The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-05-11

~Ohcial dispatches from Flen Banks
have been re~eivetlgto April 2ist stating
tiiai his army 5wasih excellent condition,
aud would lin ediately fesumethe march
uy"n Shreveport.
Intelligence from the Amy of the Po-
tJ'nac Indicates everything III readiness
to, fiorwar mevciuent
ten Sttfry Ifss been ordered to report
IL Gcn. Batter for duty.
Colonel Wise~eii, of the Veteran Re-
serve Corps, succeeds General Martind lie,
as Military Go, ernor OF the District Of
Columbia
Gen. Butler has stopped all exchanges
for the present, and prohibits the flag OF
truce boats from going up and down the
James river.
Gen Butler telcgraphs that the rebel
forces have been withdrawn from North
Carolina.
I Tt is believed at Richmond that Gen.
Grant means to make the Army of the
Potomac do something Meantime his plans
are unknown to b>th superiors asd subor-
/ fdinates No commanding officer knows
nything more AT the utmost than the part
he himself is i . execute
Refugees from Richmond, who arrived
at Fortress Monroe two days ago, confirm
! the report that the rebels are hurrying
every available soldier from the South
into Virginia. Richmond swarms with
troops, of whom somefare retained for the
defence of the rebel capital, while others
are sent to reinforce Lee.
The Springfield Republican says "out-
side Of Mr.. Lincoln all is speculation,
uncertainty, chaos How is it inside ?
A bridge is about being constructed
! over the Ohio river at Park ersburg. The
work upon IL is to'bc commenced immedi-
ately
Gov. Stone of Iowa has issued call
| for ten regiments of 100 day volunteers
Companies are to report at Davenport as
soon as filled up.
] How Chase will raise the twenty five
millions necessary to pay for the Western
hundred day militiamen is the anxious
thought in the Treasury Department.
Lee does not design falling back on
Richmond but is concentrating all his
forces at Orange G. II.
The Democratic late Central Commit
tee, Of California have called State Con
ivontion TO c1scmblo at San Francisco, on
the 10Th inst. far tue selection of dele
gates to the National Convention to be
holden at Chicago on the 18th Of July
1864.
! The Senate has pqssed the House joint
resolution appropriating SO, ,U00, ,0UO tor
the pay Of Tie l00 day troops.
The House Of Congress have decided
to increase Tie pry of troops from S13 to
cd officers in proportion,
A short time since Boston paper com
pany tbrcshod $4,000 pounds of clean
/, oand from sixty bales of rags imported
from Egypt, being 22 per cent. Of the
! whole weight. The rags were taken from,
mumines in the catacombs, and the sand
was siftod in by the Egyptian sharpers
to Increase their weight
The Xenia Torchhaht reports more
encouraging accounts from the farmers o.
that country as to the wheat prospect fol
! the coming harvest. 1t says:
! There will be much good wheat yet
and from our present information VIC in
look for at least as much as we raised las
year.
/ It's thoughtthat the majority will bring
the session of Congress to u close abou
i the 1st OF j une.
The Lake Tunnel at Chicago is pro
crossing rapidly. yhe excavation has al
ready reached the required depth, anc
l'the.work men are about to commences work
ing out under the Lake
The calling out of the National Guarc
makes strike among the Professors O
tho Wesleyan University at Delaware
Professor Harris is Colonel, and Pro
fessors IIoyt, Williams and Whitbecl
hold Offices in the same regiment, Hur-
rall for the Pro 'cssors
Admiral Porter has lately been on
cotton expedition in Louisiana, captur
ing ), 900 bales ~ofcotton and 800 negroes
Gen. Palsner relieves Gen Peck Of th'
Federal command in North Carolina.
] is said that Minister Corwin is abou
to leave Mexico and come home. Great
preparations are being made for the re
ception OF Maximilian, who is expected
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