Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-07-01

Very heavy nr,pg WAS heard last ntght
At Por, Hudson.
The Herad ha. the following
MAniLANp llEiGnTs, .unc -.
We were ,is,ted here yes crday hy
Gen. Hooker, accompanied by Big ten.
Warren. The obleot Of the visit was 10
enquire INTO the prop'iety Of evacuatng
the Height. lie scnt for Col. Reynolds,
our able engineer, aud asked him what
tho object was in holding the lI.ghtr.
The Col. replied that he had often asked
factory n swer. Hooker then issued m
order that the place should be evacuated
hy o'clock neIt morn ny, that such
guns ~ could not be removed should be
DESTROYED and the stores rcpoy i. In
mediatey after bc informed llaieck OF
what he had done, ~hcrcupon lac receiv
ed Dispatch coun'crmandlng the order,
and saying that the for iiicatoDa had cost
too much to be gwen up unless under
the most urgcnt nccc.si,y lie consider
ed ll.rpcr's Ferry 10 be the key 10 the
present and future operations of the
~ ]
mcnt upon Til. WAS natural enough, -
~ hats the use Of holding on 10 tho
kew after the door is smashed" While
on his way back from here hc received u
urdcr from Washington removing him
rom command and placing Meade in his
.tcad.
Tho Herald has the following
CoLrAniA via LANoAsrnn, June 80.
by rebel information we learn that
the enemy is falling back along tn" cn-
tire line. The city Of York WAS evncu
a,cd last night or early this morning. -
Gen. Early ~ reported 10 hnye carried
Oft vast amount of money and stores.
De-erters from the rebel army say
the rebels are concentrate, Z for "A great
battle with Meade, but this is not be-
licvcd by those in official stations.
1t is reported that there is a large reb-
cI force opposite McCall's Ferry. De
scrters from York say they heard this
spoken of by some Of EarIy's iliccrs.-
This Is The movement against Philadcl-
phia.
1t is believed that Meade has retaken
Hanover Junction.
All along the line Of the Susqu ehsnna
above and below here, pickets are sta
toned in sufficient force to proven. n
crossing.
II is hoped Longs,rcct's pontoon train
accompanies his troops To Nc Calls ferry.
80
Special to tho Times
Headquarters AnMY PoroaAc,
June 3O.-S Pm.
! am ust in from the front. The rob
cl force which made the raid on the Bal
timore d Ohio X. X. consisted Of Stuart y
whole force. Monday night they arrived
at Westminster, threw out strong pick
cts and shot two citizens attempting to
escape.
Early in the morning Con. Grigg at
tackled Stuart and drove him from West.
minister 10 Hanover, Pa.
During thi. A. NJ. Gems. Fitz i atrick
and Castor drove Stuart from LA mover,
after splendid fight, and are still pur.
suing him, his force going towards Got.
tysbu'g and part towards York.
During the day ten. Bui0rd drove
rebel regiment OF infantry out Of Gettys
burg. who retired in northeaste,ly di
| r. ction.
1t is reported that the rebels burned
Cashtown, Pa yesterday.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was
repaired last night. The bridge on III
ney Run has been restored and the ira n
which left this morning for Frederick and
Harpe.'s Ferry has gone through with
out Interruption.
The tel, graph was repaired in half an
hour after the rebels disappeared, and N
q few hours the bridge track was laid
and the rails replaced.
The rebel cavalry which Yesterday at
tackled company Of the lst Delaware at
w estminis or and drove them tows, ds
this city, was doubtless tho advance
guard Of Fitzhugh Lees cavalry leading