Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-15
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southern Accounts Of Tho Fleet
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Dt>IKttrlON OF Il. Il. nKlDi.ES
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Important from .NisXOM
Federal Prisoners to be Hug
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tIrsbune's Special
The report that ihs rebel forces on ths Lnxe
'otonac have been dismissed j, untrue ,he,
probably have been Increased
On Monday, Gen Hooker estimated thar ,,nn
Der opposite his head quarters ut 5000
Ihe @th Alabama regiment is eneamp.d a,
shipping Point. They msnifcst rather a dread o
an nttack.
/ '"o-teime.s and eleven schooners passed the
'""ei "aiteiles IN Que E,ght. On Sunday they
".fe.at work strcngthn,n: their batteries. Monda,
| '"ey ihie" Two tuzen shells at i email schooner
| LOT one OF Viii ii touched u.s.
I Vui Pa'rot guns 1T luld's Ferry manned he !.
4 s'i'aa VI the artillery, opened IN reIly This
'a'ttly c"Ilii!aniS al Quantco Creek ana ureven,s
'he exit "i the Geo. Page, whose smoke STACK i
s'sab'e tom the rebel shore, although al m,
o".is ~ ms SIDE have been .ezed, ana our pick
et- tAtehl IL Buia's Ferry, and lar below
| The mails between Washington and Virginia
are sun oei'e'ed to be regular. Women serve as
mail cartier-.
iie,ali's Despatchl
scouting party, sent out by zen Smith y.4.
'efu"y, reports the enemy had advanced their line
- hunters Mills, : miles below vienn,, which
liace they now. held in force.
The rebels have burned wo BRIDGES over ,,i,fer.
eht treeks On the Alexandria and Lee. e.hur,
turhlhhe, miles this side OF Evansville 1, il l.
'e'ea 'heis movements III this direction Al, e made
'o'ossr an INTENDED retreat their part in cas- at
an aasahce ID t'en McCleilan. ten. laws has
been ordered 10 reFsit u Gen. Hunter at Fort Lea
veaworth.
H"n. W. r. sherman has been ordered. wba,
leisas:i ny dea BHeii TO report for duty to Major
zen. iialicck, at st. Louis
Tribune Dispatchl
Generals Iialleck and iiuci left Washington for
then eoninafis this morning. Roth are fully pos
sess.i "i The plans and policy of the ADM nistra-
tIon AID OF the Commander in hiet
1t i believed there will be thorough nn;ty az
acton among tile Generals comsnand'.".
o.. Gamna.gn.
The Associated Press report Of the recent vic-
tory and movenc cnts OF our feet, is substantially
the az others but gives a few mere particu-
lars
The steamer Winfield Scott reached the rendez-
,ous on The evening OF the ,d, with the loss of her
mas Is ana her buw stove in. She threw over her
three riied cahnon-. all her freight, the muskets
and equipments OF her 800 men, and everything
n l fr r 81 z e kssn ns, asa r bain. her hres
would have been put out, nothing thea could have
saved her he steamer Bienvie went to her
lei when her Chief Engineer, his assistants and
thirteen sailors ped aboard the Bienviile leav
ing the Scot, I her tate This action nearly ere
atei n panic among tho soldiers who gave up all
for lost but the Captain of the Scott put the en-
gneer 10 irols and brought him and the rccreant
crew back, when things went n better. Col. Dark
of the 9TH PENNSYLVANIA regiment, some of whom
ot horrors. The gale was terrible and the vessel
mere shell. The scots taken in tow by the
Vanderbilt, when hal cut away from tho Great
Republic in the gale. The steamer Governor went
down with 20 men, the Pembi ma taking Of all who
could escape. Tho seminole had N few shots n
her hull. The Wabash had her machinery dis
ablcd.
Five OF the twenty guns OF the for. on Hilton
Head were dI IN ouuted. There were 800 rebels
on Hilton Head, and 500 on Bay Point.
We have captured So cannons. t0u musk ets ,and
any quantity Of ammunition.
The road by which the rebel. ped is covered
with riti d muskets, knatsaeks. DC.
We have captured z $40 blankets. and tents for
5000 men.
the rebel guns were al! 32-pounder-. four being
riiicd. cast ut Richmond, the others we're
from Noftoik, ncudlng one English gun captured
in the last war The musket ammunition is Eng
ii,h.
The Chief Engineer Of the Susquehann.h was
killed.
Thirty dead rehels have been founG AMI
being found ,having been hastily buried in the
sand.
The Geo gia toor4 ran frst,and the South Car
DINA last. A German artillery company who serv-
ed the guns, stayed till the last.