Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-03-17
EIRsT WARD DEMOCRATIC Gu
Late News BY Last Nights Mails

publican 10 night has the following:
"Our in ormation from private and re.
liable sources, is confirmatory Of the an.
nouncement made some days since, that
the rebels are in force in the Shenan-
doah Valley. We stated that the enc
my were menacing Winchester, upon
reliable military authority. We are now
satisfied that the rebels have very large
infantry, artillery, and cavalry force be-
tween New Market and Staunton."
The government is in possession of in
formation from a reliatle source that Lee
has not weakened his force about Fred
ericksburg. but that, since TIC battle OF
Fredericksburg, he has been actively en-
gagged strengthening his lines. He has
no Intention Of abandoning the Kappa
hammock, now the principal outpost for
the defence of Richmond. Possibly a
few troops may have gone south.
John w. Noel, Representative from
Mis- .our, who has been i'll for several
days with typhoid fever, died in this
city to-day. lie was well and favorably
known in this city from his continued
service in Congress.
1t is authoritatively announced to day
that Butler has not been appointed Pro-
vost Marshal General. On the contrary,
Simon Draper stands the best chance.
A batch of blockade runners from
Richmond, with large amount of South.
ern IN moncv in their possession, were ar
rested to day.
yIcKsBuRG NEws.-1he Capitola left
the feet before Vicksburg on Sunday,
and arrived hero fes hours ago. When
she left all was quiet.
The river was very high and rising,
and the back water had broken through
the levee, and filled the canal, rendering
work thereon impossible.
On the Saturday previous, the rebels
had Icen shelling the workmen on the
lower end of the canal, and had killed
one man.
The camps are now in miserable
condi ion, aud are absolutely below the
level of the water Were the lcvce to
break, they would be entirely sab
merged.
Diseases Of all kinds arc prevailing,
but the small pox more especially.
The feet below Helena, hayin. aboard
Quinby's division, is waiting for forty
stern wbeelers and small side wheel
stea to carry them through Yazoo
Pass, the steamers they are now running
on being to large.
An expedition of iron clad boats--the
Lafayette and some three or four others
left last Sunday for Duval's q Bluff,
on the Yazoo river, where there is Con-
federate battery Considerable of a fight
was anticipated.
CAIRO NEws, 15th.-The Rocket
came up from the fleet at Vlcksburg to-
day, having left there last Monday.
There is no later news.
The steamer Emma, from the Cold
water River, brought up this afternoon
100 negroes. The boat had great diff
Guilty N coming through Yazoo Pass.
The branches OF trees that projected from
each side of the stream tore away both
whee-houses, crushed in the cabin, and
rendered the boat almost floating
wreck. Other transports being smaller.
were more successful in getting through.
The Emma left the expedition on the
4th.
There has been no reliable intelligence
from the lazoo Pass expedition since its
near approach to the Yazoo River, and
the report about the capture Of Yazoo
City, together with transports and pris-
oners, is considered a bulletin canard,
manufactured in Memphis.
The news Of the evacuation Of Vicks.
burg is not believed by the military an.
thorities here. Such movement on the
part OF the rebels would esec.ually open
the Mississippi R,ver to New Orleans.