Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-03

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have - hers eight dsy q ;;. a have got
Jonnmes ~ ss ....frSoudsd except on the
IT, - 49, ~ dee rife pits % near their
- - b wfthia easy speaking us
80 ~ -. end yet i is imPessio,s 70
"a IN. .ovbodv Who can give any oennlts
nno sS9hs nos,tion OF things. Tired oil esk'
~ r.,;tIc,s questions, climbed two trees
s..rdsv morning, but ! found IN ootn
49, ~ the higher up got, the icSs rs !
~mld -. ana 20 give up the:sttenpt; ihs
.s,,sh !. thet thcsc pine trees chcctualiy oo-
A VA, lin probably have . plan o. .ncss
- n Hsrpcrs' Weekly bcsosc you -
~. i..ser. Judging from the numper y
sas - nnr right and left, our brigade
uyvP' ~ !. Isft-center'' Of our lines our
nO'us Is IN the center Of the Brigade.
Ty s,na in front Of it is considerably
AUG sr.r than At most any other portion
.. ~ ~ lines. Their camp - IN ho,io"
., .as !. comnletcly cntiladcd BY rebel BAT
u'e. Ia - .uh'ected to most annoying cross
az -, ,bey have dug their lines Oh riils pIts
I.s,J ,a 20 the rebel works; built severa
earth.works for batteries, o"'y ~ ,.s..o .haw
iuocked down about their ears oe'o'' osa
vere completed; solid sho' nav .;css s ~
through the trees in their camps! p;s ~
shell have torn their tents, ana n'''''''e ' s..
have hit the logs they were s nl,. ~.
onlv one man has been hit--Do'on, VI ne
Ch;re. Co. *" and his wound Is not .
dangerous one
The Jonnnies in tae tort are Is Jo"y sc'
Of fellows q were ever collected together
IF when they are taken in, they undertake
10 come the . unwilling conscrpt' dodge. !
shan't believe them. They put cur fellows
out Of patience by offering 70 lend them
few dozen peiccs Of artillery for the occasion,
and. taunting them with the last years Red
River expedition. which, as you know, WAS
. very .'glorious' thing-at the beginning
oft
Nearly every morning they open can
nonading which renders sleep impossible.
This thcy factiously call "rcville," and they
are polite enough to announce on the even
ing before! Land at what hour it will begin.
They have several gun-boats on the river,
with which they have severely bombarded
our right--the negroes-evcry any since
ve came here. l don't believe that the
choicest troops Of the Confederacy could
stand for an hour such Smelling from gun
boats ~ the negroes have taken without
flinching every day for week, and that too
without the power to reply. II these ne
yrosa were only as prudent as they are brave,
Yesterday afternoon Gen. Granger opened
ON The Spanish Fort" some six miles he
low here, q cannonading, compared to which
the worst that was done to Fort Morgan,
was q the rafting Of toy wagon wheels on
= Brussels carpet. During the entertain.
ment. the Johnnies ut Blakcly kept mute rs
mice. and have heard Of no offers to lend
US any artillery since. guess that in
week hence they will have concluded that
we have no need to borrow any
II seems that We are not to stay here long.
~ we are now under marching orders, to
take five days rations in our haversacks-
You will probably know our destination.
perhaps the result before you get this.
There is q short article in ono of the last
copies Of the Gasette that we hsvc seen,
which have been asked to correct, in order
to correct, not the statement, which is true
enough - far rs it goes, but the inference
which is dedrcible from it:
"Capt. Torrcy inforp5 u.s." says the
Gos<tte, in substance, that the morale of
the boys 10 excellent Col. Lcake has issued
~ order banishi.g intcmperance, &c.
II any ofthe friends Of ''the boys" Of this
regiment ere indulging fears that we have
dcccnerated into such set OF sots that Col
Leake felt compelled to issue an order |
against drunkenness to restore our mar |
oI," beg him or her to DISMISS the foul
dolusion.' Welcft Iowa nearly three years
ago not the worst men that could be found
in the State, and We propose to return ~
about four months not materially damaged
by our associations during our absence. Inc
truth is that few Of our number were al
dicted TO drinking when we lett home, ana
there is no very great reason to believe that
thew have reformed, but the number oil
those who have acquired the unfortunate
habit in the meantime is very small indeed.
Col. Leake did issue an order against drunk
suness. and he did not do it a moment too
soon; but it was not directed against 1.-THE
boys of the regiment, not 10y any
means.
We have Just heard that the JohnnieS IN
Spanish Fort have surrendered, and that
there was charge in which the Sih Iowa
Vet. Vols. distinguished themselves, but
you will learn tie particulars from other
sources before you get this.
Quartcrmaster Sergeant McCausland |
picked up the following song among the
papers Of a rebel Captain the other day
"le brave Confederate must have been a
sara ars among tho Southern singing
birds: