Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-22

TIE Bate Eecennufssnnee I'D ite Aaaaes
kfiver-Tha agesuit Of IT, be ~meers
Don'f Want 70 Try il 6vesf gHAn'
Tho New Bedford Standard Aslishes a isAer
roR one Of the crow Of he steamer Coamodere
Barney giving the following particulars Of The
late reconnaissance up Jsm0s rysfi
Last Msnsay we started mp tho river with one
mentor and enc small tug basi3a o~urrelves We
got within alevan miles ~ F5Tt.DariihT, wheEa
crowd of shsTpsh90teTs hI0d on oar thee basts,
aHd ths way We poured the canirteT and shell
into the woods was & caution. Well we shut
them up for awhile, and went up within about
nine miles Of Fort DaiiHg, EDd tie mentor an
chored but General HunieE sud his aids wers
on the monitai and they came on board our
boat, snd wQlled uSt 70 proceed farther Up the
river so we enturea, and when va pot within
about six miks. glEaTt Darling we picked up
q white man in a boat, who was making
for The bush.L We told ha we'd shoot bimif he
didn't GENE aboard SO he cane on board, and "a ave
minutes after that torpedo burst uader our gtarboagd
bow. land several were right over g. when it burst.
and such = report you cag hardly imagine Iva. sent
water. which was whirinR ia eli directions A-t8g
that followed behiad us picked ne Up. Two Of the
crew went down TO riE6 no more; many others were
neaHy exhausted, two or three got wounded. not So
Houslv skouEh- One % them vas by my side. taking
81 tue tine, his head was cut with g pieces Of iron plat
ing. The water wGa thrown up, ID torrents, q nigh as
our zaoke pipe, and thsn came down on our decks,
ovarhoTing everything ff g time. Some Jumped over.
board before they were hurt 7 Wua tie only one
thrown OVERHEARD Nt rirTrd mp oar decks forward.
and carried away considHf1bie Of our plating.
We rans down 20 the mohitoE and anchored an night
Of the bdh Instant On tha 9th, at4 A. b., got under
way and came down the dvarr which is vary narrow,
and With higu bluffs an ths way. ~ 6 A. n. about two
hundred abafbshsoterE fred en us, which dr8va as from
our gems, aud then they poured in EK pound howi ger
balls with q VcnCeauce- s VIC goE BEss The bluff so
that We oouid get range We poured ih tas canister, but
one Of theirahot passed through our poler. mad He eoon
lost FfEnm Fua urfftna ashore. ~. uaFa ferE. ms fanlv.
having breHFruck two feet below tbs vsisr. We had
rst cEt u thtir range then. we were aground three
fouriha Of sd hour. and expected sbvc-y 4iau,e they
wpuld b upeH rs.
We Fers usdsr a very hzs bluf aus could not got
CIR guns 70 bear a. all We were in a sight hX.
and al that ttopFrd ikeu iroa costing on that all was
alaEE 1EEuk thas tEry Ceailht crog Finally ike tug
csas back and tlv7s6 q IN Wbsa We cot dawn %
tAs moEitor Jhsro and rsHF thsro that had just
cuHs NJ he riTur. slhgtura tpHsd the m8n-0r ard
Ehs toWed us behind. We GsAe out eft 6rBt rate: not
2 mas YVES hHrL Whsn we get -sewu 70 Malvern hill
tkav spezaH An aWfg. Gre on u, tse ssmo way as the
others F4aupshI7 eaE 10 drive rs as1y irom eur
guuI thsa To shot aud shell wore terrible, rakiHE us
fore ana st. Beas&berFe hst no sr=En At an. Thoy
waited TIL he uaniaf 81 bYSgEsu hey soeked iron
into rs rough and ready. ana re hltB theu, Whzn TIE
s1arpshostsrs stoPB% hrirR..
We are coUpietgLy uddl-d. One Of OR piIofhoussE
Is kroasS 90 uie& Eths ctT tsius roOE t. stove in. and
tia PurfeTh gtaeei7skf like q o4raeutcr'- hop. Tie
doclor was lying ia hE berth. scd 3 8z-1Suud Hhot went
through the whole length Of d, aHd H-veT touched The
cid fellow. The bullets came as tnCk ~ shall. ami The
protection We had was the tron.plating hat was net
touched ~ tue 'arP-dO On the FoTt size. The whole
orsw had 70 lie fat whsa he pebbles cane.
The q@es6 ae4t want 70 Try t ever again, aAd 1
dont blsms them.