BY TELEGRAPH

Gen. Curtis has Returned to Missouri!

DEATH OF GOV. HARVEY, OF WISCONSIN

FORCES OCCUPY FREDERICKSBURG!

Beauregard Wants More Troops!

ST. LOUIS, April 19. Gen. Curtis has returned to Missouri and is now encamped at Forsyth, Taney county, 45 miles south of Springfield.

WASHINGTON, April 19. General McDowell’s division yesterday marched from Warrenton Junction upon Fredericksburg. March disputed by one regiment of Infantry, one of cavalry and one Battery of Artillery. They made distinct stands but were driven across the Rappahonnoc. Our loss 5 killed and 16 wounded. The rebels burned the Bridges at Fredericksburg. Our troops have not yet occupied the town. Small parties cross and recross the river to the outskirts of the town. We have been warned by loyal citizens not to venture too far except in force. Large bodies of rebels which occupied the place have gone to Yorktown.

NEW YORK, April 20. The steamer Philadelphia has arrived from Fort Pickens. Negroes constantly arriving from Pensacola. The rebels had not evacuated but were moving their guns away. Town under marshal law. Large fires are seen nightly, indicating that the rebels are destroying their property. Rebel commanders had issued proclamation that they would hang all idle people on the 3d of April.

NEW YORK, April 21. Steamer Troy from Newbern April 17th, and Hatteras 18th, arrived. A sortie was made on the 12th from Fort Macon, by a detachment of 150 rebels, and our pickets driven in. After a short engagement, the rebels were driven back to the Fort. Two of our wounded stated that the fire would be opened on Fort Macon on the 21st, with mortars and siege guns.

FORT MONROE, April 19. Thirty-nine wounded arrived from Yorktown to-day, making 90 wounded in the fight on the left flank on Wednesday. Whole number killed, 32.

Norfolk papers contain Magruder’s account of the fight, and say the Rebel loss was 25 killed and75 wounded.

Steamer Hoag from Newbern, arrived. Ft. Macon completely invested. It has been ascertained that the rebels supply of provisions is short. No attack will be made on the Fort, but we will try to starve them out. Slight expectations still prevail that the Rebels will attack Newbern. Fortifications are being built for protection.

MONTREAL, April 19. The ice in Richelieu river broke yesterday, doing great damage. Steamers lost estimated at $200,000.

HARTFORD, Conn., April 21. The river at this point has risen 28 feet above low water mark, rising one inch per hour.

CONCORD, N.H., April 21. The freshet is the highest known since 1851. At Brattleboro, Vt., the river is at 3 ½ feet higher than ever known before.

WASHINGTON, April 21. Gen. Shields has been nominated Major General.

Gen. McDowell’s headquarters will be immediately transferred to Fredericksburg.

CHICAGO, April 21. Gov. Harvey, of Wisconsin, was drowned at Savannah, Tennessee river, Saturday night. He was there looking after the welfare of wounded Wisconsin troops.

WASHINGTON, April 21. Our forces under Gen. Anjer still occupy Falmouth Heights opposite and commanding Fredericksburg.

On Friday a flag of truce crossed the Rappahannoc to communicate with the municipal authorities, all of whom remain in city. Council had called a meeting after the appearance of our troops and appointed a committee to confer with the Federal General relative to the occupation of Fredericksburg and protection of private property. Council at the same time adopted a resolution declaring that since the adoption of the ordinance of session the city had been unanimously in favor and was still firmly attached to the Confederacy, surrendering only upon condition of the protection of private property. Arrangements were perfected for a meeting of the committee with the commanding General on Saturday.

Much valuable information has been obtained from the loyal citizens of Fredericksburg, who have crossed to Falmouth. Most of them affirm that so soon as we take possession of the city and there is no fear of a return of the rebel soldiers, a majority of the remaining citizens will be found loyal.

There is a vast amount of grain and other forage stored in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, much of which belongs to Rebel army. The enemy, besides destroying the bridges burned three steamers and twenty schooners loaded with corn.

WASHINGTON, April 21. Gen Banks telegraphs the Department that a skirmish took place between his advance and a rebel force at the bridge across the south fork of the Shenandoah, the object of the rebels being to destroy two important bridges across the river. They did not succeed.

