Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-12
DepredatiOms Ofsshe Yankees on tbe RIissi
sippi diver.

Depreda,iOns ofssbe Yankees on 'be aIissis
siPPi SiVer.
From the NississIppian
From gentleman who has Just arrived in on
city from Louisiana and who had to 90 a gres
distance below to get over the river we gsthe
the following items:
The Yankees have taken all the negro men be
| longing to the plantations Of Messrs. Joe ant
JEFF. Davis, James, Lowell, Henderson, Searg
ent, COoms and Tucker. Those places are OF
| the river. At Mr. James they showed themselves
in their true light. On Tuesday the lst inst
they landed at Mr.. James place and told him L
have all his negroes on the levee next day fol
| them or they would take him prisoner aad senC
him to Fort Jackson. To this Mr.. james re-
piled that the negroes were there, and if they
could get them to go, he could not help himself
After the Yankees went away he told his negroes
what they had said, and told them that all o
them that wanted to go, to be on the levee neIi
morning The next morning there was only fouI
negroes on the place, all having gone to the
woods and when the Yankees came they wanted
to know where the negroes were on being told
by Mr.. Jam IS, they took him prisoner until the
negroes were forthcoming they kept him on
their gunboat four days before the negroes were
found. They then came, and not only took thir-
ty-ive negroes from him, bat also seventeen
mules, and soma of them broke open his cellar
and took al! tie bacon -four, sugar, rice lard and
many other things away with them, aud there
being barrel of molasses and barrel Of lamp
oil, they pulled the spicket Oat of the barrels and
let the contents flow on the floor They then
visited his dwelling house and demanded the de-
livery of ali the silver ware in the house from
his lady, who, in her alarm for the safety of her
husband, gave up all she had without word.
Ia the house they found one gun, which they
took with them, also all the foul on the place.
This latter achievement was accomplished while
they had Mr.. James confined in a room where he
could not see anything, not even being aware of
the depreciation until they had released him,
when he was threatened that if he told it so that
they would hear Of it again they would shell
his house. The reason assigned by them for
this outrage was that Mr. James had two Sons in
our army, and that they intended to torment all
persons on the river who were in the army or
had sons there.
At the Davis places they not only took the
negroes and mules, but they had set fire to the
places, but the burning was prevented by the
neighbors after they had left. At Col. Geo
Lovelrs place they took all the negroes and
mules, and made the oVeIseer, BIr. COe, open the
dwelling, from which they took all the silver
ware they could find, and told the Overseer that
if there was anybody who would fire on them
from the different places on the river, that they
would shell the houses in a few hours after. Mr.
COe had heard of their coming, had taken all the
most valuable things and had them put in the
ground Among them were the portraits of
Gems. Quitman and level, aud President d wis
These are safe. A colonel being in command,
and Nc Coe being anxious to know what they
thought Of Nicksburg, he asked the colonel,
who replied, that they had given up the idea OF
taking Vicksburg; that the batteries there were
the worst they ever had to contend with it was
impossible to find their location, and that they
nov intend to cut canal over the point oppO-
site and leave her to dry dp, and it was for this
purpose they were taking all the negro men
along the river. At Messrs. Henderson, Coons,
Sargent and fuckers plantations, they took
every negro man, mule, horse, and all the pro-
visions, poultry and silverware, with many
valuable pictures. sMeSsrs- SesTgent and Coons
have left their homes and gone to the woods
with their families.
These planters are in bad condition, having
nobody to work their crops but a few negro
women. The Yankees have also gone back
from the river in Louisiana as far as Tulula
Depot, distance of twenty miles on the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Texas railroad, and have
taken AL ths neOrn man fra tha sala ,,i~ssos'9
aiuug the route. Ihesn negroes sre LaKeh Dy
them to the bend above Vicks6urg and made to
work, as reported by negroes who have left them,
day and night The people of Madison parish
arc now forming guerrilla companies, for the
purpose Of driving the enemy from their posi-
ton, and our informant is confident that, in a
short time there viii be a scattering of the Yam
KEGS from that region. He says that as soon as
the bridge on the Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Texas railroad between Tallula Depot and Mon
roe is fixed, it having been washed away by the
late food, that there are now at least two thou
sand troops stationed at Monroe, Delhi and
Shreveport, that will be out upon them The
only thing they need is guns, which are being
altered up through the country very fast. He
thinks there will be lively times in that section
in less than months time, as the people are
getting tired of the Yankees, though their
acquaintance hes been very short.