Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-05
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but failed ANONYMOUSLY Half an inch day IVES
too much Tor them.
On the 24th. Farrsgut's feet went down the
river, and j. now at New Orleans. He took on
boari Gen. Williams and his tour thousand men
and left them at Baton Rouge. On the same
day Davis's fio,illa left the position and came
up TO the mouth the IazOo river. where it now
remains. waiting for more invulnerables to come
down.
The Essex and the Sumter. victims Of the grand
policy which has directed movements. are below
Vicksburg. and can not get up. Fauagut left
three Of his gunboats 10 protect them with a
strong probability that the Arkansas will come
out some fine morning and gobble them all up
before breakfast
In the meantime the rebels were busy up the
river. Batteries had been planted AZ various
points. and the boats We're being fred into con
tinually. The Salie Wood, transport, which
left the fleet Sunday the 3lst with dispatches,
mail and passengers. was fired into at Island -,
Immediately above Greenville, and disabled.
Shots passed through her steampipe and ma
chinery, and she grounded on the Island.
The passengers and crew. some thirty in number,
got ashore aud rOamed about the Island until the
most of them we're captured. From Lieut.. j. II.
/ Wing, the only one who escaped, learn some
particulars. Lieut. James c. Bddle, of Phila-
delphia, sick, and there were others who were
almost helpless One party went up to the head
/ of the Island and were taken the next forenoon.
4 Those who were with Lieut. Wing took to the
woods, and concealed themselves until the next
/ day, when they discovered the Victoria going
/ down. They could not make themselves heard,
and she passed on. They returned 10 the weeds.
Lieut. Biddle was left behind at his own request,
being unable TO proceed further. and was captur-
/ ed. Lieut.. Wing left the party to explore, and
saw them no more, but met a negro the next day
who told him that they had got starved out and
/ given themselves up. He continued his efforts to
escape, and the next night waded to a tow head,
or small island near, where he remained till taken
/ off by the Carondelet, which passed. He was
out in all four days, almost without food, and
underwent the greatest privatOns, but his perse
veranee saved him. All the rest of them were
taken prisoners except the Pilot, who escaped in
a small boat. Lieut.. Tubs, of Jefferson county,
Wisconsin, is among the captured; also Mr..
! Fowler, OF Chicago, an army cOntractr The
rebels burned the boat The mails had been
thrown overheard before she surrendered, and
/ Herewith went much valuable newspaper CORES
/ pondence to the bottom OF the Mississippi
The Queen of the West was attacked ut the
same place on her way up, but she was well pro-
tected and managed to come Trough. She got
a large number OF cannon balls through her, one
of which made two pieces of the carpenter, who
was instantly killed. There were many narrow
escapes The passengers occupied themselves in
/ peppering their assailants with some old musket:
/ which on board, which probably did more
execution behind than before. The rebels have
planted batteries in three or four different places
and have most efectually blockaded the river, SC
far as ordinary steamboats, are concerned.
SHILOH.