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{«. « tIMO NKWI,d Catto Mav If#,—The steamer fJlaiiator ar-Jy ” 1MJ1Hi nr* -I this tft«riKM« from Pittsburgh Landing Hff ■ fhi. r* report that a hen she left, there was• rumor at the landing that Be*ur« gard had* ■ 'id a flag nl Uult; e to t»lt;*u, lialleck, asking tor an armistice of ten data This was -ulmenuani-U lt;nrrnlsirau-d ht drMrtiW from the onrut'a iltn-a 1 to* matter was van said to haie tern under (*oaiultatMR vhaa the (il^liaior left Itip proper to -tau- that tin* report is not credt ' tnl at headquarter* Here.Ttiolollotm dispatch wr* received Mar 15 Ttnrlt; Imm u nothing of groat importance ielt;lt; uni liom tin* Heel a.thin a dat ol taoI The Cincinnati baa tieen got ofl the bottom of itienrcr by the use of the steam pump, and after some a oik upon her bulk head, a ill go up t the rieer for repair* to day.i lie Memphis Appeal ol the I! th contain* a letter from a correspondent at Port Pillow, a ho•itni ool the battle of tin* loth iniU It dint greet with the rejiott «*l .lef! Thomson sent yesterday, and 6i«*» the Ins* of the reUla killedat eight and the wounded as high aa atXteen.Sit d« welter-# hare mat com aboard the Ben*Ion from Memphis They *av that Memphis is tieing digged fine lor recruits and left to escape- conscript ion.t Negro ttrlgnrfe.Nt \-lt;kK, M i) I tv—The Ktpre-s *a%s a brigade, to tie composed entirely of colored soldier* officer* d bv while men, is now t»eing ran#• d in tbi«citt. Tfie brigade is to consist of hier» gin.em*, tii«- command of ahieh is to In* given to John Creighton, form* rly Lieut. Colonel of the N« a York nth, H Ih Wilson. The coai-niand of one ol the tcgim# ut-s has l»een tenderedto a Captain of tlie first service. The command of ai other ha* l#*'«ti t-ndered to Captain Peter Mein rmont, of Nicaragua notoriety. It i« sup-poeed the mam w.irk ot the brigade a ill lie the digging ot eutiviHlinn nts nud fortifications. K-iiuiting hi- tieen secretly going on for the la*l .‘i weeks and the rolls exhibited nearly I,fits* name* The colored fotks ari vastly pleased a th the idea, and as soon as the final officialorder* come tiotn Washington the brigade will sooti Is* tihlt;.*d up« lexelRiid Kitted.
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Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Mon, May 19, 1862
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