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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-09
NOTICE.

To John shuItz, Perry, Mssen & Wheeler, Geo T.
Gordon, Albert Wells Judd Walker Co. RIniner-
son, Cochran e. Co.:
You. and each OF hereby notified that tn
Is Ole in the efce Of The Clerk of the District
Courtof Lee county. Iowa. at Eeotuk petition of
Hiram Barney, claiming of you, John shuitx, the
OF Fifteen Hundred Dollars with ten Per cent. inter-
mortgage made by You to Chas Mason, and since
signed to said Hiram Barney dated 9Gth OF May. le5
claiming against each OF you the foreclosure
saidovtgaEe. the being upon the north half OF
the southwest quarter OIL section lsl township Igs,
vest Also the northeast quarter OF the sut
east quarter OF section i31 toxnshp lG6 range 1911
west. In Lee county, Iowa. for the purchase mont.
and further asking for sale of said premises and
general relief; And uniess you appear and said
petition or before noon of lie day Of the
next term Of said Court, TO commence al Keskuk On
the 1st Monday OF September, A. ID. 1862, default
thereon as prayed for in said petition
II. SCOTT HOWELL,
mAy1-d AiI'y for Plaintiff.
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NOTICE.

To Harris B Munson, Chas Higgins, John Stu
art, Administrator of James Stuart, deceased, and
Thaddcus w Stuart, deceased:
YOU and each OF you, hereby notinsd that there
10 die In the once Of the Clerk Of the District
Court Of Lee county, Iowa, at Keokuk. petition OF
Hiram Barney Aiatmfug # yuu. Harrs u Munson, The
of Eighteen Hundred Dollars. with ten per cent
interest per snnum, rayebts1 annually. money due
mortgage made BY yon 10 chas. Mason, and since
assigned 10 said Hiram barney dAsd 2lst May 1881.
also claiming against eSeh OF you the foreclosure of
said mortgage the same being upon the east hal
ten Bcrs square lot In tue northwest corner OF The
csional northwest quarter OF section i0l la town
ship t66 north range Isl west, bounded thus begin.
ming al point 10 rods east OF the nrshs es
said quarter section then east 1T rods, then s4nth 40
reds then 90 rods. thence nurth ~ rods, The
place OF beginning. In Les county Iowa Tor the pur
chase money aud further asking for sale OF said
pre- misses. and neral relief And unless sppear
and said petition or before of the
end day 81 the next term ofsaid Court TO commence
81 KeokHk the Ist Monday OF September, A. ID.
1861 default will be entered se@iust YOU, md Juag
men rendered thereon rs prayed for in said pstion
i'll. SCOTT HOWELL,
mayf-d ANY for Piaintir
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LINZ

o TAis may csrtity hat Hsmbdsn Buel, residsDt Of
tho city Of Keokuk, Lee coun Iowa, and George T.
IApe Restdsnt Of the city Of Troy, State OF Now
York have themselves III limited
tile ruesshlp according 20 the provision OF Chapter
go OF the Revised Code of fown for the transaction
Of the hardware Business In ssid city Of Keokux.
der the name and style OF Hambdcn Bnel, and con-
tfuue for the space OF two years. commencing the
1st day OF April 1862 and terminating the LIST day
OF April, 1864.
The said Hambden Bucl 10 The general partner, and
the said George T. Lane 10 the special partner, and
has contributed the gum of Six Thousand Dollars In
actual Cash payments capital TO the comm stock
OF said partnership. HAMRDEN BUEL,
taptl-dGw GEORGE I. LANE.
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TITY BOOK STORE.
Corner Main and Second Streets,
Next to Banking House Of VIM. Thompson Co.

