Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-22
FROM ISLAND 10.
,eciaI to the Missouri Democrat

l SpeclGi 70 the Missouri Democrat
CAIRO. April 10. A.M-The steamboat BQw-
en- has Just arrived from Island 10, bringing the
following particulars Of the surrender Of the
rebels and their effects there and at IiptOuville.
Before ~surrendering they cut their transports
loose aud scuttled them. The floating battery
drited down to New Madrid, and was captured
and towed ashore. The Ohio Belle was saved
in the same manner. The Red Rover was par
tally sunk. The Mars, the Admiral, and the
DeSoto were entirely uninjured. The Prince,
the Mohawk, the GTampus, the John SimOnds,
the Yazoo, the Winchester, the Champion and
the Kanawha Valley were sunk, and some OF
them are badly wrecked.
The generals captured are MsjOr-Gen. Mac
kali, commander of the post; BHgadier-Gen
CAN'T, of Arkansas Brigadier-Geu, Walker, OF
Tennessee and BTigadieI-Gen. SchaUm, Of Ala
bama.
There are eight regiments of the prisoners, the
officers connected with which are all cap
tuTed.
The soldiers are from Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. They
were well armed and clothed and apparently
well fed. or course they are gloomy and mo-
rose at being captured, and from the tenor Of
their conversation they are very much surprised.
They had not the slightest idea of being sur
rounded in so u-ucerem0nious a manner.
AhEg uAA utaiA lAAfrA tuaL We WIG g. AAk a.
get boats across the country, digging a canal 81
as they called it, but had not the slightest notion
that the project would be accomplished. Tbeir
eyes were opened by seeing our g~unboats run
their blockade unframed. They were further
awakened to a SENSE of their position by observ.
ing our overland transports at New Madrid
ready to receive and transport our army acres.
the river.
They were then seized with a vague impress
sion that their time had come, and Immediately
began to prepare for a retreat. In a few hours
they had passed New Madrid, and were ON thei1
way to Tiptonville, where they hoped to find
transports to take them across the river, hHO
they were deceived in their suticipatiOns, as oUl
batteries had driven the boats away, aud they
were obliged to fight or surTende-. They pre-
ferred the latter.
Many Of the guns were spiked before we 60.
possession of them, but they were not seriously
disabled. The battery which Col Roberts
spiked last week in the midnight expedition was
ia full operation.
Tie sDOils may be enumerated in detail as fol
lows: One m~ajorgeneral, THEE bIigadier-gener
ais, ten colonies, a number of majors and ieutsu
snt-cOlOnels, tfty-six captains, sixty four Is
l~ieutenants, eighty-four ID Ieutenants, non-cOm
missiOned officers for eight regiments, FIVE thou.
sand pTIvHtes, tour thousand stand of arms, one
hundred and twenty-five pieces of artillery
$4,000 worth of provisions, ten steamboats,
two thousand horses and mules, four hundred
wagons, and ammunition the value Of which is
not estimated.
The regiments of the rebel army, so far as as
certained, are as follows 10th Tennessee, 46tE
Tennessee, 55th Tennessee, llth Arkansas, Sd
Arkansas, goth Arkansas, LIST Alabama, Missis
sippi regiment unknown, and the Pelican Guards
Of New Orleans.