The New York Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1863, Page 1

W YORK HERALD. .of the Steamship ‘George Cro'awell, eer RTANT MIL’ TARY OPERATIONS , @anchac, ‘Mee ote smsnip George Cromwell, Captain Post, arrived a 43 from New Orleans, she sailed from that port iJ ae ult, We are indebted'to the gentlemanly pur- for the prompt delivery of our parcels. 4 Our Baton Rouge Correspondence. Baton Rovan, March 25, 1863. Return of te Boazy nxt letter, particulars of; the advance return of the army, I stated that it was at Bayou Mon- 5 yan attack from Price’s army, if the in- sapeyrer, 7 escorting give us battle; 8s our pickets next day reported all quiet and no sign ‘the enemy ; the whole force returned to Baton Rouge on ‘Monday, March 16, the troops returning to their old quar. ‘as tho:vents were:not even struck when the advance made. ‘hours all was quiet, n0 moro excite- being isl In whatever and around Baton Rouge than if no had taken place. "°S RRCORVONERANCE IN FORCE, the following evening the One Hundred and ‘fifth NéWwé¥ork, Col, Parmele; One Hundred and ' Lieut, Col, Cotteler, with a section of ter, and Admiral Farragut ‘fourteen mites ;and laxxied Prophet Island, on ‘the h fall sighSof the enemy's dat- beagle sem ‘of thetr guns. Q26NAL STATION BROMES UP—iMPORTANT CAPTUSR. ‘Goareely had the troops disembarked before the rebel could be geen hastily crossing the river to Port iae8t & ils se ¥ i ? teed . i Int ad the satisfaction double quick until : § i 5 3 is i i i F a, i Ej i i @ strong WARD MARCH. the Thittieth Massachusetts, & company of Jock in th® morning, with the the poiat again at its widest tore than two the country was side, and found, on bridges wore swept the small if 5 t i Be. S 3 sf fe i " 4 a ‘wading thigh, and ‘8 horses plunging progress was very ae ae nee to nae ves As as depth . it was found impossible aud oven her, And again the order and again the backward march was to Yetaro at five ana by ‘cloek, oP goad fellows slept the bugie’® early CO RMEFTT.. “Ury again.’ " Ud.oot return witout r- oo Wipow he declared that he would not wes, Be object for whieh. be wan yw se* Hf ee i ait fi Dudley ‘that he oo yo Sa jt, ae Len wi ok ioea'n and God mever fai. ‘# eavairy are ordered on alone pot. Proudly to say i: for itis aed repeats it, from she . Me of danger and the very,name of thefr the ‘groutiog, gueit bands who Nios sound. jp justice to (here ‘ 's avd Colivey's cavaies Whadiey yiving orders tha: in action coult. Dhey did so, reached the even went three suet, — They conga ive in the had’ steamed jy ged down ays after the bomwedinent, ays ago the * Har toed and and he nebber coms peck arrived ft the Winter plant. marian Piiden thirty-six mi re WRATH quinoxial * pow the weather, whieh jor ‘The ca volock V. M., Seas two weeks (oR mneomfortably bot, ie, vn eapooiaily, very Quid. Slgeed windywy, fires. own to re- | the crogks or bayour, | Our Forces—They Now Occuvy the Navy Yard and Forts Only— Delightful Weather—Matiers in the Otty—News from the Hartford—The Manchac Expedition a Success— Reperis from Port Hudeon, dc. ‘The destruction of the steamship Bio Bio on Sunday morning last, of which you have had a partial account, was ip all respects complete. She burned anti) two P. M., then filled and sank iv very deep water, with allher cargo and a great part of the passengers” baggage. The pas- sengers have great cause 10 congratulate themselves that she was destroyed alongside the levee instead of at sea; for it is well ontablished that her being on fire was a very usual occurrence. On ber passage from New York to Now Orleans, in November last, the light wood work around the smokestack and cook galley was on fire con- tantly, 80 often thatthe hose was led along from the forward deck pump and hands stationed by it constantly in order to prevent the fire from extending beyon’ thus locality, It is folly for any one, owners or agents, to deny this assertion, The fact was well known to every one on board, and, as your correspondent formed one of the nu- Merous passengers at that time, he speaks not from Bearsay, but from haying seen for himself all that he asserts. Since the sailing