Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-08-22
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEG kAlLX.
OUR SPEl IAL DlSPATCHEs.
lSpe,ial to the Triosas

VI ino IeITI oTy III inc pace VI hon. '
A. Gu,lcy, deceased.
X. L Mccormick and other officers 0
the territory also arrived here tins A NJ
named tins nominat on 10 the President
NJ o"e likely to bc satisfactory.
1t /, understood that tie Arazonia ex
pedtion will start from New York next
week.
A Times spccisl says that tho 'cb,
cavalry are tns y engaged in enforcing
tie consc' 'iption in that portion OF Nr
gina south aud wcst Of The K.ppahan-
mock.
Some districts are nearly dc, opulat, d
OF m"l' 3, no eoDly very old men, ~om
en AID children r. mnin,ng.
Parties are also acquiring the cos, try
for r'ovisi ~. aud io,agc, taking every
thing ,hcr. is.
lh"re is widespread suffering ard
a fear II famine during tho coming yin.
fer.
Neg oes are being eent turiher sou b
to prevent their falling iu,o tho h .nds OF
tie innk.es.
Army officers competent to jadec Ca
,iuatc ih strength a Lcu'- Amy vt less
thsn $4,000 men.
Within past three weeks il has been
grea ly thi ned bv desert.n.
A letter fiom n p ointment officer in
Roecrans Imy lays, the wh.lr country
for mites ar und Cn-t ano Ga is warm
ing wi dcs. r,ers from Bragg aud John
to, y armies.
10 OF these commands are demoral-
I'd ani cannot longer be call j armies
A gre t many rebel ,old crs some y hin
our Il es lilly ann surrrnd r. u MAORI
ty ing tn ir arms vi h them.
dis ATS action mo mar I'd among
the Mi ., La, md Ten, esse-e iroo, 5,
who say t-.y navc nothing left to tig |
I and SO give up, the Contest and ie
,nn home.
Several Miss, regiments rrce tly de-
serted in body, fficcr. a"d ALL Th'
feeling a,uo < the troops against Jcf
Davis Is v.rv bitter, an, ac furious
Tor the w,r = cease. T., cr position in
the my ent IT, y tn m to kno what is
going o. They ass-r that 40 such io-
,cllige"cc j. il the posses ion Of the com
Gere al.
A body OF Uni n oops made raid
o" Nyt vii &. w.. during winch 1t. Col
Pow II lott" l4lh Va, Um u regiment
was t'kep pri.o, e. .nd .'laccd ~ solIta-
y conlin, menL III Richmond. The W,r
Department viii promptly re alintc m
kind up n the rebel prisoners in our
nands unless tol L. Is pl ,ccd on the
-a,no footing with other pr some 3 Of
war.
In consideration Of The Ststsa of Ohio
aud inois hsvi. < furnished more than
her qu ia f volunteers. the draft in
those 4 les wi be- v'ry ight. no' moe
'hsn 10000 each, and it i, probRni-
The hu'nh"r /" each state will be raj ,ec
by volunteers, and draft avoided ca
lrcly.
Tho Xeralfs special says: II Is cur.
rentls reported he that Lees army hs,
been moving of from our front upon the
VI. Centra' X. 4. TO Richmo d
Lee il undonb edly upon tho Rappi-
Ian and Itappahan"o. k. maxi e an ad-
w &C from h. Upper R.pp hanno K |
.lonv tie liver H. Ere cr C. ,bur, aud
hat re. ion. The Potomac j. ,nicste |
y i,h re'cl Caval y. Ev.ryth n, indi
;ates that the cn my intends TO remain |
n thei present 'oc .l,ly nnl IS our ow
should necessita q y chan e.
If b re, AID is no inpos Lle he n. xt
att may be fought "po th.t rvcr
"deed il is apprehcndcd that Lee will
~ unIe the tfu nsive. = her I an retrca
nd may expect m alta ( from aim at an
.arlv dss.
Prcpsra'i ,rs for such an emergency
'rc 'o~ be n. m. de.
Deserle whoc .,ne across the Rap
',hann' ck sy, the movements # he
roop, to ards Fred. ricks' urg ON Cul
'eppcr was only s.ue L. saver Lees
cal olject, and to ea 10 him TO move
rs ,roops southwar by wy Of Gordon,
ills. -
arge bodies "frebeI cavalry marched
own 'o~a DIS the k~pp an ock, driy
& in our pickcts. they came bold y
ut in sight of our lines aud de, 10y 4
b fine line Of bate or Ter. lM,n-diste
II tie cops .lo"g the river We put
nder arms in which poei ion ih y &c.
IA ned mo ng, when the enemy
ad Withdrawn.
The 'easo" for my belief am not q
berty % say.
RIcb,nnd p-pers brought into cur lines
peak more despondiug OF .f+ir., bat
'rt cularly d p:ore the prospect now in
agne that Charles on M 1t tall
a complete panic prevails 10 Rich
'ond to ob:si, gre. nbacks. Man, deal .
rs v u take 20 otter "oney tor com
ODDITIES they have I /, dispose (.
The Enquirer nouns tie gum specn .
ttors rough sl'od and call. Mr.. Dc js-
i'm the kiSg tsisf Vi the uibs.