Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-08-03
LATEST NEWS
BY TEL EG EARN.
i
OUR SPECIAL DISPATCHES.
Particulars Of General 1Su-
lOrd's Late NccOnn..l.
saBlcc Across the Rap
pahannOck
Capture Ol' Important Doc.
ll1llt
Condition Nf Savannah i.
NEw Nonk, Aug.

| The Hera'tTS Washington dl,patcl
gives tie follow NJ details Of the fight o
! Saturday Bn.otd Gro scd the Rapp,
hammock frd at o'clock yes elda,
morning. Cur forces were conrosed .
the following cavalry regiments sll
New York. 3d Nlrg mia, 2d Il =, i
l'ouneyl,nnla, 9TH $. lat t. s., atl
New York, sth Illinois aud l1h Penn
ANlsanl, The crossing Was about u
half mile above the kaI road stalion.--
Tue ollrei OF he chp,di u war to as
certain thr exact PCS tlon ot the cnem,
On the Railroad hnc towards tnlpepcr
aud lie amount oi force they had dlS
posed to dispute onr amy f. u c ossinp
Inc enemy cavalry Was encount, rcd
hali a IN ic from the ford ; VI sas ppt-
ton OF Stuart's cavalry, and consisted .
Jones a,d llampt rs igadcs. with ia,
ma, : South Carolina, Cohb's Georgis
l. glon and j Il Dav,s Legion.
Cur ea,cht drove the enernv gradu
aly, without my severe iighung nnl,l 4
point was reach d about one aud hal
'nl'es thi- side ofCnp'p ppcr, where enc
mics cavalry fell back Oh MIA, try sup
ports aud We ware then obliged to reiuc
u ter n bi,k fight wilh botb tl,cir lutnni
~ md cavalry, rebels oulnumbering u
two 20 ono.
Our loss II hght near Culpcppcr, which
was most I'M, oitn I, was five KILLED aud
slNtl-,M wounded, tier arrived Il, re- and
aio ~ Doug as Hospital. Our cnvalry
forces onN ,ctlted a mile aud halt NJ
tcr ,hcy were attacked by combined for
ecs cluics l,lanrry aud cay ,lry, anc
held enemy at lay there. We tooL
about 100 prisoners. Some of thc,
| wound Il are Ia oui hands and have an
rived here. ltolcl II soners III our hands
>av many Of thur dead ay upon T. q
field near Culpcpper aud that lLe.r loss
cqnalS onis.
cur caval'y under Bulord made three
succcssivr charges on the enemy. a
corps e iniaulr or ssed the rv.r ana
was ~ osllon to render BuiurI ciIiclcni
support
According to statement oi most ulcl
Iigeut pm oters h. re, TIE rebel forces ar,
So much seattle "a wat hing our motc
me L tint 10 general ~. cement l. in
mlncnl NJ ptcsen. Fer coutia, car own
wonude ia Yesterdays iilht TIA uk j it
the contrary. though il everything cls
wounded oi both sides agree preoi ely
Ahou ten day. ago soa,c ot co. ia
ters i tcellvc iorcc atre ted ii Brrat
vilie alatt, ~ rome I r Il chmoud ~
on wIl ~ VAS found some yoly ilnpo,.
tahi documents from this city addressed
10 jan DAVIS, President oi The {, niede,-
ale Stat = Among them were u al,
of tins q y; d scripliou - tie rs
numbe, ot Il Ia each AID strcng h
Their gar son- also slal, mcut ia the
rolls would be frwmocd by An ,hrf
channel 1t is not known what rolls eIc
alloded 10. The documents bnyc beer.
hcli u he War Dcpar met and Tia,
matter is still under inv siig,tion.
About midnight last ngft, Rre wa
comrnnnlcatct - the lay ia goyetnment
she'd i lee II u uce, the Monument
by au inc ndiary. About i50 tons Il
hay and 1000 ton, Of ice were deslr yci
| hc fire extended 70 stab 'cs bal oil my
abe p operiy, ncltdmg hor es, saved
irog, cs. Of The fire was arrested Ly pul
ing down portions Of the ulding
The Port Royal Free .~outA says "a
vanuah Is deserted ,f troops. several
regiments had been sent 10 relieve Nicks-
bu bcf lc our Chare ton demon.tra
ton. Three regiments Of iniantry a,d
ol. Audcrton's artillery, numbering "a
ras4 ~ ponnders have been sen, vin
Agusta 10 Cha lc,lon, leaving tor defence
Of Guy Tut 900 ca, airy, 300 iatentry ~ d
a battery OF artillery. All ,x'en.i,e bat
trrie- ami rufic ,tlons before mentioned
are for this rcas n only ri keted AID u /
gar isoned 'ait ofthe city is thus left
aih batteries AID guns but no troops t,
make them ava lab c. Thy have hce'
greatly alarmed lest We .honld capture
Savannah. They have been for the past
t~o weeks sending valuab Is into tn,
country, daily expeeti' Z 70 zee va ker
che sc box 10 sigh, fla Ike by \ land
f,ece. Gen. Mercier, who is in command
has rep aledly ,cleg,sphed Gen. Brown
for troop-, but mas invariably receive,
Tho sAer that th,re we're nn troops I,
Sc, d, tho inhabitants must de'svd them
selves.