New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-14
THE WAR In THE SOUTHWEST.
FIGHT ON THE YAZOO.
BRILLIANT UNION VICTORY.
Capture Of 1000 Rebel Prisoners
and 8 Transports.
Rumored Capture of Forts Henry and
DOnelSOn by the Rebels.
REPORTED INTENTIONS OF The REBELS.
REPORTED INTENTIONS OF The REBELS.
Invasion Of Kentucky and Ohio.
Rebel Iron.Clad Fleet Nearly Ready.
The Mississippi River to be Closed.
FORMIDABLE UNION MOVEMENT IN ALABAMA

CIscIsBArI. vhdsy. March u, 1863.
A special from Memphis to The Gazette gives
report of fight on the Yszoo River, in which 1000
Rebel prisoners, and eight Transports were captured
No particulars
CArno. Friday, March - 1862
This City was much excited yesterday over re-
ports Of the capture Of Forts Henry and DoOsl.on.
There 10 nothing new from Vicksburg.
PHILADELPHIA. Friday. March u. 1863
The Erening Bulletin has received the following
special from CincinDati;
The Commercial has . rumor via Cairo that the
Rebels have repossessod Forts Donesop and Henry,
though it 10 not credited. Troops were ordered
there for an emergency.
A gentleman who left Savannah on the Goth ul,.
arrived at Cincinnati Yesterday; he planter, and
a member Of tie South Carolina Legislature. He
reports that immense armies are masssd in Tennes-
.ee-one TO hold Roeecrans in check, while the other
TANKS him, enters Kentucky, and moves direct on
Isoui,yle and Cincinnati. They are only waiting
for the rivers to fall and the roads 10 dry.
He says 1t 10 the general talk in Dixie that feet
Of ten iron clads will be ready in foreign porS this
month with which the Conisderates propose to clear
the M,s-is.ippi, and cooperate with the movement
in Kon,ucky.
Tho Union party in Ohio has called State Con-
ven,ion TO be held 1T Columbus, June IL.
Graugers force sent in pursuit. Of Van Dom, re-
turned 10 Franklin on "Wednesday. The Rebels
aed beyond Duck River There were several
cavalry skirmirhes, and some 3OO ragged fellows
were picked up in The pursui-
i. a. IN.
oyalists are giving the Rebels deal OF trouble.
Surprises, skrmshe,, and al tie horrors incidental
10 nesbborhood war ara witnessed there.
CINCINNATI. Friday March H. iso1
letter from Florence, Alabama, to The Mol ne
Regr,,er, ,sys that Wayne County IL full OF rene
gades. iyling themselves Union men. They have
been Joined by many desertefs from the Southern
army, and have become more formidable than ever.
Reported Passage Of Union ti"nboats Into
the Upper Yazoo-Hebei hieaniers up
thst Rivcr-Morc About the Jndiapoin
Different stories Of the Engagement
with the Foe-statensont Of one Of
her Crcw-Two "tonfedcrate" Rams
sunk The Enemy Running from
our Qunker Gunboat-The MiSsissippi
nt IA sta.d-Dredging-M Machines NJ
work on the Canai-Fiags Of Truce
BuccessfuI Forasing Admiral Porter.
Opinion Of Negroes.
From Our Special CouetpoBdont-
AMI OF The TEssEssss. nApisos PAKisH. La,
Within Sight Of VieksburI ,
Tuesday Afternoon, March J. lb6a
Soon after mailing my last letter, day before yes
to-day, information reached hero that our gunboss
had gotten through the Yazoo Pass, below Helena,
into the Yszoo River, and subsequently, the same In
telQepcs was repeated again and again, and 10 be-
loved ut headquartersto be correct.
The place where our communication would be
mado with tho Yazoo II st tho confluence Of the
Tslshatchis and YAllabushs, which give rise 10 the
aforementioned river, at distance Of over two hund-
red miles from the mouth. II tho Union vsssss
have succeeded In reaching tho Yazoo BY the means
indicated, they will doubtless Be able to destroy ell
tho largo and powerful steamers known to be up
tina, stream. Tho Magenta, Mary Koan, hatcher,
Magnolia and many other frst-cass boats, with the
California steamer, Star Of the West. are In the
YaioO above the strong raft, some sixty miles from
the mouth.
The first effort Of our naval officers would DO TO
destroy the Rebel floating property, after which
they will proceed down the rver looking out for
batteries which they are aware will DO found 1t
Haine's Bluff and In that vicinity.
binco yeeteruAy morning NO nave oeen eApectuB
TO hear something direct IRON tho vessels that have
gone through. and nearly all Of the gunboats down
here have steamed up to tho YsIoo. and are lying
there, intending to ascend the "stream Of death ="
% soon "a they hear tho guns that announce the be-
ginning Of an engagement.
The fotlla has been very active to-day. Ine
gunbosts have been running up aud down, and Al
miral POrter's flagship has been signalling Animal
eddy since All early hour this morning.. II the boats
had gotten into the Yazoo We should have been up
prised Of It by this nej and il do not soon hear
from them, we may conclude the story has antici
psted tho fact. No skeptical Of the possi
tity of their establishing communication By water,
and arriving In the rear Of Vicksburg.
Touching the lndanola We have had number OF
now stories within day two. Some, TO the e.
feet that the vessel had not been captured sunk,
but had run the blockade ut Port Hudson, and was
at last accounts, OH her way to w-Orleans. 9th
crs that she WIS in possession Of the enomy and IN
good running condition. Between ii and II O'Clock
last night, communication was received by Gen.
Grant from one of ;ho crew OF the Indisnols, who
states that she was rammed by tho Queen OF the
West until she sprung leak, when Capt. George
Brown, seeing he could not save her, fired her mag
aIne, and left the vessel with oil his officers and
.aa man IN ANAL boata.