New Books.
The City Book Store Is this day in receipt Of he
following choice literature:
Cecil Drecme, BY Theodore Winthrop.
John Brent - . !"
Shadow in the House, by Saunders.
Tho Household of Bouverie, by Southern Lady.
songs In Many Keys by Holmes.
Recollecliens OF Shelley and Byron, by TrelAuny.
shelley Memorials. by Lady Shelley.
The Rejected Stone, by yirgipisn.
Tom Burke's School Days at Rugby.
DeQuincy's Opium Eater.
Literary Reminsce ncee
Theological Essays,6c.
Hood: Poems, Blue and Gold.
Lowcil'a - g -
Lcngfeliows Poems, Blue and Gold.
Mrs. Jsme.on's Loves Of the Poets, Blue & Gold.
- Characteristics, sc, :"
=. Studies, &C., y
81 81 Italian Painters, q
Legend ofthe Madonna"
~ Sketches Of Art, I"
~ 80 Diary, 4c.. :.
HI Nthorne's Marble Faun.
-- ~ - House Of the Seven O. blea r
ScarAstLetter.
- Noses. from Old Nance.
Twice Told Tales.
Enou Inage.
RlthedAle komances.
Iongfeliow's Hiawaiha.
EyanRetne
The above Books viii be sold al Publishers prices
The public invited 10 call and examine the stick
febs J. W. OGDEN.
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.yANTED TO RENT,

Near The business part OF tewn, Good House with
nine or ten rooms for which will pny good price
and the rent when wanted. None need apply unless
they want prompt tenant and permanent one. Pos
session any tims in the next sisty days win do APP
ply 1t our store. CHAs. (. bIkGE.
mar3i.d of Kellogg 4 Bree.-
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NOTICE.

To Vim Hamilton, ST.. VIM Slater, John Light, Nor
timer Henderson, Wesley Harrison, NJ Moore, and
Vim Soilers:
You and each OF you, hereby notified that there
10 nle In the Office of the Clerk of the District
Court OF Lac county, invs, at Keoknk. petition u
Hiram Barney cisming Of yen, VIM. Hamilton, ST..
The Ahm Of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars with
ten per cent interest per Annum, payable annually,
as money due = mortgage made by you To said
Hiram Barney, dated 9th Of March. 1854. also claim
Ing against each or ynu the foreclosure of said
gage, the being upon triangular tract of land
oil IS or less In the northwest quarter oil
section 35 also the south half Of the sonthe guar
ter of the northeast quarter Of section ~ contain.
ing 20 acres, ali IN township rs. north, range west
In Lee county Iowa. 70. the purchase moaey; and
further asking for sale Of said premises and
tion before the second day OF the next o.
said Cnurt 10 commence nj Keokuk the LIST Monda,
II September, A. ID. 1862, default will bc enieret
against you and Judgment rendered thereon
far in said petition. ii. SCOTT HOWELL,
mayI-d ATTY tor Plaintiff.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-23

Ey=We learn thata formidable obstruction hss
been thrown across tie YszJo river about
twenty miles below Yazoo City. Two batter
les have been placed for the prOteciOn of the
obstruc len, but what will be the number Of
gans wr know not. Some have al eady been
mounted This lOoks as though the govern
m-ut had not wholly given up the'ideA Of pro
tectimg this region Of cou1try, although the
movements of Gen. Bsaurrgard look as though
he felt it necessary to abandon Us for d season
in order 10 accomplish greater results elsewhere.
l. may be, however, that the government con-
template the establishment Of a new military
div sion to include this western part of our State,
along with the country west Of the Mississippi
l. is reported that Gon. Magruder has been ap-
pointed t. the jmmand of the trans Mississippi
division of the army, and Is is also said that he
is 70 have command at Yicksburg. Ah.se hAvs
to say is, we hope so but whether # be SO or
not we have full conf lence that the President
and our generals will DO everything in their
power tor our protection. Ii our section OF
country is given into the hands of the enemy
even temporarily, il will only be canss our
government finds it necessary to do so in order
to accomplish objects of paramount imPortsne =.
C0rroltoa J'OlHateer.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
GENERlL ORHERS No. s.,
HAa DQyAR TERs w STERN DFPARTNFNT,
COEINrH Mis May -. is62 !
|. LLn--..l

