The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-03

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terfeld, al under command Of Commodore
Ingtaham, made an attack on ibo blockaders
and succeeded in sinking twosand gripping a
third The engagement comne1eed al o.
clock. Tle Palmetto Siaie, with coanmo,
dore Iggrabam On board opening dfo npon the
Federal gunbpat Mercidta caryfg eleven
guns, and 1853 men, which was soon sunk in
five iathoms Of water. Her commander Capt
stillwagon, witha boats crew came on board
aud surrendered. One shot pierced her boiler,
going clear through Capt stllwagon and
crewwere paroed BY Com. lngralam.
Cap. Tucker of ihe Chicotd reports the
sinking of another Federal gunboat aud the
disabling Of the steamship Quaker City. The
latter was set on fire BY Tue chicora, and
hauled down her flag TO surrender but after
wards made her escape, using only one wheel.
She was very badly damaged The number
of boekaders outside gt the time of The engage
ment was thirteen, with two FIRST class Fede-
raj frigotes, the susque6sgnah and Canaudua-
qua The Federal loss is very severe It
was complete success on our pait with not
d man hurt. The gunboats were not even
struck All The bloekadors have disappeared
-not one to bo seen within 8 miles by the
strongest kind Of glass OQr boats are re-
turning.
The following is DC o0icil dispotch:
On BOARD GuHBoAr PMMErTo STATE,
Jan. 3lst., 1868.
went ont astnight Tie vessel struck
the Mercidha when she sent boat aboard aud
surrendered. The officers and crew were pa
rolled. Capt. Tucker thinks he sunl, one YES,
sci aud setanoher on fire, when size struck
her flag. The bockadmg feet had gone to
che southward and eastward, out Of sight.
lsigned) oh TsoRAmm
Flag Officer Commanding
Ninety-four prisoners including three ne
groes from tho John P Smith arrived This even
ing.
RlcmoNp, Feb. l--0hcial dispatches to
Gen. G. w Smith say that Gen. Pryor was at
tackled on Saturday, eight miles from Suffolk
by the enemy reported by prisoners to be
fiom ten to fifteen thousand strong After a
hard fight Of three hours the enemy was re-
pulsed with very heavy loss Gen. Pryor at
hst accounts held the entire battlefield, and
the eueay was in full retreat Our loss was
Among the killed was tho gall
liant Col. Hodge Of Virginia.
CuAptesFoS Feb Il FEo commanders Of
thclaud and naval forces here have issued the
following official proclamation
ITeApouARTFRs MAYA ANp LAND ToecEs,l
cHARLtsrov s. G., Jan. 81, 1863. I
Atabout five o'clock this morng, tho Con-
ederato States Naval forces in this station
attacked the U S. bloclsading feet of the har-
Dor Of the city Of Charleston and sunk, dis
porsod and drove on and outof sight, for the
time Tho entire hostile feet therefore, we,
the undersigned, commanders Of The Confeder-
ate States naval and land forces III this guar
ter, do hereby formally declare the blockade
BY the U, s. Of the said city Of Charleston, Sc,
to be raised by superior force Of the Con
icderate States fron and after this, the thirty
first day Of january, A D. 1868.
(Signed) G. T. BEAUREtARD, 4
General Commanding
D. II. fNGRAHAM
Flag 00cor.
Commanding Naval forces in Sc.
toHicial) THos JORDAN
Chief Of Staff
The results Of The Naval engagements 0re:
Two vessels sunk, four aot On fire end ihe re-
maiuder driven away
The foreign Consushcre held meeting aud
arc unanimously Of the opinion that Die block
ade is legally raised. =
Twenty blockaders arc of The BAR to-day
The gunboat Smith Is now safely anchored
under tho guns Of Fort Pcn,borton She haa
a Parott gun, ten eight ncl coumbiada' and
ono ihiriyfour pourder She VIII soon be
ready for sea
Two prisoners cap!ured while on q gaming
expedition on Bulls Island, were brought in
today They belong to the sienmer Flambeau
bl6clmdmg TIE port Of Goorgciowq
RcnMoSD. Feb little N York Tribuncs
Memphis odyices state that Joe lohuson CONF
mands Rebel Western Department and 10 able
to concentrate one hundred and fifty thousand
men.
The latest odyicos cay that McCernand'eI
forces aud portors iloothod reached founge
Point 20 miles above Vicksbus.
Salisbury Of Delaware, denounced h'Aeoln osI
an embocile IA iIe Yankee Senate, and was
several times called to order and finally arrest