The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-04-26
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:. CArRo. April 2s.--A gentleman has just arr
we'd from Memphis with the Memphis Appeal /
the nth inst, from which am allowed to 9,
tract the following:
In an editorial, devoted to the needs of tn
Mississippi valley, while acknowledging the dau
ger eff the success of the Federal 6otills, advis
es the employment Of every one, black an,
white, to the extent of his ability, for defense
snd advocates the construction Of the most ap
proved description of gunboats Whatever car
DO done with wood and iron, and brain anc
muscle, must be done and done expeditiously.
| Tho fearful mortality of Confederate officers
| In the recent battle of the west is explained by
the fact that the enemy have organized bodies
OF sharpshooters whose assigned duty it is to
pick OF all men appearing on the field with
plumes or epaulettes
bodies Of men in rebeldom.
The Federale had made no demonstration on
the line Of the Memphis Ohio Railroad be-
tween Memphis and Union City; this road is on
Grated to Taunton, Gibson county, only about
ten miles from Humboldt.
Capt. Bankhesd, commanding Bankhead's
Confederate battery, went into the Shiloh battle
with six pieces, and brought out twelve.
report was current at Memphis by way of
Corinth, that the Federals had abandoned Ten.
nessee
Gen. Prentiss surrendered himself prisoner to
private Simons, of Capt. BetheTs company of
the I'D Tennessee regiment who conducted him
to Col. Freeman; the Colonel received his sv ord
and returning it introduced him to his regiment:
when the regiment discovered the quality of
their captive they vociferously cheered him
Gen Prentiss acknowledged the compliment by
domnS his hat, and in polite, set manner said:
Boys you have alright to cheer, for you fought
like tigers"
The Appeal says that the Confederate losses
are enormously exaggerated. The killed will
not exceed one thousand and their wounded five
hundred, and their prisoners eight hundred, and
ascrIbes their defeat to whisky found in the Fed
eral encampment Oh Sunday night
Beauregard was not wounded, as reported by
the Federal press.
The remains of Gen. A. s. Johnston. after
laying in state two days in the city Hall. were
on Monday, the 18th inst, placed in the vault of
the st. Louis Cemetery of New Orleans.
Our informant left Memphis the 7th, and on
. pass managed to reach Humboldt when he
received safe conduct to Trenton, the present
terminus of the Memphis & Ohio Railroad: from
here he walked to Union City and Hickman
There are no forces of either belljeerents at
Union City. From Hickman he came to this CITY |
on the DeSoto. He represents that the exist. |
eDce of Union sentiment at Memnh;s :. Al, |
bosh.
Since the passage of the CONSUMPTION bill nv |
me confederate Congress, all males between Is |
md 50 have Joined the army There is no inn.
oressment; the people enter upon this service
With zeal and ardor
BUSINESS is almost entirely suspended, except
q that class of goods needed for the army.-
confederate money is current and readily ia.
zen at par in exchange for goods There is no
ther money afloat.
Three gunboats were being constructed at
iemphis, two of which, the Arkansas and
would be finished in a week: the
liner would require q month to complete it
he Arkansas is plated with two thicknesses of
abroad iron, placed transversely, and is alone
onsldered more than match for the combined
e deral fiotilla. The Beauregard is a wooden
oat with 80 inches ofcompressed cotton placed
etwe N heavy wooden timbers Is inches thick,
laking resistance to our shot of over five feet
wood and cotton. This they also consider
npregnable The rebels are thoroughly inform.
as to the construction of our boats, and think |
icy have discovered and averted their weak ,
oints. Their boats are built upon different /
odei-are long and narrow, furnished with en-. q
mes OF enormous power, with all the modern | l
improvements, and provided at the PROV a la c
errimac. q
He reports $4,000 in the rear of the Chicka. t
w bluffs, and throwing up intrenchments 1
. provide against anticipated attack in t
e rear. The country back of the bluffs is now O
Gen. Bragg is at Corinth. Gen. Price is to il
take command of Fort Pillow. b
At Memphis the burning of the city is still 6
scussed: The general impression seems to be t
at 1t will not be attempted. Cotton, tobacco. Y
olassss and sugar is gathered in enormous Ii
les upon the levee, and will be consigned to c
c fames upon the appearance of the Federal r
ct above Memphis. a
The steamer DeSoto, just arrived from below. q
ings the first shipment of cotton from the val. a
OF the Mississippi to northern ports since the y
IT commenced
Island No. lois to be fortified in accord apce -
tn plans from the War Department :.
Inc Desoto brings no intelligence of interest. n
re hr'ng was resumed on Tuesday slowly and h
'derately; when the steamer left an expedition -
3 being planned from the fleet to make a re- a.
somewhere in the vicipity-desti. u
ton unknown. CT
The Ohio is slowly rising to-day. y
Inc "a Illinois volunteers arrived from camp :,
Bots; they were assigned to this post in ODE. u
nee to the request of Gen. Strong. Another "
'lment will speedily follow
No news from Pittsburgh. p'