Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-06


vsrsaof property, and that he makes no other
seugien whatever, to anythag that occurred on
q expedition
GA entering Black river the beats stepped at
D sjsE BaFd'g, an old and pForniHent citizen Of
tiss parish. The officers went sshore and as
ed the Major that they Veuld net iateIiere
wtai or molest private property and. that tie
P fsrs and citizans generally, might Tenain
" IN psriecf security 81 their b0ma via fasiF
ststsi that they came with q view Of r5Sueing
t's.i baauregasfd elore, WHICH theY ws0ld pre-
g 52F Immediately 30 do, if Gen. Backs, who
IL stated wss at that time marching scrsss
foN Alexandra t. fhe fort with siE'esna thou-
sH1c men, Did rot compel its surrender before
thag reached there. OF course, this converse
ti7a spread Wits lightning WING. and every
b5cy remaiRad at home, in ccnasQuene7 Of it-
SSH their goods aBd cbattels, ia iaacisd seou-
rlly. We Wer5 10 have a ma 7Bauin0us fo8!
they passed on UP Black river, entered the
OdAehita, and procee Ted Up that stream 10 vita
in view Of the fort. You have had description
O ths two davB hsmbardmcnt and isg result;
bat.of this part Of the Reconnaissance, tho
eemm8dUre tells the Secretary Of the Navy
nothing. lie dess not tell him that. uAder
Hee 81 truce, our officers then were notified tbat
Ullcs7 within one H0Ers tiae, t1a fort and It's
y aisY were tsrned over 20 the Federal forces
2 ere them, they vvoui3 cif5cs its reduction
bout delay. He d8es not rsH him how aisw
lraTe aad'resslate nIan In Fort BsaUr- gsrd bid
dshsncs TO thst force, and soon sent both mon
boats back from whence they came, az
re d5ss Eos.ssil sial chat or the gafglH5 II q
beats they stepped - Trinity, littla town -
miles below the Fort, which YVES without q eul
ar a-solaior for IFS defense How that here they
to1k from the owner Of the saw mill. without
making compensation, sufficient lHmber 70 make
80 or 40 cofins sssigninc rs a reason thai they
bad lost that nany men with the 1uK since en-
tsriug Black river That here bis braves made
war upon tho "Elsts 20 resulting in their speedy
Wiih these ia lreHt Of your eitY. That heTa they
violently broke open the doors Of aii the stores
and either removed or caused 20 be moved every
thiag Of Ysue. Ihst theY t5ek al. tho sails. rum,
m0iasses, sugar and haCnl- and either slowed Is
away on their boats, or, for wsu. of ra0m threw
il into The river as thav DID tha sat. eu tha
streets That here, in Trinity, ba appropriated
to hi5 oWR- us3 without Csnp susslen. and de- I
stroyed, tsgether, fifty tbouzazd 6sllars ws7ta
of priVst5 property, and that IA no instance /
ttsE the tiae his boats entered Black river uut /
enc dollars worth ol Government property Blt /
hnslly, be does net tell him fhzt bis men enter I
ed At tRis piace, ghat time bcuer5d insti.gtiip
the Masonic lodge, and lrCm It's scored and con /
qeerated couhnes teok and carried away the /
jswsls, the pictures suspended from the wal, 4
and taat nothing WIS Left uEtsUchs3 Of auy /
vslae; that even from the lids Of the sely Bible
they took and carried swzy the squsr5 and com- !
psss.
No. he is strangely siieD. with regard 90 an /
these thiugs, and aany sthars of which Icould 4
write. But ia not this enough
How Ar Welies' eyes wsald have Eparked /
with tieHdish delight" bad ha boen informed /
.hrsugh the eenm5doTa Of sl those achieve I
uents UEfoFtBnatsly, however, he viii live 4
IN ignorance of tkem. They are nevertheless
scJs, and tacis which casRot be success uIy (
questioned RssD4ctf715v. IL
TEIvITY, La, Juae 19 1853