Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-02-26


will please accept our thanks for copy Of
the Report ol the Committee on the Conduct
OF the War
NEWS AND OTHER MATTERS.
Knoxville dispatch ii the 22l states that
Gen. Stoneman made Reconnaissance IN force
fourteen miles on the Sefiersille road, aud re-
iHfned without fading the enemy.
by the stesmer Heca. at New York. We have
Liverpool dates 10 the 10th inst. The report that
the Danes had TetteAted from Sehlessig is fully
confirmed. They evaeusted the DanneWerke
aud blew up the works st Mssundie. The Ger
mans followed them 10 Flensturg. whence they
Tetreated towards Duppel, There had hCen sew
eral severe engagements, with considerable loss
es on both sides. The Germans secured great
booty and large number Of guns and prisoners
On the 9th instant an engagement occurred near
idstedt, in which the Ausiri Prussian army was
victorious Copenhagen dispatch announces
that Rigsrard, on the 9th, voted an address to
the army, declaring a determination 10 prosecute
the war ersrgetieAly dispatch from Vienna
states that on the 7lh council ct ministers
adopted resolutions to the effect that the London
protocol eau 90 longer be preserved by Austria
IS basis Of negotiations between the great
Powers. The latest dispatches say that the Dau-
ish army is reported to be in a state of complete
dissolution. The Prussians have occupied Rlens-
burg In England tue Judges Of the Exchequer
in the Chambers have decided to dismiss the ap.
peal in the Alexandria case on the ground of q
want Of jurisdiction The Parliamentary pro
eeedings are unimportant NeW Zealand adj
vices announce the deaftat Of ihe natives by the
English.
Our forces stationed on the Virginia road, 1--WE
miles east oi the Cumberland Gsp, were sufpris-
Ell aad surrounded by a superior rebel force on
the 22d. A company Of the 9lst Indians cut
their way through. The rest oflhe force is sup.
posed 10 have been captured All same time
the rebels attacked our onfposis at Powell's
bridge, iye miles south, hut were repulsed tkree
times
Advices from the indian country state that
The valley OF The Canadian river and its ,ribu.
iarles are clear Of rebels aud that the upper
seminole country has been entirely sxept, so
that all rebel supplies for movement on Ar
kansas must come from kel river, where the
enemy IS now concentrated. Col. Phirips'
brigade had fight with rebel Indians and Tex.
aus on Middle Boggy river, on the l4lh. The
themy we're pursued 10 For, Arbuckle, aud our
forces then retired tO the Canadian.
Rebel papers received OF Fortress Monroe con.
tain an official dispatch to the War Department
dated February 18th, announcing the arrival of
zen SnermAn Gt Qlltmsns, On the Mobile and
ohio railroad, without opposition. lie has 80
uOu men, and they tear up the railroad and burn
the bridges behind them, Farragut has not re-
heEed his attack on Grants Pass. General
ScAmmou aud staff have reached Riehmond.
FORTY eight escaped Union prisoners have been
returned to Libby prison, Five rebel desefters
we're captured and hung at Kingston. n. C., on
the 18th. Ou the 10th, Governor Waits, Of Ala,
bama, issued proclamation saying that Mobile
was about to be attacked, and exhor.ing all non
c0mbatants to leave.
Chattanooga dispatch Of the 2lst contain.
a rumor that the rebels have appeared On tb,
Tennessee line below London. Ii is also rennr,,
ed that Morgan with 10000 men has crossed Ia,
tennessee between Florence and Tuscumbia
With the intention OF making raid on tniddl,
Tennessee. The courthouse at Mobile. value
st S2UO,0OO, was recently destroyed by IRE.
dispatch from knoxville, dated on Sund,v
states That the rebels have broken m tbet
winter quarters NJ MoltistoWn, and are in forc,
81 Strawberry Plains. 1t Is reported that The,
ta5e been reinforced by Buekuer with n besv,
force Of artillery.
90 Saturday Major Cole. with a portion OF IN,
lst sarylanl cavalry, had skirmisb with Ma
hy's conmaud at Piedmont station. in Fntni a..
county, Virgins. The rebels had Eve Iuis
and number wounded, and lost seventeen ri.
nners. Our loss was tH0 killed aud two Wo,,nJ
ed.
General Fremont writes to Major Genera
sehenck, Chairman OF the House Milunrv Com
m'tieei that he requested to be relieved fl ON m
Army Of Virginia, because be regarded III
order which reduced him to serve under Genera
rope as an unmeried insult :" that since ihe
be has bten awaiting orders that he was onc
promised q command but did not get il. tbst h
has kept par, OF bis Stat, to have their service
Hheh ne shoud be recalled to active service
and that be has drawn his pay, " since the cl.s
m the last session Of Congress, to be Appue
nheFelt might alleviate dlstresses resulting floI
the war, and it has been used accordingly"
1be Nassau IN. T. Guardian ct the l8t
ssysi Among the distinguished visitors At pre
sent ~ our city is General Preston, Confedefat
states Army, Who, We understand, is On his va
10 Join General Magrudtr, in Texas. Cirners
lrss'ou is accompanied ~ an aide. de- camp.
The rebel Colonel Fereusons command hs
oeen surprised ia Wayne county, Western yirgi
'S' uhu sixty prisoners taken, tour Of whom ver
commissioned officers Ferguson is the sam
person wn' reeeu,iy captured General Scsmmo
on ine on,' river. The report states that fg
Union soldiers. - ''
Official Information from General n,d,. =,
General Logan's headquarters states Iba, Rsh.,s
supposed 10 he General Roddy's command a,
tempted 10 cross the Tennessee river at ,,ra,
different ferries, but were driven hses hY ,.s,
Dodge, with a very sligct loss on lis rds
lp 10 the middle Of this mOuth nearlr a.,
thousand four hundred citizens have taken ,r
oath Of allegiance At Little Kjek. Arkanss.
Five thoueand priyates and eleven commistiono
officers Of the Rebel army have also taken n
"ath, and Of these over 1--WE hundred have enter
ed the Union army. No order has been issne
requiring the oath 10 be taken. The sten wa
voluntary on the part OF ALL
We learn from Southeast Tennessee that IN
re'nzees are leaving that State and Georgia b
thousands. Many OF them are 10 starving cor
ll'lon' Large numbers OF deserters from th
daily. '''.''Os
Lieutenant Commander Dawson Phenix, L. g
", died ~ Phiade phia on Saturday. He va,
ordered TO cUmmaud the Pocahoutas' Lieuten.
ant Phenix entered the service September 1s4I
aud received bis last commis ssiou JnIv IL 1seo
lie had seen thirteen years Of sea service on, n,
the twenty One during which he had been sor
ueeted with the OaFy. He va aiip Of the oes,a-,
of the " Leyant which s,lied and was ne.
after heard from 10 TIE PaclGc lie escaped ,b.
fate OF his messmstes by transfer in he Fss,
lodies. lie was native and citizen Of Mary-
land, and never failed in discharge Of duty. or
listened to the calls Of rebellion. lie stood well
~ his profession, snd Eas generally esteemed by
his brother officers
number ot Western capitalists Gro making
arrangements 70 go extensively and legitimatelg
into tue cotton hHsu,ss, both By cultiga,iup a.
nandoned plantations in Louisiana and AIhsssin.
Rla a1a ~ purchasing ot the cid planiers. The
pean to demonstrate on large scale the adyau.
tage Of free labor