AaDQyAR rERs W. STERN Df PARTHFNT,
COEINrH Mis May 2l ist2 J
- uene-al c5umsndi ths force. deer - call
ihs sttehtinn of tue army n IN lnsu o-dna's
sln-t g Ire II, owing NE Ere OF Col mel J. s.
~eet-s beg1utu ol LOUISIANA CsvI
~5p a. " Keep ronasay A e.. o.. w W. Lezh-
s-aii i-f5 C. Capt. 70 k5ufL vi Ia rs, ps1y j .
taoi Ssrja aio, Co ? CsptaB Fele'0u cannon,
--.1.is, 6 Cap an John Cen be 9. compeus a 4;
Sepi A leejenue Com. aay Capt. william L ITO
mfAng K
laess Ou.ce-s lsrBE thaut su9h Vi , absl dah=d
iaets coan lianas In ihs OF tie enemy, aud prs
te1trc themselves II Eers 81 tLess Re, qus ia
= e 70 iccse cCm JlsLts a. amt t1tir suliI
tlieer have been pruIlp ly ord & Uni-r Az 5 Rua
F8-t der 10 Brgadi. G-uerg Furr=y, com
"a --ilg 81 no is, 10 be couuasl a. O 30 R8l
ne tHenerEi eoIl1ls1Gi-E grv-s q Z tee tO1-
aiei 20 tngriy IN ih auy recent IA
aifes of 1rruic b. haviOr ot 5hc re-1a-t which
at e pg, D g de- D. 60 proper puoish the A
is n9i SLY his G .ppr0ysl q; ssch IrsuyOfd
i~iaoI tuf steri visit iheIa
sae rrzaiiy iue 20 e-r cou-m ssl0-.
- tonI-s-u u Gen BsAUHFGAFD
GEO-G HM BSt nj.
A Lhi-f OF y II
10 atiGi GLO. a. "a ARNzE
Hnsf- A 4 ts-n
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We-hAve been kindly fur ished by Capt r.
c. Bond, Of a Louisiana regiment Of artillery
who has Just arrived from Camp Moore, with
the following account Of the taking of MAnchac
by the FedCTsls on Tuesday last. He states
that they ran the guuboat New london close up
to toe wharf 1T that place Three or four shots
were 6ied at her without effect They then
landed sn infantry force Of about $50 men in
the resT, when our force Of ninety men rttreated
Some msds their escape through the swAmps in
the best way they could. Some three or four
were taken pTisoneTs-leayiug the enemy in fGll
possession The Federals then burnt the bridge
and tore up the railroad for about one and half
miles between NIsrchac and Camp Moore.
Col. Breaux, commanding Camp Moore, as soon
as be beard Of the attack sRd depreciation COM
mitted, sent 500 men and Que section Of artillery
under Lieut. Col. Shields. if necessary to repuise
them, or 10 tear up the railroad They found
that the enemy had evacuated the place and re.
turned to the eiiy eur forces then ore up mile
aui a half more Vt the railroad Mobile Triaas
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Rron, Cun,hcrInud Gam.

