The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-03

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killed on the Itasca and four wounded
The Bank of America, at New Orleans,
was paying specie
FRIDAY, June 27.-The East has drawn
on the West for general officers. Banks.
Mcdowell and Fremont are now subordi-
nate, in the Valley of Virginia, to Gen.
Pope. Pope Is a dashing. brave officer
much overraed, but, We believe, an i'm
prov.ment on any commander we have
yet had in the Valley. His great charac-
teristic is aheadativeness. lie belongs
to the so in style of military men, and, in
that particular line, Nelson-who comes
very near being brute--is the only one
of Ia!leck's commanders who exceeds him.
A dispatch received at the War Depart
ment this II. NJ. from Gen. Mcclellan
states that we hold the new picket line un-
disturbed, and all is now quiet on the
banks Of the Chickahominy.
The forces under Major Generals Ere
mont, Banks and Mcdowell have been
consolidated into one army, called the
Army of Virginia, and Major General Pope
has been especially assigned by the Pres
ident to the chief command
The forces under Fremont constitute
th .- hhrst army corps, and are to be com
/ Ia1 hv II Il
Banks constitute the second army corps
and are to be commanded by him the
forces under Gen. Mcdowell constitute
the third army corps. and are 10 be com.
handed by him.
McCall's division. 10000 strong. which
formed a part of McDowel's corps, has
reached Nc Clellan by water, and another
division is to follow Immediately in the
same way.
Gen. Pope will also operate against
Richmond
Jeff Davis is reported i'll at Raleigh,
whittier he had gone to see sick child.
All quiet at Memphis under military
government.
! SATURDAY, June 28-The battle Of the
| 10th inst, on James Island, near Charles
ton, appears to have been considerable Of
an affair Our loss. in killed, wound ID ,
and missing, was nearly seven hundred i.
/ The rebel batteries were taken by two Fed
eral regiments, but not being supported,
other Union forces behaving badly, they
were obliged to retire. Our troops, at last
advices, were under the shetering fire of
yunboats, awaiting reinforcements. Gen.
Benhem, who commanded the Federals on
the occasion, has arrived at New York, it
is reported un Ter arrest.
The official lis, of the rebel losses at the
battle OF Fair Oaks, puts the total Of their
killed. wounded and missing. at 5.897.
A bill has passed The Senate puuishing
with fine and Imprisonment any Cabinet
officer or Congressman who takes any con
sideratou for procuring contracts or OIL
oes.
1t is asserted that Ben w GODS expulsion
from the House of Representatives Is Ger
tain but the Republican Senator, Sim
mons, who swndled the Government out
of $4,000 in some gun contracts, will
hold his seat unmolested.
MONDAY, June 30.-Gen. Fremont. tax
ing offence at the appointment over him Of
Gen. Pope. his inferior in rank, has re-
quested To be relieved from duty. and his
request has been complied with. The
Pathfinder ;" it is to be hoped. has now
subsidized forever. =" Good radiance to
bad rubbish" Gen. Rufus King, Of Wis
consin, has been selected to fill the vacant
command.
meeting Of conservative members Of
Congress was held yesterday, at which a
declaration was made that the States, upon
the suppression of the rebellion, should
repossess and exercise the rights secured
to them by the Constitution.
The loss Of onr forces in the fight before
Richmond on the 25th inst, is variously
stated at from $50 to 900.
A train on the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad was captured by rebels on the
Goth, fourteen miles from Memphis. Three
or four officers and company of the Fifty
sixth Ohio Regiment were taken prisoners
Ten or twelve Federals were killed. Some
, eighty mules also captured.
1t is believed that Secretary Seward has
received from Earl Russell note in de
. nunciation of Gen. Buffers woman Of
the town. order. Whatever may be
thought of the propriety of that document
the intermeddling of the British govern
ment can lie regarded in no other ligh
3 than as piece of gross impertinence.
, WEDNESDAY,, July --latest advice: