Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-02-20
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Cllno. Feb. is.
Gov. Yates, ex- SOY W ood, Aud 1or Bui.os and
many prominent c; Gems from all ar,s of Illinois,
Are ssrs 9,an tS To1t soa sr the Illinois ssd
Gov. Mortos Jhd many pronl bent citizen, of
iniiana are a'se here for a III! purpose. on &C
count Of the gae liant mon of thu State who par
ticipated in :hetbsttle. 4
o,d.. SALUTE al e. Ct guns wa, h1 this moro'ns BY
tho arrival at tbs place Of G{k Yates, ,Conmand-
-miei Of th illinois ,reeps. 1t was answered
Az oolooI =. y hi. Encj,leney held . public
reception as the y Charles Hotel, and all the ofti-
received by olsBufArd and the officers Of the 9th
Illinois, and the ofic1ls Of each regiment came up
In body, iedsby til cir several Rerimental Bar nd.
Coa. Buford mid they casne to welcome the man
who had soysnpnliea the wants Of the Illinois
boys, and y noby caredtor all the troops he had
seat forth 70 avenge the Frongs and injury to the
dow Ystes responde4trieay bu.w deep feel
ing,paying . hand.onD tribute to tho memory of
tho t.ilt At Fort Do2e'sc., and consn,ulating
tn cirbr4(hre in sfar the achievement uf the
late victbry Of our arms ever a traitor foe.
| About 900 OF the fehel prisoners f,om TT. Den
| elson hafe arrived hSre,snd departed up tho Mis-
sissippi 70 be d'sp1S6d Of by Gen. Halleck.
The qtcstisn~ Of what to do with them was dis
cassej Among the comma nding officers mere last
night, and the conclusion seems to be that they
will be disadsd, portion going to Alton, another
po-.ion 70 Qbicago, and probably a tn isf port
| to Fort ayne and Detroit.
Troops are continnslly arriving IA depsr,ins
for the seat Of war, and our army yill again
be in readiness to advance.
| 1t is believed that il permitted to do So very
many Of the rebel prisoners woJld gladly taks .
arms on the side ofthe Union The Irivates al
most to q man, dcclsro that t5ky have seen qnitc
enough of the SECESSION esa hant. Tho otiesrs,
however, ars generally very ynorose, and bitter in
their expressio ons selative tq The North.
! In addition to the list II killed and wop nded
previously reported, ere le following: Forty
killed Lieut.. Col Mnlth1 ball in the ~; CO..
nelius Shay, deSh wound the thigh Lieut.. II.
| II. Boice, severn wound the hip Gin MIME
bal! Geo. T. appleton, g fersl ~vsdnded in the
'00'' lspaeix,ss nc c5Cago rimes.l
! Col. Buford, with small force, went dswn the
! river on q recdpnoisaace to-day. Wheh within
four miles Of Columbus, heavy cannodadirg vii.
heard. not howeser with any regyiarlity. Ou
moving across theyiver, where he 1ould obtain a
view Of the place, he discovered heavy cloud of
smoke covering a large space Col. Buford se
licves tho solution Of the affair to be- that tae
kebe!s are dismounting eunsAnd blowing up heir
magazines preparatory toe<acua,ing the place.
large number of th9Stebe prisoners brought
down yesterday belonged d the Cumberland river,
ami as they passed tb1ir hdpas, looked wi.tfuy
|
preston that thsy,would bo parolcd, when they
found they wercy yfo be sent Ndrth were ready to
take any oath. Two-thirds manifest desire to
return to their allegiance. Sone acknow edged
that they had been hunlbugg.a into their prosca,
| unfortunate position.
Six thousand prisoners have already artived
here. others will be brought dovEAAa as soon as
transportation can be pseaared.
From Tor, I4euelson.
Fr Dexal}oS \, Tenn, Fob u.
The great 6re which wat been up the river from
this point last night, yas the burning Of the
here, by our gun-baGA. The works have been
used by the rsbels Il The fn.au facture CT shot and
! tensive concern.
cur soldiers have been ensaaNd to-day in
] buiying the dcat on tie battlefield. The rebel
dead will also 30 decentiy interredA The spec.
| tacle on the field is q horrible one.
Gen, Grant has pronulga gated the most stringent
orders against plunder,ng from the inhabitants,
ard also against stealing property taken y battle;
/ all of which belongs to the Government.t
| Before surrendering, the rebels threw their
| late mails into the river. Col. Markham, U. 5.
Postal Director, succeeded, however, in s4zng
Aumbsr sfSmail bags and some outside }cttsrs,
supposed 10 contain important informatio9
Floyd's brigade whom taking their departure,
threw their arms into the river, to prev(ht them
from falling into our hands, as they expected to
| be caught by our gun-boats. Their a5ns were
Minnie rifles Of the best kind. The crevs Of our
gan boats ars now engaged in fishing thfn out Of
the river.
tho engineer who constructed the Publications
befe was killed in the bombasigi X of Friday, in
ono of his own batteries. He1Jepor,ed to have
been . superior officer, ap&tbs1Fea strength Of
the forti6casions hs's, attsss ylhe truth Of this
representation. Z
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! ySr. LoUIs, Feb 10.
The RepsNise. - 10 : spatch says the latest
ssss ss.li;s s.. 'is. louis. s dia .d sed.s up
theCumbe,land todnrs lille "a found enemy
.sss s,s; ;Is.,Iss: ,s.s sess ats.
Mill, Just below Olasl willie, every thing being
1 moved to Nashville as last as possible, where tho
| next Rebel stand would be made.
Everything at Donelso6M progressing satisfac-
| tosiiy. Our army are enc fmped in capituatei
works, having comfortak klS quarters IN log huts
and tents. Our garisoh3 are very cntnusi-
| astc and anxious to march atUAcc against Nash
willie. With the exception Of 1oms colds, conss-
quent upon severe expGeddA thSarmy was veil.
The sctaAl aumbe{of p.loger. taken is 800
among then, Gen. w>s..sS>essvisu'y nsa'1ss'' ,o
A Unioa selpt, vhe has besn opsD6sing Up the
Tennessee aad N0amberland riveIol reaensd hsce
this mosnins. andrports one sps6of The Memphis
and Chazysc1ou Rsi6seA br@9t, crossing we Tes-
nsssse st Desessr, Als> 1sstroyd q Saturday
isst s, MIN nsn ir>{ket vicinity. II wss rs-
r.efaa that Nha hridr( at Bffd9oport, some seven