The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-04-12
The Attack on Island No. 10.

Washington, april THE following account
II the oprrat. rs at Island No. 10 snd in the De-
partmcut Of the Mississippi was received at9P,Mt
Hos. =. VI. STANTON, secrctrry of War
The cuiei operator at Cincinnati t0legraPhs me ~
DiloWsi
C,umodor, Frote go, another boat safely psst
tc batteries last night. Gen. 4, pe Is orpss'ng
opposite New Madrid, In force. There Ia heavy hT-
AK Iu the advance.
The follow Ing was received here at Gas this after
uooui
N,ir Nririi, Aprl l., NoOn.--Gen Pope has Just
landed General Kainea' division on the Tennessee
shore. The " hole movement has been grand sue
apss The whole army will DO moved over today
sid tcni.ht Gen. Pope has four steamers ~ lerIy,,
a T., which arrived 10y the new route through thas
swamps last evening. Another gunboat nrrl ssu-
this morning from Island No. 10. will report 10
the field - IN quent'y as possible. ".
The latest dispatch from Island No. 10, ut .
o'clock Monday evening, is to the following effect;
A ilrge force of infantry, artillery and cavalry
have crossed the Mississippi within the last HiK
hours. Everything iswurking well.
A dispatch from Gen. Halleck states that Gen.
stlrlis goes I, Kansas, G,n. Craig to [. Indis-
Territory. In by.
| Cen Bielp, advanced guard has rtssfbr.o
! GRANT. SRI
/ son.
] Hon. Andrew johnson, military HoVer1loly Of
Tennessee reports that The arrests Of several tor
] mont persons engage in the rebellion has 49,
! rr.ie-tlutthe Union caus, working well, c.,-.
I XXI ava tl.t the p,mhoat P,ttsburp run
.. skuI, oi Island No. 10 bet night under ter
rife tire no'u TIE rebel u"ueLl'si e., -, :, ~ ',h
| s'ug3 from PuilI.' landing al Owe the isnhd
T. NV MGIrd, ty Co. u 's,l' corps Of engineers
| This NOR. ug, under the fire Of our guuOouta,
,,Iich .i,ur.I one II the rc'e batteries, a cuu-
many under Captains Lewis and MIrrhnll, erosH,d
lie river At ;, " Madrid, aud spiked tie guns An
uther force took three other batteries spiked The
! .rtusnul threw / 90 ammunition into the river.
Al II o'clock, IN the face Of the remaining rebel
bait n s, Gen Paine with Tour reelmt hts "Ai
10 the Kentucky shore sILs qleutythe diyis.ons
81 q u"r1's Htui an aud Stanley crossed HlS1
q u. Grsalrr with his cavalry. They are nv
! strongly post 4, ready for any emergency.
IN r. Believed here that ioity hours will decide
tlc T. Of Island No. TO- lis hardly or, dillC, hut
tie reports thus far agree that not single casualty
has occurred during the whole time oil Tie crossing
sprciai from New Madrid, dated Che GtN, say,
that Inc potuboats Carhndeltt has been cnghs n"
v.ita the rebel bait ries on the Kentucky shore MI
B.twcen fere and Point Pleasant FIVE I'accs Cor;
/ fed hy the rebels, have been di'c' Vrr, a. az
puc,l m such position ~ - prevent any ATT mp'
~ nur f res at crossing. The Csr,hdtitt hud our
, hat.erus Arsd shell with gret precision INTO tho
rrbe batteries, aud sonced their guns at one p''h'
TIE rebels are makinc every cGort to fot.iy tas
g Krutu,ky shore thoroughly The" guns ''' - ''
| 1913. ,L an Fri,
special to the TINES ssys; se7Nn 9S .,ns ~erc
= | day evening our forces at Pttsburg l.. 81, W.
d attacked Ly two regiments OF infantry W..
< pieces of artillery. ,t,,i,.
! We returnud ihcir Are Immediately, ki llng qrh'
>. a numher. They killed one Of our men II II ""p'
posed tina, tAsy were making rs,2nm no IS ~, m
4 "A tbey Mani a hasty retreat, Ten prisoners were
. taken. 10. .,.,. chin, t,.entr r,tIc. r,
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