White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-02-19
Arrest Of Hr.. Knox, Of the New York
Herald, BY Gen. Sherman.
FIRE IN vlcksBURc.
EXPEDITION TO RICHMOND, LA.
RETURN OF THE QUEEN OF THE WEST


supposed. The width of the latter
guards prevented tho PROV Of the Queer
from reaching her. The same afternoon
she left her moorings below the mouth o
the canal. steering directly to Warrsnton
five miles below. and threw she'll into th
town. which exploded. causing consider
able damage. This piece of impudsnc
was responded to BY . Gre Of at least
dozen full batteries in the vicinity o
Warrenton. Over Fifty shots were free
at her, none of which caused her any ma
terial damage. She run the gauntlet o
these batteries in safety. A new rebe
battery was discovered yesterday after
noon. bearing upon the mouth of th'
canal. A huge 1l.inch solid shot wa
fred from one of its guns. which STRUCK
within five feet of one of our heavy siegt
Parrots, burying itself ten feet in tht
sand.
Thomas w. Knox, correspondent o
the New York Herald, was yesterday ar.
rested by order Of Gen. Sherman, upon
ridiculous charges of giving aid and com.
fort to the enemy. Of disobedience oforders,
and being a spy. The publication of bis
account of the late battle at Vicksburg in
the Herald, in which Gen. Sherman was
severely handled, was the occasion of the
arrest.
In SIGHT OF VIcKsByRe, Feb. 5.-Very
little of interest is at present transpiring
about as. The river is rising rapidly and
threatens to overthrow the ground now oc.
cupied by our troops. There is large
break in the levee at Young's Point 500
feet broad, through which. if rise con-
tinuss the water will rush fearfully. A
large force is now engaged in closing it.
The blockade is still rigidly maintain
ed at the mouth of the Yazoo.
About an hour before daylight this
morning, FIRE broke out in Vicksburg
near the sumit of the bluffs just in the
rear of the railroad depot. and continued
three hours. Quite an extensive track
was burned over. The fire evidently was
accidental, and was confined to dwellings,
although at FIRST it was supposed to be
burning cotton.
The rebels are placing heavily loaded
bsrges outside Of the steamer Vicksbusg
to protect her from the batting propensi-
ties of our Southdown rams.
Nothing has been heard from the Queen
of the West since her passage of the bat
teries at Warrenton.
Gen. Grant and staff went up the river
on the steamer Magnolia last evening.
he is expected to return to-day or to-mor.
row.
An expedition of considerable impor-
tance. consisting of brigade of Near
thurs Division, left several days since for
Lake Providence. 1t would be improper
to mention the object Of the expedition,
but you may be assured of its importance.
Last Tuesday force from McArthur's
Division was sent to Richmond. La, and
captured the telegraph Office, at Tallula,
La, with o large number Of messages.
and destroyed several miles. where this
line extended from Lake Providence and
Tallula, and was used~o telegraph the
names of the steamers passing down the
river. just in front Of Richmond they
had a skirmish with the rebel cavalry
over deep bayou. We lost one who
was severely woundsd-Corporal Brisby,
of the 18th Illinois, and three horses kill
ed. Night coming. on they retired to
camp. On the following Saturday, the
same force visited Richmond, and shelled
the town, driving the Confederates out Of
it in considerable confusion.
Six men crossed the bayou ON RATS and
entered the town, when they were fred
upon by the rebels, who were concealed IN
a house, and compelled to beat hasty
retreat. Lieutenant Cadle. of McArthur's
staff, was shot in the cheek. the ball pass
ing out behind his ear. The wound is
slight. The town wss subsequently, shell.
ed, and the house whence the firing pro-
ceeded destroyed.
In SIGHT OF V1cKsBURa, Feb. 6.-The
ram Queen of the West returned last
evening from the mouth Of Red river. and
is now lying ct the bend below the mouth
of the canal across the peninsula. Dur
ing her absence she has done yeoman SER
vice for the Federal cause. Early on the
morning. after passing the batteries at
Warrenton, she reached the vicinity of
Red river. without meeting any batteries
below Warrenton. She has suscessful-
ly captured the Confederate steamers
Moro. Baker. and Berwick Bay. The
two former were ladened with pork and
stores for the rebel army at Vicksburg.
and the latter with pssssngers. They
made no resistance. Among the passen-
gers. of which 60 were captured and pa.
rolled. were seven officers of the rebel
army. It was st first the intention to
bring the steamers to Vicksburg. bot their
progress was slow and the stock Of coal
nearly exhausted, and the Qosen was
forced to destroy them. They were al
burned, passengsrs 4parolsd and ofiosrs
transferred to the ram Queen. The steam
u was the object Of tender regard, q she
passed up BY the batteries st Warrsuton,
but Of many shots cred but two struck
her. and these did no execution. There
is no changs in The position of Affairs here.
All quiet in Vicksborg ~ far . We can
Gs.sral Grant returnad lat
evening from Lake Proyidence. 49,
KAssAs Cur, Feb. 10.
A skirmish on lsst Saturday. bstwcsu)
, detachment Of The 5sh reginsnt cavalry
and Younser's band Of guerrillas resulted
in killing nins Of The Eshsls and wound
ing one. Our loes was one killed.
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