Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-03-05
FROM vICKSBURG AND BELOW.
The Loss of the Ram Queen of.the
West-A Full and Detailed Ac-
coant.-capt. Elicit Escapes on
Bale OF Cott0n.--The lndianola
Among the ReDeis.-Another Ram
to Pass the Vicks5arg Batteries
on the aga. ae...- sg-l
IL SIenr OF vlckssrna. Feb. %.
: VA LAIRD. Feb. %. 1e6S.

Thursday evening February 10th. tho
= ieen oil the West, with the tender De-
Soto. past the rebel BATTERIES Mt MAR
renton, without receiving shoi.s They
passed NatcTvz. the following day anslsAn-
rbvrei Tor the night at the mouth VI the
Ohl Rtver. iiorty five miles below
Thursday the l2,h. she crulse1 jns the
Atchaiaiays. capturing an.l destroying =
train oi army wagons, seventy barrels Of
bcri. ast An, .aiuiiery wagon conf aiming
AMMUNITION and officers baggage. Upon
her return pnslhs event q she War fired INTO
irpm the.riyht bsrk OF the a ,aIs!sya.
~ ci,izehs. whom IN the day Iigh, We hal
seen quietly smoking, their PIPES in ii.-ir
houses, and First Master Thompson. OF tho
Qneen. was seriously wounacd. lie Ia not
-xpectcl to live,
OTFflday morning the Queen again c,l.
tered the A.ci'aiaiaya. ssdln. retaliation.
burned every house, larn. sugar MIL and
n-pfo 'qnarers.s berween Inc, month of the
river "nd, Simm-fo,,. A, the latter place
we csrinred rebel mai. ami first lear pei
ai the Occupation. OF Berwick Bay anil
Lower Atchalalaya. ty Commodore FsIra.
gut.
GA Friday afternoon we entered Rel
River. and anchored for the nigh, at The
month at Black River. At ten o'clock
Saturday morning. we captured the Cen
tolerate steaper Era No. 3. la.icn. with
stores for the rebel armysat Little R.xk.-
There We're on board fifteen prisa,cs ani
three commissioned officers. The priysies
were parolei and the officers retaine,l =
We heard rebel battery vas in position
eighty ugiles from the month OF Red River.
at Gordon Landing. and a. we spproaeh-
ed withinsithic &C. hundred yarsis Of the fort
while rounding a point the pilot ran the
Qaeen hard aground. In this position tho
rcbel batteries opered fire npon MS with
guns of heavy ca.ibre. The Queen lad no
guns bearing on the fort. anl could not re-
ply. One shot, coming letweeni the case
mate and deck, perforated the steam chest,
and we were compelletlto abandon her and
escape down the riycr-some in skiffs,
some ON eotton bales and some on the De
Spto.l The steam penetrated every portion
OF the vessel; but the fracture was So snala
that but enc man was scalded very serious
ly. One engineer is BOT expected to live.
and one white man and four n~groes we're
.dpwned; rhe following are prisoners:.
1t Master Thorn soa. 81 Master Eaaison.
81 iMas.srf Duncan, EngineeY Taylor.
{scal'!eH.. dhe blacksmith. two carpenters.
Surgeon Both. Adirant Bailey. eleven
fpriyates, fhirv negoes, and the correspcn-
dent Of the New York Herald. aud is how
with she resist Alexandris. La or
Col. Ellei escaped to the DE Soao> % a
bslc 6f cafthsil The enemy have st,osses-
sion of the Queen of the West.
q Allithe survivors were removed 20 the
Era No. 5. and the De Soto was blown On
anil sunk ~ 'aa;sitf raf ~ ''-sii''.-rt
We were pursued by the eunboat w. II.
Nei'h, bnt fortunately just before che over
took us. when we were eight miles south
Of Natchez VIC met the. United States gtp-
boat Ipdianola, which had run the batteries
at vi,ksbhrg the Friday previous The
Ihdianoia fired TWO guns At the Webb. and
she ran Ikea deer. e We remained With
the Indiauola tive days and started fer
Yiek<kaSg on Wednesday, erepingy-
: AZ Grand Gulf the Era was fret tnto
by 6 pouuler.s but although thirty shots
were fired not one took effect. At Car.
fhsgs We were again fired into with, tbyee
guns 12rpounders fatty six shots were
ssat alter ps.. ATM srrsstpu: We received
twenty-five shsts--oas hunare.l in sall
north Of hatcher. not one Of which disabled
US. =
At milniehG Friday etenin6 We arrived
at our old sncho<agc. -
TX SicHr or VucxsstRc. FIN. 123.l
ms2H. nelsYLt sAlAoyl -. 46.ss}x
dI lean that's co. night pansfief ssm will
pass the batteries at Vickshufes She will
lie under the charge Of Col. Elles. sndTvill
oo-operates with the Indisnola. VI
Affairs At Lake Providence ppd YssSo
Pass are moving along smoothly. rGen.
Grant visits the former place today. -
MARRIED 81
= 1On'the 10th Of February. 1868. in WAL
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