The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-05-17

M GAlRo NEWS. !sv
y Especial to Ohisaeo Posk1
Il CArRo, Nay N.-By Oiey Of Memphis. from
Pittsburgh, Ilsarn thst great disa6sction exist
among The rsbels--soms want to 20 home, theil
time Of enlistment being out, and others for BE-
Ing taken from their business By forcs. l6R
No nows from the feet to-day. The weaths,
10 getting very hot here.
II The City Of Memphis has $50 DICK. They an
going to Ksokuk, under charge Of Dr.. Turner.
Il Gen. niecholl's division has arrived q Farm.
,a.a especial to Timesl -ese .ze4
The story Of the ensmyb lssk Of provisions
Il denied By their dsasrters, Who ~ that there
10 plenty Of subsistence ct Corinth.
On Tuesday Gen. Pope moved forward his col.
umn 70 rstake the position lost In The skirmish
of Friday last The result Of this movement
had not transpirsd at the time the steamer left
Pittsburg. agsss a.
A lamsntable casualty occurred on board the
steamer Gladiator, a. she Vas passing up the
Tennessee, on Tuesday. The lth Minnesota
regiment was on board, and when the steamer
was just above Paris Landing, her upper works
gave way, killing Ave or six and injuri1g several
others. 58 a6I elIsta -
| Especial to Chicago Tribune
OAIRo, Nay lA-The division of Gen. Mitch.
| ell has formed . junction with Gen. Pope snd
| now forms the extreme left OF eur line.
CAIRo. Nay l4.-xemphis papers Of the 9th,
10th and llth inst, just received by special ex-
press, state on the authority Of dispatch from
Natchez, that the Federal feet had returned
down the river to New Orleana
The Appeal, commenting upon the growing
| disposition of Memphis to refuse Confederate
notes chsracterizes the parties as traitors aud
tlnk 81
The same journal says that the only condition
upon which the rebels win accept peace is tie
recognition of the independence, not only Of the
Cotton States but of every border State whose
people desire our alliance with the Confederacy.
The Appeal contains an account Of the sur
prise and capture Of the Federal Cavalry BY
Col Clayborne, with | 500 Cavalry near Dresden
substantially as I have before telegraphed. The
prisoners were taken to jackson, Tenn.
The same journal has the following Geographic
dispatches from Cornth:
CoRMrH, May s-The anniversary Of the
battle of Pslo Alto opened with skirmish be.
tween Gen. Pope's forces and Gen. Prices troops
on the Pennington 4 Rings Roads, at O'Clock.
The firing of artillery was brisk. Cox's Alaba.
ma cavalry had several wounded. There was
heavy infantry firing, in which the enemy were
driven back with great loss. Surgeon W. r,
Thrall, of the 9th Ohio, and Major Appliugton,
Of the 42d Illinois, we're killed.
A flag of truce was sent by the enemy yester-
day, asking for an exchange of Lieut.. Colonel
Adams, of Missouri, which was refused
The telegraph Office at Pennington, commu.
nicating directly with Washington City, was
captured.
The Avalanche of the 10th says that it has
learned from reliable sources that the actual
Federal loss at Shiloh exceeded 1000.
The Provost Martial of Memphis has ordered
the arrest of all persons refusing to accept Con.
federate money in payment Of debts or for goods
purchased. Nothing in the least degree calcu.
lated to discredit the operations of the Gov.
eminent will be tolerated. .
The Appeal Of the 18th says We have GER
tain intelligence that Gen. Halleck has lost
over 5000 of his army by desertion. The coun.
try between the Tennessee river aud Kentucky
10 full Of them. The whole of the 4th Ohio
deserted and dsbanded after the battle Of the
7th, and Kentuckiaps and Nissourians have fol-
lowed their example. In consequence Of disaf.
lection produced by the late anti Slavery move.
ment in Congress, an entire Kentucky Regi.
ment had unceremoniorsly quit Halleck's army
| and gone home.
Five hundred Federal cavalry and 1000 in.
fantry have occupied Paris in consequence of
the attack made by our cavalry on Dresden q
few days ago.
report is brought from Little Rock that
Gen. Curtis division have commenced to march
upon the Capital of Arkansas. Gen. Steele 10
| marching upon the same point from Pocahontas.
The Appeal Of the 18th has the following
special dispatch: As
DEs Arc, AK, May lO-The enemy are re-
ported to have been At Augusta, Jackson coun.
| ty. They took ..possession Of all the cotton in
| the neigiborhood. They arc reported to BE- in
| considerable numbers at Jacksonport and their
| destination 10 unknown.
Some Of the Federals in diaguise entered this
place to-day, and after accommodating returned.
They were pursued by the citizens.
Seventeen hundred bales of cotton were Of.
| fered upon the shrine Of liberty to-day by the
| citizens Of this place. -. -.
The enemy are supposed to be under the com.
msnd Of Curtis. His forces are reported to be
between eight and ten thousand
CoRINTH, May l0.-Since the terrible thrash.
| ing administered to Pope's column On yesterday
| by Price and Van Dorm, We have had no further
demonstrations. Matters are accordingly quiet
| this morning.
The Appeal of the same date also contains
the following characteristic message from JEFF.
Thompson, relative to the great naval fight of
| Saturday: 'a s.'7.'
IT. PNow, RiMr Defense Feet,l
Gsaboat "Lits Reba, May 10.
| EDIroRs APPEAL: We Missourians concluded
| W CSieuI1tc to-uey Tue AuulVerb6fy OF the camp
Jackson massacre. We have shown the enemy
that We still own the Mississippi river, and can
run their blockade whenever We choose We
| gave them few bullets this morning to show
them our power, and after handsome little
skirmish of thirty minutes we backed down the
river with two men killed and eight slightly
wounded. The officers are all safe, with more
confidence than ever. Our boats are nniniured.
| The Van Dorm, Capt. Folkenson, has covered
L 0Aa - 1H-11 = ~ .
| gomery down to the powder boys behaved like
soldiers and gentlemen, and showed themselves
as good men IS ever feathered an oar around
| quarter deck or butted Yankee.
(Signed) JETS. THOMPSON
The Appeal publishes this message without
editorial comment.
CAIRO, May l5.-There was an arrival from
below this A. H., reporting an attempt on the
part Of the rebel feet to destroy the mortors at
Craighelds Point. They we're driven back
| without difficulty and without damage to the
Federal boats.
No news whatever from Pittsburgh Landing
| A private and confidential circular issued by
President Davis to the Govsronor's Of the States
comprising the Confederacy, has been received,
10 which he acknowledges that the state Of
affairs below looks decidedly blue, and asks for
| donations OF meney and materials. He says
that casualties and sickness, and expiration Of
the terms of enlistment of soldiers, 10 making
sad havoc with their cause, and desres larger
display Of patriotism on the part Of citizens Of
| the South. .,
From McClellan's Dlvlsion.
i CUMBERLAND, Va, May 4.-Gen. McCIellan's
Headquarters were established here yesterday,
and We are now pleasantly located on the banks
of the Paumunky river
The main body of the army is rapidly concen.
trating at the point designated by the Command
ing General.
4 A contraband who arrived from Richmond,
states that between that city and the Chicka-
hominy river, distance Of some eleven miles,
they enemy are encamped In large force, where
they expect to await the arrival Of the Potomac
army. As the rebels fall back they drive be-
fore them most Of the cattle, sheep and hogs
leaving only such thingsas they cannot move. !
Explosions were heard yesterday in the direc
ton of the Chicahominy, which are supposed
to have been caused by blowing up the Railroad
bridge
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