The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-04-16

Reported for the North Iowa Times.
MONDAY AFTERNOONS REPORT

MO-NDA1 AFIERNOON REPORT.
CAIRO, April 1910 p. NJ.
The 14th, 18th, and 18th Wis. regiments
were all in the fight. The 10th Wis. was
in rrentiss' Division, and with the others
in the Division were mostly dispersed or
captured. What remained of them fought
bravely and suffered terribly.
The 18th Wis. reached Pittsburg on
Saturday and Immediately marched to the
front of Sherman's Division. They were
exposed OH Sunday to the heaviest and
most deadly kind Of fire, and yet they re-
! turned it with an energy worthy of veto
rams. Let Wisconsin glory in the unflinch.
ing bravery and patriotism of her noble
sons. 1t is impossible as yet to procure a
complete list of all the casualties.
Gov Harvey and party from Wis, with
boat load of hospital stores, left late Sat
urday night or carly Sunday morning to
relieve the wounded of the Wis regiments.
The hospital steamer Louisiana arrived
to day from Pittsburg Landing. 1t was
filled with wounded soldiers in charge of
DR.. Wagner, U. S. A. The wounded have
every possible attention.
SCRANTON, Pa, April IA.
Balls Dam on the Delaware and Hudson
r. II. works, near Carbonate, broke away
| last night, sweeping off number of labor
er's dwellings and drowning nine persons
filling the adjacent mines, and doing
| great damage in the vicinity and along the
| line Of the river.
| FT. MoSnoE, April Is.
The Merrimac remained in the same pc.
sition all day yesterday until evening,
when, together with the rest of the rebel
fleet she returned to Norfolk. She is gen.
orally supposed to have been aground.
None Of the rebel feet have shown them
| selves to- day.
Mr.. Quigg, a correspondent Of the New
! York World, was arrested here this morn
ing, on charge of having prepared matter
for publication of contraband character
A Norfolk paper has been received here
| containing dispatch from Beauregard in
relation to the second days fighting at
Pittsburgh Landing. lie claims complete
victory. He says that after capturing SO
Of our guns and 5000 prisoners, his force
fell back upon his works at Corinth which
they are fully able to hold.
BALTIMORE, April IA.
In reference to Beauregards dispatches
alluded to in the Old Point letter, enquiries
have been made of the War Department,
and we are authorized to say that the re-
ports from Pittsburg Landing already Civ
en- to the public contradict the report in the
Norfolk papers.
All reports received at the War Depart
ment confirm the statements that the enc
my were routed and pursued as far as the
previous orders of Gen. Grant would per.
init, and the enemy are now put up in
Corinth.
MONDAY NIGHTS R PORT.
New York, April A.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer after being captured by the rebels
at Pittsburg Landing and afterwards es,
capped has arrived at Cairo. He states our
loss at 1900 killed, and $4,000 wounded.
The battle lasted ID hours and half OH
Sunday and hours on Monday.
We captured all but two or three Of their
cannon, including the famous Washington
artillery of New Orleans.
PHILADELPHIA, April IA.
A dispatch was received here this morn,
ing from the Secretary of the Treasury
directing the collector Of the port to clear
no vessel with anthracite coal for foreign
ports or home ports south Of Delaware bay,
until otherwise ordered. This dispatch be-
ing misconstrued on first report created
quite an excitement in the stock board, it
being supposed to apply to all vessels, and
exciting fears that the Merrimac had got
out From certain facts that have trans
PRED, the order is supposed to be a pre-
cautionary measure on the part of the gov.
eminent to prevent the rebels from receiv.
ing supplies Of coal via Havana, shipped
fro,p noythnrp porfc in borrnlc Go
TUESDAY FORENOON'S REPORT.
LIVERPOOL, April 3.
Turkey.-The insurgents have destroyed
four towns in Albania by fire and sword
All the Turkish inhabitants was massacred
but the Christians were spared.
Six vessels go from England to Cher
} bourg to escort the Emperor Napoleon te
England for the great exhibition.
1t is denied that Gen. Donay with his re-
Inducements for Mexico has been ordered
to return.
WASHINGTON, April Il
, Tribunc's Special.-Gen. Mitchell re
ports that he has occupied two other i'm
portant points on the II. r. from Decatur
to the west, and station at some distanc,
: to the east of Huntsville.
+ Worlds Special.-An officer of the 77tl
New York regiment reports that four 0
Gen. Banks men have been found tied t,
a tree with their heads shot off. The stor,
. is not credited.
=. PTTsBuRG LANDING, Tenn, April IA.
1 A force of four thousand on five trans
: ports left the Landing on Saturday nigh
e accompanied by the gun boats Tyler AM
), Lexington proceeded up the Tenn. river t
:, point near PASSPORT, Miss, landed an
II proceeded on land to Bear Creek bridge an
destroyed the two bridges Of the Mobile .
d Ohio Il r., one measuring 12l feet, th
:. other 2l0 feet in length. \ cavalry fore
y Of one hundred and fifty men was foun
there, who, after having four killed, "skt
ID daddled" in the most approved souther
style.
70 The expedition returned Sunday Nigh
without having lost a man. This was or
- of the most successful operations Of i
r. kind during the ware completely cuttir
er off communication Of the main rebll bod
II, at Corinth with Alabama and the rest
: the Confederacy, except New Orleans.
+" A flag Of truce arrived at our outpos
n yesterday with Gov. Johnson's son Of ~
s. asking the fate Of his father.
~ We call the attention of the pub
y to the :ew advertisement Of Hamnerslou;
:" Brothers Of this city. We have taken
- survey Of their establishment, and, accu