Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-01
ExCITEMENT AT EVANSVILLE.
Gen, HalIeCk advancing to-
ward COrinth.
Interesting from the South.
THE NEW REBEL FLAG.
Fright and Dependency at
Memphis.

vile early this morning with cargo OF su-
gar, molasses and tobacco. She reports an
alarming stage of water below, hundreds Of
houses upon the river bank being submerged,
and it has washed away thousands of cattle.
sheep and hogs. Many families are living
in fat boats, and everywhere along the river
very great suffering from the cause of the
unprecedented food.
The whole of Columbus up to the foot of
the fOrti6cstiOn is Overfowed, and the water
is running into the windows of houses
Pickets are also suffering greatly.
Fortihcations at Island No. 10, and these
upon the main land opposite are as yet above
the food, with the exception Of the batteries
known as the Ripley batteries, on the Ten
nessee shore. Here there is an unbrOken ex-
psnse Of water from the Mississippi to Reel
foot Lake. A large amount of cannon a,d
heavy ordnance stores captured from rebels
on main shore are still lying in the bayou
which sets in from the Mississippi. They
cannot be removed until the water subsidies
Everything perishable, ammunition, forage
and provisions is either taken away er piled
above high.water mark on bluffs opposite the
Island. New Madrid is a vast lake, the
cnly points Of land visible from the
river being the upper and lower forts
The river is making sad havoc with these
but they are yet terra frma. Point Pleasap.
and Riddles Point are entirely drowned out.
TiptonviIIe is two feet above water yet, but
the current is making extensive inroads up
on the bank, and unless it speedily subsidies
will do incslcuIable damage to vine lands in
that vicinity.
- TIE LOCATION OF TROOPS.
The 4Tth Indiana, Col. Stack, is located
here; 34th Indiana, with 9th and 7th Wis
cousin Batteries, at New Madrid; 18th Wis
oonsin scaudinavians, Col. Helg, at Island
No. 10.
THE SLAVES.
People about Tiptonville complain that the
Wisconsin regiments are abOlitionists and
advocate the outrageous doctrine that state
of freedom is preferable to a state of bondage
for the black man, and that in consequence
the tenure by which slaves in that vicinity
are held is exceedingly frail. Numbers are
running away daily, and owners broadly in
innate that they are concealed somewhere
about the Wisconsin companies. No such
complaints ars,made concerning the Indiana
regiment. No contrabands are allowed about
their camp.
REBEL pEsERTERs-HoW F#RE SWEAR.
Within week, hundred or more rebel
soldiers, residing on the Peninsula, have
been brought to camp, or came voluntarily,
and made, as an officer high in command
there somewhat forcibly, if not clsssically,
expresses it "tO swear like he'll and then
turned out to seed"
AT FORT PILLOW.
From TiptonviIIe learn that during Mon
day evening the cannOnading at Fort Pillow
was terrific; that it was continued without
intermission during the whole of that night
and until Tmidnight on Tuesday; after THAI
it was only occasional, as heretofore. The
roar of cannon and mortars was heard at
Tiptonville, and even as far north as Colum-
bus. We have 20 news direct from the feet
since but it is fair to presume that the intel
ligence of the fall of New Orleans, which
reached them just before the ball opened, was
the signal for active operations.
From best information at hand am con-
6dent that withina week Commodore FOots
will anchor his feet abreast Of the city Of
Memphis.
RECoEEOIsAEOE.
On Monday the officer in command at
Hickman, sent out three companies of cav
airy ten miles beyond Union City, to make
a reconnaissance There were no troops to
be seen, and excepting the discovery Of an
immense number Of Union men, no import
snt result was attained. According to the
report brought back by the officer one would
imagine that the citizens thereabOuts had
never heard of secession of Tennessee-
They found an alarming scarcity of provis
ion, everything eatable being required for
use of the army at Corintb, from whence
foraging parties had come as far north as
Union City. Bacon was selling at 30 cents
par pound, and potatoes at 81 bushel.
RRPoRT CONFIRMED.
Telegraphic statements Of the
treatment of the rebel prisOner Of
Polk, and subsequently denied by
by DR.. Turner, receives to day a singular
confirmation. Last week the medical Off
GERS in charge of the hospital boat City Of
Memphis, had serious difficulty with the
citizens of Evansville in relation to the no
torious Capt. Polk, wounded at Pittsburg
Landing, and there taken on board with
other wounded men to be transported 10 one
Of the general hospitals. Instead of putting
him in the hospital the doctor kept him on
board, giving him quarters 10 the ladies'
cabin, and treating him with other marks Of
consideration. The Partially thus shown
the rebel aroused the indignation Of the
Evansville people, and when the boat F,-
: turned with Capt. Polk still on board, and
, luxuriahng in the ladies' cabin, g party Of
! prominent citizens, headed by the Mayor
J visited the boat and expressed to the medi-
! cal officers their diHapproEal with the course
pursued, and requested that Capt Polk be
set lahore with other patients. This inter
, fsrencs bsing denounced By the doctors th'