Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-08-26
fiis WAR ~ gtssrsslppI,
The Allalis Appe.l Of Frdsra,t thus arudes % the


recent movements Of the e1emy in Mississippi;
1t VII be by special dispatches that the RAID
ing columns in Mis- ssippi are 10 Ier from " zoo
City uia the Mississippi Ceitrs rsloAd, aud q Other
moving south from the uc Of tie u arItstop read have
succeeded D eff cling jul et,oa at Gren6d where al or
dspers pg very sG1aJ mits force, the ual gGs
in the way of he destruction If private prop ys-,e
perLetrated GRENADA "as a kaD's me iovu Of ct
two ihouSaDd y ulatioD, siiua'ed liz yIDles
mphis, &C the junction OF the Mis- lprj NJ On Us
see and Mississippi Central oIds IL tlgn-sd
oil navigation on the Yallabusha, and was ut oil II
souih bank OF that stream. The raiircad brdrts
burned we're hee strEc ue, satit vi te impos IDLE
repair during the war. In November last Fedeitl
force OF three Thousand inautr! % the vicinity
at the Place, and abcut 1900 caVay, with battery Of
artillery, camped whole day fye mics orh of the
railcoad here they burned train At the tine there
bus three hundred State militia in the vicinity,
Set tie enemy, from sone cause made 10 a,ta,k and
fell back. IL os this formidable hark movement T. om
the river, under Gen. Washbuin, coupsd with ani's
vigorous movements in front lrom Grsnd Ju ccn ia
used tho hasty and disastrous evacuation OF Atbeya
by troops when they fell back 20 Gre ada and
Stationed t,ere for some time, I'll VicssbJrg was
threatened.
sln or sejourn of sig months at Grenade we formed
many pleasant associations and kecnly apr,
the sufriT g that have teen eLtaed rpon riencs
BY al unrelentiDg enemy
Thi' Of the enemy OF course, loses to the
South all the railroad sock OF which the press has mace
sue queDt cODktQ tlCt VI feVtD Weehs
being suffered TO lapse athout placing The bridge
over The Pearl az stcSen (which could Ey have b,ea
donr) the stock couli rCt be brought below, and
that has Lot been destroy bweon Grenada and Ja"A
is above the al bnsa ard within he control o.
the enemy. The unt q machinery was very ll
JACK on MISSISSIPPI.
A correspond .nt Of the Appeal, wr tiOg fom G.
sou Aug. lSth, gives tie following descrp ion Ct t.
ap, eGa, ce of Il Ice
lave read great d.,l and WIi.'cn ONE, irCm
lie sy alb W the DIS ion at JdcLfO1, tut bud Oh
sci for myself that description do justc 10
the gloomy d,soaton that exists 1; is forest OF
gaunt BIZ ckened chpReYs house hire and there only
adding to The terror Of the &C by ugh. aud s
ghastiaess by day. wish every cLzen cf Ties
iederGcy cyud the rufus OF Jfc sou, They couli
then understand what the Yankees IN resofins
the Union, and they would be neIy.d to,Nran eve
sinew ii they cracked iD rsTentng the progress ofrs
restoration Liberty ceaIh il no roper cry for tbs
Our wGTcy has yet 10 strike the air. 1t will be
uttered hrst by she yells cou'sgcmeut
10 thiCe 10 drive hack IbOuand who are coming 10
DIS roy her house her children ard herself Echo viii
ch the fearful, terrible cy it will he gioaned by
Companies, batalions r. glmens dviions-the nation
sly Tabled by blows for revenge nted by deaths.
fns Iaid which 'reached the railroad at Durant is
ported 10 be Zoo suoDg under command q General
Window. They reached Lexington, Kiis, coming y
the lower road, burning the ms a. that llafe They
we're travelling rapidly. IL came from SaydeI's Bluf