The New York herald., 1863-06-04
Thc Destruction OF the Rebel Fleet aud
hnvy Yard ut Ynxo0 City.
81 Al uos Fl fqftpI Iif fx.wI ia xurv I

MEAN NkktICR;., Nay ~, 1863
FIR have the NOS l., inform you that the exredi.
tion fent The Yazoo river the day after too. osses
sion OF The forts on snyders biuG has returned, havb
mes with perfect success AZ the steamers approached
Yszoo City tho rebel property fred by Lieutenant
Brown, OF ihe ram Arkansas; and what he BEGAN our
forces finished. Three powerful rams were brrned
viz;The Mobile, screw vessel ready sor plating the
Reb bic, being fitted Tor ram, with railroad IRON
plating. ard vessel IN tho stocks-a monster three
hui dred and ten feet ng and seventy Ave leet beam
This vessel was 10 have been cred with and half
inch on plating aud was TO have had six engines
SIDE "hee s ana oielels She would have given US
much trouble The rebels had under construction hne
navy yard, containing fine saving and planing machines
and al extensive machine shop ter blacks th
hnops anu ~ ,he necessary Pnnee3 ior large build
Ing an repairing yard. Lieutenant Command Walker
burned all these with ia &c quantity Of valuable build
ing timher lie also burned llrge PAW min that had
en- usei IN constructing the monster ram. The ma
terial destroyed at moderate csmae, would cost
than s2,C00,0L0. We had kiilci and seven
wounded by Geld pieces from the encmys teres going
up the river bot tie wounded dong we'll enclose
Lie tenant ommander Walkors report 10 relation u this
affair. lie deserves much credit for the hand oInc man
ner IN which he performed the duty assigned him II he
setting possession Of ali the res rams instead or
them burned am, very respectfully. your obedIent
servant, DAVID y. PORTER
Acting Rear Admiral. Commanding Mississippi squadron
Hon. GIDEON WILLIS, Secretary Of the Navy.
REPORT OF COMMANDER WALKER.
The following is the report O Lieutenant Commander
paay ing the Latter report 10 the department.
UNITED ST,IEsSIEAnkR BARcS DEKAII,
NO I'll oP IHE l1oo RNn. Nay %, 1858
your der started from Snyders Bun the Goth inst
with the rekaib thotaw. Forest Rose, Linden and Pc
tre an ex edition TO Yazoo City Arriving at Rancs'
Bun landed force and spiked eigh, inch gun Ia h.
works there aud burned the carriage burned
at Ya1oo City at orc 7. on the l3h inst. by
committee % citizens, who informed that place
been evacuated by tho military auhori,is and asking
protection Tho navy yard and vcsses had been fred
by the enemy. and sent working party 70 Insure the
destruction Of everything valuable TO the rebels The
vessels burned we're tho Mobile, screw vessel ready
for pankinR the Re iublic, which being fitted out
for ram, vessel on the stocks, monster, thrcc
hundSd and ten feet long and seventy feet beam The
navy yard contained fio saw and planng mills, ex
tonsvc machine shop. carpenter and blacsmhs shops,
aud al tho ry fixtures for large building and
pairing yards which, with very large quantity of lum
her, we're burned. also burned large mill above
xosi o tho public stores had been removed.
scn AZ found In town were taken on board tho
or,destroyed
Encoscd send lists of articles removed or dstroyed by
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Brown, the oncer detailed
for that purpose. In the hospitals found parolcd
fifteen hn dred soldiers a list Of whom enclose.
Returning let Yazo city this morning arriving hcre
atfour +. NJ Al Liverpool Landing sharp bend of tho
rTtr, attacked by tel guns and about two
hundred rnsen concealed In the bushes and for
miautes the BriDg sharp Tho enemy rotfeatci
soon the vessels into position "a their gems
with ect The Petrol. Linden and IhOctaw II uck
BY shot but with particular injury u either Sergeant
50 csngcr of this vessel led BY rife shot. Tho
Linden had nve wounded tho Peirel the choctaw
ore Most Of Tho wounds, am happy 20 say. slight