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TELEGRAPHIC.the southwest, passed over Cairo at 8 o'clock thifr morning. The destruction ofbe fearful, but is not yet ascertained. A large numDer 01 transports were in tue river betweenCUibX^itit-fcndrtHe Tennesee below, and it is feared they have sufferedIt is too early to learn the full extent of the gale or the distinction. •The steamer Philadelphia is reported sunk with all On board.So far as lcdi*.icd the transports tit the levee lost'Eve men, blown overboard.Steamers and'.tugs were early dispatched down the river to ascertain if any damage had been done to ti c bi cknding fleet at Island No. 10. Much anxiety was felt for the fleet there..We have no news to-day from below except that gunboats and mortars arc firing semi-ocoasionally, tne rebels reply-; ing when they please.The amount captured by Buford at Union City was seveu prisoners and about forty horses and mules, instead of 100 . prisoners and 500 burses, as per telegraph, i (A storm beyond .Milwaukee prevented 1 further dispatches.)says Col. Buford yesterday, accompanied : by the 22d and 42 lllino’s and part oi the 1 15tU Wisconsin, from near Island Ko. 10, with a dctatohmeut of cavalry and artillery I from Hickman, under Col. IIeg, made s : decent upon Uniou City, After a lorced march of 80 miles they fell upon b rebel encampment at 7 o’clock in the morning and dispersed the emire force' stationed there under Clay King. They fled in every direction. Several of: the enemy were killed and a number takeu prisoners.A large amount of spoils were captured one hundred and fifty horses and commissary and quartermaster stores, lt;o. Our loss was otie man killed, from explosion in a burning tent. ‘The rebel force numbered 700 infantry, and between 700 and 800 cavalry.couViderably.Chicago, April 1. j Ajipeciiii to tho- Jouv-iu+l from ^ Cairo 1
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Saint Cloud Democrat
Saint Cloud, Minnesota, US
Thu, Apr 03, 1862
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