The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

u Gen. Banks Movements.
NEW ORLEANS, April 2S.--Gen. Banks il
pushing forward to Alexandria with great
rapidity. A friend who arrived here this
morning from Franklin, gives me the fol
lowing details relative to the movements OF
on Wednesday morning, with an effective
strength of 1000 men. By the time of the
Date OF my letter, they are doubtless forty
miles nearer the Red River. The gunboats
Calhoun, Estelle, Arizona, and Clifton, on
SUNDAY morning last commenced the bonn
parchment of the fort at Butte la Rose, but
the works were evacuated after a few shells
mad been fired. Fiftyfour privates and six
commissioned officers We're taken prisoners
ana conveyed to Algiers. Butte la Rose is
~ mics from Brashear City, and is situated
az Inc northern corner of Grand Lake
SS.uppiles for our forces now go to Vermil-
non by way of Grand Lake, instead of by
tne Bayou Teche. Telegraph communica-
I Iion with New Orleans has been restored.
vast Quantities of valuable stores have
fallen into our hands. The property dis
covered and confiscated by special agent J.
M. doyie, Is reported to be nearly one mil
non OF dollars in value. This indefatigable
omcer also raised force of two hundred
eHectlye contrabands during the march
from Brashear City to Franklin, Lieut..
Col. > u. Chandler, Assistant Quartermas-
ter OF the corps, advertises for sale any de-
sired number Of mules or horses. The 2lst
Indiana, Col. Mcmillan, has been sent back
to Brashear City, their seige guns not being
needed. The first garrison upon the route
is at Franklin, where the 175th New York
and I'D Maine are stationed; the I'd is at
New Iberia, and the Sd at st. Martinsville.
My disinterested informant states that at
the battle near Pattersonville, in which
Gen. Emroy's division was engaged, the
Major of the 175th New York elected un-
bounded admiration for his cool daring
He was the only field officer who remained
mounted during the action. Communica-
ton with the corps was seriously threaten
ed on Sunday by crevasse in the levee of
the Bayou LafOurche, near Thibodeaux-
vile, extending for nearly one mile, and
flooding the country to a considerable ex-
to forward without delay to Brashear City
all Qurtermaster's and Commissaries'
stores. The occurrence was purely the re-
suit of accident, and a large force ofcOntra-
bands and citizens Immediately lent their
efforts in its suppression. As the water has
now receded for a considerable distance, no
fears are entertained from the crevasse.
0cus DttllhS Is uOuDIi0S5S luleIt upOu Cul.
ting of the supplies and destroying the
means of transportion of the enemy so
snugly ensconsed at Port Hudson. Should
this object be successfully accomplished,
the rebel stronghold must necessarily be
evacuated. The General is seemingly en-
deavoring to put to the best advantage the
remaining period of service of his nine
months volunteers. / am credibly inform
ed that the time of discharge for nearly 80
rs will univ in, INN
of the rebels are based upon anticipated
movements against our forces under Ma
gruder from Texas and Kirby Smith from
Arkansas. @ ....t.,.. ., 49, . --...
In May last very useful tug called the
Fox was captured in a bayou near the Gulf
by our forces. She was dispatched on the
18th inst. to the Southwest Pass by Capt.
A. N. Shipley, Assistants uartermaster,
to aid the Fulton in disengaging herself
from the bar. The next tidings of her was
from Pass POutre, reporting that she
had been seen making toward Mobile. The
latest Mobile papers contain an account Of
her capture by Capt. Andrews and Is men
of that city, who left Mobile in yawl and
proceeded, to Pass a POutre, when they
boarded her while lying at the wharf. The
captain of the Fox, named Walker, is sup
of her capture. He was once Lieut-Com-
mander Of the gun-boat Oregon.
You of the North but feebly realize the
encouragement and joy given to the army,
the navy, and loyal citizens, and the hope
lessness engendered in the hearts of traitors
by the glorious results of the Rhode Island
and Connecticut elections. They are an
omen Of newborn energy, determination
and patriotism on the part Of the North
The gold market has great weight with our
citizen rebels. Should the precious metal
depreciate in price, no comments are vol
UNFAIRLY expressed by them; but let it rise
two per cent, and q vast importance is
thereunto attached. With gold at the present
comparatively low rates; with the loyal
pledges Of the men of the Eastern States
Just expressed at the ballot-box, and with
generous reception extended to the con-
scription law, the new national motto pro-
mulgated by Senator Chandler, seems to
be the concentrated voice of the American
people: Eight, pay or emigrate!' At no
period since the spires of Richmond daz-
lied the eyes of Gen. Mcclellan with fatal
glare, have we apparently had such cause
for congratulation, and for the firm trust
that the old flag will soon wave from the
Kennebec to the Rio Grande.
The Continental arrived on Monday, the
George Cromwell on Tuesday, and the Nc
Clellan on Wednesday. The Relief, for
New York was withdrawn; the Creole car
ries this letter, and the Columbia leaves
on May1. G. A. A.
Correspondence N. Y. Tribune.
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