New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-31

get out FOR Baton Rouge, While. place | reached a.
noon. The morning was showery and the roads
were beginning to be qute muddy. At 10 o'clock
ths Commanders Of Divisions received the order TO
return TO Batou Rouge, and then, for the first time
the troops learned that they were lot ~ meet the
enemy. Il was of course diRcui, Tor them not TO
feel slight depression o. spirits. The i1srch was
led Ivy Augurs DIVISION, which was followed by
Emory aud Growers, With five mile intervals az on
the advance. They encamped mainly outside the
town. Growers division, about two miles, and the
other two about FIVE miles distant
Tho road from Baton Rouge to Pon Hudson
known AZ the Bayou Sara Road, is very fine, and
would naturally Port Hudson, be strongly for
tilted by tie Rebels. The trees were just putting
out their buds aud were festopned with vines and
moss Mosl OF the plantations were deserted. We
snssed one, worked by Rebel planter, who secured
the labor Of the negroes by telling them that he was
working it on account OF the United StGtes Govern
rneut. lie paid them Insignificant wages. and had
promised to divide among them ono.third of the
proceeds of the crop. They all believed him. "Oh
yer, Sab; zee, sah," said one of them to me. ~
been down to Baton Rouge; sec Gen. Banks, an
made dat ell right" The troops displayed great
ability in the art of foraging. Although the planta.
tions wcrs mostly deserted, Adt..Gen. Irwin had
several men arrested for obeying the order OF Gen.
Pope to the Army Of Virginia. In the camp of the
l3lst New-York we bad turkeys, mutton which wa.
excellent. veal, pork beef, goose and live
chicken in q bag, and do not know that tho sol.
diors Of that regiment were extraordinarily enter
prisine.
II =. &c fIas .
pressed. II found expression III many forms and
through many persons rem mber hearing a Dam
ish Captain, who has secn seryice in Europe, and
who has oral decorations, say with intense en-
phasis, @ neverhear Of such insane ting; in En-
ropean army Dat take all de courage ont of De mon'
In Baton Rouge, whore Gen. Banks had LETT u
brigade in garrison under Col. Chckeriug of the
fist Nlassacbusetts-thc regiment which uccompa-
MED the General the North Star his voyage 10
Now-O rloals-l found groat excitement among the
resident Relcls male and fcmae. hey knew
nothing, except that some fragments Of tho Misss-
sippi bad aosted down the river. They were very
aplrchensiyo for the fate of their friends on the
other side OF the lines. Their anxiety subsidized, how
ever on learning that We had taken but very few
prisoners, and that there had been no serious
lighting.
How the brave Admiral ran the seven batteries
With his gallant flagship, aud all the other sue
cesses aud misfortunes BY river, these and other
shings leave to your other correspondents. have
heard it oil sgain and again, but was not there.
send you few of the latest items Of city news.
Many hundred bales of cotton, have come in with.
in a week. and there ia prospect of much more.
The Bio Bio arrived from New-York this morning at
. A. H.. at a. m. she was discovered TO DO on Ere.
Most of the passengers were yet in their berths.
The mails had all been landed, and large portion
OF the Express matter but the rest Of her cargo was