The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-04-18

make tueiF appearahce there. Col, Bu-
ford dispatched regiment OF infantry TO
the same place. No rebel soldiers, how.
ever, made their appearance there.
Their retreat was an inglorious aud dis.
graceful eight According to the ac-
counts given by the prisoners themselves,
the rebel soldiers were completely demon.
allied. The officers seem to have bad no
command over them. but rather TO have
shared their terrible fright. When our
gunboats ran the blockade, and they found
themselves unable to prevent it, both Off
GERS and men lost all confidence in each
other or in themselves. They felt that
their time was drawing nigh, and when,
about O'Clock last evening, they learn
ed that Gen. Pope's army was CROSSING
the river, they perceived that it had ar
rived. The men, somehow, dad the in
| formation almost as soon as the officers.
| Had Bedlam broken loose the scene could
not have riyalled that which | am told
the fight of these rebellious wretches pre-
sented. Every man seized his gun and
! incontiuently took to his heels 1t was
every man for himself, each striving on
his own individual bottom to double the
| point of Reelfoet lake before Gen Pope's
army should close up the ouly avenue of
escape The south has whilom prided it
self upon fast horses-perhaps justly; but
in the stampede from Island Ten Secasss
| can take the highest premium for fast
men. Such a specimen of running has
not been seen silce General jackson ran
| for the Presidency. Of course many
| oh :. Il
first heat, and good many of these have
been struggling back to- day. looking very
tired and feeling very hungry. AS gen
era thing, none of them seem to fael very
bad to be made prisoners. THIS is espec.
tally the case with one company taken on
the island who are Irish artilervmen
from Tennessee. They openly declare
that they are on the side where lhev have
desired to be, and express JOY that their
fighting for jeff Davis is over. One Of
them passing rebel officer who had or
dered steamboat to he scut.ed, cursed
lim as a thief, and drawing pistol was
about to shoot him, when COL Buford H.
; terfered.
Others of these rebels, especially among
tliV SLllIClSs GIG eiic iAiOSt dh' dI2
spitetul specimens of the genus | have
anywhere seen. Their confidence that
they will finally triumph is unboundcd.--
Indeed, this is remarkable that the conf
dence of a genuine 'secesh" in the ulti-
mate success of the rebellion increases in
proportion as the rebels are whipped -
When the tug OF battle comes he invaria>
bly, runs away but he biows AL the more
vociterously afterwards about what he
will do by aud by, and comforts himself
by recounting his whipping, in the style
Of John Phoenix: 81 held the enemy
down by my nose, which | had inserted
between his teeth for that purpose
The number eft rebel troops on the msin
land was about 1000, a considered part
of the force, which at one time rea:hed
$4,000, having been Withdraw to reinforce
Beauregard at CoriRth The commsn-
ding officer was Brigadier General Mccall.
He was specially detailed BY Beauregard
to succeed Brigaiier General MCGOWAN.
who was ordered to Richmond. il com
mand of this Key of the Mississippi"
as he Is pl cased to call il in bis nrocarna-
ton, dated April 5, assuming commaud-
The original of this proclamation was
,ounu III DFiSaHlet Heneral Mccall S late
headquarters, that doughty commander
"@r'nS pee,l 10 ouSy III taxing care OF MN
self to think of such trifng matters as
''"Po' t"r' oiilr,a' p"leIS--ah'o,9 'hem
pau % -,ois l nov me p'oc''I''a'l"n IS
: 'o'i'0 " l''' CURIOUS ""cu'nehI ~ showing
'e' '"'U' '"o 'eo'' - 'G"''e' SeHer-
a. "'', "e GUY TWO Jays "s'o'e ne 'gho-
-, ''ID''! '"nS ." ay Sent 'ne interest
ny ., 'u'ne"' " te'eGFaph' ID ADVANCE OF
'n, -, 'o''oi'
Inc Vaiue OF the captured property
an amounts 20 over ml.''"" OF dollars
HR W uu, Grao,nn-. obio Es "A
m;raI Chs,nr,i,,. n. H., paI I,,-. -i'
Nars-vorth s400 ono ~ - ~, en- ",,r
wers scuttled and sui. but viii oe ra;Cc5
easily. There are seyen,y heavy nasition
guns, of the first class, some Of Them navy
guns, stolen from Norfolk There are.
1Our m0rtaTS- small affairs NOTHING like
oui iDIItcen-i nCn Fellows. Gere are over