Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-01-05
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEG RAIH.
SUNDAY NIGHT RElsONR
Viz ksbuGy Taken.
C,iRo, Jan. 3.

tIf l I'll ludlanh, toHNtNtu Nv lnt gun
boat C"nes,oga, With dispatches tom
Gen. Sherman, on the battle field Of
Nlcksbnrs, had JUS, arrived nj Helena
On Saturday morning, the 21th, Shcr-
man debaik.d his forces on the left bank
OF the lazoo, ten miles from the mouth,
and forming in llnc of battle, he adyanc-
ed TOWARDS icksburg.
A'ter passing beyond the reach Of 'hc
hrc hom the gun.boats, he encountered
the enemy in force, aud terrible con
li'et OF live hours ensued. The enemy
vas driven back beyond two bayous that
glrt the ar OF Nwksburg, aud from The
work OF en,rehching ou the hui i, she'll.
] On Saturday night ho two armies In,
on their arms, with two bayous il.teryru-
lug. nulng the night pon,oons wsfe
constructed on the front by General
Morgan's and General Smiths dix,s.
i,.ns. Notwithstanding the terrific Nre
from the enemy, under cover OF the un
dcrgrowth, at daylight on Sunday, IA
concerted advance WAS made 10y Shcr-
mans whole force.
t cle hold the left, Morgan and blair
the centre, and Gen. NJ. l.. Smith and
A. l.. Smlth the right Gen. Steele turn.
Cd the cnc,ny's lett 80 AZ to communicate
with Morgans division, having acn sep
arated l., u ~ amp running AZ right an
plcs to the main front. Bv sunrise the
whole force was engaged, and up 10 ten
O'Clock the lighting wlth mu,kc,ry and
aiilcf, was severe. The rebels were
rn,rcnched ON rsing ground from the
west side of the bavan. Finally part Of
Motrans aud Smiths divisions, and the
s5th Missouri, took il by storm.
Nlrkehnr9 is doubtless ours. The gun.
boats lad not 90 opciaicd, but the gun
boat Benton had engaged the fortliica
,iuna at llnncs BIui. She was struck
by - solid shell without material uluf}.
Several OF her crew were killed aud
wounded. Capt 1l,en, who command
ed her, was morlally wounded by SIX
pound shot striking him IN the riglt
breast, and carrying away part OF his
Ilght arm. lis words, as he tell, we're
My love to my wiic, and my wishes to
my country
The 5sth Ohio, 9Th Mississippi, and
22d kentucky sustained considerable loss
IN saturday. battle. Gems. banks and
FAragut were expected to co-ol craze
from below, but did not.
Stcelc's dlvisior, composed mostly Of
Indianans, did bloody lighting, rs he
turned the eneny's left.
The dispatch boat Rocket, on her rip
down the Nicksburg, on the 2Gth, WAS
fired into by company Of gucrllllas.-
She received not les, than one hundred
shots IN her cabin and pilot house. She
headed round and replied vi Ii grape and
canister, and mus.ctry from detachment
Of the llh and oath Indiana.
CAIno, Jan. 4.
The Memphis Buiietn, lust received,
contains further information from Nicks-
burg.
The steamer Rather had arrived direct
from Ncksburg. which place she LETT Oh
Monday evening.
Fighting had cen going on five davs.
having commenced on Wednesday. Up
10 Monday morning Sherman had cap
tnred three lines of the cncmy's works.
The firing ON the ith and last line oi
lcteuces, on the jackson a. VIcssbnrg
Railroad, had ceased, and the indications
were that 1t had surrendered. This line
of Notifications is uist two miles from
l..
tween Sherman and the city but the tres
tie work OF the railroad.
The officers oi the Rather think there
is no doubt but that Nicksburg is ours
Before taking The Qualifications Sher
man sent a brigade to cut OF communi-
cation with the city by lhc Shreveport,
railroad. The w,rk:: was successfully sc-
complIshcd.
Sunday night Sherman was reinforced
by 5000 men from Grants command Y
way OF the river.
Our whole force at Vicksburg is about
10000.
We have captured 9 guns and 700
prisoners.
Nothing had yet been hesrl from the
forces below.
The gun-hoats Black Hawk. Benton,
Barron Dekalb and Louisvill'', with five
lighter boats had. attacked battery at
Yxzoo City, but the result is unknown.
1t is reported that Captain Quinn is
dead. ..
One Of the coal barges taken from
Blue Wing was scuttled in shallow Wa
ter, 8 miles below Napoleon, and the
rebels were graphing out the coal, as is
supposed, tor the Runboat Lizzie Sim.
nous, which is expected out Of the Ar |,
kansas riy,r a. soon as the river rises.
The Rat,ler stopped at tho barge and
took of 500 tons Of coal. s4
The ammunition host Judge Terrence,
IVES fred st twice - Aeaday might.