Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-04
r,fF F,pEalNG STAR
FROM The MISSISSIPPI EXPEDITION.
Captu-s & the Hebsl steamer Fair Play
II.strreifon OF Rebel Batteries or the

Canine q
Ii.sirrciiSn OF Rebel Batteries or ,he
?, -. po-5snce 4 Chicrco Evening Jo"-r.l J
L Sea" Raw : e.f, q o. T!cI'ts's,
M. An 2I.-T be rams Switzerland. Nnrarch,
-l-nnsor, Ssd Homes. OF Col Alfred " EllSt's
Tissi ss' ri rsrl hse.. In conuec. On with the
Euntca,I EeE.OE M'und CITY, ana Gen Bragg,
n DC CoTc uIand q Cap-. PL5lpS, OF the Benton,
-t = s'0 ~CTn"rt q tie g7-ur OFT fot'lla during
Comm r-C-e Davis iilaess,) taeether WITH ine
transports =. Med gel, ana Rocket, wi'h we
6etu and 18Th regiments -hic Volunteers arc
S.i;a; o. "a! v-,rv. urdef commend ~ t"i.
- cod ci the 76;h Obi, lafi Helena, Arkansas,
SstGrtsy InO-R.I1, AuSsi io'a, 10, d .iu.As
=. "a = 10 N'.<'Es Pr Nothing o. Interest," 'c'
.!a~- rntu Surd+y afternoon, ~heG We picked
q Ssv-., G.-nss.s banda; II * f who reported
"a; p Teh-s s. errcT hst come The river at OF
S.slsGce above them the day before. 1 here be-
Frg = IlaL.a.ion h.lg.- Ne landed 10 gee II we
r-n'd q anr reformation from TIE P'aater. h7
DENIED having re II any boat, buttbe negroes con-
5-n:4d tn TepOrt Of the bays We ii plcAec up.
y. We enc 4; the mecHe-t S6cesi haze YET see.
n ..id - Lad no cora Der eny f'oc q TePe'
.. c-oss down 10 TIE hCst Tor ded with corn aad
be-. We also C-piEred tS-o piga 20 roast, bs.
ids Obi keCa H. begged Vrrv Esri for some
-Ot5et; Injury he Egd not iGdnlZ.d IN Eor long
in we gave LiIII j little, Dut not enough 20
ere, him much.
cAsrUEx OF THE s,IE PLAY
We pT0TJ-d-d q Al the river. ard early Mon
s'av Y: CIuing we captured the rebel steamer ard
frencpcr FIJI PLAY. loaded With GrT1t, an mum
f.Cn, and s.oTe: fer Gele'al EiniDan's division
Z TIE = bel army. SEe had $50 stands e arms,
--Gt Ecfe!d lie, ic-ge amour; Of smEurt-
-, etc here VA ai-v Z regiment 81 Cav1lry
Id infantry cemp-4 Tear ts- bank Il TIE rive,
Where there wa1 . acct Of The sicsshurg and
~ TevepCf: T-l.g- ID. ca CuE approach the !cheis
81 IN Rress hast o.: t:oop: wsre landed 2,
"-gE - P.f .bie, and sent ~ rU7sEit. They fol-
lowed tie r o-is as fTr - Richmond, ard cap
!CFed sfti PFiscner- and several LaPXaa w goEs,
se-if-s Eulne.o : rnusr-ts, etc W.: nlrned tbs
MT = eS%-g q n OSh
s15ge. Our mn were much fstiGuad, Sd thef
I'D started without breakfast, and I: was near
-eon be: u they returned, and the weatte, was
vsrv warm. There were six CT eight Indies
'le Fsi- Play, dreaming tLc happy hcUrsawaT,"
i;'lr dre7-e!ng, heweTsr, thsI i1e terrible Fed
. ais were 60 Eeef then, hut when they awokC.
md found hcF' near we 1-ers 10 them, ;hey iIa-
redia:elv 'ei', Cp tre hanF; AID icoS refuge Ia
rrra -aclz. EheY:si. sn issh.It!ic, With portions
- thci- q; :hiag T. 'Ear- arm;
ZEE vlCZ>gCGG CANAL.