SPARTA, Va., April 20. Everything quiet in front of us.

Yesterday our cavalry made a reconnaissance and penetrated the valley several miles toward Harrisonburg. They report large quantities of forage and provisions there.

Deserters report Jackson’s force at McGaughlstown, east of Harrisonburg, still retreating. Ashby’s command still forms the rear guard. Signal officers report cavalry of the enemy in sight yesterday p.m. Deserters believe that Jackson means to cross Blue Ridge and reach Gordonsville; others that he intends to attack our left flank.

WASHINGTON, April 21. Gen. McDowell’s design of advance on Fredericksburg has been kept a secret, and was not know here until he had occupied the suburbs of the town. Our army are now in full occupation.

NEW YORK, April 21. The city of Apilachicola has been occupied successfully by our troops. Capture effected by two gunboats on the 2d, with little opposition. A few shells dispersed the rebels. – Remaining population found to be in a starving condition, the blockade having cut off supplies on the sea-board, and the resources inland not sufficient to maintain ordinary comforts of life.

NEW YORK, April 21. Herald published a telegram form Beauregard at Corinth to Adjutant Gen. Cooper at Richmond, which is said to have been intercepted by Gen. Mitchell after taking possession of Decatur, Ala., in which Beauregard says: “All present possible. Join us in a few days with fifteen thousand men. Can not we be reinforced from Pemberton’s army? If defeated here we lose the Mississippi Valley, and probably our cause; whereas we could even afford to lose for a while Charleston and Savannah, for the purpose of defeating Buell’s army, which would not only insure us the Valley of the Mississippi, but our independence.”

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, April 22, 1862

Reverdy Johnson . . .

. . . formerly Douglas Democrat, has published a letter in favor of gradual Emancipation in Maryland! The day begins to dawn!

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, April 22, 1862

Abolition of Slavery

On the 14th inst. a petition was presented in the Senate by Senator Sumner, seven hundred feet long, signed by fifteen thousand women praying for the abolition of slavery throughout the United States.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, April 22, 1862

From The Second Iowa

The following letter was addressed to C. C. Cole, Esq., by Lieut. Godfrey:

Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.,
April 9, 1862.

C. C. Cole, Esq., –

Dear Sir:

