The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-04-26
CAIRO BUDGET,
a Useless attempt 20 WhltewasYl Grant..
Affairs at Pssisburgh..as Fort Pillow,

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CAIRO, April 22-The steamer Charley Brown
reached here to-day from Paducah. From Cap.
tain White, one of her passengers, gather
Pittsburgh news of Sunday night
The weather has been exceedingly upfayora.
BILE in that quarter for the movements of our
army, for the last three days. The rain has ia,
len necessarily, and it is now an utter impossi-
0ty Tor the army to move on account of the
great depth of the mud. Preparations hovey
or, are going on steadily, and when the roads
improve the army will be in readiness for bat.
tie.
Beauregard is being constantly reinforced,
and citizens Of Memphis and New Orleans are
throwing up their business occupations and
Rocking to his standard, believing that in the
coming battle depends the fate of the Valley of
the Mississippi.
1t Is thought by those who ought to know.
that tho majority of the Southern people are
ready to throw down their arms and return, IN
the Union if they are defeated at Corinth, while
the leaders are still as desperate as ever
Major Belknap, of the 18th Iowa, has been
promoted to the Colonelcy of u Wisconsin reri.i-
ment, for gallant conduct at the battle of Pitts
burgh.
hear it from excellent authority, that every
charge brought against Gen. Grant, will be
shown to De groundless and facts not generally
known tend to excupate him from any blame
whatever. The charge, among others, that he
landed troops on the Pittsburgh side of the river
contrary to the orders OF General Halleck, Is
easily cleared up, by the fact tina. the whole op
posite side of the river was flooded with at least
three feet of water, making the debarkation of
troops on that side impossible.
The impression is gaining ground that Gen. |
grant not only acted prudently under the cir
cumstances, but conducted himself with marked |
bravery throughout the battle
FIVE OF the rebel miscreants who fred upon
the steamer Minnehahs, during her recent trip
up the lennesse river, have been CAPTURED, to.
gether with quantity of ammunition and quite
number of horses bearing the u S. mark
They are to be shot.
Zen. Smith is lying dangerously i'll at Savan.
nah. His division was commanded at the bat
tie Of Pittsburgh by Gen. w. Ii. Wallace.
Capt j. R. Gardiner, Co +, and Can't, r R.
Henderson, Co H, 18th Ohio, reported killed in
the battle of Pittsburgh, in the Chicago Trib
une OF the 10Th, are both alive, and though
wounded are doing WELL
The gunboat Eastport, captured at Nashville
is now being rebuilt at Mound City. She is "a
be somewhat larger and narrower than the gun.
boats now in service, and is to be provided
with large iron ram at the PROV Otherwise
she will be erected after the pattern OF the
Benton aud other gunboats. She lie to be COM
plesed in about four weeks. Capt Pennock.
the naval officer in command at this post, is su.
perintending the construction of the Eastport.
The Captain of the Mnnehaha arrived here
to-day, and brings the particulars concerning
the drowning Of Gov. Harvey. The Governor
was returning in company with a number of
gentlemen of Wisconsin, from Pittsburgh, With.
er they had gone relieve the wounded Wisconsin
troops, At Savannah they stopped some time
visiting the wounded in the hospital and started
N r,arf A.
steamer Dunlieth on board the Minnehaha.
when Gov. Harvey lost his footing and fell into
the river. He endeavored to swim against the ,
current and while in this act, Dr. Clarke, one of |,
the Governors particular friends, plunged into
the stream to his rescue. But before he could
reach him, however, Gov. Harvey was carried {
under coal boat. Since when nothing has i
been seen of bis body, though every exer-
ion has been made to recoverlt. A reward of
IL 600 has been offered by the State of Wis i
,onsin, for the recovery of the BODY /
The postmaster at Cairo requests all post- s
masters In mailing letters for the army, which +
'houG properly be sent 10 his Office Tor distri q
,ution, to put them in sepcrate packages, and !
'ndorse the letters SOLDIERS Letters Cairo
J. r. U. The enormous increase of letters re- q
eived makes this an absolute necessity. i
The steamer ShiDgers arrived from Fort Pill. i
ow this morning, but brought nothing of i'm. =
ortancs from the foti la. She left our feet on b
undsy evening and reports that there was no \
ring on either side during that day. few
hots were exchanged on Saturday Our NOR.
ar boats occasionally throw a shell into the
ebel Notifications. Nothing lively may be ex. !,
ected from the fotlla until after the battle of n
'orinth
First Lieut.. John Seek, Co G, 4lst Illinois, ii
founded at the battle of Pittsburgh, died while =,
oming down the river yesterday r.
The river here is at last at stand, and if any u
mango lie occurring g slowly receding.