The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-09-03
The War in Acknowledgement FOrtef>s
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-Rear Admiral POI
ter forwards the report Of Lieut.. Bache rea
tive 70 the late river expedition. He frs
stoned at DesArc, on the White river, an
bnTnt the Confederate stores, destroyed IN
telegraph wires, &c, and then sent tne CIlch
ct after the steamers Tom. Gregg ana CaSCas
ca which he had reason TO DeneVe were III
IN this river, while he and the Marmora pro
ceeded to Augusta, thirty miles Iurther
Tbera he obtained valuable information Q
the enemy, which was subsequently confirm
ed namely: that the grand Southern arm,
was concentrating at Brownsville, to MAX
their line Of defense on the Bayou Meto.
Gen. Price was there, and Gen. Kirby Smiti
at Little Rock Gen. Marnaduke bad cross.
ed the river few days before, and was In'i
crossing the Little Red River. ,r..
Leaving the Marnora off the MOUTH Lieut.
Bache went up Little Red with the Lexington,
When about twenty-five miles distant he met
+he Cricket with two prizes which she had
cartDrad Of Searcy fifteen miles further on.
She also destroyed Marmaduke's pontoon
hridoe. leaving a portion Of the latter's brig
ade on the other side OF the river.
The Cricket was fired into by Narnaduke's
men. and had about 20 soldiers wounded out
of $50. Both vessels were attacked coming
down the river. Some cotton and few prs-
oners were captured with the prizes.
The Tom. Gregg IS a fine side-wheel steam
er as is also the Kaskaskia, though some
what older They are now manned, and are
retained to cooperate with the army. Along
the river the farmers were glad at our pres
ence, and many Union demonstrations were
made The captured boats were the only
means of transportation the rebels had on the
river therefore our taking them IS heavy
blow inflicted upon them
Lieut. Huntington, who was formerly cap
tured while in command Of Arkansas Post, Is
now fitting out at Little Rock the Pontchar-
train, the last ram the rebels have in these
waters If she ventures outside the shoals
Admiral Porter says she will be captured.
Admiral Porter, communicating the results
of the last expedition up the YaZoo River to
recover the Baron DeKalb, says the vessel
cost The rebels more than was at first suppos-
ed. Capt Walker has received information
to be relied on, that besides the five steam
ers at or near the city Of Yazoo, Isaac Brown,
late in the T.. S. n, in a panic, and Tor lear
thev would fall into our hands, set fire to and
DESTROYED fourteen others, among them nine
large ones, the machinery Of which was IN
tended to be sent to Selma, Ala, for the gun
boats building there. There are no more
steamboats, in the Yazoo All the vessels
which sought refuge there as the safest place
in rebeldom have been destroyed.
HELENA, Ark, Aug. Is, 1868.
The expedition which has been organizing
here for the last two weeks, has at length
made start A certain nameIess little town.
some thirty miles out from here, is occupied
permanently-jt had previously been held az
kind of cavalry outpost-but nothing i'll thu
nature of a general advance has as yet taker
place Gen. Steele has given his entire ener
nv to the fitting out Of this expedition anC
if earnest, hearty endeavor will prevail, he
will succeed in making an effective move
Tnent.
Few expeditions, either east or west, hav'
been confronted by greater obstacles than
this of Gen. Steele The water in White Riv-
er is so low at this season, that none but the
lightest draught boats can navigate it, anC
even those find great difficulty in ascending
it when in the hands of the most skillful pi
lots. There is, moreover, much difficulty IL
obtaining the number Of boats of the requ
site size, which will be needed for transporta
ton Add to all this the excessively ho
weather, under which neither man nor beas
is able to endure much exertion, and an idea
may be formed of the difficulties attending the
movement
In the meantime, Price and Marmadukt
have undoubtedly given up all hope of main
tanning position, if pressed, any place il
the vicinity of the Mississippi River, and ar,
at this time, without doubt making the bes
possible speed towards Little Rock and Jack
sonport. The latter place is something lill
three hundred miles from here by water, am
| suspect to be a starting point for a north
ward movement. Whether this surmise
correct or not, remains to be seen, but at a
events, it is evident that Price is determine
to keep out Of Steeles way.
What detection will be taken from thi
point, the number Of troops to be moved b,
water, and the number to go by land, are a
yet secrets known only to the commanding
General What knowledge he may possess a
to the recent movements Of the enemy, DC.
is not known-in fact, beyond the simple
statement that the expedition is on foot, moth
ing is known further than may be surmiseC
from circumstances.
Cavalry Operations from the Army o
Tho Potomac.
NEW YORK, August 81.
A Herald special says:
''WARRENToN JUNCTION, August 80
have just received a dispatch from Fairfa2
Station, saying five men of Whites guerriIIaS
were captured near that place this a. III, who
state that Mosby was shot twice in the bow
els and breast, and he had been taken to Rich