The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-03-20
The Evacuation of New Madrid and
Island No. 10 Confirmed.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
CAIRO, March IA, 1862.
It is thought that Island No. 10 is
evacuated. New Madrid was evacuat-
ed last night by the rebels. They left
behind them guns, tents, baggage and
ammunition. Gen. Pope took posses
sion this morning. The firing was kept
up till seven o'clock last night, and this
morning there was not rebel to be
seen.
81 q. ITO the Associated Press]
- kt CAIRO, ILL.,, March IA.
New Madrid is ours, and the Stars
and Stripes now float over JEFF. Thomp-
sons citadel. The rebels evacuated
the town last night, leaving a quantity
of guns and stores which they were
unable to carry away. Some fighting
took place yesterday, in which we lost
some twenty killed and wounded. A
shot from one of their guns dismounted
one of our twenty-four Founders, kill
ing four or five of our men, but we lost
no officers.
Col. Morgan's regiment, the 10th
Illinois suffered most. The loss of the
enemy is not known, as they carried off
their dead and wounded.
Island No. 10 is reported evacuated.
Col. 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 125 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 sacrifice so as to return on the
same boat to St. Louis, while others
unwillingly remained in order, if pos
sible to effect sales at better prices.
Specie and bills of the bank of loyal
States are scarce, but nearly every
shopkeeper is getting daily an amount
of U. S. Treasury Notes, which they
are already eager to secure. Anxious
enquiries were made for cotton, turpen-
tine, rosin, &C., for which specie would
have been given willingly, but nothing
of the kind could be had, except about
200 bales of cotton which resident of
Nashville shipped on his own account
per steamer Madison. Southern bank
bills, especially those of Tennessee,
were abundant, but the people of Nash
vile are rapidly being convinced of the
worthlessness of that paper. Some of
them have ordered goods from Louis
vile, Cincinnati and probably other
cities.
The Graham brought back portion
of the goods she took to Nashville.
She left the Lacrosse at Paducah, bound
to Nashville with similar cargo. The
Adriatic, the first arrival at Nashville
with goods from St. Louis is due on
her return and will probably bring back
a portion of her cargo.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
ST. LOUIS, March IA.
The following is a copy of the off.
cial dispatch sent to the Secretary of
War:
After several days skirmishing and
number of attempts by the enemy's
guns gunboats to dislodge Gen. Pope's
batteries at Point Pleasant, the enemy
has evacuated his entertainments at
New Madrid, leaving his artillery, field
batteries, tents, wagons, mules, &C.,
and an immense quantity of military
stores. Brigadier General Hamilton
has occupied the place. This was the
last stronghold of the enemy in this
State. No rebel flag is now flying in
Missouri.
THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, March l4.-President
Lincoln has just received a message
from Brigadler Gen. Stone, saying New
Madrid is ours.
GEN. POPE'S OFFICIAL DISPATCH.
ST. LOUIS, March 15.-Brig.- Gen.
Pope, in dispatch to Gen. Halleck.
says:
Our success at New Madrid has been
even greater than was reported.
Twenty-Five pieces of heavy artillery,
consisting of "a and rified 32-pounders,
two batteries of field artillery, an ina
mense quantity of fixed ammunition,
several thousand small arms, hundreds
of boxes of musket cartridges, three
hundred mules and horses, tents for an
army of $4,000 men, and an immense
quantity of other property, of not less
value than one million dollars, has fall
len into our hands.
Their men only escaped.
The enemy's whole force is demon
allied and dispersed in the swamps on
on the 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 were left unburied. Their
suppers were 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 dis
covered.
Our heavy batteries were erected
during the night of the 18th, within 500
yards of the enemy's works, and opened
at daylight on the 18th, just "a hours
after the guns were delivered to us at
Cairo.
During the whole day of yesterday
our lines were drawn closer around
their works under furious fire of sixty
pieces of artillery.