New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03

NOT wonder some of the OH 'er- ieit uneasy auu VET"
anxious % wall FOR at least one or TWO 0i INC ha'
i nal We sels.
One of the engineers mutinied declaring he would
90 no further. Col Ellet at once arrested the en-
gipeer who sOou became repentant, apoloe Len LOT
6is characterization aud returned promptly 10 Ills
duties. nj, ,.b;,A
We left two boats the Lioness and Mingol behind
TO guard the coalbarges at Island No. lO3, ana not
knowing what batteries might be along shore, we
urooeeded cautiously, the Fulton in advance, rs sue
was Of the IigItest draughs, and could re most
e.,ilv managed and the Monarch and the Lancaster
following, about half a mile apart.
INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE PROM ViCks-
m-RG.
The Fulton ran around all i-iand and hnding
man pulng skif down stream stopP,a mn snn
took him on board. Col. hne, 9ue..iphes e. ,ne
closely when the stranger 'aiu We WIS ~
[ Mon aud had lust been carrying Two he"e'
de.efters-a CAPTAIN ana Lieulenant-ifom 'Ichs-
bDrg 70 place of safety He was a Germanw'aa'
was evidence of HE loyalty-and resided IN NicA'
burg. There were two batteries tnoic' que ~
and one below tie Un both mounting zen guns
Commodore Farragut was three or louF mn, w.
low VA,ksbnrq and had not begun the a''ac@, ou'
would probably do 20 on Friday the %'ih Inst
THE REBEL GUNBoAT ARKANSAS AGROUND.
The Rebel Cunboat Arkansas about when so
mucb had been said WIS up the fazno, last an"
hard aground and could not be gotten on, thougn me
enemy had made tremendous Efforts 10 gel nei anon;
Wherever we stopped alonS the Mh-l-slpP' a.u
gunboats, he Arkansas was dr'itreo py
the Sonhernera superior to anything we hhd on t'o
yater. and il was stated she could sweep our en'ie
aotilla from the Mississippi without be leas' INJURY
"a h.rselc She was shOt-VrDOf, b0nh-fioo', i""-
moot and proof against everything else deieierlous
naval architecture according TO the stories toid uS
bv the biased Secessioniss, III when anu III "hoh'
however, we lacked no small degree Oh 4a''n'
OTHER Reel VESSELS Up THE woo.
There we're one or two more Rebel gunboats NJ
tho Woo and a number OF steamboats,, prob bly,
fifteen o. t@erty; but there was Iittle prooan,ly
If our capturing them, the river wac iahl,s
nro.tv fast and orr gunboa would hardly be aole
10 oct up, unless they made the auebip' ~ once;
The German did not know II there were any heoe'
batteries M the YazOO River, but honght II strange
# tbero were not. as the enemy would naturally
make sorle effort /, defend 10 arSe an amount u
property as he had collected up there.
SECESSION FORCES IN AND MAR VChsBCiG.
The German further Informed rs there were TWO
regiments of Rebel soldiers IN Nicksbu'g, ana
many more were near the city. Dote'u'n. l''b INC
Secession forces were numerous, Deesuse Tue ,'0'u'
received no pay had poor fare, ana Were III 'iau'
and moreover believed he South haa no .",.'er
prosoe,t Of Success in the struggle that mlghl "s
well surrender now because il would be compelled
TO 40 20 in the end, and upon worse terms tlan
might be Obtain ed at present.
. p,RTy TO COMMUNICATE WITH ttRRAG, 7.
The German ii ally volunteered TO guide party
of men 90 Commodore flrrsgnt over lani, NJ me-
fleet lay bnt few miles ii TAM by mat direction
Meanwhile the raus, about o'clock N he sifer-
noon had descended TO point within Tour me- OF
Vicksbury by river, and abolt two by Hand. We
c,nld zee the town plsnly and perceive the sentinel
pacing on the fortliiyaliODs, though we could not
Judge of their strength.
