Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-07-31
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From Cairo.

IRON C0lHOo
CAslo, July %.
Especial to the Chicago Tribune.l
Have just rrsIvsd from Columbus. Two train
ofrived on the Mobile h Ohio railroad Ut o'clvci
this evening.
TIE acco.ats previously received Of the rebe
raiG are greatly exaggerated. From Official inform
at,On about 200 rebel cavalry csns 70 the heuse 0l
wealthy man named bedIe, residl1g near Ham.
bolt early yesterday norniey, and IS he was sbsu
starting TO pilot them to the bridge in.ide oul
lines, he discovered party Of six or seven Federal
scouts coming towards them, concealing himself
behind . few bushes he directed the rebels TO "a
ambush. from which, on the arrival Of eur men
thoy could pounes upon and capture them. Thia
plan nowesr, was frustrated, BY young slsvs pl
Bedtes, who, &C the rick Of his Own life, started
acr0As cOrn6eld and warned the federals OF thoil
peril, who at once turned back, hotiy pursued by
the rebels. Only three Of orr men succeeding in
rsaonins HuUboblt safely, one receives ball in
the OreAst with which he rode miles, dying soon
sfstr he reached the town, the other tso were
probably captured, .. they have not been seen. A
po ton Of the r bels theD proceeded the bridge,
s miles from Humboit, diving Of the small force
stationed there and set FIRE to it. Our men being
reinforced by . small party drove the rebels back
to tho river. were they in urD were reintroced and
our mon were again driv n back. and it was not
until our troops were reinforced from Humbolt
that the rebels were put to fight and men sue
ceeded In extinguishing the flames. Col. Blssell
was imm .diately set TO work, and at 10 O'Clock
this morning the bridge Was repaired. In tho
meantime large scouting parties were sent out in
O. cry direction. Beadle and four others sup osed
to have been connected with the rebels, were ar
70 ted in the afternoon, and Others during the
night. Beadle was at once tried and sen enced to
be huog this afternoon. lie had taken the oath
OF allegiance, which was found upon his person.
His house was also burned. as we'll - the houses
Of the four hers taken vita him. On their re-
treat the rebcls burned the briogs on the river s
miles from Memphis. Acti - pre-. arations were
made as humbot last night to meet the rssels, "a
attack being sxpec' c'ed,a d0en Logan thrsstenes
10 set FIRE to the town upon the 6rss alarm.
Th- tolio wing il . copy of dispatch received BY
Gen. Qaimby, ss ColumSus, at o'clock this p. nj
TRsNT0s, Tenn July 20.
The man who guided the rebels to the bridge
that was burned was hung. He had taken the Uath
Of allegiance. The houses of four others Who
aided have been burned TO the ground.
[Signed G. N. DODGE. Brig. Gen.
Emerson Etherige delivered q rousiog speech
yesterday to large gathering Of citissns and sol
4 ers as Trenton. A citisen Of Trenton said to me
to-day HE told 40 moro truths than ws lave
heard be.ore in year and halt"
CAIRO, July 80.
Especial to the Chicago Times.l
The steamer Patteville has just arrived from
Memphis and brings news Of the capture Of tie
idsspstch boat, sally Wood, by the rebels $50
miles from Vicksburs. The rebels had . masked
battery and succeeded in hitting her .team-pipe,
disabling her so that she vas perfectly at their
mercy. They took quite . pumLer OF prisoners
and destroyed the boat. They also fred into the
Queen OF the West on her way up, killing two or
tnree and wounding several.