, 1863-08-29
THE WAR IN ARKANSAS.


WASHINGTON, Aug. o3.-Rear Admiral Por.
ter forMards the report Of Lieut.. Bache rnla.
1gs 10 hs y Hs teF e1PedSa s,. pls Hs frs;
burnt the Confederate stores, destroyed the
telegraph wires, &C., and then sent the Crick-
ct after the steamers Tom. Gregg and Cascas.
ca, which he lad reason to believe were hid
up this RfTer, while he and the Msrtnora pro,
There be ob:nlned valuable Information Of
tie enemy, which Was subsequently coz.
ftmed, namely: that the grand Southern
army Was concentrating at Brownsville, to
make their line Of defense on tha Bayou
Gen. Price va. there, and Gen. Kirby
Smith st Lttle Rock. Gen. Marrnaduke had
crossed the River few days before, and was
then crossing the Little Red River.
Leaving the Marmorn of the mouth, L1eut.
Bache went up Little Red with the Lexington.
When abont twenty-five miles distant he met
captu!ed At I.eazcy, fifteen miles further or.
She also destroyed Marmaduko's poutoon
bridge, leaving portion of the latter's brig
ade on the other side Of the river.
The Cricket was fired into by Alarmadukc's
men. and bad about 20 soldiers wounded out
down the river. Some cotton and faw pris,.
one1s we're captured with the prizes
.; Tbs Tom GREGG Is ane sldc,Whee1 steam
er, A. Y also II Tie kaslaskia, though some
n 414k Ol<4E1a : Lucy Al6 HOW manned. and
1etnintd TO cooperate With the army. Along
the river the farmers Ncre glad 1t our pres
eIcc, ard lnany Union demonstrations were
made. The captured boats were the onlY
means Of transportation the rebels had Oh
the ,iyer, therefore our taking them Is u
hcayy blow inflicted upon them.
Lieut. Dnnnington, who was formerly cap.
tlrcd Thile In command Of Arkansas Post, IL
now fitting out at Little Rock the Poptchar-
train, the lust ram the rebels hare in these
waters. II the ventures outside the shoals,
AdE ha fg,tsF peeF. tsys shs wl be ea1iared
Of the last expedition up the Yazoo Rlyer to
recover the Baron DeKalb, says the vessel
caAt thu r6hela mcre than Haa 1t first sun.
posed. Capt. Walker has received informs
tto0 to be relied on, that, besides the lyc
eteamers at Or near the ctty Of Yazoo, 1saoc
Blown, late In the U. s. N, In Il panic, and
for fear they would till into our hands, sot
fitc to and destroyed fourteen Others, among
item nine large ones, tic machinery Of which
was intended to be Gent TO Selmn, Ala,, for
tic gunboats building there. Thsre arc no
more steamboats, In the Yazoo. All tho yes.
sels which sought refuge thcro as tho safest
place IN 1cbcldor, hare been destroyed.
= ., HELENA, Ark, Arg. Is, 1861
Tho expedition which has heau orxanizlng
here for the last two weeks, has at langll
made etare- A certain name1ess little town,
somc thirty miles out from here, Is occupied
permanently had previously been held as
q kind Of cavalry outpost-but nothing In tho
nature Of general advance has as ret taken
place. Gen Steele has given Ills cntIrc en-.
crgg to thu 1ttfng out fth]s expedition. AND
II earnest, hearty endearor Will prevail, ho
Will succeed In making nm effective move
ment.
Few expeditions, either ccat Or west, have
been confronted BY greater obstacles than
this Of Gen. Steele. Tho water HI White 1lty.
or II SO low at this season, that none but the
ushtekt drnpght boats can navigate 1t, aud
ovcn those ind great difficulty ID ascending
Il when In the hands Of tho most sk!lltul pllots.
frg tho number OF boats Of tho requisite
size, which will DO needed for transportation.
Add to all this tho .c1cossiye}y hot weather,
undcr which neither man nor beast ID ablo to
endure much cxcrtion, and an idea may bo
formed Of tho difficulties attending this move
mcnt,
In the meantime, Price and harmad1ko
have undoubtedly given up all hope Of mnln-
talnlng position, II pressed, any place in
the vicinity Of the Mississippi River, aud nre
at this time, Without donbt, making the best
possible speed towards Little Rock and Juck-
three hundred miles from here By water, and
! suspect to be q starting polnt for north
ward movement. Whether this surmIse Is
correct o. not, remains to be seen, hut ut all
eyents, it ls evident that Price Is determined
to keep ont Of steele'e why.
Whist direction will bo taken from thta
: POINT, tho numher Of troops to ba moved by
water, and the number to 60 by land, arc d.
Jet secrets known only to tho commanding
General. What knowledge he may possess a
to the recent movements Of tho enemy, DC.
Is not known-ln faSt, beyond the Ampls
/. known further than may be surmited from
circumstances.