New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-25

urday, the 9Th inst, when portion OF each ofCaps'
ClarAes and Capt Pickerngs companies were
beaded OY Col. l.. f. Jones Of the goth massachu-
setts Regiment tall Of these officers went tI0,s"
Baltimore, April ~, being ihon attacheu 10 '"o
Maesachlseits Regiment when they were n''u oD'
and made descent on Mi,sifsipFl cisy' As w"
proached the whsrf. which extends IL marie" P''"
,bree.o,ar,ere Of uo Toto the water, 'he D''''7'
locked Ike cemetery. After or meD ioV '''o's
,ci,l Soma naval aul other gnes.s and re Po''o' ,
,,.rebed over this vard.wide approach Wih'n nHo
eoo ,o,, mn in two or bree places, snd ths p'ahNs
,,A ,;lcs sa,ced nearly through and a1d down a.dl'
't,',.,,h,n COR heavy weight caue we "oud be
,,.c,,,d and oar men get broken legs. Onr Coiohe'
.,raried agsirst this. and after improu5a'iSn3 q
ii,5d'r 20 re. n tie shore, We pushed Up 10
. hiding mat had been used 10 store
freight and from this, leaving the Adiulant
in command Of deiselnorl 10 saye our retreat,
ro Jones threw OFT the Tsst of the force cart and
west rs sarmisheTs. Our party went to yisit very
handsome villa within few rods Of the freight de-
pot one Of about thirty houses, much scattered, COM
posing the village, in very dense bel, Of tall old
piues. The MANSION, as We approached through
e'bst were once handsome giouncs, looked a. de-
ted and desollto as the rect Of the dwellings, anu
on knocking two or three times, a thin, wiihercd
Sorlleruer made biz appearance. lrtaabhy-gcnioe
cn,ss, he looked IS if lie might De the owner OF tie
place; bui, II lie war, had been very much reduced
He wes followed by lady, With kerchief on hel
head and herself in mi aiu.e in Ter arms. Three OIL
four droggle-iaed, hafdrassed Children came OUT u
whet der eyes On cur foidiers. We made Inquire.
% tho nan a. to Tire location Of the Vosoice, which
he oid u lay mp some three miles 10 the north, arc
on our plshipg quettons with him Hs 10 what col
diers were in the utigbhorhOod his reply was tLa'
there were none for some mios, hut could not Soy
Was never az their camp; never faw any; did 10
remember. and fnslIy drew himself away b. re-
marking ve-y curly, 81 hainl noi ing more to say
Col Jones then puzzled on after f1me time spent "a
c,nsuta,on. ia tre direction Indicated for the posi-.
Office, but bad hardly gained lCO yards when some
canister and sbeii were cent among us from IN M
seen battery in the woods. Tho order was given for
the mea 10 fall, the missiles going harmessiy cyei
them. We Ieiiesied slowly toward the whaii
Some delay occurred before they fred again. Tie
ONLY casuslt; gearing WAS when q shell, exploding
near u.s. in It's ryrstons gr;nnlaed eoders ration'
ana haversack lett him minus Goa. tail, 5it OF d
snsll piece OF fesh and fual'y dropped amisby int
his boot az keepsake.
Some OF our men saw the Rebel Guns moving NJ
through the dense wood, and Jaw horsemen rGine
hitler aid tither in great haste, bal could not reach
The fkirmishers that wele exposed IN time TO warn
them OF their danger. We made good our retreat,
however, and in bait an Lour were all OF board our
boat, W len We speedily imposed silence on them
from screamer we carried on deck. We reached
camp cate aud sound having been but ak hours
away. l, wa. the high-pressure, side-wheefe!eamei
Calhoun toat wa employed for this service. She II
email cotton boht Of great speed.
We aIe sGly OF for light-dIsfl vessels, there being
noue either steam sailing craft here except TIE
,brce gunboais, some schooneIs and couple Of
steam hgbters. The largest Of tie later is the
Lewis, Which, Tor want Of a iudder, Is comparatively
uselefs.
The Harriet Lane arrived here yesterday, as asc
some O. Capt. Por,ers mortar battery. a more en-
liyeuing scene coGId not be imagined than was pre-
scented as these craft cnme round the point under a
stiff breeze where the old fort is located, and ~
ltet, paricoored signals us a saiute 20 the national
and merchant vessels in port Our soldiers jusi dis'
missed from morning parade, ever ready for sight
seeing, focaed down 70 the beach, lling thenselye
on The hears of lumber, army siores end tho A ps Of
cannon that lie along the wharf jusi finished, 10
the extreme westerly end OF the island.
\ word here might lot be out o. place about this
pile Of ean1. Ship leland lies Little north Of tho
latitude Of New-Oresns, 90 and Of longitude 90
runs nearly and west for seven miles, ard IA
point OF the greatest ategcal importance IN these
Water, commanding as it does the approaches TO the
Crescent City by Lake Borgue and the Rigolctis
connecting with Like Pontcbartran, which expose
and encompasses the Guf metropolis on the mort
ike a great hall door to Il bouse.
Gen. Phelps is still in command here. lie is tbs
sothor Of the celebrated Anti-Slavery proclamation
and most accomplished field officer having slen
many yea,s in the regular army, and resigned unde
Buchanans Administration. lie held one Of the Ere
foil bi ade drills here yesterday, when there Were
$3.50 troops thrown across AZ level and hard sau'
as coud be found anywhere.
XXXNIJrH CONGRESS.