, 1862-04-23
of the expedition, resulting In discovery Of
great importance to ua, which 1t would be In
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aAtF w 'aofh.
Yesterday was excessively quiet IN al OF 1ts
sg, wei, ot1zzang ana 4utnla a;l,, a.
~ aE-1;.o }It,,ta +ant ah6rf III
NJ aho-a eho-,t ~ uerxiin1ae rtanfstfnn. II Il
oa.+ sat;,.aI.r 5a.a.4a5 IA oatSv nrarowea
esael ax - ~ n.I stai os* NJ ,nnat 49,
~ nu 1..oa -. -. 1o ~ ~ srEaneas eoaot
71,o a1o rs,onved to Isiani M II
ne eis,as me1 a5a H. an1 Hef,r nnr arr;va1
s1taa Ss.a sp9eS haraahnnts ~as down snnth Gniu
pla'sa.ious z Ao1 ~ ~, 5,.r;aa+ x,,;rof;o.
oas escapeu. - ha4a Rtvst1oM w a. ann
s,sa! M s,sdJ'a5 h;a ~ I .i1ar
~ ~ h,a a edet1as hae b e W
~ iet4e, ~ H. ,o hnns u,,e
s1 stlnc1nze con1efel1 snro"nded ' w3tb nssn aso
sn snn'a ~. ill., shs. LUZ othae wv RTn
~ 81 osan ~ i1es. a1u ~ TT ~ 9os
n,na i,e a,ts15. sn sne ~ s mtlu ~ ~
Hon,.,-~ .,araS S.ss ~ ~ aIas tast;
mnnv r. tbe raVapea s NJ er Tbe ,,epro uT nts
were tie lhabbfsst iog &c cabins viii via 1arse
eninks between the 49gs aaording Ies tthRgTes5s
deere sn3 acar.a,5 eaty ~ r., me AZ. EennaI nnc
io ano ecalGely W 1or 3 dog Aeaus lucn 4ns
diafsnoa ~ ~ ea ta ~ XII ngessnte5
m ernerni5 "a 1 ernanse of wheet eat % and elds npon
aeius OF eman Hn1ts ana oer1es. Mes9 II , aoe
1or ne f'ver overflow, more "a aengatlal p!aee
CONC ha1o!y oe concsl5ea1 1he 5;u 4,a aan 1ueu
lnolana regiments, Co4. tlaGu ;.1nn coa aua1oAus'
are now aoarlefeo upon 1ne planbas1oA'
ARKANSAS NA7iyzs'
any serious demands upon my attention was
akin to the reptile which first gave our uni
yersa1 mother an idea Of the quality Of apples
an immense rattlesnake coiled up and acting
on the defensive, ready, like his human coma
tiyee, to die in the last ditch. Like General
Lane, I went around him. Subsequently
met several o. t1e same tr1oc, ouE aVol1eo
;aa ~ ~ - saeana enAt faa 'iun hna,e aEata ne
5 w. In Nsa.sE,. ~ 49, fnr;a.,si-
a4o ~ ~ nhe Httn51i MtlaH & son ~ - a9aa1s
a. @ i he1 edmT ae,arntior ~ ~ tosh;o,,aIia 1Ia
e1a1Eeo ~, MNa t.G ueelsa a..ot aa',t1f -. Mn
salsno,1 tn 4oanito Da ;ae4;t1+;na ;+ea,F
{a T. f. ~ " -,
4!uss esen 11ot ia' oox arPsa tho
.;s AeSeseS ~ nS ap!,stIar ea'f eoI
assauils " tasd u 1n1, H. aa1 euaoas. uy5ta sta
:. evlp.tiins ~. sIa har@ ~ ~
u apoae tne s:ze " an nn1otT ne, .a5 6Lera len
nse,Se Icy ons n. ~ ,ett;sinJ a.n-n@ ~ ~
a1,e4 suouS ~ yt eoa''.c 11ani2 Mb;rr oeeo ite
n..ep z.a7 a misn h.t paaeM ~ e+;nna mna o, VI a..
Ea..sss ;+Eor+ ssa+s,nr ~ dr;1aa a. go1z farc.
n;n7s1y az . Thno Ten5easaa ie a s;nan A.
kansas 8 - verT pirate. Tennessee woTks insid-
iousIy At the mosquito-bar, bat always sue.
cessFi,]1v. Arkansans Insr3es heoi31onr through
the Tneshes he isn 1T rcnrcsentat{rs Of the
Arkansas homo who picks his teeth with tle
bowie knife, slaughters his man before break
iast, lashes Nnlggers " all the forenoon; steals
no1ses ~ Inc alLer1oop; anu plays poker lor
the whisky az night. ~ stay upon the So
e1ed toA o. Afkahsas WAS fenasfed excess
"u!cu eoon LAY teuuseu In5 Elee W ~ zIsl eAIe.-
1snt representation ot SEVERE t5pe ol n!eaaies.
II was some consoiatlon upon my reIurn 10
ma 1 LTo-thisos ol the nee1 "1tn swollen 1aces
ana nau-c1osed eyes.
