Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-20
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Batsis Of sHbino Pass.
From tho fcllowiug, which we fRa IN the
Philadslphia fagEirsF, It sPPears thst the dam
avs sustaiHe3 by TIE snerny at Sabine psss was
gTsstsr ewes thsr was claimed ~ eur officers.
The zumbar ef gsEs' hersas' mules, etc, tnrewu
overheard by the enemy on The return home,
viii swell tie trophies Of tho repalse. Tia
yunbsr Of thsse, as appears by the following,
was very laTge;
The correspondent Of the Chicago Tunes gives
3 gloomy account cf eur disaster st Sabine pass.
After describing the action, he goss on to say;
It will naturslly be asked how L came that,
after hlesn asizBtes' trial, while the guRbeais
Arizona and Crescent City had not been in se-
fan, and transports. with 1900 men OF board,
were st hand. of Wken 500 were on board ths
General BsRks, then in tie pass ready 20 be
landed, and I'D ~ the gallant Wsitssl to the as
sault Of the faid- works, tke expedition was 50
hastily, and. to al appearance, 20 igHoGi1niously y
sbendonedl "ThsTeby hsRgs 3 ts!e The
stories iI circulation in military circles, IL re-
yar5 70 the nlszniag and Citing cut OF the sKps-
dition. indicate that there hss been great
bluder saEaEhsTa. PsrhoPs If tbs famous com
ssit.sa on the condsct Of the war tarn their at
.ention e the sEhjact, they may be able 70 dis
cover who is at fault dc ret pTssaIas 70 aver
that anv uns ia blamsable, but, "t0 a msa up q
tree it looks IS if there had been misHs2Rsga-
NEST somewhere, and especially if tie Es'
norris IN circslatisE, az ana inclined to believe,
have some Foundation
It appears that the expedition eEteTsd the Fssl
a. the tide WIS sbbiuF, and that Immediately y
sfterward The Clifton and the SsehsR grounded.
We are told that the lev stage Of wstor in the
sass vas uElooksd for. This Is strange WEf
thsre ae oRs connscted with the expedition, o.
the chaFtsriBE sl vessels for it, who knew ths
~. -. h-~..s-
/ that Il Is only under the most favorable eiTcUm
Stances thst vessels drawing over six or sevel
/ fees of water can enter. Did the Arizona and
/ the Crescent City, aRd the passports, OF auy O.
I fbem. beside the General Banks snd the Lsgrel
Hill. f.vhieh, It is said threw overheard lei
! deck load Of mules sEd soms pieces Of artillery
/ TO be skls 90 get CIT sfsin), did any Of tRese
vessels enter the pass, and, if not, were they
BrsvoBts5 By the unlocked fer low stage O.
wa.er7 Can II be that vessels were employed
| in the expedition of suck draft Of water tha
/ they were sHable 70 enter the passf
Again, it is said, ss a refsen for the hasty Re
! iuTp of Tie oxueditisn, that in fitting eat nc
/ provision Of fael for the siesBsrH bad beer
made, beyond barely sufficient to go ans rsturB
/ tkat ne sllowsHea bad besn Esda for any delay,
| end. tHerefsre the reiETE ef the expedition IS
saoa IS it was foEzd tie desired object could ao
| be sbtziaed isstaHtsT, was a EGtteC OF Unsvoid-
/ able SD pressing necessity II his be so Il
would seen 10 indicate such an assurance ct ths
success Of the expedition Immediately en- iis aP'
psarsnss il the pass that, in ssging oct, it was
| deemed sREscsSssry to make any provision feI
e0tiRgeRsies.
The correspondent goes cA to state that the
/ gusboat Clifton vas so ssrviessbls, WRsz ahsn-
Sozs5 t. the enemy that the rebels ia tor'y-sIgh'
/ hours coula make her sssTeHhJ. he also says
! lam tyustwerthily informed that tks numbs-
Of persons lost tssre st the psss) FROM the gam
/ beats and Sect generally, viii BOT taA shert o.
| 500.
An the life beats whieh Piled to and froR The
headquarters Of MEj Gen. Franklin, on the
| SHfsIk, we're driven ashore in $ sudden Fquall
and sbe crews and beats captured and taken a.
to the rebel fsTt.
Daring the engagement Of The gunkoais an
rebel hatlsries, several trains Of cars, crowded
with troePE, were plainly seen cemisg into IS
| hine CITY Thee vera IS many as hve tTaiEs
| supposed % have come from GslEestOH.
And new I must describe the return hems.
4 violent es.e aross as sams distance cut o
sirkt Of laud, oT Southwest Psss To Weathe
tie storra zroat less of yRlasble pToFsgty-sm
munition. gus, stores. mules, horses, ste.-hsi
( TO be subzitted t5. Some Ct TIE basts, tee
vera in & very shsky conditisn, particularly th
Ssffalk and Laurel Hill, aad may say th
Continental, on the former OF which was Ger
Franklin.
Feom the safolk they threw overheard
arasnE other thiuEs, the horses Of Gen. FTsRs
Hn's ssrff, bic oTH incladed.
From The Lsurol Hill they cast into the augr.
sea tnres hundred hsad OF mules, many arm.
wagons, and tWO-thirds of the ammunition
This koat was crowded with black troops
Tha steaueIs Continental, Lands and other
lad te dispense with a share Of their Tslaasi
frsieht to ride TIE waves. The CostiEeRtsl, teS
hsd run into the Suffolk, damaging herself an
nearly sinking tie olhaT. In fact Sat for u
double hull or dsu5ls siaes-I do not kaoW col
rectiy whick-that the Suffolk lad, she woul
have gone to the bstiou.
The Indiana sRd New York batteries wer
thrown overheard. The IndiaEa battery II
cluded tour 32-pounders. Perhsps sixteen E
twenty sounded The depths Of tie sea.
l sm informed, slso tsst the CaptGiR OF eiths1
the Cliftsn or the Sachem shst the pilot dead
! Hke ksd asserted that there w0Uld be tsuBd ter
/ feet of water in The pass.
Among the captured on the Clifton were foul
Of Gen Frsukiin's ststf; ERd either On th'
Szchem OF CliitsR--I think the latter-wer
sevea companies of New York shRrPshsotsrs
captured Of course.
Nv Informant, himself in the expedition, be
Eeves thst II the rebels bad permitted them a
10 land, every ous woVld have been capture
He thinks that tho rebels supposed that IN
UHitod States forces were faliy aware Of thel
condition. guns, ste, and hsd come IN sdequai
force to encounter them, hence theif desire
prevent the debaTkati5H.