, 1863-04-24

lspec'ul Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.1
MCHrREEfpoEo. April q, 1894

lspecul Dispatch to the Chicago T1ibunc.1
ArHrREEfroEo, April %, 1869.
lind the following kilograms in the Chat
tanooga Rttt1 Of the 18th inst:
jAcKSoS, Ni=s, April 17.-Eieht boa1s
passed Elcksburg last night One was burned
and two were disabled, but FIVE were SUCCESS
1t is rumorca that the canal from Milllken's
lent reicEes the Mississippi near New Car
t!'age. It is believed th:t the Yankees are
constructing bntteris: opposite Vicksburs. A
bridge over the Biz Black las been burned.
|iclnburg will be attacked in ten days, All
Yankee "tll..trs absent are ordered to report
tnIe left A1em7Eis for Vicksbu1g with.soldjers
aud niggers. M papers are allowed below
Cairo. The Yankees are fortifying the r .it-
road North of Memphis. A. special to the
-iW~al says tie Memphis Eall,t;n and i,y,ts
were suppressed for publishing commercial
censu7c cf Gr:.nt.
y:cKsBrnG, April 1.-Two guus ofa Yam
kts b'it.iy III the P. nit,:ull, opened oo this
city this morning at . O'clock, and is still
tir1ng. -Four prisoners from tile boat sunk
lasl night. we're brought in to-day, and
wy. the transport j,erry Clay was
eunk, and Eunbo1t was burned.
last night ::l-o. Tie remainder Of the expe-
clifton will come down tonight. The bat1e.
r. OIL The Peninsula ce:ssrd firing late this
afternoon. No damage was done.
JACKSON, Miss, April l7.-News from
Memphi, says thirteen regiments are to be
sent 70 Mississippi to act rs cavalry. Cor
NTH is reported bus been largely enforced;
10000 men have been sent there Via the Tenn.
c:see River.
1hcIazoo aecthas gone down..tAe.. Mississippi.
| 4 large cavalry force passed Memphis, sup
posed for Tennessee River.
| The Mississippi River is falling two feet
daily 1T Memphis.
Jackson, Miss, April 19.-Gen. Stevenson
repor:s that the enemy's battery, opposite
| Fitksburg opened on the morning oft the
lIth, two thirty-thrce FOUNDER PARROTS and
| tlrc easelnases, are visible with the reles-
cere from Vicksburg.
| this city proceeded in an open barge to the
mouth Of tue Mississippi, and captured tow
| boat will property valued at $4,000. They
| were fired upon by the blockadtrs, but they
received no injury. Kirby Smith is ut shrcye.
| port, La.
| FORTRESS MONROE, April s3.-Thc flag Of
| truce boat State Of Maine arrived to day from
City Point.
Richmond papers Of to-day contain tele-
/! graphic information from PORT Hudson OF the
| loss ty the rebels Of tlc steamers Queen Of
! the West and Diana. The former got aground
in Grand Lake, and was blown up By shell
| from the Federal gunboat Calhoun. The
Diana was burned by the rebels. One hun
dred and six prisoners and seven commits.
stoned officers were captured with the Queen
Of the West.
Among the latter WAS Capt. Turner, com.
mandant Of the rebel fleet.
| A dispatch from Berwick Bay, dated the
18th inst, reports that there is q Federal
force bcyond Franklin, La, marching On thai
rl1ce
There are no reports from Charleston late,
than the 18th, and they contain nothing new
Much interest is felt in Richmond in regar6
to matters at Suffolk. The papers admit thai
battery has been captured. The tone Of the
editorials is dcsponding.