Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-18
LATE N e. EWS.
Latest fr,n Brave Phi Sheridan.
C6btasrs Of BeHford, KY,
bv Cmevrtlias.
Fighting b:fore Ptte's)arg'
Smith takes l0 Cannon ana seVt'
raj stand Of cslofs, also 4cV
1GOCr Prisoners
1sburg at lat ia orr Pos
session.
ExvIOstvM Of the waning
ton II senni....HNMy
xtceS lost.
Meath OF the KtOtI General
RUik.
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10 Gsn. Dr.:
lie following disrstctes Lave been re-
cei ~ed by tits Impairment
err PoIsT, Jur- Is. siA JAArsrows
is.asp, jane 10 $3.50 NJ.
Smith. Win Is 90 mea, attacked Pe
tersburg this uiuinifs.
Gan. 3 Itler report. from bis observatory
near Il rmu!s Hundreds, That tdcrc h..
been saarp fighting, aud that tho troop
and trains Of TIC enoiny were as he. *i't.-,
moving ON tbs city acrvss ihs Appaienax
M II rctreatips. Hancock - hot htas
enough to render Smith MY aid.
The R,chmOndcrs have uono nothing 70
indicate a su.p'clon Of cur c'o.bing the
james river. They expect to be attacked
fr,u the erection az Maven H'ii.
CRY ru!.r, june is, 10 Z ".
Cur latest report from Saith wes At ! {.
m. He had carried llne OF cu;r' nchohci.i.
q. Beatle,'s House, tic c lore troops a.
sauitiug and carry M TIE r.ls prs with
great gsllantry, but h. bad It yc; c1rfi,h
the ,n.in line. lie desc es the rebels al
tiiiery G.e a. being ve:y heavy. II; .s-
pect.d 70 assault TIE iinr jl,t b.ferc dam
Hancock Is within three mics Il Smlti !.
CRY PolAr, Junc Ii. A Nj,
All: 20 y. u yoet,riay s.aith a-Sa.t-
ed and cHrird the principal line Il IL 90
envy before Petersburg, ,sk'rs IL canuor,
several stands II co.or- and bstse,u jJv
and 400 prisoners. This iine y swomli;s
from Petersburg.
Hancock got up and took a po.ito On
Smiths left At ) a. ~. to-isy. Inere wss
heavy titlpg IN tuat dlrec .ien !.9n t. L
O'Clock.
DrNTr RID LANDING Va June l6.
After sonding the Secretary d War
dispatch this morning, from tho ne.s ats,
southeast Of Pete. stusg, | went over The
conquered lines With Gen. Grant, and TIC
eng,ncor oiiicols. I,c woke ere vi tue
very strongest ki4a-nore d iilcult t. ec
taken than was Missionary Ridge, or Ceat
tanooga.
Tie hardest fishtin, VIA dolc By the
BLACK troops. TIE !Ori. tley storih.r were
the worst Of > ]. Alter the THAR was
over, Gen. Smith went 10 thaak teen and
tell tLem be was proud ct their c~ursg
Snd dash. he says the, can't DC execivd
rs soldiers, aud hereafter he will send
theu IN uiieu,t plscs az red y Is the
best SLite ST. lieIs. lucy cAp.u.ci! S < cut
q. TIE stxte.n cannon wL'cA wc.c token.
The prisoners he toek were from aure
CARDS command. S9mc u them s-ii ;aoy
hsd crossed tic James above D.ury's b, Ut
| d. rot thluk sry ot Lees amy lac
reached Petersburg when Smith stOrmed
it. They sscn to b, making arrangements
TO hold tie west Eli. CT the App1m,tax.
The town they can't think Of holding, as it
lies directly uadet cur gu;.s.
The weather Is splendid.
Cry Po,Ar, June ia Is p. N.
Gen. Butler reports iGom Bermuda Hun
drcis that tue enemy Las abandoned the
works III font OF that psc..
HIS troops arc nov tearing up the rail
road bet .oen Petersburg and X c1mond
Tue following despatch dos not u.s,.
nate the nou. but supposed to be later taan
prcc ding onca.
Jamestown, Va, June IL.
came down from the pontcon above
Fort Powhaitan with d,spatcic for Score.
tary Stanton. just as lett Capt. P,tkin
reported to the that Petersburg was in cur
Possession.
Nothing Of recent date Las been heard
from Gen. Sheridan, hut the Re mond
Wing contains dispaci from Leo sta.lrg
that Sheridan had been routed in M en-.
gasement With Fitz Hugh lie and iiiu,p
ton, losing tive hundred prisoners ana ieav
ing his dead cad wounded on the fia,d
From Gen. Sherman d;spa'ca dated
last night at . O'Clock has been received. -
1t only states the relative position Of the
ioicas. NJ serious engagement had yet
occurred.
lS'gncd +. NJ. STANTON.