of the steamers New Prunswick and ‘McClellan on Sunday last, we have had nothing of inter- est to occur in this department. The rebels have the means, as will be perceived at a glance, of concentrating in afew hours any number of men they need, and it would’ be folly, when these circumstances are considered, ‘to venture upon an asgault of their strong intrenchments ‘without their equal in numbers to attack, and having a strong reserve. You will have heard through rebel chap- neis, long before it would bave been in my power to com- manicate it, their account of the attempted pas- sage of the flect on the night of the 14tb inst. ‘They claim to have sustained but small low. It i» the opinion of many naval officers with whom I have conversed, and who were present on the occasion, that, had the Admiral carried out the instructions be himself gave tothe other commanders ‘of the squadron before attempting the passage of the batteries, the majority, if Bot all ‘the squadron, would ‘have passed up with very ttle if any imury, The Admirals instructions were ‘compelled to follow the the consequence’ The pri An coma they could env in neo edt andthe! other, the” Mowingaboln. rid a Missienippl say that up’ to RaRELEGE tite ity ERE pint af fii i] | a y few pieces of wreck are all that can be 4 steamer ever owned by the government, abela bad her stoering gear shot away and the so 6 when the Monongahela stopped the Kineo broke from the fasts alongside, and also went ahead inte the river bank and was hard und (ast ashore. Her commander. nant Cominander Waters, nothing daunted, went to work ot bis vessel affoat, under the terrible | subjected, and succeeded also in pull ing the Monongahela off—the ‘latter vessel having been struck while ashore no lees than fiity-two times. | very evident that our ships returnin, ne | enemy gave them our exact position, and made very eflective: whereas, if we bad remained | our ships did on the Potomac river, we should more loss to record thaw when the Seminole, Pawnee and Pensacola ran by the batteries at Evansport. he ability to ‘drive Kirby wwighborhood of Brashear | y | vansierred to the La | } | Smith from hi location in t City, and L have no doubt it will ve done, and that soon, ‘The falling back of General Weitzel with bis iain body was @ politic move. He cannot and will net be caught asleep, as | have said in former lowers | opiuion is, aud it is not mine alove, that he will tu tables upon Kirby Smith aud ¢ y. Goneral W as | informed you in my letter jay last, is with his | main body at Bayou feuf, but a strong force is still at Brashewr. Skirmishing is going on constantly across the Fiver, showing but a litle distance jutervanes betwoen the two armies, Kirby Smith thought that he had Goa. | Weitzel in- a sure trap; Dut he was mistaken, All his plans were laid to that end; but when he expected to | spring the trap the bird had flown and was more secure than ever. The rebel gunboats Queen | of the West (lately captured fr ) aad the Webb known to be in the Atchafalaya, uot very far above shear. They are to co-operate with Kirby Smith, and ai waiting for his army tobe ready. They have com. polled, beyond doubt, to leave the Mississippi, Bow that | the Hartford is above iort Hudson, and take to some is not improbable, the fryingpan iato the dre, and may be glad to get back to | where they started from Kirby Smith has again reinforced This may be relied upon: for #ince the ight | ‘at Port Hudson steamers have been seen there, embark- | ing troops for the other side of the river, uo doubt. These bis agmy, in order to enable him to throw orce upon General Weitzel, aud render | an attack upon bis position a certaip thing but they hav {ngled; ‘or the movement was known here ond at Brashear and was, as | have said before, effectu ally checkruat An expedition, composed of one battalion of Zouaves and & Rectinn of a battery, started a fow days since to effect tue destruction of the railroad bridge at Pans Manchac and drivegtewhatever force of rebels might be found there. Ibeexpedition was accompanied by several gun: ‘eats to cover the operations On shore, Pass Manchac ix the opentog