Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1863-03-06
NEWS AND OTHER mATTERs,

NEWS AND OTHER MATTERS.
Admiral Porter informs the Navy De-
partment of the serious disaster of the cap
ture. by the Rebels, of the iron-clad gunboat
Indianola, below Vicksburg.-The ram
Queen of the West and the Webb attacked
the Indianola and butted her until she was
forced to surrender. Admiral Porter attri-
butes the capture Of the Indanola and the |
Queen of the West to noncompliance with |
his instructions. 1t seems TO u.s. however,
that the sending Of these two vessels alone
on an expedition was an unnecessarily
hazardous undertaking. Experience has
proved that the iron-cads can run the Rebel
batteries at night almost without damage.
Had one-half the fleet lying idle above
Vicksburg for the last month done this, they
would in all probability have been able to
destroy every Rebel vessel in the lower Mis-
sissippi. AS it is we have now lost two val
liable vessels, the Rebels are that much
stronger by their possession, and we shall at
last have to do that which ought to have
been done at first send a considerable num-
Der of the ron-clads below Vicksbuag in Or
der to recapture or force the Rebels to de-
stroy them. The capture of the Indianola
probably explains the rejoicing among the
Rebels of which the correspondents with the
Army Of the Potomac recently wrote. If the
Indianola was not seriously injured before
she surrendered, the Rebels may attempt an
enterprise against our feet below Port Hud-
son. We have there one ron4clad, the Els
sex, and number of Admiral Farragut's
feet.
Mayor Opdyke has vetoed the New York
Aldermanic resolutions complimentary to
Fitz John Porter. lie says: "ro confer
honors of any kind on such man would be
mockery of Justice It would put the
cause Of our country ana all military dsci-
pline to open shame. To tender him munich
pal honors, would place this loyal city in a
false position, and could not fail, am con-
WINGED, to shock the patriotic sentiments OF
vast majority of lis people. Instead oil
censuring the Government for its conduct in
the case of Fitz John Porter, think we
should award it our highest praise, and ask
it to mete out the same even-handed justice
to all officers guilty of like oifenses."
There is no truth in the report that Gen
Mcclellan is to he reinstated as General.in.
Chief The perusal of the dispatches
sent to Congress, which have passet
between the War Department and the frs
General of the Army of the Potomac, and o
the forthcoming report Of the Committee OF
the Conduct of the War, will be likely II
diminish the number of persons desirou
that Gen. Mcclellan shall take Gen. Hal
leck's place.
General Rosecrans has Just dismissed
forty-two officers from the service for alb
sence, INSTRUMENTATION, drunkenness, COW.
ardice, and other offenses. In general or
der he announces that desertion will hereaf
ter be punished by death.
An accident occurred. on Monday NOR
ming, on the Pennsylvania railroad, nea
PerryVilIe, caused by collision with land
slide, which rolled upon the track directl
in front of the engine at too short distanc
to stop the train. One person was kile
instantly and several were injured.
Both houses of Congress adjourned s,n
die on Wednesday, at II o'clock, NJ.
Rebel advices to the I'd inst. contradit
the statement that Fort McAllister had bee
captured. They admit that the steam,
Nashville has been destroyed.
The President has received dispatch n
tifyug him of the capture effort McAllist
at the mouth of the ogeechee river, by IL
iron-clads, The Springfield MASS r,
publican has dispatch saying that it W
captured by the 47th New York, with 10
of $50 men.
The army of General Rosecrans is slow
but surely advancing. The enemy had Il
tementy to attack a brigade Of regulars wi
were out foraging, but they were immediat
ly driven back. Another attack was ma
and they were repulsed second time.
The rebel camp in Kentucky, near Mou
Sterling, numbers 900 men, who are steai
all the property they can They boast
making an attack on Lexington and Pa
soon.
The Kentucky Senate have reconsider
the resolutions censuring Colonel Glide
and the Unionists triumphed. The Leg
lature then adjourned sine die.