NEW YORK, March 30.
The Gunboat Huntsville arrived this evening from Key West, 25th.
Heavy firing had been heard at the head of the Mississippi passes., where some of our vessels had gone.
An attack on New Orleans was momentarily expected.
An expedition against Apalachicola is contemplated. There is considerable cotton there. The place is defended by 13 guns and 3,000 rebels.
There is no truth to the reported capture of Yancey. He engaged passage on the schooner Mallory, but afterwards changed to schooner Break-o’-day.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 1, 1862, p. 1
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