New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-21
INTERESTING E1OM The GULF
sgTRMEa AT MISSISSIPPI CITY
yrpcpYEp BATTLE At GALVESTON

,,.,,od States s;earn-transport Fulton, Com
ID, ,got.on. arrived on Thursday morning from
o. rslopd Miss, which port the left % tho l3th
tusa at / p. RI.
To- t,a,s,Or,.s steamer Constitution arrived there
March 70.
The shin Idaho went ashore of Cat r,ls1d on Che
ss inst. iut vas hghtened end got Of The same day
The feet at Ship lsand is as follows Soops-oi-war
pensacola and Hartford; gunboats Herriet Lane,
Wnssbirkon, Hives, Kennobec, Calhoun, Pinola,
and scieta; supply-shp Fearnaughti schooner-gap-
boa, Kittstinny, and the entire ncrtarHeet; prize
schoop.r Cora; ships North America, Idaho ocean
Pearl Undaurted and Black Prince; schooners Eins
&, Potter, Edward Lee Heart; also figste llissE-
GppL
TIE Fulton brings FIVE s,eeTage passen.srs
Weare Indebted 70 Pursur Mackenzie for docu-
uents and the following interesting information;
4 reconnaissance was made Oy our forces shout
tro weeks ago rs TAR es Mhs,sSippl CITY; two COM
nsies went over TO the msnlsad n u ste .mer. ihib
srall force was attacked b. about 2,OoJ ksoeis,
whose presence at this point had Not been Ahqwn ny
TIE Union officers.
The two companies OF Unicn troops Of course re-
sIeated, The Rebels firing upon them. one man Only
was seriou,ly injured and mo casualties were Ie"'
The decentralization was safeiy accomplished.
Tie war vessels lying She vicinity OF ship lane
were undergoing some important ALTERATIONS noin
men were cismantling them and saklng ont All una,
valuable bulk q weight, lnclnoiog me iiSsi"S eu
az lnnch Goals as could 10 spared. They were tLue
90 be traneformed into floating batteries and made
tght 30 o. 10 enter barboss which otherwise Wohio
have been inaccessible
rumor was curreDt 81 Ship Island, but he'd been
traced 20 10 trnstvsorthy source, that battle hau
taken place al Galveston, Texas, between Inc pe0-
ple and los Confederate forces stationed theIe IL
was understood TO beVe resulted from me dissnsion
of the populace with come action Of the 'oniener
stes; bus DO particulars were gwen and the news Is
but a runlOr az best. 90. -
Contrahands frequently escspe TO snip Island 10
boats. These bosts the negroes uniformly assert
were their own property, though some OF them escape
from points in tAC interior miles away from ia'se
bodies OF water. One OF these contrsbapds, ID a'
gwer 10 q question concerning his political eeusl-
mente said he was berry strong CessoDisti oas IL
'fOro got away
Moet of the negroes have been taken from the ooesi
ipto the interior By their OWNERS, and mach care is
taken 20 prevent them gaining uny information:
The troops at Ship Island were In good condltion'
and are constantly drilling. They hold themselves
constantly in readiness Tor either defensive or oens
i've operations. They in excellent spirits, and
anxious 10 DO led against the S.cessi0njsie News 0l
the Union successes up TO the fall Of Columbus had
reached them, and occasioned much rejoicing.
As an evidence OF The effect u or NlctO-Ies, t1'
,repidstiou OF The Rebels and The exaggeration o.
the news 40 il passes 10 The Gull Statrs, The Tact
stated that Just before the arrival OF the CoDsulu
ton on he's last voyage out, about elgnt Gays ago
Rebel tug was captured, and . New-Orjoans pape
which was found Oh board had IN account Of IN
capture Of Columbus by the Union troops, aud n
snrrender of COCO Confc5eratet. OF course tn
intelligence was received al Ship isl-nd g. entre.
genuine. The joy OF our volunteers was mort
hyed on account of the speedy reception a pa
from the North with the correct ve1ion Of the aiAlT