New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-01
FROM CAIRO AND PADUCAEI.
surrcndce of Col. Hawkins 20 Rebel For.
rcss-Attnck on Padacah-Plandcr Of
The City-Thc Cuuboais at Work
RcbeIs Defeated.
CAIRO. March q. 1864.
From our Special Correspondent.

FROM Our Speclal CoElcspouocnt.
CARO- March q. 1864.
Once more Cairo is the seat Of activity. War
Is all around u.s. More than month ago 1t was wen
known that Forrest preparing for another raid.
Accordingly five regiments and company Of artil-
lery Of tie 4th Division 10th Army Corps Gen. Veach
commanding reached here from below, and encamped
few days waiting for the storm. 1t has come
Forrest appeared with large force at Union City,
KY on the 23d inst This place Is on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad about o5 miles south Of Columbus. He
attacked our forces under Col Hawkins 9TH Tennessee
Cavalry. After fight of time Hawkins surrcn.
dered much against the viii of his officers and men, 80
it is said The force numbered about 400 had just been
paid OF, and lad about $4,000.
Thence, with this booty Forrest departed for Padu.
CALL which 10 miles from Cairo contains about 1900
people and is beautiful little city, The majority have
been dsoya and clnored for their rights. Our force
at Padueah numbered about ECO white and 200 coored
soldiers commanded by Col. Hicks. The Rebels came
into the town on horseback in long columns shooting Mt
orr soldiers wherever seen Forrest Is sad TO have
1900 al mounted. or course our mon could DO httie
and retired TO the fort Which IS IN tho lower part OF
Hos pital formerly stood On Friday night and yester
dag morning they attacked the fort but were driven on
when thny concealed themselves IN the adjoining houses
while their sharphoocrs picked of our men at their
guns
i have conyprsed with gentleman OF tue name OF
Swayne, Of the house Of Swayne & Robbins crockeTy
dealers who had fine house in this part OF the city,
He says that he quickly got HIS family out Of the house
ond took them on the wharf boat where many others
had collected az without anything but the clothes they
wore OF canrseit determined 10 held the fort and
have fair chance az the Rebels the adjoining houses
Sa s s@Tses m H s e
and fnc-books papers. clothes. everything was con-
safned. He says bis less Is $1,000
That part OF the city south sOf Broad street Is de-
sroyed in ruins The street named is the principal
one EcIc the large stores commission houses banks
&C., and here the Rebels found immense plumber. The
street filed from end TO the other in feet. they
went whithersoeyer they would. There great re-
union Of Old friends. Our troops kept closely in the
fort The telegraph Office was removed 70 the Illinois
plies AID crowds of people. The work Of plumber went
But there were two gunboats near by. They drcwnp
at the foot of Broad street and threw shells and solid
slot into the street and al0ng it, whole length Inc
robbers fed. IL known that there we're crowds OF
them in each oftho two banks-they had broken down
the doors and were trying get into tire vaults. The
hanks were sheled, their roofs were torn open, ana
there were explosions in the rooms below. For timo
they driven Off by last accounts they got none
The report from the negro troops that they fought
we'll Two hundred citizens have also gone INTO the
fort Col Hicks Is determined 10 hold OUT to the last:
Families rapidly leaving. SeVeIai women ana
children have been killed. Two miles below padueah
in Illinois is Brooklyn small village and eight miles
below this is Metropolis, good-sized town. The eoun
try m round is well settled Here families find SHELTER
n is difficult TO get facts Everything is confused.
IN a few DAYS we shall have PARTICULARS. We have loss
twrh killed and ~ wounded. II il said there are az
least dead aud dying Rebels lying in the streets ana
around thc fort.
Two or three regiments went up last night. Others
have gone 10 Columbus, which is in danger The plan
Is 10 control navigation regiment Is also cneanped
below here ON tie Kentucky shore. Our forces have
abandoned Hickman, twenty miles below Columbus.
The Rebels hold it. / cannot learn whether Forrest
has artillery. I think he has not They burned the
Quartcrilas ter and COHmisSary buildings There was
no great less the Government most OF the stores
were on the wharf-boat.
IL Il said that Gen. Grierson is coming up through
the country with GEO horse One thing certain: this
event will lead to the cleaning out OF the Kentucky
Purchase and West Tennessee.
IArCH-l0 o'clock a. MI have Just learned that the
Rebels have been driven out Of PadGcah and that they
have gone to Hickman They lost not far trom 500
killed and coo wounded. The gunboats at last, and
so also the fort fred directly into the houses and made
sueh awful work that there is scarcely house which IS
not more or less damaged. Whole blocks and parts or
blocks are wholly destroyed This was to disIodge the
Rebel rncmen They could not stand IT, and fed, leay-
ing their dead and taking most OF their wounded 70
Mayfie!d which is twenty five miles east OF Cairo
Hickman easily can be made a strong place. LOT II IL
surrounded BY high hills. We may expect 10 hear OK
trouble. for here our transports viii be stopped.
There are q plenty OF gunboats below N.ch
u Scusl.erm Misunderstanding Of tho