The New York herald., 1863-06-03
VIC X S B U r G i.
The Gunboat Cincinnati Sunk
by the Rebel Fire.
UNION PRISONERS PAROLED,.
ts., &e.s ~.
The washington Teiegrmms.

W,snisGrus juno z, 1898
Onciai adviccs received from vcksbure up 10Th
OF May Indicate that there change In tho state or
Aas there but that tho prospects Gcnerl rant
stii encouraging.
The Richmond wing and spatcA Of Saturday the aoh
ult contains telearaphic intelgcnce Al ALL AMI tho
former not aiusoa TO tie ooaac progressing on
tho banks of tho Mississippi his retcencc Of tho rebel
papers considered Indicative of great lack of
1dencc the Pu,ubcrton Johnston their
attempts retain o~scsion Of vcksburg defeat tho
army of General Grant While accounts from
tbsre highly encouraging and salts artofy Tho rebel
papers have nothing with which consdA ers,
except tho hopo that Matters despite ,her present anf4
vorAbe aspect, may yet come oat all right
The Memphis Teiegrsms.
CHICAGO. June 2. 1895
special despatch from Memphis dated the Ii. INST,
furnishes the folown Intelligence
Tho steamer iuminary arrived saturday night from
below, with news from vicksburg 10 May ~.
Tho gnboat Cincinnati sunk by tho nre from the
rebel batteries vcksburg May 70. with reported
ioss u over twenty killed and wounded.
severaof our captured BY tho rebch have been
paroled ON account OF scarcity OF food
Tho Cairo kilograms.
cAiao, juno 2, Isos.
A despatch boat from vicssburg tho 9Th ut
firms the report Of tho sinking OF tho gunboa Cincinnati
by shos from tho rebel batteries she was ordered 70
move down tho river and when turning tho point
opened ON by several batteries from above which
supposed have been sonced shc managed 70 return
point just above tho uppcr battery, where she sunk
nfceu feet water. From nitoen 70 forty reported
killed, drowned aud wounded.
Arrival OF Prisoners at Jndi mn polls.
ispiasArois, June 2. is63.
Three thousand rebel prisoners arrived here 70 day
from vicksburg
sketch OF the G"mboat Ctnetnnati
We have informatpn that the Unitod States gunbost
Cincinnati has been sunk by the rebel batteries at vos
burg. sho of built at tbs commencement
of Tho 81 Louis Her Dimensions ollo~s;--
Length one hundred and seventy ave feet. breadth,
hfy and hall fee, depth u hold feet draught
OF water with everything board sr feet thrcs inches
thickness OF bottom plank inches thickness Of nag
plank three ioehos thickness u side plank four ncoz
thickness of deck plank aud hall incpcr flooring
timber, tsn inches square. She Hat bo,tomod and
ithout keel, like all versss used In navigating the
shallow waters of western rivers Her sides spread ous
fsom the bottom NJ angle of fortynv degrees from
the pcrpcndruar until tho deck reached. when thsy
fell shs angle. THIS arrangement Intended
TO the siaacing u shot, thoss s,rlkns bsou
the deck being dcncctsd into tho water ~Lno
tno~s striking above would be thrown IN into
tbe air and the boat Tho AIDES sb,.
tne main deck csilci tho casenaes and this
mating carried the deck thc bow and
the sicrp presenting at all parts the angie
tbs top Of tho oasrUst~s tho upper deck elevated
ab u seven fcct above the gun deck sad made pr,sf
against thing less than twelve pound The
ward cassmses ptsfced for three guns, ~crs
twenty six inches Ia ucKEesS. and plated ith boaer
irsp two and half inches thick The
pierced for guns aud In tbckness raiiIs
similar H. the forward Lbs side capenafss
~ timber inches thick aud, with tho eI6os
Of sixty feet. plated With hall inch There sisty
fcet enclosed The orupei by the sIgisef aud
covered With two aud ball inch ifDn. wbtb s1iaEdei
t~o feet bso~ the water. One hundred and twenly
~ iron used Ia nd og her. THIS t~ruIlar cnnstr.
tim produced efav siiiaf 10 nothing else
resembling nothing oo iaod rroept zig tart.
fhe had tao iIdet~nirDi ebgtnrs with cy ndss a six
feet stroke aud tscuty two inctsg diameter. Her
wheel riaa-i 10 ecrHs in Me q
the boat, inside tue cffenn,ss thereby InfurtR
It's protection from ahot ana she'll. 10 vas With Tho sx
ce.tpn ~ the fsfds a oa. rlso about ki2O 100,
and Ene boat IN every 'tsgct AMI hss dOhs good
saryc. during the rebcyu m her hoes sdi b~ sally
feW In the weSirrn watrrs The foiinwirr lst ~ the
Ulcers q the tuited states s,ssfn~f Il,
Ltssferani cossnond,ny-6eorg- " f-cic.
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AdnJ Hastrf-J,1a fr1rcr ahp Scrinstu.
Enngaf-A. v. O'Npi. T.. X. starr, q l.. Lacrnsn.
Masfys kas''-Iicnfy brby, whgat, q. ". Hisb.
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Em1ssssy-lbl-f, W. % Moi arlana; I., Assistant n
sbuice. I'd Assistant, n fiowey sd Assistant, ~ f0ase
Gsnso-J. D. Hebi-tt