Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-06
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TnaEl 2 ,WAR NEWS.
From Cairo.

ss.Ass.,ss 81 CAJko, June 5.
No advance movement has yet been made by the
Aotilla. sasIei97s-
The rsbsls r. their nortass regularly in reply
e oar own, but without effect, althoueh some Of
their shells have fhlsA In Close proximity 70 our
mortar boa1s, fwbiehl - statinned aboue mile
end . half below The bssts Ct The Asst. .e -
We took seven rsbei piokets prisoners yesterday
after brfsf skirnish, killing one and woisdins
two Of their men. Ill. .o7 n
Fort Pillew il The proper nams Of the tebel for,
tihcation and not Fort Wright, Is it Il called IN
eastern papers. F1
Omeial dossnslb received by Com. Davis
from General ViIliPieue, dsted headquarters. Port
PILLOW. lssve SsdSabt - 70 tho proper name Of
Ten refaesss arrived here to-day direct FROM
Memphis. Thsy wies railroad snsinsers. and AZ
that they rsn three locomotives out of ksnphis
On the Mobile 4 Ohio Railroed 70 Hpmbeldt
whore they switched OF and brought them north
Oein river, which wss destroyed, and wsrs ssm-
pslled 70 run The snsines OF the tsask. They cut
Ssn y. wire: s9d burnt behind
As. arrived Abss this nernizg viz Hickman.
f,sss: e &: :s.,. n:ss.s, a.: . .ss:
10 the so-eallsd OsnfsdsrAts victory Near Rich
mod. bat oeateins - paetieslars. .u ;..a rt.
yioI,eau = not ~ in the posssssisa Of The
I G...n. xalipigse h4s asked for r.insorssn.at.
!. ~ 1.pe.t.a' = ,n.nphi. thai; i; Pollard had
taken Grand Juneticu. q o.
A meeting Of citisens Of Memphis was held at
the Mayors oles oa Suaday, at which resolutions
wsre adopted that the city meyer will b yielded
70 the enemy while it could 30 defended never
Voluntarily, ~ tket citiatns Who do net take
up arm. are expected = give peouniasy sid to the
Memphis papers of june Cd contain despatshss
from Riohmond, dated June lst, Of which the fol.
lowing 10 the esubstsaes:
Gen. Hills divisien commenced fighting on
Saturday N ornihg-Rhodes, Garlands, Rains
battle antil the arrival Of fsinforcsmsnts. The
Fsdsnls were driven from their redoubts and
their batteries turned on them.
Prisoners taken ~ that Buell. IL in command Of
President Davis and Gen. Lee were on the Asld,
Their presence increased tho snthusiasm Of the
troops. 3t "8
Tie Yankees stabbosnly contested every isch
q sround while ginng wsy before the inpstaosa
Large nuhbses Il Confsdsssts soldiers wsre
wounded in the ssns ssd hands. Gen Rhodes is
fhs enemy trisd-ts nst, aank movement .,
about seven in the evening, bat wers repulssd By
Whitney, division. 1he battle took place ia the
vicinity Of Boar Swamp, seven niles from this
city.
/ On Sunday the battle was renewed, consistins
chiefly of musketfy: Prisoners and constantly
coming in. Gen. Hollon, Of Tennessee, was
killed. The carnage was dreadful on both sides,
the Yanksss losing two to our one. About 500
prisoners in Ill have been taken.
The last dispatch il = follows:
RICHMOND. June l.
The latest reliable report from the battlefield
represents that the enemy has bssn thrown baok
, mile and half from their position, and our
forces occupy his camp.
We captarsd three batteries aftsr most des-
psrats fight. the enemy being protected BY
woods and entsenehments.
A vicksburg paper Of Saturday, May 3lst, says
that eleven Of the Federal gun-boats have gone
down the river. II says the feet 10 no nearer the
city now than it vas weeks agn, and that l. sur
had caused disafection among the Yankee troops,
compelling their commands to fall hack to reor-
ganize their forces.