Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-18
O0nfsderate - Conaress.


RIcHMoSD, April lz--In the senate to-day the house
bill passed to dispaee from the quartermlster aud CON
mssay departments ali clerks liable to military duty
and detail fer clerical duty disabled soldiers The house
bill, passed early in the session. repesug certain eansss
Of the exemption act was taken up and amended by
substsang the clauses Of the senate exemption bill re-
sting 70 overseers plantations It also further
amended BY Incorporating al the ptovo1s Of he con
ference exemption bill rejected yesterday except TIE
paragraph relative TO oversssrs, etc In this shape
the biI passed altar = lans d4haia
The house passed the exemption bill reported on
wednesday from the committee Of conference Also
psssd the bill to allow hospital accommodations 10 sick
and wounded officers at one dollar peg day. They
adopted The following device for the seal Ct te Con-
federate States Equestrian portrait Of Washington,
copied from the monument a. Richmond. surrounded
with wreath composed in chief Of the agricultural
productions Of The, South Blotto-DEo DUcE VINCE
MUs-God being leader, VIC win conquer. The
house then went into secret session on the tex bill
Fresa Pert Hudson.
PORT HUDSON, April 1.-THE e1emys upper feet
has returned from above Bayou Sara They stopped at
Polntd Coupee post Office and took out The letters On
their way down they committed ether depredat0ns
The lower feet quiet only vessel being in sight
Reports Of Federal succesaes.
PoEcHAToULA, April 1.-THE New OrleGls Era Of
the I4lh has the following: The captured ram Queen
OF The West was destroyed this morning at 10 O'Clock
by our ganboais, on Grand Lake, and her crew cap
tured. The gunboat Diana is in sight place, snd VIII
probably be captured or destroyed.
The rebels evacuated their works at Centerve last
night and retsaea up tho Teche Is expected tbst
the rebel force wiz be captured The enemy is now be-
tween tbs troops Of Gen. Grover and Gen. Emery.
Cen Grover has succeeded in gaining the Of the
enemy and win intercept his retreat, be left his gurs
and ammunition behind him, which have fallen iaso our
--latest from vioIrsburg.
VIcKsBURG April l7.--Four prisoners from the boat
sunk last night brought in today, say tie transport
Henry Ciayas sunk and the Silver Wave burned, ard
the ram Lafayetts was sunk by cur lower batteries
They also state that the remainder Of the expedition
viii cone down tonight.
The battery The peninsula ceased firing late this
afternoon. 1t has done no damage
e The Memphis Argas, CT the 18Th, stsfes
that twelve light draa monitors, at $4,000
piece, are contracted for to be built within six
monlhs. Two are to be built By A. Swift s.
Co, Cincinnati, 70 be named the Klamath and
Zuma. The same paper states that on the 11tb,
{ he steamer Continental arrived from below,
bringing up eight hundred bales Of cotton.
Our MEMPHIS LErrER-Wo invite attsr-
ltvtA " tt4o AstsuA NUN ti-
1 d this morning. It is, as it purpoTts, from
a ,eesh Gill" who is one of those high
tone-, generous and noble secesh girls Of whom
there are many yet remaining in Memphis We
hope to hesr from her IS frequently as possible.
~ The Yiebsburg ifhig, Of yesterday, says /
General Lee has returned from Deer creek, the
Yankees having abandoned thal route for get /
ting in the rear OF Vieksburg. We believe all
the tributaries Of the Ysz90 are now clear Of /
Yankee crafts. q
CoRNTH-We had smother report as to the |
situation at this point last evening, to the eject
that reinforcements to the extent Of thirty thou
sand Federal troops had arrived, via Tennessee
river. We regard the rumor as an unfounded /
~ Our special from senatobis refers to tie T
of Federal cavalry force at Mem
Dhis to operate in North Mississippi. Reports
from that city say the corps will consist Of thir-
.een regiments.