The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-01-31

the pickets expressly against orders, will be se-
verely dealt With, as they desery We to be- pun;.h.
ed Tor their conduct They went out to nlunda,
without arms and were caugh. They may &c,
their pay stopped, and drummed ont Of cam
which will learn them Lesson.
Four thousand of FORESTS secesh Cavalry .,o
reported by our spies to be in this neiehborbood
and if they should conclude to ''pisch iu,r our
division will see grief You have seen bv N.
kilograms that Gen Sullivan whipped Forrest
badly near Jackson a few days ago, taking 400
prisoners, six guns and large quantity Of small
arms. The seth Iowa we're in the eight and Lost
several men, taken prisoners. Sullivan has com
mand of the district Of jackson. Jerry IA
good fighting General; 10 son of Old Judge su,.
livan Of the Supreme Court Of indiana; he Va.
among the, 6rst 70 volunteer, and distinguishes
himself - Colonel Of the 18th Ind, in Western
Virginia, and in the battles of Iuks and Cor.
inth. He formerly lived in Keokuk, and while en-.
gagged on the K. Mt p, & n. RI. cleaned
out all the river rats in the village of Moutrose
in a pugilistic set to. The difficulty grew out Of
the hostility of the river rats, who we're engaged
IN lighteriDg over the Rapids, to the railroad.
which they alleged inteferred with their bust
ness. The rats made the attack in a BODY and
single handed he whipped the whole party, who
with bruised heads and bloody noses, beat A
basty retreat NJ
Capt. Hedrick, Lieut. Fisk and several pri-
Yates of the 10Th lowe, who we're taken prison.
ers at the battle of Shiloh, having been ex-y
changed, have jus: returned for duty, having
been absent in secesh prisons and on parole lust
nine months. ,ss e. s-.-E
Cspt. d. tells some good stories of the se-f
cesh, some Of whom imagine regular blue. BEL
lied. live Yankee has horns, and no mistake.-
Among the prisoners Of his party alta it.ls town
in Alabama, while they were on the cars, was
Lieut.. Col Quinn Norton, of the 9sd Missouri.
who wore long hair and weighs nearly three
hundred pounds. His fellow prisoners nick
named him Horace Greeley. The old men, NO.
men and children rushed to the cars to get 4
eight Of the yankees" One "enrsgsd female.s
a little diminutive, tow.headed woman, weighing
about ninety pounds, was gesticulating furious,
ly, and was rabid in her denunciation of "Yan.
KEGS" vowing she could whip any three of them
herself. Col. Stone told her they had one man
she couldn't whip, and calling on "Greeley,"
Morton made his appearance on the platform of
the cars. Waxing more furious at the sight Of
him, she said she ''meant a man of her size,'
and retired from the contest amid roars of
laughter. S
While we we're at Abbeville, Miss. an old
negro came to the mill near our camp, and in
quired of German soldier, employed there ss
miller, if he could see Zone of dem dar Van.
KEGS wid horns" The Secesh had told him We
had plenty of them in our army-he wanted to
see one. Our Teutonic friend, who was Cup to
snuff" putting on q serious face, told him, lust
back few niles We had seven thousand of
them tied up with ropes by the horns to trees,
thst we only let them loose in time of battle.
and then they we're 80 Wild and vicious We
didn't dare to unite them, but had to cut the
ropes to let them loose. The old darkey went
away perfectly satisfied that the story was true.
Though the Presidents Proclamation was re.
ceived several days ago, We have not yet bad
any of the "servile Instructions" 30 often pre-
dicted by the secesh sympathizers of the press
in the North, and are not likely to have any
Gen. Grant 10 very popular with our army.
r.'4 rs7' 'MoNRos"
From tho LIST Iowa Cavalry.
PRAIRIE GROVE, Ark, Jan. LIST, 1853.
GEAR MOTHER When I wrote you few
days ago, We did not know what our next move
ment would be, but the old adsge il % true to-.
day - ever: "there is no telling what day
may bring forth" We have just returned to
camp from one of the most successful and bril-
liant expeditions Of the war. On the morning
Of the 9th, ct o'clock, the I'd and Sd divisions,
under Gems. Heron and Blunss force at Cane
Hill. started on secret march. We took the
road to Van Buren, and Fort Smith, which is As
miles from here and on the other side of tho
Boston Mountains. We marched until o'clock
1t night and halted in mountain pass, Is miles
This side of Vau Buren,. Blunt Joined us at
this place. About in the morning We cap
tured the whole Of rebel picket post, over a
hundred IN number. This enabled US to surprise
the enemy at Van Buren,. All Of the cavalry
and mountain howitzers were ordered to the
front, and for Is miles We went on the charge.
Six miles this side Of Van Buren, we came upon
a force Of rebels, about 900 strong. They
left all and run, and We after them; from there
to town We bad running fight We killed .
few, took over hundred prisoners and eighty
wagons and teams; the rest escaped to the cane
brake. We charged into the town ivan Buren)
and found that the main force OF rebels was at
Fort Smith, on the south side of the river, 8
miles from Van Buren,. Several steamboats, had
Just arrived from the South, loaded with sup
plies for the rebel army. When We came in
sight Of town they tried to escape by putting
down the river, but we took advantage of bend
in the river, and with the assistance of the how.
itzers brought them to shore Some of our Off