, 1862-06-09

convent, where for 4 year they had been +
stranger, a-d the fotiua passed on. Many Of
the citizens Of Ranaolph had fed, and were
standing upon lieh tank bac9 OF the town,
looking upon tie proceedings III Silent wonder.
At I'LL tie Plantations passed by us, the
smoke Of burning cotton Wis to be seen.
This work lad been G5rc earlier il tie day
By the steamer st. Francis and another rebel !;
craft.
At the foot Of Island No. s. . rebel steamer
was discovered just rs she passed around the ;
short turn in the river. The Benton and the
St. Louis Immediately opened fire upon her
with she'll. Tie Practice WIS cx>cl:nt, tie
| bombs bursting directly over tic viciuitE OF t
! tic smoke from the chinneyE- Finding that |
| tire craft was about to escape, Lieut.. Bishop, |
Of tie Benton, ani Plot B:z5E, with crew |
Ne. Ten Of Tie Ean.: boet, took the tug Sflttre
| and with howitzer started after her. II was |!
4 bold undertaking, but IVES successfully ac-
| coMplished. The rebel seeing she had no |
! show, ran ashore on the Tennessee side. !
The captain and pilot jumped OF and
! ran for the woods, and cscapei- the /
! deck hands, seven in number end the en.!inecr,
| rcfaseG to set the steamer ithe Sovercign) Oh
drc and gave themselves up. Taa tug put ner
crew on beard, and the officers took possess
| ion Of the prize, and she became part and
ror1icn Of the Neet. Or the way to this
Place the gunboats took up t#o Union
pilots, vino started day or two
since TO reach Commodore Farrasu.'s
feet ct E!ekshc-g. Their names are
:TeanyEon and Wilkinson. They lett For.
I Pillow disguised as re5c!5, in dug-out, yes
| ter3ay, hut the Confederate5 found out their
| errandin some manner, and sent the Sovereign
to find them. They ran into the ewamps and
escaped objection until our arrival.
At about eight o'clock this evening, with
out further difficulty, the feet made the
Paddy's Hen ard Chickens, wh:re We now
rest, tied 70 one Of tic Islands comprising the
group, about SIX miles anoye Memphis The
Ulion gunhoats a1e little fu.tAtr do9n the
; river.
Residents Of Island No. Thirty-sc-en when
, hailed and ssked questions, report that the
rebel feet passed that point early This fore
| noon. It consisted Of six graboats.
, Fort Harris is deserted Of troops aaa guns.
| 4 bright light in the vicinity Of Memphis has
+ been construed By sonle into general destruc-
c ton Of the city. 1t is probably from burning
! Gotten. At many OF the plantations along the
route to-day, tho advent Of our fleet and tic
0 stars and stripes was hailed with waving Of
: hats and handkcrcliefs, and other expressions
: Of joy. At others the people kept silent.
t ITO the Associated Ptcsz.]
d CAIRO, June S--The regular packet Platte
It Valley, first Eoat Though from Memphis, ar
It rived l,lis morning. Our forces are in poses
" sion Of Memphis. Our foliua left Fort Pillow
il at two O'Clock Thursday afternoon, consist
5 ing Of Eunhoats Benton, tlAs ship; Cairo,
> IaEcuGe1et, St. Louis, Louisville, and rams
N ! Mouar:h, SHitzsrland, Lancaster, Queen
T. Of the West, Fulton, Miago, Sam
IL son and Hornet. finding NJ obstrnc-
IS passed On, and at eight O'clock Thursday
i'll tyrlinr, the cun!osts anchored two mites
is above Memphis, the rams remaining sle7:
distance above.
- 4 reconnaissance discovered the cncmy's
following vessels: Gen. Ean Dom dag ship
Gen Price, Gen. Bragg, Gen. Loytn JET
or Thompson, Gen. Be:stiregard, Sumter and
~ ~ Little Rehe1, all rams, under command o.
ty During the night the rebels moved dowr
,er the river and at early dawn were out Of si3ht
-. but in about half an hour were observed
-, coming up, formed in line Of battle. 0u
bis anchor, and followed by several rams
~ moved slowly towards the rebel tteet
~ when Z shot from the Little Rebel
bel from a long range riGed gun, tc'
fly Tithin a short distance of the gnnboat Cairo
he which Vas in advance. 1cc Cairo rrplie
1' with i broalsile, and soon the cu4a:emen
.es bScarss: ,eaal III lung range Tire r44.ns la
or; IL the riesrii,e adya iced and tic rt'l ri,
was singled Cut by the Monarch and Quec:
the W.se, cach striving to Inc thu :ir=t 10 ): r
the rebel craft: TIE Monarch succeeded i
| striking tbe "BcauI gard amfdshtps, almo
{ cutting her in TWO, causing her to iii and sin
or Immediately in tht clEn1lei Vi the river, uprs
VI site tie city.