between Lakes Ponchartrain and Mauripas, and ie the point to N from the expedition; but, rumor has ft this morning that ce Nim = fresh from a recent and, to them, grest victory, and 10 | ceasia the bridge was destroyed a8 soon as our party arrived POE the disadvaniazes of their nly aud plentifuily | advices fre " aa ants evtachaneas Of Teel weeps S&S HE NAVY. io it vrs ‘ their being fr saab a By the very latest advices from Mexico it appears thet rounded and would \u ali probability be taken | supplied with at 10n and supplier. ‘The objects and just now there are righty vessels lying off the mouth of This is,as 1 have said before, more rumor, although i dee pages tp oe results of this brief campaign may be summed up as fol- | the Pio Grande, the greater part of wh consider its truth very probabie. j Trial of the Ro Engines, lows in the beginning of the month of September the | die g eupplice for and tn recetvi one g Wranavoris arrived this morning from Pensacola, | Om Wednesday morning tho trial of the ouginen of the | satety of the matic! capital was seriously ex he rebel government | eure that Penssosle bes’ beca svactated, cor forces | on-elad steamer Roauoke commenced, aad will continue | by the presence of « victorious exemy, who son after | qumsateh at inpal Teraus on the ste having fallen bask on the Navy Yard at Warrington and | seventy-two hours without intermission. Yesterday we | cromsed into Moryland and then direc tly threatened Wash have metrocted thy rieods here to suare * o! the forts at ee epaenen et the — Thi movement | paid the verse! a visit, and found her machinery working ton and Baltimore, While they occupicd the soil ofa Prevent United Hates government from taking joe | merseca.sconaat of any menace un he vrto heen, | fw very atbuctory manacr. the wieuma tray aad | Aopuiniewnd nreacant od nvassn a Pecespioscee nt'tginetoan,"te the ala ot Wh read | cccupp, and bring the Lrovpe stationed ihere toe point | gives promise Of having come apeod for © vessel of Mh: | te army of the (nium, inferior iw vimmbere, wearied by | ert imtarent at the Norib, Abst they most. Inewt, wore | where worvices were most needed. Before eva- cians. She ie now almost ready to turn over te the Nay | i n ‘i ‘ euating Pensacola many of the houses there were seton | yarg to perioral 5 jong tai at im verions worm out by fire and destroyed, but singular to relate, those of Mallory \ 8! receive her stores, ke. To the Novelty Trop OMwinerous battle lant of w eee Bunce | and Chase, the two areb-rebois of Hlorida, were not mo. | V°rKS belongs the oredit of er. Hor the | t th lested. All the citizens of Pensacola that ‘remained, and poy! And Gee Senatitel ptemstonemtgndnt dps 9 sone ah pene nanan t who have come forward and taken the oath of allegiance, 1" ‘i | Washington and Paltimore, then bead) y Ked the vieto ot wl) net ee were offered transportation Ww New Orieaus. Mavy look Fioumenemy In th ve chamen wt cong emit ‘ oe are te pose advantage af the offer and embarked, arriving here jn Fremotions and Appoimtments in the | Od cuparteriiy of datab hd nant a the transports this morning. Some capes of the mont bd + Corps, United » “ ‘ ‘ eer reac can be found among them. The Twenty. | ‘Lhe following promotions of engiuvers ia te mary have | Virginsa, throw saving Hke soyal ta im invae ; i ra olanteera came 1h08® | Seon.made by the Bodrd of Fxmainers at and fudely ‘ rele “Ww trying Uy “ | veegele, and witlform part of the force i viel aanare Ooo delphia wd aul . a pa 00m 10 Oe VIR ay Yard. } we inte owF country ANd web! ing us cm pres: ue b ™ _A latter wax received youterday at Paton Roage from Kecond Assistant Engiveesr James W be or one a ee r . ee Capua Fontaine, of the United states Marines, recently Firat Aewitant Fngineer; Third Ax ant ra BP tae and tere th + thowee: bove ar " * re in command af) marine averd oo board the United win Weljen, Henry W. Scott, Jol Am . ihe whe waters the were) e a het . States steamer aad who was captured Sy the — Thureton io be SeOONd \swisl ant kucineens . wre 7 ob * rebajache night (he slip was Rtatex that ‘The fullowing parsed for Third Arwickant cove nf apr lo Dt me (OF ey