The New York Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1863, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 9683. THE YAZOO EXPEDITION. Fight of the Union Gunbeat Chillicothe with a Rebel Battery at the Mouth of the Yallobusha. THE CHILLICOTHE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. Three Persons Killed and Fourteen Wounded on the Gunboat. THE REBEL LOSS, Rey \ key ke Omconus, March 19, 1863, ‘Special despatohes from Memphis announce that the Yazoo !’axs expedition had met with a chcok. Qn Friday last the gunboat Chillicothe encountered a rebel battery at the junction of the Yallobusha and Talla- hatchie rivers. Tho fight lasted all day. One shot from the battery entered a porthole of the CaiNicothe, kiiting four persons and wounding fourteen. ‘The Chillicothe received sixty-four shots, and was dam- aged seriously. Maemrnts, March 18, 1863. Intelligence from the Yazoo Pass expedition to Satur- @y morning, tho 14th inst, is received. ‘The ficet consisted of the Chillicothe, DeKalb, five gmail gunboats of the mosquito fleet and elghteon trans- ports, The Chillicothe was said to be short of ammuni- ‘en. . At the*town of Greenwood, at the confluence of the Tallabaichic and Yallovusha rivers, on Thursday evening, ‘the Chillicothe was fired upon by a battery of five heavy guns, ‘The firing was continued all day on Friday, and a fow shots were exchanged on Saturday morning. ‘The reshit is not yet known, ‘The Chillicothe received sixty-four shots, one of which, * entering a port hole, killed three and wounded fourteen men. Pesides the Groenwood battery, the enomy aro said to Be strongly fortified at Yaaoo City and Manchester. ‘The fleat, at last accounts, was threo miles above the fanction of the Tailahatchic and Yallobusha rivers, two Bendred miles from Helena and one hundred and fifty @rem Yazoo City. Sketeh of the Iron-Clad Chillicothe. ‘The iren-clad Chillicothe, whose brilliant exploits on ‘the Yazoo river have rondered her name famillar to our Veaders, was buitt at New A’bany. She is one hundred and seventy fect in length, sixty fect beam and seven fevt deep; and draws, when loaded, about six feet of wa ‘Yes. She is propelled by four independent engines, two for the paddle wheels and two for the two propollers, each working indopendent of the other. She has four boilers, 7 , Of course. Sho was built for a tases Rea has realized her builders’ most Bhe is completely mailed with Dp which is station- ‘and shell proof gratings overhead, to clad with a double wrought iron plating; three inches ‘tm (hicknesz, backed by solid cak vixteen inches thick. Her armament is two eleven-inch Dahigren guns in the tur- ‘Tet and four twenty-four-pounder howitzers in broadside. ‘he has house extending from the turret to the wheels, ‘which is occupied a8 quarters for the captain and officers ‘whon nct'In action. There is also a full complement of ooms below. Her engine, boiters and lower quarters aro all protected ‘Ry mailing. She has appliances for throwing hot water, ‘tmevent of being boarded by the enemy. ‘She hag two immense and powerful capstarts, to heave fer over shoals and bara in the rivers when there is low water ®he has been in commission only a short time, and her ‘@aperior build amd powers of resistance gave her the place of “head bout” in the expedition in which she now Perforwa so gallant and bold a part. ‘The foliowing 4s a list of ber officers:— Hhoutcnant Commander—James P. Foster. Acting Ensign:—W. J. Powers, Walter Mins. Bates See eesy Baker, Horace A. Hamond. ‘ lenry M. Mixer. sean Paynaster-—J. Hi. Hathaway. Assistant 2 el D. Rice. Becond Acristant i Third Asstant Engineers—J. Pilots—D. M. Dryden, T. E. Underwood. Rebel Account of the Affair. A Richmona paper of the 16th instant contains the &1- Rowing :— Fort Pemberton, at the mouth of the Tallahatchie river, ‘was bombarded on the 13th instant. We have lost some ‘valuable gunpers and 8 few other:. Our lose is net hoavy. @ur Expeditionary Correspondence. Fiacame Vouwrerr, _ _Meorm or yum Conowarmn, Maroh 8, 1863. Mefdy of the Bapedition—Damage to the Veawls—Cotion Mpeeulation: for a New Purpow—An Vid Acquaintonce— General Altorn—Why He Remains Neutral—A Batue in Prosp-ct—@en. Ross’ Order, dc. ‘Tho Yasoo Pass expedition has at last succeeded n (getting eafely through the ehaanels of Yaroo Pass and Goldwater. Yet, as might have been expected, iho boats are in a bad condition, particularly the transporta. The maval portion ef the fleet have not suffered so much ; they, ‘Deing built expressly for hard usage, got through without material injury. Yet all havesuffered, more or lees, from qmavuidable breakers. As the boate lie at ancbor this even. fing they present a very different appearaace from what ‘ey did at leaving Helena ten days ago, ‘hore they lie, @mokosiacks gene, bows split, wheels broken, rudders fest, and inonmerable distigurements