The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-02

Specials - New XOfk EoDefS.
NEW york, April 2e.-The 1s10~We's
Hilton Head, g. G., correspondent under
date q 10Th represents that the monitors
and army .re ready for another movement
and. indeed one seems actually in progress.
He says before the close Of this week all the
iron clads win be again over the bar; and
an attack must soon come of. This time
in cooperation with the land forces.
The rebels are hard at work strengthen.
gthe defences South Of Charleston. Troops
have been sent from Savannah to assist
them there.
From Florida we learn that there are nc
armed rebels east of st. JOhnss river.
Sufficient force has been left to hold st. Au-
gustine and Fernandina against any force
the rebels can bring against them. A small
craft supposed to be gunboat, has es-
capped from Warsaw sound.
The clerk of the U. 8 prize Escort is said
to have absconded with $4,000 in Govern
ment funds.
Washington special to the New York
Tribune says that Chief Engineer Wood,
U. g. Navy, who was on duty in connection
with iron-clad vessels, has made PROPOSE
tons to the Secretary Of the Navy to the
following effect:
he offers to take Monitor up Charles
ton harbor removing out Of the way all OBJ.
structions that may impede the progress OF
ships, or if the department only desires the
destruction of Fort Sumpter, he will &C
complish that.
A State Senator from California, who en-
joys to large degree the confidence of the
engineers, also offers to accompany Mr..
Wood on this important expedition named.
1t is understood that the President and
Secreta ry Wells look upon the proposition
with favor, but what action the government
will take of course is not known.
The New York Times says rumor
reached here last night that the Army OF
the Potomac was moving.
The Wheeling Iiatelligencer learns from
an officer who left Fortress Monroe on Sat
gave promise of another attack on Charles
ten on the 18th.
WASHINGTON, April N.-The enemy have
not been strengthened as reported. They
are now Ii, 900 weaker at Freredicksburgh.
General Lee is sick and johnson is in
command, and if he will only stay sick they
will be $4,000 weaker than they were at
Fredericksburgh. o
Especial to Times
At the instance of foreign banks, agents
about four weeks ago were sent to Europe
to make sale of our bonds authorized to be
issued by the last Congress. late steam
er brought the news that large sum will
be supplied to general credit in Hamburg,
London and Paris. Robert j. Walker is
understood to have sailed on the Sth fully
empowered to perfect arrangements initia-
ted by German agents in March.
The Richmond Examiner of April 22nd
contains government advertisement for
five thousand laborers, free and white, to
work on the Notifications.
The friends of prisoners in the Old Capt.
tol have been trying to get them out by
bribery. q The evidence is in the hands of
the District Attorney. 4ts
Mr.. Romeor, Mexican Minister, had an
interview with the President and COM
planned of the unfriendly treatment his
country received in the refusal of permits
to ship munitions of wal. on Mexican ac-
count, while the French were allowed to
buy freely in New York, st. Louis and
elsewhere. .slE
Especial to Herald.]
HEADERS ARMY OF THE POToMAC, April
28.-Rumors have been in circulation du-
ring the past few days that the rebels are
about to abandon their present position
Nothing definite, however, is yet known
concerning the movement. Prisoners are
brought in almost daily from the other side,
but their information isconfiicting and un-
satisfactory.