About 3 o'c,cS, party consisting OF Charles
Fllet Medical Cadet, spn of the ln'e Col. ,hlrles
Elicit Iienr f. W Btrtlr,t private I'D ward Eliet,
son Of Iirut.-Col. Elleil, aud private WIN. Warren,
all Of the j9th Illinois, started IN citzens 'i".hrs,
under enhance OF the German, 10 communicate WIN
Comm0lor. Farragu,, the distance oyer railway
me Shreveport aud Texas and across n swamp
being but two nhier.
l. was agreed upon that the qnartette, who we're
armed with Co ia revolver, should return AZ
,u IN following morning with he best wishes OF
~ officers and crew OF the MOnarc the Fulton fnd
lancaster having been left ID guard ihe mouth OF the
Yazoo-the four men set ont upo1 their uncertain
and periloua eXleditioni hall doaDs oh' compulsory
houin4 their gui re- ws5 true.
INFisINEss ON THE MONARCH.
Wednesday, Juae 25.--Iho morning came aud the
9npoirt.d hour aud the party 80 anNIln-lf i'Ok'd
for were ,ot --en. We had Observed different per-
SONS on shore, and had communicated with several
If them, without learning anything Oh interest
The officers 0f The Monarch ran mp 10 J. aud No.
lO3 and returned looking very . --ly over ~ the
Io1i.i.aa shore with their glare bu; could des'ry
nothing OF the missing party. Ihcy found t"o men
Al last in q skli, aid 'lunsoy thrlr III nus hiBhl
base been ap,urei and iHarn to Fic'sbl Igi they
sent one of the pair 70 the Guy TO ieafh ana sp hs
c,iuuanion 10 hostage for biz fdc ity and return.
Afrer various incidents II intcns, witch traos-
,,ir.d on the Monarch but which have no spac, 20
',.iatc the reugcr RETURNED from Webbing
with he Intelligence that no lcnon ~ perons, 30
lar ~ he could learn had b,cu ar.sica 10, or taken
10, the town.
Col. En-, anl HE men BEGAN 70 be seriously
alarmed The four young men INST have been be-
riy,yed by the Germsu. or killed by The enemy.
Otherwise they would have returned ~ the hour
named. .. ON fell upon thc 4, CAMP. u Ter al
Dr.. tr, uble su,d risk we were uol e. nave an ol-
lostrrhtv g. Communicate with Commodore Ifrrl
M. II was q. provoking go IL was rnloruuate.
oar ..ar t1l seemed to sinc 30 steadily along aud
above me Mi.rlssI 1p, Was not after all in the
RETGRN OF TIE Ms>iNC Patty.
Sorrow pseceder pie sure. ine eradication to
come il vailed in the shadow Of dr1ppoina ~.
IT, the afternoon we saw n large number Of men
coming iowa O the Mons ch wi,l q white G-s. We
could not make them ONT ~ fret bat soon perceived
they were our party III company with lnrgr guard
oi sOdie D.. They were so)n or the h"Eslr aud
received with Joy. Iney md Ind reyeral narrOw
escapes from the enemy, ont Ind arrived "a lisi 1T
the polnt Of which faragut Il c' w.a lying and
h By ii ls induced sOlnc 81 tho Union officers 10
,eud Il boa 10 tnem.
The patty told tlis story but il seemed 20 improb-
able it was not credifoG. Moreover. 10 ore had
any knowledge If Col hiicts handwriting, and
hls message might be u forgery. NJ nodorc FaTri-
(. did not happen 20 be Cn the fleet, aud u was
deemed proper to retain the Patty OF iOur on board
until lis rcturl but u keep them separate that hey
mig NOT communicate with each other.
After ii lew hOurs the Commodore returned to his
yessrl, und hearing their story, felt as-urcd jhey
were telling the tru h. lie COMMUNICATED thcm
highly upon their cooluesf and requested thea to
convey biz compliments 20 Lcat.-Cc. Elle, and
10 a.eure him that the ga1nry aud bollners be and
his men displayed were worthy Of the greatest ac-
uliratiOn.
The Commodore, strange 10 say, had not heard Of
the tall Il Memphis Various rumors hal reached