The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-25
yyR cAPTpgR OF ISLAND 10. rEx.


We have Published several Northern az
eoants Of tha capture of Island Nc. Tea, and
IL viii therefore ia IL aerestiug 70 peraae the
sutjolnsd graphic description from ths Mem
phis kppsot:
We gather from accounts given nb, that on
Tuesday, APr,l -, th3 guns OF Euci9r's hat
terry ware .piked, as We have already related;
on;the sucossGiLg Friday evening, The enemy
guacOAt and tug passed. The Island during 4
storm. On Saturday night. the enemy wiz a
gan boat engaged RneEer's Catt>ry, the guns OF
which had tssn re3tOred 10 tgntina coLdi-
tioi; while attention was engaged with tnis
boat, second gunboat slipped down upper
ceiVed, excsp! by The men a. opsoi the on tie
ri7a, who fired TWO shots at her without effect.
TniG IS were now getting serious; tie eaemy
nSd p Asassion OF the rlver bolo y tha island.
g len MaCKan therefore, Ga sunday nigat,
t4prii q moved the ufantry Ind Stewards
battery 10 The Tennessse shore, 30 protect the
landings rom anticipated attacks The ar
al ris1s, numbering about tour handYed
IL 10 remained on The island.
Ga the succeeding day, moGd@y, the enemy
assumed tho offensive below the Island. Thsy
dTst sllsncsd tbs b. steIy Manuso by q DEF Aou-
meat ~ southern Guards, rs ex plain al by us
two or three days ago; Ias xnns were spiK d
8 the i'm be cut. Uiher Dliterie. we had
oG this side below the Island were, suc sss-
slyely silsncad A'l0 o'cioog ia tho uorr-
IGR, thay landed troops Oh the Tenn ssss aide.
iuin OF couIss made he Continuance OF our
r.olCu the island 80 longer possible yor e.. Y
usefui pnrpcse, and measures wArs saksl
With yisw todessr:ing spot that Will ever
b. memorable tor the bold stand made there
against ina attacks OF the Ismy's gunboats
kne guns seventy in number, were spiked
with ra! tail lies sct;5nsd e. Que end balls
wsra than rammad IL 81 the mu2xlo tnsy
Woaid tu*n tk- soft end Of sh3 file and eliucd
II. The trans por tssHnd whar.b1aCs ct the
landing, OF which we & ave 8 lis. on Eus sday
evening last, were scnttEsd aud sunk III desp
water; The iGz)o ana De sofa were kept until
dusk &c convey the artii!sitsts 10 the main
land and when that service was perfOr med
thew 100, Wers ordered TO be- sunk, our 1t was
Tumorsd that their CAPTAINS htd refused TO
scuttie ham. The fi,attpg hsttery was sent.
tied an cut loose; snna OF tue tsder..is board.
z her, bat they found their pr Ia Ia sin Atp 4
condition The ammunition III tho m gax q Q s
was wholly or ptrliaiiy de.trOyet o. tn ?
two wharf BOSS iyiug ~ thc shore Wars pyc-
visions fer ons mouth the whole was sun Il
and destroyed. opsiderabie quantity CT
small arms, and the private haxssgs OF ths
officers and Others, suffered the sauls fate IS
the other property
These tu pCrtaEt n at ers being arranged
ia ,ims had arrived 10 secure p-r.on. / sat. ~
The eufn cer oil sick VS. IT, sher large; thsto
Was no help fee Ihso they must necessarily
fall in 10 ths hands of the foe. The greater
portion Of hem marched down the X pton.
vii c road these ell iato the hands of the
invading ,roops aad were com piled . 81 ok
arms aud surrender. The humber Il persons
| taken prisoners Is = tim ted a G2o tuous1 Il
General Nacaali and san, excep, Msjor Da-
| Wis aDu lieat.-tol Henderson, %0.n Uoufede
rate, were among them Tx. iasor Bau-h
| was sick on Monday afternoon /, he procured
| a IN u,s and cart In the evening ic taks h n
| away, since which tiele he was seen stie on
| this aide The iass Capt Ruczer aad Dol. n.
FiGuis get oH safely. We learn tn AZ ali
| IN" Sou thern Guards escaped, .xespi Franz
Harrison, who WAS left in The hospital; also
Capt. Hoadtsy ard ten of hts men Lieut.
Torrsy anu thirty nine men Lisut. NJ. Trs.
savast, aolh reSiAsnt; kobers P.uaan aud
Jao uinnis, OF Bakers regiment; Captain
Rossrt Lewis and seven men. Captain jack
| son, Lieut.. Mcclure, ami their commands,
| are supposed aearly all 10 20 sass. The sans
! IL hatiev,d Of Captains Silrltng. hume. ana
O&ruthers.
Taa adventures Of many dat escaped wer
| OF ereas interest. A gentleman, fron whom
We have received many OF the above partisa-
party. 10 ths sirsstioa OF 11psonvills, De.
came suspisious that there was danger IN shss
director and dssour was made oy va sas