New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-22
GEN. POPES ANXIETY TOS.tVE LIFE
GALLANT CONDUCT OF our Troops.
FLIGHT or THE REBELS IN THE NIGHT
cor,c.pond.n,. q mo clncInnail comlneIeial.

! did NO, Intend 20 write yon again until success
crowned our efforts To-day can say our 'iV'oIy
il complete and overwhelming len Gays ae" We
a~rivet here. and opened up little entertainments
for the chivalry strongly intrencied NJ Ne"
Na6,ia ". Lad nothing but few batteries o.
I;,,bt artillery, Will, they played on us WIN Inn
i've 10 sjx ganbcals ard eight 32nonndefS upon lhe
cells of two forts Gen. Pope ~ once saw MS io-
.;top. and sent back 30 Cairo for tour siege euns
ot.po1oders lie kept, in the mean iimo constantly
l. rc..sipr the enemy, without exposing ms own
,,, sycaitinc the arrival Of lis guns. He llkowte
auri,r the darkness Of one night, had The-pil5 e"K
and battery OF Parrot guns planted upon the iNer
bank NJ PoiIt Pleasant, seven miles beio" Ne"-
Madrid.
Gen. PIumuer was placed ia command. The iTst
intro0uclion 20 the chiyalry were few l2-pounders
and shower Of muskci-bas, well aimed, at couple
M fre TRANSPORTS well ladep with luynres aud con-
fo,ts for new Madrid and Island No. 10. They sud
denly wheeled about ana iefs FOR Dixie. Slch an
insult muss be wiped of the bank Of tbe Confederate
,,ver. ard forthwith gunboat was dispatched to
sLen plummer ont of his holes. But the glnboa
came lt,le too near and forthwith PORTFOLIOS and
,iot bopse received hundreds Of musket-hsll6 from
he sssrrsn0o-ers; and II speedily moved TO tue
oppoete .ide of the river, in easy sreinS distance
snd Tor ssvon oayr from one TO three gunboas na's
d. tbc,r best 10 disl0jge the gallant Flummer, anf
without success,
Tie honor Of this patent method Of whipping gun-
boats should he given 10 Gen. Pope, ~ but lew OIL
EZRA had any idea il wonld succeed Ihis little timely
thought has prevented the enemy carrying troops or
munitions of war on Transports, either up CT down
the river and left all the rich supplies we to-day
found at AewMadrid. But Of the fight and tie
fight.
ON Wednesday, March H. orr four guns arrived.
We drove il their pickets Il shutdown, aud thou
land spades were nOiseiefsly making trenches ana
preparing b.siy protect ons Tor tie guns. lEey
were in posili0n before daylight Hud 10 the foR ied
4 fi.. 80 .Nall 4 a.
gently thrown over into the upper fort much 10 tine
astonshinent and Indignation If the gentlemen from
Dixie In few moments kline gunboais were ~
po.ition, some Of them throwing Gi-polnd snelir,
and eighteen 3!-pounoeit ugou the Two iorts now
dong their best 20 send sll ns the toys say, ITO
the happy land OF Canaan
NE Ion and 10th Illinois We're placed in the
trenches q. shar9shooers, and tie i9th 2lth, 90
sud lJd Ohio regiments were placed gu tie HANKS
and in the rear 70 supper, The battery. The 10.
Regular L. :. Infantry, under Cap. Mowery,
/ ,.gurcd ;he Oine Fortunately they had been we'll
drilled a. 0uierists, and behaved adrnnihly. 'ol
his-cls engineer regiment we.e most valuable Hlc-
While / haye no desire 10 puff any regim'nif,
must say the 3eih and 18th Ono regiments deserve
great credi, ior tneIT cooiness ana bravery. On
"Wednesday evening, two companies oil the - u hnI
two Of the 9th all under Lieu Col. hsuuett. were
ordered t. drye ia tie pIckcts o. tic enemy without
hring gun il possible. So that the engineers could
Law ont The earthworks and prepare for the guns
Tley came upOn 'ho Rebel pickles and drove them
in without firing gun.
