New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-27

smart little rain occurred on Wednesday. Two
regiments of the let Division Ist Army Corps
marched TO Fort Conway-some miles down
the RaPpshannock from Fredericksburg-
crossed to Port Royal in pontoOus, captared a
Rebel mail, and brought over several females
q number OF mules, horses. and prisoners Inc
expedition returned TO camp on THURSDAY
evening.
Our news from Vicksburg and below contn-
ues good. Six more transports have been success
fu in running the blockade-the Tigress. En-
pire City, Moderator, ADglo.saxon, Cheesman,
aud Harrison. The Free Stone and A. d.
Hine took two dOuble-deck 6atbOats through
the Duckport Canal. These boats are capable
of CARRYING one thousand men each. Trans
ports now run by Warrenton without difficulty,
the batteries being silenced. Transports
have returned from the YazoO expedition.
The Rebels under the command OF Gen. Wood,
were attacked by Brig. Gen. Dodge, with o
part Of the command of Major-Gen. Hurlbut,
at Bear Greek, and driven coniusedly to
Craney Creek. Gen. Dodge now occupies
Bear Creek. The situation of affairs in the
neighborhood of the Codwater is I'M
changed. Skirnisbing still continues. There
are various reports from Tennessee.
and Mississippi. The Rebels say that "a
transports have landed ut PASSPORT, eight
miles from Iuka, with 10000 Yankees,
chiefly cavalry This is doubtful. They also
report fight at Tuscumbia, and claim
victory. Bragg is said to be putting his army
in working order preparatory to an active
campaign. 1t is reported that the Union
troops have reoccupied Holly Springs.
Our latest dispatch from ST. Louis, OF
yesterdays date reports The defeat OF the
Rebel Gen. Marmaduke. He attacked Gen.
Mcneil at Cape Girardeau on Saturday, with
5000 men, but was handsomely repulsed
after three hours hard fighting. Mcneil
was REINFORCED yesterday; no has two
gunboats ready, and is confident that
he will again whip the Rebels if they venture
another attack. A still later dispatch says he
has repulsed the foe with severe loss, and that
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refer to the first fight. Our loss is said to be
less than 20 killed and wounded.
Gen. Burnside officially reports the expe-
dition to Celins, heretofore noticed, was en-
tirely successful (Celina is in Jackson County
County, Tenn, on the Cumberland near where
that river crosses into Kentucky.) Our troops
DESTROYED the town, 100000 pounds of bacon,
q. 900 bush. corn and wheat, 100 bbls. whisky,
100 bbls. -four, a considerable quantity OF sugar,
coffee tea, malt aud other stores, aud 40 boats
which had been used in transporting supplies.
The Rebels report loss OF 80 killed. We
! had one wounded and one missing.
Our correspondent q. Suffolk, Va, writ
. ing on Thursday, says: ave are closely
3 hemmed in; the enemy are on all sides OF US,
save our rear. This is now secure. They
!. have a force Of from 10000 to 10000 men.
4 1t was their evident design TO attack us the
! first day that they drove i0 our pickets, think
ing to find us unprePared, but observing their
error on this point, they paused to consider
and still pause"
Reports from Nashville describe the feel
ing of the Rebels there as most respondent.
A general anxiety to go North appears to pre-
vail in that city. as the cause of the South
was considered doomed.
Gen. Schenck telegraphs that the EIpedi-
ton in Western Virginia, under Gen. Elliot,
ia entirely successful Nine Rebels were killed
and twenty captured; our loss, two killed.
BY an arrival at Fortress Monroe from
North Edisto, S. c., we learn that on Thurs
day last all our Monitors were lying of EdIsto
and our land forces occupied the island.
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