Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-20

heaviest batteries. Tho she'll At II 'Rt ls!l over
the moi tar and around it, bursting close TO
our men, but tho range began to grow short
or and shorIcr, until hey lot w havo it Il
our own way. Finding that they could not
he provoked without al objsct, thought Of
getting up an imitation Monitor. An old coal
barge picked up in tho river was the founda-
ton to build on. 1t Tas constructed in twelve
hours, Of old boards, with pork barrels piled
on top Of each other for tho smok astsck. and
two old canoes for quarter boats Her furss
naces were built Of mud, and only intended
to make black sruoks, no. steam. On tho
night of tie 24th VIC heard, at Q o'clocs, tif-
teen miles below heavy gums. We know
that tho rebels had nothing but light gums
there, which could not be heard at any dis
tance; 40 wo thought it was the Indianola
engaging the batteries at Osrthsga, fifteen
miles below VlcksbuIg. Not knasing that
Brown was in peril, wo let loose our MontoT
It was towed within couple of ruiles Of the
first battery and lot 60, whom it was discover
I'd by ths dim light Of tho moon that Vicks-
burg was in stew. Never did her bat
tsrieps open with such vim. Tne. earth
fairly trembled, and thd shot hew thick
ly around our devoted Monitor, which re-
gun. The Mnnitor ran safely past all The
batteries, thnush uudsr heavy fire Tor Az
hour, aud driitsi dovn safely to tic lower
mouth Of the canal, WHARF sho was tucked
into an eddy. The rebels wrra completely
deceived By he:. ! soon al thvy LAW hor
by daylight they opone,i upon her with all
the guns thoy could bring to beay, hut with
OFT shot hitting her to do any harm. The
shot went through ono side and came cut
of the other without causing the vessel To
sink, "a sha " AZ full Of water already. Oar So
disrs shouted snd laughed ike mad nea; bnt
the lau "a was sem :whst turned oga list them
when, at dsyl g't, We diG overod tho Queen
lying al Warrentoi,, and tho question at once
srors Vi hat bsd happened /" the lndanola =
Had tho t"n -sn,a sunk l:rt captured her IN
the eng g.yemenL wb had hear; ,ha night be-
ior1? One Q. two If tho saIi'rr1 g,t the
Monitor our in thu stream aru i"; her %
down on the rhm Quenn. All tn" i':l,- en-
menced firing End hignalirg, a,d tie
Monitor approRchcI her, the Qlocn turned
tail and ran diwn the ,Irnln Is (.L ss she
could e., tho Monitor after her, making nl
the Speed that was given her ny five knot
current. The edrts ut War: cat n ii ed
heavily and ranidi1 nrl it Wus reported they
hit our '!nritpr - very vulnerable
spot.
PROSPECTS or Al EARLY STRATAGEIiC TRIUMPH hN
THE MISSISSIPPI.
Tns Washing on correspondent nf the
New Te,k "lorad" says: Tine War and
N.vy Dspar,mants are ea:istiad that 10 a very
few weeka perhaps days, the communicative
Of the rebels across the Mississippi will be
cut off completely, and they will thus he Eur.
rounded and reduced into a state "f sctua
go &c, without tho necessity of large r!spon.
diture Of life and b"od in attacking either
Eicksburg or Po,t Hudson"
Yankee enterprise and ingenuity are relied
upoI in tiis resu"ct moio than even the
courage and muscle of armies
PROPOSITIONS FOR Az ArMl.TcE--F FeKE.rno
Under this heading the "lIs,ola" pub
lisaes the following:
To tie Editor of tie Eeening Post:
At meeting held at Stanford, C3nn., on
Tuesday evening last, I said that PROPOSE
tiors for an trioIstice, or posc", had been sub
Inittcd to tho President on the l2th Of De-
cember last, which. had they hcsn accepted,
would have tel minated this war BIZ tho Lat OF
April upon basis satisfactory to rhe people,
North and South. In referring 10 iha stste-
ment you ask:
Who made these propositions for an ar
m,Stics or peace, the adoption Of which Mr..
tied the matter by Ml-fopl'a day. Tf so,
how does Mr.. Wood know anything about
them Has he been in secret correspondence
with the enemy? Or were they made by
some of the anti-war men here! If so, who
authorized them; and what are tho terms
Of the propositions from whi:n Mr.. Wood
hnpss 80 much? If they aro honorable to
the ration. if they are such as patriotic Anne
ricans uugh! 20 fsvoc, why no. make them
public at once.'
To which say, in reply, that tho statement
referred to by mo was made deliberately,
with full and personal knowledge of the
facts, and that l srn c1ns .rained from the
publicity of them only by the request Of
one of the principal officers Of the govern
msnt. When this ia,erdiclion shall DO with
drawn will choerfully crafty yonr curiosi-
ty. Very respectfully,
FERNANDO WOOD
March IL, 1863.
TIos-DAnGER TO THE PEACE FACTION.
This is tho heading Of the 'uerald 3" lead
ing editorial. 1t says the Copperheads are
standing on dangerous ground that the re-
action last fall WAS brought about by militia
~ blunders and disasters; wssts;ul ex-
travsgance and corruption; fanatcal sbo-
liton experiments and the unjust arbitrs-
~ procet dipgs Of tho party in power. The
objgct cf tn so ecctionf, as in case Of Sey-
mour, was not 10 open tho door to an in-
glorious and delusive peace, but to result in
a more consistent, harmonious and vigorous
prosecution Of tho war. Thn result has been,
it says. that The radicals have hncome atnis
BILE and tractsbls and that Opdyke, Bryant
and Greedy, now go TO Unnncr lEsti,nte to
hear Van Buren,, Daily and Brady. VsIlan-
digham, Brooks, Pendlcton, Ben Wood, and
others, however, preach pesce upon any
terms, or if war, they would mike it upon
Lincoln, and not Davis. There men, it auys,
are clsmorous in nrging tho party tn ri"ts,
bloody cnnepiracies, aui civil war la ihe
North. These meu, it saye, would eNpel
Lincoln from the White Eonan and put Davis
there. The people can, il they choose, it
adds, have Lincoln impeached, and turn
him ont by expressing themselves to that
effect at the polls next fall
There can he no peace, it gays, sho't of the
defeat and Dispersion OF tho rebcl armies.
in tho field. There can he no pearn.-
There csn bo no security for liberty, life, or
properly, except by tho adhesion Of the pso-
pie to the goyernmant AMI the laws.
GRAND uEIoN LEAlGE MEETING.
A grand mass meeting. for tho formation Of
D Union league, was TO have boom he'd in
New York On the 18Th. Andy johnson and
John A. Wright, Of In llama, were advertised
to speak.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Eleven hundred and eighty bales Of cptt6n
have been brought to New York from Liver
pool during last week.
In the recent election in New HAMPSHIRE.