, 1863-03-25
C!;ieooo Iribn11e.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1868.


Our dispatches from the Lower A[issis-
sirpi, are interesting and important Ad-
miral Farrngut, who leading in the Hart
ford, passed the rebel batteries at Port HQd-
son, on the night Of the 18th, has reached
Ticksburg, and two Of his vessels are re-
ported ut the mouth Of the canal. The
rebel communications with the Red River
region are ut an end. This is a stunning
blow to them, cutting them of from their
best source Of supplies, a loss not to be re
placed in any other direction
The news from the Yazoo expedition is
st stand still The reader may take this
mean something ominous or dishearten-
ing. River men who own light draft
Steamers, army correspondents, and few
other favored persons know better. One
Thing is certain. the doom Of Vicksburg is
sealed if there be any virtue in powerful
army and naval force so planted as to cut
off a11 its communications.
Gen. Burnside is at Cincinnati lie was
welcomed By the citizens, and responded
in a neat little address, characteristic of
The man. Lew. WaI1nce followed. Burn
sides old army corps will reach Cincinnati
to-day.
The Vicksburg Canal promises we'll.
That at Lake Providence is open, as be-
fore statcd in our dispatches, and is pour
ing IN immense volume of water through
the cut in the levec, which will utterly
ruin large extent Of the finest section Of
Louisiana. The water will merit among the
rebels the classic adjective "hostilc," for
1t is provinga warpower, terrible in effect;
indeed, it may be termed the Watercure Of
The Rebellion. It is now more than proba-
Die, however, from present appearances,
that this is all the Lake Providence Cutoff
Tn accomplish, certainly unless digging op-
eratlons Of great magnitude are prosecuted
Tor widening and Strengthening the chan
nes In the bayous forming the connection
with the Tensas River, which are so tor
tuous as only to be travcrsed by vessels
Eith hinge joints. The impression among
practical boat1nen is, that the project Of
getting boats through into the Red River
Fin prove a failure. Still, the canal has
paid for itself in the weakening effect it ,yill
have on the rebels.
The rebels will come TO be utterly down
On the pass system, for it is deadheadinc
Them with vengeance. 1t will cut them of
among other cut-ofIs. The latest annouuc-
ed is another side entrance from the Miss
assipri TO the Yazoo, which will let our fleet
in above Haines' Bluff by d short cut.
This, if true, will be the unkindest cut of
all. The very elements arc warring
agai1is: the rebels. Nature rcyolts at them,
and their OWN water courses are admins
tering the most direct cuts Much more
might be said about illustrating the war in
The southwest with cuts, but that we leave
TO the illustrated papers
The&tatement Of the capture Of Colonel
Higg7nson's black brigade was expressly
circulated by the Department, US has now
transpircd to cover his real movement.
Ihe rebellion will shortly giyo tokens of
internal disease, and the rebels lately re-
5oicing over lie (scarcely under tho cir
cumstanccs to be called tohite) which Mrs.
Opie wsuld have pnrdoned, are already
awaking, and quaking at the truth.
Six thousand bales OF cotton hare just
been discovered ut American Bend, La,
and will soon be in Federal possession.
The lot is worth Mt present prices, nearly
three million dollars. It belongs to the
Government this time, and is not to be
fingered by hungry Brigadiers and Major
Generals. A large share Of it will 20 to
make. summer shirts for our mosquito
Aeet, ii being the extrayagant but neccs-
Eary practice to find this kind Of bale for
their security: At present prices it is
almost like plating them with gold