Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-23
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LOUISVILLE, July ae.-To-day's Nashville
Union says~G tsl1GrJm received from Gen.
Sherrnar Says the s)leQy attacked General
Thonuk on WednS gday but were fercely
and Handsomely epuisedsp Nd roughly ham
fhe Union,Adds The 4 o armies are
mott on leyd ground, and tn fighting is
,nose -nssay equ !.
LOUISVILLE, July 22.-Anotber install
ment Of rebel women from Loui4pana arriv-
ell here to night. Three hundref and fifty
more are reported at Nashville, ADD will be
forwarded here on Tuesday next. They are
| to be sent out Of the limits Of tbe United
| States.
CAIRo. July 22.-The Memphis Bulletin
Of the both has statement m4le before
the Provost Marshal by Lieut.. Alien, de-
serter from Forests command, who took
the amnesty oath and this mornihg left for
his home in Kentucky.
He reports that Robert D. Lee commands
Holt's old department.
| Richardson has been superseded by Nee
| w, h. having been charged with making
| s., 000, 900 out Of the CONSUMPTION business
Richardson escaped punishmentAnd is now
living in Western Tennessee. !
Allen confirms the reported wounding Of
Forrest at Tupello.
The rebels lost 800 in the fight at Gun.
town with Stursis. Wisdom ! among thu
killed. Most of this loss is attributed to the
desperate fighting Of our ncgrDes, all of the
victims being shot through |the head and
breast
Major Bradford captnrcdtat Fort Pillow
was ordered to be shot by forrest for VIC
lating his parole.
Allen knew nothing If the President,
Amnesty Proclamation, and t erebel sol
diers are ignorant Of IT,
The Southern people think if Lee ant
Johnston are beaten secession is speedily
terminated. Thcyshave little confidence Il
Johnston, and dfe heartily tired Of tn.
dreadful pressure they are subjected to.
Forrest got 900 men in his conscriptinI
expedition.
ALLEN says that at the fight with Sturgl'
M "a at Bolivar. 800 men could have cap
tur'.d all the rebel trains.
Forrest several times was heard to sav h
did not wish to take Memphis. as larg
section of country was dependent upon i
for supplies.
The steamer Kaskaskia was sunk to-da'
at Gran Chain, between here and Paducah
Loss triting.
NFw YORK, May 23.-A Nashville dis
patch says Gen. Kosseau left Decatur Oh
the 10th ON most important raid with
force of 2,7nO men. well mounted. On
!. thousand of his men are armed with Spen
GERS revolving rifles. The route to be takcl
is one that has never been followed hereto
fore during the war, though nearly identi
cal with the trace pursued by Gen. Jack
son in the war against the Creek Indians
The first CONT of any importance on tn
route is Brownsville, next Ashville a few
mil below Ashy;llc is Coosa river. He :.
then to move rapidly upon the Talladcg
nearest the bridge or ford over the Talla
!, posa. The bridges are to be completed,
destroyed The passage of the Tallapoos
will in all probability be made at Tchopekc
and will bring the force into the Dastevill
Mountain roads and will carry it TO tn
railroad at convenient points, when tn
work Of destruction will begin.
There are eight bridges ON the ralroa,
between Montgomery ana Opclika 1t i
more than probable that numbers of tunnel
and bridges are to be found in the vale
between Ope!ika and West Point. Their
are two bridges over Big Hcllowcck ant
Ozcnuppap Creek near Columbus o.
another route there are three bridges owe
Wctu,npka and Mill Creeks.
Returning after the destruction of thcs
roads, Rosc.au i. to move up the west sid
Of the Chattahooch. river, if opporttlnit
offers, and join Sherman between Marriott
and the Ci.attahoochic tsfer.
II this route is Threatened Rosscaulis t
make straight for Pensacola ana take vessel
for New orlcauss thcfcS ia Nashville aga r
BY Richnlphd papers q the goth VIZ hav
the first reports of Rossea\ work. a dis
patch frg6, Atlanta 18th hays Telegraph
communication with Montgomery sustendc
last MI ht near Notassalaga ian in;crnlp,io
supposed to have been caused by potion q
the snemy who were report I'd to be 1t Tai
FROM West Point. !
| DrrRo,r, July 2s.-Th( steameJ Illinoi.
r}ported wrecked on Lay Supcrios, arrive
sbivly yesterday.