Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-01-11
From Yesterdays Mail Edition.
Hilton Head Evacuated by
the Rebels.
ATTEMPT TO BURN TIE ALEXAN.
BRlA HOSPITAL HOILkD.
Cen. Grants C0ss sSsnMd yMarche
ting SOssthsrar0.
From Washington.
" AsnINarnN. jan

" ssHlNaTas, Jan. Y.
A final vote On the amendment t" the BIZ! f.t
the construction nf u new i!on-ciaf steamer, sub
shutting the name ot the President in place at
that OF the Secretary Of the Navy, will deleni On
how the Democratic aLl Border States Senator
vote uron IL.
The steamer Telegraph. pivins between Wash
inpton and the Lower r. omar stove hole in ter
| and sunk in four fa'homs of water last night.
| seven mies below Alexandiia Her Iassengsfs
were all saved.
| A Colonel direct fron iIiltoa Head .porta TINT
| residences, even ten miles in tho interior are
| abandoned and great fright eyer,wher. urayait.
ing. lie believes that With his regiment h. could
| take Charleston.
rumor came through Catholic channels the,
| a fag Of 5trnce, bearing . rebel cross On 10
was recently Presented TO Regiment Mt New
Orleans. 1t wss blessed by a iather of the Church
| who yredicted that ere tho close nt the war i,
| should become the nat onai flag.
| Rcpreser tative tenton introduced bill for .he
payment Of six per cent. inteie.t Gains again.
| tho government the same 10 run from one month
after the presentation "t the saim :pr payment.
/ /. McDonoyhue Collins, now hese, say, that th.
| Inter Continental Telegraph, hy way Il bhcrng
| StIaits Is rapid y Progressing. twenty i've hun
! dr,d miles pt line, east from - Pctsr>b burg. vii.
be comp etcl next ; rr NJ, AMI 800 mere in the
course OF the wear. In III. Spring there will Llso
be beginning mc-tward from tuo mouth 0! tAc
\ Amoor River.
| The Commissionerof the Land Once has Il.
OF ~. persons claiming ctrttcntcs et donations ot
land Oh presumption night and uil takiag coutiacf+
In the Surveying ser,ic in ary 'ar' II ~. L. =.
There wa nttIociaus lnl n,ill,rors attempt
u burn the Alexandria General Ito I Al '.-nish'.
IN wheh there arc GOO patients. number II
rebels in the neighhorl God haze t.en arrested "a
suspicion u ccmpiicity viii, the crime
Congressman Frederick A. Conhl,ng gyes a
dinner 10 Gen. Fremont anl wife "a Hyht lie
guests being ten. Wads worth, Mai doubleday,
Senators Wade and Wii.cn, Representatives RS
coe, Cnuiling, Tnaaicns steven. apd Corning.
ard Mai Zcagoui ani Savage, Il Fremont. ,taa
C.no. Jan
Twenty five thousand troop afe on their way
here fr, M 81. ouis and other FONTS. A. soon .
the reinioTcements arrive 4 movement will be
made from here with sixty thou.anei seventy
i've Thousand troops nnIer Gen. t,rant. The will
be but the advance column. II is rimorei that a
stil larger force Will follow. Destination snnros-
ed 10 !" Na.hvi.ir, Tenn.
Ifa Junction with Buell., command j. Effected
an army sill be n the held winch VII soon
sweep the country - New Ortat.. seven Com
panc- of the - Illinois AMI i've Cninrnnie. a
the ! III Illinois ard lpth iowl, under command
Of Col iuicell. lett Biris Point tn. mofni,g and
went beyond Charlie IN il s.rrrh Il I's.o.i'-
rebel cavalry.
Our troops were in three diysian4 me al hich
inquired al farm honse II the rel - hsi been in
hat vicinity, md wa answered in the negative.
They had mt gone far when the. were Il. 81 upon
nv rebels who were in au,huh, kiliin: fonr ana
woun lii II men. Quo force returned
the fire of the enemy. bat with what effect i not
known. The rebels He'd in confusion. The nan
who rendered this false Yepor, taken Irieonc Z
by our mon and brought here. H. will probably
be hung, as he should he.
SrniN.lhLp. lar. !"
! The convention atili in session
Charles II. Lanphiere was elected printer ics
the conyenilen.
The Conve en,ion l. in the hands al ,hA eld>r
d. democratic member. who 40 far. have nan.
aged with moderation and isrness