The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-28

River and reduce the defenses which guarded
the approaches to New Orleans
The schooner Olive Branch was captured by
the U. s. bark Ethan Allen of Egmont Cav.
Fla.
Jan. 2l-The U. 8. S. Seneca. Lieut.. Daniel
Ammeu, proceeded up the North Edislo River.
s. C.. TO White Point on a reconnaissance. and
shelled body of about 100 Confederate cavalry
at the latter point
Jan. 22.-BFig. Gen. Henry A. Wise. Pro-
visonal Army Confederate States. was directed
to assume command of the troors at Roanoks
Island, y. c.
Col P. F. Stevens in command OF detach-
ment OF the Holeombc Legion, consisting of
10 infantry and 50 cavalry, went on an exps-
dition to Edisto Island. 5. G. The result of the
expedition was the capture Of about so negroes,
some horses aud mules. Between 300 and 100
bushels of corn and some cotton was DESTROYED.
The expedition returned OF the 18th.
A detachment Of the 81 No Cav. Union.
lost ono man killed in a skirmish at Knobnos,
ter No.
Lieut.-Col. Clark Wright. with his command.
Fremonts cavalry battalion, took formal pos
session Of Lebanon. No.
Jan. 23.-Flag Officer I. M Goldsborough
reports IL OF his gunboats con voying the Burn
side expedition. as inside Pamiico Sound, n
T., having been engaged since Jan. - in get
ting over the bulkhead at Hatteras Inlet
The Confederate steamer Calhoun. loaded
with a large quantity of powder. coffee cbeni-
Gals, etc, waS~Sctured By the T. s. schooner
Samuel Rotan, tender to the U. 5. S. Colorado.
in East Bay, near the mouth of the Mississippi
River. The officers and crew Of the Calhoun
escaped ashore.
Jan. 24-Gen. Garfield sent out two detach.
ments, one of 80 infantry. to the headwaters
OF the Little Sandy, where it dispersed two
companies Of rebels engaged in plundering;
the other ITO cavalry, proceeded to the head
OF Johns Creek and thence to Piketon, XIV.
Both expeditions terminated successfully. Ten
prisoners were taken, with a number of horses.
Jan. 23.-The Confederate schooner J. J. Me-
Neil was captured off Matagorda Island. Tex,
by the U. s. bark Arthur.
Jan. 23-26.-The second feet of Is vessels
filled with stone was sunk off Charleston, s c.,
across the channel north of Rattlesnake Shoal
by the U.S.S. POcahOntas and Penguin, under
the direction of Condr e. G. PARROT, USN,
senior officer present.
Jan. 26-Geu. G. t. Beauregard ordered from
duty in the Department of Northern Virginia
and directed to proceed to Columbus, XIV, He
was relieved on the Both
The Confederate sloop Mary Navis was cap
tured near the mouth of Manatee River Fla,
by boats from the Z. S. barks Ethan Allen and
Kingfsher.
A joint land and naval expedition. under the
command of Brig Gen. II. G. Wright and Capt.
Charles II. Davis, consisting of the 4th Y. H.,
9th Conn, and 9th Pa. and the t. s. gun
boats Ottawa, Senica, the Isaac II. Smith the
Portomska. the Ellen. the Western World, and
two armed launches with their crews from the
Wabash, made reconnaissance to Wilmington
NarroWs, Ga. The gunboats on the 18th ex-
changed shots with FIVE Confederate gunboats.
under command of Flag Officer TatnaII, C. S.
navy.
Jan. 27.-Brig.- Gen. Jones ~ Withers c. 8.
army, assigned to the command of the Army of
Mobile.
Brighten. Samuel Jones, c. s. army, assigned
to the command of the Army Of Pensacola =,
Jan. 28.-Cspt John Fl. Morgan. C. s. A.,
with nine men of his cavalry command and a
guide, made a scout from Camp Ash to the
vicinity of Greensburg and Lebanon, KY. He
was pursued from Lebanon by detachment Of
the 1st Ohio Cav. under Lieut.-Col. T. G. III.
Smith, but succeeded in reaching Glasgow in
safety on the I'd of February.
The Confederate schooner Maj Barbour,
loaded with powder, inter. sulphur, percussion
caps, etc, was captured By the U. S. s. De Soto
near Raccoon Point, La
Jan. 29.-The schooner Stephen Hart loaded
with arms, was captured in the Florida Chan
mel by the U. s. s. Supply.
Detachments of the 1st \. J. Cav. and 37th
NY. engaged in skirmish at Lees House, on
the Occoquan. Va. Union loss one killed and
two wounded.
Capt. VIM. s. Oliver, 7th Mo. Inf, in COM
mand of detached battalion of that regiment,
went on an expedition to the vicinity of Blue
Springs. Mo-, in search of Quantrii d his
men. He reports that he killed 4. of
them and succeeded in dispensing the gang.
He lost one man killed and two wounded He
returned to camp on the Sd of February.
Jan. 30.-Four Confederate steamers ran
down the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi
River and exchanged shots with the u. s. s.
Colorado.
The U s. ironclad Monitor. built by John
Ericsson, was launched at New York.
The Spanish bark ZereSita was captured off
Yucatan Bank by the U. s. bark Kingf5her.