Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-02-11
SPEClAt DISPATCHES,
['rO the CLEyEIASD LEADEsI
Lord Lyon Agrees with Oar Gov.
ernmelt In Regard to the
Charleston Blockade.
Minister OOrWin Thinks Of
Coming Home.
Details OF the Surrender OF the
GunbOat Isaac Smith.
Failure Of French Expedition
TO Mexico.
The French General Requires co.
600 more Troops.
Terrible Suffering of the French
In Mexico.
Details of the Doings of the lst
South Carolina GOlored
Volunteers.
Their Successful Encounter with
Rebels.
The Sailing of the Foster Expedi-
ton to South Carolina.
Their Successful Encounter with
Rebels.
The Sailing of the Foster Expedi-
ton to South Carolina.
PHILApELPHIA Feb. 10.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10.
a special to the Tribune from Wash
ington says General Hooker is said to have
remarked when he was here last, in con-
sultation with the War Department, that
he should soon restrain the officers Of his
army from visiting Washington except
upon passes from the Secretary Of War,
and should prohibit them from staying in
Washington more than twenty-four hours
on their way to points north. Advisory
visits from the several corps to the Presi-
dent and Congress, somewhat in vogue
hitherto, are understood to have been al
ready squelehed by Hooker.
Rumors that Lord Lyons has already
taken diplomatic action upon the alleged
dissolution of the blockade by the
rebel force at Charleston, are unfounded.
His opinion of the incOnclusive and par
tial character of that endeavOr, as well as
of the attempt of the rebels North and
South to pervert and magnify it for for
eign uses, is the same as that Of our Gov
ernment.
Private letters from officers of the South
Atlantic Squadron high in command, ex-
press the opinion that the rebel rams were
forced to attack our feet off Charleston,
by the public opinion of the city, and by
thesting of the capture Of the Princess
Royal. They had been idle for two months
since their completion. The rifed guns
which rney carry uIv Vt superior
quality, and are handled well; but
the crafts are ticklish, and we're
soon obliged to seek refuge in the
harbor.
The greatest wonder is excited by the
policy Of our Secretary of State in Franco
Mexican matters, and it is admitted that
the United States is losing respect and
sympathy in Mexico. Minister Corwin is
thinking seriously Of coming home.
The Times says: We have details, both
official and from special correspondents, of
the affair on stsnO river, resulting in the
capture of the gunboat Isaac Smith. She
was engaged in reconnoitering the river,
and was several miles from its mouth
when she found herself attacked from both
shores by rebel batteries which had been
efectually masked.
Another gunbOat further down was un-
able to render any assistance before the
Isaac had surrendered, having apparently
been rendered unmanageable by the enc
my's shots Casualties on board are yet
unknown.
We have received from correspondent
at Port Royal an account of the second
engagement of the Ericsson, Monitor, and
Montauk, with the rebel batteries at the
mouth of the Ogeechee River.
She fred on the aggregate about eighty
rounds, but was unable to breach the work
in consequence of the thickness Of the en-
bankment She was struck fOrty-six
times, but received no other damage than
the starting of few bolts in her pilot
house by rifle shot, and the shattering of
her smoke stack.
tbs considered probable that no further
attempt will be made on Fort McAllister
until other important work is done by the
Montauk.
Gentleman who left Vera Cruz a
month ago, bring important intelligence
concerning. the condition and prospects Of
the French in Mexico. They represent
the army to be completely demoralized.-
Admiral Delagraviere admits that the ex-
pedition is a failure.
General FOrey, who added over thirty
thousand men to the troops of General Lo-
rencez, has now not more than twenty
three thousand electives, and admits that
he requires many thousands more before
he can hope to fight his way to the City of
Mexico. Sixty thousand more is the num-
Der named, but this seems incredible. The
French soldiers are suffering severely from
bad living and the diseases of the country
In the interior diarrhea, in Vera Cruz the
horrible black small pox.
There is great jealousy between the
army and navy, and General FOrey des-
pises saligny and his clique.
We have an interesting report of the
operations of the 1st South Carolina vol
unteers, (colOred, recently in Georgia and
Florida. Atst. Simon and Jekyll Islands
they captured a aquantity Of railroad iron,
valued at FIVE thousand dollars, besides
live stock and farming utensils.
They then proceeded to the st. Mary's
River, where several encounters with the
rebels took place, in every one of which
the cOlOred troops we're successful.
We have accounts Of the sailing Of
Fosters expedition from Beaufort n, o.,
and It's safe arrival at Port Royal a O..
The first vessels Of the feet rsaehed the
latter place on the S1st ult., and the rest
Of the steamers followed in the course Of
the day. |