The New York herald., 1862-03-22
AFFAIRS ON The MISSISSIPPI.
The Great Fight at Island
No. 10.
Hot Work Between the Con-
tending Batteries.
-~~~~~
MOVEMENTS OF THE REBELS At MEMPHIS.
>~.>~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~-
Operations of Our Forces ON the
Upper Tennessee River.
-~~~~~~~~
HEAUREGARD AT CORINTH, MISS,
&C., &C., &c.
LATEST FROM ISLAND NO. TEN.

Vne Fight Still COnt1nues-Vhe strong
Position OF the Rebels-Large Number
Of Their Guns-The Continued Fight Of
Our GunbOats Keeps the Rebel Quarters
Warm-Their Dead and Wounded Car
ried OM-Thetr Guns Dismounted, &c.
ST. LOUIS March 21, 1862
Tho Republican has special despatch, dated Island
No TO- yesterday, which says that cannonadng by the
gin and mortar boats continued all day Wednesday.
All the guns but ono in the upper battery the Ten
nessee shore have been senced, and one gun the
island dsmountod.
Shells from the mortars constantly falling in tho
rebel camps and batteries and numbers of the killed and
wounded are being carried away on litters.
large number Of loaded wagons are leaving the Ten
shore, from which it is believed the rebels
making preparations for evacuation Of their works
The floating battery Of the rebels has been moved
nearer tho island.
General Popo allowed rebel gunboat to approach
within fifty yards Of masked battery on Tuesday and
then sunk her, killing fifteen Of those board lie had
previously allowed five rebel steamers pass towards
New Madrid, and they between his batteries, un
able to escape.
Over dozen rebel vessels, their floating battery and
battering RAM above General Popes batteries
and will be sunk captured
CAIRO, March 21, 1862.
correspondent who left Island No. 10 yesterday,
says
Firing is only moderate from the Benton and Mound
City at intervals Of fifteen minutes each the object be-
hs 70 reduce the upper batteries.
Five guns were dismounted and two left from which
occasionally shots are fred. Some Of them very
nsar our boats Tho works both the main land and
island far more extensive than generally sup.
posed There at least eighty guns many of them OF
the largest size several Of them rned and twenty thou
sand troops. saw at ore time ten regiments dress pa
rade the main land Their quarters out Of reach of
the mortars. The ISLAND is pretty well covered with
tsnts Our shells reach all parts Of the works the
island It evident that all the rebel batteries have
bombproof casemates rs the men bc ssen to dsap
pear when Shell falls into the batteries.
N soon the upper fort reduced, tho gunboats will
advance and take the others in detail
On Tuesday night the Mound CAy kept up
steady nrs on tho upper fort, pssvontiug the
rebels ifom making their usual nightly sutes. The re-
suk wns that early In the morning they commenced
moving the dead aud wounded from the cassm stes OF
The Srt A large number were carried out and taken
back into the woods.
oA Monday 900 shot were fred from tho gunboats,
snestly SHE'LL beside 800 she'll from the nortars.
sn Tuesday Commodore Foots directed the fuses be
wet with view 10 destroy the works and dsmount the
guns. The result satisfactory As yet but man
Aas been killed by the enemy.
CHICAGO, March 21, 1852.
special despatch from Cairo to the chicago Journal
says that a moderate are kept up by the fleet at
Island No. 10 on Tuesday, Wednesday and yesterday.
Ths gunboat Minnesota dismounted -poundor gun
che enemys upper battery Some rebel gunboas tried
70 force their way up yesterday morning. but had TO
retire General Pope has twenty-five guns mounted at
Mount Pleasant, and has erected a new battery four
miles below