The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-04-19

: sabbath evening. But presently there came
4 fash that spread like sheet lightning over
the ripples of the river current, and the roar
Of a heavy naval gun went echoing up anu
down the bluffs, through the unnatural sun
ness of the night. Others speedily followed.
By the fash you could just discern the oisck
outline of the piratical looking hull. and see
how the gunboat gracefully settled into the
water at the recoil; the smoke soon cast up
thin veil that seemed only to soften and sweet
en- the scene; from the woods away inland you
caught family the mufiled explosion OF the
shell, like the knoll Of the spirit that was tax
ing its fight
We knew nothing then Of the effect of this
gnnboat cannonading, which was vigorously
kept up till nearly morning, and it only served
to remind us the more wildly Of the days dis
asters--of the fact that half q mile off lay
victorious enemy, commanded by the most
dashing of their Generals, and Of the question
one scarcely dared ask himself, "What to-mor-
row." We were defeated; our dead and dying
were around us; days could hardly sum up
our losses. And then came up the grand re-
frain of Whittier s-written after Manassas,
believe, but of that night, apparently far
mere applicable to this greater than Manassas.
"Under the cloud and through the sea-"
Sons of the Saints who faced their Jordan flood,
In fierce Atlantics unretreating wave
Who by the Red Sea of their glorious blood
Reached to the freedom that your blood
shall save!
@ countrymen. Gods day is not yet done.
He ieaveth not His people utterly!
Count it covenant, that He leads US on
Beneath the cloud ana through the crimson
sea-
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
I do not pretend to give more than an esti
mate; but have made the estimate with some
care, going to the Adjutants Of different regi
ments that had been in as heavy fighting as any
getting statements of their losses, sure to be
very nearly if not quite accurate, and approx.
mating thus from the loss of dozen regiments
to the probable loss of all. have ridden over
the ground, tOo--have seen the dead and
wounded lying over the feld--have noted the
numbers in the hospitals and on the boats. As
the result of it all, do not believe our loss in
killed and wounded will number over thirty-6ve
hundred to four thousand. The question of
prisoners ia another matter.
Reports that certain regiments only have half
the men answering roll call indicate nothing
The regiments are all more OF less disorganized,
and the soldiers scattered everywhere. Many
90 home with the Sick many are nurses in the
hospitals, many keep out of sight seeing all they
can.
THE NUMBERS ENGAGED.
The best opinions of the strength with which
the rebels attacked US place their numbers at
sixty thousand. They may have been reinforced
FIVE to ten thousand Sunday night.
Grant had scarcely forty thousand effective
men on Sunday. OF these, half dozen regi-
ments were utterly raw, had scarcely had their
guns long enough to know how to handle them.
Some were supplied with weapons on their
way up.
Buell. passed three divisions that took part in
the action--Nelson's, Crittenden's and McCook's.
They numbered say twenty thousand-a liberal
estimate. Lew. Wallace came up on Monday,
with say seven thousand more. That gives US,
counting the Sunday men as all effective again,
sixty.seven Thousand on Monday on our side,
against sixty to seventy thousand rebels 1t was
not numbers that gained US the day, it was fight
ing. All honor to our Northern soldiers for it.
CAIRO, April, 10.
The killed and wounded at Pittsburgh Land
ing of three iowa regiments, mostly officers,
were follows:
Second Regin,ent--Col futile. Capt. Litter,
| right arm amputated, co B; Co. F, Capt. Wiki
en-, wounded in the left arm Co. G, Capt n oore
wounded in both legs; Co. l, Capt. Cox, woun-
ded in the thigh; Lieut.. Schofeld, wounded in
the thigh; Co. F, Lieut.. Browner, wounded in
the side.
The number of killed in this regiment was
| seven; number of wounded seventy two; miss
ing five.
Sixth Regimsnt-Col. Mcdowell, Lieut.. Col.
Cummns commanding Co. B, Capt. Iseman.
ger, killed; Co. K, Capt White, killed; Co. G,
Capt. Williams, wounded badly; Co. I, Capt.
