The New York herald., 1862-04-02
THE SITUATION.

Dur news from Strasburg is not very important.
party of rebels, 1000 strong, showed themselves
about two miles beyond our pickets on Monday;
but. upon few regiments drawing up in line of
battle, the enemy declined to try fight.
There was q little diminishing between the
pickets of General McClellan's army and those of
the enemy on the Rappahannock yesterday, shots
being freely exchanged on both sides. 1t is said
that three Of our oficers-namely, Major Van Stein
Housan, Captain Camp White and Captain Neu.
stadter-were taken prisoners by the rebels. Thir.
ty wagon loads of forage were secured by q recon.
noitering party of our troops on Monday in that
vicinity.
We publish to-day the official report of Commo-
dore Dupont, describing the occupation of Bruins
wick, Ca, by his forces.
We learn by dispatches from Chicago that
affairs at Island No. 10 have not experienced any
material change for the past day or two. The
river at that point falling at the rate of several
inches q day. From observations made it appears
that the rebels have erected a large intrenched
camp in the bend of the river directly in front of
our gunboats. An embankment half mile long
has been thrown up on the shore, behind which
guns are mounted in large numbers. They are
masked as yet, and it has not been ascer
tanned what artillery they have posted at this
point. Several batteries, however, it appears, are
plainly visible. Their ntrenchments extend from
the centre of the bend to the upper point of the
island. They are constantly busy, both with
steamboats, and men. Our mortars we're fred yes
terday and Monday every fifteen minstes. The
shells were all thrown upon the island. The rebels
made no answer, except an occasional shot at q
transport. Occasional firing was heard yesterday
in the direction of New Madrid, caused by engage
ments between the batteries, which are placed on
opposite sides of the river below that place.
More stirring news comes from Tennessee. De-
spatches from Cairo yesterday announce that Col.
Buford had on the day previous made descent
upon Union City, with the Twenty-seventh and
Forty-second Illinois regiments and part of the
Fifteenth Wisconsin, accompanied by q detach-
hcut VI tdNdu1 rum IliVhm"hg JUN
manded by Colonel Hey, and after q forced march
OF thirty miles, fell upon the rebel encampments
at seven o'clock in the morning, dispensing the
entire force stationed there, under the rebel
commanders Clay and King, consisting of
both cavalry and infantry. The enemy fed in
every direction. Several of them were killed and
number taken prisoners. A large amount of
spoils was captured, including $50 wagons, filed
with commissary and quartermaster's stores. The
rebel force were supposed to number 700 infantry
and between 200 and 800 cavalry.
BY the arrival of the Oriental at this port yes.
terday from Port Royal we have some very in.
terestng correspondence from that place and
from st. Augustine, Fernandina, Jacksonville aud
Hilton Head, which we publish elsewhere.
Letters from our army in the Southwest state
that the rebel Generals Price and Van Dorm have
been summoned in haste, by General Beauregard
to Corinth, TO assist him in the coming grand
battle expected there. II is also stated that the
rebel forces in the West are ordered TO concen
tate In Western Tennessee, with view to max,
desperate resistance in that vicinity