Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-03-18

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fers TO defeat the objecf In view
u, Wnessef shs Mi.si.sig,pi /. q Be opened 70 -
Question 70 Be de,erninsd very shorty. p>r. - a
haps within few days The army, alnosrs -
and & men: s:ys long G Gbesn snaisas isr : d. =. !.
here for some time, ly IND sppss~ssiv tsssSSve sl
and successfnl 1ghting viii not ocrzr ns1opr ~ se
has been earnestly wished Cor sy tha frssnas ef i.
the cysi Nerth and - ss Leui.as faa s1se yesr y
now for soms solid nd van sasss IN yVfurs o. al
tne tne gTesttexpenditurs ineurred IN naane oseI
the Ast expedition 20 the Gulf; q eSorSoua -
answer TO the hopes which accoSnps en- 'f
kanfs TO New orieans. The cpportunity f,r iis
ss selvise here m behalf Of she eosssry sss~s'
now hkety 10 be improved- an rhe very esssT
Ii is time too, that this sttscs shoaId 500. n -
months more OF snmoiesssd security 90 ne ter
rsoels' n Port Hudson, with ehAace Cor ssSIIr ID.
nIlier stIensthening their position, weasa
troops when they iinsIly .easss she pisee 20,
capitulate. The river stiil rises an ip<N sas -
nan Pg aas.. ltis lilssly - a,tAh asuH tar "
No later than May, perSsp Ia April he Sssss ID
will commences 20 sabside It Win b reu,esni .
oered u an the water vas too rapidly substiSuxr
inmedisiely after Gen. Butleris nrst aTnvai a ia
.s, new orleans, . idmit Of fsrtnsed ect..s ope-r
May. So IL 10 evidesf NAT sle acton 81 tTn-
Banks Win Be usetees not speedy bsha8I1I g,
for, OF couEses this attack viii not be nade ~,
without TIE aid Of naval force. As already !.
explained In this correspondence, the situzfso0
OF Fort Hudson fenders attack on the front p 5'
oy Hand force an iaposk ioliityp HrSops rpo-t n
%oris Se ,sses1 sr below mess Spea tAe ssengs
Heet VIII be attended with the dtsad yantare =
encountered al Island No, 10 and yickshurr.
from the height OF the blum on which the de- 1
fences are pisced.d Bot prspsrat ou. yAaye Is-
mace lht me eeomearsifuesi nsy se asss bs
The principal vessels to BE- engaeed In IN, 80
tack On Fort HUDSON, tbesfdes the mortar
ooats, sB the Hartford, Rschfr oud, Mis.ls- la
slppi, MoponRahela, Genesse. Kineo, Itasca. 80
Essex, and Sportsman. In fact, all the vss-
1eIs Sl at New Orleans, with the exception Of the
PensAcoia, COMMANDER Morton, which nsfff
rem ain Stationed on the city, and a tiIs sslcn
beat 10 communicate With the 1eet--wili fnA ID,
% king. ny 7.'. ''l " - ~ r
heHartford. iasg ship OF RearA dnnfrai FArluori
ragnt,and the Richmond, Captain James Aldeh.
ale hist-ctass steam sloops- OF war .i.r tttz .
me Mississippi Is a stsa N sloop; w as formerly
.. .frgate. The Monong gahela, Capt Nc cKins.rT
is secend-ciass steam sioOp. Fer armament
Is very nedvy for n vessel of her class S,~, !
draws only twelve feet OF water, and. may be
considered one Of the most useful vessels ia our ~
The force at Port Hudson is yariou.,y .,u-
mated NJ nom seven thousand to seventy thou-
ssand men Perhaps fifteen thousand is not s.r
rom the truth. The position is naturally ono
d the strongest on the river.