The New York herald., 1863-03-29
IMPORTANT REBEL REPORTS.
Fight Between Cunboats and the Vleisburs
Batteries.
One Vessel Sunk and Another
Disab bl0d. 4
Reported Fight on the Sunhower River
The Union Forces Repulsed and
Three Cunbsats Destroyed.
&C., &C., &c.
CARo, March 1S. 1853.

&C., &C., &C.
CAiRo, March 18. 1864.
Is reported via Memphis that two divisions of our
troop have entered Yaaoo Sunower rver and that
they landed at EagIe ead just above Haues Hud.
and quarter mics from tho rebel iortiacatioas.
Cur Memphis CorrespOndoRcc.
MEMsIrs, March zs 1863
Encouraging Report from Vicssbmg- Of Tssps f~-
proring-Work ne Cara,s--Suspossson Of lke Laks
Providence and Red Riucr Schene--7he Yasoo PdH Ia
pediHon-FcSng Temporarily Suspended al Greenwood
Our Forces Erect battery in Rear Of the Reoa "Fst
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for Reacosno ne FigM-A
Ne,u Route to Me Yasoo--Haines' Bluff Flanked-Asvs-
raj OF Farrncsas Fleet at Vicksbur0-L.ues C.tsws-
Rebel Guerilla Operations West Trnes~s-Oap'Ss
Of Wood Train and q Observation-Disclosures
Prooramsae 70 Get SuppliesExtensipe Smuggling, de-
vicksburg has not been taken YETI but, unless all ths
signs Of the times deceptive, that rebe stronghold
will be occupied by Union troops and the Stars and
Stripes noa. from highest hilltop. Our latest a.
vices all encouraging The health Of the troops has
greatly improved aud distrust add doub; have given
place strongest coincidence in assured triumph The
opposite the city Is progressing slowly. the rebels
having planted guns which annoy our laborers not H.
tie yhe consequence s most Of the work done
II night when the enemy cannot easily see how 10
shoe, accurately The dredge boats performing els
gantly and ii Is believed that In few days
gunboas and transports win BE- able 70 go through,
posed however, two rebel batteries instead Il
the entire armament on the hills Of vcksburG.
The probable OF the canal supersedes the
sy Of seeking flank vcsburg by the Lake ProvAsacs
and Red river But this has not until within few
DAYS past induced suspension Of operations st Lake
Providence Last Thursday the water was let into ths
canal and already b large enough for the largest si
steamboats, TO navigate still II is doubtful Il will
be used other and practical routes Of attaining
the advantages have since besn devised The water
overnows large extent Of country and tho planters
along the proposed route have had hills y
avoid being submerged with their lands and crops.
Our advces from the Pass expedition to the
day before yesterday The fight between the Chiloshs
and Fort Pemberton. at Greenwood the conaueOcs Il
the 1aahatohie Yallobusha had not been renewed
Our forces had attempted 70 build battery In the of
the rebel fort but had not succeeded fully there
little land work upon and tho water continually
rising Still they engaged In putting up the battery,
having already taken the guns on the Dekab mount.
ntsrvenss between proposed battery and their Or,
and II ID impossible TO carry BY assault Il
one. Il !. in "a a bend Of the stream, s ' on :
high bluff well selected, and their guns Of hNavy
caiibre Beyond their fort in the bend Of the Yazoo.
three boats. probably extenporized gunboats rams
DO dstincty and every day adds the nubsr
Of their troops While forces awaiting the arr
val OF heavy guns 10 bc planted Ia battery they
improving the opportunity TO add to theirs. Al nrss
they had only Ave guns mounted and OF these the
Chilcothc dismounted now they to have ten
guns. and the work Of Strengthening their peal.
| tion still goes on In the meantime reinforos-
and difhcult route, and we have an sbaiux
confidence that we shall soon disperse the enemy spa
capture their works. There Is no alternative. Ne
must capture their fort and 60 on. ,
Fortunately our hopes getting the rear Of vloks.
