The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-02-02

except in the smallest quantities, and rarely at that the
following interview between a Lusanian ana oehefM
Augdrs Adntant. MAJOR ialsted will illustrate tho SUD
jet
CrrzrsMy family lives beyond tho lines sir. and are
sule. ing food and clothing, and wish permit ~
supply them with VIII they need.
MAioR--Are you a union man. sr9
CnzgS-l d. not belong 10 the Confederate army ana
was nion man ~ long as thought thefo was any
"sh0sp Tor that side
MAyoR-what do you want to send to your family
CrnzES-Wel, a barrel or two Of hour, " you won't
MA,on-A barrel or iwoe Ny doar sir VIC cannot allow
cnzrs-woIi, never was called very bad man, and
MAJOR -So sir Ton pounds Of nour twr'ting down the
ordcr) Ii ali you can scnd. What elses
trriYys-Weii, n htlo coffee.
MAiOR--.How mrckf
CIrxsx--wcn my family Is large, and viii say fifty
pounds
NAoR--It can't BIO done
CTzES--You win certainly allow mo to send twenty
Eve pounds
tlTrEN--Bnt, SIR. my family VI large, ana you wont
think of saving less than twouty pounds
hAioR-Y sand i've pounds Of coffee. What elsoS
fnnsN-Shccs for my mon.
haos-Yon can't send my mems shoes You may
send few ladies' aut chdrepg shoes If you wish-say
two pairs
Tho citizen locked with great disappointment white
tho order made out aud wunt away sricyei In his
xscoasogsAscn TO FORT HUDSON ssssx--As en-.
FyRsAI HISS" rickID W.
sunday last the 18th Inst, tho gunboat Fsscx mido
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tho enemy batteries but iai.n to draw thor FIRE Per
hafs rohes are TOO much dguted with tbe rsse, to
waste powder by throwing shell ri nor, which never sue
coed in doing her any damage.
had constructed inter al machines lorpedces by which
they blow the Essex out ~ water the Ecxt te sDc
wen. up. This brought By contsabsnds, who
stated that less than twenty had been prepared Ono
negro wsh book OF alarm, warned Tho captain or
"capTn you'd better be skecrcd at them Iellcrs up
there Thoyse put fourteen oh dom are petoriah " do
ribber."
Well whom tho FssoS tho hrst water battery,
tho captain observed something floating 10 Tho water,
winch looked ike OLD barrel AMI he Immediately sent
crnccr and boats to examine I, Tho Lcuten
discovered ~lro running TO tho shore and com
menced puiirg a. Il. IL finally occurred to hun that this
might not DO sa and 80 no cut te wIo with ms cuiits
lie found that connected with the barrel, and that
under this very barrel The vorable informal ma
chime he was looking for
II was rssed out Of TIE water and put board tho
Essex when examination showed hat tho thing con
tanned barrel ~ powder and that II intend
ed exploited by pulling tho wire IT war supposed
that The running tho wire would explode u,
or II not il could DO bred by pulling wire the end
on the shore This wire attached 10 cork and to
tho cork was attached another wire running into tho
powder and 10 pg out sbis cork TO sci IRE TO the
machine -
The torpedo M shaped Ike q dsrniohn and
p.caiy concealed by tho barrel attached 70 Us top.
Ii waa brought down TO Baton Rouge, and Oh Monday
last taken ashore and placed on the west sdo ~ The evee
strong rope tnen fastened 20 the cork and thrown
the eyee man then pulled the rolo with lerk
whom lilo torpedo went OF with ightul son. tear
hug up the ioreo aud making hoe ~ The ground more
than twenty Zee, IN extent. This wa sufficient demon
stration -wer blow any ship clean out " water
Il il had bota Gfod az tho right tame and spot,
FORT Hun@or
The reported distractions IN IN. chanueheast u PROFIT
Islaud viii amount to little or nothing The current IN
the river very swim IN the vicinity u Port Hudson, and
Il IS vel nigh impossible 10 construct any permanent o.
struoi ons Tie STAND " very low and when tho river
at height s nearly all submsrgsd. The tnos that the
rebels could accomplish would b. 10 light artillery
over With which 70 annoy tho appronchlnr gunboa's
Two or three days snce pickets brought IN c0rpo
raj and two prates 81 the Ninth Louisiana battalion, WHO
had been sen, from 'ntn q arrest deserer. near or
lnty Tho corporal and his comrndca thought u was
favorable opportunity - get home aud came within
tie es au1 taken prisoners. rhoy sta.o that large
bodies ~ troo,s are moving from Camp Moore, Miss.s
s,lA 10 Port ltudson and that The reto force tie
latter place materially increased within tho a1t
fes days II Is sus ecled however, thai these prisoners
were se In purpose ~ spread false aud exaggerated
reports q the rebel strength NJ Port Hndson
There s,e only atieen guns now actually mounted "a
npuutef Thofe "a great difference ~ opinion among
lie ocers me navy 10 relation 81 tho strength ~ ths
place ono viii toll y0u that Commodore Farrsgate heet
c1uid settle the qQoson with tho river batteries hair
an boar without my trouble, AMI another will tcll goa
that por; rgason Is A. strong a. veSsborg
Capt gcGeo's cavalry occasionally pios apa wander.
Ing rebel solder day o. two suco thoy brought h
young MAJ by the name " Hunter who belongs 70 sta
ART 4 cavalry He IL tho non 81 Capt Hunter, Who
was tho rtle Proves, Marhhai q Baton Rouge pro
yo,s n tsa Ranks occupation on the city ~ ~ 4 he
49, si,,.r a,1 Vaw uypua ~ i ia e. d,,ssst
in c.lzen tohcs and stated that every man furnished
his own mt aud dressed AZ he pleased s pfeIen1"d
camue and stated That stuart died abou, Aitsr
he wounded
ar~rov
There are now about two hundred and twenty leo fthe
soldiers u tt village n Clinton and tho pat IA IN CON.
mand u Coonalie. lhore have been many dessftoas,
ana within tWo weEn tho force Laa thgn boon reduces
from three hundred 70 rs present number
fSrEF~rsa sI0gr
man BY the q Batter made hs escape "a T1ufF
day noruhF ana reached Baton Rouge pafeiy He ~.
sided about tsu miles above Port iiudr n aad 1adaf
cover n loy suceectcd passing al tho ba,teres q
skif without bcug ieiect~i.
NJ Butler - "a tatlye q Loutiana and aays that wLen
tb var broke tHt He secfstly took 0ah rsi ~ w1a
never take y - nsi h@ o,Hntry. 10 rcfuaci 10
eEilst ard ls0as g etcapa tho conaty gtlu but this
Brought h0u wt.f sesplctanj and h. Naa yiNlsntly
sstffed b. ne rCIe' - and lnf0rtusyn
Anew u.antl. ago o bought H0ck u twelve handfed
sheep latestng M taom a tho properly H. owned a the
world AMI tgve ten down below BATON R1uFs saereNy
Intending 80 get tbtm wthn M linton lines al 0ftof
tunty offered Bpt thia intsntion dld not whisper "
any hAtnan bclng and there tho ghtsst eyal
ev'aencs n any such design. Nevartheeps ghse
about twelve miles bciuw tat0u H4u,e All many