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of Triha from UKuhbus l*ost.The !imlt; elei, a tiMud steamer from Arkan-Vost, under command of .Cap). Millar, of tfn: ify-l army, arrived at Memphis under a ^:ir of truce, wringing the odicers and crew di • Ul.jjiix-d liiue Wing, whose capture at the mouth ol the Arkansas I noticed m u for* inrir hnter. The notable Charley Noyes, formerly secret agent o( police at Chicago, now, J behevv, herviufr, or pretending to serve, the united States Government a - mail agent, was among the lot ot exchanged prisoners. He was captured, but represents that he-succeed-c l in destroying ;,11 the official mail and nearly all ot lhe oidnmry mail before the rebels got pushes -1on O; the boat, IXe represents further, that the captain and pilot of the BlueWing behaved with courage and true loyalty, but that cannon and musketry o] coed upon the boat, and some of the balls so damaged her steam pipe'ihut the steam escaping, the boat drilled helplessly upon a sand bar andwas compelled to surrender. It ia remarkable that this boat was immediately run up the•^rkansi.s river by I he rebels, who mended the jape, and got up steam ’ in ' “doubt\rquick*1 time. ^ It is also remarkable that other boatsrun this blockade without seeing any cannon.
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Quincy Daily Whig and Republican

Quincy, Illinois, US

Mon, Jan 12, 1863

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