Another important era in the history of this rebellion has just passed. The ball was opened last Sabbath morning by Beauregard at the head of one hundred and twenty thousand of his followers. The attack was commenced on our right soon after daylight, and about three miles from our (the 2d Iowa) camp. About eight o’clock our Brigade, Col. Tuttle commanding, was called out and marched about two miles, where we came in range of the enemy’s guns. We took a position under cover of the brow of a hill in the edge of the timber. Our position was soon discovered by the rebels, who were just across a field from us, and the shells and canister soon came rattling through our ranks, which compelled us to take a horizontal position on the ground, where we lay about two hours, not more than two feet out of range of their guns. The right wing of our regiment was then ordered to take a position about one hundred rods to the right, to the support of a part of Col. Sweeney’s regiment. Our new position exposed us both to the fire of their artillery and musketry, but our men stood up to it like veterans. I cannot here refrain from mentioning the coolness of Capt. Mills. We were compelled to lie close to the ground and whilst in this position a grape shot came whizzing passed and just clipped the Captain on the chin, who very coolly remarked that “that was rather close.” Soon after this we discovered that the enemy were marching to our right, apparently for the purpose of flanking us, (the companies we were sent to support had all left,) and as the Captain was surveying them with a glass a ball passed through his coat sleeve, but he paid little attention to it – thought it a good joak [sic] on the coat! Word was sent by order of Capt. Mills to Col. Baker commanding our regiment, they were flanking us. Our men opened fire on them but did not succeed in staying their movements, for we had no support. – We held the position a few moments longer, when we returned to our old position in the regiment. All this time our forces on the left of Tuttle’s Brigade were gradually falling back; the Brigade on our right were entirely gone, and the enemy advanced a considerable distance, which left us in advance of any of our forces near us. Orders soon came for us to fall back slowly, which was accomplished in good order, until we found that they had us completely trapped, they being in our rear and on either side of us. – Our Brigade was composted of the 2d, 7th, 12th and 14th Iowa regiments, ours in the advance, which with the 7th, succeeded in forcing our way through the rebels crossfire; but the 12th and 14th were mostly taken prisoners. When we got in we found our men had been forced in at every point, and that the enemy were rapidly closing in upon us. The Colonel succeeded in rallying a portion of his brigade, which together with other Brigades, formed another line, and prepared to make a stand at all hazards. About this time the advance guard of Buell came to our assistance, and the shouts which rang through our lines echoed through the rebel forces as they made their last desperate charge. It was now life or death for either side, and every one seemed to think that the final success or failure of rebellion depended upon the result of this charge. The contest lasted but a short time, when the rebel lines began to waver, and soon they were compelled to fall back. It was now about dark, and the firing for the first time during the day, ceased. There was no time after we were called into line in the morning until after dark, that you could not hear the roar of musketry and artillery on some portion of the field, and some of the time it even surpassed the most terrific thunder I ever heard. We held our position in line during the night, and early Monday morning with a reinforcement of thirty-five thousand fresh troops, we commenced the attack, and drove them inch by inch until three o’clock, when they were completely routed. We had quite an interesting time that day. Our company was deployed as skirmishers once, which seemed more like sport than fighting, for the boys. – The regiment made one charge on a band of Secesh, but they all fled before we could pick them up. We returned to camp that night pretty well drilled. The next morning we started out again, Col. Tuttle acting Major General, and commanding a Division; Col. Baker acting Brigadier General, and Capt. Houston commanding our regiment; was out all day, but saw nothing of the rebels. It was reported as we came in last night, that Mitchell’s Division had got in the rear of them and cut off their retreat, and was in possession of Corinth, and that we had captured seven thousand prisoners, and got back the 14th, 12th and 8th Iowa regiments. We have not been out to-day, and do not know whether the report is true or not; but one thing we do know, that they are pretty effectually whipped, and are not within fifteen miles of us, and that Gens. Johnson [sic] and Bragg are dead. Their men say they had one hundred and thirty-five thousand men. I don’t know how many men we had, but suppose the first day about fifty thousand. – Buell came just at the right time. He is one of the best Generals in the service and deserves the honors of this engagement.

Company D had ten wounded, none mortally. Capt. Mills, Looby, Riddle, Barnett, Fergerson, Bazle, L. B. and Wm. Houston, Price, Burbridge, and Sharp. We have three missing, A B. Bush, J. Crystal and Leighton. Our men did good fighting. Col. Tuttle is all right, and one of the bravest Generals in the field. Col Baker, acting Brigadier General is among the best and bravest Colonels we have. Adj. Joel Tuttle had his horse shot from under him but he escaped unhurt, Sergt. Major Marsh is alright. Our Regiment lost seven killed, seventy-four wounded and five missing. I have no idea of the total killed on both sides, but the woods for five miles around are full of dead bodies. Many of the wounded are still on the field. The river bank is covered with wounded, both Union and secesh, and boat load after boat load have gone down the river. You can imagine something of the result, where two hundred thousand men were fighting continually for two days. Col. Crocker was just here, he is all right, is acting Brig. Gen. now. John Watson is mortally wounded. Capt. Smith and both his Lieutenants are uninjured. I don’t thing any of the Des Moines boys were killed. We are all feeling first rate and begin to think secession nearly played out.

Your obedient servant,
G. G. Godfrey

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, April 22, 1862

From The Battle Field

We give up a large amount of our space this morning to Col. Tuttle’s official Report of the movements of his Brigade at the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, and to Lists of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Second, Seventh, Twelfth, and Fourteenth Regiments of Iowa Infantry. We are indebted for these valuable documents to the kindness of Col. TUTTLE and his brother, MARTIN TUTTLE, of this city.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, April 12, 1862

From The Second Iowa

The subjoined letter is from JOHN LYNDE, a young man who went from this place, and was formerly a clerk in this office. The letter is directed to Mr. Moody:

Pittsburgh, Tennessee,
March [sic] 8th, 1862.

Friend Moody: –

Agreeable to my promise, I write you the first opportunity after anything of importance had taken place, and I am sure a battle of the greatest importance to our cause has taken place here within the last two days. I shall be very brief as I have not time to write much, and it is doubtful whether this will be permitted to reach you.

