, 1865-04-07

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribnnc.]
CAIRO, Apr,l &. 1866.
The steamers Olive Brsuch and Lady GAY, frou
Few Orleans, tho former on the 31st uit,, the Ia.
ter on the 1st inst, have passed up.
Tho New Orle,ns Tunes hes the following spe
c:als from Mobile Bay:
HEADQUARTERS 18th ARMY CoRrs, I
NEAR BLAkKLT, ALA, March, -, isG5,
On the evening VI the sith, pirty Of guerrilla
made dash on our wagon tram, which was stpcl
IN the mud below Fish River, md captured tel
mulce, the drivers and one ftraggler. Two were
killed. All the wagons and stores were brought
In yesterday.
advance came upon party OF rebel cavalry whe
were attempting to burn bridge across Bayou
aiinet at Sfo'ey's Mills, and fred upon them Kill:
1nG one and woundi1e ,ome eight Or ten others.
front Of the 18th corps attempted to :urp Use our
tkirmfshers, and fur short lime firing was pretty
br1:k. our loss vas four men wounded. The
1oads and approaches to the fort are filled .wlth
torpcdocs. We hare had one man wouuded and
three horses killed by those internal machInc,.
Wc arc now getting ready for The fight with forl
selves, md thi. viii dsiay rs BIT short dne. s4'D
Another cor5ssponoent, s padsr da.s Of Spanish
haye been since yesterday morning, popping away
oftt and our artillery within 800: We haro il Gu
eOWpuEtC4 I'LL k&lG AHlEE lulu 6lHtH, t0lOuG4 Scr.
extreme left to the rear, Brig. Gen. Veatch 8 d.
vision next and Bcnton's next All Of the 18Th
sof 70 ao hat hi hc on cbaa a t to aa h
10 escape is by water, and II our gunhosts
can get mp the torpedoes and approach within
come hair dozen Killed and twenty-five or thirty
onrded. Gen. Granger and staff cane near be-
ing blown TIP BY torpedoes, which had been PLACED
We rode over. We ali went over 1t, Gen. Granger
IN the advance, and twenty minutes after single
horseman was blown up tu the same road near
three horses have hesn killed in different places,
and ono man killed and two wounded.
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SO of With slight pressure on the tube OF printing,
Which y PLACED rapf uRpe1ncst Col Bsrt.as big
Is e. our force, was day Steele et y Pen5asoa
wlat day Granger left Gaines, where the different
divisions we're encauRed, how they were armed,
hoy many. and the ealibre Of our artillery in Diff
We hao Considerable diminishing on the n,rch.
Col. Vim. Il. Marshall, ofa Union regiment. ,7ss
TWO railroad Trims, loaded with supplies, at Pol
lard, also beeves, &c He has met little oppos1-
Gon, 60 far az heard rom.
Gen. Granger rode slone the lines in front Of
Cobb, Chief CommtsEary, and an orderly Carrying
corps aag. This daring act called ont showers
or 1u1let2, anu lne tInefl1 was EQot through the
iace, and is not expected to live.
From another source The NMes learns further
particulars, as follows: On Monday night our
men intrenehed thenselses behind cart6works.
On Tuesday siege guns went up from Fort Gaines
md IRE probably By this time In position and at
work. The rebel works are from two to three
miles long, Fort Span,ah being close by the Bay.
On the extreme rebel right. The other forts on
the line Ut works are Mcintosh and Bradley, In
ffont Of these works .re rlne pits and obaitis Of
felied trees interlaced With wire. Our sklrnish-
cre hive been up and fred within dfty yards OF
the WORKS. The gronnd occupied by our forces
consists Of rolling land, which serves to project
them IN great measure from rebel shelts, AT l4st
account. our losses had not exceeded 80 to 90
ply regularly between Mobile and Fort Spanish,
nnu reinforcement. ind guns have been arriving
by that route.
Over itU wounded soldiers arrived at New Or
leans from ftont OF Fort Spanish on the clst int
ou the steamer N. ". Thomas in charge OF Dr,
t, F. Huneston, Medical Inspector Of the 18th
army corps: Dr.. J A. Hagy aleo accompanied
gentlemen rendered the condition Of the nnior-
funatcs comparatively comfortable. Capt Smith
and other officers Of the Thomas placed efery-
thing, even their oWn mattresses, at the disposal
Of DT. Homshton for the benefit Of the wounded
There were among the wounded three oficers,
the remliudct rank and file Of the 18th army
corps The medical gentlemen deserve great
credit for their attention and care Of the suf-
fertps.
NEE ORLEANS, March 3ist, VIA CA1no, April
received 1nfornaton thata portion Of Gen. Can
| by'e army is within i've miles Of Mobile, Siege
| guns are In position and she'll could be thrown
10 the suburbs OF the city. The attack on Fota
| Bradley, tho maIn defrase' of Mobile, Frank