Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-06
LETTER FRom roar GIBSON.


/ Spring. Lisk Back at he Detract0rs Of Port
Gibson The Yankee GanbOats-ABTa FoOis-
Tg-HiSsorFi 7TOeps-A Hint to The Medical
dulbOrsties-List IF Cassaities By te Acci
dent at Grand Galf-Famins approaching,
Etc, Etc.
PORT GTBsoE, april ?, 1852.
Eu1roRs APPEAL, Old mother nature. sfter ft Of
several days excessive i'll humor, aud scewng and
snaln at her hapless subjects in these ends Of the
earsh, has again recovered her habitusl good tenn
per She has gded her face with sunshine garlsuded
her head with aovrsrs and grded her waist with the
rainbow; and to-day from the tr eops and house-iOps
she looks down on field lawn aud bower with hroa1
grin on her rsconcied countensneess if she would say
10 the evil and the good to the nigaraly and the
profussly generous 30 the brave soldier and the
arily skuiker from danger Though many have scat
tered searceya crumb upon the biilowy waters, all
shall have many loaves in return; for it is written,
while the earth re maine h ssed-me and harvest and
cold and heat, and simmer and winter, and day and
night shall not cease
Somebody very ignorant very reckless Of the fact
has lately attacked the reputation Of some Of the good
people Of this fair village BY publishing in your Pspe
charge against them the effect that they were
duly attentive the captured Of the Lincoln gun
boat ID6anols while they detained prisoners in
the courthouse in this town. for safe keeping; that deli
the kind Of slander and insult like TO the
people Of this town who only loyal but ready
and willing hang the limb any snd all who
are not and the gallant ofeerE and men OF Colonel
Adams cavalry who guarded the prisoners and every
avenus the building they occapied, while they
malued IN the place. and would not Of course have al
lowed sHy improper attentions to have been shown to
the captured Aboifionisss.
You have Of course heard this Of The passage by
the Grand Gulf batteries Of the sloop Of Hartford
and guRbcatz the evening Of the 3ls EIt They
were well pepPersd by our guns, but the extent Of
damage Il any, done them is ascsrtAnsd. Some
bsdy FePorted yesterday, tSs AprfoO triet. #
b besvsd) that the Hartford sprung leak and sunk
just below Rodney Many persons knowing that she
had been srck BY several Of largest shot believed
the stor- At ars and thus became April-fooIs while
the chap who started it bscsme an Aprilar-probsby
perennial one. Ths Yankee vessels their passage
down were fred on from our upper battery by Capt
ersysons heavy artillery, from Louisians) and ffom
our lower battory ~ Col wados sHd Capt. GuibOr's
heavy artillery In the trenches the 3rd Missouri
Infantry commanded by Lieut. Col. F. L. Hubbell-all
under command Of Brig. Gen John S. Bowen, com
msnding lst Missouri brigade
The guns were handled with great sk9l and preeis-
ion, and all the officers and eHceedinely de.
sirous for fight which the Yankees avoided by pre-
cutsting sher vessels rapidly down the current keep
ing up only running Ere. No was injured on our
side by the enemys shots but regret record one Of
those appalling accidents which make the heart sick
One Of "a pound iron guns bursed by the prsma-
ture explosion of she'll before it left the gun The
piece blown atoms and the following Is list of
casualties oecasionsd by the explosion:
In Capt Guib0r's Battery-kiled: Privutes Furguson
and Underwood Wounded Capt GaibOr. seret w.
Hays In Col Wadss battery-vounded Lieut. John
Kearney, sergt Thoss collins, Psivsies Thos GHlers,
Geo Shay, John Gill
The above belong to the 1st Missouri brigade and are
severely wounded. Others whose names I have not
learned, were only very slightly wounded. The msdi-
cal officers senior surgeon J. NJ Allen, and surgeon J.
D. Wallace have had the sufferers removed from Grand
Gulf TO one Of the hotels in this place. anremit
ting in attending their The bearing and man
ner Of the surgeons give evidence that they men Of
energy, skill and benevolenee.
BY the way the force at Grand Calf Of - regiments
have as yet to depend theiF own invention and tie
hospitality Of the people, for hospital accommodations
This Is very nconvenent to the people, 70 the surgeon
and above all, to the sick and the wounded To the
latter will be exceedingly oppressive and unfortunate
Il they continue much longer to be the subject Of mill
of he department will receive many bless
ngs5 instead Of cCrses from the invalid soldiers heart
BY very establishing hore the necessary hospital
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