We clip the fsllowing special dispatch from
the A l.nta COatsderGcy, Of the l9.h inst;
KNOXVILLE, Tenn June II, 1862 Il have
to mmuncs to you the report that Cumhe-
lsad Gap has b en- eyacusted by our forces.
Tlis is the Information gather uy from Whist
regard a. a reliable source What is the obi ct
of i, or wha; new move is to be made upon the
chess board Of military tao icS, your c5nespOn-
dent cannot inform you. Il must be regarded,
however, as a most startling maneuvrr. Iais
y as regarded rs one of the most inpregnabe
positions, proba' ly, in the COniederscy The
Cumb ,rland range presented natural tortihca-
ton unpreced n,O1, almost, in the word, while
the Gap itself was so well and so thoroughly
strengthened that it was thought fit, Ell hnnded
men could easily keep bsck ten thousand If this
be true, I e enemy can now walk into East Ten
nessee march of some thirty or forty miles
will bring them W to Our railroad, the pOss $
sion of which will be disastrous in the extreme,
Various spsculatiJns are INDUCED as solu-
ton of this move, but the cause of it is un-
known as yet.
Since p. inning the above, | have met with
rumor, tie truth OF which, however, can not
voucA for, that Gen. Humphrey Marshall will at
once take bis position at the Gap. wOull, how
ever. caution your readers to receive this with
some prsius Of allowance PERRY
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borrowed from the United States, for the neces-
sites of. the Mexican government
| Some adequate provision for the liquidation
and payment of all American claims would be
very desirable, but it certainly appears inyidi-
ous sr d unjust thst few influential claimants
| should be sat I'd in FULL while The many, and
| probably cquly deserving, get nothing at all
The rat 6catons of the postal conventions and
eX:radi.On treaty, concluded by Mr. C0rwin
with this government in December last, We're
| exchanged in this city on the 2oth inst.
Sin Charles W le and Capt Dunlop, the two
| English commissioners, arrived at this capital
on The % inst and both are now ardent sup
porteIS of the same constitutional government
Sir Charles was rtcently laboring 50 esrnes ly
20 destroy The latter remains here awaiting
ms. uc,iOas as b again fO. III lily opening rela-
ti3ns with this government. Capt DunlOp left
abou. the n idle Cf the m NTH, on a visit to the
mnes of IL al de n lnte, wh1nce he proceeds TO
V IA Crvz. 10 rail pon, il is sRid. for England
Mr.. Cevallos, tue c.eia Of Gen. PIN, ar
rived here on the Il.h inSt aud is 10 remain for
the present, ia the capacity OF conf lential agent
of the Spanish government. K ,lations are,
therefore, to a Ttain extent, Teopened with oil
the powers rxcept France.
The grant OF ezra rdiu8vy pow'rI to the
executive wss renewed By Congress on the 81
inst to continue uutil the l6th of September
mex when the fTst session of the next Con-
gress coumsEces.
Ga til Ga inst, that body issued a spirited
manifesto 10 the nation regarding the French
invasion. This IN lnifes'o paints in glazing CO...
ors n bad faith OF the French commissioner,
81 Saligny
Cor gIess is expected to adjourn about the
udile Of June. 40 opposition whatever has
been manifested during the present session to
ihe g0verumant, aud Congress has only remain
cd ia session in order 10 present al evidence OF
the ia nest manner n winch the whole nation |
are u-iied against ihe pr jets oi European dom
init on.
The course Of aff .:r4 in the Uui'ed States is |
watched with intense interest. as upon the sue |
cess Of the n nth in maintaining the Union The |
Preservation Of the nationality OF Mexico is also
t.is 10 ,leD"nd
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From Richmopa-4 HaIIoon Fired Into.

The Z chmOud ERquir Of the 10th inst ssys:
There has been very little firing Of any couse-
ql.nce sOpg she lines arOuld K cbmond during
he past few days. The pickets of the two Al
nj 5 on the Mechsuics,ii.e r; sd. Row not
more than two Luudr, ; ards aEa I The Yankee
picket by way Of tAuHt, often inquiries if the
" Conf decates wouldn't Ike to have some cot
lee il place Of sassaf.ss tea " q" How are you
off for shoes " etc.
is well known by our readers ;hat MeCiel-
ian has a number 3ronauts, who frequently 20
upon their p ial voy ages for ths purpose of ma
king observa ions for the benefit Of the Yankee
generals, while the y rihern letter writers talk
Of the '' peopl. of Richmond having had an op-
p5rtuni:y Of seeing tn, glOrious old Hsg lJating
fro P.Uf Loves balloon" One Of these bal
luors wss sent up on Saturday, morning BbOut
niue &C Ock, but had got bat short distance ia
the air on its observing tour, when Will direct
I'd shot from one Of the piecys Of the Purcell
battery, Capt Pegram styu k the balloon, tear
ing it ali to pieces aud knocking a man out
We know not whether the individual thus upset
was P.Of Lowe, or one Of his subaiteTns, bal.
whoever he wa, we feel conf lent he went upon
his last voyage Saturday morning After the
cspsiz.ng OF the bslOon, an artillery duel a
ha.t hours duration was carried 0H, bur there
was nobody hurt on cur side
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Extrnordinurr Esenpe.

