Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-14
Further From Mobile.

A correspondent of. the New Orleans
True Delta, writing from near Mobile,
under date of the LIST inst, says: 79a7
We have now the Spanish Fort thor
oughly invested, but the taking of it will
give our forces some trouble and delay.
1t is the key of the enemy position and
they will strenuously defend it We have
been here six days and the place is
stronger than when we first came, the
rebels working constantly upon their
Notifications; in fact, both sides are busy
| as beavers -"i VIZ fi'A1''''J'1
The torpedoes have proved very de-
structive, and they ihfest every road and
stream. At one bridge, which our whole
army crossed, they have dragged up q
/ dozen, and new ones seem to appear
daily aa -'i'4s y ~
+ Captain Stearns, and his company of
the Vermont 7th, were captured by the
enemy last night The picket line had
been withdrawn, leaving him out, when
under cover of heavy FIRE the rebels
made sortie, with the above result.
l suppose about four hundred killed
and wounded will cover our corps losses.
/ have visited all ssthe division. hospitals
and think this fair estimate. The
Sanitary Com mission agents yesterday
received several wagon loads of soncen-
strated beef, milk, etc, together with
under clothing and other things of which
the men stood greatly in need It was
thankfully received, but was hardly q
traction of what was needed, and which
is daily expected. to arrive from the
same source. Truly tie Sanitary Com
mission is 8 great institutions lstis
| Yesterday the Indiana artilleristsl had
the satisfaction of knocking one of tlLe
rebel guns high up in the air, aud en-.
dering it useless st least for some time
The fire at times is very heavy, and
keeps up all night, and 1T is verv dan
gerous to move about in sight Of the
fort The enemy's shells pash clear
over our lines occasionally - adI
Gen. Steele's forces are lust above. al
Blakely, and are in a bad fix. They
have been without rations fc1two DAYS
and all our wagons are, being pressed
into service to convey Provisions foV
them. They are, in their present posi-
ton, a great help to operations agains
Mobile. l+- -
Another correspondent, writing OF
the I'd, says: @7~
The rebels have no idea Of giving Ut
| Spanish Fort without a struggle. Thil
is our third day in front Of the works
We drove them inside the breastworki
the first day, and our skirmish line i.
now within musket-shot of the fort, the
main line being engaged in throwing NJ
breastworks and putting guns in posi-
tion- We shall open on them to-day
with heavy guns, having heretofore used
only light artillery, which is of no use
! The casualties on our side average Z;
per day wounded, fifty per cent being
mortal
we are mounting our heavy guns
rapidly, and shall soon astonish til,
Johnnies They have no knowledge o
our movements or position, our mel
working under cover in the bushes
: =" Upon the whole, | am satisfied tina
: Mobile is pretty safe for the present, ant
unless We cut their communications
they can hold out against US an inde6
: mite length of time. learn Gen. Canb,
feels confident Of success, and is quit
sure that he already has the game bag
ged" ts r."
' By the annexed extract from a priyat,
: letter, written by an officer with Genera
' Canby's army, it will be seen that til,
r communications referred to above, ar,
: undoubtedly cut by Gen Steele. TIL
b letter is dated ID April: zg-.7 z.ze
| l have just returned from Sunda
: morning visit to Gen. Canby's headquar
t ters, where ] heard some gratifyinj
D news, 1t is expected that Gen. Steel
r will join rs to-day from the North--fron
8 Blakely 14andiug-tEus shutting in Mo
bile ~ s 81