Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-21

EEEtaEA 2FRefaa rom sAEAsGlTGr
To the A-ssoeisssd Press, North
MENPEIs. February 8 (via CARO-, Febru-
uary s )-Ihe ram Queen Of the West ran past
VicksbUrg on the 81
The ATgRs correspondent wish the asat fur
uishes The following particulars, dated near
YicksbUg February 2l Il was de erninsi
yesterday. hat The rams Monarch ard Queen Of
the West sb0ul3 ruu the blockade this moruing
81 dayhreak. From ssme cause the Monerch did
not raise steam at the proper time nor ioin the
attempt, sDd Che Queen ddnoeget off &c soon rs
expectod At6 o'clock she started under full
head Of s.esm She was under conma8d of Col.
EIlatf wto aided 10 eep urng Memphislas Jure
The VcksburgeTs evidently were not taken BY
surprise. rs they opened fire ~p-omofy on The
ram. The Quesu wss four miles distant from
Ficksbuw when che started When sha had pro-
csedef half q mica signal light was hoistsd on
the cupola Of the NczsbuEg court house, and In
i've minutes the batteries opened The Qeen kept
steadily on her way, Re guns bearing on her
increasing in number momeuarly uugl finally
every battery seemed playing. Her progress
was Sc rapid that }he batteries could NOT get
range with any degree of accuracy. Out Of
two hundred saaes fired only three took effect
Her eapsfGn vas shot away; one s~even-iueh
shell lodged in q state room, BAT did not explode:
had It done 50, Colonel Elicit says the rem would
have been destroyed No enc on boasd was
injured.
Inc Queen attempted no reply to the bate
rles, but ran iato the steamer Veksburg az tha
wbait striking her forward Of the cooh-house
and damaging her to some extent.
In less taan one hour from starring the ram
was safely anchored below the city. Al TIE mouth
OF the new cul-of.
The Queen carries two heavy Parrots guns.
Elietis intention doubtless is TO cut IF sfean..
boat communication between Yicks5nrr and
Pors Hudson
PHiLADsLPHIA, February s-Nothing Of
importance is expected from Vicksbure for at
least thirty days. il viii take chat time - com.
p!ets the canal and to bring eur forces efsciuaI-
- to bear on the rebel Stronghold. III maybe
taat circumstance may p~raeipitafs a battle. hut
TIE general Impression IS that it viii require a
month at least to capture the place.
CAIRO, February 9-Ihe expedition from aae
fset st YicEsbarg started Up the Yszoo rivei On
me Iss % -feconneItre and learn s0matbinp OF I
what has tsauspired since our retreat from its
waters Runlors Of 8 rebel gunboat M there
are prevalent, srd a desire to.prove them is The
prmsry Object of the reconnaissance.
The ggnboat Juiet.s, Capt Shaw, arrived
from he feet to-day.
On the Sd the Julis.te went TO Point Sheks.
captured two hundred and ten conirabands.
three hundred bses Of cotton, two persons i'm.
eNcaied in burning the steamboats,, snd brought
away two families Of refugees. The NEGROES
we're brogght here to be Turned over to the post
'qmmandant The cotton was used TO protect
.qoooa's. and the prisoners sre on board now.
Inc heaith OF troops and seamsn is according
their situation Those encamped IN marshy
aud on board iron clads suffer most.
CAIRO, Jsnuarg ga gentleman from flcks
1uTg says that, if the gunooats wero so dis
loseds they could run past the upper batteries