The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-12-20

protection for their lives and what little the
scoundrels had left them. They had not long
to wait. The necessary measures were at once
taken to rid, " posa6le The EARTH at all events,
this State, Of their desolating practices; accor.
dinghy the indefatigsble Major G.. W. Kelly,
Of the Missouri State Militia, with q force
deemed sufficient, was ordered to that vicinity;
and having on the morning Of the 30th receiv.
ed information Of Major Johnson's gang, said
TO number about two hundred and thirty, the
Major ct once adopted such measures ss were
nesessary to either kill, capture or dispense
them. Capt Psrke, Of 'ist fight notoriety,
with one hundred and thirty men was ordered
oy way Of Stockton to the nearest point Horse
Greek ION which stream the rebels were re-
ported 70 be encsmped,) thence up the east
side OF the creek, feeling his way cautiously,
% on either side the dense timber afforded
e1ceilsae opportunities for an ambuseade;
wnle at the same time Capt. Pritchard, With
one hundred andtwenty.6 five men. moved di.
Is 20 .ne Lamar Crossing, and thence down
the west tide Of the creek. 7-a ,a1i
OsPtNn farke having learned during the
nsscn mat n Al probability, the birds would
y IOWA unless no moved rapidly, concluded
a Ivy ~ wat ZOE the cooperation Of the force IN.
trust to his own management to offsat their
superior numbers; and 90 ver did he manaee
that portion Of his command Vas vithin one
hundred yards Of them before the ssrebs" be.
came sware Of their approsch, Seein > them
take the alarm, the gallant Captain. Without
waiting for the balauce Of his commsnd IN
come up. immediately dashed forward, FORGET.
ting in his anxiety to ego in" to give the Or
der to charge; but the boys Of the 4th have
never yet shown disposition to log, and thew
event in" and After about twenty minutes Of
hand to hand work forced them to ,"emisrate"
in such hurry - to leave on the gronud
eleven dead, seventeen wounded, eighty-niue
good horses, one mule; sixty Ave saddles,
twenty rides, and several wagon loads Of shot
guns, blankets. quilts, &c., with which with
the exception, Of the, dead men) they
returned to camp, having marched seven.
ty miles and accomplished their mission" in
just thirty hours-and this fo- men who pre-.
fer the peace and security to be found only in
interior posts, j., in our humble opinion, pret-
Having succeeded in capturing most Of their
horses, Johnson's gang may be hooked upon ss
. thing ofths past, % they will not be permitted
to renount themselves this side of the Arkansas
river. lad forgotten to mention that the only
casualties on our side were two horses killed
and one man slightly wounded esoq'Hi H. g
eve are All. Tam,d seeesh -,
In the Chicago Tribune, Of the 18th, one o.
the Shiloh prisoners, "typo" Of that city, gives
an account Of his experience in Dixie. In the
following extract he shows how he and brother
printer we're treated in Memphis, by the German
guards placed over them, and how much in ear
nest they were in their secesh proclivi.ies o.
A little good talking, mixed With the requisite
amount Of l"chesk," secured to Sergeant b. n.
Eddy, we'll known among the Chicago typos, and
myself, the privilege Of walk around town in
company with couple Of German Home Guards
who carried two Of Fremonts celebrated "needle
guns" for our protection. . Our first stopping
place was the Appeal Office, where We found eight
or ten "comps" and score or SO of "secesh"
flags. All hands intensely bitter against the
North, ''secesh" all over, and every man Of them
born outside of .Dixie." One of them, I forget
his name, but shall never forget the man, asked,
"Do you and Is much Union sentiment as you
|expected!" 7 answered that felt quite sure
that such sentiment everywhere existed. J ".You
Union man in Iemphis-not one" IN
CHANGING at the guards, saw evident signs Of
nervousness and anger, and thinking that per,
haps in the heat of debate We had said too much
and should have difficulty with them, my friend
and made preparations TO leave. Scacely had
the door closed behind us, when one of the guards
brought his piece down with = mp on the iron
step, exclaiming |! e ,sta.L .aor9ra3 .aeszeL
"Dare ish no Uion sentiment here, eh! Oh,
no! We are all tam'd 'secesh.' You comes NIT
me, shows you. We all lay down our lives for
dis Suturn Confederacy. Oh, yes. We be glad
to (?)s aja4s6y .sssss.daa saH las Hgg
We followed the guard to the outakirts of the
town, and entered blacksmith shop, whore,
working at the forge, We recognized couple Of
Chicago boys-thsy, too, belonged to the home
guard. A sharp lookout was kept 1t the front
and back DOORS presently the esast was an
nounced clear, and then you should have seen US
making good time over back fences and through
alleys, until We reached the abiding place Of our
guide-entering, buxom German girl placed
chairs for 10 to be seated. il1li ,f4l ss3aEea'
tsFrau," said the guard, - soon O. he had re.
covered sufficient breath to speak. 'Frau, here
is . couple OF tamd Yankees, you shows dem We
is good 'secesh' eh." t'Yea" shows dem" and
the "Frar" placed table in the centre Of the
room and then disappeared. Presently the his.
sing of the teskettle is heard, and in few min
.utes coffee, which cost $l.25 per pound, bread
made from -four costing $40. 90 per barrel, and
sausage from meat proportionately high, was
served up Jus. Our haversacks we're filed and
lthen "Ffau" grumbled because We would not
accept more. They we're poor and No couldnot
rob them. While We were eating the guards
amused themselves BY taking the main springs
out Of their gun locks and burning them in tie
istove.' A We shook hands at our prison house
door, they whisper ave are Ill tam sscesh." We
made arrangements with these men for disguise
to escape, but before they we're again on duty the
SHOW was started for a. new place. e'D s'0
Tho surrender as Hartsville, TennesSees
From reliable sources we are ensbled 20 lay
before orr readersthe circumstances connected
with the surrender of the seth brigade at Harris
vile. The brigade consisted Of the 104th Illi--
nois regiment, tie loeth and l0sth Chic, and
one section Of the 18th Indiana battery, and at
the time of the fight there were present about,
900 of the I'd Indiana cavalry this cavalry was