, 1864-05-30

Especial Dispatch 10 the Calcaso ir1n0ne.1
CA1Ro, May %.
The steamer Alice Dean on Ter way down the
river Vas detained to-day ut Peducah, fearing that
trouble might be had With rebels, reported several
hundred strong, ontsIdc the city. Col. Hicks is
veil prepared to meet any strength they can bring
ngatnst him.
The steamers Ariadpe and Imperial have since
arrived. Officers say that ali is 4oietcd down ut
pai1ucah, no demonstrations having been made
upon tic town.
ofEeers from Columbus aud Paducah report that
the rebel General Buford had, within n iaW days,
made his appearance at Dukedom, forty miles
from Paducah with frum 12,0o1 to 1900 men, part
ofFouest's command. They have been gradually
concentrating ior the past week, ard arc undoaDt-
cd1y tnt ending mischief in Kentucky.
Gen. S1ckles and staff passed down on the Platte
Valley. to-doy, cn.route for Memphis ard below.
Gen. Buckland also passed down.
Gen, MrC1e1nand's wife and daughter went be-
low upon the steamer Henry Ames, bound for New
Orleans, to day, to bring Gen. McCiernaud up
should they 6nd him well enough to take the Jour.
uey.
1lcarn by late steamers from below that on the
morning of tho 18th the q. S. gunboat CrE1ew was
attacked at James Landing, ffty miles below Ma
polcon, by rebcl battery Of ten cuuE-9, 1B, and
.4-pcuuders. The fire WIS returned by the Cur
lew, and t1fsk engagement was kept up for hall
an hour, when the rebels were driven back, and
retired into the neighboring woode. Who was In
command es, the enemy ia not known.
The q. s. hospital boat Thomas arrived from
Red nj, cr, thla morning, with about 200 wounded
| IN tho engagement at Yellow Bayou, In charge OF
Dr.. Harr;4. By her We learn. that on Nond1y
night Init nineteen boats arrived at V1cksbufg.
with Gen. 4. J. Smiths division Of Banks' COM
napd.
On Wednesday last, the new steamer Nicholas
Loncworth vas fred into by rebel battery of sfx
guns, from the Arkansas ehore, at point near Co
lumt,a. The boat Was beyond range Of the guns,
and passed On without injury.
Thuzfday e7enlng the steamer -sallie List was
fired into ehott Distance above Columbia, probably
by the same battery, and her pilot badly wounded.
| The List is Eow lying at Helena without pilot
Among the wounded brought up by the Thomas IL
Col. LyEch Of the 18th Ill Regiment. who com,
rnanded Brigade II 1he fight on Yellow Dayou,
and acquitted himself galant1y up to the time he
| received hts wound.
c4mo, May s6.-on the 18th inst. Gen. Banks
headquarters we're at the mnnsion Of Mr. bimms,
from whom the landing on the Atchafalaya takes
| its name. Admiral Portcr's and Gen. Can5y i
| Headquarters were at the mouth Of Red siveI: The
resr guard. On the 18th lively artillery duel oc-
CURED, continuing for four boura. The eaemy's
loss WIS 80 Killed an1 wounded, over 800 prisoners
ard two pieces Of artlllcH. The Federal
| lcss-the Heaviest sustained On the march
rns one hundred aud tventy Killed and wounded.
Ty;crty transports were placed abreaat across the
riyeT, and bridge o: p1aks laid over the fore
castles oycr which tie artillery. wagons. horses,
| and mules were pasEed. HALF a dozen ~steauers
fcrr,ti the raen snd baggage oyer. The following
boats composed the bridge: Metropolis, BLACK
MadTson. yallic Kolinsou, J. i. Groesbeclz, Col.
T..Tfcs Golden Era, ;Millie Stephens, Adriatic,
Thoas I1tt, VIZ Ewns I'll Tire is,ad sad Tias
i iores engaged on The ;tSth IL e.tdmated b5
sons 81 5,ooo, Wit, twen'y.o9es Il, pleees s
ol artillery. Some ssy!t DID not g3eesd M ~. apd