The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-07

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tack$d the IN Te4Ss isd "a Houi6iG6a
rSbe1 cavalry, druye them from Camp
Pratt epsyiebis fus 1itH = nillioa
Bayou, where Tie "a and 81 Illinois cav
airy naAA . gailaas sahsss aAarss oaad
broke tho eneny's pal, espi9nng ops
eclaaisiiaued Sko6s I'D sixsy niiz ~
Yates. mostly from The fourth Texas, With
their arms asd shorses. Eight rebels were
killed and large number wounded i
A few days previously Gen. Leo sur
prised !, .. camp Of relsls, twenty miles
from Nes Iberia, and captured sixofa-
GERS and shistysfive men end largs pum-
Der Of horses and arms, belonging to the
lst Louisisna mounted Zoasves. Two
rebels vrEs killed. .s@slvs
No news fron sTsns. a.
The steamer HlsshsHa~k was fred into
near .tAa, mosth Of Red yjyss, on ths2l In
By six or seven Tsbel cannon, from the
west bank Of The Mississippi. She toyl
ERE and vas run to the opposite side Of
the aivsr. when tho flames wore sxtn'
Eu;sAsd BY the crew. 1A'-asint a's'i
The ogunbost, .Choctaw soon afterward
arrived, and the boat wss saved. The
heavy gsnsof the Choctav put the rebel
% fight. sta 4arafJ
. Two pess0ss we're killed on the Hacl
Hawk, two wounded, and the bost bedly
damaged. She reached New Orleans IN.
der escort from osr gunboat
Sales Of cotton Tor the week at New
York, 3S5 bales, closing 1t 7Ii@78A fel
strict middliog.
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i Albany, Dec. g.
The boiler OF the steamer Isaae New
ton exploded last evening abosts sever
and NAN o'clock vbenopposits Spuytel
Duyrei Creek, just below Yonkers.
4 The furnace was blown into the cabiI
and the wood work took Ere. The fame,
spread with fearful rspidity, and in fev
minutes the center Of the boat vas burn
iog 6eresly.
Fortunately too TOYS were near BY IN,
we're inuediats,y ssBt to the sescue Q
} the passengers. All the injured ver
, taken Of sad il j. believed that al no
J instantly killed we're saved.
, The baggage master must have beel
blown to stosss, ~ be vas Ia the pagrs
room betueea two boilers. Two 6remeu
Christopher Saith asd Richard Curmau
must have been instantly killed. as thei
} DO lies we're seen 10 the boiler room. an
could not be reached on account of th
flames. The bead waiter informs me b
seen The bodies Of three men, believed /
be dead passengers, lying on the gang
way, but they could 90, be rescued on
ing to tts rapid spread Of the flames.
A man named Thomas LuFdio died al
ter reaching Yonken. Geo. Wslles. Z
Rochester, vas scalded 10 the face 40,
. hands. but not seriously. Theo Hudso
ard brother, of Coboes, were sc serel
. scalded; Michael Leighton, fireman
, was badly injured; also ]. Preudgate
another fireman.
Twelve or klieen Of the injured are :
Yonkers, bnt / have not besa abie 70 d
certain their names, but hope to soon.
i The boat was burned 10 the water edg
With all the freight and baggage u les
than thirty minutes.
Total loss between three ard four hnp
dred thousand dolisrs.
No passengers in the upper saloon o
ladies cabin were injured.