worn bieeme ° ‘ ‘ be was well and well treated. ang to boexchnged | ¥ Calvin MeLawiban, of Veoumyivmnin: Cariiion A. Ube K exertions, | cloee thin repent. © gnay ' ” for Captain ngdleed, of the irmy, who was 4 yiead: ismah Pawan. lenomgtyania tere. hee outy te Hope that the vem Dorte fer 40 capienating cor trom 6 Sea rebel ac oryivania: Albert C, Bnwcard, aries Nourw€ ‘ oa a The Rhode teiond State lection. coupes state that thirty six wf the iseieaiypi’s crew had iatopher, Maryland, Seivew ft 5 Coaneenont wae © merged will be deemed worthy to > heen taken prisoners. If this is 80, the number of kiled Lewis !aench ieperylvamia | eter « New Jeng receive the commondality of the government and the and missing will be et Gea Sixt y-five—the first ac a Hew ry envoy * , wee Ratch be wate ee ore ahr e, trne, for ub ay pep) or Governor, bee SAU meeray wroe ee ereaind ter whee vappued eM Men Non-Arriyal of me North American, Consens x04 9,000 over all . ae LAND, April 2—Midenght ‘ 7 Sinoe youerday sooritng we have had the most if Vensets it Port at Charieston , nent. Senatean, (rep. tor Comgrene. Wet 1008 mapeciiy or (ies . There are no sigue Of the North American, Wry over foriogFancore we hove fos hdxnees ond sawbareme | thee Sic fmt stenags ow at fe Harve Converco on ire Koco Nbsee 0 Yee stn | tun, op ) tor Cogren . ar : e on im , and Seewines a he nf w yong plevee but it arrived from > The Convention of Trieh on tet ben “ype yty — bail aa sae ea a) en ee re vires hive h pur® at Doavy Ad an arty cotton a raven of tne Primes rirest, this even measures (0 agree tereiveaedhvttnndes Of Sugar egecniator in order to jntutse freely in the lat. | the bwckade we operates ith the Ku a4 yp to | Runttiv's supporters have two thirds of fart bowwe of ibe tar nxeries, JUEEG afro HUTe pOOVe OR he KirRrLE now | for wien trade Uh ROE © mpenh jor Memithetie | gemages ssoemnby j | tion will be established between the two admirals, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1863. THE BAYOU TECHE EXPEDITION. NEWS FROM CUBA AND MEXICO Nothing Yet Received of General Forey's Operdtions at Puebla. ALL QUIET AT ST. DOMINGO, ae, ae, do. ‘The steamship Eagle, Captain Adame, arrived yesterday from Havana, whence she sailed on the 28th ult. Giving the Position: and Force of the Rebels Under General Sibley, with Fortifications and Intrenchments. Our Hayana Correspondence. Havana, Mareh 28, 1863. Arrival of the French Transport Allier from Vera Orus—No News from General Porey—Reurn of the Captain General from His Jour—St, Domingo—News from the South—The Diario de la Marina on the War— Admiral Wilkes and the Alabama—Is She Really Lowi? — Consul Schufeldt’s Resignation, &c. ‘Tho French transport Aliier arrived yesterday morning from Vera Cruz, in five days, and public expectation bas been again disappointed; for not only ia the news received dere, via New York, in regard to the taking of Mexico city, not confirmed, but there is uo news whatever from the French army, ‘The officers of the Allier with whom I conversed, say that no news of avy kind had been re- ceived from Geveral Forey for fifteen days prior to thoir @eyartore from Vora Cruz, which was on the 22d inst, ‘The latest, therefore, from the French headquarters is to the 7th, at which time it was supposed that an attack on Puebla would take place on the 15th or 16th, as has been stated already in former advices. The Diario d& la Martna publishes a report that Gen. Forey was in doubt whether to attack Puebla or march straight to the capital, leaving a part of his army to look ‘after the former place. It would be better to say Wat the public is in doubt as to what General Forey May do; for it is not likely that that officer would nove forward without having previously matured his plans. The Diario adds that the prevalent opinion was that ‘ked first. in short, any of us can speculate as to what may occur; but for the present we have to deal with the reality that we do not know what bas been done for the last three weeks, and must paeeny the arrival of the next English mail Vera Cruz, some eight or ten days hence. And we may consider it a safe conclusicn to arrive at that