MOVING TIE MoRTARs.
aud about two O'clock orders we're issued to
the tow boats to take all tile mortats except
the two lowest to the Opposite side Of tie
river, This precautionary measure was ren.
dercd necessary by the encroachments Of pred
atofY ba1ds o1 febel SCOUTS VINO, upon several
OCCASIONS 4ase cu1ae ln[ouSf lne s"amP9
.nt ieusd n;aaq,t1 Ani s;,r ~ ;n+s1t;nn
~ 49, the. ieoea o,' "tsr f suI
tn;tu =, and AdTi rii;n~ the,d 49, ~ III! bat
tati H. 4snt - tfns oeaa+;nN snt M ~
rt uu1n 1tu.s ane ,a,ss ;t1,
Cul1ene acsoss, au4 eeltous!5 .! iuIiesus wiIn n
.ne aSHu.a5 af5 ~ .a.dan - tntou :;
aoti. utE o'e11n mou ~ Tan.ana tnn mo
gIAlMe, gpon LIZ iennesseE snoIe ine1e 81 Is
lesa Aaou5 ~ 1ucy ass 49, a. sue
ssnS ti1He osslPy st ,9a
1oI LI 1oe e;nht ~ ~ ,.tasea
1n} guns altnooga III slgns OF us oattef1cs.
ARRIVAL OF DEsERTERs.
Deserters continue to arrive rapidly and are
taken up in the woods by our picEets, and
thence couyevcd 10 The t1agshjD. I have
had a conversation With one Of them, from
which Rave derived many interesting facts.
according to his story. and he seemed q re-.
liable man. great disafiection exists upon the
rebel gunLoats, the crews Of which were i'm
pressed into the service, and 50 constant Is
1eTed G Sometimes exc eyery VIC hour in the day. Nv
informant jn1nned intn the river an Wednes
dsr nfght swan, ~ the shnra and nasse3 the
t;nc Tnt,l davlirlt ~ 1,erched mon n stunn
At daybreak be Taded the swamps until +.
ca cane M np p to the mortar rafsa, and surrendered
TIE REBEL BATTERIES.
His knowledge Of the land batteries vert
| very general and derived from hcarsay. a'
| informs nc that they haye strong waite
| battery and long line of earthEorks extend
| bluff and outlying the post proper which i
| located some distance inland, aud Is various1,
| caJleQ FOfI wright and fofL EluoW Dy 1lf
| Ieosis snshssl'eS. II ~ llo!e eomnou!: !:
oIe y Nv ~ t, ~IsI ho
| aEplte4 a.su ~ tne nlG!e 't1e ~ Moihs "
tMeeR t,s Ra; nefs ana MsmpMs, epon me Gay
~ -rs,+s =; .est;n,, - ;.as,n, a,+oo,
| sno SuHs ~ poStsi"u' oou e1Sotoas ,..to. y,
py au ne gnnooats Would ou191ouoseoli
haee 1esu.so ~ ~ eaas9 caPsafe' III, my i'oea
"ele ea1eIt l'a apptue. 1ol onee' lucy iao ~
SapSSteu p';u ~ Icy ~ Ho9lt. son tnS1 ~ ~
Wuth1pE lEill auu uas TJssy y;s ..'e u, r.
si,io1, auo saaEy lnoiG VII " tapiuty n."Mn, ~
eh aa hsan N cSo1e arg" n
uas 9ee1 &C., - ~ 11as J,tn,,
nov fene'Eu y Ien' DIZZY, WV wa ~ ue1an. pa'.
mere rom Cotlnsn' q le~ ua5s th Slace " pea.
r Saio7 nu.u tae a 6uns anu t.,; trS ;uope ~. q.
,su t shorno,'ir IaE f6rtifv et1.ln III n;ce ever
hinh 70 70 ~, nTah5h7r ~. u III
matnra, ri cbaracter @ of the snot - excelIcnt f.
fns;Iea,;on Thn n1,ni 80 rer- hoar
nnnnn1 +hon, n ,re sor,s "a ,,o,,rd r;3oe ~
= az .1r,a a. sr-ns}rnnr ~ eI5.rs w, ~
80. art;I1ar;s.s frn,, - a1.vad;oI ~ ~ - -
49,, c11In ~ ss ~ ~ ~ T.
49,, o,t ,,,nr,ar rho rs,soi ~,
aa'o o1so so n-oG..;st, ~ tha;r r,oti.. and !;
ie .uso ~ .nstT 80 ann H. "
Ky ,1 ~ nalo 7rotrante;1 etn1;5 s Gshi
ln - ~ ane staua ~ ~
AZ - a. ho.tIa ~
- lns l9s To',H.t , nn,a, pof1
~, @ anu ioi ionSS '1Ane LII peoe 'n1 0I'''.A5
l ine lNe1'
TIE REBEL GUSDoATs.
The rcbc1 fleet off the fort Numbers inst fo
| eunbG3ts. The following are their names al
:, :fn'aments; a..1,.
n', ~ hpg;1Ee, ,5d 20 - ~.
IA YAK '1''>t1 "0 'A'N's'' ''o oHs A~
i af,rs,><v,, +1roo ,r,,,, M, % ,,,,,a -1,,o.,
: bor.. AZ, TO 5.nSound r;faa 0No '''-0o
I H,n5<Ia,f,u;n fnrrocrIy VIII Ike MD Lizzie 81;
y mons If New orleans \ seven gnns. onefs.; IN
colGmbiad, tonr s.inch columbisd:. and t,
II s,.nf,,,nd r,f1cs A0N y
{ T;,;nNo1' six ours. thrce a2-nonnd r,e
y forW,,d t,o ~. .nonna smonth 1,dros and -
= ~ IN, ~ t1o 9' ~ <->%A y
- IN IN, oid;t7op Tt +o +bese tho ord con D.
,c1nn ~ t;e ~ tnss aat tIt a'f .tnq ~ os
Q t!ooE ~ .hfs :.1s .!eet1 lhe !sS nas snue
~ ~ liteeS Pes,. WI u No,n hoalns oa goa