The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-07
CAIRO BUDGET.


to-day, direct from East Georgia. They repre-.
sent the country - in most deplonble oondi-
ton. They have each lost every ddlar's worth
of property they had. including shves. They
oil cordially endorse the policy Of the Govern
ment respecting negroes, and declaie it . policy
that, if vigorously carried out, will soon render
the rebellion hsrmless. They state that there 10
s.ill q very considerable amount of Union senti-
ment in East Georgia, but that ! 10 worth .
mAhs life to let it be known. tal rs 1ng
Col. Warner Stuart and three Of is men we're
killed on the Esd, while out on reepnnoissance
on the Louisiana coast, opposite Ncksburg-
About 1000 rebels are on the point apostle the
city. On the gath one division of Federal troops,
accompanied by q battery, went out to attack
them. They had not returned whep my ipfor.
nant left. .foi,5 @ sssa5 ata tA.s
On the .2sd steamer came up the river to
Memphis. Our batteries fired several shsts at
her, which were replied to by the rebel bat
teriss on the Mississippi eide. i II i. s.s
The llSth Illinois have nearly all deserted
Only 26 are nowsreported for duty; 500 are
absent. ..e1 :. @ aEt4ah
CAIRO, Feb. l.-Guerrillae continue to be
very active in the vicinity of Memphis.
- On Tuesday last Iieuk Hit and deta.h-
.ment Of theAth Illinois cavalry left Lagrangeon
scout He fell in with q squad of rebels, WITH
whom he had skirmsh. in which he lost 2 kilhd,
8 taken prisoners and wounded. Lieut.. HIT
Was among the prisoners. a.z-s1.. .s g..
On Thursday body of rebels dressed in Fti.
eral uniforms went to Forest Hill and came mar
hanging come men who had taken the oath oi
allegiance. a,ss..a g5 =,g 4s..b asn ],
The gaerrilas burned nine houses and ten balls
Of cotton near Moscow, on Thursday. IS
ft The Memphis Bulletin says, the rebels are 3D.
vancing On our lines % fast as the condition q
the roads will permit. Their object being 3
force our. lines and get possession Of the Gym,
berland and Tennessee rivers aud ultimately
overwhelm Rosecransl3 bas tsis5sios vyana
The Railroad Bridge near Moscow sunk fou
feet, causing two passenger and four freight car
to be precipitated down an smbankment 80 feet
killing four soldiers and wounding others. et
ia The White Cloud arrived to .day, bringing th
s remains Of Col. ----, also the remains Of Capt
o Lewis G. Keedy, of the 77th III, who died a
tvicksburg of fever. 7ecoi tFsaisaa asgsss.e
g The rebels are building new battery on th
. Mississippi opposite the mouth of the canal, and
10 also reported atvicksburg that heavy fore
+ Of reb4ls have crossed to the Louisiana side.
CAIRo, Feb. 2 -Lstest from Vicksburg is +
e the 2sth. Nothing important had transpired
s The Memphis Bulletin reports grand Unio
meeting at Fayetteville. Arkansas, on the goth
I'd. Everything s very quiet at Corinsh and Jack
son. Guerrili.s seem to have entirely disap'
pesred. .a -5. ag colo. is1p 5.r e=l-...
~ The gsps in the Mobile aud Ohio Iailros'
is 10. yet closed, but il is 80 nearly compile.
ted that mails will pass over the road to NOR
. rev. The road is being constructed bs con-
labsnds. .s
Gen. Hurltut passed the Though Csifs thi
evening on his way South l ssg. >. su.r 3 "a
CAlao. Feb S.-The City Of Alton has sr.
rived from, Vicksourg, bringing dates from ths
place 70 the Both uit. l, 40 add ah..
n Nothing Of Importance was .rstspiring. Gen
Gran, had arrived on the Nsgruder. y.-,
Work wss progressing on the canal. 1t il
being widened and deepensd. Three feet o
wster 10 now running through it. The rebell
have planted = battery on the Mississippi shore
which commands the lower mouth. Our mel
we're shelled away from it last Friday morning
4 little ferryboat was procured below Vicks-
burgh for . reconnaissance down the river,
Charles White, Company K, 18th Illinois, died
in the Vicksburgh hospital.
The Whig of the 22d says: Lonpstreet ha,
gone to Tennessee with l3 brigades.
The Alton brought 40 prisoners, among whom
are Lieut.. Colonel Stuart, 22d Tennessee. Can't
Torrabe, AID Tennessee, and Captain II. J. Price
nephew of General Price. There are also sew
eral Leutenants.
CAIRO, Feb. s.-Telegrams have been received
at Headquarter here to the following effect:
One from Gen. Asboth at Columbus, says tha
Island, No. 10 was attacked by rebel cavalry ant
artillery numbering from 5000 to 1000.
Send the steamer United States down will
the troops as stated in your telegram, but do no
expect troops from here to-day. ! need then
at the Island. From this we learn the attacl
was made on Sunday night at II o'clock, by tn
rebel artillery firing at the gunboat New Era
which was anchored in the stream near the Is
land. The rebels had one or two six pounde
guns. The New Era replied and kept up he
cannonade till near morning, when the rebel
fsil hack doyu the river