...ered away, and no lives were lost. Several torpedoes were removed before the expedition returned to the mouth of the river. The object of both these expeditions was to prepare for the attack on Chickasaw Bluffs . On December 23d, Porter, who had now come down from Cairo, went up the Yazoo with the Benton, Tyler, and Lexington, three tin-clads, and two rams. By three days incessant labor, under musketry f...