Brydolf, wounded badly; First Lieut. Halliday,
severely wounded in the thigh Co. F, Second
Lieut.. Grimes, wounded slightly
Thirteenth Regiment-Co A-Privates A. Nc.
Aferty, Geo. M. Doty, A. 8. Brown, S. A. Rund-
ell, killed; Co. B-Second Lieut.. E. D. Duncan,
Sergt. N. II. Johnson; privates William Hart,
w. II. Knapp, Geo. McKeever, A. Peastordy,
killed; Co. Corp. F. J. Holmes; prvates A.
Malone, c. 7. Dooley, Jesse Wells, killed; Co. D
Private Geo. Hickey, killed; Co. E--Corp.J
Melton, private s. D. Allen, killed; Co. G-pri-
vate Samuel Martin, killed; Co. H-Corp. G.
Van VOORHEES,, private II. B. Niley, killed; Co.
-Privates Jos. Park, T. P Ailworth, killed;
Co. K-private David Knouss. killed.
The field officers of this regiment wounded
are Lieut.. Col. NJ. N. Price, slightly; Major John
Shaney, in the arm badly Surg. j. Mckee,
slightly; Capt. Thomas Fl. Miller, co b, slightly;
LIST Lieut.. H. E. Shultz co E, in the leg, severe
ly; I'd Lieut.. John Watson. CO. F, since dead;
I'd Lieut.. S. Compton, co G, slightly; I'd Lieut..
s. D. Cook, co X, slightly; I'd Lieut. B. B. Sher-
man. co E, severely. ...
Wounded at St. Louis.
AUG iohoWibS 10 u hst Va tUWd WOuHueu
brought to st. Louis on Sunday evening on the
steamer D. A. January
Hardee Layton, co. +, 4th Iowa; J. w. Cow.
gill, CO D, l4th Iowa Ernest Cook, co. E, 18th
Iowa; John Boardman co. A, 9th Iowa; C. w.
Henderson, CO. H, Sd Iowa; George H. Kelly,
and N Kellogg, co. D, Sd Iowa; j. Fl. Talbot,
CO. Il, Sd Iowa. F. Furry, CO. K, 9th Iowa. VIM
Cox, CO. F, Sd Iowa; E. Gardner, co. F, 9Th
Iowa; v, G. Williams, CO. K, 9th Iowa; B. e.
Nnhbirc A
d, % Iowa; r. Fullerton, co. E, 9Th Iowa.
Andy johnson and the City Council of
Nashville.
Gov. johnson issued proclamation at Nash
vile on the 9TH, using the names of the Mayor,
Aldermen, and the Council, and stating that
they had refused to take the oath Of allegiance
to the United States, and the Governor pro-
ceeds to define their condition, and prescribe
the remedy as follows:
They now refuse to come forward and be
qualified according to law by taking the oath
prescribed in the 10th Article, Section lst, of
the Constitution of the State of Tennessee, and
therein have manifested such disloyalty and
enmity to the Government of the United States
as renders it unsafe for the public good that
they should exercise the functions of the offices
aforesaid. Now, therefore, l. Andrew John
son; Governor Of the State of Tennessee, by
virtue Of the power and authority in me vested
do declare the aforesaid Offices vacant, and said
persons above mentioned are hereby epioined
from exercising the functions of said offices or
performing any of the duties thereof or re-
ceivng the emoluments of the same, from this
day.
And the following named persons are hereby
appointed and commissioned, after being duly |
quaiihed, to perform the duties of said offices as
required by law, and receive the profits and
emoluments thereof until their successors are
elected, respectively as follows, to.wit:
Councilman for lst Ward-Wm Roberts.
Alderman for I'd Ward-Jno II. Smith.
Councilman for I'd Ward-Chas Walker.
Alderman for Sd Ward-G A. j. Mayfeld.
Councilman for Sd Ward--K. j. Morris.
Alderman for 4th Ward--W. NJ. Monahap.
Councilmen for 4th Ward-Lewis Hough |
and NJ Burns
Councilmen for 9th Ward-Joseph B. Knowles |
and W. P. Jones.
Alderman for 9th Ward-M. M. Brien.
Councilmen for 9th Ward--T. J. Yarbrouph
and Wn, |