From Washington

WASHINGTON, March 30.

The Quatermaster’s Department will pay for no arms or supplies purchased by any one not an officer of the Department duly authorized to make such purchase in accordance with the regulations of the army.

The above is by order of the Secretary of War.

A passenger, who arrived here from Winchester, says there is no danger that Gen. Shields’ arm will have to be amputated and that he is in the best possible spirits.  Also that the rebels under Jackson were yesterday still in flight beyond Strasburg.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 1, 1862, p. 2