The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-14

BURLINGTON "
Specials - New York Papers.
Especial to Nnes.l l. r -.
WAsHINaroN, May 8.-Reliable intelli-
een0e from the Valley Of the Shenandoah
represents it entirely clear Of rebel troops.
Transports are loading 1t Alexandria for
S UrGsn ~ on the Rappahapnock. our future
The Orange and A,exandria Railroad ia
abandoned above Union Mills Station, and
andria. -,
NEW YORK, May The Herosd has a
letter. which states that the rebels were mo-
!. xing Trsdegsr Iron Works to some point
Tho newport Ns,s. Lsttsr rsports the
o-olads Atlantic, Roanoke, Onandago
And Tecumseh bad moved up James River
TSs HssesG .bo reports that hsavy col
uuln under Sigel, moved up the Shenan-
o0eh, Valley from AArtinsburg several
days since. Averill 10 cooperating from
another direction with his cavalry.
A Newborn, letter states that the rebel
Kan left Roanoke river and got into the
Sound, and quietly stole mp the river, for
the purpose Of drawing of our gunboats.
The Herald has Yorktown letter of the
4th, stating that Col. Undertook, with .
detachment Of the LIST New York mounted
ri6ee, left Williamsburg yesterday ON the
old Richmond Stage road, and meeting no
obstruction till they passed Barboursville.
The party here divided, Major Whelan
taking the York River ro&d, pushed on to
Slatersville, the objectott the division being
70 capture the rebel pickets near New Kent
G. II. Near Slatersville the column was
dred on by guerrillas, who fed to the rebel
out posts, where one after another were
run down and captured, and . moment
ofter the appearance Of our column at New
Kent. the rebel force stationed there ned,
force returned. +7* rsfA2. lse.s 9 9a
The rebel force at Batour's bridge, con-
sisted only Of Holcomb's s. G. Legion.
On the return, when six miles from Bar
boursville, after dark, several torpedoes
were exploded, in = dense wood, and seve-
raj men and horses hit, but no one killed.
/ .WAsHIN0ToN, May There was large
attendance Of ladies and gentlemen u
Speaker COLLARS residence tonight, Il b.
Ing tho occasion Of the presentation to him
By bis Indiana friends Of . costly service
OF silver. s78M
The senate confirmed Dslano L. Smith
and Z. p. Ferry 70 be commissioners for
The State Of Tennessee. ...
Charles K. Wells to be Postmaster at
Milwaukee. 3a ava
Medoram Crawford to be Collector Of In
ternal Revenue for the district Of Oregon.
Abraham Bennett of Kansas, to be Agent
for the Indians It Kickapoo Agency.
WASHINGTON, May IA recently pass
settlement Of the Indians in Utah, In the
Vienna Valley in that territory. It appro-
PIRATES go, 900 for Agricultural improve
ments to enable them to become self-sus-
tanning.
The President has to-day appointed
Brig. Gen. Ed. r. 8. Candy Major General
Of volunteers, and ordered him to the COM
mand of all the troops west of the Missis-
sippi river. 3
No information has been received here il
relation to . reported capture of Decatur,
Ala, by the rebel Forrest aud the murder
Of the garrison. It is believed to be . ca.
n0rd. r
j. Especial to the P0st.l
WASHINGTON, May The story of the
second defeat Of General Banks force il
not credited here. an
It II stated that tho report of the ocm.
mittee Of the House shows Mr.. Loan, of
Missouri, WILDE clearly entitled to his seat.
Reports from Dalton, Ga, state that there
arc only 8, 900 rebels there, and that john
son il reinforcing Lee.
Especial 70 the Commercially
WAsHrNoIoN, May Tho Ordinance
Department has contracted for the delivery
Of 20, 900 sets Of infantry accoutrementS,
those TO be delivered at New York, cost
v4.6009465c, and those At st. Louis $500
pr eett. since permission Wa given 70
soldiers ia the regular service Who ro-en-
list, 70 select any state 70 which they may
choose to DO credited - part Of IT. quota,
aud 10 receive It, bounty, lAf9e number
have bee0 SECUTED By SCENTS from New
England cities. Boston has Obtained over
1000 men, and Large numbers Of negroes
have also bssa enlisted BY recruiting
agents.