Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-03
rhe Rattls Of ~allehatchie.

This 10 tbs n.ms given by Con. Lc'ih2 10
the engagement .h.i took plea AZ Fort Penn
ber.on, commanding CT 100 l3n Instant q
correspondent 6 he MeAphis appeal"
gives .hs fruowiog nccouo. Of .hs tcEhsr I'd
met, m t5s ,rc :e5is:e Tesri:a attending
1t:
Last Wednesday morning !hs Ynasss Hset
OF suuboa,s and transports, 70 ;hs number OF
shi:t5 Jsvsn, led By bro=d-ho,nsd iron
ols5, which on, boys cali the Oailly Coffee,
started from point on tie Tsllshatcbic,
three miles sboTe rs, (EheEe they had tied up
tas night bsfors) and came ;as'inG round
tho bead Of the river in full gs!iop, as though
they we're going right Oh down to snyder's
mills withou. stopping. We knew they were
comipg,Iend just rs ;ho. Chil;ootne poked
he, nose round the corner sbe ran essinst
percussion shell fem g thirty-t~o FOUNDER
rife that had been pisytuliy and courieously
forwarded for her reception sni welcome
Taia was folio~s1 By splus from our e histiiDg
DICE, (alongsi 10 tns thirty.two pouuder0 AMI
tho electrified Ysak backed up the river,
around tia bend, whore. exposing no
thing but "a: row gu1s-s!sven ioches-
she replied TO ns. Af:aE firing four times At
cur tatscty, she'll from the thi1ty-two
pounde, exploded in our cotton bress;works,
making the balls hy, snd abe drew OF. Ho
struck ntr, In the snort t;me Of the engage
ment, seven times. That afternoon another
gunboat came in her plsce, and, as corse-
ouence, It took them from dark I'll daylight
next morning to repair damages We List
that ds7 cns kiilsd and fous wounded By frags-
n.nts # shell, and four slightly burned BY
the ignition of small quantity OF powder:
On Thursday The engagement WAS uain:
portaut. No Injury SUSTAINED % u;'
On Friday morning, We discovered tnst
they had succeeded in maskingh battery Of
heavy pisces In the dense forest in our front ;
and from this, two gunbosts and IL inch
mortar, they opened upon US at 10 o'clock 4.
N The q yhs a',s kept up fur,ously through
ont tEo day, closing at sunset. Ole OF
! the gus on sunboat I think the St. LOUIS
-HaI Q 200-pounder, tho Others on 'ths
boats ll.inches, tho norter l3-inch, sna The
land battery "a FOUNDER r;nss. It is far to
| say that projecti!e was 10 the cir sll the
time. They appeared 70 b, of every COZ
ceiyabie shape, from the spherical to II e
| Iamp.pos. STYLE of architecture, and some OF
them. I verify believe, had long tails, which
| ware d.fl.ntly switched In our faces as they
| wont vhizz ne and bowling spitefuliy but
| harnlessIy BIZ. Our shot, shell, grsps end
caniater fell so Thick and fast in the timber,
that VS. succeeded in spelling ono OF their
guns IN their land battery but they arc an
industrious set of skuDks, and In two hours
they had substituted for itsnotbs: OF smaller
caliore.
At abou. ons o'clock P. NJ, ono ofths gun
beats Withdrew, ba1ly dsmsgsd The Other
stood it out, however, though struck several
times, until just IS tho sun was setting, when
your correspondent noted the direction OF the
list three shots from Wbisling Dick. They
were to the poiat and IN. broad horn went
round tho corner, G Ia craWfsh, and dhap'
pssred. It is proper to say that they
stand bow on. and only TWO can come ct
time. They darsrot turn rouod when they
4 want to Withdraw, ss that would expose theli
tsnderest parts. You may know that bick
ing a clumsy gunboat up stream is no easy
business. hince then, tho engagements nave
bean Of little or no importance, 30 hf ss "e
can see.
This Is, in my opinion, but an advance party
Of most formidable expedition, and we loof
forward to, nud arc preparing for along, des
perate and bloody struggle. Major.GsnsIa
| L,ring is in command here, and be intencs u
fight rh,ls there ia a foot of ground an
la rnsa of his command to contest foz l.