Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-14
BLACK REPUBLICAN DISPATCHES
To THE NORTHERN PRESS.
FROM ~YICKSBURG.


yesterday morning. We met eight Of Esna-
CUTS fleet, including the flag ship Hartford, five
miles above the city, they having run the block
ade last SaturdaJ. The rest are below. In run
ning the blockade every vessel was hit, and
eight men were killed and several wounded.
The enemy have six bluff batteries, mounting
over htty-eight guns, some Of which are eight
inch rided pieces.
Our vessels silenced their batteries in two
and forty minutes, but as the enemy has a large
force, estimated at $4,000, under Van Dorm, they
could not be taken possession Of
The point opposite the city is held by General
Williams forces, and from the opposite side the
mortar feet is now engaged in shelling the city.
Gen. Williams is making a canal around the
front, employing a large negro brigade.
WAsHINGTOS, July 6.-CommOdore Wilkes
hes been ordered to the command Of the hotilla
IN the James river.
General Lew. WALLACE earnestly desires to be
sent with a number Of Ohio and Indiana regi-
ments to join Mcclellan.
NEW YORK, July The Tribune says, we
have from our special correspondent details Of
Tuesdays battle, not hereiol.re reported at
length. The fight was severe, and extended all
along the line. We lost many men and officers,
but drove the enemy back. II was chiefly an
artillery fight, but our men made several splendid
and successful charges.
The enemy were desperate, being pHrposely
made mad by drink, and staggered up TO our
guns only to be cut down by hundreds.
In this fight of Tuesday, Mouells division
suffered The most. The 18th New York. a part
of Butterield's brigade, was nearly snnihilstsd.
The 44ih New York, SD Pennsylvania and 10Th
Michigan also suffered severely.
Bu.terfeld's brigade brought off three stands
Of rebel coiOrs.
Among the prominent officers of Morrells d.
vision who have given their lives to their country
are Col. Black, cd Pennsylvania Col. Wood
bury, 4th Michigan; Col. CAss, 9sh Massachu-
sets Lieut.. Swiizer, 62i Pennsylvania. Most
Of these were killed on Tuesday.
nobly.
Hooker'S, or the fighting division, vent to the
Peninsula 10000 strong, nov they number less
than 5000 effective men. The seyerest sufferers
IN the division were the Massachusetts Ist, IIth
and 10th; OF the latter regiment, eighty men are
reported killed or seriously wounded, among
whom were Col p. 7. Wyman, shot through
the heart; Lieutenal t Colonel George W.
Wickham, wounded, and Adiutant Waldo Mer-
riman.
Sjckles' brigade also won Few laurels coming
in as the reserve Just at the right moment they
drove the rebels back with great slaughter.
The Irish brigade Of Gen Mesgher was also
prominent in this action; also tbs Mozart regi-
ment.
The result of Tuesdays tight was decidedly
in our favor. The rebels were defeated in every
action, and rebel offers, taken prisoners, ad-
NIT the loss of at least 10000 men during the
day.
Our artillery was successfully brought 10
bear nearly all day, while the rebels did very
little execution with theirs. Our loss was very
small when compared with that of the rebels.
4he lighting was of a desperate character. As
fast as the rebel forces were cut to pieces, other
fresh troops marched forward to fill their places.
They appeared to disregard the lives Of then
men.
At the close of the fight, The Union troops
were said to be in fine spirits, and moro anxiou
than ever to fight.
One Of our correspondents saw General Nc
Clellan on Wednesday. He came aboard the
mail boat as she reached Harrison's landing and
talked with General Patterson, who came on
the boat.
Mcclellan was gasticulsting violently with
his clenehed hand, but his remarks were not
heard. subsequently, in reply to Gen. Pstter-
son, Gen. Mcclellan said We have fought a
battle every day for the last week, and whipped
them every time, though they had three to our
one"
Our dates by mail are down to Friday morn
ing. AT noon Thursday thu rebels appeared IN
force four miles from McClellan's front, and
began Smelling, but had no effect. The gun
boats replied, but nothing important occurred.
1t Is said the enemy are in large force On the east
SIDE Of the Chickahominy, threatening McClel-
lan's tight wing.
What the rebels are about on the south side
of the James river IS not known; but it is feared
that on one side or the other they may erect bat
teries to command the navigation below our
position.
The latest news from Gen. Mcclellan, by
telegraph dated at his headquarters, Saturday
evening, says all was quiet, and the army in
good spirits.
WAsHIECroN, July G-An officer of high
rank from McClellan's army, who has visited
Washington, gives the most encouraging account
of affairs that has yet been received here. He
states that our army is much larger than is cur
Tently reported, in view Of our late losses, and
that II Is Ia a perfectly secure position, either for
offensive or defensive, and this without the aid
of gUnbOats.
III officers and civilians who are constantly
arriving here continue to give fabulous accounts
of the number OF rebel forces precipitsted upon
Mcclellan in the battles, yet unofficial informs-
ton here persists in saying that BsauTegaTd's
army, or most Of il, is sill in Mississippi. If
this is so, the rebel forces must have been
increased TO its present numbers at Richmond By
a rapid conscriptiOn.
Senator Clark will leave for New Hampshire
in d day or two, to recruit a new regiment.
Senator Dixon has already gone to Connecticut,
for the same purpose.
Five lieUtenants and two sergeauts of an lows
regiment, who were captured at Shiloh, sud az
forwards prisoners at Macon, Georgia, arrived
to-day. They exchanged clothes with rebel
soldiers in prison, and escaped. They procured
a couple of skiffs, and started down the Ocmul-
gee river.
When they arrived at the mouth of the river
they were picked up by a boat from one of our
vessels. They were transferred to the transport
Massachusetts,, and arrived at Fortress Monroe
on Saturday morning.
The Navy Department has been officially in
formed that on the 18th ult Lieut.. Commanding
Powell, in the gunbOat Tehama, accompanied by
the Somerset, crossed the bar Of ST. Marks river, ]
and drove out a company Of rebel artillery, with
four or i've field pieces, from a fort near the light
house, afterwards landing and burning the fort,
with the buildings used as barracks. ]
We captured the English steamer Lucy, from {
Havana, endeayoring 20 Un the blockade, on /
the Florida coast. {
The steamer Somerset has captured the sohoon- 6
er CuTlew, of Cedar Keys, Florida. She was :
from Ha vans- The Somerset also surprised a {
steamer in Dead Mans bay, loading with cot |
ton, but before she could be reached she was
fred and destroyed by her crew. q
The United States steamer Montgomery, off Q
the Rio Grande, has captured the British schoon- i
er Wiil-o-the-Wisp, loaded with g~unpowder in
ush DaIIelS anu IN D9gsi percussion caps Shoes {
etc. and a case marked clothing. I
The United States steamer Bienville captured /
off Cape Fear the Morning Star, from Nassau, '
heading for Wilmington she was loaded with
salt, acids, cigars, etc. c
New YORK, July IA letter to the Post con D
firms the report of a skirmieh on Thursday, and ii
the capture of six guns aud some prisoners. I
Gen. Mcclellan had removed bis headduar- 1
and the army had advanced some Eve >
miles toward Richmond. s
The correspondent of the Philadelphia H.
guirer states that the Richmond papers Of the !
4th acknowledged a loss Of 10000 men, though G
they claim q victory. r
The correspondent of the Pailadelphia Press, {