The Portland daily press., 1863-04-09
BY TELEGRAPH
The Advance on Charleston-Landinn of
troops on Johns and James Islands.
NEW YORK. All

me Advance on Charleston-Landing of
Urn New YORK, April s.
The World has the following:
Washington, april 7.-Official information
lately reached the War Department that the
movement against Charleston had been Initial
ed by the landing of small federal force near
the foot of James Island
Private letters have been received tonight
from Commander John Rogers, second in
command under Admiral Dupont, and also
from Gen. Hunter to his relatives, dated Fri
DAY last, fully corroborating the rebel accounts
oil the landing of our forces on st. Johns Is
isnd and the withdrawal of the enemy's pick
cts. They speak in the most sanguiue man
ner oil the contemplated movement resulting
in great success, no less than the fall Of
Charleston.
Washington, april S-Senor Prado, first
Secretary OF the Spanish Legation, has been
appointed by that government Charge de At
fairs to Quito. He was married TODAY to A
daughter of the Brazilian minister.
Private letters to the President, received
rom officers attached to the Charleston expe-
dition, written on the eve of the departure of
the neet to attack the city, express themselves
confident of success, and they say such is the
general feeling among both officers and men.
Upto O'Clock p. NJ. the Government has
no Information regarding the events at Charles
ton.
Philadelphia, Apra s-A private letter.
dated of Charleston, LIST inst, says 1t is re-
ported that Charleston has been evacuated by
all the women and children. Four of our
iron-clads have been in Edisto river, twenty
miles south of here, for a week. Admiral
Dupont will be here to-day, when il is said the
bombardment will come off, II is reported
that the army will remain at Port ROYAL until
after the bombardment. think this report
probable, as the rebels have had time and op-
portunity to fortify the land approaches so as
to make them almost impregnable. We have
been engaged for the last two days in hanging
chains to the sides Of our vessels, so as TO
protect their machinery.
Important Expeditions near vicksburg-The
Yazoo Expedition not given up.
CAIRO, April 7.
The steamer Gray Eagle, from Memphis, has
arrived. From the passengers we learn of
two important expeditions, the objects of
which are not to be made public.
Reports in regard TO the Yazoo Pass expedi-
ton are still conflicting. The preponderance
of evidence Is that it is not abandoned
Last week, while the steamer A. ID. Hne
was passing down the Codwater river IL was
fired into by guerrillas, and several deck hands
and one engineer were killed. Her captain
was mortally wounded.
In retaliation for firing into the gunboat St.
Clair, In the Cumberland on Tuesday last,
Capt. Fitz, with gunboat, went to the town
OF Palmyra on Saturday, and, after giving the
inhabitants time to leave, burned the entire
town.
CINCINNATI, April l.
A special dispatch to the Commercial from
Murreesboro', says batch of rebel news
papers has been received. They are filed
with TRADES against the Government contrac-
tors, and are full of grief over short supplies
Advices from Mississippi LIST inst, state that
a terrible storm had taken place at Greenwood
Trees were blown down in every direction.
-Four soldiers of the 41th Indiana Regiment
were killed and two wounded.
The rebels are building batteries on the Va
zoo Pass, three miles from Greenwood.
The ram Switzerland has been repaired from
the injuries she received in passing the rebel
batteries at Vicksburg, and has been sent up
the Red river.
The rebels are constructing feet of cotton
protected gunboats at Shreveport,
Twenty-Five hundred bales of cotton arrived
at Cairo yesterday for the Government