The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-13


have heard of but one officer, of whom il
is doubtful, so l will not give his name.
We captured So prisoners of the I'd Flori-
da Infantry, beside IS mules, and have
gained footing on the south side of the
Rappahannock.-Cor. N. Y. Tribune.
N. q. SHEPHERD.
FROM GRANTS ARMY.--CHICKAsAw
BAYOU, June 2, lS63.-Since the departure
of the Sultana, little has transpired of gen
eral interest. The position Of the forces on
the left is unchanged. The extreme left
ing is now held by Gen. Lauman's d.
vision, and firmly held. The ground here
is not so favorable for the erection of heavy
earthworks as in some other portions of the
line, but there is that in the topography Of
the ground Immediately before him worth
dozen entertainments and as many batter
les. The latter are not wanting, as the enc
my can ab,,ndantly testify. Gen. Lauman
has located his line of rifie-pits well up'to
the enemys works, from which he is able
to pick off the rebel sharpshooters with
ease and safety.
The divisions commanded by Generals
Hovey, Carr and Smith occupy their old
position. Gen. Osterhaus, of Netherlands
corps, is with his division doing picket du-
ty at Big Black River.
1t is reported that Johnston has made his
appearance at that point with the advance
guard of his'army, estimated at five thou
sand strong. 1t may well be doubted if
this demonstration is made with any i'm
mediate intention of crossing.
There is 4 rumor that Gen. McClernand
has been placed under arrest. do not be
lieve it. Gen. Grant, i am satisfied, will
not take this step, except under great pro-
neutrality-suspicious. which / am sure he
has not yet received lat the hands of Gen.
McClernand.
Gems Mcpherson and Sherman occupy
the centre and right as heretofore. They
hold all the ground they have gained, and
| are gradually and surely closing in around
the beleaguered city.
Unless the garrison be relieved within
the next ten days, we may be sure ofits
capture. Within that time Johnston must
hurl his gathering regions upon our rear,
and compel Grant to raise the siege and fall
back to the Mississippi at Warrenton, or
the Yazoo at Haines' Bluff, or the city must
| yield from sheer starvation, if the reports
Of prisoners and deserters can be believed
| ] Spprehend, however, that these reports
| must be taken with some degree of allow
ance.
It would seem that Pemberton must have
| forseen the contingency Of siege, and
made ample provision therefor; but his con-
| duct since the movement of Grant upon
| Port Gibson, has been characterized by
| such eccentricity, such an entire absence Of
skill and such awonderful neglect OF the
first principles of military science, that it
is not surprising that he has overlooked
the necessity Of laying in a sufficiency Of
supplies. It is all very well to vaunt the
courage of the rebel army, and to boast OF
their desperate bravery, oftheir patriotism
and pride, but even brave, patriotic and
proud men cannot fight, unless they have
that which stills the cravings of hunger.
And then this constant dropping of shell
and shot into the heart of the city, must
i'll ~ hrnx
| Gen. Grant is in the best of spirits, and
| feels confident that he is able to hold his
position against both Pemberton and John
ston. The army is in excellent condition,
and anxious to occupy Vicksburg.
Gen. Blair has returned from his expe-
dition into the country between the Yazoo
and Big Black. A large section west Of the
railroad has sbeen traversed, and every
thing capable of adding to the enemy's
strength removed. Our troops destroyed
1 all the corn, drove off the horses and mules
and cattle, removed every able-bodied nt-
gro to our lines west of the Big Black,
burned the Mississippi Central railroad
captured Yazoo City. When we were ap-
preaching the latter, two thousand rebels
escaped and moved off in the direction OF
Richland. With the exception of this force,
no considerable body of rebel troops was
seen.or heard from. Nothing was learned
of Johnston's movements, except that
| force yariously estimated at from Is, DOC TO
| Is, 600 was at jackson. ar
| There are rumors that Gen. Price has ap-
peared at Perkins Plantation, near New
| Carthage, with 5000 men, and that the gun
boats have shelled him off, and compelled
him to seek the swamp in the interior.
THE H1eH-ToNE CHIvALRY SpEcULh-
TING IN GREENBACKs.-The high-tone
Chiyalry of the South have had good deaI
to say Of the parsimony and meaness ofthe
Yankees. Wooden nut-megs, white-oak
cheese, and other low tricks of mean splr-
| tied people, they have taken TO be repre-
sentative characteristics of the whole New
England people. They would complain,
however, ofinjustice, were we to accept TIN
following as general characteristic of the
Southern people. Yet, for meanncss anc
stinginess of soul, 1t never was surpassed
in all Yankeedom. 1t liz vouched for bys
| Federal officer who was, at the time, II
Libby Prison, in an account given Of M
imprisonment. OF course, the chivary
made handsome thing by the speculation
"rhc room where the prisoners were
!confined was next to the roof Of the wehF
known tobacco warehouse, and was mace
uncomfortably hot by the sun, without
mentioning the presence of two cooking
stoves in fun blast for the daily meals
, They were allowed to send out and buy
J., food at will, and had the pleasure of pay
ing 81 rs pound for beef, 81 a dozen io 81
eggs, so cents pound for dried apples, -
: cents a pound for rye coffee-no other Dc
ing attainable- 81 rs pound for sugar ana
/ 40 cents pound for flour. Whisky cGu our
: not be obtained by the prisoners; If the!
had been able to get it, they would nav,
8 had to pay $40 gallon, while apple-]S''
/. was $40. ,..v.
/ "After some time the prisoners discoS
f cred, accidentally, that the United sta.Sii
3 Treasury notes they sent out were retains"
/ in the guard house, and Confederate monsii
: substituted, the rebels appearing deiighsto
Q whenever they could make this surrePn
a tions and valuable exchange. The ons
J dollar Treasury note, on the 10th OF MAY
r procured three dollars of ConfedeTS%
: money. The postal currency OF the oi In
' ted States circulated freely as change -
9 many cases in Richmond, as well as iu la,
r ther South, traders have still two pftGIss1
D for an article, saying, so much in COMETS ,T,
= and SO much in greenbacks, the iatter pn
q chasing about twice smuch as the iofin'''