Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-22
Night Dispatches.
From Island No. 10.

CHICAGO, March 2O.-A special to the Tribune
from Cairo says:
A reports current this morning from Sykeston
that jeff. Thompson marching upon Cape
Girardeau, pressing men and horses into the Con
tederate service.
A skirmish has taken place between the Union
forces and Thompsons advance. Three OF the
enemy were killed and wounded.
ReinfOrcements have been sent 10 the Cape
A gentleman who has been a contractor at
Memphis left there on Thursday and arrived last
evening, reports that Governor Harris disappeared
from Memphis on the second day after the Legs
lature adjourned and has not been heard from
since. He is supposed to be at Corlnth, Missis-
sipp
The Legislature adjourned and gone no one
knew whittier
The subject of burning the city in case of
evacuation is still discussed.
There has been no impressment OF Union cit-
zens into the Confederate service to any extent
except for guard duty until since the fall of Fort
Donelson.
Since Gov. Harris's proclamation impressments
have been general
Hundreds are picked up in the streets, taken
from stores and dwellings. and marched off to
camp to receive instruction at the point of the
bayonet.
The floating battery is so constructed as to be
sunk to the waters e1ge. leaving nothing expo
sed except the armament, which consists of nine
Dablgren guns, which are built for the protection
of Memphis.
1t has been towed to Island No. TO-
Hollns's steam ram has also been sent 70 that
island.
Union men are leaving Memphis in great mum
bers, leaving property 10 be confscated, glad to
escape with their lives.
Quarrels in the streets are of frequent occur
renee between Union men and secessionists.
Shots are hourly exchanged.
The rebels greatly needed iron, and have offer
ed SIS 900 70 any one who will discover the Sc
cret of making malleabe iron.
Ammunition was plenty, manufactures work
ing dav and night in the vicinity OF Memphis.
There were. no mail facilities except along the
railroad routes. Letters and papers arc carried
from town TO town bv private enterprise.
Another correspondent telegraphs that he left
Island No. 10 Yesterday.
u The firing only moderate from the Benton
and Mound City at intervals OF fifteen minutes
each The object being to reduce the upper
battery.
Five guns were dismounted and two left from
which occasional shots fred, some OF them
came very near our boats
The works both on the main land and Island
far more extensive than is generally supposed.
There is at least eighty guns. many of them OF
the largest size, several rfed and 90 900 troops
saw ten regiments on dress parade Oh the
main land.
Their quarters are out of the reach Of the nor
tsrs
The Island is pretty well covered with tents.
Our shells reach all parts of the Island and
works.
Ii is evident all rebel batteries have bomb
proof classmates, as men can be seen to disappear
shen shells fall into their batteries. Soon A. the
upper Fort is reduced. gunboats will advance to
Others in detail. Tuesday night the Mound City
kept up steady fire on the upper fort. prevent
ing the rebels from making their usuAi night re-
pairs. The result that early in the morning
they commenced removing the dead and wound
ed from the classmates of the Fort. Large num-
bers were carried out ard taken back in the woods
On Monday. nine hundred shot were fired from
the gunboats, mostly shell, besides three hun
dred shells from the mortars- Tuesday Commo-
dore Fcote directed fuses 10 be wet with the view
10 destroy the works aud dismount the guns
The result was satisfactory; yet. but one man
killed by the enemy 49, tt fu .Hf
CHICAGO, AArch 81 A special from Cairo to
fhe Journal SAYS: