Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-17
8ftButorra Enquirer.
TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH II, 1859
THE Y6NKERs ForLrn.

1nldsueu 20 inelr ne5tt6 con ant Mt Gene
sis Point; beaten off for tho present from
Fort pemberton, On tEeir approach to Vicks
burg by way of the Tallah.tchie and Ynzoo
and now, most glorious of ali, driven back
nsimed and crippled, down tho Mississippi
| from tho bluffs of Port Hudson-ths Yankees
| with all their Ghovels and dredging b cots, al
their iron-clais and ";ia clads," arc mAsin,
very poor work OF il. We cSnnot yet fully
appreciate the vsluo Of our SUCCESS ut For
Pembsr,on; but the repuise Ct the snemy .
PORT Hudson il decided, tlansging disabling
Some Of their auest ships eithe. dos;, Dyed o,
rendered useless; and thsir land army atsnd
ing idle and afraid 10 co-5pessts with tn.
fleet. All goes we'll on the Mississippi Lei
us have only aproportionste SUCCESS at Vicia
burg; aud the atfsctionate tenderness Of ths
North-W West towards us, now torpid, will ro
vive, and glow warmer than svar.
Touching tho battle OF Genesis Pon: the
Savannah "Rspoblican" of the 18th ipstan,
gives 40 interesting account Of this re.
markabie engagement, wherein the relative
powers Of sand Batteries and iron-c!ads were
fully tested.
The attack on tho third of March WAC the
seventh sttempt Of tho enemy to carry the
position. The fire WAS kept up steadily for
seven and o half hGurs without Tho slishtes,
intermisaion. It IL timntod TIE enemy
threw sumo two hundred and fifty shot and
shell at tho fort amounting to Some sixty OF
seventy tons CT ii and Is inch round shot
and Iific sheile eish. iachss in dsncter end
II iuches in length. Some extraordinary III
cidsnts occurred during Ito hombardnent.-
The II -inch shsll thst hhverel the carriage
Of the eigh. inch colur,bi:d to atoms, explo.
ded in thu midst of eight or ton msn, and mol
ono Of them was injured. 4 she'll exploded
In the pit of tho rifle gun whore number
were So; ring, ri tint :. aiogla fragment was
left On the toor; yet no ono wss hn:t. Sey-
sraI officers wee lying III tho door cf the
hospital and !,r VI f:e Others standing
around Outside, ard nGt t." fsrs uI;:sn.
when a tiftten-ihch she'll eL Lrk the bank
rolled down 10 ito very door s!l "A ex,.lu-
dsl. All wero barn. with the pori,., b.;
not enc was touched 10y sfiasmsnt If jan.
An officer Of tia fort, whose " ORD no enc
will dispute, informed us TIA: tn. shells t, ON
the MORTAR boats at night, cr ra7u. Of thsla
after boing we'll simca, mi cen rg in All ox
act curve Coz tho forl, ovo: Gls;aDrs Of two
miles, when r-s'ing it, ~itnVut ~? natu-
raj cause, and, ~ if by SOM gentle unceen
hand, We're Iurred aside, and fell to the fiaht
or lett. Ali we're siua2-d at Tho fctnaf sar ,
ph-n olneuon, Ano puzzled to cry:an it,
the culy lif, lost in tho fort was that Of a
pot tom cat.
Tbs Vicksburg correspondent! Of tho MzLl-
phis "Arpeai" say", in letter Ct ths 5;h IN
slant
The usual activity al! prevails among the
fleet, and the gunbosts hove reached tie
number Of five, though scms Of them sppoar
in aight only little while, when they again
withdraw behind +he hend sho,e. Some Of
the transports are seen to carry Of troops
up tho river, " hue others a-s ming down
with achievements. IN the ca.nps on shore
everything is apparently ,quiss. AID 20 CID
covery has lately been made shont tho pro-
gress Of thu work 81 thu canal, and the
probability is th.: the operations on the work
have been Suspended
If :he Fedcrsla bed any prospect of sucr~as
with the csnal, VIC would not bfnr u" much
talk in the Northern papera about iorc. be.
ing Gent up,o Lase Providence for eas pur-
pose Of cutting the levee to get into b y gu
Macon, and through the tortuous bAyons of
North Louisisna into Rcd river. 2'hese fore
shsdowirgs of their own ovt mshts indica .
very plainly that the canal cannot be made
to answer their purpose, or there would DO
10 necessity for new route. To get below is
evidently tuoir only huge, ard no effort is
spared to contfivo some pIs;I by which Ibis
may be effected, without the necessity of
passing by our batteries.
Certain arrangements arc How in progress
which will sstonish the Yankees, ana DIS
gust theIu more bitterly than ever with thoir
reception at VIcksburg. Msny Of the old
citiz ms who have left the psce for safer uur-
tsrs curing the hostiiitiss, will also be
greatly surprised whea they return 20 thsir
homes.
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