The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-16
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July ?, 1862.
Upon the receipt Of dispatches from
Commodore Farragut, Commodore Davis
Immediately placed his feet in readiness
to proceed down the river. As (he Com
modore has had some experience in Civ
ing knowledge TO such as required IT, it
was, doubtless, thought that the Missis-
sippians, who boast that they know not
how TO surrender might profit by hisin-
structions. Early on the morning Of the
28th June, a detachment from the notilla,
consisting Of the flagship Benton, the
Cairo, and Louisville, and six mortar
boats, weighed anchor and, leaving Mem
phis to the protection of Capt. McGon-
negle, Of the gunboat St. Louis, and the
land force under Grant, The feet steamed
southwark
The ordnance boat Great Western, Capt.
Wilson in command, which left Memphis
eight hours after the departure Of the
flap ship, got aground on a sand bar, at
IL O'Clock on Sunday night, off Briar's
Point, and was detained twelve hours,
when, by hard sparring and strong pull
ing, she was got or without sustaining
damage. Friar's Point, il will be recol-
lected, is the place where, little more
than year ago, Union men were ba relied
up and rolled into the river. The Mis-
sissippi chiyalry, however that attacks
and murders unprotected travellers, did
not make its appearance, either in force
ora idle spectators.
Attic mouth Of the White River, the
gunboat Cincinnati joined the fleet, and
proceeded down the river.
SCENES ON THE RIVER.
The large plantations, which heretofore
bloomed with the luxuriant cotton plant
now have their broad fields covered with
corn. "King Cotton has been dethron-
ed and the least pretending of all staples,
Indian corn, now rules The question of
Nothing to eat is just now much more vital
than that of "Nothing to wear"
The villages and even the plantations
seem to have been entirely deserted by
the Chivalry, and only the negro slave is
left to guard his masters property. At
several points large numbers of slaves
were collected on the bank of the river to
see "de Linkum gunbOats." Invariably
demonstrations Of joy were made by the
sable group; hats, aprons, and flaming
cotton handkerchiefs were waved and
the broad, good humored grin Of the
plantation negro displayed the white line
of worries across the broad, black fore
ground Atone point the scene was quite
amusing. About 200 plantation hands
had assembled on the bank, and evidently
the consequences Of n demonstration of
welcome TO the Yankees was not lost sight
of for half a dozen Of the more enthu-
siastic of their number got down under
the bank and vigorously swung their old
white hats around their knees, not daring
to "throw it high in air. at joyful news,
least perchance some Rebel master in his
wrath might order three times thirty
nine TO be laid severely on their loyal
bodies. The women, seeing the action
of their drawer brothers, stopped down
and waved their cotton aprons so as TO
be observed only from the river, but all
the time faces were turned backward over
the shoulder to keep watch over Massa"
and his spies.
DEsERTED.
Helena, where the Ohio Belle. the first
boat captured on the river by Rebels, was
taken from her owners and the crew
grossly insulted, is now deserted by its
plundering inhabitants, who have, not
without cause, fed from the wrath to
come
The getty Of Napoleon" whose cit-
zens were The first 10 fire into an uuarmed
boat, laden with scores Of ladies and
gentlemen, is the very picture Of the de-
serted village." The stores, hotels, and
private dwellings were all closed, aud not
a white man was seen in the place a
"nigger and a mule were all that re-
manned in sight, to give evidence that life
was still there
Along the river south of Napoleon
there was more evidence Of faith in the
civilization of the men composing the
national army In the villages, ladies
were seen at nearly every house, and the
men came out ON the levee TO get better
view of the feet, On the plantations
the families Of the proprietors made no
scruple in allowing themselves TO be seen,
and the Geld hands were at their accus-
TONED labor. Tho proportion of cotton
being cultivated increases as we 20
southwark, and altogether there is un.
mistakahle evidence of greater confidence
in the stability of commercial relations
than is Witnessed further north,
REBEL BOATS IN THE rAzoo RIVER.
At the mouth of the Yazoo River a
portion Of the ram feet which had pre-
cedod the gunboats, was blockadng tho
stream. This river is the great storchouse
of Rebel steamboat property; all the ele-
CANT Now Orleans packets, aud numerous
smaller craft, the unfinished ram Arkan-
sas, and the Van Dorm, are reported to be
up the Nazoo. Among the boats in good
condition are named the A. j. Cotton,
General Quitmdn, Louisville, Natchez,
Vicksburg, City of Memphis, Kenneth,
Prince of Wales, Magnolia, Magenta, and
a number Of smaller boats-in an there
are about twenty-five vessels, all Of
which with but little repair could be
made seryicoable.
THE RAM AEKAsAs.
Through the South the people are ex.
oeedingly fond of tilling great stories
concerning things unseen, and love 10
magnify the Importance and oyerrate the
power Of munitions unlried, they seem TO
dwell with special emphasis ON the con-
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