The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-09
THE GATE CITY
SATURDAY, yULY 9.

SATURDAY. July y.
sons o. l.ess naSalvA.axss..Ra,
sick and WounaeA..Eis Army Lee.
aDg las FestfsuAe.
The following important statensuntl
are from letter to the New York World
ajournal which is not accustomed 10 mag
nifty our advantages or the disadvantage.
of the enemy = ~ a&S3-4Lt1
The fortitude with which the rebels
have borne their severe losses in the past
two months seems to be giving way. A
wall reaches here from Richmond, telling
Of agony and distress in that capital, tax
ing human endurance to it's utmost
From an active sympathisef with the reb-
els-one who is in their confdence-it is
learned that the distress 10 and around
Richmond can not be expressed or i'm.
agined. The forced marches To tlefend
important points against our cavalry have
used up large number Of men. Dis
eases OF various sorts prevail to fearful
extent. It is estimate that General Lee
has between forty and fifty thousand sick
and wouudedson his hands, whom be finds
1t impossible to remove beyond the scene
of actual conflict. Besides these, there is
a large population of non-com battants to
be provided for. 1t il estimated that Lee
has population Of two hundred thousand
dependent on him for food, and the secesh
. fear that if Grant keeps the railroads cut,
while the common roads were impaired
by heavy rains, starvation would be ad-.
ded to the other calamities of the belss-
guered cities. Lee has made an urgent
appeal to Johnston for assistance, espe-
cially in cavalry. and they expected to-
day that the repulse of Sherman would
permit Lee request to be granted.
The secessionists contend that our loss
es fully double Lees in the campaign.
bat say he has never had SO many men,
and cannot stand a loss so well. Besides,
by means of our sanitary and christian
commissions. our wounded are much bet
ter cared for, and great proportion of
them return to the ranks. We have few
er sick in proportion to the number OF our
army, while the facilities we enjoy of re.
moving all permanently disabled men
from the army to distant hospitals gives
us great advantage. A desperate effort
in the offensive is predicted on the part
of the rebels to relieve them Of their EN-
barrassment. - SKIS
zsz1 kzTTEo companies of the 18th Iowa
Infantry were attacked by detachment
numbering 600 men, from Marmaduke's
army, on the morning of the 22d, at White
river Station, near the mouth of White
river, but bravely fought the enemy until
the arrival of gunboat, when the rebels
retreated, suffering q loss of "a killed and
wouaded. Our loss was one killed and one
account says, FIVE. another eighty-three
wounded. Marmaduke is reported moving
on Little Rock, but when he gets there,
will find that preparations have been made
to give him proper reception.
R There is a tree near the present
quarters of Sherman's army, called the
efatal tree Eight men were shot, one
after another, as soon as they advanced
to the fatal tree, to take secure position
behind its huge trunk Several men were
shot, when board was placed there with
the word Dangerous ehalked upon t.
The rebels shot the guide board into frag-
msnts, and sergeant unsuspectingly took
his place behind the tree In less than
five minutes two mimic balls pierced the
sergeant's body, and he fell the eighth
martyr beneath the shadow of the tree of
death.