the ews published in the New York papors relative to the faking of Mexico city was premature. Captain General Dulce returned on last Tuesday from bis tour in the interior, which was not so very thorough, his Excellency not having gone further than agua, pase tug through Matanzas, Cardenas and one or two minor and devoting precisely one week to the busiucas. course the representative of her Most Catholic Majesty was received everywhere with enthusiasm, skyrockets nd lavish hospitality, such as become a loyal people, attention was shown his Excellency and suite, and one of these gentiemen was tenderly picked out of the ‘water, into which he had unfortunately tumbled while landing at Matanzas. ‘The steam frigate Isabel Ia Catolica, which went from bere & few daye since with troops for St. Domingo, re turned yesterday with those troops on board, there being any necessity for their services in the |. She sailed from there on the 2lst inst. ‘and brings no tows of any,moment. ‘The Captain Genrral tie bop inns bat eresied an amnesty, and the ‘de- of certain diabolical persons were has. to avail themssives of 1s by appearing before tho ities, in the places where they belonged, within the . Those who have runaway from the island lowed two months in which toretura to home aud arrival yesterday from Mobile, the schooner ay 24 cotton. “This gives us very late Poatpe gage war, but vothing very im- nothin; 1 may not have learned by ‘The mont imy nt item, however, is the re- noralization of General Bunks’ ariny, which is a8 being almost complete. Of course, coming secession sources, we must receive it with a grain and not believe it to be quite go bad, de la Marina bas been silent for a ‘affairs in the States; but « coople it ventured to speak of those important ithy ee = eat ie wih the ta- chempton ‘or that cause, in ® (ove the war, which is & country which tical 3 He 3 it i i # ee Ps SE 8 ny tery bis ~ the evacuation of | Operations eat ake evaci | i H [ si i ee mere, pods epee he Nya rhea bru the 00 of she, rors. Not #0 sodas poll SP PREECE a | Sara sates ao ei ito poe an oo Wrdage Sal acing entailed upoa the potemgony Coty eet ese i commanders be communicated, 1n the course of his varrative, he says:—On the 13th, be received a verbal monsage from Col. Miles, informing him of the condition of affairs, The messenger stated there was no apparent reason for the abandonment of Ma- ryland Heights; and although Colonel Miles asked for aa- Bistance, he said he could hold out certainly two days He directedthe messenger to make bis way back, if possibie, swith the information that he was rapidiy approsebiug aad ’. would undoubiedly retieve the place, He states on the | ‘Aishaum hax heen oot for It fenaid, by good amthority, 12th he was directed to assume command of the garrison | fy 9 eran ke newt at Sp erg at Harper's Ferry, bat this order reached hi: after ait - be ware Communication with the garrison had beon cut off, and he | fomne © by eome, therefore, is that the Alabama bas been ee ed ee ee ei neicd ae Te'| Cometh aoatelas, heviog seosived aa appoiiment ta , 1 recommended to the proper authorities that the ay ewes ‘tak casas garrison of Harper's Ferry should be withdrawn ¥ cone oo AD, se ahaa or a corte Hagerstown (o aid in covering the Cumberland Vailey, or | that, taking up of the poutoon bridge and obstructing the 4 it it houtd continue usclersly, as far as good is con- , With no practical object bat the conversion of balf a continent into « wilderness, after ite inbabi- tants shall bave been swept away and extinguished a» a . Imake no comment of my own, my intention simply being to give you an idea of what was said after Jape and remarkable a silence. Admiral Wilkes is stil! here, awaiting the arrival of the gunboat Juniata, the name, Lam told, of the verse! to which the Adiniral intends transferring himself, 1a this connection it may pot be out of place to park thet A f He E sequent jes Bumerour u out the city become much increased, to the pleasure and profit of their employers. Eusven P.M. A letter has been received in this eity to-aay from Natchez which states that the United States steamer Hart- ford