, 1863-06-26

| 1eskEACtlOn OIL 1kaE Rebel Kan
| Ckuttaf1oochce.
Rebel papers announce a terrible exp1osio
On board the rebel ram Chattahoochee, in til
river Of that name.
The chattahoochee was strong. g.butlt, sea
going steamer, constructed after the Merrima
pattern and carries battery Of fonr broad
sides and two pivot guns, one of which was
nine.inch rifle
a correspondent Of the Charleston Courier
writing from Quincy, Fla, furnishes the fol
lowing:
The news received here to-day is appalling
indeed; A gentleman reached here to-daJ
from Chattahoochee, md reports that thC
schooner Fashion, at anchor In the Chatta
hoochec river, twenty-five miles above Apala.
chico]a, was loading with cotton, and intend.
I'd to run the blockade. She had received
sixty bales Of Sea Island cotton, and was wait.
Ing for another arrival, when q spy or some
tsaito:ous person conveyed the fct to the
enemy's feet b)ockndiug. The result was
men, captured the schooner with the cotton
on board, and took her to the fleet. When
the news reached Chattahoochce, Lieut., Gutt-
rie, commanding the Confederate States IRON
clad gunboat Chattahoochee, ordered steau,
to be 1aiscd, and was determined to pass the
ohstructions in the river If possible, with =
view Of attacking the United Sta'es steamer
and endearoriDg 10 relieve the Fashion. But
the eame gentleman reports that Just as the
steamer was leaving her anchorage, her boil
ers exploded, and twelve persons were killed,
while several OTHERS were badly ecalded.
The Columbus Sun has the following de-
tailed statement OF the destruction of the
Chattahoochee:
The boiler exploded while the vessel was at
anchor, and at the time there was only seven
pounds Of steam. The disaster happened i'm
nedlately after cold water had been put into
The magazines Of the ship were within
three feet Of the boiler, and the shell-room as
near. As coon as the explosion occurred 3
panic commenced, and the men jumped oyer-
board. fearing M cIplosion Of The magazine
and shell rooms.
The ship was found to be filling, when the
poor wounded and burned sufferers were
landed, together with the personal effects Of
The crew and officers. It was raining and
blowing very hard, and the bank was very
muddy upon which the wounded were landed.
The poor fellows lay wtithing and groaning Ia
the mud for some time, before they could be
got to cotton gin near By.
The ship was hauled in near the shore, aud
has sunk to her deck, settling firmly on the
bottom. The powder aud shells arc total
loss. :
Midshipman Mallory died at the Ladies'
Hospital, in This city, on yesterday evening,
1T five o'clock.
He ia the same gallant little fellow who
pushed his way first aboard the United States |
Hgatc Congress, at Hampton Roads, after she |
lad struck her colors to The Virginia.
The Quincy Dispatch has the following:
We have reliable Information that the Yam
lecs have made an effort to pass the obstruc-
ions at the head Of the Narrows on the Apal-
chicola River. But they have failed in their
and steps are being taken by Gen.
so9b that We hope will effectually drive them
~ ICE Assertion of Echol's artillery left here
iae isa morning, which we hope will arrive in
,nM ime. Vlher @ re1nforeements arc being sent
NV: Sa T.. Mo presume the principal object Of
snnt.aees :av ttankees ut this time is to destroy the
= Ionisaerate s:a gunboat Chatahoochee, now lyiug
olenbied condition In tho vicinity Of Ijris.
9 q. we hope, however, they msy be defeat
,iaaae = aug driven back. whatcyer may be their