The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-18

Nav 1Sth.-The rebels attempted to drive
him Gen. Smith) by assault. They charged
him three times, suffering heavy each time
in killed, wounded and prisoners, wher
Smith charged them, driving them three
miles, and taking a number OF prisoners
He has taken in all four hundred prisoners
to-day. A bridge has been formed O.
transports on which the train, which mum
bers between 700 and 800 wagons, is being
crossed. q
May l9th.-The rebels were so badly
wo,sted yesterday that they have made
themselves missing during the night, al
they are not in this vicinity to-day. The
1st brigade, Lees cavalry, made circuit
GUS reconnaissance from the river above tC
the river below, and when at a poiut about
four miles below here, on their return, they
ming the river, on whom they found dis
patch from Gen. Beauregard to Gen. Tay'
Tor, stating that Grant was driving Lex
with great Slaughter, and that he (Beaure.
gard) feared for the wholesomeness of his
own position, unless he could get reinforce.
ments to enable him to cope with Butler
! state this upon the authenticity of the
cavalrymen, who told it to me as they sal
at supper after their return.
Gen. Banks, as military genius, is no,
very highly appreciated by the officers and
men of this department, and especially by
the men Of this expedition, who say they
believe that if he had had twice as large an
army as he had, he would have gotten
them all ''gobbled." And their eyes fairly
flash with Indignation when they tell Of be.
ing compelled by orders to retreat from a
retreating foe, which they say was the case
at Pleasant Hill, and which was cOrrObor-
ated by some Of our men who were taken
prisoner in the fight and afterwards es.
capped, who said that the rebels retreated
eighteen miles before they halted their col
umns.
May 2Oth.-We got all across the river
without further annoyance from the enc
my. You have, no doubt, read many incl
dents Of jokes or sells which our men and
the Confederates are continually getting of
on one another, whenever they get in COM
municating distance of each other, or OF
humorous dialogues which have taken
place between Fed and Confed, while on
picket. The following is a specimen, for
which our cavalry, who were picketiDg
during the two days fight, are RESPONSE
bic -
The rebel general commanding, after per-
petrating the severe joke of taking Minis
battery, sent in a communication very po-
litely acknowledging the receipt Of said
he ever saw. But, continues be, among
the provision wagons which ! captured
was a wagon load Of articles marked "pa-
per collars, which we, surprising it to be
some rare article of diet, issued some To
our soldiers, who cooked them in every
way imaginable, but could not make them
edible. have considerable quantity OF
them on hand yet, which very respectful
~ propose 70 exchange for "hard-tacK," il
they would be of any use to you. We have
not ascertained whether the change was
effected or not. but guess not, as Banks
goes out in public minus a paper collar,
and with his hat q Ia Grant.
But TO conclude,-we marched day and
night until we reached this place, where
we have been camped two days.
May 24th.-Our next move will proba.
bly, be TO Carrolton, and will probably be
soon.