, 1862-07-03

Lesingto on, -tss- -Spstdre, and transport Cata-
howla, etc8ming slowly down the liver from
st. Charles. Ten miles Of twisting and turn
ing brought us to Its mouth and soon ne were
penetrating beautiful little bayou whose
waters we're as clear as crystal, and whose
banks were studded with cypress trees of the
largest and most lu1uriant Growth. An occa-
Elonal tarm house With It's numerous negro
s9antieB spread around, were the only signs Of
9lVilIzahon. and even these had the lonely,
1esolate appearance SO common now in the
south. Aeont six miles from the mouth We
came to LaR1enccFil1e Landing and finding
shoal water ahead, concluded to make it the
basls Of our operations. LsWrenceville, Of
Nhtch g t4s Is the andlng, is . fine and yeazs
aeo noullsh1ng town Of some fifteen hundred
Inhabitants, situated in the midst Of the most
beautiful portion Of ArRareas. The landiog
t"eiFe mics distant, consists principally of
cptlonsheds and log rehousss s. Tile first
..1al .ane ~, "llch glee1ed our eyes upon landing
Tas sde seorrhed and charEed surface of soma
e1gh1y feet Of ground where bale after bale
OF cotton had been hauled in and burnt. This
Wan1on sacrifice Of property had been accom-
Ra Rnshed rot so very long before our arrival for
lng embers were not all ont. An exploration
OF the to@n discovered one house inhabited
and store With heavy If not q fine assort-
ment of goods which the sn1diers seemed Very
aGn haaE he o19kGzea ,I to eonseate but were held
the houses Was Dr.: Moore, surgeon in the
con1tdtrate army, who though sfoutIy deny
ing aly knowledge Of guei rlla PARTIES. va
identified BY our White River pi1ofas the very
mau Wno gotl up: He Was accommoda with
qua1ter5 On the Cincinnati. a company al
Col Fiteh's mtn Who have started O. a
scouting expedition Immediately upon their
arrival now came in headed by TWO genuine
Arsansa5 travellers. aud the rear WAS brought
up by anothtr specimen. Il seems the soldiers
had been ransaeking the house OF a Dr.. Wash
lngton, but had failed to discover any thing
ccntraEand OF var, and were just on tile point
Oh }eaSlRg when these tTo individuals came
gallopIrg up lane and On roundiug short
benz most unexpectedly found themselves in
federal embrace. Their horses we're reeGing
WIN sweat, ard had every app=aranee Of quite
Rfotsaetsd and severe travelling. Our White
River pilot, who is refugee from this very
place, identified both Of tnese men az active
members OF the guerrilla party which is in
fssting this ne5ghborhood- Their names are
hlilty Pay dear for their bushwhacking propen-
sites. Having accomplished everything which
could be done st this place, We got under yay
and steamed back to the feet. observations
,saE taken aarlng the night proved that the river
vas falling unusually FAST and conference OF
tue pilst end I'D in the united opinion Of great
danger in longer remaining SO far no the
r1Fer, especially with the cumbersome iron
Gags WL'eh ere managed With considerable
d1lhenlty IN plenty Of water, and consequently
crooked channels. This, and otter motives,
induced Capt. Winslow to get his Hest out Of
the rlTcr as soou as possible. Accordingly,
carly on the morning, the fleet was sisa:Ised
10 pIcpare to ret underway, party was sent
troops Tsre packed into the transports, aad
er4tuing got il readiness for start, when
the st. Louis sHuDg On to bar, and stuck
there bard and fast The Lexington and
Catahowlg fastened On to her. and quite late il
tbe afternoon succeeded in getting her aloat.
| when the whole feet got under way and
steamed eoEn the river. Our passage down
| WAS marked by several lucky escapes frnn
bafs, a dttenfiua from any one Of which would
have lpsured 4 summers campaiya, aud p*r~
haps eTentuall5 the loss Of some Of tha boats.
| AT nearly every turn iR the river, one or
more refugees could be discovered making
their way to the boats, or else making signals
| from the shore. Some Of these poor fellows
have undergone hardahips truly incredible.
-Four Of them had made their way through the
| eanebrakes aud woods for over 400 miles
| sometimes arrested, often thrown into
! prison, compelleds to join the confederate
| army, but who succeeded at last in reach
| ing those whose name they knew to
| be protection. and from whose protect
| ing powers you may be well assured
that they will never lea7e. Most Of
| there arc natives Of Northern States who have
lived South for several years and rather than
| I've there longer have left their homes, their
families aud ihtlr property 70 breathe once
| more in the land Of their nativity One had
| been witness to the hanging Of two men near
| the Arkansas and Louisiana State line aud the
tales they told Of the persecution, robbery md
! numbering Of the copfedera'es vas almost
! sickening. A day Of retribption must come
| and If that day deals with them in any other
| form than both fire and SWORD, the war might
| inst as well never been undertaken.
| We arrived at the mouth Of White River
Wednesday evening at o'clock, and dropped
/ anchor once more into the father Of waters.
! The Mound City being still 4 little under the
| weather from the effects Of her recent fight,
was sent up to Memphis to be newly fitted
I out. The st. Louis accompanied her as con
yoy, leaving only the Cincinnati, Lexington
| and three transports.
| on board and reported q 1ltaoat with two
| hundred bales OF cotton having been run
up su1AJ1 bayou, some six miles abDVs here,
! just after the fill Of Memphis. an expedition
! was formed from the ere = Of the Cincinnati
to hunt i, up The boats Launch, nov under
command Of masters mate, Callander, and
the tug Srltfre, with boat howitzer's crew,
| under charge Of first master Bennett, proceed
| ed up the river until the mouth Of the bayou
vas reached. When they struck inland along
I any Important result. They found q place
| Where cotton had been, and close By it marks
! Of the passage Of quite body OF nen, cyl
IDENTIFY only short time previous to the AZ
rival Of our party. Feariug to penetrate
further with the sn1a1I force, they
had they returned to their boats and dropping
| down the river vent up hitherto unexp1ored
bayou, and there discovered q stern-WheeI boat
high and dry on q sandbar. She had evidently
| been the headquarters Of some guerrilla party
for beds and bedding we're touud on the cabin
| deck, and provisions in the locker. 4 letter
found in the desk putting the boat into com.
mission as transport in the confederate Set
| rice: The party cleaned out every thing
viii be burned. Refugees continue to arrive
from all quarters, bringing in great deal Of
useful information, and great deal that isn't
| Of use. The "A1kausas u is aground up the
Yazoo River, together with four other gun
boats, A deserter reports five steamboat loads
Of troops as busily engaged in digging canal
| to float her out. She viii cause trouble yet,
Two gunboats are blockaaed by sand-bars "
| the Arkansas River, and one up the Red
Tventy-Eeyen dne steamers were run up tbs
Yazoo, most Of them New Orleans, Vieks
burg, and Memphis packets. one report:
the contedeE.ates as having only u 600 mel Al
| Little Rock to OPPOSE Curtis.