ST. LOUIS, March 30.
The army correspondent of the Republican, writing under the date of Cairo 29th says: The firing on Friday, at Island No. 10, was quite heavy, the rebels opposing from a new battery, mounted, it is supposed, with 128-pounders. The enemy could be seen cutting away the trees and rapidly pushing forward another means of defence. – They seem to have no idea of evacuating at present, and are daily getting more cannon in position.
Word reached the fleet last night that four rebel gunboats, partly clad with railroad iron, had appeared below Point Pleasant, but as Gen. Pope’s batteries extended almost in a continuous line for 15 miles, it is not believed they can force a passage.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 1, 1862, p. 2
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