Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-15
Important SOMlherN Wears

NEW \ oltK, May

NEw lonK, May To-
Last Wednesday noon the Burualdc
Rifles, at Camp Spraguc. Stntch Island,
were making preparations 10 leave in n
body, when Col. Levy, in con,mand of
the post, called out strong guard t. de
tend the entrance through which the mu.
tluecrs determined 10 paes. They came
on, armed VIZ. clube, stones. tpadcs aud
pickaAes, anl When Col. Levy, pistol IN
hand. commanded them t. return to du
ty, he was met with . yell Of dehancc
aud hi with stone, huiled by ono Of
the party. llo throttled his assal lant and
the mutneers cndeasofcd to escape III
another direction when fight ansuca,l IN
winch one was Killed aud others wound
ed Twenty cight OF the number oseap-
cd bat were Afterwards eaplarca aud LAX
en- IN irons 10 Governor Island.
AT presentation OF comp imeniarl
resolutions from tho " Washingi On City
Council 10 Gen McClollan, yesterday, he
lcclarcd that the rumor Of his rc igna,lon
was false.
1t appears from some official hceoun's
Of Gen. Averll's expedition, that previ-
ous to The battle Of Chaucellorvllln Stone
wall Jackson was Mt Gordonsv illc with
25,oOO men.
The following persons are appointed
Provost Marshals for Illinois
fwM Uwrict. -Wm. Jsmcs, Provost
Marshal A. G. IIessery, Commissioner I;
J. ". lrcer, Surgeon,
.Scc0nd Uistrut Amos i. Conn, Pro
vost Marshal Wm. ID Barry, Commis
8 on,r, Aaron Lewis Surgeon.
Ihara district -Jno. t. Ensticc, Pro
yost Marshal Wm. A. Youngmsn, Com
missioner Chancellor Ma,tn, Surgeon.
EoarM District Woodruff,
Provost Marshal Jno. Mckinney, Com.
mis- ioneI Chas. Coolidge, Surgeon
rim District jas. NJ. Allen, Fro
yost Marshal Richard A. ioo, Commls.
sloner Thos Hall. Surgeon.
,sirM U,sh,A - Abel Longwortb,
Provost Marshal; solomon Summons,
Commissioner Kob,. McArIhnr, Sur
geon.
.ScpenM District VIM Tctharn, Pro.
vost Marshal j. $. Wolf, Commissioner ,
II. .. johnson, Hfseon'
EaghM D,str,cf- Isaac Keys, Provost
Marshal Clinton Jones, Commissioner
J.. II. Nhctmorc. Surgeon.
Ninth UxhiH - G. G. Stu. ~t, 70
vost Marshal K. NJ. Worthngton, oo'"'
missioner.
Isnth Disnch- VIM. NJ. Fay, Pr '
vost MarshaI W. 5. Moulton, Commits
sloner; David Prince, Surgeon.
LevenM District Mortimer q. Kel
icr, Provost Marshal; VIM. +. Archer,
Commissioner + H. Paine, Surgeon.
Tnei|M District. teo. Abbot, Pro.
yost Marshal Jno. i. Dertrich, Com
missioner Henry W. Wing, Sorgeon.
Thirteenth District. Vim. {. Car
roll, Provost Marshal A. J Key, Com
missioner Tbos. II. Burgess, Surgeon.
A dispatch from Caro- yesterday, SAYS
that our troops all tho way from Mem
phis TO loung's Point are moving To re
inforcc Graft, who will endeavor to cut
the railroad communication between
jackson and N,cksburg.
1he Nick,burg correspondent Of the
Appeat takes gloomy view Of matters
and says Grant movements deceived ev
erybody.
Bragg was at Atlanta on the ID, inst.
A di-patch from Richmond says rail
road communication has been reesLal olish.
ed between Richmond and Fredc, ick.-
burg.
The Richmond Sentinel of the 18th
contains Jackson dispatch of the 18th,
saying the Natchcz Cd"rier Processes to
have informal on that Kirby Smith, with
10000 raw troops, whipped Banks,
driving him out Of Washington, La.
The Sentinel ssys Lows North Car O.
lima brigade lost o05 men at Cbancell ,r-
vile, or 80 per cent. Of its entire pu m