The New York herald., 1862-04-26

communication with Camp Moore and ehectuay cripple
horetreato Of Beaarsgard The ground being exceedingly
swanpy the only available place that the rebels could
select to give battle would be whore there oaly
single line Of railroad. Pass Manchac is thirty seven |
miles from New Orleans, and tho only fort pass in
going from the Rigoiets 10 Lake B6rgnS ,ntQ Lake |
Poptchartsain is Fort Pike which strongly fortified,
and could be easily taken Tho around this fort
generally eight feet In depth.
now "EEAURBeARDs rErs'' AssvKRED Rsov1srros, |
The "daring chivalry" Of the South is strkingly
emphed Ia tho bearing Of Beauregards pet company
the following OCCASION
Bcaursgard, through letter transmitted by his staff |
Surgeon, Dr. Chopin, demanding immediate rein |
forcement Of 5000 men from Now Orleans informed the
military Of thatcty that they must hasten 10 Colum
bus at once that point Confederate key Of the
Mississippi The First and Second brigades there
called out and Beauregards read to them
by Governor Aoore but with the exception Of about 800
they refused 10 comply Dith he requion The Orleans
Guard belonging TO the First BRIGADE which Beaure
gard had tho stnguished honor formerly Of declining
any position that Of high private" and TO which
organization he had presented the coors captured
Fort Sumter, were ne first ,oao refused to go.
gl. auNBoATs BEING RuuI.
The rebels have tho gunboat Florida and several
others, not iron-cad fitted up for action.
Tho two dry docks at Algers have been removed and
converted into gunboats, mounting twenty guns each
Their decks are perfectly Lowell, with buwarks Tho
centre built santingy, with two feet thickness Of
TIMBER and then platod having only hatchway towards
the stern TO place the men In. They towed by
steamers Two gunboats have been built at the old
Bayou Bridge for Lake Pontchartrain, by Sidney Por
ter They have very large sde.whesls, but
clad. They mount ten guns each.
The Manassas batterng ram, "the Mud Turtle,'
it more appropriately designated complete failure
is altogether broken down and requires two steamers
to help II into action.
The rebels building two gunboats Carroll ton
a new plan, invented by q young and ambitious
chanic named Smith Each s to be three hundred and
twenty-five feet long, with four propeers two the
centre and two in the stern. They built Of
fourcen-inch timbers, laid top OF the other,
secured with bolts, thon timbers laid,
to impart solidty. The roof is to be round SO
that the balls will glance of. Tho timbers in
side fourteen inches square, and The outside plated
with iron Both craft are to be perfectly solid except
the engine rooms and whore guns placed They
also cutting down fourteen old steamboats, and
boats, Tor conversion into warke fleet which, when
completed will be brought into command Of
Id Montgomery, ex-Captan OF the steamboat Republic.
running between New Orleans and Memphis. This work
sprogessng slowly, and will not be completed some
time to The rebels have the following gen
boats at Randolph The Lizzie Simmons, the Crosse
Ietc, Yankee and Livngstontho lattor md iron
clad but the balance are noaly worthless They carry
two guns forward and iron castings 60
| protect only the boilers and machinery
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FoRuFcN1oss.
There are publications. at Baton Rouge yicSsburg
Natchez or Memphis The only fortacation the Mis-.
sisspp, from Now Orleans Memphis s that Of Fort
Adams, on Of the bluffs, which mounts four gaps
Fort Randolph and Fort Pillow he latter situated
tween the former and Memphs) left almost com.
paravey deserted during the bombardnent Of Island
No 10. The guns taken by the rebels these
forts strengthon'Island No TO- leaving only snan
number Of mon and FIVE pieces for their protection
MEMPHIS.
Memphis contains great many Union people por.
of Generals Chea,hams and Polks troops are sta
toned at Humboldt at the crossing Of tho Memphis
Ohio and Mobile and Ohio Railroads. The Commissioners
at New Orleans paid visit to all tho stores mado
the people give up everything in the shape Of arms
| bowie knives, pistols, shot guns, &c.
The citizens Of Memphis have built railroad through
Main street. connecting with tho Southern roads so that
case attack from tho Unionists they can remove
their goods farther down the river.
THE RAILROADS AND BRIDGES LGApNG rRoMoxExrHp.
The railroad Memphis to Paris Tennessee is in
good order. Eight miles from Paris, towards the Tennes-
river BRIDGE ths raroac Is away where
| . creek. Al Big Sandy, ten miles from Tennessee
river bridge there is bridge 800 feet long and
large has been fslled this bridge and the
floor tmbers arc partially cut every few feet
For seventy five feet this bridge is entirely away
Two miles from Tennessee river is another bridge,
one-s eighth Of mile long, built Of tresslc
work, one-third Of which has been torn up
On the bank Of the river ths depot
has been burned and the switches destroyed The tels
graph wires have been taken down from Paris The
Tennessee rvor. The distance from Paris Tennessee
river there two CUTS quarter Of mile long,
through which the railroad is laid. These cuts
through limestone rocks, which have been torn down
and tho tracks covered with them The tanks hold
Ing all along tho road have been destroyed Tho
inhabitants from the Tennessee bridge TO Paducah all
seoesh." They have nothing say while tho gun.
boats in such close proximity, but they
leave they hurrah for "JeG. Davis,n and cry "pown
with the Yankees"
MANASSAS AND BELMONT.
Our informant engaged in tho battles Manassas
and Belmont, (muoh agsipst his will be IL sad) and
gives some statements regarding them that
tsresting.
He says there negro regiments at the battle Of
Manassas Plans heretofore reported The rebel army
was whppsd tw th. 2lst of July, and had circu
prevented ohnstons reinloreements reaching
them they would have had TO beat ignobe retreat
the arrival Of Johsnon, he boiug the senior General
Beauregard in tho act Of giving up the command 10
him. when Johnston told him that he had planned the
battle and commanded fas through the day he had
better keep command.
After the battle Of Manassas Beauregard wanted to ad.
vance Washington; but JeG Davis stopped him. When
Bsaurcsard sont in his official report Of tho battle, he
spoke In It about his contemplated advance on Washing
ton which dispsassd Je, ,oo ordered him to ,crie
other report to suit him. Az informant
Judge, the loss Of the Southern army at Manassas was
$780, which is setting down at low figure. JEFF Davis
arrived tho fold about Ave o'clock Sunday. A
great many Of the rebels died from disease before the
| battle The dead were buried in pits holding from
! dftssn To twenty bodies.
without finding any fault with the Northern generals
a the battle Of Belmont informant states that the