CAIRO, MARCH 9, 9 P.M. – Nothing from Island No. 10. The latest intelligence was contained in a dispatch
received this morning from Gen. Pope dated New Madrid, 7 a. m. stating that up
to a little before that hour the firing had been heavy and continuous. About that hour it slackened materially.
Information from Columbus received last evening states that
the rebels had reappeared on the banks of the river about six miles below
Columbus. No trouble was anticipated
from them. Our forces at Columbus are
prepared for any emergency.
11 O’CLOCK P. M. – A gun boat just arrived from New Madrid,
by way of Sikestown, reports that in the bombardment of Island No. 10 by our
gun-boat fleet, a transport armed with heavy cannon was sunk.
The Columbus packet has just arrived at the levee, but
brings nothing from the Island.
The reports of the
mortars have been heard continuously during the day, causing the rattling
of windows at Columbus. The roar is said
at times to have been most terrific.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 22, 1862, p. 3
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