner .5o.a, =. STs ~.
You aIl " Is usEeoy 9EI rue 70 pe
" - al
papers ~ tnts S.sy' lpat all cur !. u COZ
son aIlo suall FsceITe rue SAFE con,
Iuct OF lne FORCES OF tne upI!eu Set1es anu y
Sue 'Is tE9.l tue
llies " tue uu!leu STATES AuLces' ulAy lue
A.t0WeG 70 return IN sateIy a1tsF aFeaAon-
aole qelay, Al tnelr owners snalliso desire
\ fFoVlded' lhey orlng no passengers except
me owners and managers OF SAID boats
a,SaS ~ SSuT :osis,o auu n ~
which such boats are requested to bring .
full supply for the benefit OF the suffering
poor of this city. = IeiIs.7i1 4 Is
'sBy command of insa
.....t4.-.s "Major General BUTLER,
$3.50. c. STRoNG, A, D. CO. Chief Of
Staff
CHANGE OF SENTIMENT.
b. pradnal chanpai seems TO have come
= ~ d q ~.
over lu ~. spirit VI new oEteallS
From day to day the leading articles grow
milder, and ''United States domination i.
re,.raad In the latest nsnsrs5 reca;vea as ,
Z .,s ..,,., ii
tnlng WnlG" = NOT SO 'tEt.9ie 1. '1 az
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06

II Jackson really does escape from our
forces which We presume be win, he will
have to shin It fast for Richmond by the
wap of staunton and Lyhchbarg. he can
not come in By the northern route, as We
have cut that road in Hanover county.
If he is not in a hurry there win be no
Confederate Richmond in all probability
for him 70 ace to, and he will como in Just
in time to take part in the evasdation or
surrender.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06
GRAFToN LIST or LETTERs

rIlIIR FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF LETTERS RE.
y manning in the Post once At Grafton, Virginia.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-06
OF tho Boston boot aud shoe market tho

or the Boston boot aud shoe market The
Reporter says trade continues quiet, with
very little pereePtible change, for she last
month. A fair nambefof orders are COM
ing in. The prices Of goods are much
more satistaeiory, and dealers and mana-
faetprers are reUnneFated for their outlay,
getting fair rates for seasonablo goods.
Tho OtalishipmOnts Of boots and shoesby
railand SEQ from Boston ddrine tho INST
week have been ssss cases.