Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-25
Running the River GauuIIet- Further
EsaFticalnEs Of lac SGaiF.
From Tie Vfcksbur- Whir

Particulars of lac naiF.
From the vioksburg Whigl
At the Tins Of Psnniug The paragraph in our
issue of yesterday q A NJ nothing definite
wa5 known as TO the amount of damage the
Yankees sustained ia rusning the gauntlet On
Wednesday night, ard indeed nc one was psr-
feety certain tha. tho first craft which came
down was gunboat, as tho frss on the oppc-
site shore were not at that time sufficiently
brilliant to indicate what shs wss, but from the
way she moved in the water, ths noise of her
wheels and peculiar putting, everybody set her
down as an iron-cad When the others came
however, the fires were large enough to light
the river ell tho way across to this shore, Civ
ing our men a coed view wren the boats came
between them and the fire. The first boat in
iured was the Moderator, = stern Whesler. A
shot entered her hurricane roof, passed down
and tore away the steam pipe, when tho crew
took 10 the small boats and went on down, with
the exception of one man who got out on the
bank and was afterwards taken prisoner by our
pickets. The Moderator drifted along close to
TIE Louisiana side, and finally the steam in the
boilers, which had been bursting out of the
broken pipe with terrible valocty, making
a nost unsar.hly noise, was exhausted, and
soon it entirely died away amidst ths whistling
Of shot and bursting Of shell from cannon b.
low, above and in the city. The olher three
mile apart, receiving the FIRE of cur upper guns,
which, from the crash amidst tho wood work of
the boats, seemed dsipg good service. The fourth
passed By the upper light On shore, ploughing
through tho water as fast as steam would
permit, when a shot was heard to strike her,
aud all ears were eagerly listening to hear if
she had ceased stesming. But in this VIC were
disappointed, for she passed the lower FIRE just
above Ssale's house pEfhag as rapidly es ever,
after which the effect of our shot could not be
sscsrtained. Then all eyes Were turned above
agsin--snother was coming, we were tod by
tie continual belchiDg of the upper guns.
About the time this oDe's bow was entering the
streak of light spanning the river from the
upDeT FIRE, e percussion shell came WhizziHg
along and burst in her wheel. Then her rropel-
Iirg power was gone and she foatad by turning
around with the current assshe went. Shot after
shot was still sent after her, one of which tore
away her bow and another her pilot house, ikill-
ing her second pilot, the first having previously
eenkillsd by our muskstry. This boat proved to
be the sternwheel steamer Anglo-Saxon, a craft
well known in these waters in times of pescs.
While all were watching this helpless vessel,
tie guns in the bend were sdmcnishirg Us that
still another and the sixth was coming down.
Ia a short time she too appeared in front of the
upper fire, gliding through tho wster with tho
fleetness Of q raindeer. At this iuucturo
the boats which had gone past wero re-
ceiving the respects of the lower batteries.
but the night was so dark that nothing could
be seoa OF them after they past tie front of
the city, and hence all felt an interest in the
two boats now opposite the bayou. The sixth
boat ran over to the disabled Anglo-Saxon,
floating about in the river, and communicated
with her; came back to the center Of the river
again and, some say, took hold Of q floating
barge and went on dawn. Oar batteries WERE
of course, firing 81 the tinae, but with what Of
feet could not be sscertained. Aftor she passed
the city her steam pipe was cut or else the on
gineers letting OF steam, as a noise sud.
denly BIZ from her, almost similar 70 that
which cs from the Moderator. A faw shot
were rected at barge, after which the
iiriD sased, but the WanontoR batteries
ha1 sims opened on the first boat which
p and firing was heard there until
a. o'clock. Yesterday morning one of
the Ia, ports was at Brown & Johnson's
sunk to the boiler deck, and in the afternoon
she hsd settled dswn end caTsaned over until
nothing was visible bat the pilot heuss and
chimney. Trustworthy adviees from Diamond
bend in the afternoon, state that but four boats
passed that point, two Of which were lashcd te-
gsthEr terribly shattered, and one without
chimneys. This would show that our batteries
sunk two boats. a man from the Moderator, and
one fom the Anglo-Saxon made their escape
from those boats, and il il from one of them we
gstEer the information about the names and
damsge sustained By these two steamers. Oar
informant says the expedition was cited Gu. at
Miliken's Bend, and originally composed Of
Eve transports loadsd with provisions for the
boats which got past last week. It is thought
the sixth boat was q ram or gunbost which
joined tbe expedition at Old river No gunbost
is reported however TO have passed Diamond
Bond. The TigrsEs was with The expcdi-