The Chattanooga core e.pondent Of the Mobile
Netrs writes the following paragraph:
ShuS it looks to me that h summer cam
ps n Of Haleck's army, fur;h-TS Juth, Is elJss d.,
and tha. he looks for new fields OF operations ia
this direoti' II. Tnere was scmeh hug more IN
Beauregs DIS TetTOgsde movement 'h any II
the Yankees dreamed of, and tbe Tesul OF that
movement are now daily developing theuiselv' s
The escape ct Nr. Green Roberts, one OF Col
0hn II. Morgan's mon, from he Nashville peni-
Tertiary, where he was hill prisoner, and who
arrived here safe = few days ago, was very re-
narkbale He bribed the sentry to remove the
iron grating from his window, which wa in the
second story, and then took the risk to jump to
the or II ID, having to clear a wall beneath the
widow of me fifteen het in hight II was a
regular Sam Patch leap, OF some iJrty test. lie
made it, however, without breaking any bones,
but he was so stunned by the fall, that he = y
nearly All hour unable to move, bat finally
e'swjed otf and got away some two niles that
night from town He was afterwards twice cap
tuTed bat was let go As unoffeuding citizen,
aud finally made his way to this point
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| The following, more forcibly than any thing
we ever saw OF heard. reminds us of the course
/ OF some OF the prominent tories of the ReVolu
| ton OF l116 The treaeherous, cOwsrdly scOuL-
drels of those days, when Great Britain had over
run the country, thought they had secured
| good thing for themselves in the future when
tiny tried to convince the people that the E1g-
| In government would certainly be re-as ab-
iishej. The blasting Of Campbell's hops will
be qgal to theirs We woald advise him 70
keep ont OF the wsy v hen our boys get zbou
e EX GOVERNOR CAMPBELL, OF TENEEs-
SEE-A Nashville correspondent of & 2 Ciuc;n
nsti G9-stte, says this uUble patriot addressed
some words ST admOnitiOn to his Lebanon neigh
BORG, which were in excellent tas.e aud dlite
seasnnable. Githeiing as many Of them az pos
slb.e around him, without making public adver-
Iisement, he is sci to bAve addressed them much
after this FASH ~: y ighbo's, very many Of
you were Ey EieEds in youth. Some # You
were mg playmates in childhood. Till this TOOL
ish rebel ion commenced, We lived IN peace aad
good will, and l had not only your re- pecI as a
neighb0T, bat your coLfi lence in positions Of
trust aud responsibility Nor have you ever
complained that / failed to Eli the measure Ct
your confidence. When you chose to be the |
dupes of wicked men, and to rsbsl against the |
government which has ever protected all Of Us, |
som Of us from the days Of childhood till our
heads are being f-os ed with the evidences Of |
age, would not rsbel with you, bat remained !
quiet whn | saw that remonshance was vain /
Your folly had IFS day of 6.ful tiiumph Now /
the sol iiers Of the nation have driven away the /
army mustered by conspirHtors, aud have the /
pl asure of living under the government to /
which | ealy swoIe unslterable allegiance, and /
the prids of seeing the nati)n h.g wave over
the capital Of the 5 S'ate. enjoy the pleasure
without tan a}'z:ng you or smlndHg Oh ned
lessly If your past folly wish TO live with
you, my neighbOrs, On terms of peace, and leave
you to your own reflections for the SEEDS Of
peniAace. But let me warn you candid,y t. at
viii not longer live vi h you on terms of friend
ship if you continue to act in league with the
enemies of the government, and to invite mur
drrOus bands into our peaceful villages When
ever | desire to so, can get tie aid of two
OF three thou and ab'e-b0d,cd Tenne.sseans,
who Il OE my voice aud will 70 low me aud
can get excellent gsns, with good bay IS to
Dut into their hands. If You will not live in
peace with me you shall have war. | intend, in
concert with my loyal neigbbors, to have quiet
lnder the government OF our fathers | you
yi ct US have it pescaably, we shall be glaf ci
Z. limo, we shall seek il at tue point OF the
Dsyonet.'
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FIbrida Setter