pas#od that city on Monday last, in company with the Albatross, bound up the river. This confirms my opinion that she has gone up to Vicksburg, and that communica We have imformation this evening that the Mauchac ox pedition bas proved an entire success. Our forces suc ceeded in getting possession of the pass and securing two Havava i droadiolly dll circus has concluded its sea: Maya will amuse us no mor Business is bad and the bundred bales of cotton. The troops then advanced upon " “ “ Ponchatoula, which they oecupied and now hold posses, | Murad bridge, it should fall back to the Mary. | wheezy band will seek other scenes, and the wonderful jon of. They had a slight skirmish, ia which three of | land Ffeights, and there hold its own to the last. | ponies, the delight of Havana chidhood, will have a long our mon were slightly wounded. Wa bere taken | In this position it could have maintained itself for been 4 fst from their arduous labors. Such ts life tweuty-oue prisoners, among them ex-Sheriff Waldron, of | and such some New y orleans aod ‘riven the enemy a from | Week#, {t was not deemed proper to adopt either of there | Exch inge on New York this morning fluctuates between that region, Our force was about fifteen hundrea | Suggestions; aud whea the subject was left to my discre | 38 aad 40 At ail events it ix an ‘The Columbia is expected from New Orleans, to leave for New York the day after to morrow meu, abl consisted, | understand, of the Sixth Michigan Second battalion of’ Huryee's Zounves, and the Niuth Con necticut battery, the whole under command of Colonel | Smith, of the Zouaves. The enemy are reported tohave | had a reghnent of Choctaw Indiaus et that point, num bering (eur hundred, and one report says they bave been tion it was too late to-do anything except to try to re lieve the garrison, T directed artillery to be frequently | fired by our advaiced guards asa signal to the garrison that relief was at hand. This was done; and I learn that | our firing was distinctly heard at Harper's Ferry, and | Santiago de Cubs, per St. Nazaire line Of steamers Havaxa, ) We have been expecting pews from via bot all captured. Uhix, however, needs confirmation. Full particniars of this little affair will go by the steamer of | that they were thos made aware that we were approsch. | DY the arrival in our port of the French transport L/ Allier, Saturday next, the 28th inst ing rapidly. It wae confident: | on the 27th, five da er from Vera ( 2 r w y expected that this place | on the 27th, five days Inter from Vera Cror, we have ad A person captured within a day or two, or. I showld | ooi14 noid out until we Bed carried the mountaine and | vies from the French army 16 the 19th fnet.. at whi say, arrested, at Doualdeouvilie, reports that the rebels | Suistained @ joes of over one hundred men at the recent | were in a povition to make & detachment for ite re attempted passage of the Port Hudson batteries by the | jjer,"’ ko. Vrench lay fleet, and several have died since of thelr wounds. ‘the . | qe. had been ¢ fire of the shia is represented to have been terrific, and | H@ concludes as follows" While it gives me pleasure | who had been giving exceedingly effective, much more so than wo expected it | to speak of the gallantry and devotion the officers and bert Bagged men geaerally displayed through this conflict, I feel it ne. would be Wo have in ite river off the city the Britism steamer | TOLD at on anak ome, of the agg a skuiked from their placen until the battle was over. | Sevmar us the eet Styx and French steamer Lavoisier. The United States | Death on the spot must hereafter bo the fate of all such | aMexisnce, thirty to thove whe steamer Pensac ria, Commodore Morris, is off the city, with some smaller veasels and the sloop of war l’ortamonth is cowards, and the bands of the military,commanders must | #*1¥ to those whe havo left tt be strengthoned with all the power of the gover a still Off Carrotiton. ment 1 | Island on the 24th. inflict it summarily. The easy and dingraceful surrender The rebel sloop Mary ©. of Harper's Ferry deprived my operations of resulta | four days from at. si which