Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-04-29

usw Orleans Reported Taken: :,
ne Fs1ssal Asny!spee1iiy A.
vanelag % Corinth.
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l was told TIE hchmosd Esos,.,e 3
Of the 2etb, bad bsen received IN Fred
erieksbusg, ensounciugshst New Os'sans
had been taken. Great destruction OF
property, COTTON sud stssmboatA
Eooupn steamboats, we're saved, how
ever. % take ammunition. sssas
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A black Fugitive, jost from Fortsmouto'
brings The Perts. sbarg Espvess Of yes-
terday containing the following:
MoBrxs, April Is.
The enemy passed Fort Jackson -.
terd.y 1t 4 O'Clock A. M. When the
uews reached New Orleans the excite.
mept w. .houndIsss. Martial Law ws'
out 10 foil force, and business was Gus
pended. All the cotton and steamboats,.
except those necessary for Transporting
ce,n md ammunition we're destroyed.
At one o'clock to-day. the operator bid
goodbye, saying that the enemy had
appeared before the city. This il the
last known. l will send particulars ~
soon - received. The negro bringing
THE. reports that the rebels have two
iron clad steamers nearly completed, and
he believed that the Merrimac would be
ont tomorrow.
(Sipnedl J. E. Wool.
From Cairo.
Cane, April r..
The river 10 still rising, and in some
places il gradually making ito way over
the levee. The Illinois Central Rail.
road track 10 being protected By throw
ing up cmbankments. ~
The steamer Mcclellan arrived from
Pittsburg, whence che left at 4 o'clock
on Saturday. 4
The rebels are inaugurating q system
OF guerrilla warfare along the Tennessee
river.
Boats were fred on yesterday from
The banks short distance above Fort
Henry.
Our army 10 steadily advancing to-
wards Cotiuth. General Pope's divis-
ion 10 on the extreme left at Harrisburg,
four miles above Pittsburg Landing.
A Reconnaissance in force from Gene.
ri MoCook's division encountered .
large force of rebel infantry and cavalry
8 miles from the Landing on Thursday.
The rebels formed 10 line Of battle, fired
one volley and retreated in great disor-
der, with considerable loss, leaving our
troops 10 possession Of their camps,
which Ne burned. They we're well cup
piled with camp and garrison equippage
and armed with new English Enfield
rifles. We took 50 prisoners and three
or -four prisoners we're wounded. The
enemy loss in killed and wounded was
not ascertained % they carried them of
the field.
It 10 insisted that the battle Of Shi-
lob was Confederate victory. Gene
erals Buell. and Beauregard had Effected
arrangements for the exchange Of wound-
ed prisoners.
The publication Of war news has been
interdicted BY the rebel government.
Passengers from the Tennessee river
bring further information that Corinth 10
being evacuated BY Beaufegard, who
will make his next stand at Columbus,
Miss.
Colonel Turchin's brigade Fad moved
back from Tuscumbia to Huntsville,
where Gen. Mitchell was still encamped.
The roads had been improving, bnt
heavy rains on Friday rendered them
again almost impassatle.
The Mcclellan brought up the body
Of Maj. Gen. c. F. Smith in charge OF
Dr.. Hewitt. 1t will be taken to St.
Louis, and after being enclosed in = me.
tallic cofio, will be inferred 10 . vault
with military honors and then turned
over to the family Of the decease. Gen.
Smith died ct Savannah at 4 O'Clock, on
Friday, Of chronic diarrhes, contracted
10 Mexico, from which be has since been
continually suffering.
The Memphis Avalanche Of Wednes-
day, April, Esd, says that q raft, upon
which were field pieces, Is inch mortar
and 16 Of our men, were captured BY
the rebels near Fort Pillow and taken
down the river.