New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-19
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The Last Account OF the Fate of the En:ian.
oia-Psssexc Of Boats through Waco
Pass-The Mississippi Marine Rrisrds
Patent Sait- Works scufe Of gsicbn r1s
sons CuerriiI.s, nnd she Defeat and
Capture Of Gsen. Looncy fn West Ten.
nessee.
From Our Special Correspor lent
CAIRO. Monday Mach iC, ls63
BY the arrival of Passengers from fonng's Pclns,
opposite Vichsburg, we get, at last, a definite
account Of the iron-ci.d steamer Iadianoa. Whether
it be a trne one, cannot say, but when 30 many
different versions given this will pass for another.
1t las been stated that only one Of the crew Of the
Indiauola escaped. l, wac then said that q dummy
punboat constructed of hstboat, with oge for CHM
nsvs WIS set afoat when, following the current, it
nas.ed the batteries OF Vicksburg, having during
ita massage. more than hundred shots aimed at BY
the Rebels At the foot Of the Canal IL got in An
eddy. but in few hours il was set afoat again,
with fire burning aboard, so as to convey the
impression that it was real gunboat This was 10
the night The Rebels, seeing this formidable affair
approaching, and knowing that they could make
little Resistance with the IndiaDola, disabled as she
Wa. fastened 10 apply u sow.mateh TO ler maya
zine. when che blew up. II seems that beside the
s,gIe one of the crew who escaped, three Others,
also had escayed; but they were on the Mississippi
eide and were LID in an cid building n ar the scene
As aeon as possible after this, they constructed
raft, crossed to the Louisiana shore, and hence,
reaching our liues, BRING tbs account. his would
seem to explain why the Rebels have gwen opiy q
PARTIAL account Of the matter.
Tnere are all SORTS Of rumors Of battles, psrticu-
lary of the taking of Yazoo City, aud great numbers
of prsoners; but 90 far as l learn, ous trans
ports assisted by several regiments, are working
through Yazoo Pass. Many trees have been tell ID
into the pass A. the sire Im is narrow, the boats
come in contact with the branches Of standing iTee
and some haze their upper works, IN consequence,
more or less DANA Led. According 10 Lat accounts,
thew have penetrated about IvO miles INTO the ihte-
rior Of Mississippi.
new style of lighting and OF transportation on
these waters about 10 be adopted for TIE purpose
nj promptly meeting the river guerrlllas who fire
mon nassiue uoats Government accordingly has
orcenized tie Mississippi Marine Brigade" con-
si,ting of the following rst-class steamers: Auto
cat fap.sbip. Diana, John Balm, Is. j. Adams, h.
II. FeircAihd Baltic, sna wooaiora' nSsrs,;
ag,irst riAe.shots, the sides Of the upper works
L,no thin nine stuff while the lower Geek Is entirely
omen. The boats above named have been lnelOsea
With two walls Of solid oak plank, Two inches thick
and onr inches apart %Is Ips Of nIapk ss inches
r;ot Around the lower decks are weil'arraDged
LII. for horses aud above berths Tor the ON
.ars md men. An ingeniousy conrived staging 10
an on, s,ructed that when the boat ianos, the 'sVd
rymen. fully mouated apd armed, can rush imm.dl-
siely up the bank. IL i' according 70 0ras.' nov
hrng These boats are also used for transporting
every description Of army stores, and al tneir carry
ioo capacity 10 Immense, ibey VIII DO OF linue.se
a ryice to the amy. In addition, eacn ooa. carries
two brass cannon. 1t would be difncuit 10 imagIe
sny,bioo more complete for The service requied
a. iii .ccounts from below We learn that tho
con,mou people suffer greatly BY the blockade, and
in nothing more than from the scarcity OF sal. Ihe
foIiow,ng shows how some get supply; ihrongn
The South, a smoke-house, eght Or twelve ieet
snuars For tbereabous, lelopgs 10 every farm the
meat II kep, in this house hung up, where t smokes
dr,s. and drips for several months. The People
have found ont that there Is salt IN the grouod-noor.
A hammer such az see made Tor Teaching ashes, 10
constructed, the ground 10 the smoke ouse m eus
nm thrown into tue hopper, water Is poured 10, as
in q leach. and when barrel or 20 runs through,
!. boiled down. As for tea sugar and coffee, they
long ago In fact coffee has mostly Gis.
appeared in the West, though what ID called coffee
r. made, whi,h for the most part hye y! and
some kinds Of compounds tasting IKE extract 81 log
wood.
An action Of much consequence to West Tepnes.
see took place last week namely, the CAPTURE ana
DISPERSION Of Gen. Looney's forces as also OF Rch.
srdsons guerrillsr. Richardson has been acting IN
depeuden,ly of the Rebel Government, and nc has
been 10 the habit of making the farmers ray him
as for each bale of cotton they took 10 Memphis.
Col. Griersou commanding the 9th and 9Th Illinois,
surrounded Richardson last Tuesday morning az
W, the depot, when the Rebels fled III sin&I squads
in every direction Richardson escaped by the ileet-
ness of his horse TWENTY-FIVE Rebels were killed,
many captared, and the camp and all lie stores
taken. AT the same time Col. Lees Cavalry
marched upon Looney at Coying,,on gu, 40 COM
horses were saddled, they aid no, have time TO
mount them. A large portion of them were cap
tured, including Gen. Looney, Maj. Stanford, Capt.
Bright and Lieut.. Williams Part of them were
run over a mile before they were taken. such ex-
PLOTS are greatly needed 20 quiet this Western
country. &c H.