Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-11
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EDITORS APPEAL The 3lst Of January vas
day oi great excitement in she city which
boasts Of being she cradle Of secession. Now
that the srloke Of battle has cleared away, am
able to take s retrospective view Of things and
il you and the readers Of the Appeal viii bear
with me, wiz give you brief outline of the
whole affair. Being q western man, hailing
from Pemiscot county, IN the noble, but now
oppressed STATE OF Missouri, am anxious to
lay before western men and my friends, facts, Of
which I was an eye witness, that they may be
truly advised Of aud concerning mstters and
things as they really existed, and that weather.
ed the fgii without a mark
The day Of the 3Osh was spent in getting the
flagship PaInett0 State, aud her powerful con
sort, tie Csieora ir good fighting trim. The
guns were eli put in proper order. cartridges
shot snd she'll inspected, and the i-on-aTmor Of
the two monsters well CREASED.
TIE Palsssst0 Sssts carried hsg-ofiicer D. n.
Ingrahsm, and mas commanded By Lieutenant
John Ruaedgs The Cbiesra whs commanded
By Captain John r. Tucker At half past II
o'clock P. II. the Palnetto State steamed out
from the wharf sud turned her invineibls prov
saswsr5. followed by tho Ckioora. Two tenders
the General Clinek and Etis5an accompanied
them on heir mission of death and destruction.
TIE psle moon, a few degrees north Of 0rien,
vas shining dewn upen the Plseid waters Of ths
hsrbor. All was still IS death. We passed on
BIZ She forts; no sound arose from their adamsn-
tine basaaments. Noaght bat pale signal lights
glimuersd fFem Sulhvsn's island to show that
ali was well. All Ras gaiety among the men
on fbe gun deck Of the Palmetto State. They
were tba veterans Of She Msrriplee and ArkaaSas
They h,d been Ebsre iron hsil fell ns from an
o7er-oharqed cloud from the heavens. There
were nc. pale faces there. A space was clesred
I on the deck, and She weather beaten and battle
bronzad tars RECALLED themselves with music and
dsneing, song and mirih, until nearly time to
/ commence the work of carnage.
At twenly-Gvs Minutes after o'clock A. NJ,
January 3Ist, We eams upon large frst class
sloop-of-wsr lyilg athwart the channel. As We
nesrsd her, q youthful voice cried out Whst
shin is thatl" Captain Rutledge replied a
I Confederate ship" The same fine voice sung
ont q Drop your auchor aud surrender OF I viii
/ fire into you" But seeing no signs Of the Pal
nsls STATE dropping her anchor, he again shout
ed .s pat your helm hsrd up or you viii run into
mes The words we're scarcely past bis lips
before we struck the stranger nearly anlidshipsi
crashing snd grinding through bis timbers as il
they had bsen but brittle shells. Not over hall
minnie passed before we sent an incendiarJ
shell rom eur seveninch rife through her sides
a voice from the crippled ship sung ont We
surrender; don't Ere into me again" Captain
Ruaedee told him to send beat on board. i
was s5rae ten minutes before the bost camt
alongside. The officer proved to be Command
sr Abbot. witk authority from Captain Sdllwsg
on to surrender bis ship, the Msreideta, sever
guns, sud her crew Of las men. Commando
] Abbott reports his ship in a sinking condition
with his boilers pierced through BY our shell
and that lhs men were SO badly frightened tha
tbsy lowared their smsn boats with the water
plugs out. and conse quantly they were swanped
He wanted Commodore Ingrabam to tahs hi
men on beard the Pelmc,tO State Bat this va
limpossible Is Ee have ne room. He was parolec
and he pledeed his honor that his men shoul
not fghs against the Confederate States viii
ous being regulsrly exchanged BE was sen
back to bis ship 20 Try to save her. All th
time the Chicora had get into nest Of seven
lsisht raen-ofwar, and was entertaining the
IN mtsssrly ranner with her best meti
Alter disposi1g Of tho Afveideta the Pai'aet
Stqie agsin stood seward in chase Of the P0i
hattaz. We cana near enough 10 her to send
/ iron messenger through her hull The ne
+ customer that We paid our respects to was i
Qaaser Citg. Worsnged up to her and put
nine-inch shot through her abat her whe
honse. We then got our bow rife to bear up
her and sent sn inceDdiary shell aboard, VIII
Z nsae e landing on her foreeasl', knockii
s ambers and men ia all directions without
3 gard to consequences. The Quaker city th
e escsbed rs and fell in with the Chicsra, VII
C.utain Tacker opened on her. aud soon ma
!. her strike her coIoTs and surrender. Cspts
Tucker lowered his boat 20 send aboard Of b
e when she steamed away on one wheel i
). thought she sunk afterwards. Soon dayhg
E dawned upon the scene. Inc EeoeIal hses O.
put to Sea- Nothing was TO be seen OF
= nsroideia or any Of her boats. She had 60
down into The depths Of the ocean, and prol
:, blv al her crew with her, there to remain VI
s ~ ssa ewes up its dead. Finding that th'
y WAS 10 chances to overhaul any more Of
e Federal vessels, we ran into the baTand await
q ,,,,,l t;,., ,-.tsr 81 bsh-psst three o'clock
% the afternoon. During the day five steam
made their appearance, but did not come neal
q thsa about ten miles of us;w then steam
4 into the harboT again As We passed r
Nonirie she gave rs salute Of nine gu
Fort sum!sr fired ten from her psrapet, q
Fort Ripley two. As We neared the city we
the Hharges crowded with people the men re-
ine the cir with their hearty cheers, and
to ladies waving their handkerehisfs Several
the steamers that have lsssiy ran the bloeks
wsre dressed in their Tags in honor Of the dar