Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-04-12
BY TELEGRAPH.
OF LORINTH, MISS.
..TATNALL TO COMMAND THE
MERRIMAC-.TWO NEW MILITIA
RY DEPARTMkN rs.
CAIRO, April 3.


the tornado.
Two transports were considerably dam.
aged auu have returned to this place for
repairs.
The rebel transports were more expos
ed than ours, and it is thought they have
suffered severely during the storm that
prevailed on the night Of the LIST.
Col. Roberts with 50 picked men Of the
And Illinois, went on an expedition to
the upper rebel battery. % their arrival
they were fired on by the sensinels, who
Immediately fed; our men then landed
and spiked all the guns Of the battery
six sixty tour and thirty two FOUNDERS
The expedition returned safely, not man
having received scratch.
WASHINGTON, April g.
Maj. Leonardson. from New Mexico,
arrived here to-day. He says the rebels
bold every position Of value, except Forts
Craig and Union, the latter of which was
OF the most Importance to the West, as 1t
contains several million dollars worth Of
stores. 1t is now sale beyond peradvon.
ture, and garrisoned ny fifteen hundred
soldiers.
New YonK, April S. =
The Key West correspondent OF the
Boston Journal, under date of March 9th,
says the Union feet was represented at
the head of the passes by the sloops Of war
Richmond and Brooklyn, aud large por
ton of Commoi lore Porter's ho,lIla on the
evening o, the 18th On ,he morning of
18th heavy and continuous firing was
heard up the river. Our ships were evi>
DENLY being engaged with the enemy.
When the carrier who brought this in.
teligence left Pass L'Outre, the gun boat
Pinola, and two bomb schooners were in
side the bar; two were in tow BY the
steamer Harriet Lane, going up .he Pass,
and two other gun boats were engaged in
towing the remainder of the mortar feet
up the Delta.
The official report Of the Governor OF
North Carolina states that the rebel loss
at Newborn is "a killed, l0l wounded and
lis missing.
BALTIMORE, April 4.
Col Geary 8 advance encountered thee
hundred rebel cavalry, and force Of IN
fantrv, at Midd!ehurg, last Saturday. They
drove in the rebel picke,s. and when they
entered the town discovered the infantry
in full retreat, the cavalry having posted
themselves, with one gun commanding the
main street Gesry's force dashed up
street with fixed hnyone,s, al double quick
time--,he rebels fed.
Gearys command secured the country
AS far down US Aide. from which place
they returned 10 Siuclairvile.
WASHINGTON. April 4
The order prohibiting reporters from ac
campaigning the army has been revoked
|, is said tha. the rebel Commodore Tat.
nall, has I ten ASST gned to the COMMAND Of
the Merrimac.
A large amount Of property abandoned
by the rebels at Manassas. has been
burned. including wagons, and other nrii
cles considered cumbersome.
Previous to the adjournment of the
Senate to day Trumbuil gave notice that
he should call up the Contisca,ion Bill
every day, and press it daily until dis.
posed Of
Attorney General Bates gave on opinion
in regard 10 the acts of January and AN
gust 18th and 18th, granting pensions TO
wounded soldiers, as app'icable only to
forces thereby created, and will no, cover
the cases of those called into service by
the act of july, nor are their wives or or
phans entitled to pensions Under act Of
1886. grave doubts may be suggested
whether existing laws makes provisions
for the widows of those in service, who
rnay be killed 10 battle. Upon the whole
question the Attorney General ;nclines to
the opinion that there is no adequate pro-
&c lo,, ha h.,
des the Presidents Proclamation of the
18th Of July and April, which was in nc-
coriance with the law Of August, 1913,
who are. in cases Of wounds and disabii.
ties, entitled to pensions under its prov-
sions
The official war bulletin creates two new
military departments.
The frs, embraces that portion Of Nir
ginia and Maryland lying between the
mountain department aad the Blue Ridge,
and is called the department OF the Shen-
andoah, commanded hy Gen. Banks.
The second department embraces that
portion Of Virginia lying east OF the Blue
Ridge and west of the Potomac and the
fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad,
including the District Of Columbia and
the country between that aud Pawtuxent,
called the department of the Rappahan-
mock, commanded by Gen. Mcdowell
New YORK, April 2.
A citizen of Cambride, Mass who wen:
to Bull Run to recover the remains of his
brother, who belonged to u Boston com.
pany, gives a melancholy account OF the
sacrieges committed upon the graves Of
our soldiers by the rebels About twenty
of the Boston company and Chelsea comI
pany had been taken away aud nearly all
the principal bones Of the bodies we're
gone Some OF the bodies had been dug
out aud others had been pressed out of the
graves with levers, aud in some the sleeves
Of the uniforms we're slit 10 obtain the
bones of the arms.
A letter from Hamilton, Bermuda, dated
the 2lst ult., says the Bermuda arrived
the day previous at St Genrges from l.iv-
erpool. England The report is that she
had On board fifty tons Of gunpowder.---
Everything in regard to her was kept
quiet by those on board She has brought
some passengers, and it was rum"red last
evening that Mr. Siidell was one of them.
She will leave again as soon rs she obtain