from bow to stern. One would pot suppose that many of those beats were a few daye ago classed with the finest steamers that aa¢i gated the Miatieeippi river, The ships’ carpeoters are ‘Durily ougaged this evening on thelr respective boats, Making temporary reptirs, which will emavie the foot to run m down tho river at daylight, ‘Phat these boats got through the passes without being tatterly demolished i,almost mira) The fact that they did succeed demonstrates that Yavoo lags aud the Coldwater are navigable at high water, and the gouerals who opp eed an expedition on account of its inapractica Wility are wrong. For several days past General Rows ‘nas sont his donpatch boat in advance of the feet, for the purpose of obtaining cotton to protect bie meu and the transports from the enemy. The expedition haa been very aaccesafil, having obtained from one or two plantert sevoral hundred bales, giving in every instance am office! government receipt. Ail thors of whom we Parehased wore, oF at leant claimed to be, loyal cit! apna of thy United Staten, with the exception of one. Ho, Being & dergyman of good standing in the Methodist @barch, would not admit that he was anything ee but a @teong, uncempromising seoossionist; had never heen in @ee Soathorn army, Bat Would go did HOt phynieal dix. @ditity prevent. He thought that he might be of service Srtiorming migor duties in camp, amd thought he would Geen make an application for adaviasion into tho army, Qeartermasier Noble, in making oat the customary wece!pt, wimed tho fact at he wae a ap @mswaist. When handed fine for seceptanes Wp pelitely refed vakingftv, revearking that it would dof nonce Whim, an he bad mado a bia mind not to emi anything to the “Yankeo invaders.” In answer to a fequiry whether he had always been as seccesioniat, mq repved, That be was a Union man vntil General Mevey’* troops destroyed twonty-ive thousand dotlara SW co Lis property “then he thought it time to bea Aeeeaicn'st.”” a9 of the strongest Union men that we GM, ted with whom we hegotiated Mor Aly bales of cot- 2B, C9Par04 iad by yeaa ‘We BLFoNgest UDioD man a ibe . ‘ing air Of freedom,’? Just as he closed these eloquent remarks, an orderly rode up to the party with despatches from the General. Turning to our-Union friend, be ad- G@ressed bin as follows>—*Hallo, old man, where the devil @id you come from? Thought as how we took you pris- get at the trae facts in the case, our pretended ‘Union man” wag a quartermaster in one of tho Mississtopi regt- mente, was captured at the battle of Shiloh. and sont, Bumber of other secerh prisoners, to Camp a ; Femaining there a iow months, was names of Dicking, Hill and General Altora are probably jamiliar to many Northern people, Gen, Altorn was @ candidate for the United States Benate before the Legislature of Missisuppi at the time Jel. Was electod from that State several years ago. The seat was holy contested by par- tis. A number of days were spent in balloting, ulting in no election—lavis Rigring | an underhanded me,” az the Aitorn party claim that he was elected by threo'votes, yer since the moat bitter feeling has ex- ieted between the two men, This, probably, is therea- son why Gen. Altorn is not in the Confederate army. We are now on the lookout {or a battle at any time. Woe have reliable information that the enemy have built the strongest fortifications at several points on the Talla- hatchie, and will contest every inch of ground with des- peration. That these statements are true is boyond a doubt; for they well know that if this expedition is successful Vicksburg is Jost to them beyond re- covery. Wehaye given them ample time for prepara- tion. " We expect to moet the enemy first at Greenwood. It is estimated they have twenty thousand men. This evening Gea. Ross issued the following order to his command GENERAL ORDERS-—NO. 7. Heavquariees, Tainan Division, StTeaMKR VOLUNERER, Moura ar Coup Water, Miss., March 8, 1862. Orrickus axD Sovprens or tum Yax00 Exrkornon:— You bave embarked on au enterprise of great import Anco sud corresponding labor and difficulty. The enemy, driven back by your valor to bis last stronghold in the Weat, propares with sullen desperation to contest all your approaches. With the capture of Vicksburg the keystone of the rebellion fails, The rest is easy and cor- tain. You may then hope speedily to return to your firo- cides and your friends, the rebellion crushed, peace re- stored, and constiturional liberty preserved. Lethe: 4 bes Pers struggle your commanding paral et: pects you to perform the part assigned to you with a gal- lautry that will retlect now justreon the States you } resent and the proud Northweat to which you ail belong. Part of you are alroudy veterans. The rest, he doubts not, but wait the opportunity to become such. From the character of the movement its success must ‘be one of the most brilliant of the war, or its failure tho most disgraceful and disastrous, The enemy is untiring and active. He will watch our front, hang upon our flanks and threaten our rear,and take every advant for surprise and ambuseade, You must oppose him with a sicepless vigilance, that will thwart and baile all his efforts, Remember that a single careless officer = sone sentioe! may sacrifice an army and ruin a nation, Observe the strictest disciplive, the most prompt and implicit Obedience to orders, Keep your arms ia good condition. Be always ready for action, and, if fire low.