Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-05-11

Much ss expectation had been excited within
he past forsy-eizht hours, there has yet been no
demonstration made by the enemy looking TO-
ward an Advance A6ght hiss been looked for
but as yet no Cont has come eff. Ths reason Of
this tarainess on the par. Of the enemy csn only
expiained b. the fact thai he was 50 severely
handled By cur email army last week ihathe
has found It BOT only smpraotiesble, but utterly
impossible to bring Els army TO fighting point
since. Ii is evident that he is now employed in
transporting his supplies by land from 1Iilli.
ksn's bend to New Carthage, which is g slow
and tedious process.
Some incidents connected with Che battle ct
Port Gibson, which deserve notice, axe now be-
rinnig to find their way to the public ear. My
younc friend, Capt. Watts, Of Gen. BaldTin's
STAFF, who received q severe wound. deserves
great credit for 4bs gsHanhy AID coureee which
he displayed ia tho fgkt Being in the thiekeat
Of the bsttle, he was exposed to tho ineessant
showers Of Minnie balls, SONS Of which cut
swsyths sling in which be carried his left arm,
which had been disabled in a former battle. He
replaced the sling by making uss of 8 white
handkerchief, which served as q target, and il,
too, ras shot sway.
He next received a Mamie bsll and piece Of
shell through ais hat. In bringing forward a
battalion Of A.an.ry to charge q Battery, his
horse was killed undsr Him, aud willis rolling
On &c e4ousd, two Yankees came up to receive
Ess sheFd so pisol3 m IooR ho4 e the
Yankees prisoners ard marched them 20 the rear.
La.sr IN the day b. received a severe wound in
fihs left ann, but remained on the field Until all
The fighting was snished. It is with feelings Of
pads that wo record such courage and spirit
smong cur cd friends, from whom We always
expect 20 hsar Of daring deeds and chiyalrous
-snfbusissm. There are many Instances Of this
kind that happsnad on the bloody feld At Port
Gibson, General Baldwin's brigade having
stood as an impszetrsbIs val, without finch
ing, to az oYsrulelming force Of the enemy
On Saturday morning the Fsdarsls we're en-
esgsd in landing troops in large nHu5srs st
Youne's poirt, pTobsbly with the i~nseRtion Of
marching them across the peninsula to b cross.
ed ever at Grand Gulf From the movement
opposite, it seems that a Tremendous force and
large quantities Of fad artillery are being Ian
ded, and AL dag was occupied in this work
what tie next movement viii be is Lot very
psfosptbls, but It is believed That they are in,
tended 70 Be taken below to join Grsnt's army
which is said to be intreuehiRg beyond The Bis
Black.
The oxp6ct afon Of another shslling Of The
loity Is again The order Of the day. b what
authority this suspicion has bssn started, I hay'
not been able to lcarn bat presume it origi
stated from the appearances Of the transports a
Yourg'l point, and the landing Of troops II
that quarter may have given rise to ths sus
pieion that an attack from above is contem
plated. Its also reported here that the Fed
erals have q aosang battery at short disiane'
above, and that 1t is intended to briHg thu
within range to do the shsling. Ii may Be pos
sible that tHis story is partly correct, but theI'
is 70 faith put in the report about a Eonstei
floating battery Of eight guns.
4 greet commotion was observed among IL
boa.s At Toung's point as night set in. anl
many there wero who pTsasetsd that q blockade
running would Be sssnpted during the night
Nsthink Occurred, however, to Sisturb the pre-
vaiiue quistsss8. It appears from carisin in.
HeEhons tbas they ere now adopting a new
ms5s Of runnisg The blockade, that is, instead
l0f taking a cargo in 4 boat, thsy set barrels o.
provisions sdrf ana allow them to aost doWa e
Grand Cult, whore they ara fshed out. This
trick lss been discovered, and cur own mes
have gone to fixing, and the result so far bs'
been the catching of s number Of kids Of salt
maeksrsl, pork, sse,-psrhaps the first time that
salt Cab were svar caught in the Mississippi
The greatest calamity that has bsfallen Vieks
burg Of late vas the destruction Of The Wing
Office by FIRE on Saturday. This is truly a great
national calamity st this time, and in addition
to the heavy loss sustained by Mr.. Shannon
upon whom affection has fallsr heavily this
spripg, the destruction Of ihe valuable materials
which cannot be replaced IL the Confedsracy. is
e severe blow upon journalistic enterprise al
this time. The destructive element spared
nsfhing, and with tbs exception of the account
books, not a thing was saved. A large quaint
ty of paper which had just been reoaTes ana
stored ia tbs cface an hour or tuo before The
FIRE, was All consumed.
On Sunday morning there mas nothing nsy'
to be glssned from the army bslow. It'll now
becoming fashionable to call the line along th'
Big Black the front. This, I think, is . per
version CT tho real position-ths front being OF
She river and not below. Bat it Is hard nat
ter to keep up with the military technicaidas o
the dsv. NESTOR.