Show WAR var ITEMS there was wai ac according cordei to southern rap oils a fleet of oven over ovel one on bundre I 1 dand twenty vessels I 1 of a all ali ll kinds kinas at port royal the last oe of febra t mobel ary many of them iron ot of the most moat formidable character it was generally un uni 1 dera tood tool that all the ericcson batteries were j either there and in aba vicinity or on their wit way thither indicating that some aggressive a gres gris sive movement was soon to te inaugurated edbur elbut bilt blit where the tha blow would be struck was not known kedwn various leports reports have sincee bern been in circulation concern irig an attack on fort by several iron on the 34 of march some of which represent that the attack was successful and others that it wab was nol not the latest information deemed reliable was obtained from an am engineer engine ex who WAD was wab V s on one of the boats in the engage engagement rent nent rr represents that the bombardment lasted twenty kours hours ours nut but th the e boats oa ts co could uld not get n near egr ear enough to the fort vort to silence its batteries from the pubis bed statements relative to the running ru of th the blockade vi wi hin bin the last two months it is evident that greaber grea er efforts hare been made than before to supply the do confederates federates with arms ammunition cloth g aid am Totter other things of which they havi havia been in w want Q and d that the running in and out ort orl of atar ports forts by english vessels has been of frequent occurrence mccurr ence notwithstanding the vigilance I 1 of the blockaders block aders which havee have camtu captured red ved many valuable prizes but have not been able abl ea tp to convince those engaged in su supplying yink the sae age speeders eders with merchandize merchandise dize and munitions of i war in exchange for cotton that if it wab was ain an unprofitable business te destruction of the nashville NasI mille is again reported she is represented to have got rot ground while attempting to run the blo bio blockade kade of the tiie avannah savannah river near fort ballister ip which condition she was attacked and t blawn up by the montauk which after attar hayr hav ipg anniti baled that celebrated confederate craf crafter on returning her hen former position posit lan lon ran ofir over a torp do which exploded and hoisted the ironclad iron clad two feet out of the matr but did jt injure her further than to disarrange some gome other of her machinery kingi Aa unusual number of suspicious too loo looking fasi rasi fast sa bal bai 1 in ing q steamers are reported to hup have made nade their appearance at nassau N P i recently antly it was confidently believed that tb they ey w e for fox the thee confederate naval bera A bervic a liy y Cou confederate federate papers rumors have hare beell been put rut fa in circulation that gen banks mo movements unmistakably indicate immediate imme dimmed date ate active i ns the but latest NW orleans advises advices made no men mention of any bi intended tended advance towards por pott hudon hulon there were thirty thousand men at new anew orleans and large detachments detach mants of troops at 0 other ther eoin eoln boinis i lis sis A large feet fest ot of mortar martar and gun boats wilh with other ve Ws of var had assembled at adt baton on rouge gen granger in 1 I ad ze the negro regiments gen banks issued peremptory arturs for the squeamish general to jakeno make llo jao distinction ils jis between sold bold soldiers imi of european en adriaan ad nican bican Ican rican descent gle Lle scent I 1 at and vicinity eve ix thina 0 1 progressing favorably at latest dales date s the canals it believed would be e a success although there had been some interruptions and hindrances caused by confederate shells the caving in of some of the works and other unavoidable occurrence occurrences a many bayous and passes bad been mada madR navigable for gun boats of the largest size several had bad fund their way into the yazoo river above haynes bluffs where a large largi number of transports 0 had bad been found and destroy destroyed 64 and one report that yazoo city had been taken which was not generally believed the possession of the yazoo above the fortifications at hones bluffs it was belle beile believed ve d would enable gen an grantly grant to attack Vicks vicksburg barg in the rear and compel pompel the confederate lo 10 evacuate grenada and tall fall fallback back hack to chattanooga the capture of vicksburg ras vas was confidently expected at an early day at all events before the first pf af april bythe by the opening of canals and ani tb the the livers along the I 1 mississippi sissi ap pp above vicksburg by both Fedr fede federals rais raib and confederates the whole colo coio country for hundreds of miles bad baa been submerged the high water in the river favoring their operations the ibe camping ground ot of the be division of gen me alc Cl ernand had been overflowed and he be had been compelled to remove bib SIs command to bei d sixteen miles above abere vicksburg a the condition of the troops under gen grant la is represented as most favorable gen rosecrans has not so far as reported ade nade any forward movement A great flood lad had occurred in id that region and large tracts ol 01 C country coultry un try were entirely submerged fuhl funi inhibiting biting lutary operations on any very extended I 1 scale ecale braggs forces accord dg ng to rumor have bt bien en largely increased in numbers by troops from the east and ond when circumstances nay may favor some boody bloody battles are i i d not far from the pres present ent location of the nain inbody body of the federal troops i the army of the potomac had its head quarters still at falmouth a few days since A forward movement however would soon tale place should rio tio nothing abing prevent everything was nas v favorable |