* to engage the , “keep cool and Officers and soldiers—Regard this ition as tag own. Give it every energy, aud let one of you hold himgelf responsible for its result. ber you fight for the preservation of the proudest, the and most Beneficent government on earth. Liberty and honor are@atstake. Not only friends at home, but the whole nation, are watching you, history waits to record your heroism. Be true to yourselves, perform every duty as soldiers, trust in God, and your success 1» cortain. By order of Brigadier General L. F, RORS. M, 3. Knaus, Aneistant General. Skoteh of General Ress. Brigadier General Leonard ¥. Ross, the military com- mander of the Yasoo river expedition, is a mative of Tll- ‘now, in which State he waa born im the year 1623. He ts, therefore, about forty years of ago. He was a first Neatenant of the Fourth [lnois Volunteers daring the Mexican war, aad commanded Company K doring part of the term of that regiment's service, which lasted from July, 1846, to May, 1847. At the commencement of the present rebeltion he resided at Lewiston, Fulton county, and when the call was made for three years voluntecrs he raised the Fourth District or Seventeenth regiment of Minois Volunteers, and was chosen the colonel of the same, with a commission dating from May 20,1861. The regimeut was stationed at Peoria, Ti., until the middie of June, 1861, when {t was sont w Alton, on the Mississippi river. i stayed there for one month, when it was removed into Migsouri, and after being stationed at 8t. Louis for a short time was rept to Warrenton, a statioa of the Nerth Missouri Rajiroad, where the subject of onr sketch Rad to contend with the guerillas and bridge burners of that portien of the S@te. They were next sent to Pilot Knob, to help protect that regiou from the ravages of the rebel forces under Jeff. Thompson. They next garrisoved the town of Frederickton, Southeast Miszouri, for a ebort time, after whieh they were sent to Cape Girardeau, Mo., on the Mississippi river, where some powerful works were being erected by the Bisse! engineers. They next, im September, 1861, garrisoned Jackson, Mo., and for some time operated in other perts of Southeastern Mis eouri, until about the beginning of December, when Colonel Rosa was placed in command of the post at Cape Girardeau. It was about this time that General Grant for bis advance into Ken- tucky. In the lowing January Ross’ command garrisoned Fort Hott, Kentucky, and formed part of the reconnoitering force to the rear of Columbas, Ky. During the siege and capture of Fort Donelson, from Febritary 13 to 16, hie regiment formed part of the Third brigade (General Paine) of General McCiernand’s division of Geveral Grant's army. It also participated in the battle of Shiloh, where Colonel Rows gained some diatine- tio, and his regiment lost—in killed, wounded and miss. ing—wearly one hundred and Ofty mea. On the 25th of April, 1862, he wan made a brigadier general of volun- teers, and during the siege of Corinth commanded the Third brigade of General Judsh’s (formerly McClernand’s) division of General Grant's army. During the summer and fall of 1862 his brigade formed a portion of the force under Genera! McCieruand that guarded the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. When General Grant reorganized the Department of the Tennessee,on the 22d of December, 1862, General Ross was placed in command of the Kighth divieion in the Sixteenth Army corps, then under Genora Hurlbut. On the 8th of February he was transferred to the covomand of the Fiiteenth division of the same army, General J. E. Smith taking charge of the Eighth division. His newly appointed force was then stationed at Helena, of which post be was placed in command. From this porition he was again removed to take charge of the Yazoo Pass expedition, of which he is pow the military commander. THE VICKSBURG NEWS. Sr. Lows, March 19, 1663. Despatches from the Vieksburg fleet of the 11th say that the Lake Providence canal was completed, and water would be Jet in im about a week. ‘Tho rebel gunboat Webb was lying clowe to the shore at Vickaburg. She was supposed to be im asinking con. dition. Capture of Another Blockade Runner. Waanmeros, March 19, 1868. The Navy Department has bees informed thatthe gun. boat Sagamore, on the 8th inst., captured, off