Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-05-15
General Dana Relieved by Order OF
Grant

General Dana Relieved by Order or
Grant.
NEw YoRE, May l5.-In General Order,
Lieutenant General Grant has relieved Major
General Dana from the command OF the De-
partment Of the Mississippi, and ordered him
to proceed to his place of residence, aud re-
port for further orders. Major General War
rem succeeds General Damn in command.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE CAPTURE OF
MONTGOMERY.
The Heralds Montgomery Alabama cor
respondent gives additional detail of the cap
ture Of that place The place it will be re
mem bered was first taken possession Of by
General Wilson on his grand cavalry raid
through Alabama and Georgia, during the
early part of last month.
The prosecution of his enterprise required
General Wilson's abandonment Of the town.
1t was unoccupied blythe national forces from
the l4th o the 24lh ultmo, at which latter
date General A. j. Smith lSixteenth army
corps after participating in the capture of
Molil lie arrived and again uniurled over the
place the glorious national banner, never
again to be superseded by the vile ensign OF
treason
The rebel forces previous TO evacnating
Montgomery burned $4,000 bales Of cotton.
This correspondent says that the great mass
of the people OF Richmond are rejoicing at the
downfall Of the rebellion and their restoration
to the Union .,ssng. ,r.Fs,s,
ESCAPE OF DfcR TURNER.
Dick Turner, the brutal dungeon keeper
escaped night before last, from o cell to which
he had been consigned in the scene Of his
former brutality. His recApture is regarded
as cdrtnn.
TUE sEeoSP, AER FIFTH coRPs 20 BE Pap
OFF.
Arrangements are making at tho Treasury
Depaftment TO pay OF the Second and Fifth
Corpi, now camped in the rear Of Alexandria
in The next two weeks The government has
payea out $l30,0O0,00O for It's debt during
the mouth
Thegovernment expecls to be in telegraphio
compuncation with Mobile by tomorrow
night The guerrillas have subsidized there,
for tie wires have not been molesled betwe en-
Washington and Georgia, fpl IrTg HFI g
AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA
A civilian who came through Virginia on
horse back on the track Of the second corps,
| and two days in lis rear, reports that he
neither saw or heard Of guerrills and that he
was wholly unmolested Ia every county
we're some rebel officers and soldiers detained,
still wearing their uniforms for want of other
clothing, going vigorously TO farming with
their own hands. A few women are still de-
efant, but the men are subbued and seem as
anxious nov TO be let alone for the sake OF
peace and agriculture as they were four
years ago to be let alone In the wicked work
Of destroying the Union,
Major General Howard has been appointed
at ths head Of the Freedmens Bureau.
sHERaAN's ARMY TO DE IN WASHINGTON THIS
| t WEEK. tI il.
| General Sherman's army started from
Richmond on Friday, aud will be here with
the General at its head on Wednesday or
Thursday
g HUNTER ARRESTED
! The Tribune's Richmond correspondent says
| Hunter was arrested at his home in Essex
county, by squad of cavalry under Colonel
McJntire, Of the 10th New York.
| Railroad communication between Richmond
and the South is being established as fast az
possible, There Is but very little material in
the country fit to repair the roads with
JEFF DAVIS TO BE CONFINED IN FORT LAFAY
ErTE.
| The Times learns from q source Of un-
doubted authority, that JEFF Davis will be
confined at Fort Lafayette. gn rvrss
/ TsE RF.oRGASIzATloN or rms AbMY.
The Times Washington special says The
work Of reorganization of the army is engs-
| ging the earnest attention of the Generalin-
chief, the War Department and many Of the
leading commanders The question as TO
which troops will be mustered out and which
retained is not yet fully decided, bat i ia
/ not probable that those whose time expire
prior 10 October next will be
first attended to. II is believed
however, in re-orgAnizing the army an oppor,
tunity will be given for every worthy officer
and every good soldier to remain in the ser
vice. To this end an order will soon be ia
sued requiring Department commanders To
ascertain the number of officers desiring to
remain in the service and to appoint boards
TO determine their qualifications and report