The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-23
Specials to the New York Papers

NEW YORK, May l9.-The Herald dated
l1th states that rebel pickets were that day
very uncommunicative across the Kappa
hammock. Our soldiers are of the impress
SION thatthey have received bad news from
some point.
Inc HerdlFs Washington dispatch saws
the reOels have delivered to Col. Ludlow
ABOUT 3OO prisoners, who have arrived at
camp Parole, Annapolis. The rebels are
not inclined TO release commissioned Off
GERS except as we have rebel officers to ex-
change for them.
Secretary Stanton has not made anv
authoritave declaration suspending the $500
provision OF the COnscription act.
The Times Washington special has the
following:
The Richmond Enquirer, Of the 18th
says the raids to White House, on the
YORK RIVER Railroad, have been making
irregular trains.
The Enquirer, in speaking of the retalia
tory resolutions of the rebel Congress, rela-
tive to officers of negro regiments, saws the
Yankees will in turn hang rebel officers.
and seems to be in grief over the matter.
Gen. Stahl is impressing horses, whether
OF rebels or Unionists. He can find this
seized by rebel guerrillas,
Two negro regiments were mustered into
service to-day.
Contrabands commenced working the
abandoned farms on the opposite side of
the Potomac, to-day.
Col. Beckwith invites proposals for SO, 600
barrels of -four.
Several hundred exchanged prisoners
have arrived here An officer states that
on the turnpike between Richmond and
Fredericksburg heretofore unknown to us.
Especial to Herald
MURFREEsBRRo', May 1S.-The situation
here is unchanged. The extension of the
rebel left to Williamsport has not weaken
ed the heavy infantry on our immediate
front. The three corpss of Generals Polk,
Hardee and breckenridge, are at Guys,
Waters and HOOver's Gaps respectively.
Gen. Polk's corps consists of Generals
Withers and Cheatham's divisions. Gen.
Hardee's corps consists of Gen'ls Otter
burn and McCOwan's divisions, and Gen.
breckenridge of his old division under
Hardee and Holmes, and the reinforce
ments, lately received, consisting of an
other division, are said to be commanded
by J. Patten Anderson.
1t is said Gen. Bragg has received rein
fOrcements from other points, of three bri-
gades, but it is also asserted that the same
troops had gone to the aid of Vicksburg.-
The forces expected are the brigades of
Churchill, just exchanged Gen. Gist from
Charleston, and Gen. Walker from Savan-
nah. 1t is thought these troops passed west
on or about May 18th.
Gen. Wheeler's rebel cavalry was at
McMinnville on the 18th. Col. Wilder,s
scouts captured eight of his body guard
yesterday. and found documents on them
showing Wheeler's force to be at McMinn-
vile.
Gen. Morgan has had quarrel with
Wheeler, and was under arrest, but has
been taken from Wilder's command.
Prisoners brought in to-day by Colonel
Wilder, say that Morgan has moved to-
ward Kentucky, proposing to cross the
Cumberland above Carthage. There is q
report now that he crossed on Friday, but
it is not credited.
Gen. Wood returns to the command o.
his old Division instead of retaining the
testing against his retirement from active
command.
The Mobile Register of the 18th, says
Gen. Buckner has been assigned to the
command of East Tennessee, vice Davis
There is also story in circulation, that he
has been attempting to cross the Cumber.
land Fork.
1t is presumed that forces have been
| lately thrown into East Tennessee, as Gen
Buckner's rank throws him into the com
| mand of a Division. Previous to the re-
| tirement of Davis, there was only the 18th
Georgia brigade in that Department.
A dispatch in the Atlanta IntelRgencer OF
May 10Th, says a fight had taken place a,
Raymond, Miss. Pom the 18th, in which the
rebels under Gen. Gregg, had been beaten
with heavy loss. Among the killed was
Gen. McGaveryck, of the 10th Tennessee.
The newspaper correspondents, captured
at Vicksburg on the Sd, were in Richmond
on the 10th.