The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-03-27
Interesting from Cairo and Island
II No. 10. ~.
M IA CAIRO, March "a.

r Ma CAIRO, March "a.
The steamer Pollard has Just arrived
from Island No. 10, with intelligence |
ftom the fiotilla upto O'Clock Sunday
evening. and tells the same old story
Mattsrs remain ir stalu.quo. On Satur
DAY night the guuboat Mound City fired
twenty shots at the middle battery with
considerable effect.
An off er on the Mound City tells me
that with glass he counted Eve men
killed with single shot.
On Sunday the moriars fred with great
regularity. but the results were not as
cerlained.
Owing to The uGfavorable condition oil
the weather the expe ted balloon recon
noissaucs did not take place.
The Pollard narrowly escaped des,rnc-
ton under charge Of drunken pilot. Sc
was allowed to float half mile below the
point where the Monnd City was station
ell, and was made the recipient Of rebel IA
vors ia tie shape Of sho! and shell from
the rebel batteries, which haw all around
her. fortunately without effect rt .
Edward Earl, engineer Of the Pollard,
while oiling the Journals Of the wheel fell
overheard and was drowned.
Colonel Buford arrested the captain
aud male Of the steamer Belle, OF Mem
phis. for treason. They were ordered 10
land troops al Hickman, Kentucky. in the
night. but passed by and landed them in
the day time. they giving the rebels no.
lice of their arrival. rs s.....
Steamers are searched at Paducah, on
their way 10 Tennessee river; and CORES
pondents and others, without passes from
headquarters, are turned back. 80"
Tho steamer Thomas. .justfrom Crump's
landing on tho Tennessee river, says
large Union fvrce is concentrated at thai
T point. Eight thousand men under Con
Wallace on Tuesday night visited Adams
vile, eight miles from tho landing where
a large body Of Secesh were reported to
bo concentrated. On arriving they founC
that the birds had fown, -1. .... B
The ConfederaIes we're impressing ev
cry able. bodied n an into the service. anC
citizens were heoing 10 the forest to ayoiC
inprsssment. Strong Union sen,imen
prevails in that resion. aad regiment
composed Of loyal Tennesseeans exclusive
y was offrred to Gen. Grant. 4 resi- len
OF Pajdcah has just returned from New
Orleans, which place lie left week agc
last Tu sd,y, His loyalty. being uu
doubled. he was passed to Jackson, Ten
T nessee, by the Confederate authorities
3 whence he escaped 10 the Federal line:
: and reached his home 10 safety lie rep
q resents that the rebels are constructing q
New Orleans thirteen large iron clad gur
d boats, one Of which is Intended for sc
service. and the rest for the river. Th
protector is confident that with il alor
= lie win be able To drive the Lincoln fle'
70 from the Mississippi. They aro 6nishe
k by this time, and are probably now o
I. their way to Island No. 10, They al
4 encassd with railroad iron, and cVnsiderc
invulnerable.
10 Armed troops are concentrating at CC
IWbus mtoe't "h'to u otohu IN '" SU ui"u
8. but unafmsd recruits are being sent
+. Decatur. Alabama. At Memphis. my il
=, formant states, Confederate stores are b.
: ing removed to place Of safety, in Il
- event Of attack by the Union forces.
D. But little was known Oi the moveme
'g at Island No. ~, outside Of military ci
of cles. .... ..a,'... ... .r.
q. The Superintendent Of the NJ bile
!, Ohio Railroad had placed thirteen locc
motives and two hundrad cars at the di
10 position Of Gen. Polk. for the transports
ton oftroops 10 Corinth. III
a Bssurogard was at Jackson, Tennessee
on Monday week. ...
Gen Po!k's headquarters were a. Ii
u grange.
d Our boys were in the highest spirit
N at tho prospect of an advance.
/, The health Of the army is good, d
" 200 are in tie hospital.
The bridge across Turkey creek. {
g. the Ohio Il Mobile Railroad, has be,
10 burned Ivy tkc Union forces. 90 .an.