That you may better understand the description I will speak of the country around here, and the position of our forces.

We are encamped on the West bank of the Tennessee river, at, and near Pittsburgh. The town (six houses originally,) is between two sloughs which are filled with water from the river at the present time, running back to the west one-third of a mile or more. Our encampment occupies this space, and when beyond the sloughs, extends both North and South for nearly a mile, while it runs back four miles from the river. The ground is covered with heavy timber, with the exception of here and there a small clearing, and is rolling, like our prairies in Iowa.

On Sunday morning, the 6th, the enemy drove in our scouts and attacked us in full force, driving us nearly a mile before they could be checked. At about half past seven, we succeeded in getting force sufficient to check them for a while, and they, bringing up reinforcements, extended the line of battle full three miles in length. By this time the battle had become general throughout the whole line; but they brought such great odds against us, in spite of the numbers which were killed by our batteries and infantry, they would crowd up to and force our lines back, in some instances taking our batteries from us, and though our men fought desperately they were obliged to fall back and take new positions. – The battle continued thus until about half past five o’clock in the evening, our forces making a stand and forming a line on a slight elevation of ground extending North and South, and parallel with the river; maintaining their position as long as possible, then falling back to another ridge and forming again. This was repeated again and again until the last stand was made on a ridge running from the sough on the South in a north-westerly direction back from the river. If they had carried this line the day would have been theirs, and our whole transportation; for it was between our line, the river, and the slough on the north, with no opportunity of escape if our line was once broken. You may rest assured that I felt some anxiety at that time, if not before, for I was with the train of our regiment and must necessarily be taken or swim. At that time our new line was forming. Buell’s forces from Nashville began to arrive on the opposite side of the river, and before the enemy began the attack about 5,000 had crossed to our assistance. In this attack they failed and were driven back with great loss, and routed for the night. At daylight the next morning, we being reinforced, commenced the attack, and by 2 o’clock P.M., had re-taken all the ground lost, and the enemy soon running. During the evening I rode over the field, and everything indicates terrible fighting, and indeed there was; from until after 2 o’clock there was one continual discharge of musketry, and only twice during that time did I hear the distinct and separate discharge of a single musket; the rest of the time it was one continual roar, much of the time increased by the discharge of cannon, and these decreasing as they ceased.

You can travel miles through the timber and can not find a tree of any size but that is marked by the balls. In many places the small trees are entirely cut down by the fire of the small arms, while larger trees are torn and broken in all directions by shell and shot from the cannon.

Our Regiment was ordered into position about 9 o’clock in the morning and with the 14th, 12th and 7th Iowa Regiments, forming a brigade under Col. Tuttle, were placed a little to the left of the centre of the line of battle and maintained their position until Gen. Wallace ordered them to fall back; which order came so late that the brigade was outflanked nearly a mile. Our boys did not fall back until ordered, and then only the 2nd and the 7th got out, passing through a cross fire for nearly the whole distance. – The 12th and 14th both fought bravely but were overpowered, and surrendered.

Our boys in the 2d, suffered severely then, but were in the fight again the next day and made the last charge on the right; which may be said to have commenced the race. We have lost nearly 100 in killed, wounded and missing. In Co. D, we have no one killed that we know of. Two are missing. These are Austin Rush and James Crystal, son of R. S. Crystal of Lee township. These will come in, I presume, in a day or two. Wm. Riddle, John Looby, Leonard Houston, Sergeant Wm. Houston, and some others are wounded, more or less, but not very severely. The whole Regiment behaved with the utmost coolness during the time they were in the fire.

The prisoners taken say that they had sixty thousand men at the commencement of the action and were re-inforced by sixty thousand more during the day. I do not think that we had over forty thousand in all the first day, and many of them were new troops and did not stand fire. So that our force cold not have been half of the enemy on Sunday. On Monday Buell took the field with fourteen thousand of his men and then we drove them without check.

I have not time to write any more at present, will write again soon. I have written this in a great hurry, and you must excuse errors. The boys send their best wishes, and I include mine.

JOHN LYNDE.

P.S. By-the-way I wish you would send me a half dozen postage stamps, as it is almost impossible to get any. This is my last.

JOHN

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, April 22, 1862

The Bishop of the Diocese . . .

