New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-09
NEWS FROM VICKSBURG.
A GALLANT ACHIEVEMENT
Tho Ram Queen Of the West Runs
the Blockade.

CHICAGO. Saturday. Feb. !. 1864
A special dispatch from Cairo to The Tribune Of
this city says;
"a dispatch from Memphis announces the Ar
rival Of the steamer Adeline from Yicksburg. She
reports that the ram Queen Of shs West ran the
Rebel blockade on Monday morning at daylight
One hundred heavy siege guns opened on the Queen
OF the West as abe steamed past Rebel steamer
also opened fire on the Queen OF the West, which
was replied To. The Rebel steamer was crippled
The Queen Of the West was under fire three quar-.
tiers Of An hour"
CAino, Saturday, Feb. :. 1864
The light draft gunboat Glide WAS destroyed by
FIRE this morning The boat, guns and machinery
are q total lote. The cause Of tie fire is uu'
known.
vcksburg letters Of the 3lst ult say that the canal
project is fully adopted and that tho largest possible
force will DO kept at work night and day upon 1t
until it is completed. II must be wholly cut the re.
CURED width and DEPTH il having boon demonstrated
that no reliance can be placed ON tho action Of the
water washing it out. Some weeks must elapse
before tho completion of the work. Troops from
above continue 10 arrive.
Witt 70 . PInntasion-Digaing the Way 10
vieksbuyyh-.ThoG Grand Cu'-OG-Gen.
steele.
| From Our Special Correspondent.
MILuKEss BEND, Wednesday, Jan. %, 1862
dare say your readers are by this time heartily
sick Of the story Of bloody fields. dismanled case.
mates, skirmisbes, charges positions Of divisions and
regiments on the field and all the unending details
Of bloodshed and devastation The people Of your
frozen zone sometimes dream Of the land where the
earth is always green, the air 10 unendng Spring,
and the birds never forget their song. Ii is with
nefiable satisfaction that sees here and there
in the long wastes Of cypress forests and lagoons,
shining spot where the old mansion with its white
gables, and stately evergreens plays at "hidc and
seek" with the steamboat traveller through yistas Of
woodland. Such place, situated mile Or more
from Millikens Bend, tempted US this morning to
an hours stroll.
The cir was balmy as May; the steamers and col
diers once behind u.s. the whole landscape was quiet
as n dream. There was scarcely motion or sound
but the lazy circng Of the buzzard5 IN the hszy
atmosphere, and the dissonant "caw" of the crow
no started away in alarm at our approach. Tho
prospect was Summer in the desolation OF Winter.
II was soothing reverie in the feyerish excitement
and tragedy OF war.
The plantation, as we learned from one Of the ab.
origines, was owned by Mr.. Morancy, who had
lived there since 1924 and had kept 100 acres IN
der constant cultivation. II was, before the war,
one of the hriftest plantations in all the
g1on Passing through a long sweep of fallow-land
dishgured with the blackened cotton-plants Of last
wears growth, and hedged in with the Usage orange,
so common in Illinois, you enter upon the lawn Of
the manor-house IA one enters an oasis. Immense
masses Of Cherokee Rose, twisted and tangled mex.
tricicably, bursting into millions Of blossoms in Sum
mer, and still green in Winter, completely screen
the spot from the gaze of the passer. Long,
| irregular avenues. initiating the lawless curves
of nature, wind among rows Of China trees
and ArJOr-u,tGs. The sunlight sleeps on the
open Qreensward as in the still month of June. The
| " Cardinal Grosbeck," with its vermilion hue, UNI
conscious of wars alarms, fits and MARBLES among
the branches. In the background, OH an elevation
40 gentle US to be hardly percepbe, stands the old
fashioned mansion of tho lord of the plantation, with
ite aiIiusnce Of porches green blinds and cimneys,
looking ancient and full Of "reminiscences, but still
hale and substantial under the ravages Of time aud
tempest. Beneath the ample porch arc tie quarters
of the favorite "Auntie," where OF yoro rose Ike
incense the savory fumes Of venison, fowl and time
honored buckwheas." Near by half-screened from
view by latice-work, grottolke and cool, with us
delicious damp and shade, is, no doubt, tho we'll
curb The broad hall door stands invitingly aJar az
if the genius of Southern hospitality preslded within
You enter softly halt disposed to knock, iiStenihg
for footsteps and the prttle 0f children, ana uao