New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-02

Il
.aryed The nri.oner was a bungIer, ard u II sln-
mar tho Pebels selected such novice for 70 iH'
or,.,pt and hazardous mis.lon.
TIE QUESTION or REACHING MEMPHIS:
"Wben do Won expect to be IN Memphis Is n'
,ob, The l.,en, question of many Of my readers;
ma Ike most important questiors, ID f'r more
lilly asked tbsn answered. That depends a'o'
ether upon circumstances. We may be tbere III
tx dave, and perhaps not IN four weeks sho"''
rot be surprised if The enemy were TO eVaco@e a''y
ime or il we were TO drive them out when ."e!
ear, expec, it; but the probability is that ue'"
viii be little movement Of the lotlla for at least
fortnight longer. However, make no Pre"'oo on
lest suggcs. what my duty as io>a Io"'' -aif'
rom1els me " keep concealed.
Eleventh Day Of the Bcmbardmen' Of Fort
p;,Iow-Eaicacy Of our Mortar Blum
der Of the Rebel Gunboa1s- Horrible
Nutraxes Of Secession Quito ws-Loyai
Ci,izeas RanSed-Crueih'. lion Of
Uuisnist-A Liberated si"ve Woman.
r,rcud Of Rondsge-Mero Refugees fro"
seeessia-D Despair Of B.cbel Leaders
The ssath Growing sensimentai over
eral-asKnisea ant Mevenents.
from Cur Special Correspondent.
Couroneps Poory's FLorIIiA, above Fort Pillow,
Thursday Afternoon, Aprl ~ 1907 ,
From aocoS,nts received above Of high wateis IN
the Westerr rivers and of the partial overflow "i
Cairo aud the Illinois Central Railway, and The con-
se,uept rener,l arrangement of the mails, letters
fcom tho Flo,a, above Fort Pillow, TO the Meiro-
coli,sn psess must often be very long delayed and
necessarily hate in their appearance Affairs now
ever, have been 20 quiet up 10 the present
eleventh tlay OF the bombardmept-ihat carry Puoi''
cation Of what has tr.nspired Is of little moment
ELEVENTH DAY OF TIE COMMANDMENT.
In our immediate vicinity no change OF conse-
ouence has occurred since my last letter. Tue
weather continues very favorable for the siege, but
the epboa,s remain Inactive not having az yet hred
q single gun.
The mortars still send shells during the day and
night into the enemys Notifications, and 1t is sup
posed with considerable effect, a. the Rebels arc
very quick 10 answer and frequently hre two or
three pieces TO our one. The foe shoots well, and
bis shot have fallen number Of times IN very ciose
and dangerous proximity boats but as yet ms
missiles have proved as harmless as-coves
Last night our mortars sent ut least fifty shells over
the poiut in the region of the frst Rebel outworE,
but Of course the intervening Land prevents the dis
covery Of whatever damage may be done.
MANY persons are very skeptical Of the efficiency
of mortars employed against such small objects AZ
batteries or forts at range of two or three miles,
and confess AIN myse somewhat doubtful OF Their
power to do great deal of damage. Doubtless they
have the capacity inspire fear, and naturally alarm
sodiers when they hear the horrd roar OF the l3nc
shells through the air.
EFFICIENCY OF OUR MoRTARs.
Gen. Tantt, captured by Gen. Pope's Army at
Tipronve, Tenn, after the surrender Of Island No.
10, said the Rebel troops were at first terribly
alarmed by the shells thrown from our mor'ars upon
the main land, and that il was difficult TO prevent
Panic sometimes; but after the s'ege had continued
TWO or three days the men boesme accustomed 20
them, az humanity does 10 everything between
heaven and earth, and grew Indifferent 10 the pro
jeotiles.
The result Of my own observation nj Island No. 10
and al Fort Pillow leads me 10 believe that, while
the moItsrs would be very serviceable directed
against town or camp, they have little else than a
moral effect against single works. They are too
short for any accurate aim, and the place where their
shells fall can only be copjectured. They sound ter
rby; but their execution. ior Tie moet part ihhO
cent
BIUSDER OF THE REBEL GUSBOATS.
Some OF our troops stationed on the Arkansas
shore cut the evee at an early hour yesterday morn
ing for the purpose of oocipg the and below, where
the enemy's pickets have been stationed aud spies
roaming about TO watch our operations. The object,
was accomplished, and there now several feet Of
water where two three dsys ago il quite dry.
The point where the greater part Of the water flows
out is opposite Fulton, Tenn, twelve miles below,
ard az the enemy perceived it through the
agency of the coming day, they Immediately gavo
the alarm and two three Of their gunbOais steamed
! hurredly 10 the mouth of the chute, supposng the
Union transports and barges were on their way down
designing TO repeat the famous operation 70 skiliuy
performed by Col. Bsse at Island No. TO- and began
firing up the stream at tremendous rate.
As our transports were some nine or ten miles die.
tant, quietly moored nthe Mississippi, they were not
as may be supposed very seriOusly injured by gans
whose greatest range is two miles, and which might
as well have fired a, the North Pole for all the dam
age they were capable Of doing.
HORRIBLE OUTRAGEs OF REBEL OUTLAWS
Just above where we are lying, on the Tennessee
shore, in Lsuderdale County, resides family for.
merly Of Iowa, who have lived there for the past
four OF five years, and have witnessed the workings
Of Secession in this vicinity They say that immedi.
ately after the declaration that Tennesseo bad gone
out Of the Union, bands Of armed men went PROV ling
about the country, robbing whomsoever they chose,
insulting women, and forcing loyal citizens into the
Rebel service at the point Of the bayonet. They
committed the greatest outrages everywhere, aud the
family of which l speak were deprived Of every
thing valuable in the house; while the bead OF the