. . . having failed to reach Des Moines in time for service on Sunday last, was compelled to return to Davenport, in order to meet pressing engagements. There will be no service in the Church to-night. The meeting for prayer will be held at the house of Capt. Davis, on 4th street on Wednesday evening.

W. E. Peet.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday April 22, 1862

Col. Crocker

A letter from Col. CROCKER will appear to-morrow morning. It will be found to be very interesting. Colonel CROCKER is now acting Brigadier General, having command of the 11th and 13th Iowa and the 8th and 18th Illinois, along with a battery.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday April 22, 1862

Lieutenant Browne

Our young friend JOHN BROWNE who enlisted in the volunteer service last Summer, was recently transferred from Co. D, 2nd Iowa Infantry, to the [First] Lieutenancy of a company in the 17th Regiment. He came up from Tennessee a few days since, and on arriving at Keokuk, he had barely time to be inducted into his new office, before he was ordered along with the 17th Regiment, back to the seat of war in Tennessee. His many friends here would have been gratified if he had been able to visit his home before returned into the land of the Secesh.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday April 22, 1862

From Mancel Goodrell

The brief and expressive letters written by our soldiers, and published from time to time in the Register, are read with absorbing interest. There is nothing in the world which does us more good, than to take these letters and transfer them to our own column; and after their publication we take care to have them cut out and pasted in a scrap book. This book shall ornament our little library until the day of our death, and then it shall descend as a precious heirloom to the members of the family who may survive us.

The letter which we publish to-day, and which follows this introduction, was written at Pittsburgh Landing by MANCEL GOODRELL, son of STUART GOODRELL of this place. The young soldier is but 18 years of age; yet he has gone through an experience on the battle-field which in one day transformed him from an undisciplined recruit to a tried and successful defender of his country’s Flag. It will be seen by the letter, that his brother WILLIAM, who was wounded at Springfield when LYON fell a martyr to his country’s cause, was saved as by a miracle from instant death at Pittsburgh. – Both MANCEL and WILLIAM belong to Captain W. T. SMITH’s company of the 15th Regiment. Here is the letter which MANCEL directs to his parents:

Camp Pittsburgh,
April 10th, 1862

Dear Parents: We have had one of the hardest fought battles that ever took place on American soil. I came off save. William was knocked down by a cannon ball which cut through his hair, just missing his head! The battle lasted two days. Our Regiment has been here but half and hour when the battle commenced. We were immediately marched out and met the enemy. We had no battery to support us, while the rebels had two of them playing on us all the time. They had, also, a larger infantry force than we. When we retreated, Captain Smith and myself were the last to leave the field; and when we rallied again, the Captain came and complimented me before the Company for being the last off the field. When we rallied, but 18 of our Company could be collected to march back on the enemy. – We were joined by about 200 men from different regiments, and were led back under command of Captain Smith. General Grant rode up to us, and told us that the fortunes of the day depended now on one desperate struggle, and if we did not stand our ground the day was lost. We laid flat on our faces for four hours, while the shot and shell were flying and bursting over our heads all the time! – But we held our ground, and laid on our arms all night in a heavy thunder shower.

During the evening and night, Gen. Buell arrived with reinforcements and took command. He came just in time to save us, for the enemy had taken over two-thirds of our encampment, and they had made boasts that they would take dinner with us on Monday noon! We did not fight on Monday, but were drawn up as a reserve in the line of battle, and remained in this position all day.

On Sunday when we were hurriedly marched into battle, we left everything nearly on the boat, and have not been back yet. The knapsacks were brought out to us, but mine was not with the rest. Over half of our things were stolen. It has rained every night since we came here, and we have not had tents nor blankets till last night, and then not more than half of us were supplied.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, April 22, 1862

W. H. SWAN

In a Fragmentary list of killed and wounded among the Iowa Regiments which we publish in another place, we notice the name of W. H. SWAN of the 3d Iowa Infantry. He was wounded at Pittsburgh Landing, - how severely the report does not say, and is now in St. Louis receiving Hospital attention. He is son of our excellent friend GEO. M. SWAN of Norwalk, Warren county. He was wounded severely at Blue Mills, last Summer. He has been in two important engagements, and will carry the marks of both conflicts to his grave.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, April 18, 1862

LIEUTENANT EDGAR ENSIGN . . .

