Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-02
l.. CANpBLLL, Esq, ST. Louis.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Commercial +
Washington special says:
The President positively dc"ieS the report
Of tn. evacuation Of Atlanta. and says thai
sherman. at last a counts said he " Md holl
the place under shl circu,n, tanres. No move
hat Hood can make WI! endangcr this inn
portant point.
The u .jecl II Gen. Grants last move. i,
said by officers just arrived from City Point.
10 have been occasicnci by persistent ru-
n"fS that Petersburg WAS being evacuated.
Tn, 'nlv way test these reports was d
ecnnnoi -anre of the .ncny's works.
The con. uct ( Gen E.san. Of n Y, Is,
~pnken cfa> brill Mt in the .x;re,nc.
Tran pnrta.ior i, being issued to day To-
uslangl,e'i soldiers from Inc hospitals, scv
RAJ Thousand of whom are goi,.g home t.,
tr.
The Charleston Mercury says:
President Davis. who has been opposed,
~ making any concession whatever to IN
eneniy, lia been finally prevailed upon t.
ant MI ar'n'sl'cc t. the Nurtn, prpvi,le! il
solicited in a respectful manner. This
proposed arinisics, ,ai.es tle blockade hy
lans and "a, viii. h viii enable orr people to
>est rs from our service Il then be glad %
rr'arn in orstr t" receive their pay and al,
ae8N fable discharge which viii give lis All
ID ilional force { 2no.Ou veterans I en-
r hos talitirS are assumed the South il sl,rc
Il success. Therefor. We loose nothing by
grating this experiment 10 the Yankees
who op MY confessed that thy are whipped
~ ptociai.ing the war OH their part fail
are.
tucAGa, Nov. | A terrible acrid Mt oc
CARED las. evening on the Lafayette aud IN
'ianspnhs IA iroa'!, by which thirty persons
were killed outright and as many NOR.
wounded The facts arc these: The regular
passenger train from Indiapolis north, com
posed OF one bag aye and 5 pass, niger coach
e. continuing about 5pO passengers. nearly
all Of whom were Illinois aud Iowa soldier
rn route for Chicago. AT Culver's Station, 8
miles south OF Lafayette, this train met ane.
pissed the REGULAR passe ger train goll.
south. Procrciingn rih It had reached ol.iy
ono mile wh.n It 1ollil.d with heavy
ireigh train going south. The collision was
terrible one and lis effects fr.htIui. The
engines were demolished and the la gage
car and first passenger coach If the Train
coming north werr ground to powder. Thlr-
~ dead bodies and 80 more or less mang.e,l
were gathered up from the wreck, all oi
whom were soldiers except 3. We have no
further particulars and cannot state what
regiments were on the train. Hone were in.
Jnred except those in the fl st coach.
NASHVILLE, Nov. l.--Since lfis.repulsc al
Decatur Hood has moved further west along
the south side of the Tennessee. He is be.
lleved to have crossed some Of his infantry
at or near Burnbridge, ~ miles above Flor.
cnce. No part ri his force has he moved
further north. a rebel rumor here was re
ported that hc is coming this way. His pur
pose Is difficult to ascertain, with strong
Federal force in his front flank and rear
Fears rs - his making demonstration n
| this quarter are simply RIDICULOUS. Gndoubt
eddy ms movements are prompted BY de-
: sire to effect the coming elections. Genera
i Thomas Is in the city and prepared for any
7 movement Hood may make in this direc
ton.
Strong bodies Of troops arc moving Il
proper positions.
The Uvsien feeling here L. 1 stronQ hop,
hat Hold will l,larc himself in position
from which i will ~ difficult " cxtricat,
Sherman can't be eoaxsa y bullirJl, cut .
AZ 'ntA oat VIII O. tinue 70 hold Il Il a
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