The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-06-07

rant :, m delicate hands had constantly been
ns.r 10 bestow upon them The nouriehment they
oould rot get from the Asry sky overhead.
~ hoa,ses were found neafly oil deserted, here
. nd there family Of the poorer class mao e.
mained. bat not twenty all told. II mus not % |
undsrsleod that the inhabitants hed on sne q,
proacl 81 the Federal army. They commenced
leaving when the Confederate forces arrived,
more than Two months ago. andI was to,a tnat
many Of them would return now snst sns EIus
ais arc In possession oil the city. T,shimIngo
County Court House. over which the Union Dag
nov waves, 10 . three story brick building when
before the war vas principally used - seces.
sion meeting house, when two or three gathered
together IN Jen. Davis name, 70 concoct plans
for the triumph Of the Southern cause. When
the war reached the great State Of Mississippi,
however, the valiant chivalry found II Necessary
to convert Il into hospital. After the issue OF
General Fremonts proclamation, some excited
individuals hoistsd the black 6sg over THE edi.
fce-it soon gave way, however, 70 the yellow I
one. u
Z liberals hotel In the city Of Corinth. II Is
called 2ne Tishimingo House, and Isl very fair
specimen Ut IL kind. It has not been, however,
for many weeks, "a map Of busy iiie--its fuctu-
atoms and it, vast concerns - Cooper express
ses his idea Of . hotel, having been converted
into hospital two months ago. The inhsbitaDts
Of the town have been supplied with water from
an artesian well, upward Of 400 feet deep, bored
about three years ago. The taste OF the water
drawn from this source is not very pleasant,
however wholesome the article in itself may be-
There IL no creek or stream near, and the Con-
tolerate army was greatly inconvsnienced on this
account ii
81 OUR TROOPS IN c0RNrH.
Our troops marched 70 Csrinth 10 very good
order, but when they arrived within the .'city
lmits,n and found themselves treading the
streets Of the boosted stronghold their curiosity
was irrepressible, and they left the ranks In
SQUADS to look at houses, and flower gardens, to
ask for drinks Of water. etc. BY one o'clock, 4.
H., the thoroughfares were filed with struggling
FederalA The rage for trophies was great. Few
we're found, however, except about half . dozen
shot guns that had evidently been lost BY their
owners. Late Southesp papers were in great
demand, but were not cbtainable at any place.
This is attributable suppose, TO the restriction
against reading the news, which Beauregsrd is
said to have placed on his troops. A few Men,
phis dailies three weeks old, we're picked up,
but they contained no Southern intelligence that
has not already found its way into the columns
Of the Northern papers. The rebel post Office
had been entirely cleaned out-not vestige Of
chivalrous correspondence remained.
While Gen. Nelson was riding into the town,
at about nine o'clock, in the morning, he was
met by his Honor, the Mayor of Corinth and his
Clerk. His Honor said he felt It his duty to ask
of the Federal commander that the necessary
protection be offered 70 private property, etc.
Gen. Nelson replied that it was the intention of
the Federal commander to offer such protection,
and about an hour afterwards every house In the
town was guarded by q sentinel.
WHERE HAVE THEY GONE TO?
Whittier have the erratic Southerners wend-
e / their fugitive steps? This is qnestion
which fear it will require cold folks" some
time to answer. have Intercepted several
prisoners, and number Of citizens who re-
sided in Corinth, but none seemed to know
definitely the destination of the runswsys.-
Mr.. Thomas Harrington. the Mayors clerk,
says they have divided into three armies-one
Of them gone to Grand Junction, one to Holly
Springs, and one to Columbus, Grand juno
ton is distant forty miles from Corinth,
and ffty.two miles from Memphis-the juno
ton Of the Mississippi Central and Mobile and
Charleston railroads. Holly Springs is thirty
five miles from Grand Junction on the Miss
issippi Central. The troops for this place took
the State read-only their baggage went by
rail. The distance is not more than fifty
miles across the country. Columbus is about q
hundred miles South of Corinth, near the Ala
Ohio railroad The largest number have gone
to the latter point. The readers of the Com
| mercial have frequently been informed thrt
Beauregard was moving his commissary stores
into the interior of Alabama, to some point
connecting by river with Columbus. Gen Hal
leck was also informed of this fact number
| of times. When Memphis falls, think large
army will be collected in the vicinity of Colum.
bus, to draw our forces into the fever infected
| swamps of Mississippi But have not space
to speculate on the future movements of these
gregarious warriors. Let it suffice for the
present to say, they have gone from Corintb;
very probably to the places have named.
The rebels burned the railroad depot and 9
number of buildings which they had used as
warehouses. 1t is believed that there was q
quantity of corn in these latter, but how much
could not ascertain. am told they had an
abundance of forage for their horses at all
times-plenty of corn and hay; but that they
were not well supplied with meat for them
selves.
REBEL FEMALE
Among the few inhabitants found in Corinth
was an elderly female decidedly rebellious in
her disposition, having all the prominent facial
symptoms of the most abhorrent freak of ma
ture--an i'll tempered woman. An Illinois
soldier advanced towards her as she stood on
the doorstep of her residence, and addressed
her thus:
"Well, misses, them ere fellers got away,
Ell? Wish we'd caught 'em. We'd gin 'em
the wust whippin they ever got. Which way did
the id hounds go anyhow"
Lady indignautlyl-"I reckon you don't
know who you're talking to. I've got son
in the Southern army, an he amt no id
hound. He's gentleman SIR"
Soldier-'Well, I've heerd good deal about
secesh Gentlemen, but Inever saw one. Gem
tlemen don'ksteal as q general thing, but these
fellers live by stealin''' s.
Lady Whose nose takes an upward tenden-
cy)-"They never stole nothin from YOU, I
guess. What did you ever lose by them I'd
like to know"
Soldier-"Lose! why the id thieves stole
three undershirts and two pair of drawers from
me at PNtsburg They stole all our Suffers
goods, and all the officers clothes in our -egi-
ment. I'll know my shirts, and if catch 'em
on any butternut, I'll finish him, sure. But
you see, Misses, don't want to talk saucy to
any woman. just called to ask you if you
had any fresh bread to SELL q
Lady-''No hain't; amt no baker, and
don't keep no bake shop neither. guess you'll
have to 60 north for fresh bread"
Soldier-''Wel it's no use gittin' mad about
it.. I've got money to pay for what buy. I
intend to 60 North after a while, when we whip
these runaway fellers, but not before If they
hadn't run of, secesh would have been played
out in week. guess it's played out any
how, eh?"
Exit lady unceremoniously, slamming the
door through which she disappears.
The South Wants . Eeader-JeH. Dava.
Found Want1ng-Hio Substitute Posss.
bly, TO be Looked For,
From the Montgomery (Ais.) Advertiser
Since our affairs have become SO complicated
by the ineficienoy Of those who were unfortn.
nately vested with authority to conduct the war.
1t is no unfrequent thing to hear the laments.
tons OF the country for great leader to nm.
turn the existing state of things and take u.
safely through the revolution. II may be we'll