wouki have formed a brilliant sequel to the sub begga stantial and grei(ying eucces already related. [lad the garrison held out twenty4our hours longer I shoul! in all probability bave eaprured that part of the enemy's | force ougaged in the attack on the Maryland Heights | while the whole garriso@, some 12,000 strong, could have been drawn to reinforce me on the day of the decisive battle, Certainly 09 the morning of the 18th I would | nave heretofore shown that this is the oaly practionb’ thus have been in ® position to have destroyed the reve! | route by which the rebels can get out & mail for foreign army, Under the came cireumstances had the besieging | parts without the ritk of ils being overhauled Mr force on the Virginia side at Harper's Ferry not been with- | Stanton if very acoommodating to leave them thin route drawn, I would have bad 86,000 or 40,000 less men to on- | open, and that, too, without requiring thom t reeipro counter at Antictam, aod must have captured or destroy. | cate by withdrawing their forces from some points no ae time nothing had even the Fr y to retarn to fled to Hayti, and island from his jaunt about the Marr Unrrep States Fiacsur Harrrory, Anove Graxn GuLy, March 10, 1863. The Hartford at Grand Gulf—More Balteriea Run Sucorss Jully—The Hartford Struck Seven Timer—Young Loyale Farragut A Worthy Sen, de, We passed the batteries at Port Hudsoa on the night of ‘Ube 1éth inst.—came under the rebel batteries at twenty | _ Apother large rebel mail from Richmond, Ve | rope, bas just passed oot of Texas by way of Brows and Matamoros, Our readers will bear io mind that tes past eleven, and passed out of range at five {tes past twolve. We lost one marine killed and two wounded. Albatrows lost one inan killed ‘This morning, at seven o'clock, a rebel battery of four rifled picoes fire upon us from Grand Gulf. Wi fought them for about balf an hour, when we passed out of their range, losing two men killed and men wounded. The ship was struck seven times. The Admiral’s gon, Loyale, a yuuth of eighteen years of 8 PRICE THREE CENTS IMPORTANT FROM KENTUCKY. THE RECENT BATTLE AT SOMERSET. The Rebels Completely Whip- ped and Pursued. Four Hundred Rebel Soldiers Taken Prisoners. Official Despatches from Generals Gillmore and Burnside, de, &e., ae. Corcomatt, April 2, 1663, A despatch from Lexington, Ky., sny#>— General Gilmore arrtved from the battle eld of Somer. | set this morning. The enemy, numbering 2,600, were | overhauled four miles north of Somerset. &kirmishing | commenced, the rebela falling back to a position on a bill |g mile and a bait from Somerset, where they made a tand, and the battle began in earnest, After five ours fighting the rebels fled, purmued by eur cayalry, to the river. Night coming on, and their ar ravgements having been proviously mado, they offected a crossing, leaving four hundred cattle. They had no train. Their lone was fifty killed and nearly four hyndred pri souers, including twenty commissioned officers. Our lows was ton killed and twenty-five wounded, Our forees num- bered one thousand two handred, Cluke’s band of rebels has been completely dispersed by the Tenth Kentucky cavalry, OMeclal De Wasuixatom, April 2, 1863, ‘tho following has been received at the headquarters of the army = Loumvuae, Ky., April 1, 1869. To Major Genera! Hattacx, Geaeral-in-Chiet:— ‘The following despatch bas been received from General Gillmore, giving the detasls of bin succesful attuck upon the evemy in Central Kentucky :— Tattackod the enemy his own selection , der id by #ix cannon tng bim from one postin med bi ition, whipped him im in confuses towards the rie in killed, wounded and prisou ers. The enemy outnumbered us two to one, and were oom. manded by Gen. Pegram in persen. Night stopped the pursuit, wiich will be renewed in the morning We ured two stand of oolors. Qur loss in killed and wounded and missing will not exceed thirty, Reott's famous rebel regiment was cut of from the rest and goat tored. Q. A. GILLMORE, Brigadier General, ‘The entire rebel force bas been driven out of Central Kentucky, and much of their plander has been recap. tured, Their reported force