burg not shut TO this single route Anew has
been discovered and one which likely 70 be
expeditions not successful. This lies through
different country Our gunboats go up Yazoo river 70
steeles bayou opposite Johnstons plantation from that
Black bayou from that Deer creek from that =
Sunfower, and from sunnower into the Yazoo river.
striking II about fifteen miles above Haines BIua which
is now strongly fortified by rebels The latest report
was that this plan entirely feasible, and that
troops could be transported from Eagle Bend tho Mis-
sssippi, Island No. 100 land and water
day TO Yazoo river. Once Yaxoo river they fol-
low till they mako junction with forces in
TO Yazoo City. where the enemy are now busiv
engaged Certifying Yazoo city is said to present
many advantages for successful fortfying; bat
our heroic forces have doubt Of taking the place
and marching on TO cut OF the communication be-
a , a1a rs ana open the way ne
entire success at vicksburE but suoh Is the ok
the country and the desperation OF the enemy that IT.
fall may not be cassed, except as voluntary aot ~
among the immediate events OF tho present week
the next
Last Thursday morning two of Commodore Parragrt,s
feet made their appearance at the canal yicksburR
having passed both Port Hudson and tho warrsnton bal
teries Their appearance hailed with JOY BY our
toops but as 70 the nature OF their reports from below
the public as yet know nothing, aud speculaous
useless.
The evees have been cut 10 some half dozen pisces be-
tween Young's Point and Helena. and all tho low
lands for scores OF miles around sheet e
water. The destruction OF rebel property In conSs-
qnence Is immense Another generation cannot repair
the damage thus sustained by them. Az measure
II ~ severe and Il is to be hoped effective.
Notwithstanding the dispersal OF several bapas
of gueriliss in West Tennessee, there few more
their leader For weeks past they have Seen WATCHING
for opportunity 10 make raid upon the Memphis and
Charleston nsilroad,he only communication bstwssa
troops Cornth and Memphis but they nsvsr 70
an opportunity Till yesterday. wood train coming
from Jackson 70 Memphis thrown od "
their pulling up rail about three miles hua
Grand Junction yesterday, and Immediately thy
captured the officers IN charge Of IL and about
twenty negroes. Tney q the 6r,ssn cs
and left 10 capture road paymaster train just ooph9
up. In this latter project they failed, though Captm
few hours after our esvary went 10 purast ssd Il =
he hoped they viii make clean work Of them this time
really astonishing that only seventy ave OF hun
the wake OF our army, and sunoy rs la all or
pars There are soldiers ssoash in wes, lcunessss
msnder would permit them 70 20 longer 'uuwhip% q
nstice.n
mlncation between Columbus and Jackson, whiA
seems ikely to prove successful The military
and now the citi1eps propose N take Il q
and II their own account They proposs
deposit sum Of money equal 70 the value Of the rca
sock committed TO them conditioned upon keeping up sb
communication by railroad and telegraph. They srgs(
that they dependent their supplies upon the rail-
road and thai n they II tney will do their best d
prevent ta interruption by marsudinR bands There
no doubt that the plan will be successful aud that
qsod means whereby 70 reconcile many ~ the origins
secederp the bcne6cent sway OF the constitution
the Union. Il
The opinion universal here In secession eircIAs tha
their rebel lord aud master ~ Jefferson J., viii d. h
dIynest 10 obtain control of the OHIO, Cumberland an}
Teunessee and thus obtain supplies or his
horde Already they say their srmy IN ffont Of Rose
Grams has been tweBty-t~o thousand, an IN
lnt,naatlou h sivep that the OF snort tine
Win be large enough 20 accomplish AZ Their purposes
1bev arc hungry desperate and they will not
.',bou, making some cnort 10 obtain suppcsp rha
their programme hghi Rosecraus no well ufcmes
person believes; but that Their rea' purpose y 20 ID
dent. =, -. -. Al
smuggling through the lines Is stu carried n q,
.,.rrn,os eYtent and that, too, notwthst tapding IN
srirt,v prohibited by all the rules and regulations sene
..,iod Far by the circumstances of the A Ctlr