Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-08-19
The Annual struggle OG
Nana >sas and gBmll Rum
Believed 10 be- near
~ Hand.
From CharIcstOM -. Disa-
blcd OndioiOn Oi' Fort
sumter.
The Draft prOSrcsslMg in
New YOrk--All Quiet.
Special TO the Herald

AslIINGToN, Aug. IL.
Last week one oi our rcuu crossed
the r.ver at the L S.iord and took din
ner " th some ol the robols.
pm the On .uc"tlo,Hille hattie
4 ground large gang oi negroes was en-
p.olci IN getting out timber iur the
eons rnctlon OF bridges
! Reports III cireul ,ton among the
/ rebels were 10 effect that the ;. aud
Banks tord- were t, be hr,dgcd 30 ~ I,
enable Zee 10 make RAPID ad>nrce upoie
i Dunii es aud Fam tGcicht cutting on
oar cominan cation with Wasnlagt ~
aad forcing - To 1,ua k hun.
Ncile, such mo,. mcnt Is still con
templat,d b, the cnemy or noi remains
u = dst,rrntcd. but 1t Is gencraly b.
e'ycd III III taiy ,ncle., lli Lcr WI
avail huns i % the opportunit, now OF
icicd the Gccimt cd condi,i n oil oui
a,uyt make dcsp iatc iiprt FIR the
dcs, uciion of ur army on 'hc l'oto'nar
IL Is not at all Improbable III i ,.c
re- cls will lack Us aud We may hay,
The annual str gglc upoo he lains ol
Man.s-as aud Bu Eua. AT Cenlic. ili,
ali remains quic
Gtn. King h been searching cne,-
get eally TO, Mostly, aud las ~t length
s@cceeucd IN dti ing I'm icSond Tia,
Blue l.ldpe Tne notorious guerrilla
ch,.t i, now IN the Shcn ,nroah Va cy,
whers he as heco joined by White
gang. The probn6i iics are that tue,
VII not now escape, rs our cnal,y NJ
close up II them and unless uhusual
20 4 tol uue attends them tloy canno
cyadc Us.
The Trilunc's Washington apocial
states that il Is nn6cr,tooi that iln;,o l.
AIT dispatches, showing the com lici
OF the ex .cutlve OF New York and ot
crs with the tl"trr-, have been received
b. The authorities here II Is though
that GOV. seymour will not pcrs 81 IL
10 low NJ the II istaken course iuto winch
he WAS b guiei by the Woods aud then
party.
The fla, ship Dinsuore, from oil
Challe-ton of the 10th, hn, p rived
Since MONDAY evening we have been tx
changing shot and ell with the rebels
night AID day. probably with but lnllr
damage TO G thcr de. The cnemvs %
rct Was to rettid Gen. t,ilmore's scs.
ks, bu, they have all been prrfcc ed
for vrra davs.
The enuun TO open on the 18th was
abandoned on account Of somo difficulty
as TO the quality o, the amy nirInuul-
| tion and owing 10 the sc ious ndi pos
ton Of Gen. Gilmore. lie is, however,
much better, a"d the opening Of neav,
scige works will commence at daylight
Tomorrow. The shore batteries IN z t-
ting the range of the guns yesterday and
day before, knocked lhrcc holes in the
walls OF Sumpter, aud Will blow il no n
soon a. the assault commences. Gut oi
nearly 80 guns on the parapet tn deys
ago but .ix now remain, and mot OF
t,ose i" easements had previously been
| dismounlcd.
TIE rebels have erected line Of eart'
work e mile long on James Island
from Foi, } ,hnson to scc ssi nvillc. Al
though they have but few guns mounted
yet. TINS - supposed TO be for the
d, rrction Of the Sumier's gus.
Our picket boats aroand Sumter re-
port gre t activity every night with
schoon,rs, Gamers de-,
Weath'r tiuc, With very calm sea,
and mos, favorable for opef~t ons. Sne
b i. but good sea breeze and occasion
VI thnnder ,howers.
Everything is now in readines on sea
and shore, and all look ng { +" ward TO the
work o-morrow, C rtaln Of success.
On Wednesday .igh, the rebels fred
! on our works with grape and cAnni.tss