Hillsboro, Florida, the sloop Enterprise, loaded with cotton, haying run ot of Mosquito Inlet. | Lateresting frum the West, Crscimnat, March 19, 1688. A deapatch from tnliamapolin gaye that on the arrival of the Cincinnadi train & party of soldiers seimed ang Gentroyed a package of Cincionat! Enquirer, Genorad Cartingtoe arrested the soldiers und paid the agent (or the copies destroys od. ‘Ongood & Smith's peg and Inat factory at Todianapotie | Kins been destroyed Dy fire, Los $15,000 tesured tor | £5.000 in two compan ium Infantry were sont into Nobie county, Ohio, yesterday | to arrest desertore, Ib ie reportod that the citiveue have Orga ited to rewat tbem, end trouble is anticipated. to mnie, Maren 18¢a, The Journal editorially recommends iminediate prepa. rasiona fer the doienee of ih.s city by fortifical ope. W YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1863. THE YAZ00 PASS EXPEDITION. Scene of the Fight Between the Union Gunboat Chillicothe and the Rebel Fort Pemberton on Friday, March 13, 1863, \) ‘The semi-annual commencement of this now famoua institution of learning was held last evoning in the large hall of the college, which was filled to repletion by a large and respectable audience. The arrival of the Arch- bishop about nine o'clock was marked by # general do monstration of applause, both from the studeute and su dience. The exercises of the evening consisted of a his torical discussion by the debating society attached to the college, the subject being—'Was the American Rebellion Justidiable,”’ and an agreeable interspersion of music. The subject was handled ably im the affirmative by Mr. Wm. J. Lane, ot New York, and Wm. J. O'Neill, of Manchoster, Fngland ; and in the negative by Mr. John A. Dixon, of New York, and Mr. Corn. O'Neill, of Manchester, England. ‘These latter gentlemen showed considerable power, doth of eloquence and argument, but the Chairman, Mr. Wiliam McCloskey, decided, patarally enough, in favor of the af- Grmative side, The Ancumanor was addressed, on taking his seat, m poetry, by Mr. Bernard Kelley, and subsequently pre sented with a magnificent bouquet by an interesting |ittle boy. The address of the young student was laudatory of his Grace, and reflected great credit on its author At the conclusion of the exercises the Archbishop was asniated to the platform, and, baving taken a seat spoke as follows — Laome sawp GewTueMEN—As no special part bas Deen assigned to me in the discussions you bave beird and by which you have been deliguted,T am almost at a joes to know what] should say. While seated here ivoking on this alovve and around the place, it seemed to me that could distinguish countenances calculated to inspire every hope in any and every good canse, (Applanse.) AD O11 aud practised eye like mine can distinguish, and I have neon ote but open noble countenances ail around me, bearing with intelligence. It i» hard for a young mah to keep his countenance if be has gone far astray in moral duty. The Archbishop, haying relerred in a modest manner 0 the progross whicl educatioh bad made under his juri#diction, continued—! do not deny the imposebment thet my exertions lay very much towarce education, aad the ouly trouble with mo i, that] have not rucceeded as weil as | could have wished. Kdneation, I might say, has been the dream of my life, and by eda cation | mean the training of the intellect and heart, whieh makes « man firm understand bis duties w his God, and ext to bis country, and then to his family, and then to all mankind. (Applause.) 1 bave t Bight realized to tome extent my firt dream a# an archbishop, or @ bishop, aod now, my last vision, my lat dream will be to have ton more ortabiishments ia b city of New YorR like this, (Applause) There i# mty bperge | plenty of , plenty Promiicg youth, and why not build up a whole army of young men, who by seience aud education and principle shall ives tone to the whole city of New York. (Applause) ‘ow, | must be just, and sings the quertion of the Ame rican Revorution has been discussed, | will say thie— that, of all the vices that sre known t fallen hu man fature, ‘eon Bt least, che freert from maineriommpene, -) There is wot ® muwer in the iand. = verybody and every boy, from the age ef rine yours and six months wante to make money, but be never bode it like amine. He makes it for the fun of it, but Be mpeuia it again. (Cheers and lwoghter.) There are countries, however. | mi! 0 t hich are miseriy. Afver some iuriber remarks in a partly facetious atyle, hie Grace coneluden a8 fo hows But, gentioney of the ditevseion clase fw ouid make one Temark, and that is that @ yrevt courtry Mike thie te the tr Dgeet, and at the Rame | me (he weaken! ever crenied. He ause Rocmily asd pot creation under God's provitence, If country ike this are united the contr id reamed firm af the rock of Gerster, On ‘ne wher & °4, M @ivinions—it eontradieons