Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-03-19
st. Lonis. Marcel. 16.

Brigadier General Pope in a dispatch to
General Halleck says:
Our success at New Madrid has beer
even greater than was reported. Twenty
fve pieces Of heavy artillery, consisting Of
"a rihed S2rpounders, 2 batteries of field
artillery, an immense qnantityof ammuni-
ton several thousand small arms, hundreds
Of boxes of musket cartridges, three hun-
dred mules and horses, tents for an army
OF 10000 man and an immense quantity
of other property of not less value than
100000 has fallen into our hands,
Their men only escaped. The enemy's
whole force is demoralized and dispersed
in the swamps on tie opposite side Of the
river.
The enemy abandoned their works so
hurriedly as to leave all the baggage Of
their officers, and the knapsacks Of their
men their dead unburried, their suppers
on the tables, and candles burning in their
tents.
A furious thunder storm which ragged
all night, enabled the enemy to get across
the river without being discovered.
Cairo, lii, March IA.
New Madrid is ours, and the stars and
stripes now float over jeff. Thompson's
citadel. The rebels evacuated the town
last night, leaving quantity of guns and
stores which they were unable to carry
away. Some fighting took place yester-
day, between their gunboats and our seige
battery, in which we lost some twenty kill
ed and wounded. A shot from one Of
their guns disnounted one Of our twenty
four Founders. killing four or FIVE Of our
men, but We lost no officers.
Col. Morgan's regiment, the 10th Hi
nois, suffered most. Ire loss Of the enc
my is not known, as they carried off their
dead and wounded.
island NO. 10 is reported evaeuated.-
Gel. John A. Logan has arrived here and
will soon be in good health. The troops
continue to arrive and depart, but their
destination cannot now be made known.
The steamer G. w. Graham returned
this afternoon from Nashville. Very few
if any Of tie l25 St. Louis merchants
who went on her to Nashville with goods
to sell were satisfied with the result.
Some of them sold their goods at a sacri-
ice SO as to return on the same boat TO
IT. Louis, while others unwiliingly remain
cd in order, if possible to effect sales at
better prices. Specie and bills Of the
h nks of loyal States are scarce, but near
| ly every shopkeeper is getting daily an
amount Of Y. S. Treasury Notes. which
they are already eager to secure. Anxious
enquiries were made for cotton, turpentine,
rosln, DC, for which specie should have
been given willingly, but nothing Of the
kind could be had, except about 200 bales
OF cotton which resident of Nashville
shipped on bis own account per steamer
Madison. Southern bank bills. especially
those Of Tennessee, were abundant, hut
the people Of Nashville are rapidly being
convinced Of the worthlessness of that pa
per- Some of them have ordered goods
from Louisville, Cincinnati and probably
other cities.
The Graham brought back portion Of
the goods she took to Nashville. She left
the Lacrosse at Paducah, bound for
| Nashville with similar cargo. The
Adriatic, the first arrival at Nashville with
goods from st. Louis, is due on her re-
turn and will probably bring back por-
ton of her cargo.