The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-28
SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH gs. 1858. 8
LATEST NORTHERN NEWS.


LATEST NORTHERN NEWS.
FErbER,crssrr6. March 2oa,.-4The New
York Times OF rhe l7ih, and the Baltimore
Clipper OF the 18Th, enable your correspond
etft 10 furnish the following summary:
oPKRArIoSs os rHE MISSISSIPPI
CINcISkkT1. Monday. March l6.-4The Ca
zette's Viek-bufg dispatch says the lazoo
Pass expedition has captured twenty six
sieamboafs eighfcenlof which wereldesfr5
I'd. The gunb1ats have arrived above Haines
Bluff and would soon commence the attack
Runors were rife Of the evacua'ioI oi
Nicksbufg. and It lxas supposed ti1at the
greater part Of the rebel f,Iee poald 20 10
Chattanooga aud endeasor 10 overy hslnl Gen.
Rosecrans,
General McClernands troops were eompell-
u to embark Tor Alillken's Bend. sixteen miles
above Flcksburg, owing 10 high wafei-
Recent operSti. iis 1T Lake frOvide.lce and
else whore resulted in nnndating more thar.
ouc hundred miles Of Louisiana Territory. de-
stroyiDg millions OF dollars worth tf prop
erty.
fhe gueriIIas were completely ,lrOv ned Out.
E'letI's Marine Brigade arrived at Cairo on
Saturday
CHieAod. Monday. March l5-The Til
buus 5 spdciai dispatch from near vlcksburg
says Tile Yaz0o Pass project is a complete
-nccess. The gunbOats have arrived a.
Haines' q. uf The capture Of the steamers
and tie breaking of the levee are alss men
toned IN the telegI am
DIsPATciI FRox ADMIRAL PoKTER-
wAsHIxeroS March l6 "A di-rsich from
Admiral Psrter. dated ffcksbarg. March eth
<axs he has just heard the signal agreed upon
between himself aud coTnfnOdore Smish who
commands the naval portion OF the Yazoo riv-
er. to-wii niue minute guns. and three gum
afterwards. IN quick succession
IMPORTANT PROM xEw oRLEAxs-THE xovEnExr
AGAINST PORT HUDsoS COME EscED
The special corrs spondent OF the Times
writ ng IRON y Orleans under date Of March T.
says: What il being done, or intended 10 be
dore here J | would not oi csuTse diyulee, even
If could pierce the impenetrable secrecy ia
which all army movements here are very
properly shrcuded. Il is right. however. tha.
th$ anx 0us North should knOw-aiid IL can
be- revealing nothing that the enemy has not
already learned tiirough his sconfs--that the
bali may Ebw be said 10 be actually IN motion.
Flle Overture has been played the clain0rous
audience 4 hushed into nonIeatary pause o.
breathless anxiety; the stige bell is even now
tingllng and unless some machinery has got
entaHgled, Or some rerEiss actor is not up to
time. | believe the cnTtaiu Is about - rise on
ore 81 the bloodiest dramas Of the war.
~iet u hope that The terrible blunders o.!
Fredericks burg and Yicksbnrg viii not be re
peated on the Mississippi bat that caution
aud bravery will go hani IN hand insure us
snccess which military men Of large sxperi
cnce lave assured ne II is within reach O.
seisilce 10 'pl. &C beyond the probability OF
failure
kkoTHlE TeRrEDo cAPrURED.
Tie Era says that he Essex. which las been
engaged III extracting the rebel invehiions for
blowing Yankee gurrboats out pf the Nississip
ri. iook out OF tire watcE day or two since
above Ration Ro ige. most iufernal machine
Il; was made 10 drst with the current. and
was attached to scs. with a bale of coston
placed in conspicuous position. ics the sup
poseH purpose OF attracting the attention OF
the gupbbats- Ii was so cnniriveh that 1t
would, on being touched explode by means OF
machinery something similar 70 the works Of
a clbck A hammer was fixed to strike the
fuse. setlil.e~hre to iile powder of which there
was two hundred aud fifty pounds "
This tofpedo is low on board of ore OF our
war vessel where il is an object OF curiosity
not unmxed with contempt TO our sailors
who do n3t Tecegniz'e II as al all IN the regular
line 81 IAf stand up give and take naval light
Iug
John Ma Maginl,is, e.litor of the New O.leanr
Tue Delta. died al home on tie 81 insiaui.
FROM kkF wFsT-cAPruRE or rae RETkRHoFF
AID OTHER MARINE kkws.
Tile English steamer PeterhoT. OF London
in lcisargeot acting master f. Lewis. was cap
iufed hy the United States steamer Naisder-
hlhlt oti lie harbor Of 81 Thomas. on the 1h
insiar; ard brought to Key West
She II ! large screw steamer. and her cargo
consists uf blankets. shoes Clothes and, II II
believed. muniIiohs Of war
Two condemned English steamers left kes
West on the Sth instant for New York. loaded
with prizh goods captdred on other veSseis
one tie Virginia, the other The Adela. Tie
6aik .eiliIaInz.,n an.' the brig Sawyer all.
I lett on tile same day for The same port with
similar cargpes. The frigaie Colorado bOuno
wesr. halt stopped at Key West FOR Goals
TIE FLoaiDA
Several Yankee gunboats among them the
Shel hertf Knapp. we're al 81. rhoinas the
20ih ult.. having been IN pursuit 81 the Ala
baina amt Florida. but they were both non
s,fnf inrehfi.
FkoM THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
4 letter from Washington. dated Moasa3
10th instant. says: reports received heIs
Saturday. apparently authentic, stated that
Generals Jones, Hampton and Others. with
ten thousand men. Including large proportion
OF cava.tJ aud artillery. had come as Tar NoFtil
rs Strasbhrg on their way TO Winchester
/ rhe story Is unfolnded n heavy rrconnos .
sance by AI5lroy having jnsi returned. after
two dayslrapid march, sis8ting >frAsburg and
vicinity, Without finding or hearing iron tie
enemy
! "A few Of Imbodehs cavalry were seen
higher lli the valley. retiring before our ap-
lproaeh This does not lock hike any attack