New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-16

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house formerly occupied by Mr. Que and stuck the poe
men, one carrying hind Of table with three leg. and r.:
other surveyors compass came up me eves c tsien
A. sssJ aSs 81 down on
and the compass placed on top oiit hn bs took up
1s and asd back the wood. toward tine
enemys Csono we Pfs nS MAKING surveyi
monisg soon we may expect to be Ken ~ n..s we
ing nom the Opposite s1s surveys and selecting
elipibs potons for batterie' ,o-r,r, 80, n.bor.s
ss on the opposite side Of the river, which
w persons this side taking any oeeIvson
~ or adventurous scouts however crossed the vs
ey cover Of heavy fog penetrated to within tno
distance Of the enemy They approached to within
om he tenor OF orders certain that they
engaged in cleaning out the logs and a T from n Who'd
having made any optical observations .,
9ds %Uf S %hous
no doubt but he avaed himself OF the advantage ana s
ns mss bS Of the boats which leads the inference
that the troops otherwise employee ano '"' S''
apprebensious were entertained tina. the enemy would
carry baie. of light artillery st.s the Pp. eaYsrr has
sdo It's way some twenty miles down the river and an a
upon Of nn s wSn the
was sppIoachng batteries only short distance peow
town battery She w.. struck thfeo times. bus escaped
safely to landing now fixed fact that there
Nothing was discovered yesterday to indicate the plans OF
the enemy except the planting Of batteries below me CITY ~
vaouy copiscured whether these batteries are inendeu
meeyss blockade the river or whether they are po
by which the enemy NAY M Of Ses.
batteries cross the river attack the city from below AS
none ,e a To what was done The active above
the point aud steamers were seen to sINe ana In INC
From the reports Of the passengers who came up on the
steamer Vicksburg appears that the feny-boat was also on
T bSr 70 M1 an intention Of failing Into the o. III.
enemy. She had got tot point below town within ssh Q,
ssap The that the enemy has taken hsr and
light sIy he, s the psp S"S Fort e mon
y This morning the smoke Of steamer coua DO seen '"
it now ascesineda the strength OF the feet con,i.ts
" 10. boats93 trans orts and sunboa Inc greater POI
down reepforceinen aud st moy that the attack will be
delayed days until the baance Of tue army aLIiye'
will require short time for these boats to &C to Nspoeo.
and Helena troops and OF The whole heet
N may by Tuesday If not before When az their
VIoxBUKG. Jan TO- ls6S-The 6at1ere, which .he feosi
( he npoe of emitting of cur steambos, communication with
Red River aud PoI did not have the effect Of soaring
Of Our VI SbSs to run the and being fred
half dozen times s0hs ne. sa.ss. erected
the below bat this dd not prevent S pIa
witch was y1S g,p the the ~h n.b and she made the trip
/, safety without being discovered.
work on their celebrated canal force OF hve thousand
troops has been engaged in aSns out he stamp. and Other
win be ligh enough let the water n and then they
intend land the troops on the Mi''''Ppi side os0"
d, GEN Smith the Federal officer who wounded in the
battle the 29h u at Chckaaw Bayou at present so
Of The enemy AID the opening OF
he canal they say that they do no, expect the canal 70 be
to let u, a h s ana .nd
attack OF to P Dy sT, there srs vein be- w. ss
enough the esn. to float their and then
they and their troops below the city and act IN c0nane
( So far a. the skig vkburs Is concerned the canal
al no mmeds,e attack expected here now at least
days The greater part Of the ,rs9,poIt neet hs
~ beseient denomination win be made until they return
a. In tho time the fede ais viii probably be Snsa:.a IN
yet win employ its time in strengthening all 'he WEAK points
10 The forc Of the .nsy has been a.eened to cor.
~ lO7 bOas3 transports and IA gqneoat. The numos,
a. sunbots as supposed would brought against
sb, I bss. 1s Of the m not yet
an s,cesned bat by the Gen Grants comes TO re
r. Bot Il matters not how afse the enemy army the
re which he is ADOPTING to take The place win % :,
easy s,GI matter to destroy the whole Of il.
1' morning except the occasional arrival Of transport with
y troop. hO discharged and the boats return stream
h boats which anchored in the river the camps, are
Sasss down DC esnoee%.nt tho '
y VIoKsBuRa Jan a. 1862
the river below the city everything quiet among the enc
my Arepo ciIcula,es here tast vast Of sickness
prevails among the troops snd that the Louisiana swamp
again becoming the cemetery for large number II is not
IA thst movement viii be made
o from above sIye, which will probably be day
- OF
few days ago spoke Of seven Union prisoners had
20 been captured by Col Pargo1d cavalry has since
to knowledge that one Of the party himself up
M purpose ths lie desires to Join the Confederate smy s9a
protests against being returned exchanged prisoner
On w oFpo,e s's Of tue rVe several nlons also came
tue pchets OF the Texas cavalry and surrendered
selves giving the zane account Of the d,sfecton among the
tisrow rUstworthy ascer;eiled here that Cen
e coming down the river 10 reenfce Sherman sad their
united force estimated al 1000 though In The oplion
wi be lie
any 70 the ABILITY hi, Mace 10
Withstand the assaults OF 90 900 port wisdom
prudence prepare ia time for any emergency and the
pes sbond CAL attention ~ the mighty force Let will be
c brought against w.
From the appearance Of the ver yeserdsy evening there
unDisiekabe evidences that fleet near
the city FROM Younss Point the river distance
far the eye could there continuous
broken cond of smoke and seam which adnon.hed tina,
= the Of attack aud that the Of Granite
army corps be the signal for general onslaught The
If in readiness the whole at hand
Yesterday morning the Federal troops very isoept
eral OF the famous City Of DE Soto
piagng expedition driving before them numLsr
Of hogs One OF these observed to be
shell which exploded the spot and Mr. Fed droppeJ
TO the ground to dodge the pecesaer the
he took hi. P9Tk his back and .nsated Stealing
evidently not the only object Of TIL. party, but recon
nossance OF our batteries aud the eligibility Of the In
De Soto for the enemy to plant his batteries opposite the
twill not be .upri,ine IT, by tomorrow morning we find
SedT s b s s5 Of @ sons G opposite The
with light artillery and the examination Of the ground yse
$ day was certainly made with view Of this kind.
In day time this work could not be accomplished ac
Of being in full view Of batteries bot during the
night 1t may all be done without being discovered They
could affect batteries much bu, might do consider
1t is ras.wOIthy sscsrned that the De Soto ferry.
boat delivered TO the enemy by the taorous crew
aboard. She engaged woodng the Louisiana side