Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-03-28

msr1 lku)S l69'9lS q - u oogny " 1elion,
ana sooa dvsY ~ eeery 1ua the hne On
~ right * tie lbtt Gen. Haztsu9's divis-
9 ~ tsyy a :sss ~. q, Is.sr|
Fox the groA.d WITH rsiAiorcene.tt 81
winch IL rsbelfueomed delemined 70 hold
6 III ha1nnls Three repeated charges were
fASde, md aftsr thaA he fighting hete Has
own. ~ Johnnies laying down thsix aims
II f. sa shs 1ess u Fort s.e.dm.n Is located
battery No. II, which the enemy also man
|1Ged 70 get possession Of, but did mot keep Il
E1eoet and although they fought hard they
were forced to relinQuisl it, Col McrAueh-
| lin, commanding . brigade, occupying part
Of the line, was among The captured
Our loss in killed, woun6led and prisoners
is believed TO be about ~. Over one-third
are probably prischers.
| II was first reported that the rebels had
carried of three moftars, but that Is mis-
take. They took one over the side Of the
fort, but In their haste to get back 70 their
! lines. they dropped Il within few yursis Of
the breastworks from which place il will be
brought in tonight.
Ths loss OF the enemy Is much heavier
than ours Their dead and wounded num-
Der more than double ours while We have
over 1900 prisoners; among them about 40
officers
The Confederate Gen. Terry, who com
manded the assault, is reported killed
Gen. Hartsuff was reported badly wound
ed, but he is unhurt lie was on the field Ill
one O'Clock, arranging a flag Of truce, at the
request OF Gen. Gordon, to bring in the
dead and care for the wounded
1t seems the enemy believed Grant had
Il
man, and that in consequence of this our
lines were very weak In this. they have
found 10 their cost. that they were sadly mis-
taken. The 9TH corps have in this affair
paid the rebels back for their defeat at the
explosion Of the Petersburg mine, and hence
forth will be held in as high esteem by them
as any other in the army.
CRY PoINT. Va, March 2j
After the engagement between the enemy
and the 9th corps this morning orders were
. given for the 9Th corps to make an attack
on the left of the line in front of TT. Fisher.
The 81 division, Gem Seymour command
ing, was selected as the assaulting column
and shortly after noon line Of battle was
formed and an order 10 advance given IN
short time our men had possession VI the
2 entire line Of rifle pits of the enemy, nearly
: ali the occupants having been made priso-
: ners. Our loss in the engagement was very
trfling Over 600 prisoners were brought
in as the result of the engagement. Still
I another fight took place at uatchers Run,
in which the I'd corps was ngaged. The at
: tack was made about dark. Over 400 prise
ners fell into our hands on this ground,
making in all to day 1876, among whom are
nearly Il hundred commissioned officers, the
highest in rank being colonel This does
not include the rebel wounded in the hos
I V,tta al Vuhn uhnrc II AI,l.
These men seemed, as they passed along per
fecily satisfied with their position no doubt
anticipating larger supply of rations than
they have been getting for some time past.
II is reported that Gordon was seen urg
ing his men to fight and at times swearing
at them FIR cowardice, ending with the
exclamation, by God, Just as thought,
the men won't fight" after which he was
not seen.
Lieut. Nye, Of the 14th Massachusetts
battery. was killed while fighting for his
guns. He was ordered to surrender but re
fused and six bullets were found to have en-
J tered his body Col. Pentacost Of Pennsyl
vania was also killed.
PHILADELPHIA, March 81
| Jaw Cooke reports subscriptions to the
7-:M loan to-day Of 42,15j,yOO, including
one of &2O0,OOO from Chicago and one OF
TI5OO00 from Syracuse, n. T., also 1928 in
diyidua subscriptions of $50 and 500.
New YonK, March 81.
The steamer Evening Star, from New
Orleans the 10Th, via Havana the 23d,
has arrived. The Evening Star arrived on
the 18th from Mobile Bay. New Orleans
dates by her is published.
The New Orleans Independent OF the
18th has the following :, A lady in whom
implicit confidence is placed, and who ar
rived here last week from Mobile, states
that when she left the city, all appearances
indicated that it was being evacuated by
; the rebel troops. Information has since
, been received here which would justify the
correctness of this opinion. The report OF
, its evacuation is also credited by military
, authorities here 1t matters very little
whether Mobile be evacuated or not When
. ever the Federals want the city they will
, march on it and take possession.
The property of. p. Benjamin and John
: Slidcll, in New Orleans, had been condemn
ed in the L. s. District Court as forfeited to
the United States.
The New Orleans Times learns that Gen.
Bayley, with about 1000 cavalry, made an
advance from Baton Rouge towards Clinton
a few days since. He had several skirm-
ishes with the rebels thereabouts killed two
and captured four In the meantime cur
forces lost, il is said, 10 wagons when both
belligcrents separated each side probably
being satisfied.