New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-29

reached YOuDes Point a place only twenty miles
Above Vicksburg.
rxzE wAR IN THE sOUTM-WEsT.
Heavy suow.storm in Arlansas-EGcct Of
the Weather on tiie Country-The Rebel
RcYce in ArkursEs-searciiy of Cattle,
Eorscs, and Mules in the ssafe-Froon-
biity of n Hattie ut Pine BIun-situ-
alton of the " Confederate" Eorces-
Character Of the Loyal Feeling Of she
American BGotians- Dialogue between
an Ar'sunsns Unionist and a National
Erisndicr-Thc COnscription liza ArkGn.
sas-SicInCss on the Elect -Eafhefic
Incfdent-Nosie Women, and iheir E'rsc-
teal Charity.
Prom Our Special Core pOndeut.
national FLxET, TRASsPoRr RrTH, oae Hundred(
and Thirty Miles mp The W me hlyei near roe, {
CILRbNDOS An, Thursday Evening Jan d. lSed)
Since writing my last letter, the heavy ana steady
rain then falling has changed into snow-sorm, and
The earth is covered to the depth of Six inches with
the frgd fakes. The white mantle lies over every
ihng 20 cot and cole tia; tie planet seems TO have
been silenced into frozen dream.
All the North has descended upon nc IA a night.
The dreary Winter has invsded US while we slept.
Yesterday was unpieasantly warm, and to-day
sreary and frigid as Nihteim. Nothing to relieve
the white desolaton save the torbid, and swollen,
and unWhOlesoAe river.
Al have mentioned, our destination sesus TO DE
Duvalls Bluff enc hundred miles from st. Charles,
horgh What are rsrticu arly TO DO after we have
gained that poot is not very apparent. We shall
probably garrison he place and then return 70 the
mouth of the White, awaiting the arrival OF Nc
Clernands expedition to cooperate with him in the
iege OF Vicksburg The next attack uIon that
RsGel stronghold will certainly lie deferred 10 nexi
mouth, and will 20 managed more deliberately ana
scientifically than il Ina Geen before.
Tie late storms will render TIE moving Of forces,
except by land, very difficult, and prevent Gen.
German from attempting 10 march any part Of LIS
command over to the Arkansas River. II Will also
Interfere with Gen. Bluuts progrsss to the capital,
ana retard if not defeat, the programme OF the CAM
paign ia ArAansas'
From perrons residing III 80. Charles We learn that
there are about thirty, some say nifty, ihonsand
Rebels in arms in the oiate that fifteen or twenty
Thousand OF thesc are a Flue Bun, Tout LalI way
between NapoeOa Gnd Little Rock on tue ArkoDsas,
under Gen. Henry ucCuliocn, and that, A. they
have q strong position, !hey will dispute McCiei-
nand's progress up the river. Hindman IS tnl 10
have seyeneen OF eighteen thousand men at
Little Rock, Dee Arc, and one or two other polnts
but il is very doubtful il be can concentrate them
al the present time, 80 20 Oer any very effective
rssance, should the capital 90 assed by our forces
a Penney lyansu, who las lived fourteen years IN
ArkBnsas, and who as ugles to be tnionist, says
there are few cattle, mules, horses in the state
thai they have al Oeen driven of by the Coniedcraies
Ee informs US that IN Arkansas aud Texas large
quar- ,ites Of clothing have been mado FOR tho SOuta-
er soldiers especially by the convicts u the Pen-
tertiary IN the is,tST state.
Gems. Homes ano Flanagan are at Lathe Rock or
were there TWO weeks ago. number Vi troops.
probably 1000 or 1900 went about the hrst OF
ias month 20 Mississippi, and were, tie Pennsyl-
vanian links engaged in Inc recent lighting Nicks-
burg.
Tie Union steamer Blue Wing, captured near
NalOeon touched NJ 81. Charles Oh Monday, and
the two siege guns aud i've pieces Of trlery were
put on board Tor D1yalls Bldh and latte Rock.
Tue stolen ammunition was sent 10 Old Post, and
NUT have fallen Ito our bands again.
The loyal ArkausIn states TIA! ole.tlrd Of the
people in tits STATE conditional UniJnists, as be
bim.eE 10 they are called nlik-agd-cider men
here. and that he other to:hrds ere ecessionists
violeu', unconditional ana uDCOmpIonisng, who
viii fight ior lie 50 CJulo4er4cy" TO the bitter end.
Sat has been very scarce in Arkansas for a num-
Der OF months, though OF ate II has grown more
stGndant, aud ia now selling At $40 per bustel.
Tie ex-Pennsy lvanian of whom / beve spoken
ssked Gen. Clinton y. Fish If ii WAS the intention
d Tie Government to carry On tie war even if il
should discover that The sOuth could not be subu-
gated.
eve VIII carry On tie war until doomsday, if we
10 not prress tbs ReJellon before that tme which
design TO do III any event aud at all hazards"
GLOW many men have yOd in the field, Gen
ralf"
"About Million / believe and will soon put
m another million Indeed, my friend, We have
hardly gotten ready yet for the war. The North,
goa know, is rather f.ow; but viii soon be NOV
ing. We are going 10 fight YOU steadily but surely.
We doa't care how long you fght, but we arc boun0
70 put YOU down eventually"
"Suppose the South holds out ten yeaIsl"
alt makes no difference, Sir, If It holds ont a
hundred years. have been in the service only a
lew months; but expect 10 die IN it, IL need be.
have "a little BOY at home, eight years old, who 10
banning to be colder. lie will be in the field when
Bill az, ana will have children in his turn TO fgtt
the battle Of the Republic. You have lived too long
in tie South % Temember the character Of the
North. We are slow TO begin; bat in whatever We
undertake We always succeed
The Peunsylvania-ATkansa went away appa-
rently eciled and illuminated as TO the North, but
certainly not cODgoled. La truth, # tho Secession
ists desire comor in their Sorrows, they must seek
some one else than Gen. Fish to administer it 70
them tho conversation given above satisfactorily
proves.
We are now within elk miles Of Clarendon and
shall probably reach Duyslls Bluff tomorrow.
TIE gunboat DeKalb Capt. Walker is with usi the
Cincinnsu, and we 9th Wisconsin, Col. Lewis,
with battery, having been left at st. Charles TO
garrison the post, JVsIus.