The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-09
NAVAL OPERATIONS en- The MISSISSIPPI.
Official Report 81 Captain Craven q
Flag Officer Farragus, &c.


Official Report 81 Captain Craven TO
Flag Officer Farragut, &c.
The Navy Department has received dispatches dated
United states steam sloop Brooklyn, or ycksburg Juno
% The following is from Captain Craven to Commodore
Farrasrt:-
sn- n obedience to your orders OF tho 18th LEFT
r u u -, on my why up tho river at 2. NJ Of
tf' d. ~ hc t4th, vt nine = NJ. sent ths marine
~ II asd srty OF seamcn, IN all about hundred
inca, under sl- Il Lieutenant Lowry, at Bayou sara
Tor the purpose destroying tho telegraph apparatus
aud cstting tho wires, aid with orders inform the an
thcies Of that town that we were on the river for tho
purpose ul enforcing tho laws Of country
and projecting It's lcs citisers ana at thc time 10
them fany hostile demonstrations made upon
vessels or transports they passed in OF their
town by the thieves end murderers, yc'spt icrlasp
the town would he hold responsible Tor II, aud least DO
laid under contribution II not dealt with more severely
About eleven in tho morning Lieutenant lowry 70
turned with his party to the ship having thoroughly
conplshed his work excepting securing tho telegraph
apparatus, which had been removed but few minutes
before he landed About half mile Of tho ", was cut
and brought aboard and Tho vitrol and batteries DO
strpyod Tho people ashore scem,d 10 he peaceaby dis
POSED quite civil and ms1o cisrcspecs.ul de-
mansirations Tho Mayor chief magistrate inform. ed
lieutenant Icwr, that bit two or three days preyors
to arrival the town had been visited by bands
Of guerllas; thls they had committed many ont.
RACES n'ainRt iaw and order, and hs had
but no was rescued by his men and borao Of Ia the
wo9ds. He represented these guares rs lawless at
OF whom tho inhaoitanis Of the country a,d snail
had greater dreadof than ;no visits OF our
navy even our army ana no houed would not hold
him responsible Tor the acts Ok cuf'hroat band. Before
leaving shore Lowry, with the fa ~ Union az tho
head % his yary aud to tho tus Of "Iankce Doodle
inarcb)d through several OF the pal streets.
We PASSED NatcheZ a. abOat iF fsst ten OF the
nG OF the 10th. ON the morning OF tho 1.h Richmond
lned and Al about hilpast nine OF that morning
We passed Rodney. We arrived at present anchorage
M 18th, at haf.past ecves In the morning.
No where on our route were We mOested, and saw
chang In the aspect ~ things since trip except
ing az Grand Gulf The town there riddcd by shot
and thon destroyed BY fee On small Hill just tho
right OF the small esrtbwork. which had boen
only receatIy thrown up and capable OF receiving
three or rsnsll hed pieces It, well the towl
was satrely deserted.
On the goth inst, Commander Porter arrived hero with
ten or his mortar boats, yesterday the Miami arrived
with another thls afternoon four others ow.d
UP. Commander Porter informed mo that his nct'!a
fred upon at Ellis Cfs and that II is tho enton
Of the rebels mount troublesome battery at that
place. also Quitman's Landing as he learned at farm
mouse coming up. Tho boats which arrived this
ing ared a. from Ellis Ciitfs and on the Empire
Parish One hit two or three times ono shot tenn
porarily disabling or her boilers Yesterday
lag son the Oneida and Wncns 10 look after these
places Tomorrow shall sond the Katshdn 10 convoy
tho two boats ~ far Baton Rouge until she meets
you.
Here At vcksburg The rebels arpeas 10 be quite busy
In extending md certifying their works; and il IL said
they have se' Ven thousand troops quartersd 10 asd
absps TIE tova,