The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-12-27
Holly Springs Taken by
the Rebels.

Holly 0pAAA6O A0A0A ~
the Rebels.
v,.pH1s. Dec. %, via CAIRo, Dec. "a, 1861 -
A, eve. witness Of the affair at Holly Springs,
s;.es these particulars concerning it. On Sat
Srd.y morning, about daylight, Van Dorm, Win
I.ctsops cavalry, artillery and infantry, made
I'D into Holly Springs while the Federal force
.a.rdipe the post slept. They surrounded the
S.u,t House eouare The soldiers had no time
=" nrepsre to eight, but many Of them did lit
y. INDEPENDENT shooting Soon, however, the
Celebrates overwhelmed them, and between
,s00 and 1900 of the Federals were taken pris-
. .s The rest escaped, some having time only
~ n,ount a horse, and left hatless and sholess,
nd without saddles or brides.
Tho Confederates then set FIRE to the ammuni
ian and comuissary stores, and the whole we're
soosnmed. All the stores and buildings on the
s.st aide Of Court square we're consumed. The
Coufederates took possession of everything they
rouId take away. They devoted themselves to
The YORK of destroying the railroad between Hol
y Syringe and Oxford. They remained there
:ut;I o'clock, psroled oil the prisoners and then
moved of toward Grand junction, with the
.-oved determiu alton to destroy the railroad
t,.ck between Holly Springs and Grand juno
ton. :,
The effect Of this raid can be easily discerned.
Van Dorm knew that Grants supplies had been
secumulating At Holly Springs, and BY surround.
inc the town and destroying the railroad here
could cut of his supplies and thus delay bis
rroeress. if not compel him to fall back.
later information says telegraphie intelli.
,ance reached Holly Springs on Thursday
se;,ht that IN attack had been made on Jack
am and that oil the troops ct Holly Springs,
accept about 1000, were sent to reinforce
that place. The attack on Jackson Was prob>
ahlv . feint for the purpose Of drawing the
force from Holly Springs. The Federals had
tickets posted three miles out on the roads,
hut none of them heard the Rebels approach
and it is supposed they came in between the
roads.
What troops were taken prisoners We do not
know, but the I'd illinois cavalry, Col. Mobiles
l0lst infantry were part of the forces there.
Nearly 400 bales of cotton, besides 2a5
wagons aud comnissary stores to the value OF
halt million Of dollars were burned.
report has reached here that reinforcements
reached Holly Syringe on Saturday evening,
and that on seeing Thorn the Confederates lett
in double quick. Ifthat be true, Holly Springs
is again in our hands.
Towards the close of October, the number Of
the soldiers 10 the hospital at this Point exceed
ed two thousand since then this number has
been reduced about one half, either by discharg.
q, deaths or return to duty. At the present
time nearly one hundred week are being sent
back to their regiments, and Col Keeney, the
Medical Inspector who was here ehort time
since, declared that men were returned to duty
faster from this hospital than from any other in
the western country. 1t will be seen by our
weekly report of deaths in the hospital that only
two have died during the week. This is certain
" avery favorable report, and shows very sat-
isfsctory state of affairs for hospital number
ing about eleven hundred patents.-( Keokok
Constitution.
The ship George Griswold. which was 80 gen.
erously offered BY the Aesers. Griswold, of New
York, for the free transportation of provisions
to the starving operatives of England, is now re-
ceiving her freight, and will sail Is coon as load
ed She is an 800 ton vessel, new and staunch,
and it is to be hoped she will be filed to her at.
most capacity.
BAD FOR BLOCKADE RUNNERs.-The rebel
government at Richmond are arresting and con-
fscsting the goods of land blockade runners.
At Petersburg, Va, q few day since about
$4,000 worth Of goods were seized at an aucs
ton store. The Richmond Examiner says:
Blockade runners, such as do it for mere
speculation, and who are not authorized by the
Confederate government, had better make up
their minds at once that the authorities are
determined to suppress it and take warning by
the fate of those who have fallen in the meshes
of their own greed. Its practice brings not
one particle of gain to the public, but on the
contrary, bringing the needless luxuries Of
the Yankee North to the doors Of the peo-
pie, encourages spirit Of extravaganza which
had far better be kept out of sight by the stern
necessities of the present time.
Among the diplomatic correspondence trans
mitted to Congress was dispatch from Mr.. Sew
ard, Diminishing Mr.. Canisius from the Office Of
Consul OF the United States at Vienna, for his
ofcious and unauthorized request to Gen. Carl
b.ldi to enter the military service Of this coun-
Try. Mr.. Canisius not only assumed power moi
belonging to him, but also gave offence by in
doning Garibaldi's recent revolutionary move
usnt against his own country. NJ. Seward
mentions that the President did year ago ten
der command in our armies to Gatibaldi, with
the consent of the King of Italy, fact which
tu not before been admitted.
THE DAY At HAHD-In other times, it would
seem odd to resd in parallel columns of the
same journal, first ridicule of the Emancipation
policy IS sow become utterly preposterous and
fautsstc-the faintest possible shadow OF q
scsrecrow-and secondly, the most anxious ire
y uors exhibited at the prospect Of the Presi-
dents promised frst-ofJAnuary Proclamation
Of Freedom. The Border State Members Of
Congress, too (thas is, 90 m ny of them as are
not Emancipations,s,) We note, have made q
call on the President in full platoon, to urge and
eutrest him not to issue that Proclamation. II
"the Popes bull against the comet" caused such
= trepdaton and mortal SILVER on the part of the
tong-tsiled aerial wanderer, how could the Pope
have been dissuaded or diverted from giving him
a. second dose Of the same physic ?-lTribune
WOMEN AND CHILDREN CHEWING TOBACCO.
"A Missouri letter in the Dubuque Times
says tobacco is used among the natives in the
rural districts, Unfortunately by both sexes,
children as well as adults, both for chewing