, 1862-03-21
CEICA

lack Of EympAtAY with his r3are unnr, +ha r.or4
Of certain army officers and others h;ph =
power. thus ti1warting him in hfe eu,
deayors to expedite matters to , snc.
cessful issue. He will ret cut the f,ona,,n
knot BY q splendid victory, and clear the
river to Memphis. and thence swf,en tri11npsnt,..
antly to the Ba1ize, The entire Nprth viii rc.
ceiye will. feelings Of profound grief the an
nouncement Of the death Of o fayorite son;
which he received by telegraph upon the very
day the expedition left Cairo, and extend to
him sympathy as cordial as it will be unan-
imoue. The people may rely upon it that
their interests here arc In ths hands OF gal+
liant, clear headed, saSSaeious officer; and 10y.
nj patriot, =.
have devoted some space to these remarks
1r,,7ch maV annear foreirn tn the stern busi
nces renfi;ne. because already some ;ournala
have commenced finding fault with The Flag
Officer for DELAYING the departure Of the feet.
The delay wos not of Commodore FOOTE'S
choosing, Whatever man could do to bring
matters to q successful consunnaa,iou, that
Commodore Foota has done, and he stands
friday starn7v and nnf3inch;nc,v fac;np the
d:urcrs in bis path. determined TO 7iudlcate
the honor Of the nae at his mast head. al
4hongf, e,.57arin, FINN ,,ono,a1,,, xon;ud. and
! owsd sown Win domestic afs1ict;,n.
Tho st,,,nor fi;tr n, 7,,,7s;,n, ,~-,xed here
to-aaz from St. louis. comfortably and even
elegantly 3,ttcd I'd as q hospital. with ac-
co,nuodatfons for three hundred patients.
The sufferyrs by The explosion On the st.
Louis ut. IN q comfortable state, and will
probably recover, although many Of them
arc fearfullY b1raed end otherwise injured
As II write, the 1,sorsars are still thunder
ing and sending their shells into the rebel
works. The upper battery has not replied
to-dar. but c1e. or Two shots hare been
sent over from the head Of the island.
SIXTH DAY.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago T11bune1
CA.Ho. March a0-3P. II.
1left the feet above Island No. 10 yesterday
at O'Clock P. N. the firing was only mode
rate from the Benton and Mound City, at in
! terVals Of fifteen minutes each, the object be-
ing to reduce The upper battery, t~o guns
| only OF which Vas LETT standing, from which
occasional Shots were hred.
Onc Of tnese stfncG the water close astc1n
the transport Le"clla, and within nifty feet OF
! 1ae tug on WINCH was your correspondent
Inc distance was At least t"o zaftes'
showing bnaI lhe 1eoei gans arc hob only
| f'ned, on1 OF lae ntst Class. lns ann o1 Inc
sefSlce Is 1ails meetlng tne expec1ation OF tne
o1hce's, ana WIN a ntue more Practice Will
nake fap1o #orK WIN 1he 1enel 1orllhcatlons.
1he1r range 1s 10 51s miles. Inc sixteen
| no" II pace ready 10 open WILL maze 1earlm
mroads III the ranks oi the enemy
Ihe Wolks at that point, both on the man
land and the island, are much more extensive
thnn Is generally supposed, as there are at
least eo heasy guns, and over D,oO troops l
! sa" u regiments at one time On dress parade,
on tie main land These hare moved their
Quarters out OF the reach Of the mortars, but
INC 4sEano Is pretty well covered with tents.
Inc guns arc many OF them OF the largest
s'ze' anu several faaea>
opr sunoeals aho mor1ars WILL df1se tn1s
| 4oice out' Hloie Wofta's WILL oe Sent ao"n,
required, bat the o1hcefs think the present
nuthoer enough to make II al!oselner 100 moi
lot TIC reocis' as these monster shells reach
al paris o' ane "ofSs, ceai'ng oeatn aho de.
st1uS'l'n N .aene1r ps1a" u o7stsezs
however, 1nat all ol tne reoei Da'tef1es nave
enough nomo proof casena1es 1of the Wen,
US they can DC seen TO disappear when ou1
6hells 1all INTO the batteries.
AS soon as the upper tort or battery is re
dncea, lhen Lie gunboals Will advance On the
othe1s IN detail, and thus reduce them one BY
ouc with little danger or loss to themselves
On Tuesday night the Mound City kept up 9
5tcady IRE On the upper battery, preventing
the rebels from making their usual nightly re
pairs, and the result WIS, that early in tut
morning they commenced removing thei
dead and wounded from the casenlates of the
1ort- Large numbers were Carried out aud ta
Ken oack into the woods On stretcher5, show
ing Inc deadly effect OF the shot from the vel