The 1t this juEctrrc, the ram Little Rebel MT
+ ~ | a dash for .hc Monarch, which vas hy til
~, ~ time in the ndet OF the rebel fleet; Hu1 by
~! shiItuH movement OF the pilot Of tile Lite
adj sic Dropped out Of the way, and the bloH il
sol tended tur her struck the rebel boat &c
,os+ Price, taking away her wheel and making
Necessary ior her to run asno7c, wi,::rc 81
7uf- eynt sho: which entered the sides Of Il
ght | Gen. Lowell aud rendered her unulanaycabl
ART | and Immediately after she Vas run down
the Queen Of the West. broads!de from t
tic B.nton took effect in the sides uf the il
the Thompson. She run ashorc, and soon
crly ter was in flames, burning to the waters ed=
and -Four Of the rebel gunboaes having been
abled, the remainder Of the fleet retrea'
ons' down the river, pursued h5 our gun5oa
oree firing Us they advanced, and resulting IN t
!, IF captur,. If the Sumter, Bra..5 and Little Res
, 80, which had been abaaloned BY most Of tn
~ crews. The latter ran ashore and Capt. Mo-
with comery and most Of lis officers and men $,
orti- ! ccedcd in making their escape IN the voc
arr I'll the Arkansas shore The Federal r:
u19 Lancaster was strxck by the Beauregard Ell
tars, in the engagement, slightly disabling the +
,ths. mer. Capt Elicit wjs in command Of
ants E.1ns hnd was s:rueh III lAe pIea7. y ~
inth ,,,arta nrEl nont;nned m 6rck throuv},,
was tie action. This WIS tho only Casualty
our side.
;,s+ Our rams we1e manned by sharpshoote
molly from Illinois, who did good execute
7lsnL picking off the enemy 5 gunncrs at every
dr ol p7rtuDli}.
,der, Tne rebel loss IN klAed, %ounasa ; anq 5, ?
-'r eertalDee.
IS Of Our tugs were busi3y engaged in picking
the crews Of the disabled Ecbel bouts.
: the After the return Of the guAsoats which
, and h.r;s snn+ itoaf from +l1c f1ar-shin Ben
CT Of with the following note to the Mayer Of
ag to city:
AZ TTnc correspondence between Commodore D
.or and Mavor Ta1k will be found in ou: special
49, of pstch-En. TRiB.1
Immediately after, q boats crew landed,
"1ie the national flag was holStcd over the p
sren, office. The party was followed by an exc
The crowd, but was rot molest ed. The 45d aud
lud1a,Ia regiments Low occupy Memphis,
Fnch in command. Tie city is qalct-
pits demonstrations whatever have 1sor not h. N
$, en- and it is even asserted tG9t il will noI "
eov- essary to declare martial law rive OF
\ ee'- cnnboats lie abreast OF the city. We captt
Tork7 i've large steamers which we:*; moored at
shed leyee Tic rebels burned ne~ gunl
COM which was nearly ready to be launched
The Ficksburgh 1Fhig Of June !, s
"as The Federal5 have landed I, 900 troops st =;
dua- kouge. ~
being Tie Memphis dra(dncAs OF tue tsn,
:, n,o | that the Memphis and Ohio Railroad re
= AA~ cred three locomotives which were Ttce
run run oil by employees Of the road The p
back bad OILY fncseedsd in DESTROYING ons -
act Of bridge. Ihc same paper 5aS5 tnal a.. ~
,.h;ot, BRIDES between Memphis and Hum5old.
uen cept that over Wolf River, laye been
= the s1inycd.
Ids Of WAsuisaroS, June s.-The Navy De
I that 1nerat +. .ceived an official dispatch from
Davis, stating that the steamer Benton
eve1at Of Memphis on the Sth inst, and EiVi
taken short account Of the surrencc7
round Memphis and the naTal fight It con
ats ~ thing OF importance beyond what Is al
,,',.,sr reported