Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-02-29

= The eth day ofSA ~ esAs .teSa 80,
apart fDE laGAk 1gatd tfsJes, I il Tie
6sstbern Coulederacy: ns -
The Richnoht 'Nxiy II req, 'is.b
annosuees tts dsafli " Hon. n. B. h.
Garrett. - H wn sIecssd 70 The asia
Congress Of liz Uxited 6sasss, ssd,
topv1 sho,sseessita Of Vifgisis, ~
elected . asuihe 81 de csLfsderats
CssgsssA stish pssioies 10 hsl6ae he
time MN ds1th. ~. a II s''s~s n. s.a
0sa. Teembs = hang tAsd before .
essst nastisl q Savanseh.
lTsen he KssAssal whisl
The 6andsrvills 0soeyian, pablishes
. list of fifty six planters Of Washington
CT uaty Who have pledged them sslves 70
sell corn as too dol are per vboshel TO
the wives and children Of INDECENT sol
diers in the service, and the widows aod
childseb Of INDECENT soldiers who have
died Or been killed In the service, or
any disabled soldier.
A persos sdvertisssi 10 the Lynchbure
Republican, for six thousand dollars in
Confederate money, for which be ofsrs
TO pay 10 gold II the rate Of one for
tsceIvs. s-z = res 8e~
In the House Of Representatives, the
following communication was received
from . lady Of Charleston, through Mr..
Miles M .e.sl ~ ~ a7
~ "MAcoH, Ga, Feb. 2, 1864.
"DEAn SIk-T send you by express,
to day, . piece Of silver, one Of my we'd
ding presents, with the request thst you
willhsud it to MI. Memminger, to be
melted and coined into money to
strengthen OR currency.
I. is estimated ,ha. there are in the
Confederacy eleven hundred thousand
men able 10 hear arms between the ages
Of 10 and 46, and four hundred Thousand
under. and above those ayes who are ca
pabIe for eervice. There is no possible
chance for the Y snkees TO subjugate US
il each man does his duty 10 whstevcr
sphere he may be. I
The Montgomery Mail coDgratulates
the citizens Of Alabama ION the pros
poet Of an abundxuce Of salt during this
year. 1t very low rates. A large s>ock
IL now on had,awith the sailing ssases
closed, soa,e ot il pu, chased on spscala-
ton 1t highsr prices than those nov
ruling. laAd1tion to his stock, Coz
tracts are being entered into between
parties and the Governor nearly every
day, for the manufacture of salt at as
low ~ four aud even three dollars per
bushel.
The spirit manifested by our armies.
a. exsn4l lifted by the re enI . mc1ts Of
our veteran soldier, is every way en-
coursg'rg. A generous rivalry n tina
movement has sprung up, not only
among companies, regiments, and big.
AIDES, bat is & ending TO divisions, corps
aud entire armies. The veterans under
Leo vie with those under Johns on, and
the cry Of "In for the war;" is echoed
back TO the Csrolins coast from Long
street'e men. After three years reno ri
from the circle Of their families aud oil
The endeaemeets Of bome,-famiiies asd
honcs .in many oasss. dssolated ~ the
mspcitess ensmy,-ysars Of toll, privs-
too and suffering, without ofer OF fur
Tough or bounty, anticipating even .
formal appeal from the government, these
self sacrificing and heroic patrios have
spontaneously and enthusiastically ten
dercd anew, without limitation or cond,
ton, .their services and their lives to the
ecuotry. aaas H .ai
One Of the escaped Yankee officers
was captured 10 6eld below the city by
. negro. Sarnbo saw lbe fellow crossing
the field, aud, running MP to him, hoe in
hand, ordered him to stop. The Yankee
eulIeniy obeycd, and WAS then command.
ed by the faithful negro to march to the
fam house. lie demonstrated Q little,
but fuding the negrosi'MxorsbIe, and
not caring to provoke blow from the
up lifted hoe, walked before him to the
house, and was there secured.
The Kingston IN. ca correspondent
Of the r. leigh Confederate says Eve de-,
serters who went tosNewberu aud took
up arms az .inst their land and kindred,
were hsrged in Kingston Oh the 18th
inst. They had little TO say, except one,
VINO entreated bis old com, AIDES to staud
b. their Gag, and never desert it under
auy circumstances whatever, lost they
should como to the igrom'nious eud o.
those ~ho we're then abcut TO die The
fsIos's dssth snd Gil the fslon's grave
& .Nnw cMAaxrr, Feb. 1l.-Humpbrey's
Mississippi brigade, McLa~'s Division,
re-enli-ted to-day for forty years or the
war. Other brigades are following their
example. s & 81 - g = ~
One Of the last hopeful srgss q the
times" 10 the prsvsiling mssis for par
No. and trivolitv in this city. There has
never been asgAyer winter in Richmond.
Balls and ps,tles every night One
night las. week there were ssuen par
ejes, At ssch of which, 10 doubt, there
wss display Of extravsganse rarely
scen' - the halcyon days Of pence.
Tue prices Of admission to the theatre
have been advacced. Tickets to the
dress circle now costs IS; to the par
queste, IS; and to the secoad tier, 81 80.
Ps.vste boxes, holding six persons, $35.
These privste ibores s,e seldom without
occupants II some iko.tres . private
dkOss - ,eeespe6 Esr the pr~ss sn.esas - &