The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-04-12
THE SURRENDER OF Is
LAND NO. 10.
Three Generals and Five Thou.
sand Prisoners Captured.
80 Cannon. 200 Hossheads Of Sugar. Sc,
Sc, III all s2,OOO.OOO Worth of Pro-
perry Falls into our Hands.

The glorious news Of the surrender OF
Island No. 10, reached Ottawa on Monday,
almost simultaneously with the news OF
the great victory on the Tennessee. The
news of two such glorious achievements
of our noble armies, almost threw Ottawa
off her balance, and doubtless some ex-
travagant public demonstrations OF re-
joicing would have taken place, but for
the sad intelligence accompanying the
glorious news of the fearful loss at which
the victories were achieved, including
among the slain some of Ottawas most
loved and honored citizens
The events at Island No. 10 since our
last'can re briefly narrated. The difficulty
in the way Of a successful assault upon the
island for weeks was felt to be the want
of means by which Gen Pope could cross
from New Madrid to the Kentucky shore
opposite. As no transports could get 10
him by the river. channel was cut
through the swamps rom tueriver aDUr-
the island to New Madrid, distance of
miles at . hercu,ear cost of labor. By
this means on Friday transports and
several barges were got to Gen. Pope
But as the rebels understood his move
ment, they had erected batteries opposite
New Madrid, so that the transports would
not be available. To meet this difficulty,
the hazardous enterprise was resolved
upon OF sending gunboat from Foote S
fleet, past the island, to Gen. Pope, TO
drive the rebels from these batteries. The
gunboat Corondolet, about ten clock at
night, in the midst Of furious thunder
storm, left her moorings above the island
and dropped down the river. She passed
two of the upper batteries before she was
discovered, but then, her chimney taking
fire, her position was revealed, and she
received the fire of every battery-some
or 10-as she passed. She got through,
however, unframed, in little over an
hour. Next night the gunboat Pittsburgh
made the passage in the same way. By
these the batteries on the Kentucky shore
opposite New Madrid were On Sunday
shelled out and the guns spiked, SO that
Gen. Pope was able to throw some 10000
men across the river in the rear of the
island. 1t appears, on this achievement,
the rebels on the Kentucky shore took to
on the island, who, at nine or ten o'clock
on Sunday night ascertained the fact, sent
an offer to Commodore Foote to surrender
on conditions He replied that the sur
der must be unconditional, and at clock
in the morning this was agreed to- Col
Bufords force was at once landed upon
the island, and the batteries, stores, &c,
taken possession Of, but most of the rebels
had flown. Not over 800 were found re-
naming upon the island. The property
that thus fell into our hands was immense
100 guns, 5000 stand of arms, 200 hhds
of sugar, 100 bbis of molasses, &c, &C., In
all valued at $2,OOooO0
Next day Gen. Pope, with his cavalry
and artillery followed the retreating rebels
and found they had taken to the swamps.
from which escape Was next TO impossible,
and he commenced picking them up at
his leisure; the work is still going on
Thus far he has gathered up about 5000
of them, including three General officers,
and colonies, majors and captains without
number. The famous Rollins steam ram
Manassas, and the Floating Battery,
mounting 20 guns, is among our trophies,
with l3 steam transports There are sup.
nosed to have been 5000 men at and
around Island No 10, Of whom not over
Q 500 are thus far known tc have escaped
to "dry land"
FIRING THE MoRrARs,-The operation of