The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-03-29
From I-Innd No. 10.

No. TO- Tnurs'ay, March 90 1862. I
sent YOU letter recently. giving full par
tiou,rs Of OPERATIONS at this roiut since tho com.
incnccmont of the siege since Which there has |
boon uo marked pro,rosq i'm the eff ortq being made
u friuoo tie rebel STRONGHOLD The whole mattor |
may be- SUMMED up very easily, t,-wit Gun .
Ia.t4 iu the main oui,t water and mud dashed
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nj, ,.,. p.r,,s ,..,,,,..,,..l t.s b,.r here |
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u.sht Is in,prcd t. tie shore just h'tNccn the
boats
Yesterday. geol many suepici0usi.okms kills
laden wit buttrrlut natives were noticed BOO TIE
vicinity. and suspicious were ia o,ur'qu,no" yu-
gcndrtcd that tie rcb,ls wor, accomplishing viii.
a view /, setting fire. g. the Transports.
About O'Clock last night, rc officers oi th"
C.n,st,s,, were cuioymgu quiet gnmo OF cu.hrc in
the ward ROOM whom n single shot, ipI.",l by =
half 10 dozen others, rang ont from the hnt Jn-t .n
front ofus. Never broke mp 'nine ~ 'u'''" h'H
so suidcu'y-thc magazine was opened "' III.
heavy ~" of I'll" C"n"s''fn we're 'n''nt r'"l'''
Of grape AMI canister thr"HSh TIE '''r''' ".''''
The conflict WAS "'hori 'nd DECISIVE --'''' '''"'
hlaz'l AWAY mt tue w"''' wan '''"''h'"t "''"
suddenly some one inquire" '' SOM ''' Wv WIZ
the alarm was 'h'"' "' ""' ''."E ''''
tanned 'hd t"' was t'"' N' 'n'"' ''' '''' "'''
or the place t'n the lH''hd' ''"' ''''' "'"'
ln' mortar H'cI uW''' NV ~ ''"' '.'l'''
encc q" Carts. M'n'y'n't' anu ''N' nav ''''"
,''"'' i"'' y" '''S nave ''"n "''h ~ = range WI
""n' wv" '" ''ut '''""s'h' y"S'
By creeping down the missouri 7''''' one GNU Wv
position opposite To- ana """"' 'n'''' ''''' VIZ @"
mile from the ISLAND nom "hN'h NOT "''E inc
| whole works ol the rebels ON thH sue '" '''" VIZ
effect t' some extent OF We sh'''' GU" oe seen
Hero Eiay he seen tho fat That the whole side of
| he island fronting the Missouri shore is hri-tlin
| with cannon
Athc tr,, oftbc island. vc.terdny afternoon. TN.
rebels ..r. very busy thryin, up works evident
| "a A Ia IN directed
| from b,loy. Secured from view Ly bushes which
,,,, tIp,ir,lIv along ,b, rrutre of the island they
, evidently supposed themselves secure from mru.
every sort A little later. and ,nme ON. re-
49,. OPERATIONS t. the mortar fleet, and int
,,,., ,,rl.,u, they were con..ratul,tius them
.oly.s ',,,,n ,,.ir sst. md excellent progress. a
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I"N H""'e'' '"''"S' "'Fs'''' u" u"'ll''"e''
'"" "''' p''" seen no n''i' ''''I' ''"y''
>" ""rI"I are the 'ol'''hei"''S "i every h't''
movement oi the National u"npS that they open
'h'r batteries upon everything IN the shape 'i man
or n"r''' winch ventures t. approach them ASyct
n'"'''h l''""S mas u'eh hlt' ANA pleasure p'ftltS
''"" !" t"e nun "li be IN rage I'll some uni"rti.
| nate rrporter-iur II Is they who Glib iy engage Ia
this rrrrr.tiya amusement MA bi. ,,,tir. b.,J