has been greatly exagserated , ‘as well as the amount of plunder taken by them. Ihave this moment received a secoud despatch from Goneral Giilmore, dated this morning, from Slagal’s Ferry , on the Cumborland river, as follow#— I underrated the enemy’s force in my fires report of esterday’s fight. They had over two thousand six windred men, oulaumboring ue more than two to one. During the aight thotr troops recrossed the Comberland in Uiree pinces. We have retaken between three and four handred cattle. Pi "s lows will not fall short of five bundred men, Q A. GILLMORE, Drigadier General. ‘The alacrity with which the troops were conoéntrated , and the vigor and gallantry of their attack, are bighiy commendable. A. B. BURNSIDE, Major Genera! Commanding “NEWS "FROM VICKSBURG. Conflicting Meporte in Regard to the Sanflower River Kxpedition. Civemnams, April 2, 1868. ‘There 18 no news dircct from Viekeharg. Tue reporte from Memphis are conflicting. The Memphis Argus says the Sunflower expedition is a failure, and the troops have returned to Young's Point, while the Hulldin says Gene ral Bhorman is in possession of Halves’ Buff, ight with and Defeat of Guerttt Desperate Crornco, Apel 2, 1668, A special derpitteh from Cairo (24) says — Tuesday evening's Memphis Hulictin says (he guerilam who attacked @ train near Moscow have been severely punished in Loonis, with about one huodret men, came up w 4 attacked them on Monday. Vive killed, nix wounded and (weoty captured, among the lattor their loader. On Uneir reter © treo rost, where they were attacked hy a rebel fore Aopped at & farmhoure to said we ve five hundred strong, under Colonel Riehardam, A denporate had to hand eoutict eomued. Thirty fve re dele were killed f wounded and taken prisoners, Our to 4 thirty four wound ed. The rebels were completely ropuised There t nothing important frou Vick*burg R°S ARMY, HOOKE onnnnnranae Harnqu ante, Anny oF tan Poromso, ) Ape 2, ama, f ‘The mow of Tuesday has entirely disappeared, aod the Poads are gain in Comparatively good condition Kvorything remains A along the Raypehaswock ‘The rebels have recently had «number of balla in Fre. dericknburg, and at times the music evuld be heard by our own pickets, Nearly ail the females have loft the camps. A few re main, And some are till allowed Lo come down Of imte the steamer between Washington ‘and Aquia has boon overloaded with officers and men returoing to their | regiments The order of the War Department relative to deserters has brought back bundreds, aud many are ell | coming. Night before iaat the Kighth [liinoi cavairy oaptured ten rebel prisoners in the woods about Damfrie, That feollon of the coantry in infested with guerilias aud etrag- ling parties of the rebel owairy, and sitecks apon our telecraph patrols are of frequent oceurrence. Yorterday A rebel mail was captured down below Fredericurburg. The contents are being examined. Dewertera from the enemy arrive daily, Disaffection in thoir rauke continues om the increase, and the entire | arty is ina most deplorable condition. Their artiliery is 80 poorly suppiled with borses that many of their bet leries cannot be oped at all CAVALRY PIGHT NEAR BROAD Ny, VA. Waammoren, April 2, 1863. Capt. Moby, of the rebel covairy, made a raid pear Broad rom yesterday, His foros eoemntered by a | portion of the First Vermont cavelry, A sharp fight eneued. The rebels took ups purition behind « fence which our cavalry could not got over, and from which jintotge them. During the fight int, of the First Vermont cavalry, and « leuten they wore unable to ant of the name roginant, wore severely wounded The Getalie of the affair bave Bot an yet been received News from Por Monrer. Poneman Mownon, April 1, 16a evening the steambort Metamora left Portree Monroe for Chy Polat with one hawdred and eighty rebel " fideren Wandrot robe! priemers, Trey oi eam . 7 so © —t * herge ot 4 oT Aonapove. the lew iver. AUnANY, April, 1868 The river bri wcen wine wt Trey leer Pewee Contioton ond ntay y tent (he ice te beary end few. teem cremeed at New Baltimore yesterday Owing to the bert wardeces af the pase pale wil wh pretwtin be yang (ull May