The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-04-05
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/ Special to New York Rapess.
Tribune's Despatch.l
NEW YORK, April alt 10 said the Senat
Military Committee dissents from the rule tbs
the Volunteer officers must rank for prometio
10 their own branch of service-only they thin
vacancies 10 the regular army should be filed b
experienced men from the Volunteer regiment
in preference to civilians.
Mr.. Arms, of the Chickopee mandatory, ha
| presented Flag Officer Foote with sword, an
Lieut.. Worden with cutlass.
Times Correspondence
Prisoners taken in the recent reconnaissance,
to the Rsppahannock state that the rebel fore,
| in that vicinity consists of eight regiments o
infantry, two of cavalry, and six pieces Of artil
lery. Gen. Ewell, of Drainsville notoriety, va!
| in command.
On the return of our forces to Warrentor
Junction, the rebels hover around the outskirt.
Of our army and frequently succeed in packing
off small parties Of our men who, contrary tG
commands, 60 out on foolhardy foraging expe
ditions.
Information has just been received from the
Times correspondent on the lower Potomac that
contrabands from Fredericksburg report tina,
town now occupied by thirty regiments of the
enemy, the main part Of which have arrived
there within the last three days. They report
the steamer st. Nicholas and one other, which
formerly piled to different points on the Kappa
hammock, as being held in readiness to transport
rebel troops down the Rsppahannock to some
point. Other rebel troops are reported as hav.
ing gone down York river to reinforce the enc
unvrp Nt.A -L-~
have batteries.
A small detachment of rebel cavalry still &C.
cupy Aqua Greek and as far Up as Dumfrees
Another magazine has been found at Shipping
Point containing o large quantity of shells.
Herald's Despatch.
About one and half millions of six per cent
certificates were issued to-day chiefly of the de-
nomination of one hundred dollars The checks
and warrants now in all amount to about ten
millions.
Yesterday the Jacob Ball and Stone visited
Transport A boat crew from each vessel was
sent on shore; they visited mostly all the all
the batteries in that vicinity, including one on
a hill about half mile back of Evansport,
where was found the gun that Capt. Roland had
attempted unsuccessfully to burst it; it is a So
FOUNDER This battery aided by field pieces
was intended to cover the retreat of the reb-
their being driven from the lower batteries. 1t
was well defend by rifle pits. Several men
went a considerable distance into the country,
but there were no signs of rebel troops nor in
habitants Both parties of seamen subsequent.
ly returned on shore in command of Lieuten-
ant Commanding McGraw Of the Jacob Ball,
proceeding inland where they found five rebel
store houses containing hay, cutting machines,
platform scales and other useful implements.
They set fire to the buildings which were entire
ly consumed.
A citizen of Cambridge, Massachusetts,, who
went to Bull Run to recover the remains of his
brother, who belonged to Boston company,
gives melancholy account Of the sacrilige COM
mitted upon the graves of our soldiers by the
rebels About twenty Of the Boston company
and Chelsea company had been buried near
each other, but every skull had been taken
away, and nearly all the principal bones of the
bodies were gone, some Of the bodies had been
dug out and others pressed out Of the groves
with levers, and in some cases the sleeves of uni
forms were slit to obtain the bones of the arms.
[Trbune's Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, April "A reporter sent to the
other side of the Potomac informed us this
morning that Secretary Stanton had issued an
order forbidding newspaper correspondents, as
well as all others not directly connected in some
way or other with the service, from accompany
ing any of the corps de armie.
Many correspondents are how within the ar
my, and it is understood that an order was dis
patched yesterday that the whole of them be
cleared out and sent bsck under the penalty of
immediate arrest and confinement If they at
tempt to stay.
Benker's brigade has been assigned to FREE
monts command.
Carl Schurz is to have command of division
under Fremont
Col. Van Allan resigned his command of the
Sd New York cavalry yesterday. Lieut.. Col.
Mix will succeed him.
Times Correspondence.
* 1t is not vet positively determined who will
succeed Carl Sehurz as Minister to Spain, and no
nomination will be made to the Senate by the
President until Schurz is confirmed as Brgadier
General. Hon. Geo. Ashman of Mass, is talked
of for the place.
Major Donaldson, chief of the Quartermasters
Department in New Mexico arrived at Wash
ington to-day. He brings much important in
in regard to the rebel raid into that
He says the rebels hold every posi-
ton of value except Forts Craig and Vrain, the
latter which is the most important tort in the
far west, contains millions of dollars worth of
Government stores, is now safe beyond perad-
venture, and garrisoned by fifteen hundred SOL
diers, has water within the Notifications and
provisions for long seige. 1t will be the rally
ing point for..the ample Union forces now march
ing 10 expel the invaders. Maj, Donaldson re-
lates many incidents of the late battle near Fl
Craig; he says that Major Lockridge of the Mic.
arauga fillibusters fell dead at the head of the
Texas Rangers in the terrible charge upon Nc
Rea's battery.
Secretary Stanton will proceed to Fortress
Monroe to morrow to give matters there his per-
sonal attention
Herald's Dispatch.l
New YORK, April Sit is rumored here to
day that the Rebel Cabinet has decided to burn
the city of Richmond on the approach of the
Union army
Business was never so brisk on the line of the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad as it now is
Since the affair in the Sickles Brigade, where
a master shot at his servant, Gen. Hooker has
positively refused passes to go into the camps
OF his Division to hunt contrabands
Lieuts. j. II. Hall and w. McGungle have
been ordered to report to Flag Officer Foote
The number of sick soldiers in the Govern
ment Hospitals in the District, at the last week
" report, was 2,3l4. OF these $50 are from NJ
Y. regiments.
Slight skrmishing continues to be the order
of the day along our front, each army lying in
sight of each other, enivenng each other with
occasional artillery practice and cavalry
charges.
Yesterday Col. Geary captured number of
rebels after spirited skirmsh, in which sever
al Of the enemy were killed.
The completion of the railroad to within the
immediate neighborhood Of the advance, places
many of our forces in a much more advantage.
Gus position, aud will doubtless greatly acceler-
ate the movements of our advancing army.
The rebel cavalry continues to make incur
sions through the country beyond Manassas
Junction.
Woodstock, p. m.-The rebels, when re-
treating yesterday, attempted to burn a bridge
over the creek near its narrow passage, but it
WAS extingaished.
The Magnetic Railroad bridge, one hundred
feet high, over the same stream, was burned by
Jackson, when retreating from Gen. Shields.
The gray stallion said to be Col. ..Ashley's, was
shot yesterday near this town. The ball must
have wounded the rider in the left thigh The
current report, however, that Ashley was wom.
ded is not credited at headquarters.
Some of Ashley's scouts made their appear
ance this morning early, on the high wooden
ridge, on the opposite side of Stony Greek, be-
yOpi Edenburg They we're fred upOn nv acme