and rival tactions sbewid op—oh! thes read the hy pr © Poland, read the hielory of Ireland, and you BURG. a i Gh 0 erene eee ee SCARE OF MILES ___ “Td firat time and for ever—bot it was not. It was done by piecemeal, lying, theft and deception. (Great chooring.) The consequence is that Ireland was more perfectly at the fect of her oppressor than Poland. Alter « few further remarks his Grace finished, and was greeted with pro- longed applaused. The exercises soon alter closed. HOOKER’S ARMY. at Kelly’s Ford, é&c. Haanquanrans, March 19, 1863. General Hooker reviewed the Twelfth corps to-day. Our casualties in the cavalry Gght of the 17th will num- ber les than forty. All the wounded were brought into camp bxcept five, who were too severely burt to be moved, The cavalry aro in good spirits over their affair, which they claim to be the greatest hand to nand cavalry combat that ever took place ou thig continent, and only equalled by one fought in Europe. The enemy are not inclined to talk about it, and mo siore oF insinuations come from their pckets. We have a snow storm to night. The Cavairy Fi, NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Attempt to Ren the Blockade Near Nor- at Gloucester, dic., &e., dee. Yorrezes Moxon, March 17, 1863. Last night Lieut. Colonel Whipple, of the Nineteenth Wisconsin, captured a small boat altempting to run the blockade on Elizabetn river, near Norfolk. She had about two thousand dollars worth of contraband goods on beard. Three of the men were arrested and taken to Nort The ironclad Keokuk passod dewn Hampton Roads this morning, and returned at four o'clock this morning, ‘The United States sloop-of-war Juniata arrived at two o'clock this afternoon from Philadelphia, ‘The Yorktown Cavalier of March 17 contains the follow ing — YROM WILLAMENCRA. BVerterday come thirty or forty of the enemy Aired upom our pickets stationed in the direction of Richmond. The pickets returned the fire, and the enemy beat a hasty re treat. No lous was sustained, and alb ia again quiet. It wan probably their purpoe to induce our men to pursue them and fail into another ambuscade. Oo Paturday laat General Fitzhugh Lae, with about two thousand cavalry and wo pieces of artillery, made o harried advanee apon oar linen at Gloucester, but, hear- ing Of some reintorcements oor forces at that point, they retired an rapidiy a» they came. It is ramored that they bave gone for reinforcemeots; but we are ready for them FouTams Mownon, March 14 A northeast rainstorm commenced here thie afternooe. A ball, given by tne oificers of the Ninth army corpe, taken place at Newport's News (0 uight. Several are im viled {eon Old Point. THE BLACKWATER AFFAIR, Yortams Mosnom, Mareb 19, 1843 Last Tuesday Colonel Spear. of the Rlereoth Penney! vania cavalry, and some artillery, attacked the rebel breartworks on the Hack water, but (atiet 0 carry Khem, what they will eal to, There tw mtbing # etre im 4 ee IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA, Affair at Deep Gully Between the Union and Rebel Forces. SEVERAL MILITARY EXPEDITIONS. SURPRISE OF THE REBELS. Names of Some of the Killed and Wounded. \ REBEL ACCOUNTS, &e., &e., &e. Our Newhern Correspond: Newnzrs, N. C., March 11, 1863. Important Bapeditions to the Interior—Their Suocess—The Expedition to Hyde County, de. ‘The past has been a week of activity, anxiety and ox- Citement to us, and one frought with groat conarquences, ‘and I am pleased to record the fact, if for no other reason | than to inform the world that Goveral Foster and bia command still live and soon determined to let*+our erring Southern brethren” understand that we can “kinder Come ’round”? ouco in awhile upon thelr rear notwith standing our little army bas been so weakened by tho Dull-headed stratogy of somebody—not a resident here. Within the last ten days no less than four tmportant ex- peditions have left this place, and all haye been signally @uccessful in attaiping the objects at which they were | aimed, and though each was perfect in itself, I opine that all were but preludes to lead to some greater and more important manifestation of ovr army's activity; but what that manifestation may be, it# naturo,! ts aim, of what consistmg, or what it is expected to effect, a due rogard to the ipse dicit of leading war spirits at far off Washington procludes my saying, even if I knew; 80 after reading what has been dono your patron must guess for themselves, as your correspondent receives no additional pay or emoluments for surmising. By far tho largest, and 40 far es reguits are concerned, the most important of the expeditions referred to above, was that under the command of Goneral Prince, which Jeft this piace on Friday morning Jost, The command con- sisted of the Spinola iogion and Jourdan’s brigado, two full batteries of artillery and cight companies of savalry, which was divisioned and officered