Show operations operations ON THE mississippi according to t the be report southern fern jern papers paper s the confederate gunboat arkansas left the mou b of the yazoo liver river on th thi tha morning of the of june and moved down tile ille to encounter the federal fleet i i i consisting cf gf thirty gun boata 1 ling in t above I 1 vicksburg on her approach formed in line to receive her with a full head of steam she ia da hed through the line of I 1 loat lost oate firing at tt cm em as she passed sinking several and damaging be bously the federal account of the he affair states that on the morning of the nie tie guri bolle ICa Ca and tyler with the ram lancaster started up ya yazoo 00 oo river iner on a reconnoiter ing expedition ami when about eight miles milea from the mouth they discovered the ironclad iron clad confederate gunboat aika Ai kanbas kansas lisas which soon opened fire on the federal bi b ats with cannon of large ca calib callb r and ami a sharp contest was maintained tor for some length of time but be he narrowness of the river prevented maneuvering and he the federal boats returned to the mouth of the rive fol foi rd by br the be arkansas As they were passins pas sins over the bar j at ae the mou moah h of laade raade ade a rush at he the arkansas ard and succeed d in grappling her and an attempt was waa made to boar soar her which vas was vaa repelled by steam an I 1 hot w water ater aten troa from the Ai kansas while thus thua engaged ga wed ged both boats ran aground and were separated arr arm abed by fay the he shob shod whereupon the arkansas put out at full speed down the river the tha tyler followed quickly and kept up a running fight with the was waa by far t la the most formidable vessel the te federal federal fleet above vicksburg wi with h a number of irana trana bor por p amal amai anit on boats rains ramr and mor inor tara was lying scattered over oer a ep ebare ice ire of nearly iwo two mile none of the boats had bad steam tip lip an and d the entire fleet was eo to scattered thit put but few could fore fie on the arkanas arkan Arka tras as as she passed without danger of bittins hit tins soine of heir heir ohn own VE vessels bu buh such of thein ha a cou aoud d us us their gun glins without endangering t others othere open OCD oed oen d upon her as she passed without doing her nuch much damage dm ge her heavy resisting alcho f shots a b 10 t but one 11 inch ball vach at st tick uck her lar larboard bard bow passing through gh under her ipa plating tin aid and ayd ripped tipped it up p badly beyond which she sustained ao no other bijory the arkansas continued firing during the whole w hoie hole of her passage though the fleet the federal lobs loes was stated at twelve killed alid and wv fiarn eji cd ses sei eral era of dof them moi mot morta moita tany taby liy tar lor 1 ti I s ler for iras iraa considerably consider aby abt y dama daoa td annl anni ti te t e bealton bellton and lancester ech e ch one shot the ar antas ansas ran under the batteries batt erua crus after passing through the ibe federal fleet sho she liew llew waa secure from frona attack Accordi according rg to the fe eral account omha daring exploit of the arkansas At kanba kansa com coin fara fa ra gut gilt made an ineffectual attempt to her following night hla hia fleet pasted passed down tue tie river and pour d a broadside into her but the did nut not appear to be much ri jred when the morn ng ame came c aa as she was still lying at anchor under the batteries the confederate report sets gorth jorth forth tha on the Farra farragut gutt after blowing blo bio yin win up his mortar boats fled down the the remainder rema hider of his fleet they adini admitted eted a loss of ten ki led and teen wounded the retirement of tha the lower fleet from vicksburg has haa since been beebi confirmed and it aw was wag as supposed that it was destined deg dea tined for tor james Jamea rivero verlo reinforce commodore wilkes fleet be I 1 f low ow richmond first finst MERCHANT train THAIN FROM THE EAST I 1 col J VV hardesty an iri ived here last week with atrain t of ti twenty r rity lity four mule freighted with goods for the firm of gilbert gilbert fc gerrish Gerr Gerri sli sij bad roads and indians India ris jis the trip from atchason Atch son was made in ill about six bix weeks the mules were mere huge hug powerful animals eftin eflin the ibe east with the view of supplying the california malmeth market whence abey ire hrc are ane now tK traveling aveling |