The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-02-22
FROM SIT. LOUIS.


st. Louis, Feb. 20.
A dispatch was received to-day to
hurry repairs on gunboat Lexington, and
intimating that evacuation of Columbus
was cause for extra haste
1t appears that after all very few
wounded from the Donelson fight will
come here. The Sanitary commission
sends its President, Jas. L. Yeatman,
down the river this evening with extra
hospital supplies, contributed under sup
position that the wounded were coming
here.
Early this morning steamers White
Cloud, Empress, and Emma Duncan ar
rived here with three thousand prisoners
from Donelson. They landed at Bloody
Island and leave Immediately for Indian
apolis and Chicago. They come under
guard of goth Ohio and 10Th I'll. They
are shabby lot of prisoners, no better
than the Butternut prisoners who have
been taken in Missouri.
The following named prisoners of war
arrived last evening by Pacific Railroad
from Sedalia in custody of Capt. Temp
kins, 9Th Iowa regiment. Brig. General
Price, Col. Dorsey, Col. Cross, and Capt,
Inge Of Maj. Gen. Prices staff Also L..
d. Sloss, G. J. Cunningham, Stephen F.
Roberts, Dan. G. Rodman, H. Smith,
Franklin Motzau, H. Ranney, Amessy
and J. c. Ross.
A letter from Lexington reports the
End battalion of the End Iowa cavalry,
Coles Battery, and the 7th Missouri regi-
ment infantry quietly stationed there.
Three Co.'S. of the It'll Mo. on march
from Warrenton overlook some rebels en-
route for Price, and chase ensuing. they
shot one of them when the rest surrender
ed. One prisoner is notorious character
named Hill, who robbed some of Multi
gan's men after the Lexington surrender.
Letters from Springfield state that re-
fugee families are returning
General Edward Price and rebel Colon
els were captured at Warsaw by detach-
ment of the LIST Iowa cavalry under Capt.
Thompson, and Co. A of the 9Th Iowa
infantry. Gen. Price Wake around to.
day on parole, but prisoners all left for
Alton to-day. Mississippi prisoners to-
day were told that they were going to the
Licoln wigwam in Chicago, which incensed
them highly, though hundreds never
heard of it. Some prisoners affect to
deny that over 5000 prisoners were cap
tured. Considerable trading took place
at the steamboa, landing in Confederate
scrip and shinplaster.
Col. Fitz Henry Warren, Of the First
Iowa cavalry, who was under arrest, has
been released, and resumed command of
his regiment. The charges, frivolous as
they were, have been denied by every
officer of the command, and the Major,
who made them, has been requested to
resign.
The rebel surgeons captured by Gen.
Sigel and Curtis below Springfield have
been allowed their liberty in accordance
with Gen. Halleck's orders, proposing to
except surgeons from ordinary penalties
of prisoners Of war.
A tugboat has gone to Cairo to tow
the Essex to this point. She is to be
lengthcned fifty feet and her boilers
dropped below water line. Preparations
are msking to expedite matters as fast al
poreis:s.
A report was brought to headquarters
by pretended refugee who escaped from
Columbus on Tuesday night, and
reached Cape Girardeau yesterday morn.
ing to the effect that Columbus had no,
been evacuated.
The 22nd Mo. infantry left for the seal
Of war to-day.
A mule dealer named Deith was arrested
to-day for defrauding the Government