as follows:— GENERAL PRINCH'S STANT. Captain 8. W. Waldron, Chief of Stil, Assistant Adju- tant.Guneral. - Lieutenant Francis U. Farquhar, Chief Engineer, Eighteenth army corps. Lieutenant Albert Ordway, Aid-de-Camp. Licutenant L. ’, Haskell, Aid-de-Cainp. Captain Geo. W. Bradley , Assistant Quartermaster. Captain Jas, 11. omwell, Acting Assietant Commissary of Subsistence. Major Stone, Chief of Artillery. Dr, P. B. Rive, Medical Director. RIGHT DIVISION HTAYY, ora ¥, B. Spinola’, lone! F. G. Chapman, Ala-de-Carap. Lieutenant G. 8. Willlauns, Acting Assistant Adjutant General Lieutenant W. M. Cole, Aid de Camp. Lieutenant J. H. Cornwell, Assistant Commissary of Bobsistence. Captain J. Ry Doivecahio, Assistant Quartermaster, ‘LET DIVINION Tarr. Colonel James Jourdan Commanding Brigade. Lieutenant Peach, Acting Awsiatant Adjutant Genarat Lieutenant Churchill, Aid-de Camp. Lieutenant Victor Staier, Acting Quartermaster. Lientenaut King, Acting’ Commiasary of Subsistence. The expedition leit Newborn at daylight on the Sth instant, and marchod on tho routh side of tho Tront river to MeDavie’s plantation on tho renton road, a diatance of | mived forward to allack the uemy, twenty miles, where we encamped for tho night. I may here say that eight miles further on, at Trenton, we bad learned that brigade of rebefs had been ited, and our trooy® manifested axtrong desire to push on after @ark for the purpose of “gobbling” them; but our general deomed that a march of cigit miles added to one of twenty would illy propare our boys to fight » few force, 80 we laid by until daylight, while tho cavalry were pusbod forward to scour the country, At daylight wo were again on the march, and had pro oredod some «ix miles \ewafda ‘Trenton when word came back from the cavalry advance that Trenton was oura, tho rebels baving taken French leave the day before ou hearing of our epproach were balted aud marched back to the tn tion, thence 40 Young's Crows Rouds, eighteen iniles, where they camped for tho night, white the cavalry preesed on in the enemy's rear to within afew miles of inston, returning to eamp late at night, Sunday came and with it anotner march ef sixteen miles to Livyd’s measow, in the direction of Ywanbor Hore we en. dom Monday, after desjvat the cavalry to Country ‘au f rough, the Ge ed back bis iorces ng the Whi.o Oak river farther on, aud saccee in taking #,amoug whow was a Lieuteoant North Carolina goanta and five privat We encountered nothing on the n any mishap on oor purt bout or back nd roa hed New. ity and ascertaining thal there waa no armed rarer to than Kineton March 1, an expedition consteting of Com t North Carolina | nie Volonteers, Lic j.@ battery, Liewtenant fturk, and Company F, Third New York cavalry, Captain Richardson, left New bern for Hyde county, on the steamer Escort, accom. panied by the guuboat North © The tion, under command of Captain Richardson, ianded at tune Imy Bridge on Monday afternoon,.at two o'clock, and ocooded to make a devour around Lake Mattimunkeet Pickets were constantly Being driven in, but vething of particular Interest occurred umtil Wedpesdsy morn- 04» about tan o’chck, within six miles of Jake Minding, when the (oroes were fired from the woods, near @ place called The infantry immed ately deployed and charged into the woods, while the battery proceed to throw nome abet! ia- to the wools, completely routing and dispersing them. ‘The rally then being svunded the troops proceeded Swap Quarter, the shire of Hyde. When within « mi ‘and a quarter of the Iatter place the advance (cavalry) wore fired upon from the woods kiting the road, where | were captured. the guerillas were stationed in great force, The infantry Jately deployed into the woods, the battery open , and for about twenty miuutes the battle was very ‘The firet volley (rom Ube rebels killed three of the cavalry outright and wounded tweive of Ube same. After 8 nbort etand the rebels gave way and fied, leaving some thirty of their number dead and “wounded on the ground in the #wamp. The Union force then proceeded to Swan Quarter, carrying their dead and wounded, At thin place they retuned during the night, and the next day embarked for New bern rebel Captain Sw indel! and his Hecteoant were among Lhe alain KiLLAD—-COMPANY §, TOTKD NRW YORK CAVALIY, Orderly sergeant B.D. Stirling Orderly Rergoant Charles Bowin Corporal M. Ven Vleck FOCNDED COMPANY ¥, THDKD KRW TORK CATALEY Ligutenant Leen Hensot Pieutenant W. fH. Barke, of the battery. Mergent Morris Harrington, ence died. Sergeant Sammie! H. Keup Borgeant C. W. Dye Corporal B, Hatt Corporal J, MeGarrol Private Wm. Churebill Private Fills Faber Private 8. 