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as been received from Flag Officer Foots: United States Flag Steamer Benton,Off Island No. 10, April 2. Hon Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy: Last night and armed boat expedition was fitted out from the squadron and the land forces at this point, under the command of Col. Roberts, of the 4th Illinois regiment. The five boats comprising the expedition were in charge of First Master J. V. Johnson, of the St. Louis, assisted by Fourth Master G. P. Loro, of the Benton, Fourth Master Pierce, of the Cincinnati, Fourth Master Morgan, of the Pitsburg, and Master's Mate Scarville, of the Mound City, each with a boat's crew of ten men from their respective vessels, carrying in all one hundred men, exclusive of officers, under the command of Col. Roberts. At midnight the boats reached the upper, or No. 10 fort, and padding correctly on its face, carried, receiving only the harmless fire of two sentinels, who ran on discharging their muskets, while the rebel troops in the