New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-02
The Queen and her crew deserve TO live in song
and story; for tney have done much more than many
who nave been book ed for Immortality.

! MississIppr FLorIL. or vicgssrRe,l
1hur.day Afternoon, Jolly %. 1852. 5
The mails have become very rrel nlar; my letters
OF Monday and Tde.dry still isrrying here for
yes0,s thai will appear anon No boat has left for
H. North sIncs last Friday, and the ram, Queen OF
the West, will lie The first TO depart tomorrow
afternoon, goiog up for repairs and carrying the
NAIL which may or may not reach It's destination
THE PERus OF MISSISSIPPI NAVIGATION.
The firing upon the Wilson have already men,
toned, and il reems this has now become = regular
custom; for every boat that arrives or departs IL
COMPELLED TO run the gauntlet OF the enemy, VINO
has underworld 10 cut us oil from Memphis by es'ao
hshng lOckade above.
/ Tie nofia has gown 10 be very unremuneFa-
/ tive plce for correspondents, siace the departure
ana recent of leters have bec0ue matters OF the
greatest uncertainty. Indeed, the probability u
Jurisprudence Roaming the office Of publication Is
lar efs than the PROBABILITY q IT. lnIerceI non on
tie Mississippi as TIA b,.uks now lined ~ith keo-
is VINO determined 20 dlspute the passage Oi tuo
/ river with very Union yessel.
ANOTHER UNION TRANSPORT FREE INTO.
The Victoria reached here from Memphis day be-
fore Yesterday, after having very difficult task to
/ yet thrO gb. She was G'ed at again and agaln on
tie downward "trip, and though frequently struck,
no one wac hnTt. Above aud below GeeuviiIe,
Miss. 100 miles hence artillery was emo oVed Oh
the transport. l2pounder ball passing through Der
cabin, aud sh.lIs exploding on her bow ana under
/ her bollers fortunately without iniurug them.
The pil eus fired upon win Mimic llties fourteen
times, the balls wbizzing about his mead IN quite
uDplensiIt II, IT,. One Of them posed through the
pilot house and struck him Oh the cheek; but being
peul only abraded the shin.
/ Tue Victoria aud DE 500 are sill here, ind VIII
not return until they have an escort ss the ryer Is
no longer saie.
lee IL considerable doubt about the Queens
ye,tiug through; but as she carries two or i1ree
guns il hop ste will be able TO harm the Rebels
qulir us muCl as thy harm her. shall tend my
present seri,s OF letters by the RAM knowing tins
viii Je tue sole opportunity Of transmitting them Tor
come days.
ANIMATED TRAVELLING.
Navigation Oh the lower Mississippi is not the |
tame ,ling it Las teen OF recent years; but more us
Il was decade snce waeu Faces, eXq iosio 4, large
games OF poker and bowie-klile afiays were COM
mon affairs. The dangers Of The iiver were theh
such tlat Inc LoadOn Punch and Pans ChdtiUGrl
were very funny about Americans making their
J i'll, before tL-y SET 70 Oh steamboat, ana
cnaI Shooting zach other IL the ladies catin by way
OF relieving tie todiun Oi the trip.
/ Tmve.iu1 on the riyer Is little more hazardous
now tia 10 ever lar been, though Ia ierent way.
and PERSONS who ike tic excitement Of danger
-tould iuimeoiar-iy begin to make trips between
Menphis aud NIcksburg. ex, ect 10 ger steamboat
captains advertising sOoJ AT er his fashion;
"Grullrurn loud variety and animation who have no
objection capnyy n R-bedou can lave
az oyl ouuns o erl Nng shem'rv-s sfef their p.cu lar
Ains spp9 ng 90 III" 60 Aselnsr - Jonn Jones
u,a.trr which Will rave for sck,blrg al noon today
/ Here 10 = new iei ~ I IIus America, VINO can /
amu.e hiu-slf wdh te'ng sho at 10 bis heart con-
tent without the trouble aud lncOnvelleuce Oh en-
t.rlg tie Army.
ALARMING SICKNESS ON The FLEET.
The sickness GA he tloIilla continues TO increase
an ,ofry 10 siy, AID leafly every yssel bears the
Iuorelrance OF a hospi.nl. The hospt4l-bOat Red
Rover was bug ,ihco GROW sea 10 excess, AMI tie
-,.C, sclts thai Meet ones eye H. gOyng aOout tue
aces ars itiiul ~ the ext',ne. Tue weather 10 20
bot aud sulry here that DO one can sleep uDder
cover, nud wb,n urn lie III he ol-n ar, they are
very bkey - incur disease from the mal.sia Ia the
ufn 90 lncie.
