, 1862-04-10
The Capture Of Island Nc. 10.
Large Number Of Shot and Shell Cap-
tured.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM COMING
M0noRE FQOTE,
WASHINGTON, April 9.-Thc following was
received at tile Navy Department this morn

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The following was
received at the Navy Department this morn
ing:
FLAG sHR BENros,. ISLAND No IL,
April 3, 1856.
Ion. G. HeHes, Secretary Of The May:
have to inform the Department that since
sent the telegram Last night, announcing the
surrender to me Of Island No. 10, possession
has been taken both of the Island aud the
works upon the Tennessee shore, by the gun
boats and the troops under command Of Gen.
Seventeen officers and sss priyates. besides
10e Of their Sick enG 100 men employed On
board tie transports, are in our hands uncon-
ditlonal prisoners Of war. ! have caused lasty
examination to be made Of the forts, batteries
and munitions OF war captured There are IL
eaIthEo Eorks, with 70 heavy cannon, ranging in
calibre from 50 to 10o-pounders, riaed. The
magazines are well supplied with powder, and
there are large quantities Of shot and shell and
other munitions OF war, and also great duan-
titles ofpro1isions. -Four ursteamers af1oat with
the rebel gunboat Grampus, are sunk, but will
be easily raised. The floating battery Of 16
heavy guns, turned adrift by the rebels, is said
Madrid.
The enemy upon the main land appear to
have fed with great precipitation after dark
pared meals in their quarters, and there ap-
pears to have been no concert OF action be-
tween the rebels upon the Island and those oc,
cupying the shore, but the latter fed, leaving
the former to their fate
These works, erected with the highest eugi-
neering skill, are OF great strength, and with
their natural advantages would have been i'm.
pregnable if defended by men fighting in q
| better cause.
/ A combined attack Of the naval and land
| forces would have taken place this afternoon
| or tomorrow morning had not the rebels So
hastily abandoned this stronghold. To mature
the plans Of attack absolutely required twenty.
three days Of preparation.
General Pope Is momentarily expected tc
arrive with his army at this point, he haTing
q heayy fire, which no doubt led to the hast5
abandonment Of the works. am unofficiall1
informed that the two gunboats which SO gal
1antly run the fire Of the rebel batteries few
nights since, yesterday attacked and reduced
eight guns.
I regret that the painful condition Of m,
feet, still requiring the use Of crutches, pre-
vented me from making personal exalnlns
ton Of the works. vas, therefore, compelled
to delegate Lieutenant CommandingS Phelps
Of the Flagship Benton.
| A. q. FooTE, Flag. Officer Commanding,
The following Is copy Of the order of Gen
Mccall on assuming. command Of the rebe
forces at Island No. 10:
SOLDIERS; We arc strangers, commando
and commanded, each to the other: Let m
tell you who I am. I am General made b
Bca11egard, a General selected By Beaurcgari
and Bragg Tor this command when they knez
it vas in peril, They have known me 70
twenty years We have stood together on th
fields Of Mexico. Give them your coutidenc
now-giye it to me when have earned it.
| Soldiers, the Mississippi Valley is entruste
TO your patience Exhibit the vigilance au
coolness oflast night. and hold it.
IF. D. MCCALL, Br'g Gen. CONG.