GA honGaV IIE Z We C-.uU-I down It's river
cad anchored 1ea: the meu - 'Le Ficssb1Tg
rrt-of, yAjch We TO CIT II y.cksbu!g, bat aid
.Cs. The Ftves ts nov some ten feet below tn.
ro';cIn * Tie ditch, CT I-t, Is :: IS called We
.rres oy land TIE rehels, WHEN they found we
were tEe-s. came Up with f., OF .,uce on
r.@-uter- =2d wru.ei 70 E1cw # We had any H7i-
%. -sIs - tS.,-aage, when, IN reality, all ihsy
;l-cz c. ,he'rs
Arp EP TEEYizoo LHo THz RESULT
T-CsGay -1Dl ~ gaBJoa's Benton and NOuod
Ci.. VIE ,Si5s Il O.. E!ISt's rans, eni de-
;ec. ueEt Of tte Sta I!lin..5 and 7a,h Oh!O vol
= ere, pDdeF cc.oEand Cf ..isj0r Desser c. ne
IS :, isst tao lest o. tie fses 10; trip Up the
faIoo T.v.:'. rs FAR Gs possible: n hope Of cap
tGr.ag GT GrsS-CF az sJ.ae tran4DoTt. which the
5e5ss 80 -, iieye, and q which we heard they
'7eIe making GEqo4ts. We proceeded up az
a. - HsEDe'a H.VE, Mics, whe.e we discovered
.ae zen - p; E>k erecting batteries on the bluff
- "a 70 11iaEd The river. The Benton opened
Hu thnEi> ana VS. followed by the cth-r boat.,
ENiCb Toh-a tEs Tectl5 Co some ske3addlinr nj
fL-c.Igh ire eelcs AID woods.
Dur hoa' IN, The first 70 and, and was che Of
TIE ETBs . -. Ey8t. We CO piured :vS 42-Qnnlt
eTS, one TiEE5. tvro . D. ulfers ore 20 hound
I-al hnr74-Eer. brass - pound Mexican gun
IN" thii N@s SeJtlTvd ~ tn Uultei states in
-Ie MesicHf "aI; ia'ge amount OF ammunition
II al slE"S, and about twenty nuskets ard
Iec stt-y equipments. / TyeuI into come bui.d-
-HgS whicz thy hed been UsicC aad captured q
- yer, ET'El u: q? ta-aEce tAiGE II must be
.Se ofs: che ever made. sn1re Confederate money,
md sew rel o Der e1.R1Ji, articles We were
O. 1pelted u blow up tne four la.sc guns and
1estsCy nost Of the aulr0uriton, fof want OF
,.-IspoTts'"n " hl-s Ne were loading the guns
2. Dufs' them, some negroes came ~ with q pair
- huge EIseR, IN - are uscd in hauling
tel7F lUSe-, Wiz I've yoke q oxen s:tacLei 70
l-idi tat guns f,oLl the river, where tcey had
* land e lynn the Far Play the vyeek before
- toe fcgi!hcaIlcn On tie biuT. They took ia al
LfsI ici Sccs1, Is they said they expected great
70. ,lef- - help p ace the guns In position
Icy wee NUch surprised and wanted 10 90
+--iG - :, took tks.n board, let the cattle
zoos, an &C. ;'ov5d tie wagon
'" I<i1 there all night. and on Tuesday morn.
,rg 1si'R r-loTed up tie Waco river. We got Is
Z-r a. 'e@ month q the Big Sunfover, and the
s@Ho>-ts Gould get 70 further. Col. Ellet sent
10 izIZss bicUess anc Sampscn up the Sunaower
F;a - - 20 80 &c fax g. possible, in hopes thu:
'zsy might capture some OF the boat. They
could "rlt &c! rp SPOUT twenty miles They
~ezI EitG'E I'VE Lniles OF where the boats were
out ccn:d Lot proceed further, OIL account Of tia
IoV water: ana We returned down TO the feet In
tEa Mississippi.