The Rebel pic.ets, they rc'roGtcd fred yOiley
mon yolley but d d not wofr,d man These four
c6r.r.nics took position, and remained upon me
field until this morning, making 80 h0urs The
balance of ttese regiments tooa position a. ciD'k
on Thursday morning and remhin"d at their posts
until this morning. They were furl IN range Of the
.,ris from tie fort and battery they flew ut the
guns ihsy supported, and for - hours he shot aud
Shell flow aloat and over thrm Ike heil. Tie two
reriuonts were protected by low blnf Of a slolgr
be.ide with 20, ket-kniyes ana bayoarts they
t,p9red oui the dfi thgt small ln ll.ouui Oi
Ohio humanity a. possible should Dee cAposed i is
PERFECTLY aafe 10 eay that 100 shot and shell struck
within from to xix feet Of tho 5'th without kill
in "a single man. ! heard men, this morning, pro
verbally grofnue say, Well D. D. no use taking, bgi
God was s. ith tho Ohio bOyo yesterday.
The caFuaiti.s that occurred ! append below.
Three Of tie 9Th had their logf shOt of with TIC
saine ball Col Fuilerb4w he bail he thought almost
spent and remarked IL might break some poor iel-
lows leg: vet n broke throl d lie fence, knock
of three Iers end continued on ile WAY. one .2b.
ball struck toe ground, bounded and struck Che KNAPP
"a, OF a soldier Of the 3Htn he isv fiat upOn the
ground knocked the breath ont Of h.m, AMI leapej
. ON lis onward Journey. The fellow recovered him
self coon enough 10 biz vanishing visitor. An
other ball struck hayOnet, benGing II double, a. u
hung BY the -ide u a soldier hnd distributed biz
davis raiions iu lis hayesack 10 tie company geuer
ais, much 90 his dirgtislaorion.
4 ggn ~ the hands of member o. Tie 9Th was
struck and bent az night angles. shells frequently
buried 80 near that exploding would cover with dgt
twenty men. Gems. Pore AM Stanley rode down
and Niincfsed for time the firing and they re-
mako that IL q miracle that 20 few were killed
or wounded One ronnd-shO, from the enemy struck
one 81 our large Guns On be muzzie ami knocked a
piece ont o. 10 inches long, uniting II Og further
feryice, at the rame time killing two men and
Eonnding two or three more. The boys toward
evening, got tired Of living iat; and If the firing
ceased for Il moment every fellow would Jynp ny
aud veil 20 "a io be heard a mile.
The day was delightful, the warm Spring air, The
fret fTIitf Of mother earth in sweet Spring flowers
opening their buds ,mId the green grss biedes But
~ ight approached tho sank 10 the red horizon,
and before midnight there came most terrific
thunderstorm. The lightning blinded You by re
Brightness and ei you bewildered, while the tbun-
der put 20 blush tie puuy coiunbiads that had all
day Jared upon our ears. Amid this storm our men
stood to their posts, and moved stl nearer 10 their
enemies. Amid the storm, while Jupiter hurled
hs ihundsrbolts with such fury, the evacuation OF
fort and barracks took ploe for 10 daylight, ap-
peared, not an enemy was .cen upou the works. Our
nag was soon floating at both iofIs, aud ne wrlte
the sound comes 20 me from band with Hail
Columbia aud Yankee Doodle" while the boys
catch the song nnd loud prolonged cheering Is taken
up camp by camp.
Gen. Pore and staff rode over the ground this
morning. aud were ast0nirhed ~ the great strength
of The works ana the spondld prlIc OF guns ana sm
muni ion left behind Eighteen 32-pound guns " Gre
upon the walls -Iiked-fo hastily was il done shat
Yankee ingenuity IN Few hours removed sixteen Of
The spikes, and TUNED their grnning mouths to look
for gnnbosts from Island No. 30. l.cre was large
stock Of ammunition Of every kind, sabeir, guns
clothing. cooking uientils. supper, on the table not
eaten whole biskets OF champaign 0nd cnret no.
opened--wagous. 800 hones and mules, ana tente 10
Accommodating & 900 ncn-left st,ndiDg
One side of the fort filled in h. sacks OF rIelled
corn-enough "a make munh ior all Ireland for one
year. Many huo pieces o! light artillery were