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by levying a tax upon w *.uthy eclt; ssioiusts.Ur am: No. 10.The of this rob«*l stronghold di-agsit- slow way along. Either Commodore loo: • is u *v;i it ing the movement# on the Ti?uii“=ee. or t‘*ien Pope, or lie has no fi-.iih in his ability to dislodge the tvbela from the i land. Hitherto the plea has b .*n. that would bo unwise to drive the rebels from the island. while Gen. Pope, with hi- largo army was not in a position to stop thotr flight afterwards. But now it is sai l Iran-ports have be.-n got through the boyous to Geo. P. ao that hecas throw a force across to the Kentucky side, so that the fight mij soon commence in earnest.Tk hit -t despatch (April -Id) says :\ h i'* •' direct from New Aladrid iojkhi that G.-n. I’jpe is in active preparatb i. :.!)•! will - . L.e in :t c jiid;ri*.n to »nt i the*ivld w .rli a.i overwhelming force.A*. .11»• n«»t prciuiitcd to give tb•! ids of his plans-. hilt they Will he Sllcll as Willin i!n van J-* of possibility.N -jht h {' ra i.a-t Colonel R*»* t-rts. of the Illinois 1- i ivginout with 1 1 piek.-l in- n « I' his command in r«»:nj inv with; boats crew from • h of tin? gunboat-, unde r O'tnmnn'I of 1st mast* r -Johnson, of the St. l.msis. ?tartf 1 at 11 oVln k to take sound-i At 12 oVI ck they brought up attii*r l\ lt;\ i. fi-rt. wh;ch i- the tipf* r one of the rebel work#, w here the. landed. 1 lie r b. \ scntir.' I- Si • -1 tlu ir pi*-cos and ran in. loavnnr fi C bntt-rv I». our po--- --Ion. The Union trn'-p- i.-tind six guns here, wh* -I» they f pik- 1 and h it the? of thegun* w • a massive »’« ! pounder: the rr-twere 2-U and N't a man was killedor w■'Hitided on our si h*. nor was any one hurt on th other far as heard from.lt;»;i Mend *y, t'ol Buford. took his own regimen;, the 27th Ills, the -!l!*I Illinois. (%-l. i‘-I rtsf 4d of the 1.3th Wisconsin, i ’ol. |{k ’s. two companies of the 2d Illinois rivalry and a 1 at tery of artillery and made a forced m uch to Union City, where he txk a largo rebel force of cavalry and infantry by surprise, killing twenty and taking 1* prisoners. The rebels fled in gre.-.t con?-ifTulion. leaving horses, army st -r« . lings, tents and arms. Our forces got P»t) hordes, oOO stand of arms, mid a largo amount of baggage of every description. Colonel Buford destroyed everything time could not bo brought away, and returned to 1 lick man. IJ is command did not lose a uiau.
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The Ottawa Free Trader
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Sat, Apr 05, 1862
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