MtpISoSyILLE, Florida, June Is, 1921
have last returned Fl, VI a visit TO Dead
mans Bay on the Gulf, where the soldiers are
guarding the cargo of salt. cotton cards, soap;
lead etc 1t is truly such cargo as was needed
here; but sSl truly sorry to say that lmmedi-
ately alter the load was landed aud pu. cut OF
danger. that the hirelings found the ship lying
t,r her load. There was jthing on board but
their provisions for aaother Trip and ten bags OF
cotton, and when the scam found that there
was no other alternative to keep her cut 81 Their
infamous hands, they set her on h:e and made
thsir esceps When the 4nkces saw the cot
ton, they made everything spatter to save IT, put
alas. they were too late to save anything that
fra would consume they fearing TO come to
lsnd to look for the load, had to sneak oil.
Corn crops are splendid, so far in Florida ;
also, sugar aud potatoes are excellent Cotton
is not here. RvsPectiuHyi M"C'
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Marrow Escape cf fsse S;unb sat ~ iami % "a
riuE siae siege Of New Orleans

fauA aAe OF Nf" VEAfaus
g OF the most th ii ing Incidents of the
siege OF Forts Jackson aud st. Philip occurred
on the night before the final passage If thz
forts. The gunbla, Miami, one of the mos, IN
fortu1s's vess' l. in the go 1adron, owing to the
extreme difficulty with which she siesred, was
living in the midst OF the fleet when an enOr-
NOUS tre-rsft struck her on the port wheel-hOuse,
veeTed and struck her again on the port lar
ter, where it hung. The position of the Vi am
at this moment was extremely critical. 5 70 had
been actively employed in towing vessels over
the bar aud supplying the moran fJtilia with
amfnanitIJn and had Oh her main deck while
the frs-Tsft was blazing under her quarter
1900 pOu ds of powder covered only with 'ar
pau ia. The tinders ard fakes OF fire tell in
shower upon the vessels, and The m rolled
IN broad sheet over her stern. The dITknf So
Of the III ght was rendered more intense by the
c.Ouds of pitchy smoke which enVeiODed the
ship, binding the Ctfieers and men. /. was
time for prompt action and cool judgment.
The fiji GER Of the deck, MIR. ROwntree, with
wonderful presence of MUD, seeing the imminent
danger TO which not only his own ship, but the
Richmond, Pensacola and numerous Uth4T yes
sels ere exposed, al the risk of his life lespsd
upon the mine of powd T, AMI spread the tar
psUin over such places as were most ez
posed ID the falling cindeTS. The order was
given to slip cable " and out went forty Eve
fathoms of chain, which, with heavy anchor,
was lost, making the fourth which the Miam
has planted in the river. If anchors possessed
the power of rmination the navigation Of the
river would in time become who'll impeded from
the crop of youGg " mud no ks, nearly
every ship in the feet has lost one or more bow.
ers and Hedges The Miami, after slipping
her cable, dropped down with the current aud
anchored again Gear ,f the raft, to the great re-
lief Of all ON board for had the powder come
ignited, the des.ru ton of ships and life would
have heen fearlUl
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gned,)
- gneuIJ
By command of Maj C u BUTLER.
r. 5 DAVIS, Captain and A \. A. G.
The Naval Fight -Gea. WiiIiHHIs' Brignds
al GRAND Cuff.

The Naval EfS hg -aseus W1iiaHHls7 Brigade
al GRAND Ssuif.
From tie New Orleans Delta My j
For several days back rumors have been cur
rent in the city to the effect that our navy hal
suffered in a conflict up the river, aud that Gen
Williams brigade had been badly cut up The
facts are these On the 70 h instant, while the
forces uuder Gen Williams were a1ceaii Y the
river, they were fred on, when off Grand Calf,
by field battery of four guns Oae man was
killed and one officer slightly woIndsd. The
guubcas Kineo then opened on the town, and
the battery, with its camp, about mile and
half in the rear Of ths town, was thereby per
susded to Lave
Fuuy companies of the 18th Wisconsin reg
ment, under Major 3 BJsriln4n, were lan1ed 20
destroy the camp; these forces came up As the
rebels were leaving, guns aud tents having pre-
ceded them. A few shots only were exchanged,
and the pursuit discontinued At night one OF
the JuiUn troops was wound-d, and several OF
the rebel troops wsre seen to fall. Uufortu-
na.ely the gallant and accom- Jiishsd aid-de camp
10 Gen. Williams, LleaienartG. d KY, who
volunteered to land with &4j r B atdnan's
troops, was severely, aul it is ts4rsl fatally
wounded while some distance il ivanee Of the
advance guard.