, 1863-04-04

suntlowcr is accurately delineated. The neck
Of land nearly enclosed by the bend of the
river Is called "Tcrrapin Neck' From the
| point Of debarkation to stcclc's Bayou is q
small stagnant stream filled NTH cypress and
antiQuatcd stunps digniled as Mud Bayou"
| Never was stream or bayou more appropriate
! ~ named. Ofcou1se II is not na,jgable. The
| country between the river and the two bayous
| Is an unf.thomable sca Of mud, impassabie to
| horses and artillery, and Until corduroy
| present brigade is ut work cutting trees and
| and laying the causeVaJ.
Three small steamers have entered Steele's
Bay ou by anothvr bayou connecting it with
the }azoo River, and for transportation We
rely upon these. Steele's Bayou can be
followed northwardly for distauce Of
twenty miles, when Black Bayou is reached,
colnec ing it with the Suntloncr. The gene
| ral course is indicated With sufficient clear
nets. The Sunfo1cr empties into the Yazoo
pot foriify, it is said. Yazoo City isaboyc tho
PUNT ofjunctuTe. From here to fick6burg is
i ridge road extending 10 Yicksburg, and also
to sulphur Springs, aud from thence to differ
tnt important points on the railroad and else
wLere. The Importance of this last plan, If
successfully carried out, is apparent at a
glance. AboYe Yazoo City is Honey Island,
ard juet below the point Of intersection the
lallabl,sla and the Tallahatclic Rivers, in a
t.nd where approaching steamers arc ex.
posed to enf1ladiny fires in the rebel fort at
Greenwood. This believe to be the correct
view q The situation, geographically and to-
geographically.
FEDERAL FORCES on sTEELE's BAYOU.
Of course, cannot be expected to inform
! yon what progress has been made in the de-
| ytlorment Of the plan, if plan there be, but IL
ma, act be Improper to mention tllat 1as1
night the 1urid reflection Of camp fires was
; scen East Of Lake Providence, apparently ilyt
! that this indicates the presence Of Federal for
ces on Stcelc's Bayou that an expedition start:
| To- day TO communicate with them. They NAL
catch TastAr-but think not. The cxpcdi
tion goes up the river ten miles to Wadt
IIa1nptun's plantation, whence q ridge roai
cAtclds to the Bayou.
LAKE PROVIDENCE.
OF Lake Providence hive nothing startlin,
to rclatc. The water has nearly reached it
level, hut The whole country is, l fear, ire
cla1nably under water This will, to Ger
tain extent, rccede with the subsidcrce Of til
: flood il tic Mississippi, but enough will b
left to create breeding places for alligator:
where much Of the fine staple has been raised
and to ruin the finest otton.gFowins regio
in louisiana At present it would be lii1icul
10 find dry land enough between Bayou TcH
sas and Bayou Macon for Noah's dove to res
II | uGT 1EEt uIUl 4AtJE VIII DC VI
q for damages presented ole Of these days Whe
: peace Is proclaimed.
Boats Of any size can 60 In and out of LAX
e | Providence NJ will. but none have entered i
2 yet except the Rawlins. It Is rity that il
g virgin wuters should be so long neglected.
I'll RuMoHs.
There arc rumors that thc Y:lzoo Pass exp
- dition under Gen. Ross is abandoned, and
of was told yesterday that Ill the trpops III
ic boats were returning. Itr contra. 1 leaf
Of from au apparently trustworthy source, tn
- This is not so. 1t is said thataftcr the punis
cs Mt Greenwood the feet did retire fora sho
ut | distance, but then troops were lnnded, attac
ed the fort in the rear, and, nf or q hero
struggle captured and destroyed it. A. I'll
ln distance, we are unable to say which, if eithe
ut is true. "fou pays your money, and yt
he takes your choice"
of FRoA yICKsDCKG.
ia Nothing has transrired here Of which ;,
~ are not ALREADY informed. Doubtless bcfo
&C. this reaches you Warrenton is burned to t
ground, and its batteries destroyed. Day
fore yesterday, one Of Commodore Farragu1
In vessels now lying at the ensbonc|<r of the
~ ~ nal, steamed down the river opposite Narre
Gi- tories. FortAirty minutes 'tc engagement IF
.ho kept up SO rapidly and furiously on the P:
~ of the Federals, that the enemy bad no chan
VI to reply. They Hero forced to spike th'
eIe guns ana fctlfc. tQcsc "cIc captured u
Tho the town burned.
"a 4 barge containing twenty thousand bus
W cls Of coal was 1onted By the batteries mig
'Ee before last, without attracting observation
ak- provoking fire. Yesterday the Albatross 4
,st Hartford were bnsily coaling
w 49, An important diversion Of the troops he
e. tofo1e stationed at {oung's Point has tak
ric- place, the particulars Of which am not
ede liberty to explain.
~, From descrtcr, Fc learn that some Of I
~ troops heretofore stationed at Vickshurg he
his been transferred to points on the Yazt
ana which they suppose to be threatened.
ere fame source suppuee us WIN .ne q. !epeal ~
ea- the lack Of food In EicksbuEg. Bod