Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-12-09

There 10 NO question that Gen. A'..
crossed The Rspidsa with the ssPec''
do. either Of compelling Lee 70 re''e.'
sovard. Richmond. OF offer hlm battle
IN 4 position whore the natural advsnss'
70. would b something Ike equal. ~.
order, from HE .uperiors were "find
Lee and fight him. and bis advance Wa
undertaken in direct obedience. why
he should surrender his line OF commo-
uica.ions and supplies, boldly march 10
70 the enemy's country. bring the enemy
:. b.v, draw up his army in line Of bat
lie. and then ignominiouelP retreat, i'
almost incoDprehenslble.
Gale.burg, Knox county, Ill, has been
thrown into considerable excitement BY
the failure of J. +. Dunn 4 Co., bankers
Of that place, their assignment, and the
abscoud,ng Of J. F. Dunn, the Mayor OF
the city and the principal Of the hrm.
Large sums due soldiers and soldiers
families, literary and charitable institu-
tons, and many poor laboriog men,
we're on deposit, and will nearly all bea
total l. % to the depositors. 1t was the
principal banking house in the city, and
the Mayor and proprietor was an intense
ly "loya" mas.
1t 10 no secret at Washington that
nearly oil the corps commanders look
upon Mesde as . failure; and as tor
the rank and ble, since he marched them
to Nine Run and back again, they are
dissatisfied with him almost 10 state
Of characterization. Judging from this
circumst stance, and Others uhich dare
not now be told, it is safe to say that the
Army Of the Potomac is literally "play
ed out" unless turned over to Gen. Nc
Clcllsn.
1t is reported here in official circles
that the Army OF the Potomac will now
fall back to Manassas and 90 into win
ter quarters. Provided no further Ope-
rations are intended this season, this is
the best that can be done. The coun-
try between Manassas and the Rapidan
is aot worth occupying by either army
during the winter, and by falling back &c
Manassas our army has far more CON-
Portable position than on the Rappahan.
mock, and can be easily supplied from
Alexandria and this city.
Tho wife of Methodist preacher
named Seeter, whose home is at Oska-
loosa, but who is now Chaplain in the
army, was arrested at Sigourney, Keo
kuk county, few days siuce, on charge
Of stealing two thousand dollars from The
trunk Of Mr.. Clark, in whose house she
was temporarily stopping as a guest
The money was found secreted in he'
trunk. She alleges that it was stoler
and placed there by some enemy to &C
complsh her ruin. For the sake of her
self and husband, it is to be hoped such
may turn out to be the fact. She Wat
recognized to appear at the next term Of
the District Cont of Keokuk county in
the sum of two thousand dollars.
Hunters and trappers on the Handy
obi Lakes, sixty miles west Of Glencoe
Minnesota, killed and scslped an Indian
last week. They saw three Indians,
and expressed the belief that they were
on the way to the fort to surrender
themselves to the authorities. Some fl
ty pounds of pork had been stolen from
them, and the Indians running away
when discovered by the whites would
indicate nothing more hostile than a
disposition to get regular ratious. TIE
scalp is on the way TO Adjt. Gen. Mam-
ross; and the phllanthropic republican
authorities will soon take the bloody ,ro-
ply aud pay over the two hundred dol
lars.
The Three Hundred Dollars Exemption.
Some people do not yet clearly under
stand what has been decided rs to com
mutation and exemption. II is still be-
lieved by certain class, who have been
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