. . . is still at Monroe, Jasper county, lingering with serious sickness. From last accounts, he was not improving. We regret to hear this bad news from the gallant young officer.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, April 18, 1862

R. N. FARNSWORTH of Panora . . .

. . . had four balls shot through his coat, at Pea Ridge, one though his cap, grazing his head, and then wounded in the thigh by a fragment of a shell. So says the Panora Ledger.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, April 18, 1862

The Battles Of Our Regiments

Every organized Regiment of Iowa Infantry has now participated in one or more of the great battles of the war. The First was at Springfield. The Second was at Donelson and Pittsburgh Landing. The Third was at Blue Mills and Pittsburgh Landing. The Fourth and Ninth were at Pea Ridge. The Fifth and Tenth were at the surrender of New Madrid and Island No. 10. The Sixth, Eighth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and and [sic] Sixteenth at Pittsburgh Landing. The Seventh at Belmont, Donelson and Pittsburg. The Twelfth and Fourteenth at Donelson and Pittsburgh.

The Third Cavalry – at least a portion of it – was at Pea Ridge. Whether any Cavalry Regiment from this State was at Pittsburgh, we do not know.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, April 18, 1862

Latest from Grant’s Army

Special Dispatch to Chicago Tribune

CAIRO, April 15 – M., 1862

Auditor Dubois and Gen. John Cook, of Springfield, left Pittsburg on Saturday, by mail packet Van Patten, and arrived here this morning. General Cook is unwell and going home to recruit his health. From them and from others we learn additional particulars.

Gen. Hurlburt [sic] lost, out of 7,000 men, in killed wounded and missing 1,983. He had a splendid army, choice troops, who fought like Turks. Lieut. Col. Tupper of Decatur was killed.

Colonel Bane, of the 50th Illinois, is dangerously wounded. Lieutenant Col. Phillips is also dangerously, and Colonel Morley slightly.

When the Illinois 11th were mustered on Monday morning they could bring but 45 men into the field. The 9th Illinois (Paine’s old regiment) mustered only 200 effective men, Col. Fry’s regiment were the only Illinois boys that acted badly. They had never been in action before.

The battle was stayed on Sunday by the gunboats and heavy siege guns of Matteson’s and Silversparre’s batteries, and the arrival of part of Buell’s forces.

A council of war was held by Beauregard and 11 principal Generals of the rebel army before the attack on Pittsburgh. If successful they would follow us and try to hold the Border States. If beaten, withdraw to the Gulf States with all their forces.

Van Dorn was not in the fight.

Our Cavalry was not very effectual in following up the retreating rebels. They were hindered by underbrush.

Rebel prisoners say Gen. Prentiss’ men (prisoners) were marched into Corinth in good order.

Gen. Grant was at Savannah, 8 miles below Pittsburg, when the battle opened, and did not arrive till 10 o’clock.

When our informants left Gen. Halleck was organizing the army as fast as possible, and preparing for every emergency.

SECOND DISPATCH

9 o’clock, p.m. – The following rebel officers participated in Beauregard’s council of war: Breckenridge, Bragg, Floyd, Hardee, Cheatham, the three Johnstons (Sidney, Bushrod and the Kentucky provisional Governor.)

The cause of the Sunday repulse is not definitely ascertained. The roads are now impassable from heavy rains.

General Hurlburt [sic] has discovered one of Matteson’s six 64-pound howitzers abandoned, and called on a man near by to work it. He did so, and fired and sighted sixty-five times, mowing down the enemy terribly every fire. The man was Dr. Corning of St. Louis surgeon, and inexperienced in artillery practice. Gen. Hurlburt [sic] thought him an old artillery officer.

A Federal wounded and captured in our tents, Sunday, and afterwards left when the rebels retreated reports Beauregard making a strong speech Sunday night to his officers and men. He assured them that they would make an easy prey of us on Monday; exhorted them to be brave, cool and self possessed; bed them injure nothing they had taken as booty, for it would all be needed in the rapid marches they were about making in pursuit of the federals, who might escape. Rebels taken prisoners on Monday confirm this statement.

Brigadier Gen. Johnston [sic], rebel provisional Governor of Kentucky is killed, and his body is at Paducah.

