Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-01
yTCKsEURG INTELLIGENCE

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We find upon our table this morning the
Yieksburg Wig, Of the 29th. It has been re-
vived from It's partial suspension, occasioned by
the troubles incident to the bombsrdment, and
is as spirited as ever. We congratulate Mr..
Shannon upon his fortunate escape, in person
and property, during the horrors that surrounded
his city, and hope 70 welcome him daily and an
interruptedly hereafter.
The Waig says the internal Federals have
left for parts unknown. The lower fleet de-
parted an Thursday, and the upper one on Fri
day, both satisfied Of the impossibiIity OF taking
the " Mississippi snag" as they have termed
Vieksburg, Before leaving, the upper fleet dis
mantled the gunboat which the Arkansas sunk,
aud then set fire to her. A fatboat containing
some coal, and which grounded near the mouth
of YszOo river, was also consigned to the flames
by the enemy.
The feet above Vicksburg numbered thirty
three boats, besides coal and ice barges.
The Yankees buried over FIVE hundred of their
men during their stay, and so great was the
sickness among them that out of one entire
brigade only three hundred men could be mus
tered for duty.
The casualties in the city from the shells
amount to the killing of one lady and one negro
man. Among the soldiers at the batteries and
on guard, the killed will amount to some fifteen
or twenty, and q few wounded.
The HHig is boastful over the achievements
at Yicksburg, but the people of the Confoderacy,
and especially of Mississippi, will not think it
too much 50. We quote its rejoicings as fol-
lows:
Holy Writ tells us that when Moses and his
disciples made good their escape from the mani
fold gives of Egyptian bondage and stood upon
the safe shore of the Red Sea, looking back upon
homes to be theirs no more, and as they cast
their eyes upon the boistsrous waves that were
fast engulphing the pursuing hosts of a deSpot,
a fervent song Of gratitude went up 70 the
temple of God from willing aud grateful lips as
the voice Of falling waters, which, like the dew
Of HermOn that descended in liquid pearls upon
the mountains of Zion, made more genial the
very air that foated across the untrodden wilder
ness in which these prosecuted people were to
wander. And such paesns shoUldinow be chant
ed with one voice and one heart not only by the
people of the Mississippi Valley, but from the
palmetto groves Of the beautiful CarOlinas to the
blooming aud limitless p~rairies of Texas, for our
success in defeating the combined fleets of the
invading hosts who were to revel upon the sane
tity of Southern affairs. Our eagle has risen
tdumphantly, and the God-like patience and
dauntless courage Of our men has drawn forth
even the admiration of the foe. Our city has
been greatly damaged, but it still remains, and
every gun yet stands out detia:ltly and ready for
action, while our army has been eemented into
an impregnsble wall by the union of conviction
and affection, signal success and intTepidity Of
conscious right and justice. The heroic defense
of Yicksburg must be looked ON with pleasure
and with pride By every patriot, while it will
give complete and startling denial to those asser-
tons which predicted the defeat Of the people of
the Mississippi Valley, because Of our numerical
and financial inequality, and our want Of a
navy. Let the great Southern heart, in the out
pourings of native impulses, give praise to the
God of Justice for our deliverance from our
desDotie enemy.