Evening star., 1863-03-23


Lake Providence Canal Scheme.
NURT TREEsRoRO, Mach 1S-There are from
Kentucky, now in the rebel service, ten regi-
naertr OF infantry, ten regiments and several
oattslions OF cavalry and Eve batteries OF ar.
hlk-y.
The smallpox at Atlanta has ceased to be an
epidemic.
The Atlanta Cenfederacy Oft the let hss many
"details Of the recent Union expedition n North
Five Of our sunroats reached Florence on
The 22d of Febr uary, ia.ried and destroyed q
ferry. boat there. Some of the boats proceeded
to Bainbridge, At the foot Of the shoals, and
destroyed the ferry bo&ts there also. The rebel
steamer Dunbar escaped over the shoals. Late
that evening the Union cavalry dashed into tbs
about thirty OF Ma5er Baxter's battalion.
Failing back, they reached the main body.
consisting of the 10th Missouri, 5th Ohio, two
.ippi and one Of Alabama, all cavalry, with q
battery OF mounted howitzers, the whole num-
herins from eight hundred to twelve hundred
men. The Rebels were in turn repulsed, bat
1ne orderly OF the Union commander was
kiIle6 and several others wounded. The
Union forces now nearly surrounded the
rest out OF town The Rebel account says that
our troops then plundered the town and threw
into PRS on all who demonstrated '!--
Col. Cormyn, the Yankee commander, took
mp his quarters in the residence OF DIR. L.
Chisholm Col. Florence NJ Cormyn, of the
10Th Missouri, is from st. Louis, and the forces
Were the first brigade Of Gen. Frank Biair's
Diyision. Col Cormyn made an assessment of
sums OF from $5GG to $4,000 upon the property
of the wealthy Rebels. When the Yankees left
they took with them fifty bales of cotton, all
the horses and mules they could find, and sixty
negroes. One hundred ard fifty prisoners in
all were captured by the expedition. AT
Frankfort they arrested the Confeder treas
nrsr and tax collector, and took from them
several thousand dollars.
Tie Charles ton Courier OF the lith inst. has
the following news =" Gen. Lowell is about to
BE- ried by couft-marhal for his alleged mis-
conduct III New Orleans"
The Savannah News says there l3l Yam
kee vessels at Hilton Heads iron clads, i3
gGnboats and 1au transports. Averaging their
entire: fleet, transports and all, at GG men each
the force amounts to 10000 men,
Union troops lanGed at Jacksonville, Fla,
ii:s: 10th. just as the rebel Gen. FinDegan was
prersring TO oppose them.
.IAcKsoN, Miss, March 1.-Two Federal de-
seTtsTs arrived at Pamela to day. They bring
information that sixteen transports and seven
guuhoais III the Tallahatchie river Their
whole force Is estimated al ii.GW. These de-
seT;srs came on the last boat through Iazoo
Pass, which was badly damaged by snags aud
slErrs, We are ready to give the \ Iankaes on
the 1allahatchie river warm reception ut This
place.
the Cumberland river al Rowena day, and
thai 4 considerable force is on the other side
CAIRO, March ie.-Adyices OF q later date
arrived to-day from Memphis, bnt the news
WAS anticipated by your dispatches of last
might 1t is thought below that the suecess OF
the canal opposite Ficksburg would obvi;i.c
The n"cessi!y OF completing the Lake Proyi-
dence scheme, and that the latter would be
abandoned for the present.
There has been a large movement of the fleet
of transports and gunboats up lahoo Pass.
More are going up daily. In !. short time all
McFhrrson's corps will have gone this way.
On this movement hangs the fate of Ticksburg.
NEWS PROM cAiEo, AND BELOW
faiEO, March ,s.-Tue reported capture OF
1aIoO City is not confirmed, and rs supposed
premature. TIE signals agreed upon showing
that the fleet had passed Hanes' Bluff were
heard by Com. Porter, and reported to Gen
Grant, hut as nothing has siace been heard
frcm the feet, ii is thought to ha We been the
sound OF thunder or some accidental. riuS ION
that was heard.