Different accounts agree in making the rebel force at Corinth estimated from 75,000 to 130,000 of whom 65,000 to 70,000 were in action. Our forces was 45,000 in action.

The Hiawatha brought down 260 wounded to Mound City, to-day at noon. An adequate supply of transports lying at Pittsburgh have been loaded with the wounded ready to come. Some go to Cincinnati.

The Cincinnati Sanitary Commission did nobly in relieving the wounded; so did those of St. Louis.

Orders were found on Gen. A. S. Johnston from Jeff. Davis to press on and attack Grant on Wednesday before Buell would join him by Thursday. Bogus Governor Johnston [sic] of Kentucky, said he did not want to live, as the Confederacy was ruined. He did not want to see it.

Gen. Ruggles was killed. Bushrod Johnston [sic] is also reported dead.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday April 19, 1862

Iowa Items

Col. JOHN R. MALEDGE of Page County, announces himself as in independent candidate for Judge of that Judicial District.

One R. B. GILLIS OF Henry County, comes out with an affidavit in the newspapers, that in consequence of his refusal to take the oath of allegiance to the Government, being a suspected man, he was compelled by Lieut. Col. Drummond to carry big logs of wood for several hours while the snow was up to the tops of his boots! Mr. Gillis is a badly persecuted man. It is too bad now days for a man suspected of disloyalty, to be required to take the oath! Traitors, skulking around in Iowa of whom Gillis is probably not one, should be left to plot against their country with impunity. They should not be disturbed in their high calling!

The following is from the State Press, Iowa City:

We are informed that letters have been received by friends of Dr. Crosthwait in this county, announcing the death of his sons Shelton and Bromfield in the battle of Mill Springs. They were both in the rebel army, as is also their father in the capacity of Surgeon. Our informant states that Shelton was killed outright, and Bromfield mortally wounded. The former was somewhat of a printer and has worked as a compositor in this city in the past. He was a young man of fair abilities, and a Native of Tennessee. – The Dr. formerly represented this county in the State Senate. Bromfield was a younger son, of whom we recollect but little.

The Hawk-Eye of the 16th says:

It may not be amiss to suggest to the good people of Burlington and surrounding country that wounded Iowa soldiers by the hundred, perhaps by the thousand, are in hospital at Cairo, Mound City, and on the Tennessee river – that they need hospital stores, sheets and pillow slips, shirts, bandages, towels, eggs, butter, [wines], jellies and a hundred other things that are abundant here, but very scarce and impossible to procure there – that these things, with good nursing, are necessary to save the lives of many of these noble men. While we have abundance – while we are living in peace and comfort here, let us not see those who are fighting our battles languish and die in dreary hospitals when we can help them at so trifling an expense of money and labor. Every body can do something, however, small. And will be better, yes richer for doing it. Iowa soldiers must be cared for.

The Dubuque Times thinks it a good thing that the Municipal officers lately elected in that city of the Blessed, were obliged to take the oath of allegiance before entering on the duties of their offices.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862

DIED

On Thursday of last week, in this City, JOHN BOYLE, infant sone of Richard and Anna Boyle, aged 1 year and 6 months. He was a bright little boy, and was taken off unexpectedly.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862

Chicago, April 9 [1862]

Among the corporators of the Pacific Rail Road Bill reported in the Senate a few days since are S. J. Huesly, Peter Donahoe, C. P. Huntington, T. D. Judah, James J. R. Eague, James Beatly, California, Wm. Todd, A. M. Bessey, Oregon.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862

Edibles

The water blockade is playing smash with the eatables in this quarter. Flour is becoming scarce again. Potatoes are not around. Butter is disappearing hopelessly. Matters are beginning to look blue. Stomachs are in danger of collapse. – The East side of the river, from its accessibility to the farmers, is better off just now than the West side, in the way of solid articles of food. Moody has several bushels of eggs on hand, and other good thing in corresponding proportion. Call and see him.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862

Navigable

The Raccoon Fork of the Des Moines River which has the honor to disembogue itself in this City, is a navigable stream. – Several lawyers among whom was S. Sibley, Esq., came down from Adel by way of that classic stream, arriving here yesterday. The frail bark to which they consigned their precious bodies, is commonly called a “Dug-out.”

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862