Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-16

"A II
80 1900 n The recognition Of the in.
dependeoce not only Of the cotton States
sut 81 syery hbrder Ste xaoe< peoPA N
iaesirp q alliinee With he q nfSderacy. i
Tie Appl -soDtsias an.ac:ouot
Tho Ienror,,s Kud aptnN ofAthe Federlf
cavalry. BY Col. Claiborne, with Is 900
cavalry. near Dresden, Substantially -
I have before teleg.aPhed. The pri-
.opers we're taken 70 Jackson, Tenn. It
also has the following telrgraphic dis
patch from Corinth, Of the 9Th:
The anniversary Of the battle Of Palo
Alto. opened Win skirm,shing between
Gen. Pope's forces and Gen. Prices
,roope. on the Pennington and kiense
r.ads, At two o'clock. The firing Of
the artillery vas bri,k. Fox's Alabama
cavalry had several wounded. There
vas heavy infantry firing Ia.e in the
evening. in which the enemy were
driven back with great loss.
Surgeon w. r. TyrralI, of the 9th
Ohio, and Major Applington, OF the
42d Illinois, we're killed.
A flag Of truce was sent by the enemy
Yesterday, asking for an exchange It
Lieut.. Col. Adams, Of Missouri, and
was refused.
The telegraph Office at Pennington,
connect ng directly with Washington
CITY, VAS captured.
The Aoalanche Of the 10th says that
it has learned from reliable sources that
the actual Federal LOSE At Shiloh ex-
ceeded 10000.
The Provost Marshal Of Memphis has
ordered the arrest Of oil persons refus-
ing TO accept Confederate money 10
payment Of debts or for goods pur
chased. Nothing in the least degree
calculated to d,screoit the operations Of
the government will be tolerated.
The appeal Of the ll,h says: I'VE
have certain intelligence that General
HalIeck has lost over 5000 Of his army
by desert ons.
1.-THE country between the Tennessee
River and Kentutky is full Of them.
The whole of the 4Oth Ohio deserted
and disbanded after the battle Of the
TIN. aud numbers Of KentuckiaDs aud
M,ssouriaus have followed their example,
in consequence OF d,safsction produced
by the late an,i.slavery movements in
Congress. One entire Kentucky regi.
ment had nceremoniousIy quit General
Haileck's army and gone home.
"Frve hundred Federal cavalry and
900 infantry have occupied Paris il
consequence of the attack made BY ou'
cavalry on the Federal camp At Dresden
a few days ago.
"A report 10 brought from Little Rocl
that General Curtis division, ofthe F.d
eral army, have commenced to march
upon the capital Of A,ksn.as.
sGen. Steele is marching upon thu
same point from Pocahontas."
Tue Appeal Of the 18th, has the fol
lowing special dispatches:
DIS Arc, Ark May 10.
The enemy are reported to have An
gusta, Jackson county. They took pos
session o. all the cotton in the neighbor
hood. They are repor,e ed 70 be in con
sidetablc force at Jacksonport ane
Batesville. Their destination is uu
known. Some Of the Federals 10 dis
guiae entered this place TODAY, and ate
accommodating, returned. They were
pursued by the citizens. 100 bale. o
) cotton we're offered upon the shrine Q
liberty to-day by the citizens Of thi
place. The enemy are supp' sed to b
under the command Of Quits. Hi
: forces are reported to be between 500
J and 10000.
ConlNrH, May 10.
Since the terrible thrashing admins
tered to Pope's command, on yesterday
by Price aud Van Dorm, VIC have hat
no further demonstrations. Matters ar
accordingly quiet.
This moruirg the Appeal contain
the following characteristic message
from JEFF Thompson relative to the grea
! naval fight on Saturday:
To the Eai,ers oftAe Mtn,lhls appeal:
We Missourians have Conclude to eel
citrate to-day, lie anniversary Of tn
Camp jackson massacre. We hav'
shown the enemy that VIC still own tn
Mississippi river, and can tu1 the block
adc whenever We choose. We CAV,
them a few bullets this morning, I,
show them our power, and after hand
some Titles tkrimmSge Of 80 minutes
We backed down the river With ~.
men killed and eight slightly wounded
The officers are all safe, with NOR
confidence than ever, and our boats mr.,
uninjnred. The Van Dorm, Capt. Fall
kenser,has covered our feet with glory
and all, from Com. Montgomery dow
to the powder boys, behaved them.elvc'
a. soldiers and gentlemen, and proves
themselves as good men a. ever feath
cred an oar, roamed q quarter deck o
butted = Yankee.
S;gned JEFF. Thompson.
The Appeal publishes this message
without editorial c. nm ents.
From Louisville.
| rcr,sve,vp Nav II