Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-03-07
LATEST NEWS
BY TTLEG R1lH.
Saturday, , O'Clock a. VI.
From New York.
NEW loNh. March |


o-day, aged - ears.
The ioSt has u story that 'he Nor
! thern Light Was chased Tuesday morn :
NJ of thc coast Of FLORIDA hy a pro
pclcr steamer, winch. whom ftst seen,
carrlel slgual u distress, Int snhsc
qnent'y gave chase % the Northern
Light. cont nuiug until Federal war
vessel hove IN s.ght. Some ot rhc OH
GERS Of the Northern Lght declined to
admit that II was a ptRatcer.
a Calro letter Of the 81 mentions a
rpmot that ia" whole OF forlcr's fleet
has inu past Nichshng.
\ Fort Monroe 'citer, of the ill,. say !
Col. Spcnc, of the 10th renn~y,eri !,
Cavalry, attacked The rehcl- 1T Franklin
last night, captured a number Of prison
ors and drove tho rest across the Black.
water
\ Winchester lettcr reports recon
roisaneo hl detachment ut cavalry 70
near Woodstock, whore the enemy Is 10.
eattl in large numbers.
The BROOKLYN E'oQir staios that the
officers ot tho l9th New York regiment.
Al key West, have rendered then fcslg-
nation IN consequence # their inability
10 eonsclcut.ousy carry out m orlyi
which virtually wages war against uuo :
tending women aud children, aud known
Union citzcns at Key West, initiating,
as II does, that kind of warfare that has
has cast on our cncmies the stigma Of all
En9lish nations.
4 gInud meeting of loyal cliilons Of
tins ciil irrespective of party, 50. bold
tonight a ihc Cooper Institute attend
cd by over 1000 people INSIDE, and the
same number outside. The meeting was
presided o.e. by Mayor q l4ke, Graeral
scott Ecing too SEX 4 h. present
speeches were made hv Jmues T. l;r.dy,
John Nan Burcn, DR.. Hitchcock. Jud.c
pnlr1. i. y. lIci !, Hon. Charles Ganil
and others. Expression d unswer,lng
LOYALTY T. tic Union wese euunaiaci w
tie speaker, anI were yociiervlsly ca
dorsed ty the multitude.
Ntw YonK, March 9.
The Cap,nin Of an English steamer,
Hho has alincd at GbIalter, writes ny
iolloNs
"On the elh OF February, believe, |
passed the 900, or the Alabama, OF u,
any rat n suspicious looai vessel hike
her. Size was steering south On thc
10th hcaid reports aud snw the Il N
lag Of guns ! al,o eew the bursting 81
she'll wns stant about i've mules.
It vas evident that contest bctwccu
. sli . was progressing. | his' saV
the flashes at 8 +. IN, aud from 10 T.,
ll:2o 7. m. the fighting WAS ye} heavy,
and the exchange Of shots rapid A.
could not sec the vessel cannot give
any mtihc, Information.
There va, IA imposing demonstration
At tic anpithcatrc j. Liverpool - the
l7th nlt., u support Of Tie emancipation
proc amaliou Of l',c,ideut Line In.
The Liverpool Poot says that more
unanimous meeting was never witnessed
on any question, on winch putlic opinion
has been at all divided Resolutions a,-
plauGlug the couisc o, President Lluculh
On the slavery question anl tho addrcss
- he presented through Minister Adams,
were adopted. The i hes, tenders re
,pectnl sympathy N REGARD - those
measures of Mr.. IncoIn'a government
winch hAyc denationaIj1ed slavery, aud
afc intended e. destroy it.
The London Times gives tbe rartcu-
lars of The CuulclprAt. lDau Ihn Inqu
Is for three millions Sterling, c1chansca-
bic f)r cotton any time within six months
after the declaration u peace Cotton i
10 bc deliscd during the war il tic intc.
riof, a ! after peace ls proclaimed NJ any
port. Bonds % the Confederate States,
not converted INTO cotton. are rcdccma
be at par during twenty years by half
yearly drawings.
The London Morning Xeraid says the
above reports are premature.
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