, 1863-03-16
THE VERY LATEST NEWS.
.M0NDAY, 8 O'CLOCK, 4. Il
FROM MEMPHIS And BELOW,
AFFAIRS AT VICKSBURG AND
LAKE PROVIDENCE,
Matters in Western
Tennessee

NEAR E1cKaBURo, March o.
VIA CAIRO, March is, 1853.
The river has risen so high that General
AlcClernand's troops have been compelled to
embark for Mi11iken's Bend, sixteen miles
above this point. The levee is broken In
several places. Recent operations ut Lake
Providence and elsewhere have resulted in
yast inundation, more than hundred miles
into Louisiana. The guerillas are completely
drowned out from several points at which
they used to trouble our steamboats,.
The Yazoo Pass project is an entire suc-
cess. The gunboats have arrived aboyc
Haines' Bluff, aud will commence an attack,
it is thought. The bluff is poorly fortified
for defense against IN attack from above,
Haines' Bluff is the continuation Of q chain
oflills, nine miles from Vicksburg. Rumors
are rife to the effect that the rebels are cyacu-
ating Vicksburg. They will have to leave
Grenada also, as soon as ne get possession
Of the Yazoo River.
The greater part Of this force will 20 to
Chattanooga, where they hope to orcrwhelm
Rosecrans in the next battle.
Joe. Johnston has gone to Tennessee, and
will command the rebel army there In the
next battle.
Our fleet captured twenty-six transports up
the Yazoo. They destroyed eighteen Of
them.
Dredge boats are still working in the canal.
The high water interferes with their opera
firing to-day.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trlbune.}
CAIRO, March IS, 1858.
Late boats from Memphis bring afternoon
1ect the following:
The news from of Vicksburg is to Sunday.
Ten rebel companies had cut the leyccs at
point between Lake Providence and Grand
Lake, and the water is passing over and flood
ing the whole country. The object was to
prevent the Union forces from operating on
the creek between Lake Providence and Bayou
Macon, which slough is narrow and full Of
etumps- The Federals are clearing out the
same. From the cutting Of the levces the
water rose three feet In the slough; but if
men fail, dredgcs can be used. The RESPONSE
bility ofthis flooding the country and destroy
ing millions Of dollars worth of property,
rests upon the Confederates alone.
Two kentuckians, lately from Texas, give
gloomy account Of affairs there. They met
two thousand Of Hindnlan' men, who had de-
would return. They consider the Confedera-
cy On its last legs. Great destitntion and sui.
fering everywhere prevail. The fare at the
st-class hotel at Atlanta is beef without
salt, roasted sweet potatoes, and coffee made
ofburnt naolasses, for Which they were charged
$3.50 per day. The people desire peace on
any terms.
Saulstrcet's guerillas, Represented as an
independent band, composed largely Of men
Of desperate fortunes, have, for months past,
afflicted the people around Bolivar. Last
Monday detachment was se1t out to Bolivar
to look after Saulstrcct, VINO was found twcn-
ty miles southeast 81 that place, and com
plctely routed. Eighteen Of lis men were
captured, and the remainder killed, wounded
or dispersed.
The rebels collected together at Savannah,
Tenn. River, n number Of flat boats, ekifIs and
other boats, for the purpose Of moving across
the Tennessee.
Last Monday, Gen. Sullivan received intel
ligence that the Federal expedition bad cross.
cd the Tennessee River, destroyed the rebel
boats, and returned to Bethel without the loss
Of man.
AL the country between jackson and the
Tennessee Riyeris submerged, the wntcr being
from two to si1 feet deep. The Tennessee
River, last week rose, In twenty -four hours,
eight feet.
Van Dorm crossed Duck River, but finding
the Tennessee high and the boats destroyed,
turned back to Columbia, Tenn. It Ia believed
his movements toward Middle Tennessee are
mere feints, the real object being to make an
attack upon our lines, somewhere between
Corinth and Columbus.
The steamer Belle has returned to Habana
from an expedition up the st. Francis. It
went up to Madison, where the Little Rock
Railroad crosses the st. Francis River. Dur
ing the trip sixteen hogsheads Of sugar were
seized, also, sixty bales Of cotton; twenty
eight prisoners were taken, mostly soldiers.
Among the prisoners, one trader had contra
band quininc in his trunk, and copy Of an
oath he had taken to the United States
CScENA11, March IA Memphis dis
patch to the Commercial confirms the report
Of . surprise and capture Of 4 portion Of
Richardson's guerrilla force, near Corington,
Tenn. Their camp was destroyed. General
Loony's camp at Westly was also surprised By
Col Lee, and large portion Of his force cap
tured, together with Gen. Loony, Major San
! tord, Capt, Bright and Lieut.. Williams.
| The commercial advices from Y1cEsburg
report all quiet.
| The river is very high, the backwater had
broken the 1eyec, filing the canal and render
| ing work upon 1t impossible.
The river ut Memphis was within fourteen
inches oi high water, and rising two or three
inches per day.