The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-06-17

rsbels are trying 10 sheet me-" "0is
to them, boys r "Pay Them of in th<ifI
own oeiar A snali squad q he right
of u. I, which became dstaohed from
the company, and the rsssrss, 81 > hsse.
swamp, were the lastto leave the 6cld,
and narrowly escaped being taken pris-
oners. They were commanded By their
seeead Lieutenant, whe did not hsas the
order to fall back, but supposing the CON-
pany on the right was retreating because
they had become frightened, held his men
in their position until nearly surrounded
by dc psAeIs, aud they fell back to the
regipsnt amid : psrtsct shower Of bullets
that were poured into them from every
direction.
We arc now about twenty-five miles
below Corinth, still crowding the rebels
southwsrd. They are about eight miles
below us. and from all the Information
No saa obtain, greatly deasoraliGed. |
have talked With many Of the prisoners,
and also the citizens. They aA curse
their leaders, and say the majority Of the
South have given up their cause IS hope
less. AL who can get away from the
ARMY are returning to their homes.
Yankee courage and Northern bravery
have greatly humbled the Boosting spirit
Of the Soxth, aHd Suihern chisairy sesn,s
lately to have lost the most of it, conceit.
enc year sgo they tauntingly and defiant.
" plSnged into ths breese thsir rebel
aAg l. vas eventually to wave over
Fanueil Hall. To-day il floats in dan
gsroas breeze even away down ia, Missis-
sippi. The army which was to march
triumphantly into our Capital, is trem-
bling before Mcclellan and his restless
and untiring Yankees and that army,
whose headquarters was TO b. At 81. Louis,
while they ovcrran the West. and opsned
our fiowery fields to the destruction Of the
blighting, whitening monster for which
they are contending, is nov flying south
ward before the con1uering armies Of
Hallsck; and soon the people at whose
bravery they sneered will have planted
the stars and stripes, the grand old hag
Of libe,ty. over oil their proadest cities.
Since We have got 90 far from the river
we get but little news from home. 10
ceived the Gate City Of the 2sth to-day !;
also, = rank secession sheet. called the
Constitution, published by one T. W.
Clagett, who. in the more prosperous days
Of the rebellion, pretended TO be ! Union
man, but siScs be has discovered that
the South needs the assistance of all its
friends, has come out under his true col
orr, examining his columns with the poison
Gus sentiments of rebellion, laboring
earnestly and xsaiousiy to create strife
and discord among our people, and would,
if he could, stir up more rebellion than
your patriotic soldiers can put down
Why don't you kick his old press into
the streets, and invite the notorious cdi-
tor to go to his friends in the South,
where his traitorous principles will be
more greedily dsvoured than they are By
the loyal citizens he is among, or send him
down here and let us convert him by
putting him through one Of our forced
marches, night and day, knee deep il
mud, and ON half ations. / think ,
week Of such work would make = goo<
/! Union man of him.
Il We are ordered to march. More anon
Il ALKx
/ I'VE should hare suppressed the clos
{ ing paragraph Of the aLoys had it no
beea written BY Il Demecnt Who II SIGHT
ing Tor his counssy,-ED. GArE.]
n The 1ssn 1sGSases.
Our eotsnpossry " Ausestine il die
4 posed % taks ths ssme visw 81 the rssJea
vousing oe Tbs 18th sexirnsnt NJ Ciintsl
that Ne did before ~ learned the facts i
: the case. For some time Gen. Baker
0 family has been sick while 1t Ds
|. Aoines be was obliged to RETURN home o
!. account of tbs fatal illness Of daughter
He followed her TO tbs grave, being u
only member Of his family able to do !,