/ ODe.bal, % two.tlirds cf a the persons on the
! a,ilL NE i'll, aud reilly unfit for On " while /
Gen. Williams lrUO have suffered ferr y, as tue /
many graves On tie Louisiana peninsula testify .
swamp fever, ~ e, dengue, nyseltery, WI general
debility ava r,striliun are tie prrpsi complaints;
uud 20 Numerous nfe ti,y lhst he crews OF several
oi tie gunOOats mostly composed ut present Of .
negroes.
lie coming month and September usually far
more slc6ly ihan July, AID u tie fleet rertin here
i. l. not topsic is crew, Will be en.irry dis
ableJ. Il las been ni.uUieu that Con. Davis will I
c.Gy return 90 Menu ilr, 20 prevent al his OH
Tcsls n,d men from Dying oi. Nloksburg, OF which
iust BOW there i 40 "a 1. probability.
/ / at and 10 doubt would be rsther Notifying
10 our rational ioe 80 back 40 uies, but there
!. &C. Us no U.los~ L. REMAINING here under exist
iu lcuu,taNcer Here 10 nV territory % mold, 10
people 1, pioIect, Ios ion 20 lose; and for as 10
larry lere /, D. lisnhoe i - just what tue he0eis
drsirs au4 loi . i c. tOged We would d.
We nrr i very occummodaIIug feol le, ma seem TO .
take tDe pAIns tu le.st tie elcinf. In tAo VIM
ter, ~e iecZ- iu th, North; ADD Ia the SUMNER we
sicl eu aDa dc ~ tbe un-ei''y ava Ourulbs Soltl.
1 there sc any way vi iJn Ia ouIselvts ana aid 1
iry our iO,s, als ost cer.dln TO do Il; Tor we
love to fa,rloc Cur ives 10Y tAe good oI those Who
hate
! DlrAKTuRE OF FhGRAGUr AND WILLIAMS.
| Col.4,oeoie Farra-u, to leave ~ith his yes-
s,ls to-Day, ana Ceu " h!l.ins wac to accom- Any
iim win IL lid lVi,eF, audi n ttey have not done
20, tley viii t.ke tn.i departure this eyeIil for
/ Aew Orleans, uud ttet,e proceed, % Is sald 10
Mobile, where thei s.rv, o. are greatly needed.
AHANDOAMEhr oP ms LOUISIANA CANAL.
! IT,, Luusignt Cara ha- heeu .al1 med ter the
present ana many "i the netrOcs cup Dyed thereon
nave cen re'uined TO tleT niA-iois. day OF TWO
-ilce, while ten. Va liaMs WAS returning o number .
Of saye- down tie uver, iho transport Ceres, on .
~ ch they were, WI, hiod Into at Warfenton by I
thre- le,es, hud Cap hr oi company IN tuo 'th
Vermont Re- inert VS. ke'i, anu two or three pm
Wales were wounded. lie mufGerous Rebels OF
colrru rsc. p-d uupnuiohed.
MORE F0RMiDlBLE RRPEL GUN-BOATS.
Several refugees III, have antyed here tina week
from tie \ 100 country declare tat the lteDeis
have nearly completed wo lo.mlda lie gun.boats,
fully equal III slI Lgh aud endurance to the Ar'an-
sos aud tudt tLey III sooo he down here 10 engage
cur lOulll. / new hctei gnh-OOats we've made,
n is statvJ, out oi The iurmer CdliDrhla steamer
\ az OF the Vi eel ana II iue Transport DIANA. The
Glory may II bc true; but t-,Ie Is no good reasoh
Tor disheli,yIng il; Tor we know there uIe many
ht-t.,lass IT IN ortr up The lazooi that railway
ion could readily zee obt'ihod ior Their covering,
and tbnt the guns Ilt he procured fou. cssburg
Three l.epcl .uuDour like Tie Arkansas ought 10
ne aba 10 destroy om hule hOiila, though It ia
objectionable II lney could do were We uot 30 r.
cue q AZ weare by riehu,ss ami lie partial democrat
iZauOH uf the crew.
COMMODORE DAyIss POSITION.
An thugs consi lrr,d however, Commodore Da-
vi-'s fo,Ills liz ~ IA mott awkward posi lon, and
might without oifi. ally sw ut from the nyer by
aunl ~ les An nc eLnnlN rs ha.d " nA.aehs.