The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-24

! fTinea, Cora geondesee,l
: Faulkper1 place Of tniptipolnens VIZ oe
changed u Fort Aaniltoa, n. ~ VIM nes
~ exanined untl u evadeses ~; vnies q
was a<tseted b ~ = seeefe - ~ - "
eshers Implicated VIII hin.
Y Rsconnotsances and &C., eosetvas'ons INV, ,ner
gate thi.a The rsbels ~ closing 10 on oar hnes.
TIE city 10 fun g seeeesso1 JUNIORS 'ooay-
We have vartoss eeco9nu OF tne tspse sno near
approach Of no0 i1VSvU 70 xUVsVOV teDels IN
der beausegafo, Aees Johnson ana SeA Dawn
but I'll sgfee tnas tnev are coming immeoistesy
devn 90 washington. Vuf military genuemen
dent seem 20 oe 0afmc0- "a. ,;ssl5se.
In4 s.srsnne snuouncemens maoe recenuy
that Engla and France had formed an alliance
sitn view 20 combined action 10 American a.
fairs wos untrue, bat the tacts ara three weeks
ago !. Tnouvenal, the French minister o. FOR
ei6u Ahairs, transmitted mote to the Engiish
Government proposing that the two Cabinets
COME TO close understanding with respect TO
the United StateA 10 this note the English
Cabinet sent . message asking for more ex-.
plicit statement The reply received vas pro.
petition that England should unite With France
tor the purpose Of procuring, In Tie autumn, .
sappiy o. sooaceo ana cotton rom the Uniseo
osAsea Inc Enehsn dnvefnmens tnen respond
% that could enter INTO NO cucn engagement
1ne nav Oepefsmsc Il. %. s1viGes sna. Oo%'
mandef Porter Of ne " Aafys racine squad
ron, whose letter SHOWING rebel .ymRatny 70 me-
iashsr in Virginia FOUND ~ way % washington,
10 irens, according 70 ofdsss, ana VIII De mere
eooo.
Secretary Wels expresses himself IN iavor Of
closing southern ports oy Prociamasion' o.
once We nave the highest aatnority ior saying
that not one Government IN Europe has remon'
| stfateo against cio0ng tue rsoel Por1.
lWofid1 CORRESPONDENCE
There are no well authenticated accounts OF
the movements Of the rebels in this vicinitp.-
Until the Government scouts bring in more de-
cisive reports, there need be no fear Of direct
attack on Washington.
Enemys batteries down the 1ver are sssum 2,
ing formidable proPoftions, ano II tney succeed
in closing the Navigation OF the fosomac' - VIII
be hard 70 prevent toem crossing in'o nary
land. 80.
The report OF the death Oh Doseie!, ia!e repre-
i sentative IN Ooheress i.V1 Virginia ,IcU y,
rect. 1t was his son whoNes wounded at Bulls
i Kun, and died OF lockJas. II. Dose'e, n'mseli:
il is stated, has been arrested oy tne atmec
band woo seizeu nsEPers Eerry AE"ofy Ae'h
81 Apf'i last.
/ Fron Misoura.
RoILA. No.. August l6.-The correspondent
Of the St Louis Republican furnishes the fol-
lowing:
Gen. Sterling Price has issued Q proclama.
ton at Springfield to the effect that great vic
tory has been won that the Northern op.
lpressors Of Missouri have been driven back
/ that every one belonging TO the Hons
tGnards organization viii 10 regarded and
Itreated a. an enemy to the Southern Conieder-
4 Acy. hut that HE protection would extend q
i such who quietly retarn 70 their homes ard al.
low the Southern sovereignty to prevail, and
that whoever recognizes the Provisional Gov.
eminent of Missouri, will be considered az an
enemy to the State, and dealt with accordingly.
Capt. Mcdonald reports that Genls Price and
CLARK were slightly, and Brig. Gen. Slack sc.
i verely wounded, in the late engagement, also,
Colonel Kelly formerly Capt Of Jackson's body
guard. Mcdonald was very anxious to 90 to St.
| Louis, bat his application vas refused. he ask
ed many questions with view of ascertaining
how many troops, cannon, &C., there are in that
CITY. and what prepar atoms are being made to
/ resist an attack
JEFFERSON CRY, Aug. 1S.-While Col. Stiff
els 9th Regiment Missouri Reserve Corps and
Col. WorthingtoDs stb Iowa were coming down
the river on Government steamers, yesterday,
they we're frequently fred upon With cannon
and small arms by Secessionists from the banks,
killing one and wounding seven or eight Of the
troops.
There is great excitement among the people
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