February 14, 1863, The New York Herald
Despatches from Cairo state that the levees on the Mississippi side of the river, twelve miles below Helena, at Yazoo Pass, have been cut by our forces. They have also been cut at Greenville and on the Louisiana side, opposite Lake Providence.
A barge loaded with coal is said to have run the blockade at Vicksburg on Sunday. The railroad between Selina and Meridian is completed so as to enable the rebels to carry their troops to Vicksburg at a short notice.
There is nothing new today from the Potomac army or from Charleston.
Captain Curtis, of the brig Samuel Churchman, from Miragoane, arrived yesterday, reports that on February 4, latitude thirty-four, longitude seventy- five, he saw a large steamers, painted black, steering west; but when they saw the brig she altered her course and stood towards her; but night coming on, with a very heavy rain and thick weather, she got out of sight. The steamer was supposed to be the rebel privateer Alabama.