The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-03-26

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FoR9 pERussY, REp RIYEn, MARCH ID.
This Fort was captnred to. day by tbs
forces under Gen. 4. j. Suaiahs The ax-
peditiod LEFT Vioksbusg on she tenth,
landed nc SeInnlesuort On the 18th, and
marched 20 Bsyou Piacs where Gensral
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camped. bat which had fed AZ the APP
proaeh Of our transports, leaving. censid
cradle camp eQuipags and conasnissasyT
stores. fs5 ~ w Ftsf .gsts S. ssssf 'gfEa
/ Smith pressed forward 10 Yellow ,Ba.
you where strong Notifications have been
erected, but the rebels again ded. The
enemy were hard pressed; some skfr&
mishing occurred. resulting in the cap
tnfe of several prisoners and o small
wagon train, At daylight yesterday the
entire command strfted for Fort DeRns-
gy, % miles distant. At4in the alter
noon the Sd and 9th Indiana batteries
opened on. the Fort. which replied Wig
orousIy with three of its heaviest guns
CahnonadinE continued one hour, when
Smith ordered . charge upon the enc
my,s rife pits. and to storm the fort
The LIST and Cd Ill, 18th, 10th and
seth Ind. and the 24th Mo-, charged
over deep bitches and thick absttis, amid
q calling FIRE, and in Is INMATES after
the order, the charge was made, and the
far planted ION the snemy's works
Three hundred and twenty 1--we prisoners,
including "a commissioned officers,
gans, los of sanau arms, nm immense
quantity of assorted ammunitions and a
large quantity of eommissary stores were
captured. II '-..ls.- -: -' - D.
Fort De Rus&y has formidable works, of
quadrangular shape, the bastinns are
bomb.proof and covered with railroad
iron. 4 powerful water battery is con:
nected with the Fort, the casenates Of
which are capable Of resisting shot and
shellsof The heaviest eahbrs. About 500
negroes were q year in constructing the
earthworks. The work of destroying
them will commence tomorrow. Z It viii
take 8 600 men two or three days to COM
plete it ...sr..s.. -. /, s,.,a 49,. =.
Admiral Porter has. been engaged for
the last three days lii removing obstr1c
tons from Red River, consisting Of RATS
and piles driven into the channel, 81.
The transports are now progressing up
the river wi thout interruption.
CAIRO, March 24,-Porter's Red River
q Let is said to be composed Of 19 vessels
c,rrying 178 guns, two vessels turreted,
and ten iron clads., -r
At 5 o'clock this. morning Forests
advance drove in our piekets south of
Union City. Later in the day they des-
troyed our communication with Colum~
bus.
AdVices from New Orleans, 10th, say
the Executive Committee called q meet
ing to be held on the evening of the 10th
to elert immediate emancipation dele
gates to the convention. The same COM
nittee passed resolutions recommending
voters at the preliminary meetings I'd
support no man not favorable to inmedi-
ate emancipation. r.s- a. II t4iEs r.sff
No armed rebels are heard Of in the
vicinity of the river, they having, IL Is
said, abandoned that mode Of warfare
for the. present. ..r1 IT, = s:.:3 .~t..e..5 .r.
+ MArcn CHrxk, PA, March "A: The
shot and she'll foundry of Albright &
StFapp was destroyed by ere this morn
ing. Loss, three hundred thousand dol
lars-insured. one hundred and twenty
thousand. The work of anincendiaryv