IMPORTANT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI: Admiral Farragut Below Warrenton with the Hartford; THE NEW PASSAGE INTO THE YAZOO (3/26/1863)

I have just received the following communication from Lieutenant Commander K.R. BREESE, dated Black Hawk, March 20:

The Hartford is below Warrenton. Admiral FARRAGUT's secretary came on board this morning, en route to Admiral PORTER. It will take him a week, at least, to communicate and get back.

He says that the Hartford passed the fort, but that the others were repulsed, and one was seen in flames. It is believed that the Mississippi was the ship destroyed. A.M. PENNOCK,

I have just received a communication from Lieutenant-Commander BREESE, dated Black Hawk, March 19.

The Admiral has got through Steel's and Black Bayou with five iron-clads and the Price, and is into Deer Creek, making all haste for Yazoo. Doubtless he is there now.

The Commercial's special from Greenwood, says the Chilicothe, in the last engagement, was temporarily disabled by shot battering the slides to her port holes so they could not be moved.

Battery Wilson has been dismounted, and the guns returned to the gunboat. The DeKalb and our forces are now acting on the defensive.

Fort Pemberton is being strengthened by the rebels, but is nearly under water, and the widening of the breach in the levee at the head of Yazoo Pass, it is thought, will drown them out completely. That work is being done by troops from Helena.

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Important from the Mississippi: Admiral Farragut Below Warrenton with the Hartford – 2
Our Vicksburgh Correspondence: The New Passage Into the Yazoo Above Haines’ Bluff – 2
The Very Latest: Admiral Farragut’s Whole Fleet Above Port Hudson – 2
The War in Tennessee: Bold Movements of the Rebel Cavalry Near Nashville – 3
From the Far West: Important Events in the Ninth Military District – 3-4
News from Washington: Where the First Draft is to be Made – 4-5
The Invasion of Kentucky: The Rebel Force at Danville Supposed to be Longstreet’s Division – 5
The Affair at Chantilly, Va.: A Flying Cavalry Skirmish – 5
Editorial: The Mississippi – Vicksburgh and Port Hudson – 5-6
Editorial: The Conscript Law and the Poor Men – 6
Editorial: Rebel Invasion of Kentucky – 6-7
A Hopeful Sign – 7
From the Army of the Potomac: Visit of Gov. Curtin to Pennsylvania – 7
The Conscription Law – 7
Another Prize Captured – 7
From Cincinnati: Honors to Gen Burnside in Cincinnati – 7
From Bermuda: The Blockade Runner Merrimac – 7
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin – 7
The Polish Questions – 7
The State Canals – 7

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