The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-26
BY TELEGRAPH.
Afternoon Report.
As 1T WAS AT ISLAND NO. 10.
Chicago, March 25.

Chicago, March 25.
The Tribune's Special from Cairo, the
Gath, says, Cairo Up. m, the steamer Pol
lard has just arrived from Island No. 10,
with intelligence from Hotilla up to 8
o'clock Sunday evening. Same old story;
matters in statu gao. Saturday night the
gunboat Mound City fred several shots at
middle battery with considerable effect
An officer Of the Mound City tells me,
that with glass he counted fivc men kill
ed at single shot. On Sunday the NOR
tars fired with great regularity, but the
results were not ascertained. Owing to
the unfavonble condition of the weather
the expected balloon reconnaissance did
not take place.
The Pollard narrowly escaped destruc-
ton. Under charge Of drunken pilot
she was allowed to float half mile below
the point where the Mound City was sta
toned, and was the recipient Of rebel "a.
vors in the shape Of shot and she'll from
the middle batteries, which flew all around
her-fortunately without effect. Edward
Earl, engineer Of the Pollard, while oil
ing the journals Of the wheel, fell over
board and was drowned.
Col. buford arrested the captain and
mate Of the steamer Belle Of Memphis for
treason. They we're ordered to land troops
at Hickman, KY, in tho night, but pass
ed BY and landed them in the day time
They giving the rebels notice Of their ar
rival.
Steamers are searched at Paducah on
their way to the Tennessee river, and cor
respondents and others without passes are
turned back.
The steamer Thomas is just in from
Crump's Landing on the Tennessee river.
A large Union force is concentrated at
that point. Eight thousand men, nuder
Gen. Wallace on Tuesday night, visited
Adamsville, eight miles from the landing,
where large body Of Secessionists were
reported to be concentrated. Arriving.
they found the birds had flown. The reb-
els were impressihg every able bodied man
into the service, aud citizens were fleeing
to the forest to avoid impressment. A
strong Union sentiment prevails in that
region, and regiment composed of loyal
Iennesseeans exclusively, was offered to
Gen. Grant.
A resident Of Paducah has just return
led from New OrleanG, which place he left
week ago last Tuesday. His loyalty be-
ing undoubted he was passed to jackson,
Tenn. BY rebel authorities, whence he e.
capped to the Federal lines and reached
bis home in safety. He reports that the
rebels are constructing 1t New Orleans
thirteen large iron-cAd gunboats, one 81
which i intended for sca service and The
rest for the river. The largest is built BY
Murray, and armed with thirty guns.-
The protector Is confident that, with il
alone, he viii be able 70 drive the Lincoln
6eet from the Mississippi. They are en-
ished By this time, and are probably nov
| on their WY 10 Island No. III. They are
eneasad with railroad iron and consi dered
invulnerable. n
Armed troops are concentrated at Cor
Nth, Miss, where stand il to b. made,
but unarnstl recruits are being sent to
| decatur. At Memphis, my informant
states that rebel stores are being removed
to places Of sfsty, in the event Of IN at
tack BY the Union forces. But little was
known Of movements at Island No. 10,
outside Of military circles. The Super
intendsnt of he Mobile d Ohio Railroad
Ind plaSsd sssa iosonotives and two
hundred cam 1t the disposition Of Gan.