Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-14

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she was boarded by Lieut., Bishop and a
boats crew from the Benton, who found her
boilers dry and red hot, and the cotton be-
tween her outside and inside bulwarks in
flames, With the greatest difficulty they
succeeded in extinguishing the fire before
any serious damage had been done, aud BIT.
ter TIE Gght she was towed up TO the city,
Lieut.. Bishop, gallant aud gentlemanly
young officer, should be assigned to The com
mand Of the Bragg at cnce.
REHABILITATION.
From the foregoing il will be seen that
seven Of the eight vessels composing the reb
ell hotilla, we're captured, sunk aud destroy
ed as followY
General / rice, sunk in shoal water can
be raised.
General Beauregard, sunk in shoal water;
can be raised
General Lowell, utterly destroyed.
General Thompson, burned 70 the waters
edge.
General Bragg. abandoned and captured.
Little Rebel abandoned aud captured.
Sumter abandoned aud captured.
General Van Dorm, escaped.
THE DAMAGE TO OUR FLEET.
Strange as It may seem, not one of our
gunboats was struck once, ana not man
One she'll exploded over the Benton, but did
no harm. Col. Elects wound and the iniu.
ries to the Queen of the West are the sum
total of the casualties on the National side.
THE LOSS OF THE ENEMY.
Its impossible 10 ascertain with any Ger.
| tainty, the loss OF the enemy in killed,
wounded and missing, though it must have
been quite heavy. Their guns were nearly
lo1l ov IN hn nd 80 oi,f thofr
boals, aud after the opposing forces came in
to close quarters, our sharpshooters picked
off their gunners as fast as they showed
| themselves. 1t is thought that from twenty.
five TO fifty persisted whenlthe General Lowell
went down.
IMPORTANCE OF OUR VICTORY.
The victory just won, not only gives us
Memphis, but the Mississippi river. Our up
! per and lower fleets will soon Join each 9TH
er, for if Flag Officer Farragut cannot teach
the braggart Mississippiaus how to surrender,
l am sure Flag Officer Davis can. Commo-
| dore Hollins is said to be below us, with
four boats, but he, cannot escape, except by
burning his feet and taking TO the woods.
The old gascon will never tell, in another
Southern bar-room, how he "peppered" us
again. This victory about finishes up the
war in the Southwest. 1t cuts what your
contemporary, the Commercial, would proba-
| bly, call the 'umbilieal cord" of the bogus
COnfederacy, and effectually separates the
East from the West. How the rebel leaders
are 80 survive the blow Is past ny ooiHpre-
tension. The attempt TO establish Slave
oligarchy in this free land has proved most
wretched abortion.
BRILIIANOY OF THE VICTORY.
In addition to being one of the most de.
cisive and important victories of the war,
the Battle Of Memphis Is also the most brill
liant. Indeed, il is quite safe to say that it
is the most brilliant engagement on record.
It lasted precisely al hour and three minutes,
the rebels having fred the iirst shot at $40,
and the Nationals the last at 6:43. How
! little the victory cost us and how dearly the
rebels paid for the defeat. How nobly does
| our gallant navy maintain its we'll earned
reputaHoni What heavy blows has Il dealt
she rebellion from Hatteras TO Memphia All
honor TO our brave tsrs
THE OCCUPATION OF MEMPHIS.
Correspondence Between Flag Omeer
Davis and Mayor Park.
|
After the aotilla bad returned from the
battle and the pursuit of the Van Dorm, the
following correspondence took place between
| Flag-officer Davis and Mayor Park, relative
to the surrender Of the city:
FLAG oFFICER DAVIS TO MAYOR PARK.
US. STEAMER BENTON, III.
OF Memphis, June 6, 1862.
SIR: have respectfully to request that
You will surrender the city of Memphis TO
\ the authority OF the United States, which
| have the honor TO represent.
am, Mr.. Mayor, with high respect,
Your most O'bt servant,
O. II. DAVIS,
Flag Officer commanding, &c.
To his Honor the Mayor OF the city Of
Memphis.
MAYOR PARK TO FLAG-OFFIoER DAVIS.
MAYoR's OFFICE,
Memphis, June 9, 1862
| o. H. DaDia. Flgg O1Goa Commanding, &C., ETC
Sra; Your note Of this date Is received,
and contents noted.
In reply, ! have only 10 say, that as the
city authorities have no means Of defense,
| by the force Of circumstances the city Is In
JOHN PARK, Mayor.
FLAa-OFuOE DAVIS TO MAYOR PARK.
u. s. FLAG STEAMER BEsToE,
on Memphis, June G, 1862
10 His Honor John PARK, Mayor Of he Cssy Of
Memphis
! SIR The undersigned commanding the
naval forces OF the United States IN front Of
| Memphis, has the honor to say 70 the Mayor
o. The city Of Memphis that Col. Fitch, com
ma2dlng the Indiaaa Brigade will take milf
| tary possession Immediately.
Csl. Fitch will be happy 70 receive the CO
operation Of HE Honor the Mayor aud the city
anthOfiaies in maintaining peace and order.
To this end be will be pleased 20 confer With
His HoBor at the military headquarters this
afternoon at 3 O'clock.
an, Mr.. Mayor,
Very respectfully, yours,
o. II. DAVIS,
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HOSTING THE STARS AID STRIPES OfEn THE
FOsI-OFFiCE.
As soon % the note to lhe Mayor bad been