, 1865-05-12
ALABAMA CoRREsFONDENCE.
Gen. steele,s Commond-ExpedItt
Up the A1abAmn RIvcr-IncidentS Of
The Irip-GseaS Toy of the Cofor<d
Pcople-8e1mA-The AF0lB4fees

Gen. steele,s Commnnd-ExPedi1o1
1he Trap-GseAS Toy Of the ColoFx'
Poop1e-seama-Tho AF0ls&fce.
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!. Correspondence Of the Cbtcasolrribune.J
!: sEL1A, Ala. April n, 1866
GEN. sTEE1E's FORCES.
The forces Of Maj. Gen. Steele embarked
on Ma:d transports at B!ake1y, Ala /, on'th'
soth Inst, crossed over to Mobile, and refltee
3of m expedition up :he Alabama river. Hif
ctmmand cepsists Of Gne Division OF white
troops under Gen. Andrews, one Division Of
co}osed troops under Brig. Gen. J. P. Hawk.
ms, and four batteries. The fleet Of fourteen
transports and three guuboats steamed up
me Mobile River on the morning Of the
I'd a few days previous the rebel boats OF
i Mobile Bay had asrendcd the same stream,
oeatfnE upon their decks the remnant Of Gen
hla1fys neelng army: Before reaching the
The rebels had taken their transports and
/ gunboats up to the. Tombigbee, leaving here
I u the mouth OF that river double turfeted
monitor. We took the right channel and
i vent up the Alabama. It soon became evi.
| oent that We were approaching country
l1ee from the ravages Of war, with large
| s!aEe population Jet unmo1ested upon the
far-ztre1chjng plantations.
| PLANTATIONS.
. 1t is these plantations which made Mobile
one OF the largest cotton markets In the
world, and enabled her to export to foreign
ports, for the year ending August 31st, 1859,
Inc following number of bales:
70 VT at Brltaln ,931
~ .433
To otter foreign ports. $3.50
lopl. ....-."........-...6l1 6l1,s83
And all Of this the product Of unrequited
coHTRABANDs.
At the outset, We met numbers Of fontra-
bands, On their wuy to Mobile they came In
tat-btats, IN canoes, in small row.
f;ssga fanghng sa that Meald ost
take his wife and family, and steal away By
night, and 80 VIC met hund eds making tneir
way TO our lines. Some had come In thfa
manner hundred and twenty miles. All
along. either bank the colored people vel
coined our appearance with demonstrations
betn told them 10 the contrary, they felt We
were their friends, and rushed to tie banks
to meet us. They exhibited their joY bv
swinging their hats, waving their hsuds-the
10 women ,s inelr bonnets-ahd not unfrequent1y
to the delight Of the colored Boldiefa, WHO re-
DSotlea Wnst et ,hs 1ne 1ark Gays OF sefyitudt.
+oS siGss h. ol Inc pian!anons are being cultiva-
mnJt,tnd n,a.easr Th ~ ABSENCE OF the
The slare ea fras ~ isavo aays r. nave passed.
furroT, and hail the flag, unseen for four
years, now proclalminR liberty to the cap
'1'e' or,cr prr,,a,,u,o.
Eo4eA "aAA47o14oS.
nat onGe. tnus laf. nave We been fired upon
~ sue1utas, Wonno1ng tWo and killing one.
ie ine pualsnnent r was swnt; IL occurred at q
9epot ol snppnes. near which was fine resi-
9enee, 9eiongng to the captain Of the party.
oencfal oIee4e landed Dis boat, took what sup
3wo9t, M ,nts,,,e ease s1e lauy =! s9e mansion
when me,nhsr ~ hia ~ ~ III St ~ he! noase,
sumjnr match rhicI, onveionIa ~ ~ ~ d. sun-
The General left his declaration that % 3 sImi.
lar punishment would follow similar otfense |
IN every instance;
~ thn sr aase e neen some Of me Incidents
evening. rs onr boat stnnned ss ~ woea .eiis gae
aging party was sent to un adjoining planta-
tlo4, 10 command Ct competent officers, a |
Enna @ u was statloned about the house to Sc
te t;nn III IN, lr'Sa.tnga inmates rom moiesta,
bride and r,oom had inst lad IL snch hssa
as to leave the sumptuous table untouched.
By remaining member Of the family the :.
t'BoYs m BLuE''
were invited to sit down to tue wcddinr
feast, which they did without regret at hav,
ing broken up Union meeting: Yourxsor-
hIajor Barnes Of the 4O:h Resimrnt int TFsNC
I. for portion Of the bridal cake.
Reliable contrabands report that tbe,r
masters manifested great joy over the assassI-
nation Of our honored and i. loved Prcsldent.
We hare Just heard from General Wilson. of
an a1mistfce for sixty days, which calses
much dissatisfaction throughout the com
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day. The dispatch boat leaves in a few mo.
nents and / must close. tNorc Of Selma IN
my next. C. n.
From Another CorresDondcnt
SUM. Aia.- Ami a7,h 1ees
Since 1Rst wrote we b. 70 1,a .s,,as1 -.
n'shes along mere with the enemy. and hare
70 far only lost five men. >,
On the 25th the Mustang was fred fnto
xnilc going to wood bile md me mnn LIN.
a Tha r & onnhoat r,t. ~ ..'''., e'..'
.,de md artsr tir1no ~ IN <ha.. %aa Soon along-
look to their heels an run.
One man was kicked overheard from the
It. Charles and drnvpcd Wv
y Atsn ~ ~ ~ DAu ~ n"a. +ha .a... a.,
o1sstaa r. ~ h. " n.,.aa .ns kae uay, "s were agan
bp mon1Se pa paFsy f. ashor when
5uns in play, again driving them of. The
troops at night went ashore and encamned
md owing 10 the foc tha next @ pt1 mo1nipe
a7th,) were DELAYED starting nntif c;1ff'
o'clock.
Tie fucebtp raraeeon, Gen. stccle,s vbt1e
10 eet up to the noint the neVt
lay, where Tho turtle-back cunbnat 1;incsn.
aati takes the Lead. they were flreii intn and
Lwo men killed, one private r. j. Lee. Of fhc
9Th Illinois, who was sitting in chair on on
he side OF the boat, and when shot dronnei
overheard. The Taila:chic vas soon M to
hem and blazed away ct the enemy for gome I
line, when the gunooat Elk again camc into
I, scattering them in all directions.
At noon the iron.clad gunboat Elk and |
A. Charles Ean N e,,ora ~
o1rod Nv 90 Ct.e,- - A ~ Saos q 1u1-