Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-12

Ffch CT VufSu of inc rgt-1n I'm
,nccessful Attempt 20 Destroy "a R,b.I
Fessrl-Gffieiai Dispatch Of her COM
mancer.
Acting Rear Admiral Porter, in terms M
commendriicn, communicates 20 the Navy
ptparim' N IN" report OF Col. SIlst command
Ing i"e jhi'ed States -tesm ram q ne.-n ~ the
Nrs;, fiving an account OF her passage OF the
batteries q; N:oksourg. The foilo wing is he
r-por.:-
I. >. STAN Rsk QCrSs or rsr WEST,
tei. :, Iec3.-1Gm,rci- IN compliance win
ySur iaE;ru, tIC:.s staT;eG on the q ueen of th..
VI est ~ RlI- As; one o'clock this mo,nipp q,
rhss lie Laiierrs at Eicksburg and SINK the
TS'"i Sc lIr'r iyiEg before that c,ty l Ji..
covered lu m, d!.tely on starting tiat the chance
.; tEc n,rl ucla its former pos iron TO tha
E:TToE pace behind the Il ueen's Luiyarls
GId hUt I,Imit he boat 70 be haG.ilrd win
81 ihcrrt accuracy. An hour or more was
srent IN r. -:lrr-i ging tie aratus and when
We finally rounded the point The sun haf risen
and any al vantage - hiCh woi.Id have resulted
from the Garkness was lUst Ia Us. The rpbele
clrEcd heavy fire upon rs we nearei the
riiS. but We were only struck three times h..
tore reaching the steamer She was living an
The same position that the hskap sac occupled
when Gen. Eil't ran the Queen into her on a
lC,mtr occasion.
1he same causes which prevented the de-
strEctiUn et the Arkansas then saved the Citv
OF NlSEstIre this morning. Her position was
such ttat lf We had run oniiQ Ueiy into her as
We came town, fhe bow Of the q ucen wouid
lh WILDLY nave siHnCpG. We ne efIaH
:of3r;iaiiy rounG in order 10 strike. The CON-
srGucDce Was thaI a; the very moment of col.
liSlCn ;Ee current, very r;'ld and strong at tsls
PoInt, caught Tie stern u ~ boat, AID acting
Cn her bow a. 4 pivot. swung her round 50
rapidly that nearly all her momentum was lost
l had anticipated this result, and therefore
Ca6s' The star board bow gun 70 ne ahoItri with
thr' OF the in enGIgrv prolecril.S recomme nl.d
lu yoEr orders. AZ we swung around. Ser
ctalit j. III. Campbell, de- tailed for the purrose
hrra his gun. sixty -four pound shell crushed
ilie tdflicade Just before he reached the spot,
but he did net hesitate.
he discharge tcok place at exactly the right
mcintiit and set The rebel steamer ia a..ai.s
which ih"y subsequently, succeeded in exun-
gushing
Al this moment one of the anemy,s shells SET
the cotton near the etarboard wheel on fir.
while The discharge of our gun ipnited that
portion which WAS on the bow The flam,s
spread rapidly. and the d"nsr smoke rolling into
the engine room suflocaied the engineers +
law that if L attempted TO run into tn. CITY of
Nicksturg again that my boat would certaialy
ie burnt l ordered her TO be headed down
stream, and ordered every man toextIHguishiny 20
The flames.
After much eacrtion we finally put the fire
ont by cutting the burning taies loose. TIE
enemy OF course was Rot Idle. We were struck
twelve times: but though the cabin door was
Knocked 10 pieces, material injury 20 the
boat nor any of Ihose on board was inflicted
About two re~imCnfs oi rebel Ell arps shoo'ers IN
f'Et-pits, Kept up a continua fire, bat did no
damage.
ne x C"cn %as struck twice IN IA. hull, bat
above Tire water-line. One Of cur guns WAS
GismoUnted and ruined. ] an ONLY sneak ina
TIE highest terms of eyerv man on board All
htbaNed with cool aud t-,erIaiued courage
lCmaih, wy respc etiully,
CHARLES RIVERS ELLEr,
COnl'nanSng Ram Fleet
David ID. PORTER, Acting Rear AdlnirsI Com
nls.HGIig NIssis sIrfl ~ Gadroa.
Another Account.
CHICAGO, F,b. ia spec ial dispatch from
t"iTO io-cay says 8.3L news Las b-sR r 'ceigei
rom tefUrc ' .cSSrGrE 80 %n 10 Saturday last.
/ lac lam oU"en .. the Nesf had returned from
lc!ow. Her trip Gown the aliseissippi hal
ten most sU cesstui She met thrue 81 aners
with provisions ;uT IN j. bis n NicksDurg.
end sUscocCtd - SIlski2G tLsaa. She took 80
ris(l erS. ole OI iht m a ,uionei.
I'll" Queen Oh the y est went near enough To
Port hudson Ia draw fire from the Rcbel apper
laiieEy.
SECoN DISPATCH
hitEsECEG. Feb ii.--t-etiers saw a brill iang
aei,-' yGn1en, vas made o. the 4 ue,.n OF the
N.sl rGrn .Ugfhs EiUutl.! he r. t,I batteries
:; had rn,St beneficial erect or thr sri.iis of
or irCops before FicEsbury. The corTcspar-
IN! Ci tta Jackson Appeal says II j. possible
.tll. ra! & RAM Wil make the canal Successful,
anc suggests The Grand g Uif post, Gibson and
h.I points between Nichsbu-s and Port Hud-
son he fol titled.