New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-14


but her officers aud crew were taken prisoners In
their effort to escape.
This story 10 credited st headquarters, though It
may not be- correct. OF one thing, however, every.
body seems to feel convinced; that the lndianoa Is
sunk. Had there been any hope Of her floating,
Capt. Brown--formerly Captain Of tho Oetorars,
Porters flag -ship-would not have surrendered her.
oil who know him declare. lie enjoyed the repu'e-
ton Of being one Of the bravest and most accom-.
plished officers In the navy, and would have fought
to tho last if any hope had remained
Still another statement Is given by negro whose
information is given in the following report TO Zen.
Sherman:
HYApauARrERs 7CrH ONO VoLusrKsRs,}
BRIGGs HousE, Maoh 2, 1873. 5
bin., Isaac Csyborue hss ust come iu from below He
that he fireman board tho lniisnols on her
La i down tie river that on las, "wednesday when
the udano. about h. mile above Carthage, and about
half al ssr DARK shs attacked by the rams Queen
OF tho WeH aud Webb AID four othet boats Tn. Queen Of
the Wee. Into her, ind ,nssled her wbsehou'e that
he s~se was below nrg up at the furnace and could
not all that was going on.
heard the captain OF the lndanoa surrender
sic says he ran TO h.T bow and found she ives aSsin the
shore He iumred off, and TOOK refuge In tho Ion Of bsn
he remained until Sunday night During that night he
fed by tho nsishborpg negroes The night Between TIE
Indsuo. a aud The Rsb,l, lasted shont two hou!s
says Lee tho Ind noa ,uk Of the Rebel boats
and heard solder say another was sunk amer he bad oes
the Ion h9uI sud about 10 or III o'clock ct night
airy who we,e lukins shout the bar1 soy was the blow
Ing up Of the lniiAnols.
Isaac adds that ihe day ,er the fight the Rebels
were buying their dead When morning Game, no Rebel
boat. bu. the Queen Of tho West in sisht He len the
BAN o las, nsn There was 10 boat Of any kind In sight
u sLe surrendered the laAlanos kept up Tspid hre
ths Rebel bos- which at close qus.tsI Isaac states
h. dS Ga Ma way up the river to-day he stopped by
rebel e,v.TyaH but while he 'I@' % S5 81 ne
Leutcu ant. Colonel Commanding at BissFs Hou.e.
The cause of the blowing.up Of the Indianols 10
said have been the appearance OF tho sham gun
boat have mentioned, which was sent down past
the yicksburg batteries last Tuesday night, and
caused such "A waste of ammunition on their part.
Tho Quaker" ~ che Is sly led here, was pushed
or fosed on into the current from the mouth Of the
canal Wednesday afternoon, and got down bear
Carthage, when the enemy on board the Queen OF
the West and two other boats were repairing the
Ipdianols. As soon rs be saw what he conceived 10
be another Yankee ironelad, he took alarm, and
being unable TO tow off his vsusble prize, he fired
her magazine and blew her up. The other hostile
boats including the Queen, hurried down the river,
and have not since been seen, all panicstrc ken by
the right Of scow, No innocent OF harm ~ poli!i-
cal Brigadier OF military capacity.
Yesterday and Sunday several OF rs rode down
the leyee AZ far ~ opposite Warenton, but We
could not descry with glasses the least sign OF
Secession vessel OF any sort. The piekets say no
Rebel craft has been secn since the Quaker fright
ened the boats away on Wednesday.
That the ire-eating "Chivalry" should he scared
cypress cannon Is n sorry satire upon the desperate
heroes who ars pratng of their entire insens-
bIity 10 fear and their Passionate love Tor enter
prses from which Anadis Of Gsul might have
sbrunk ia dismay.
30 nnmeron. aro the versions OF the engagement
bet cen the Indianola sud the Rebels, and vary
ing the accounts OF her destruction that one would
be- PUZZLED 10 know what " believe. Yet all OF
ihem agree in the point that the enemy has lost
her and myself can see no reason to question the
correctness Of tho opinion generally entertained.
Snce my lasI letter the weather has continued
very pleasant aud mild, and to-day the river las
been AZ a stand. II Is thought the water will soon
begin 10 cline aud the peninsula relieved OF It's
oil water that has flowed into all IT'S
uuloved portions. This doubtful, however. ~
March is usually month Of floods 10 this section.
A dreds iug machine is at work at the head OF the
canal and sccms 10 he rrldo1 g8oouservicss TINS
ra,her uncertain aad dubious enterprise. The COM
pIrtion Of this ditch question OF tiInepe'hsps
e. ouite remote time aud, however sangnine some
NAV be Of its succesf think Nicksburg VIII mover
ascfibe ile fail 10 his cut across the peninsula, on
which vast amount Of labor has been expeDded-l
hope, though iaintly, to some purpose.
The Rebel, rent lig Of truce up here day before
yestetdav. informing Admiral Porter that II no
hanged the guerrilas along the Mississippi who fired
uvon unsrmed boats Us he had threatened to do If he
captur,d them the military authorities at Nicksburg
would externinnte the Union prisoners held by
thc,o A reply was forwarded yesterday TO the
en.ny, who was told that he conld try tho extormi-
nlion plan if d. disposed as he would be loser by
our rc,ahaiion; but that the guerrlllR1 would csr
taiulv be executed whenever caught AMI proved
0u,ty. Tho southerners have played bully long
soough L. Ia high time their favorite game WAS
brouVLt to a oloso by decided course Of action.
Our transports frequently go foragng up tho
river. and usually meet with very good success. As
an instance the Chancellor went TO Carolina Land.
ntha Aav arI h.
down three hundred mules two hundred beef cat.
te ffy bales Of cotton, and large amount Of poul
try, butter, and provisons.
n tina plantations on the river between here and
Helena are abandoned though on . number Of them
tba ovsseers remain to look after tho negroes who
have not ran away: Inc overscers say Jeh. DAVIS
advissd and ordered ell persons living within eight
miss Of the Mississippi either side 10 20 into Tho
Interior az hs could not afford them protection from
the "invading Yankees"
The new eunboat and ram lafayette arrived hero
from st. Louis this morning. Sho will prove for.
midablo fos and has arrived In sSod season should
tue Rebels venture 70 assume 'ne ousnSlvo Win snsr
impromptu WAT vessels.
Admiral David ID. Porter has no doubt Of the fall
az VcksburQ d IN carly day. not by assault, but BY
combinations which the enemy cannot prevent, aud
l am TOO loyal to reveal. !
Tbe proeramme for the capture Of the Mississippl
stronghold very goo. 0n' and can -: no r 20
csaaioni,ts II 10 said, have been very uneasy fol-
soms time past respecting operations, and have
been removing provisions machinery and supplies
eastward 10 tho fombigboo River.
",Vicksburg must bo ours, said Porter. "Thers
i, no question Of the result We shall % certainly
NE /, Ia that the sun will rise TO morrow."
In CONVEX ation touching negroes, tho Admiral
ssid they fought sxcslsntly that be had nine humid
red on 6s feet. and that ho wanted no better men.
II SIM no AbOlitiOnist," he remarked; but the
Afesns possess far more intelligence and capacity
and shr.wdness than IL generally supposed in the
North or South: They arc generally superior to
thar masters. They are much abused, and / am
49, -. 10 seA thefr condition improyed. They can