Evening star., 1863-03-27

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\ craft zoe. throu. h the canal salty
Hrayy firing i II tie Direction OF vick>-
inr.-H ain-s' Bluff Flanked by n New
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LANE PROVIDENCE, La, March ~, via Cairo
March ai.-fDispatch TO the Cincinnati Ga-'
zette. l-At sundown last evening the marriage
ofthe Missfss rpi with the head wsters of the
GU acLita and Black rivers was consuIs.
! ma; ;et, snd this morning stream one hundred
t.e, wide is raging and tearing through the
b;efk i'll the isvee. 1t is impossible 10 say
WI ut the end will b.. --tE
This morning a skifi with three or four sail
ors, wen. thr. uSh tie creyice, creating per-
f.ct fuIcre Cf eXci'ment The little craft en-
tered tie raging waters, reeling like drunk
maI, and All expected every moment ID see
htr swamped IN the boiling waters. and then
piiiEs &c in The yawnlng ehasm below. 1t was
Tor t.ue uonisatnl which would couqner, tue
uuse.y iemeBt or ;he trail vessel. When she
I Ead ached u point three hundred feet beio W,
the iiitie craft came into still water. Then
the lnng pent up feelings OF the spectators
i found expression in shouts and cheers of con-
| gralulatlon and joy.
There are Exciting rnmors reaching us hy
way OF Ticks burg, that the enemy have
| e> acnai,d nain.s Bluff, and that the sta
| MissonIi reyiment has heey sent up the Yazoo to
garris.H IT, II this il trte it foreshadows the
| fall or evacuation Of Eicssourg. I do not b.
| iieyr ii. Luweyer, as no such demonstrations
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| duce an evacuation.
Heavy firing was heard from the direction of
viekshnrg last night, and all are ON he q"l
| rire here, although there are Indications of
work, both warm and furious.
=. LATER
On Thursday morning considerable heavy
firing was heard below Vicksbnrg, supposed
| to he 81 Warrpnton A few hours later two
OF Comm odore Farragut's gunboats reported
tn IN. elves AT headquarters.
Preparations are said IN be making to flank
Baines' Ruff by new route, il it is not evac-
nate before tn. movement is put in force The
ie,ort or tlis strong hold IN wing already been
evacuated is not credited.
Several thousand bales of cotton are lying ut
Anne rcan Bend TO be brought 10 Young Point
The steamers Van PhuI. Express and Chaa-
teilsr, are To be used for the purpose.
The New Passage Into the Tazoo ihaye
Eaine>' Rlnfi-A Heavy Force Gone
]hroush-f aptnre OF a Rebel Enginrcr-
Important sIitrliigence-Thirty Trans-
ports and Sax Thousand Troops at 5azoo
tity-i Surprise Expected.
fCorres espuntence of the New York Timcsl
OPPOSITE ElCKsBURG, Miss, March 10
The most important movement yet made by our
fiotllla, and one likely to result the mo>t de-
c;sively, has just been projected against the
Rebel POSITION OF Nickshurg by careful r.
caEnoissances and inquiry, continued fo. the
last lew weeks, the Admiral became satisfies
IT,: taere was practicable passage beyond
Haiies Bluff, so 10 avoid that Rebel strong
hold ard reach Yazoo City, where the Rebel
transports were known 70 be lying ami pre-
ariGg for Il descent OF the IazoO So tartuous
and unfr. qurnted was this route that few
eytn the residents OF those parts knew of its
existence, and Ihr rptrl authorities, probably
never dreamed that would ever find out
way 10 eyade and avoid their batteries al
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extensive arr angemen.S 10 oppose our passage.
The CaTon doiet, Captain John Mcleod Mur-
phy, on trid-y, AID til" Louisville, Captain
Homes; thr Cincinnati, Prti-burg, Tyler and
Mound ity, wer- di-Tat.hed III, the ia1o1,
passing on through Cypress Bayou 0a Sunday,
accompanied by the Champion and several of
the troop transports, besi IS tugs ana tenders.
Captain Murphy ha lug satisfied himself that
The passage was practicable, was joined by the
latter YES. pls-thp Admiral taking the General
Price and accom- panying the feet.
Passing from ihr iazoo river, the gunboats
slowly but steadily mdGe their way to the left
OF Haines' Bluff some twenty in.les, through
into EIav<warr Bay on, thence into Deer Greek,
thence into Lake Suniiower, and soon iato the
IaZoo again, q distance OF eighty miles. They
founs: The wat'r very deep. ana few or no
distinctions from @snags. There was, how
ever, great amount Of cutting OF trees neces-
sary.
Having eached the Lake, they found and
tcck on board q Contedei ate engineer with his
yus; Marshal of Yaxoo City. This person re-
ported! that there thirty transports of large
size lying at TaZoo City, including the Mag
nClia, aud rebel IRON clad nearly finished,
b, her com rlPtion mad been delayed for want
OF iron. There srF. he says, 6,00O troops there,
Al q six mounted guns.
The Magnolia i the largest river boat ever
built in these waters, carrying nearly 900
iolrs Of coffon u is probably the Intention 10
surprise the Rebels by night attack, and
pture or destroy the transports and unfin-
ished gunb boats This achievement places The
X. bel communications between Vickshurg
ard their rear wholly III our power, ami if !
succt ssfully executed must be u telling blow
against that ReEcl stronghold.
Gen. Grant re 'uI..cd late last night, and has
already put in motion a large force for that
drstination-among which is the Sth Missouri,
the famous fighting regiment of Morgan l..
NTH. and large party of engineers and pio-
nrers. Among the latter are several hundred
blacks, who are under the direction Of white
officers, and intended fer clearing the way To
IaZoo City.
The Admiral went up on board of the Gen.
Price, and is personally experimenting the
expedition, with the co operation of ZEN Grant.
The Lafayette, a host in herself, is doing
guard duty in sight of Ficksburg, in company
with several powerful rams. The water moves
siuggishly through that canal, and well in
formed people do not seem sanguine that it
will ever work. SubstractiBg Stumps, there
is said to be twelve feet of water therein.
New Drv Goods