Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-08-04
REBEL RUM0R OF THE
DEATH OF JEFF DAVIS.
VIM. l.. Yanccy Dead.
Floyd Dangerously Ill.
General Dependency Through
the South.

CAiRo, Aug B
BY steamer Ilillman which arrived
late last night wo have Memphis papers
Of lat also dispatches from yoar corros-
pond MT OF that dac From the latter
have 1t that .Jen Davis, President OF the
quasi conieder,cy, is dead. No parlcu
lars. The rnmor came through rebel
sourccs but reads too good 10 be true.
Movements At \ieksburg look toward
Mobile and movement viii nndoubted
" take place at no very distant day
The editor Of the Bul etin has conyerscd
with gentlemen from the South i,p
rcscntlng seven seeded states. lie pin.
ccs confidence in their statements. Dne
from Gearga, latoly in arms against the
|. ). acknowledges hls error and says he
was cnureiy mis- aiken III his cs,imalion
Of tho northern people. The South have
me sured then strength with the Gov
eminent and found the latter the strong
e,t and they are ready and waiting Tor
some movement To be made looking 10
reunion aud peace. Their experience Of
war, destitulion aud suffering lS perfectly
satisfactory. The time for dcluding the
south wnh highly wrought stories and
f,lse confederate victories has passed. =
They dneredit these yarns, having found
false statements. They have seen State
after State oycrrun with federals, and
stronghold after stronghold taken by
Union troops, and they give up NIL hopes
OF ,uccesa Tic armies oil the coniedcl
acy JON IN this feeling.
Generally vast proportion Of the
rebel army are broken mp, disgns,ed
and spiliii,ss The people nre willing
TO correct thcir grand mistake, aud vii
no longer be guided by those who led
them nslray.
Mr.. llind1, the gentleman from whom
the ab We facts were obtained is subatan
tlated hy letter the editor OF tho BHi
htin has received from Nickshufg of
Juy the 2lst from ono John Mason Who
has LEFT tho conicdcracy.
The following is summary Of the
letter
The writer deserted the Confederate
cause at Charleston, aud now hc belongs
to tho Union army.
The men nj Charleston desired him
TO inform The newspapers thai If Bcanre
gaid did not surrender Charleston to the
Union army in twenty five days, they
(thc mem would shoot him, aud all the
officers IN command, they did not w,nl
to fight any longer.
Llncolo gave .bc rebels ninety da,s to
deliver up their arms aud come back IN
to the Unlon
jeff DAVIS and Bcaurcgard wonld not
listen to President Lincoln, and hence,
the South has lost all her slaves.
BeaurcgarI bad better look out for
himself, aud jeff DAVIS ha better stop
fighting and accept this offer
'.hc.c are Others besides Mr.. Mason
who condemn tcccssionlsls Tor the los OF
their property.
The steamer City Of Madison has ar
rived here from New Orleans the 2itb,
she reports Increased activity IN tho re-
tail trade OF that city.
BALTIMORE, Aug 4.
The Richmon Wing Of the Sis, has
the following
MosrGoMEhY, July 20.
The funeral Of the late u. l.. lancey,
took place this i. NJ.
The Why Of Aug. lst says, John II.
Floyd is very i'll, not expected to recover
PnlLADeIrnIA, Aug 4.
The draft is completed in all the Con
gressionsl districts of this city.