The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-25
the YAz0O PASS EXPEDITION.
THE 1HBHx wo1Ks.
Their Artificial and Natural
Defences.
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Reconnaissance Made by the Chilleoths, and
y What Resulted Therefrom.
OPERATIONS ON THE MAINLAND.
THE ATTACK UPON FORT PEMBERTON.
Splendid Resistance Of the
ChillicOthe.
She is Struck Thirty-f0ur Times and
Yet is Ready to Fight Again.
TIE FARMS AND FARMERS ALONG FHB ROUTE
COTTON AND COTTON BURNERS,
She is Struck Thirty-f0ur Times and
Yet is Ready to Fight Again.
TIE FARMS AND PARTNERS ALONG FIlB ROUTE
COTTON AND COTTON BURNERS,
As., Ae.s ~.

Oar Expeditlonary Correspondence.
ON THE WAY, SEVENTY five MILES DowK THE
TALIAHATCHIE, March 10, 1883 !
The date prefix 70 this communication gives the pre-
sent locality Of tho Yaxoo Pass expedition with much
exactness command. We have reached o very
fair stream for navigation by small steamers but yet
sadly cramped for in which to work boats OF any
considerable size. Our progress s therefore, very slow
and far from satisfactory Tho extreme upper end Of
river and the lower part Of the Codwater mode
rately good rivers and got along Of twenty
or thirty miles day. But suddenly the Taahatche
narrowed Its borders and exceedingly crooked
nearly 70 rival the to be remembered pass,
and boats experienced the greatest difficulty in
getting along at ALL and therefore two three
days in advancing about twenty miles,
COTTON CoLDwATER.
In the parts Of the Coldwater and Talahatche mon
toned good, found high banks apd we'll cultivated
plantations in abundance The Of these planta-
satons with their colonies Of negroes were general
thing at home attending TO their ordinary ayocations
though there existed In the land At these places
repeatedly told that tho rebels had recently
visited them in boats, picking up cotton to be used in
building forcations lower down the oppose
progress. But met with Of resistance or
trouble from any Of these people, Their disposition
seemed perfectly friendly, and passed them
without further molestaton than evyng few hundred
bales Of from them strengthen the deences Of
gun boats and transports. OF this staple there
lack In 'that region had there apparently been
any efforts made 70 conceal or destroy IT, This the
more remarkable the planters admitted that they
had been expecting this expedition for = month past.
They evidently knew but little OF and feared II as
little. No cotton burners had prowied about their
gins gueriilas infested their neghborho0d An In
vading army had trod their soil, and rebel
force had never visited them u was single miniature
sketch OF Southern lite as IL was before the war.
ATTRR rAfIAHArcuiE ABOUT TWENTY 1--WE
MfLEs,
the water are sadly overfown. We then travelled Tor
forty or nifty miles with scarcely break the wilder
meas Not plantation to be seen on eher nand ine
course stream exceedingly t0rtuous, the
bends sharp and abrupt the timber scraggy and hanging
far the water and the whole appearance wild and
forbddng We nave just emerged from this desoation,
and stcaming along, at lair rate Of speed M
moderately wide and straight rver with frequent plan
tations Of considerable preensions along the banks
Here we begin 70 discover the handiwork Of the
enemy. AT nearly every. one OF these plantations We
bas recenily cotton worth q dollar a pound. These
gins and cotton piles have evidently been but recently
fred evdencng that the enemy are close IN 'front.' Of u.s.
probably falling back before US to lure US ON TO
what they may consider our sure destruction II IL
INDICATION RSEhY
that have met with. They might spare themselves
the pains Of Turing US forward, bound " adj
any way. And probably when they get us la that
likely The Yaaoo river, between and Yazoo
Cy-they will ind themselves IN possession Of an animal
Of larger proportions than they have calculated on ana
match A. all events. we are keeping sharp lookout
for them, and shall give chem as good fight as we can
pRAups uros The TRANSPORT ATOM DErARrMSNT
There been Of the frauds practsed upon
the government BY agents the East
purchasing and charerng transports for the several
expeditions that have been fitted out and seve
raj have been INDUCED IN with greater Or
extended 70 the charering o. vessels ON the Western
rivers. am confident that sucn an nvestiga
unsA kA xtKrft nj nrfltf
able resuts- Take example, the vessels chartered
for this expedition. Government pays for them
average Of from hundred and fifty 70 two hun
drsd and afy dollars per day each. 1hsre hardly
the feet that would sell for more than fifteen Thousand
= s q N
down. logged boats that scarcely be kept adoat
in any water for an expedition Of this nature stout
boats were required that would stand good
deal Of humping and knocking about IN these narrow,
crooked streams. We have been delayed most provok
insly By reason Of these boats breaking down One
or two Of them have been finally condemned
and sent back 10 Helena. Othsfs have 70 lay
as TO be able 70 GO, along or course when this occurs
there gap made IN the fleet, else the whole exped
ton must Ssm or them a so%soooy 70 blame os
good price Tor securing charters for these old tubs
don't pretend to know who the cupabe party but do
know ded with better and
boats we could have been twice far on way.
The Raymond left Helena week ago with com
nisary she sprang leak IN the fazoo Pass and
was Obliged 10 throw half her overheard
the rest The Little Jerry boat Carl overlook her three
days and brought forward the greater part the
freight the Raymond had left The Raymond has not yet
cang up With 10 II seems that somebody u sti
chaterng unseaWor,by boats The matter ought TO be
looked Into.
II has raincd necessarily and with great violence dur
Ing the Last twenty aud there are yet no
indications Of cessation The river running over the
banks every low spot and the whole country rapidly
~ II prevents the operations a gueraa other forces
OF the enemy against us along the river.
HKAIru or rHE Exrsprrov
10 mn lx..xk Hl4Fu
adected by the bad water, poor diet the china
tsc disorders of this region.
CuKus PLANTATION,
Ten MILES AsoyE GREENWOOD, March III, 1853.
PURIFIER ADVANCE erAse
Ny letter closed about seventy Ave or eighty miles
above this place. Almost Immediately after the closing
OF tina. letter accounts began In from the front 20
aha cest that advance OF 1ee had fallen IN nm
The enemy or rather had In sight Of them and
some brisk appeared 10 be close hand Tho rebs
seamers--rcn Mcculoch ami !. w. sharp under CONVOY
OF little black Gunboat, indussrousiy employee,
packing up the plantations along river The
runboat keeping little above them give notice Of our
approach The gunbcs discovered and commenced q
rapd retreat down The river. screeching al every
turp Of her wheels, a warning 70 her companions
40 get out Of the way. The MccaIoch was the
uppcrmosi Of the Two transports, ana was delayed
An getting away from the bank and getting her
head down stream that the federal Lioness was
eo~e A her heels before she fairly got under headway
nut once under weigh she made good time and ran on
u an exceedingly rapid rate. But the crowded her
hard and as she was 20 heavily laden with cotton and
corn she failed make good time seemed desirable
) gang Of negroes wss therefore st At work 10 iph'sn