Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-09
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PARTISAN SUCCESS IN ARK ANsAs.
C.IPTUEE or .sK.uI. srOHEs.
Federal. Rented Fhreo Times in one nay
m the Memphis CFederaD bulletin, III

From the Memphis FedsrsD Bulletin, 7th.l
Various accounts that have reached us lead us
to believe that the guerrilla system has been ir-
/ augursted in Arkansas, on a somewhat exseG-
siye scale. We hear Of three instances in which
on Sunday last, by means of surprise, rs many
| parties of Federal troops were pouDced upon
/ and woTsted. We are informed that GA that dsy
/ two regiments Of Federal troops were escorting
/ some two OF three hundred negroes, or perhaps
more, and about sixty wagons, containing provis-
/ ions and material toward some locality where II
was intended to establish a post Near Ian
/ guile bridge, beyond Madison on the st. Fran
/ els river, the party was attacked by an over
whelming force, which rushed upon them from
| various points. Little CT no resistance appears
TO have been possible, aud afIer firing one volley
[ the FedeTals and negroes were dispersed, some
of them being taken prisoners. a party Of
/ twenty-seven men, which had been detailed for
/ duty at a distance from the main body, escaped,
and q portion Of them have reached this city.
! On the same day party Of Federals, escort
] ing twenty wagons coutaiug provisions and
/ camp equipsge, were suddenly attacked by the
enemy A fight ensued, in which seventeen of
/ the FydeTals were killed sud the cavalry accom-
| pauying them was dispersed The wagons and
their contents became the spells of the enemy.
! The party attacked were On their way from
I Jacksonport. The statements respecsin- IS al
tEir are very meegle
| Also CD Sunday last party Of ninety Fede-
[ raj soldiers, who were on duty at poin; in Ar
1 kansas, fifteen miles up the river irom Helene,
/ ard eight miles back from the river, were sur
rounded By Confederate troops and completely
SURPRISED. II is stated that Of this party oil
were killed, wounded o. csptuTed except tgo
! About forty wounded men were taken down 10
( Helena yesterday Tuesday from the spot ct
| the engagement, on tie ferry 5oa. Belle.
As We have observed above, the accounts given
are meagre in details, being gained from the
statements of individuals wh9, though on the
spot, had little opportunity, amid surprise and
disaster, Of learning particulars. Further iEi0r
nation may greatly modity the accounts now
who are now a. Helena, ase understood to have
adopted Measures which viii couuteTGct the ope-
TGt0ns Of the gueTTIlas, sud cripple or destroy
their power fer evil
From the samsl
SKIRMISH NEAR MADISON.
t seems that the sllirmish near Madison, Ar
kansas, last Sunday, was 8 more serious affair
than we had been led TO believe. We had seven
killed and thirty wounded, and lost twenty
wagons with stores. Immediately after the Efflir
messengers were dispatched for and to General
Curtis headquarters, and TO Colonel Dsuie,s
Daniels sent his cavalry force, and Colonel Fitch
with his crack Indiana regiment, We're sent out
on the Jacksonport road to capture the guer-
rillss, aHd, at last accounts, they had no. been
heard from, though there seemed TO be no doubt
Of his oveTtsking and overcoming the Coufede-
rates