Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-14
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RKTALtA4oKY nEAs6KEs.
IN reply 70 a reque., OF the Pre.ide6i, it
Is understood that each menber of the
Cabinet has submitted in writing bis opin-
ion in regard 70 retalis,ory measures to-
ward the rebels, on aceO1nI Of the massa.
Grss OF Fort PILLOW ana Plymouth. The
opinion of Attorney General Bstes il said
10 be in opposition to any sach course
WhaieVer policy may be adopted, no for
nal Pnblic declaration of it viii probably
be made.
oARE OF TIE WOUNDED.
Cargoss of ice, clAret, and hospital sup
plies, with a large number Of volunteer
surgeons aud nurses, arrived Tuesday, at
Fredericksburg, aud the Sanitary an. 9th
bedeVolent and humane Commissions are
veil represented.
Der train of ambuIauees contained some
10 600 wounded, and proceeded 10 Freder-
ieksburg. Almost every house in IoWn Is
converted into an hospital.
BIDS ROB EuRsIsHlxs sHIHaLEs.
Bids were opened yesterday for furnish
ing the Government with one million white
pine shingles. SeVeniesu bids we're made
At prices ranging from So 10 81 per thou
sand. The award is under sdFfsement.
DIsMAY OF THE OoPPERaKAps.
Almost every one has noticed that from
tho dsy of The advance of oar army the
secession sympatbi1ers have been Quiet.
and have not induiged in their propensity
fog inVenting frighIful Iumors of Union
disasters. So far they are in mental fear
of Geo. Grant and his reputation Tor vim
ming bartles- This Ia a good sieu, for
these rebels have means OF Obtaining infOr-
nation from The enemy that loyal men do
not possess.
REsoLuTIoNs ABoCT THE UEElrPLoIKD GIN
ERALS.
The following joint resolution vas pass
ed by the House of Representatives last
night, II to As, through .he previous ques
lion moved by Mr.. sehenck. The resoIa-
ZION has not jet passed the Senate:
On mctioa of NJ. Sehenck the previous
question MAS ordered on the Joint resolu-
Elon, which provides that all major eener-
ais and all brIgadier generals in the mill
IaTJ service of tie GATED States, who, ON
the Let of July next shall not be in per.
tormance of duty, or service correspond
ing with their respective grades and rank.
and who shall not have been engaged in
such duty or service for three months con-
Einuously next prior to that date, shall
then be dropped from the rolls of the ar
my, and all the pay, aud emolnmenIs, or
allowances of such general officers, so
dropped shall cease from that date, aud
the vacancies thus occasioned may be fill.
ed by new promotions and appointments,
as IN other cases, but no officer is 70 be
considered as included 10 the foregoing
provision whose absence from duty shall
have been occasioned by wounds received.
or disease contracted in the line of his
duty, while 10 the military service of the
United States, or by his being a prisoner
OF war in the hands Of the enemy, or IN.
der parole, and any mrjJr general of vol
unteers, or brigadier general of volunteers
who may have been appointed from the
regular army under the authority given in
section 4Ih OF the act approved July 22d,
1852, 10 authorize the empIoymanL OF vol.
unreers 70 Gid in the enforcement of the
laws and protection 0frSpubItc properly,
and the acts amendatory thereto, who
shall be so dropped from the rolls, snail
not thereby be discharged from the ser.
vice of the United States, but shall be re-
mItted to hIs position and duty as an Officer
of the regular army.
THE PRESIDENT AID PRANK RL4IR.
The .oIleuiag pEuSios di1e ID
the Senate moved by Senator Davis, Of
Kentucky F:
Resolved, &C., That the arrangement
made by the Pgesident and Secretary of
War. with Generals Schenck and Blair, 10
receive from them Temporarily their com
missioUs.of Msjor General, with discretion
on their part at any time during the SEES
sion of Congress, to resume them, was IL
derugaIion of the Constitution of the UuiIed
Stats, and not within the power of the
President or Secretary of War, or either of
them to make,
sKEDADDLERs.
Many of the officers and men brought
up in the boats last nigh. from Frederioks.
burg are evidently skedaddlers. a. some ~
them can he seen loungiug around the no.
tells Today with hardly a scratch unoD
their persons. Yesterday captain, Who
bad walked all the way from the battle.
held, reported himself here as having been
struck with shell. He was examined bv
surgeon, aud found not to be disabled.
further than that his feet were somewhat
swollen, which was caused doubtless by
bis long walk to this city. The examining
surgeon reported the officer to the War
Department as having been disabled from
running" and it is understood that he win
be court martialed.