New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-06

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the day the De Soto bad waited for Just as we
lad reached the bend where the wagons wsre cap
tured and where we intended this evening to de-
s,goy them while the most CT were at eupper, all
at once we heard the sharp report Of musketTy ana
Immediately First Master Thomas fell to the deck
eeriously wounded. A musket ball had passed up
ward, breaking HE shin bones, and making lie eAis
through the knee. From one Of the brass guns on
deck we replied, and also fired several rite shots'
but, protected by the levee, the rascas escaped l,
Jury. We abandoned our intention OF LANDING, an.
kept on up the river, the Colonel muttering
of vengeance.
COL. ELLET's VENGEANCE. a..
EaIIy Friday morning, o person came sno"'u ~. IL
Opeen and informed Col. Ellet that the hflnK wv
/ preceding night was done by tno cniH s'r,.h and
along the Atchaialaya. between ils noutn n ~
Simmespor. Col. Elet aecoraIE,y uS S;mmasnor.,
aud calling Mt the plantation OF one GraveSL~ni'
almost acknowledged that be fred at us-ne ~
lioJ hin, lime 10 remove his family and furni'nfe,
and them burned the house, sheds, and quarters 7"
the ground J., h..;do the duelI;uQ-
bouse and negro quarters, magnihcent sugarh'
mon It. These buildings were also ourne'. ,o
! The third belonged to an old gentleman, ~no'
with bis son and two daughters CARED on I ad;sa
and worked the nipger.. One OF The Young iAu'ce
admitted that tie brother lad fired upon 'he SueSu,
and only wished the had been aoaeh; y,-S Sn'
abnsed the Colonel and berated the Yankees. nen
She discovered that her abuse ialled 10 move W.
Ellet. inst as the flames began 10 cur, aToGAu INC
housetop, like brave and saa ,oa s the Rome
RIue FIao - until fe, est and river echoed and re
echoed with sweet me4edy
UP RED RIVER.
! Col. El!et, OIL leaving the Atchafalaya, announced
his inteDlonto 80 down the Mississippi ana a,le'nP
/ IN oren communication with Commodore FarraRut
below Port Hudson; but, on reaching the mourn,
this mention was abandoned, and we turned our
vessel into Red River. The air was as palhiy rs
June in our Northern climate. the rfees We're deck
ing themselves with green, men were waking ABOUT
the hurricane deck in their shirt sleeves az we en-
tered the Red. We could not ne'p commiseraling
moor Northerners, shivering before coal hres hId
trcezin0-" or ice" When we returned we would
willingly have exchanged positions. Lale FRIDAY
night we anchored al the mouth of Black hiver AS
before, the de soto thfo"h ou' as o"i "u'""'0
picket.
TIE CAPTURE or THE "ERA no. D."
Saturday morning at daylight raised anchor
and proceeded up the river. We had beard that
The enemy had lately constructed fortllcations ~
Gordon's Landing, 10 miles from the NOUN, calico
Fort TAYLOR. We had heard also that there were
heavy guns at Harrisonburg near the head OF navi
aaton on The Black River, and for time Col. Ellet
was undetermined which TO attack. lie finally set
tied upon the former, aud we moved ss rapidiy US
the tortuous nature of the stream and the ignorance
of our pilots would admit, IN tie hope that we
before nightfall.
The steamer Louisville, we also learned, had, just
before we reached the mouth Of the Black, passed
ND the Red with 32-pounder ri1ed gun, intended
for the gunboat w. ii. Wepb, then lying Nv AieA-
audris
| We had therefore, incentives for speed. AZ 10
O'Clock the lookout reported q steamer descending
the r,ver, and shOrtly after the Era No. hove in
sight She saw US as quickly as we discovered her.
and was half turned around as il attempting TO
al Eliet ortpfad a shOf IN he after
her. This took effect In her stern, passing through
the cook-room, demolishing a stove, and slightly
wounding the negro cook. The officers and passen-
sers then came on deck and hosted white sheets and
waved white handSercbiefs In token Of surrender.
The Queen ran alongside and took possession. The
Era No is fine boat of 80 tuns burden, belong
ing to the Red River Packet Company. and hereto
engaged in transporting supplies for the Confed.
crate army. AT that time she was laden with 500
busbels of corn intended for the Quartermgster'e
1 DEPARTMENT at Little Rock.
This wss TO be taken TO Camden, Ark, and TO be
transported thence by army wagons. Among the
! messengers were fifteen privaes OF the 18th Texs,
Cavalry, and three belonging TO the 18th Louisiana
4 Lieut. DAILY Of the Texas State troops, aud Lieut.
DOYLE of the Nth Texas. The citizens on board
were set shore without parole, the soldiers were
set on shore with parole, and the officers were re-
tanned. Among the parties retained was German
jew named Elsasser, who had upon his person s32,
900 in Conf de iaie money. Col. Elet thought be
was q Confeie Quartermaster, although he
along One man dressed in citizens clothing, and
claiming 10 he non cOmbstint, was on that account
relsased without parole. We have since learned
that he was one of Gen. llindman's Brgadler-Gen-
erals. IFS name did not learn. Our prisoners be-
il TINS DISPOSED OF, the feet, now numbering three
steamers moved toward Gordon's Landing. -Four
miles from the landing in q direct line across the
country bat fifteen miles as the river runs, we left
the Era, with three 0. four men TO guard the boat
and prisoners.
THE sITI kTIoE
We reached the vicinity Of Gordon's Landing
| ust at eundown, and moved cautiously around the
bend near the point, 400 yards beyond which the
fort aud batteries are situated.
! The Red River is here extremely tortuous, so
much So that at point four miles below the fort by
river, we were only O mile from it by land The
batteries are entirely concealed nv riSot oy dense
'l"@sls until we anva,e within 400 yards len
or until the nose Of the steamer begins TO show
around the point upon which the negro cabins are
built.
Tur ATTACK UPON THE QUEEN or TIE WEST.
! We moved slowly up the channel, making lhe bend
with considerable difficulty, until reached the
oint below the negro quarters where the land If
/ cleared. when we discovered long line OF dense
/ black fmoke moving up the river beyond the FORT
indicating the hasty departure OF transport o1r
pnn uoon the bow was Immediately placed IN
position and two percussion shells were sent in
that direction. These exploding IN the vicinity OF
the TRANSPORT, which we aiterward learned was the
Doubloon coming down the river with corn caused
her 10 disappear toward Alexandra.
The land makes ont into the nver on the point,
leaving an extremely shallow place 20 feet or more
from its extremity which pilots are careful to avoid
Oar pilot whether deegnedy or otherwise, know
not, ran the Queen aground, and at the same instant
the batteries opened fire upon us. RecoIlect, we
were not 400 wards from the fort, and inmOvable
The pilots tried in vain 20 back her off, but she
would not bulge an inch. Sbot were flying, shell
were bureting and worse than all we could not
reply. Tne enemy had our exact range, and every
explosion told with fearful effect. Your correspon-