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

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Tuesday Afternoon, April u, 1852.
From the few struggling newspapers hat have
q sebed the Fiot,lla from tme to nale, observe
il,rence Of opinion prevails as to she preseHt posi-
son Of the gun and mortar boats.
CUR GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION.
For the benefit Of those who do not understand
the situation, Will repeat thst are esventy'fve
or eighty miles above Memphis, and swo or three
miles above the 6,st fort,6c.tioDs Of the Rebel
works called here Fort Pillow, whose exact extent
~lung the Tenpt slUrs s not known to the Aoy
but doubtless samiiartc the Commeiore
The principal workstf the enery are 'oeatee Oh
what is generally aysci aud put Down on the ropS
% the first Chckasxrv Bluff sIgh 1t is really The
s<cond; the first beng some mics above the town
usually counted az it ies back from the river we
are three miles below Oseeo'a, the capital OF nis'
,v,pp; County, she first ccruty below tie North
.m Arkansas tse, which, you are aware, 10 some
thirty miles soutA of the remainder of the boundary
Of the State.
Randolph Tenn, lies twelve miles eesow os, and
Fu,on in the State, Is situated on the third,
while MempA occu pies The fourth and last Chcksssw
Bluff There is At present such fort Is Randolph, the
gsns having ong since been removed anc the pos'-
6oD abans, ned by the foe. Pillow 10 TIE sole OBJ
sTuction &C our progress TO Memphis, AID that re-
eueed we will he enabled to proceed al once to the
metropolis Of TenDessee.
Ps SECESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI
When che national -ofees have occupied Memphis
and New ORLEANS, there is e0ory probability lhey
vii doll few weeks, the father ofwaters vii be
virtuay from the source 20 the Baze' Tor there
no IN portant point between those two emporiuws
of trad and all supplies TO the vsroas towns Oh toe
hauhs can be at once cut sss, and the inhabtasts
thereby brought to terms.
PROGRESS Or THE BoMBlRDMENT.
The bomba,drnent still proceeds very quietly; our
nor,srs firing occasionally u; the Rebel works, and
the Secession gnnboats throwing shot and saeH'
over the point in cur vicinity but without doing the
have some very large guns, probably lV-inct
Cclumbiads and shey are well msnsged. but at The
present range they are incapable OF harm, unles
sbsy burst many OF the heavy pieces OF the Rebel
d. and blow the artilleris,s oat of suspense an,
6etessia.
Tue gunbosts Of the foe still lie every night i'm
nediateiy upder the bend, aud are separated fror
= the view of the aeet only by the narrow neck G
10, pyin for fph W
the Rebel gunboats aud wosd doubtless give
months pay and grog if they would come out an
give battle. TIE prospect Of Iber doing SO become
daily less. They have talked about it, of course
and declared they would prof; by the first rayies
niybt 10 surprise and sink the Feet but during th
past week they have been favored with nights a
dark as Erebus, and have made no such sttempt.
THE ANNOYANCE or INACTIVITY
Com Foote still feels annoyed that, on account Of
the change of programme, hs will be compelled
probably TO remain here until after the battle of Cor
18th is fought, and rather trets under his negative
condition. He does relish the idea Of Gen. Hal
leck reaching Memphis before him.
The Commodore s very cool and courageous, but
st tie same time extremely cautious and prudent il
regard 70 others and would be much Inclined t
expose bis own life than that of the men under hi
rash, aud le undertakes nothing without ever
promise Of SUCCESS, of which he rarely fails.
METEOROLOGICAL MUTATIOS.
This morning the enemy have discharged fe
guns, and mortars have replied as of,en; bt
just now the scene up and down The river is bathe
in quietness and sunshine, old Sol having made b
fret appearance in the east this morning for four
Eve days, and Spring having come back TO US froI
her traant wanderings in all her brightness benz
GOD, and b-auty.
SiI ce Saturday we have had lowering skies, a rao
and chilly atmosphere, and incessant rain; and th
treas food Of the Mississippi bss been steadily ad
yancing, 50 that, were it not for the partially sub
merged trees, might well imagine ourselves a
ecu beyOndthe sight Of land.
OVERFLOW OF THE LOWER COUNTRY.
Great damage has been, and more will De, done il
the Mississippi River region,, by the swell of waters
and "a man now OD the fleet, who left New 0rlean
eight nine days ago, says the lower country alon
the vsrt stream is almost entirely .overfo we'd ant
iha, the people suffering greatly from the sub
DeTsion. Dwellings and outhouses under water
grain and provisions nave been destroyed; hogs Nm
cattle. and horses drowned, and immense amounts 0
propertyJost. This, with the sad consequences 0
the war, rave reduced great portion Of Dixie 10
lameDtabIe and pitiabe state and must largey asss
to disgust the South with rebellion aud its bttel
fruits.
DIXIE through REBEL LORGNETTE.
The person of whom have just spoken az a re.
cent arrival ftom the extreme South is citizen of
ST. Louis, and vas formerly violent Rebel hav-
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