The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-04-12

u Ills regiment, ABOUT TWO
and five hundred small arms. /
Dssession of Hickman the enemy hav-
yed it.. I moved north with Buford's d.
marching direct from Jackson to Padlcah
" hours, attacked it on the evening Of the
lrove the enemy to their gunboats and forts,
lie town for ten hours, and could have held
ger, but found the small pox raging and
bed the place. We captured many stores
rises, burned up sixty bales of cotton, one
Ter in the dry dock, and brought off sixty
bners. My loss at Union city and Paducah,
far as known, is twenty five killed and wounded,
ong them Col Thompson, commanding the Ken
XIV Brigade, killed Lieut. Col Lanhum, Of the
kner regiment, MORALLY wounded, and Col
slim, of the 9th Kentucky, and Lieut. Colonel
ldffon, of the I'd Tennessee, slightly wounded
1haenemys loss at Paducah was fifty killed and
VOanded The prisoners in all five hundred.
N b. FORREST,
Another despatch to Gen Polk from Gen For
rest dated Jackson, Tenn, April I'd, says Six
hundred Federal prisoners will arrive at Ripley,
Miss, to-day, en- route for Demopolis, Ala. Col
Medley engaged the enemy on the 29th March,
neat Bolivar, capturing his entire wagon train,
rouhng and driving him to Memphis, killing thirty
and capturing thirty five prisoners, killing two
captains and capturing one.
PADucAH, KY-A gentleman who was for
!
paTef depots of supplies for all the Southwest
ensarmies A year ago the value of grain and
9th IL supplies there was estimated at fifteen nlI
Eotsof dollars Since that time the amount is
siIto have increased to some twenty millions
Ffrest burned all these store houses and military
hadquarters.
JoHNsToN's ARMY-A correspondent Of the
bile Register whites from Dalton as follows:
| am happy to be able to say that the condition
our army is splendid, in every respect. 1t is
WILL fed, well clad in excellent health and in high
AID hopeful spirits. For the first time in its his
tory, it has no barefoot soldiers. Would you be-
! Aeve that at Chckamauga Gen Bragg lost the
ryice of 1000 otherwise efficient men because
iey were barefoot? Credit it or not the state
s4nt is true A. yet shoes were within the
Oh of ordinary quartermasterial energy. The
sae happened at Missionary Ridge, where men
ere sorcly needed, and where the bare foot
nen, had they been shod and present, might have
Tned the fortunes of that sad day But now
every soldier has shoes.
Gen Johnston is unquestionably great cap
tam In the science of war. In ninety days he has
otransf formed this army that can find no word
to express the extent Of the transformation but
he word regeneration. 1t is regenerated army.
E2g- Three yankee boats were attacked, on the
l4th ult., on Cumberland River, above Nashville,
and completely Iiddled. gun boat arrived and
ispersed the guerias. The loss is not reported
TIE gueras subsequently captured and burned a
train on the Louisville and Nashville road, and
hung three negroes.
- aas~ Every thing in Mississippi is reported
quiet though important movements are anticipa-
ted. Gen. Polk is said to be actively engaged or
ganizing his forces. His plans have not been de-
veloped
Asg~ party of of Is or 20 armed men visited
the Reems Greek settlement, eight miles north of
this place, Sunday night last, and forcibly took
all the fire arms they could find. They visited
the houses of Rev. Jacob Weaver, Rev. Montra-
vile Weaver, Col. j. 7. Weaver, and Capt W. F.
Parker. The latter two gentleman are absent in
the service The band represented themselves as
belonging to COL Kinks command on Laurel
This may or-may not be SO. They were pursued
by some Confederate cavalry, but made good their
Neus.