Show ATTACK ON pont PORT HUDSON it has lias been rily male made ad ta iff appear that an atta attack was adade m ade aae on port vort hulson hudson on the march by the afie federal geet fleet under of admiral F abra Akra arra gut gutt which was not productive of any very favorable results to the federal ards arms from the announce merai men ts s which were previously previous sly siy made the thet public were led to believe that thai a bombin d effort would woula be made by the land kanj and naval force which had for a long time been makal making preparations pa para rations tiona tlona for the reduction of that stron stronghold hoid hold of the thie enemy but bat if a simu tannous attack attai k was made by any portion of gen banks command it has not been made to the world alt ait although lough it is evident from report thai that a large force was near at band hand the first first announcement of the attack was made by the confederate press and th the e news was received at fortress monroe from richmond in aya two or three days after the occurrence the sou hern version of the affair se set bet t forth that tiie tile the bombardment nt was commenced before daylight on the morning of or the a sperate ena engagement gemant gement ensued result na ng favorably t to 0 the co confederates federates Jede rates wl 0 lurn burn edthe sloop of war nils dils mississippi Afis siss sisi i api badly crippled several sevi eral other vessels and compelled the balance balanc e to retire down the riv river er with the 1 ex exception cepon of one oae which succeeded in ge ting ling past the batteries and went up towards vicksburg b the tae report thus bialle was no universo al 31 y believed as it was alleged thabit needed confirmation the lext dext intelligence 0 received I 1 b by y way of new bojeans 0 leans confirmed the report of the attack and of the destruction of the miss mississippi ss 1 ippi which chichas chas as alleged rad ran ran a aronha aground ronca and was abandoned and burned by the admirada Adm irala or orders tiers but rep ref represented relented that ear Far effected a passee passage pas sage Bage with his whole fleet the mississippi p excepted through the shower of iron hai hail sent forth with awful fury from the conrader confederate batteria s the admiral leading with hig big flag saip the be frigate 11 that report it appears obtained crp credence dence in washington washinton ton and caused great re rejoicing joicin g A confirma confirmation of the glad aidin tidings s sogn soon followed which greater intensity to the general genera hilarity the rc joicin ho however wever continued but bat a short kimt urns and subsided on the receipt of the following from fleet captain pennock dated daled cairo march barcli z 1 I 1 I 1 we bave haye have j at st received tha iba fol lowIg following oom com munt muni canon cahon arora client commander breese dated 11 march ro 1 0 fl the tile hart ord ford is below betow warrenton admiral Farr farra farragut agus agua u V 3 S secretary ecret ary came on an board this morning evroule for A mirat miral porter it wil take him at least leaa a week io to and get back ile he says the hartford passed tte forta forts at Hird hudson hudgon son but the others wire were repulsed one was seen in flames chica was said sald it be the mississippi I 1 A confederate ate report from port part hudson dated on the 2 alst received by way af of richmond states that the federal Fei foi eral fleet was then lying below out of range and alid hai had made no further demonstration demonstrations with the exception of firing a few shots long range guns gus atthe at the confederate transports A arg dispatch of the same date an announced that the hart Harti hartford ord lord ani aril the gunboat gun boat boit monongahela passed warrenton an that tha evening after a h avy aej cannonading canno aul ani is mere ere below the city cily at swedes Sw edes edea pint there has no tio report gained publicity as yet so far as known ar to the amount of damage t y the inthe in the bom bombardment ar dment but it must mush n e as arlly have hae been considerable the ca casualties suai sual dies eles resulting to tha tho naval corces engaged llave trave not be ben n stated the confederates claim to have bave taken about forty of the crew of the vessel whim was de stroye destroys 1 many mandof of whom ditre w re oud wounded oun ded but they have been sil bli silent ut re alive to thel their own casualties it is but reasonable to sp poss thit thief if none hadd llad hlad oc bocc erred that that fact fould would have been anuta announced priced ettlie individual ual who lost a bullet mould in the street on saturday last obtain information that will lead fead to its r cove ry by inquiring at this of office ri c 0 ehat enat note which was lost has alo alto aio been left with lui cpr cpr the owner 1 1 fAYOU MATION WANTED by sorina corbia reals manti fremont county iowa of the where i I 1 of her mother molher el lizabeth DI atthews matthews J i wife of vf anson anstin f matthews also of her bister sister emalice roberts |