, 1863-02-09

MEMPHIS. JAN. s, F:l CAIRO Jan. :, 1st3
Thcre is little to be added to The news sent
yesterday, and that not carly as the run
ming Of the blockade by The run Queen ofthe
West, sent by telegraph. Thcrc was some little
slir1nishng on 'hc Louisiana shore, opposite
Vicksburg, last Friday, i'll which We lost one
man. The encmy's loss is unknown.
Affairs III the army there are not In avery
good condition. Thcmen want their pay, and
want to have something to do besides burying
their own comrades who die from disease
contracted by want of work, exposure and
.anui. have 1t that rs higl, as a.hundred die
daily Of diarrhca. trust this is IN cxaSgera-
ton. By all means have the soldiers paid off
before undertaking 4 dcspcrate battle that
mist be fought before Ficksburg can
lie ours. -.
it i given out rs 4 warning, not as threat,
hui it should bc needed, that ihc rebels
| have gunboat lying ut tile lcycc al Vick5-
burg, said to have been brought from tie Red
| River country. The boat is Clearly to be seen
viii, lie aid Of a good glass.
Thomas II. Yc.tman, special agent Of the
Treasury Department, has made another seiz-
| IRE of cotton--twcnty 5ale5--coming up on
the steamer Rocket from Helena. Some
:. <.rnv officers interested in the cargo, say no
person can now obtain a permit to transport
cotton OIL the river until :ne military report
tic river open ard safe for commercial nayi-
CATION When Gen German ellall be relieved
| cf his command 1T Helena, is he soon will be,
Gen. Alvin r. 1Iovcy, Of Mt. Vernon, Ind,
will probably bc lis successor not Gen. Tut
tic, as stated hy the Times correspondent
here.
The u. s. light draug1lt gunboat Glide,
Capt. Dahlgren, commanding, late from the
battle ut Arkansas Post-tlsongh Which II
. Passed without injury-whilcly lying At the naval
) | wharf boat, her machinery undergoing sonlt
i needed rcpairs, took fire this morning st sis
O'Clock. The flames were carly discovered
and every attempt made to save Lcr, but of nj
avail. She had to be cast loose, and WA
,owed into the stream, exploding. The tug
lad to leave her, when she floated down th
Ohio, bomb shells bursting, cannon going Of
and flames spreading over the wood work
4 | }rvecuting sad but terribly sublime spccta
= Gle, witnessed by hundreds Of citizens iron
:. the levee. When too dangerous to 60 along
~ side, It WAS discovered that q coloTcd woma
a remained on board. Three persons had bee
!. taken of already, but ITO onc dare 60 to til
# rescue Of the poor contrlband, aud she set u
10 Il most horrifying serceching and screaming
- lryslrncd by every explosion and increase (
e danger. When opposite the fort, the Glil
=, was blown upon tAc Kentucky shore, al
soon after her magazine exploded, all but h'
6. hull being burned and sunk-the colorcd vi
= ulan still hanging 10 the wheel astern. 1t w;
;, supposed she must have been lost. Just b
- fore noon, however, = tug was signaled fro
h the Kentucky shore, and some woman disco
"A cred her alive about half a mile above the poi
1T where she had disappeared. Her only inj
ii, riss werc strained lungs and frost-bi'ten fes
or The fire waa ncver built that could burn til
n. contrnband. Her escape Is most miraculo'
~ The Glide is totsl loss. There were no f,
ID. in her furnaces, excepting to warm de
hands and negroes upon her. From this t
it is supposed that the flames communicat
ue to combustibles in the hold.
" CAIRO, Feb. 7.-Tlc steamer Jennie Dca
ch arrived this morning from Eicksburg, viii
mains Of Capt. Mason Sutherland. Of 60
pany E, 1lSth regiment Illinois Eoluntee
o1 who died on the 24tl, u1t. His budy is
lch charge Of Lieut.. U. r. Birmingham, who
MT forms nc thnt the number sick IN the at
~, near Ticksburg Is not less than 10000.
~ thinks, however, that most Of them are
la1- proving. The cause Of this extensive int
urc position, he thinks, is the great length Of ii
they have been Kept coopcd VI on board
H. transports.
IN Nothirg Of importance was transpiri
On. There Is no truth in the rrport that tho Car
dclet had run the blockade and WIS ut
mouth Of thc canal; neither Is it possible i
auy demonstrations will be made soon.
The transports were kept 1t }oung's Poi
wlvrc most Of the troops are encamped,
! tnkc them on board in case the water sho
q break through the lcvee, which Is feared.
~ An expedition of boats had started for L
Fae1. Providence, to look for 4 place through MI
the boats may pass 10 the Mississippi BE-
scn. yicksburE. It IS said there Is Il bayou Il
'hey ~ ~ WI WI shnrr T;ch it Is believed. is
LATE ..uble for boats at this stage OF water.
self Providence is on the Louisiana side, ab
an Young's Point, and Is entered from the b
Of the river known as 1.ake Providence b
'iou' The draft guntoat Glide, Capt. D
lent green, II. 4. Turner, executive ofl1cer,) t
Used lire in her hold this morning at about q.
nv, and was soon consumed. She was to
-, 49, into the stream by tug, and allowed TO
DIS to the Kentucky shore, where she sun
n. shallow water. Her battery Of six 2i.po1
,ncd crs, engines aud other iron works will b
covered, She was formerly stern-W
worn transport, and was rcmodcled Mt Cincln
was She came M from the squadron about
week ago, and wns undergoing repairs.
vns lnden with subsistence and ordn