New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-21
TIE ATTACK OF FORT PILLOW.

Corrsspondeaoe Of The Cincinnati Commercial
This morning at Il O'Clock tie Rebel euLboats
hove m slght and the fag-fp imnedia' ely Opci I'd
6re on her, and general pursuit onsued. Several
shots were exchanged und The cuase for while wSf
spirited 1t continued for about three hours, when
they turned point and were rafc Tor The time beng
al least 10 few minutes turned the point, also,
and The frowDiag battement OF horE fillow appear
cd 20 view.
ing up like giants the dwarf low lands and thef
b. hes hills; hundreds Of tents perched like wnlte
tiouds-seutinelr lie Ii ybes. slo;s and then tbe
batteries O-nGHentinf every advantageous point On
ti0so rough batteM cuts Ci nature, We oil VIII re-
member 1t, II permitted. Wei, We ran ahead on 10
within one mile OF tteir batteries sud then rounded
up slreau. We took ie-urely survey NJ easy -
uourd range, saw their guuJOats aud transpOrs
back out and "ssedsd1le' down -tream; saw the
R. x. irOB-tLsd ship Mdrguis de Ia hsDana iying
quietly bchinC iCiChcd tongue OF band, exchanged
q lew shots with the g4nbosis, and stood ny stream
cue of ,heir shot rloa,d into the water about lity
yards behind tte Benton, another Few hundred
- ia IA rear and near tlc Mound CiIy, another
,aiG to have been fred from 81 Arms roug gun,
passed far DveE or heads
We are now tied 40 t0 the shore about Cs -
miles above the i9rt. All the troops have arrive
ind 100 InOraTbosis slfc; tomorrow morning, ttc
r0far-boat4 viii no placed N position, the tro0rs
thro9n out, and the ruut oats piaoed IA The pfole
tfots anl-the ball Will open and nave no hesita-
ttNiNilK iift III It. t'fl 'l 'ii' -itNH
W 10 oe Ours; ,ben cones Eandolpn ano Memphis
ana ,h5 y.ar VIII Do ouCed.
Some information iL regard o. tae Rebels Was bad
fO-.sv lror a man near wLCe house Wc are ue0 up.
he PAYS thar there uot moe fbBu tWHV o. Ntcu
rfoogs &c thgt place, ami hat they have only OLc
beagv gu. mounted on the water batteries. Wen
se- about that to-uorrOw. ne alsO says that the
Rebels have been told and fully teieve that three
OF our punboats sunk 90 D0nei .on, and two ai
Island No. 40, AND that we were repuised st No. 10
with terrible slau- -hler 4 bundle oi payers were
yiVen 20 LIN. and lo was Eoly much as' s'onis1ed 20
ind that Columbuf leland No. 10, arc kew-hiadnd
were ia Cur possession. How astoni.hcd tho Fort
Piiicwitcs must have been to-day TO lem Ito ssne
factg.
speei, corsspondeaos Of The chleaEo Tinet e,,,.,,
There are about eleven batteries Oh the shore In
The curve O. the river which is much the si'ne as az
Island No ~. ~ regard 10 shape. TIE curve D.
much broader, however, and the channel sweeps au
endIe half circle around the Circumference o. broad
lake formed by the widening of tho river in the
bend. thus exposing bouts that may attempt to pass
20 gauntlet Of five or fX miles Of open raDge, for
winch the batteries are planted Opposite the lest
battery obftructions are planted In The river which
compel the boats 70 pass close 20 the shore.
Ouer obsrlctiCns ale placed near tie upper bat
tey, 6il a. which tend tO complete most forMid8-
bic and troublesome defense. On the Bill In tho
roar of tho bsticries II the main fort an octsgonal
auucture with has.one, mounting some twelve or
fifteen large guns. Surrounding his, aud embrace
I1g liie seven miles i leogth nom shore TO shore
Notifications connecting OF batteries, rife-pits
Sc. al Of which aie being increased and strength
cn1d by ail means in tae power OF tue Rebel army.
his position mus. be tsBen oy hard fighting
There arc 20 trape 10 catch the Rlbee IN a a lsnd
SO. 30 All js plain open country in the rear, ard
.sc fCuifra.i0Ls arc on hiCh hills There are oflcr
aiils which command theIu sud upon them Gem
pope win probably erect batteries with which 10
fglg thcm. Ttc gurJo4ts have no alternative e.
cent 90 De behind tbe point, at i.and No 10 aud
throw their hls across the Intervening space a. the
batteries The moItu-boa,s Will necessarily take
tff saro position.
Of th,sc last we won't ray much. They pelted
away 10 I.land No. 10 for four weeks, burning an
lmncnlc amount Of powder, aud troSiug away
serer, hundred thousald pounds of ifou. and never
al myiiing in the mean tiue. it Is my opinion
That tiey ,.e us,lcss for siclling batteries. They
aiy b. nada 90 throw she'll into tho fort, however
.p Wien care thcv win 90 good execution.
me whole fotiils /. here, including The gln0oata
a. .en Llor,aF.Doatt. Ge1. Popes army 10 also Oh
=. t.ot, having como down the Igcr in tunaporie
iAt iesi ironbie seems 20 be 10 mud piece % dry
iand 10 'nalt upon. 1he army and navy aie ho'o
nne o. speedy victory. but do not share sher
-Auclysloh" 'hiuk lhe Bobels wIll MAKE moss