Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-03-16
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Matters In OR Canps-rhs Csp.tsv.
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CAIRO, March 1.-THE dispatch Aost osss,.,
Lyon kss arrived from Stcksburr win dass "A
%saIatasy % night On FRIDAY uieat sbost ma
hisnt ihe gun boa1 at the Inoa th Of ths Yaxco
river heard what " a. thought ~ De sirns rnes
ftcm our guyeoats coming down the W..
Inc senten answcrsd by nrins two suas.
up The 1axoo when the Ly on Jeff IL tne st~u.
was really frcr the ChilicoShe, as was COO.
lecture6, fa1oo city has already fallen Into
7 he water was 70 be let into the y,ctssuyr
canai on Sunday morning. There 10 no doubs
entertained, ny those Iaet from there bat tl,nt
gunboets will psss through within a week
The q ueen OF tic West had come nm araiu
and anchored under the bsiteri-s She fI,~-
rrb-i bses large enough 10 nearly cover hrr.
When she passed the mouth OF the canal aha
whistled defiance.
We new have very heavy battery wear the
lower mouth OF the canal
rom All persons coming mp we are s4spp~d
Inst the health OF the troo,'s 10 improving very
From N. Y. Times Special Correspondence,
ARhY or TKHNEssRE, Madison psrish. IA
within sight Of ficksburg, Tuesday, iarcn ..
Soon sf1r mailing my last letter, day before
yesterday, Information reached here that our
gunboets had gotten through the Yazoo Pas.
ceiow Helena, into the Iazoo river, and sus.
asain and again, and is belle we'd st headquar-
tsrs 20 &c correct. :
The place where our communication woula
be made with the Yazco ie at the con n uenee OF
~
rise 10 tie nrst-me ntieDed river at distanc,
OF over 2u0miies from the mouth. IL the Union
Nessele have eucceed-d in reaching the Yaxoo
by the mesns indicated, they Will douetl-ss bs
ahis TO destroy ali the large and powerful
steamers known 10 he mp that stream The
Magma Mary kesn, hatcher, Magnolis and
many othtr fret-class boats, with tne ttalifor
MIA steamer Star Of the West, are in the Y.zox
above the strong raft, some sixty miles. from
the mouth.
The FIRST effort OF our naval officers would La
TO destroy the retel floating prorerry aftsr
which they Will proceed do wn the river look-
my oul lor batteries which they are aware Will
be found ~ Hainee' Bluff and In that vicinity
Our transports frequently 20 forasins up us.
rlyCr, and usually meet with very rood eucnees
AS an instance, the Chancellor went TO (yap~
ma Landing, ninety miles above, the Other
Gay, and brought down 300 mules 2)o beef eat
tie, So bales OF cotton, and a large amount OF
poultry, butter and provisions.
All me plantations on the river between here
ana Helena are abandoned. though on q num-
Der OF them the overserrs remain TO look after
the negroes who have not run away, The over
seers say Jeh Davis advised and ordered su
persons living within eight miles of the Mi.-
sissippi on either sIde, 70 90 into the interior,
as ne could not AFFORD them projection n om the
- inv aiding Yankees." 80
The new gunbeat and ram LAFAYETTE arrived
here from 81. Louis to-day. She will prove
q formidable TO-, and has arrived I'm good Sea-
son, should the rebels venture 70 axspme the
offensive with their inpromptu war yessels
Admiral David ID. Porter has no doubt o. the
fal OF Nlcksburg at an early day, not by a.
sault, but by Combinations which the enemy
cannot prevent, and am too loyal 10 reveal.
The pl ogrsmme Tor the capture OF the Mis-
sissippi stronghold is q very good one. aud L
can see nc reason why IL cannot be readily car
rled out. The secessionists, IL Ia said. have
been very uneasy fer some time past respecting
our operations, and have been removing pro-
visions, machinery and supplies eastward 10
the Tom big bee river. El