Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-07-22
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS p1sPArCHEs.l
ANOTHER VICTORY IN THE SOUTH.
WEST


The ebels Driven from Yazoo City-Six
Heavy Guns and Gun beat ia aptured-Our
Army Pursuing the ketreating Force
The Gunboat De kalb Blown Up by Tor. !.
pedoes.
The Secretary Of the Navy last night received
the following:
UNITED STATES MIssIssIPPI SQUADRON,
FLAGSHIP BLACK HAWK, OPT EicksBuRt,
July Il, VIA Cairo, July 2l.-Hoa. gideon
Hths-Sir: Hearing that Gen. Johnston was
gathering troops there for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning supplies for his army from the Yazoo
country; also, that the remainder of the ene-
Mys best transports were then showing a pos
sibility of his attempt to escape, Major Genera,
Grant and myself determined to send naval
and military expedition up there to capture
lht m.
Tie Baron DeKalb, New National. Kenwood
and Signal were dispatched, under command
OF Lieutenant Commander John G.. Walker
with iorce CT troops numbering $3.50, under
nj aJor General Frank J. Heron. Pushing mn
10 the city, the Baron DekaIb engaged the bat
t'riss, which were all prepared to receive her.
and, alter ascertaining their strength, dropped
back to notify General Heron. v ho i'm mme
diately larded his men, and the army and navy
mace combined attack on the enemy's works
Tie rebels soon fed, leaving everything in our
possession, ard burned four of their finest
steamers that ran on the Mississippi river in
times past.
The ariIy pursued the enemy and captured
ihtlr rel guard OF 2D men, and al last accounts
We're taking more prisoners. Six heavy guns
and one vessel, formerly gunboat, fell into
cur HANDS, and all the munitions of war
Unfortunately. while the Baron De Kalb
was moving slowly along she foul of
torpedo which exploded and sank her. There
was no sign OF anything of the kind 20 be seen
While she was going down another exploded
under her stern. The water is rising fas, in
the 1azoo, and we can do nothing more than
get the guns out OF her. and then get her into
deep water, where she will be undisturbed
until we are able to raise her. The officers
and men lost everything
have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
DAVID d. PORTER, A. R. Admiral,
Commanding Miss. Squadron.
Details of the Victory.
CAIRO, July 2o.-Vicksburg advices to the
18th inst. say:
Y azoo City, which was held by about 500
rebels, was captured by Gen. Heron on the
18TH; $50 prisoners were captured.
The gunboat DE kalb was blown up by a
torpedo and sunk in shallow water. She will
be raised. No lives lost.
The rebels burned three transports living
above the city. Some eight or ten large steamers
have gone up the Yazoo.
Logan has been relieved from his command
by Sherman ii is stated, for disobedience of
orders and prematurely attacking Jackson He
nude the attack on the l3lh instant, and was
repulsed with loss of three hundred killed
and wounded.
Sherman is besieging Johnston at Jackson.
who is supposed to have thirty thousand men
1t is said Johnston cannot escape
steamer was loading at Ticksburg with
rebel sick and wounded for Mobile, via New
Orleans.
A large fleet OF transports, conveyed by gun
boats. have gone up Red river under General
Ransom. When he returns he is TO take com.
mand of EatcheZ
pIoyicence are Tepsrted to he suffering consid-
erably from sickness.