Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-04
THE EVENING STAR


Purs n rdson stands on an almost perpendic-
Nier elin full go feet In hight the river below
which render the Mise iesipp, DE mo-t iortaou.
.skreAm LA tie woTl-, asd Abr6ptly mario WAY
AZ msBsio IONS :" thrFs-quartsrs Of \ mile from
~ &C that width above and below. Thus con
~ Il and cOntraC ted. thu current he. soata-
ard al il swifirst. irr-sistrly any thing aifeat
o-aTd tie blur, directly in range OF tire Ref.al
batteries. Upon this fact tn en-ny r-li-s FOR
ne destruction or di-comtisurc OF oar gun boat.
a6oE ID thsy attack from below; while in ;ls
Ss~ni " - simultaneous So.rbardtnen fro
-. Lhrr -iir eur vessels would run cons iderabie
Iack OF skrlhn. each ether.
Indeed ,"o. tn position, /. eminenly favor
all. .; t.-fS-i-- i--CtUs. diiiC uit Of .c--- 10
or troops. Unlike Ticksburr. tie spp.oach;s
- which are a. god a. could De desired for
n Il NaoILg army coas !. ill.,, for the cst
90 Eer-. we'll made roads, the country At ii,c
o. II Tort nuo-on II generally -wsmpy. in
- acted with cotton woods. ia vines sAd other
GycSraph obstacles. The only roads a-C
81 the poorest description: me railroad being
:. nFhDrcr or One-n ulP line. ordinarily US"i
f..T ths son y:DR OF cotton from tn interior
T0r transportation down the rlvsr. rna
pan aiIont IN this vicinity art almO-. eIciu-
E!yfiy devoted 20 :hIs STAPLE. the com aIrlt ~
. EiDess cf climate not admitting OF the profit
ASie CULTIVATION OF sugar.
IrrL Hudson ~ Cngueeticnably heavily for
tt i. = any siege gEcs of formidable calin-e
rave t-en conveyed rom Ntcksourg for tha
pu Ioss. he hum DR. Of its de- f-niarSis now
c pcdfEtiy estimated ~ c..fCS zen, principal
. IL eai;ty N present entirely cleared OF tnnrn.
Thy are, howSS-T. but inifi-r-ntiy arm-d
" ta Cd musse:s. towing pieces, du. K guns.
how 4 sniy-s, -tc. Their officers have but s-rr
recently bril- a.ied, and are working very bard
Il .sril;ing and preparing.
10 IL known that beth Van Dorm and Lowell
aIe IA command AT Port Hud.cn. They s-e
reported neither 10 be in friendly re:a;:ons
6ltb ssch o her, or 70 Re popular among th-ir
usE- S-i. tho majority @; tke se-rougn, h6r-
Gy. ignorant f.llo~e. familiar with the w;.d
ti:s CT N Texas frontier, and fully persuaded
th-t ia vN~Ty battle between United States
troops and rr3r:s t:ic latt'r have achieved a
r.cl cus ,icicIy-nLi fight, AMI lhst des pc
r.uiy.
Previous 10 TIE battle OF Mnrfr-..boro' Tbs
enemy sent nearly AL his best regiments from
IL bu!g ihltli.I, Ie ainlng only m. or two.
~ III s1rre 80 g. cOUs-TIit~. Since that disaster
~ !hs. krbel aTm<, tars'- rr:iInrnts hav;' r5.
turned either 20 EicsSburF eT Polt Hudson
Tire Ce!rs.t Las pc ,;iti. induced Il change OF
,i.r, or rather he resumption vf on we'll
kn.wa u fayEri:p " .th .ieT Da-iS-tae
& EsTpctiOh OF bis m'lhtj'y lia.s aud N kim a
stand Cit ou thr Mississipri. Taa- l. vital
10 lin snf .y,Tyth:nE iniI ats Port Hud on
"A ;he ocaiity. GEOGRAPHICALLY il 10 -Sess-s the
rrea.rst auNanta-es f-r i. f-Lse: and, umi:ss
tiTEsbi,rE, is capture iIyOly-s the cio-in. OF
IN Fed EIs.T a. the cutting OF II ali suppii-s
OF 81 nluniIion- from Texas vi k.f,ur.
IcEr:,. the Erfe.S tall ack n;.un Port HUDSON
20 piaH b. IT Is I biotdy STAKE against tina
i-o -tlon Vi IN. s.>Vuth-Fn Co:,f-deracy- Its
si,se hay vt become familiar ia the mouths
%. Ecu 80 tl,:.t o! Richmond.