Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-04
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Nav YoRK, May 4.-The Her.,d,. c.
vannah correspondent Of the Goth SAYS
Gen. Wilson's famous raidinR expei;t;o,
arrived here yesterday from Macon. III.
i . condensed history Of the trim
Gen. Wilson left Chickasaw, Ala. on n.
22d Of March. 1t il not proper to give any,
statement Of the number Of bis force.
Ebenezer Church, near Plantersville. Al.
was taken. After short engagement with
Forests cavalry 800 prisoners were can.
tursd and three guns taken. Forests
forces were driven to the west Of the ca.
hawbs River, asd separated.
A column was sent to Tuscaloosa, which
captured md destroyed much Government
property.
Selma, 241 miles from the base, was can
tured on the I'd Of April, with 2,70O prison
ers. 80 guns in position, and rs in the ar
senal.
We destroyed three rolling mills, with
fixtures, very large naval foundry and ar
senal, the second in Importance in the Con-
federacy, powder works. magazines, and
large number of cars. We remained at Sci
ma eight days. The Alabama River was
bridged $50 feet, the operation occupying
five days-from the 9TH to the 10th.
The next place attacked was Montgomery.
destroying all the bridges on the Alabama
and Tennessee Rivers, and on the railroad
to Columbia The enemy destroyed 25, 900
bales of cotton. Montgomery surrendered
without assault. Five guns fell into our
hands. We destroyed two rolling mills
and foupdries, one locomotive, and 63 cars.
Five steamboats, were captured on the river
near Wetumpka. The rebels burned So.
600 bales of cotton before evacuating.
Columbus, Ca, So miles distant, was ia.
ken by assault by Gen. Upton after durk on
the / 9th, and / 200 prisoners were captured
and 50 guns, seven large cotton factories,
100 200 bales Of cotton, immense quantities
Of ordnance, quartermaster and commissary
stores, large arsenal, a pistol factory, an
accoutrement factory. naval foundry, a
rolling mill and foundry, and arsenal and
foundry, IL locomotives, over 100 cars, ma
chine shops, etc., were captured or destroy
ed A gunboat mounting six finch rifled
guns, now called the Jackson, out the name
Of which has been recently changed, was
captured.
A detour to West Point was made by La
oranges brigade, who attacked the works
and carried them by storm, capturing the
garrison, $50 in number, four guns, and
killing the rebel Gen. Tyler, in command
Fifteen locomotives, 200 cars, two bridges,
and two large factories were destroyed in
the vicinity.
We destroyed large quantities of quarter
master and commissary stores at Griffin.
and the railroad bridges on the Selma &
Montg smery Railroad.
Macon was captured without any opposi-
ton. Il has not been necessary to destroy
any property. We captured Gems. Howell
Cobb, Gustavus w Smith, formerly Street
Inspector of New York, Robinson, Mercer
and Mccall. The captures are 32 guns in
position in the field, and by assent 200 guns
in arsenals and III store. with an immense
amount of ordnance, quartcrmastcr and com
mlssary stores, cotton, machinery, railroad
stock, etc.
The nerald's Jacksonville, Fla, core
spondent says:
About 300 Of the Union soldiers former
ly imprisoned at Andersonvile, Ga, were
ON the p. NJ. of the 2sth ult transported by
the rebels down the Florida Central Railroad
to within 10 miles of Jacksonville, where
they were Internationally released and ! Fl
to make their way into the Union lines,
which several hundred Of them reached be-
fore night.
Ali presented a pitfu appearance, and
many were barely able to walk, but their
joy was great ON finding themselves once
again under the protection ef the old flag.
The Heralds Hilton Head correspondent,
says Of the arrest of ex-Gov. Aiken:
ola r,
man, and an opposer to notification in Cal
houn's time, and a friend to the Union and
the Constitution ever since. But there are
reports contradictory to this, and among
others, he is accused Of furnishing portion
Of the brain which has enabled the rebels tc
h0ld out four years, and having held several
advisory interviews with JEFF Davis These
are only reports, but of course the War
Department must have had some fouda.
ton for its action against him.
q. Il. Lamar, prominent citizen of Sa-
vannah has also been arrested. He is an
avowed enemy Of the Union. He was a
notification man, and has been one of the
most industrious aiders and abettors of the
rebel cause in Georgia He makes no secret
even now of his bitter hostility to the
Union. Courteous, atfable, and sociable in
all other respects, he hates Yankees most
thoroughly, and boasts of it. 1t is under
stood that the prisoners are charged with
treason, and will be regularly tried therefor.
Inc Tribune's Warrington special has
the following:
The court room for the trial of the
principal assassins has been fitted up at the
arsenal building, and the trials will proceed
without delay. The number likely to he
put on trial is about forty, and the others
now in custody will probably be discharged
as the case progresses and as the testimony is
given.
Col. Clarke, Of the rebel army, who
was captured by one Of our scouting parties;
while endeavoring to escape from Rich
mond on enc of the last trains that left that
doomed city, asserts that he was in charge
of all the specie which was removed from
Richmond. When his train broke down
and he found that it was impossible to get
1t on the track and start off. seeing our
forces approaching, he ordered it to be set
on fire, and that all his efforts to save the
specie were unaviling. That the soldiers
broke open the kegs, and amid the excite
ment and tumult, the soldiers and either .
appropriated all there was. He asserts that
he knows that no other amounts Of specie,
not IN the pockets of its owners, were taken
from Richmond. He further states that the
amount has been vastly overestimated, and
confirms the statements heretofore made by
uer. Grant, that it amounted to only about
100000.
NEW YoiK, May 1.-The Worlds Wash
ington special says:
is reported to-day that the President
and cabinet have decided to open all South
eIn States to general trade and suspend
regulations in force by order of the War De-
part,nent. If this is confirmed bv procla-