Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-04-07

"A OOp pCsoOs
NJ. August Belmont has announced
that Do viii open 70 the public bis PR
vste picture gallery, for the benefit o.
the Sanitary Fair, during the whole o.
next week. The gallery is beyond
doubt the finest and most valuable IN tne
city, and very many persons will De GLAD
TO soiov the beue6ts Of M. Belmonrs
taste End generosity, with the added Eat
isssetioa that they are doing somethso9
for sick and wounded soldiers.-N +.
World.
Psbaw! Talk Of the "gsnerositv' OF
such . noted "Copperhead r The gen.
erosity is all on the side Of Messrs. Lin
coin, Seward and Stantos. They ought
to conRsca,e the contents Of this Cop
perbesd picture gallery and send it,
owner to Fort Lafayette, Gays the Ro-
chester Union. Why don't they do it
--snd S~ell the receipts Of the Sanitary
Fair BY the whole amount Of the pro-
ceeds OF the sale. This man Belmont
10 one Of the delegates at large to rep
resent New York in the Copperhead
Nationsl Convention. If the Republi-
can editors are not tie greatest liars in
the employ OF "thc gentleman in bIack,"
be is q Copperhesd and Traitor
Wherefore leave HIM IN possession Of a
private picture gallery? What right
has he and what right have bis associates
to be giving a portion of their substance
to relieve the sick aud wounded 81 Id
ieIsi Why not take the vhole of their
and pack tho Traitors" off to military
prison?
Our loyal" friends of the Republican
persuasion will plcsse look at tho mat
ters. The Executive Government" il
altogether too Ienient
"RELIABLE GEnTLEMEN."-The Dix
isps have their "reliaole gentlemen" ss
well as we on this eide Of the Confeder-
ate line, and the following is specimen
OF the Information furnished by two Of
them, and printed in the Ly nchburg (Va)
Republican. The tragical circumstance
is stated 10 have taken place near Bris-
tow Station, aud will doubtless be news
to the Army Of the Potomac:
"a day had been appointed for re-
en'stn2 the men OF corp. of Yankee
troops, aud large number of barrels OF
whisky had been brought down and the
heacs knocked out, and the men invited
to drink, in order to get them to the
sticking point. Some of the Dutch and
IRISH pitched io, got tight, and arrayed
themselves IN the line Of the re enlisted,
but tae calculating, full.tloode1 Yankee.
together with large portion of the
whole, slnelt the rat, and refused 10 mar.
tic'pate; whereupon the re-enIisted men
Commenced haunting the rest, aud gen
eral row followed, all parties seizing
their arms. The fight lac, Cd fo- 49,
aud tho fling ia said to have been tori
fic. The coT maDding officer had SIX
pieces OF artillery opened on the insur-
gents and finally succeeded in restoring
order. FIVE hundred men are reported
as killed, and . long train OF ambu-
lances aud wagons were loaded aud sen,
of with the wounded. Two thousand
men implicated il this affair were placed
in irons, which gives some idea Of the
extent and Importance of the affair."
This - the second fight the Yankees
have had lately, as reported by pri-
sOner.
1.-Two Yankee regiments, whose term
OF service had expired, we're ordered to
advance against the rebels, which they
refused to dc, and brigade was ordered
against them. The two regiments are
said to have whipped the brigade, both
losing about one hundred men, killed
and wounded"