0. Gardner. Private Heary Jovosen Private Mav Penailt Private Martin Roland valry, wo ser. | second © ti PRICE THREE CENTS Foster, who ordered General Palmer, with Colonel Lee's Drigade, consisting of the Fifth, Twenty Afth and Forty. third regiments Massachusetts Volunteers, to the scene of action. Helger's and Riggs’ bitteries were also sent forward, and just before uight came upon the advance of the enemy at & place called Deep Gully, two miles beyond the camp of the Twenty-lifth Maneuehceetts regiment, Here the Third New York cavairy, wo bad gone forward at the first alarm under Lieutenant Colonel Lewis, were found in company with a battalion of the Twenty fifth Massachnsetts Volunteers, akirmirhing with the enemy acrons the creek; but oight comimg on, and the scene of action boing ina dense wood, our artillery was unable to render much assistance; #0, Of ¢ urse, all that was done had to be dope with the tfantry and cay- alry, and they attempted nothing but what they accom, plished, and that was to hold the enemy in check, So, with picket fring and Ing range skirmishing, the might wore away—the rebela ovidently considering it not best to advance, and our forces making the beat show of strength possible, in order to deter them from doing so» should that conclusion have entered thetr programme of arrangements. Daylight this morning found our forces in their position of the night before, and the enemy evidently arranoing for an advance. But ove man upon our aide was known t) be killed during the night, and one of Com davy G: Twenty flith Massachusett, taken pris ner At daylight this moruing thy exp of the Ninet second New York regiinent, on the corth boak of the Neues river, Opposte and half & mile above ihe town was 8 mmionod to surrender by ala ca foree of Ue rebel arm, ‘the officer {h command, Lioutonant Colo ol An- derson, Immediately communicated with General Kuster, | and wie Instructed to hold hia positon at ail hazards. ‘Tho gunboats wore sent up lo thy vicinity of the ; Ice abont qunrise, and then commence a revere eannonading, | which comtinned throughout the dey, the en beats ebet ling tho woods back of and to tho right and le tof the cavip, and the roboly angw erlog Witt: held jie6e vals. | learn that 4 regiment was gent over to ¢ | inforee the place, aud, asiie fram a good deal of uncer | tain firing, the contest in that quarter has mounted wo nothing W day. About cleven A.M, a rumor wae rife (hata targe body of ‘the enemy were advarciug upon the Potiockeville road onthe south side of the ‘rent river, ana ti themse ves on — creek, four miles above t at six o'clock to-night 1 learved thas the pi overdrawit. Some sing wae beard to-day out on the Trent road, Dut Posner bear of aryibing delinite from that quarter, Fem in J, W. Deuny, the senior offer ia eam. | mane of the our companies of the Twer ty Sib regiment Marrs gette Volupeers, «hich Boxtamed the shock of the rebel onset In company Wi the cavalry, ! learn the Particulars of the attack Oo Friday. CAPTAIN DRNNY # AQLOUNT, Aboot balf- past two o'clock on the aft rnoon of Pridoy, the 15th inst... a8 our tofantry puket, with its cavalry Vidette, were statioued just beyond the out orb at beep Guily, aemall body ot revel caval y e down wpon them via the ‘irent road, toon afier another body of caval y came down on a charge and fired nj. u the infan try picket stationed mm the rifle pitsat “the Guly."" The tre was briskly returned, when the enemy left with fme Wounded. The niin poket cam): was netted of the attack, and Company K, ol tho Twonty (ith Mas. sachusetts, Was seul forward Lo the wurpest, and Captain Chamverlaia, of Compaay A, Third New York cavairy, moved bis commend to the front, and, dismounting bis men, attecked the enemy's advance which was concealed in the woods a mile beyond the outpost. Capt, Chamberlain, atter having felt the eneiny’s position and sirengih, retired, and apt | enuy Ordered up the other infantry Companies oF bis c mimand —A,Caod U, of the Tweniy Ofb Maseachuse « Volun- Wwer—plucing them in tbe most advaniagougs posiNens: any attack Company K being stationed tp the Vury soon the enemy «pened npn us from four ploces of artilery, throwing shells, grape, camiater and solid shot directly into tho works aud among our troops. At this point Lieutenant Colne Lowi, of the Third New York cavairy, arrived from New bern «nd aa- sumed command, and flading the postion untenable, or dered the brave men vo retire im order, which was dove without lo#ing # man, Our iorces being reinforoed by rome companies of the Third Now York cavalry and ove small bowitrer, wok position abont one handred yards back of the sifle piss At the “quily,”” aud opened upon the enemy a heavy fire, The rebels then attempted to Bank our porto, when Colonel Lew is ordored a retreat, whieh was male in good order, the enemy following upon # charge, with most terrific «bouts and yells. The inlawtry host one mam during the retreat, Wilhaw Wiesweil of Company G, who wae y token prisoner, Our larees then Wok port. tion at the’ Grapevine House, three fourthe of @ inite thin wide of the “gully,” which