The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-23 00:00:00

THE YAZOO EXPEDITION.

The correspondent of the Kew York Tunes writes
as follows from Deer Creek on the 24th ultimo:-
" Thus far the enemy has been enabled at almost
every important move on our side to put us in check'
Another move has just been completed, with n
result the bearings of which on the whole game
yield very little in our favour. A half-dozen gun'
boats and several thousand troops have, at the el"
tense of nearly two weeks' labour, some life, avd
considerable fatigue, ascertained the fact that
serious of small, tortuous bayous are not navigable;
or, in other words, that one of the leading avenues
of approach to the rebel works has not been left
entirely free from obstruction. The rebels 01
much smarter than we supposed. Here is a water
course, deep and wide enough to float a Hoe'
of-battle ship, which terminates exactly at ti
point in the enemy's fortifications. As the water
course runs mainly through the forest, the enemy
would not be apt to notice it, and, of course, o°t
suspecting its existence, they would be unprepared
for auy hostile demonstration from this direction'
All, then, that remained for us to do was to send ati
few of those swift-moving machines called iron-el°
gunboats up these bayous, which, moving rapitill
and noiselessly through the woods, would suddeoli
gain a position in front of the enemy's works, to
the great astonishment of the chagrined rebel 9;
And so the iron tomes started, went the immens"
distance of nearly 50 miles in the surprisingly 1:1-
ors
time of 10 days, and, when little more than lin'
way to toe destined point, found, to their intense ns:
ton ishment, that the woods swarmed with rebel rinkla
men, the shores with cotton defended batteries, eco
he banks with countless negros, axe in hand, engbg
in felling trees and otherwise obstructing the Pr",
gress of the expedition. Notwithstanding our sec re,
and celerity, the enemy were apprised of our foteitol
tions, and were prepared for our approach ; and ;
this after having only ten days in which to traos.n3vi
the intelligence a distance of 50 miles! Fin
'he 'he way Irremediably obstructed in front--$ll3O
batteries, and sharpshooters being too thickesto
expedition determined to teturn, but at this 17°111
it was found that the active enemy had been bnsli;
engaged in felling trees in their rear, renderiogeo
retreat equally difficult as an advance. Right
we came very Lear losing some more gunboats, a° r,
we should have found this result had not the oPitieo
tune arrival of national infantry given the furled.
relief by driving off the rebel workmen. Ese°rto
by these troops the fleet managed to overcomer 00
obstructions, and succeeded in getting thus f! i 3
its way back to the Mississippi. Such in brlciot
the beginning and the end of another and lbentrl
move for the Capture of Vicksburg. The oonwei
between here and the point reached by the gun to,
is cleared, and us Admiral Porter said in a desPs6oo
is the granary of the world.' Every plat°ol9/
was stocked to repletion ; cows, beef cattle, 11,0
e 6 at
mules, sheep, fowls, cotton, corn, and euPPJ our
every kind were found in endless quantitieth,‘,o of
troops started without horses or trtinsportativoe
any kind ; they came back almost everY
pt
mounted on a good steed, and leading a spap
lelb
serviceable muses by the halter. When the)ratioo°
they filled their haversacks with two daYeiy re/
of 'hard tack' and greasy bacon; wheeltbt egg;
turned each man had grown fat on chiekeribrove,
mutton, veal, and other delicacies, and the,'
with them for future use turkeys, geese, "ice...,
sheep without number. The bales of coil cf
coustiiuttd at once the wealth and defenc"ct
the country through which our frogs Pulbo e not'
now eeaps of smouldering ruins; many °f
opoiii°ll;
houses and dwellings are in the seine c heed
At this piece a thousand or more bales 13°•ve.
into tre
tired, While -many more were tumbled 11,
ba3 ou, and floatee down until they %ere Poloriny
by the transports below. To-day we are
up things preparatory to going back.'

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