Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-03-18

roo tIsDr Ia sba ssVs IhUassHd prisoners sGd eight
lrEbsp6Sls are aid 10 have 6eer caplufed II was
knpmn at Washington that such d movement by our
gunboets wss.iA Contemplation, with the intention Of
guiding OF the supplies of the rebels, and therefore IL
il butte probable that battle hastaken place. although
, the particulars have not yet reached d;.
There is nothing later from Vicksburg
Rumors we're rife in Cairo yesterday and reachedthis
city by telegraph that Fort Donelson and Fort Henry
had been captured by the rebes but the reports are
not credited. gentleman who arrived in Cincinnati
on Thursday from Savannah, says that immense armies
are massed in Tennessee-one to ho& Gen. Rosecranz
II check while the other tanks him, enters Kentucky,
and moves direct on Louisville and Cincinnati. They
are only waiting for the rivers to fall and the roads 70
dry TO commence operations.
General Changers force, who went Ia pursuito Of Van
Dorm returned 70 franklin % Wednesday. The rebels
fed beyond Duck river, as VIC before reported. There
we're several cavalry skrmishes and some three hum
dred ragged fellows were picked up in the pursuit,
Colonel Richardson and some four hundred of his
bel guerllas were surrounded and captured at Covng
ton Tennessee, by body Of Union troops on Monday
last.
The Heralds correspondence from the Yszoo Pass
petition possesses showing the progress
of the enemys movement, which has more recently met
with check at Fort Pemberton The following letter
ia dated Coldwat,r river, March I'd.
THE PANS AHEAp.
In MY last made slight mistake in mentioning the
reniorcements We had received. ] mentioned two gun.
boats and one having arrived at the of line
The numbers should be reversed The gunboat Petrol
and rams Lioness and Fulton have joined aud been
placed at the head of the lne-ihc Peire advance
guard and to pick up cotton, with which to make add-
tiona barbados for the light draught gunboats A
plan has been deved Of so dsposng of cetton in bales
on these vessels as render them nearly impregna-
BILE as the heavy iron cads. We are moving directly
into the heart of the most productive cotton region f
the South ard before reaching any point where we an.
ticipao 6ndirg any formidable batteries shall have
no difficulty in finding all the cotton we want.
Further INCREASE OF FORCE,
Our force has also been Increased by the arrival OF
two mortar boats. The huge 2O0posud shells thrown
by b SC monsters added to hehty metal we are pre-
,red to throw in unlimited quah ON sundry nine,
TN tnd eleven inch guns, will have startling effect on
the nerves oil the quiet people Of Yazoo City. These
mortar boats with,the rams bril- our Ii tie expedition
up TO formidable dimensions II any anxious anticipa
tions were previously INDUCED in, growing out of the
daring aud almost reckless characer of this movement
they have been entirely dispeed by these reinforce
mcnts andwe all in excellent spirits and have
not the slightest doubt Of ability to pass through the
Ynzoo river despite any obstacles the enemy may OPP
pose to US.
WHAT VIZ AsE TO EXPECT.
As yet We arc in utter ignorance of what arrarg
mcnts have been made for US below, or when shall
meet reception committee FROM tue aebels. Some ac
counts cay that shall find them at the mouth Of this
riyer others tell that Van Dorm, with his entire
nv lying in wait for us at the juctionef the Tala
hatche river with the Yazoo, and is improving his Io
sure time in throwing up earihwoTks, mounting guns
and generally terrifying his position lf'he is at the
point indicated shall probably him with
in n week when somebody will he hurt unless there
shall previously be grand skedaddie.
ARREST or BRIGHAM rCUNG UNDER The roLYGAsY Acr
Salt LAKE Cary, March 10, lS.s.
Judge Kinney tits day issued a writ against Brigham
Yong, under tue Poygamy act OF Congress IL was
placed in the hands OF United Safes Marshal Gibbs,
vi served it, not only without The aid OF posse but
alone waited upon President Young The writ i'm
mcd iatry responded TO- aud the defendant personally
appeared in court aud, upon Investigation, the Judge
held lin 10 bail in the sum of 1000, VIII eli promptly
given The civil authority be ained in Utah
without the aid Of troop.
Commenting upon which the \. y Herald says:
The great high priest, apostle prophet and potcntatc
of the Latter Day Saints has been indicted arrested
and in the Of two thousand dollars bound ovcro'
answer in United States court 10 certain charges Of
high crimes and misdemeanors in connection with his
pItriarcha insttu ion of oygamyS These procc Gdng
are in accordance With law OF Congress aboliShihg
polygamy within the Territories of the United Stac
aud providing heavy pains and penalties against all OF.
Tenders We presume that Brigham has quietly sub
mitted to cou.t of Justice as preferable another visit
of United States soldiers -Iic doubtless has occasion
remember the rebe'lous propensiliestof his haIemre
sung from The encampmcnt of the late General A.
Sidney Johnslons troops in his sanity capital five
Years ago Should the sw of Congress be rigdly en-
forced the prophet and his flock OF fifty thousand soul0,
more or less, wlmOst likely be compelled to rack up
and move off like the Isaraelites from the eshpOs OF
OF Egypt. But Greeley has described Brigham as a
wonderful man we know that in legal tricks and eva
sion he is an artfnl dodger, and guess that he will
conrvc TO render the law dead letter for some time 10
come.