position they held until Colomeb Loo’s brigade arrived, at wigttrall ‘The troops Inid upod their arms during tho night, eaf- foriny eeverely from the old, ard the next morming eral Palmer hoving arrived ( take the command, Ox y Kwan thrown into the woods on the rikht, and had # severe skirmixh of over an hour with the enemy's advance, aod succeeded ‘a driving the rebem ba kK fsoule Givtanoe. News arriving of Ube attack \ pon the camp of the Nimwty - second Sew York, opposite Newbers, all or wl were orderd back town, Masrarhusette, under Colonel ssekete, a gen’ battery, who were left with orders to keep back the .d- vancing evemy. The rebels rbelied the woods, skowiy advavemg until noon, but our intantry und a 4 thom pretty ly checked, and what © « in the discovered thus they had retired At night the Twonty Gfth waa re | ie of | force io the action, U upon thone who #0 ty rontented (bem. THR NUCTY PRD BLINN formidable one than lat Great sup. by deserters 1 the rebel fore® com. > toes thaw se kof InIAUUEY, NOW M artillery and alty, under 4 General Pettigrow oneral Pett ammoned the Ninety ier and a tone had te artiiler, rt of the woud about five hun ired yar ihe demend was in erative, ana Cok pol being empty — In that fight. rullery and iniantry opeoed upon our works The toute sod buts ineie Then the and was replied to vigor the works were riddled with #bot and Fbell, but we boat bat four men wounded in the whole aflair The rebel fores on the Trew brigades of infantry and two regimen Brigadier Geooral Daniels, He bad a) artillery, a# | learn from prisoners The rebel b sale. The whe steamer is wbistiing her lant #briek and | must ele Rebel Ac March 15, 1863. Hatem, General D. B. Hill came upon the enemy's outponts a® Deep Gully, om the Trent rond, eight milon this site of Newvern The enemy's foree consisted of four compames 10 | of infautry and ono light battery, They flet acroms the river sod destroyed the bridge, A Yankee and « buffalo General Hill was moving on Newbers ROBBERY OF ADAMS' EXPRESS. ¢ Thousand Dollars Reward (Wered. Barrmone, Mareh 19, 1668, ‘The wate of the Adame’ Exprens Company waa robbed on Wedneaday night between Baltiroore and Harneburg, It contained varioun came of money in co rengy and gold, a large pomber of United States cortifieates M tndebied- ners, United States Ove-twcnty bonds, and checks of the United Mates Trew on the Aeatntant Treasurer at New ‘York, payeble to (he order of th A ome Bapreas Com. pany A reward of Ove thoosand doliare le offered by ihe company The poll ¢ are referred to the list of the aum bers of the bonds aod cerlificetes pabijabed by the conta. pany, and are cautioned th Lo Kegutiale auy of them ROMMERY OF THE (DAMN EXPER FIVE THOCKAND DOLLA REWARD, Barre Moreh 10, 1863. The following described ceriit act, ke., were stolen from the Adame Fapress Compary oo Wednesday might, for the recovery of which 66,000 will be paia by the WOUNDED —COMYANY G, FIRET SONTH CAROLINA CINON YOLEN | Gompeny —~ rene Private Wm Puleher, tines died. The firet ;betooo of cavalry, being ip advance, received the Grrt Ore and walfered most heevily. A braver set of non vever sat in aadale Newnean, N.C., Mareb 1411 F. w. Phe Advance of the Rtele—Afair at Deep Guliry—The Way Our Troops Aded on tha Ocoasiom—The Very Latest Nom, be ‘Tous ls (be anniversary of the capture of thie place and the day haw been one of the mont Intense excitement. Sxirmoiehing bas been going om all day on tires sides Of the city, While within the \ines of oar army the mort om iravagant stories and rumors Of the rebel « (ores snd Go rigns have obtained eirowlation. ‘The place certainly invested With am immense rebel fore but bow large or of @tAt Charmeter it te Hnpoenibie Wo necertaim aa yet; 04 | 40 RO remember to have seen wines the war com taenced & more protiining ehance for s ight than # pro nen ied now aod bere. About three oclees 5 Our |) ma was seventeen wounded aud miwing | A detachinent of Mounted Rider, under Liewtanans Hin, | Wh? "ere Gut on what i= Kew captored tou rebels at ine mame (ime ten milew (rom tbe were driven m to the infantry - | in whore four ova of the Tweety Oth Maree Menest —To ight there will be given at the Aesdemy | eburetia Volunteers, vnder Captaln Denny ware encamped | of Morte La Favorite,” with « great cost—i | two miles neorer the tows, by Ge everebetring fore of Mergrien!, He lin) «od biect | Sue enemy, sd word wan immmediniely pent (© General | O}PTCAT OF OEE vee er ton cert fenton, A WBA enc, womtvert and Ty athe 1 000 eneh — aaa scam OF Te OnrrED Foor Onited Poperntendent Adame kapreae. The New Jersey Two Handre@ Thonsan@ Doliar Loan, Trerron, Nd. Maren 19, 1868, ‘The bide for the €200,609 loan were opened today, A very large guntes were made from 4iGerent parte of the eyanery, emoonting in the agaregste Wy aber eve were varions ame me aed ot premloms, averagiog tbirlery per onms. ate