The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-05-01

Next day our entire regiment was moved
down. Our mea ara comfortably quartered
| in the negro buildings OF Ion Plantation.
owned by ore Joshua James. as notorious .
rebel and traitor as ever cursed our land
He once had a splendid plantation of 5000
acres, worked BY lis slaves: but it is now,
with the exception of The leves and a lew
acres where his pslatial mansion and the ne
gro quarters are situated, entirely covered
with water, caused by our men cutting the
levee above Vicksburg. He and his family
remain here. He boasts that he has four
sons in the Confederate army. AMI wishes
he had four thousand more 10 send. 1t is
all the Col. can do TO keep the boys from
hanging him.
We have made quite formidable breast
works of saw logs across the leyee-ihe only
ground We have to defend from land forces.
/ On the morning of the 9th. the enemy ap-
peared in force, and shelled US terribly for
more than al hour. We replied with our
little howi,zer, compelling them to fall back.
and doing them considerable damage--so
reported by some contrabands who came in
TO ouI lines since. We on our side did not
have a man scratched.
In passing through the negro quarters da-
ring the fight. | discovered something under
some hidden treasure in The shape of wv
immense diamonds; but on nearing the sp
l found it was An old con,raband who his !
hid and his eyes were shining most fea'
fully.
Col. Perry was leading one hall of the
regiGe nt few PAGES in the of then
quarters TO form line OF battle near the man.
SION In doing so the old traitor, James,
supposed We were retrealipg, and shouted,
God speed the cause, God speed the rig ht.
but when be found we were going TO make
his house q breastwork for men. he
wanted to know If we were going to tight
there The Col. told him we were. lie
said that would be awful, for his folks would
all be killed. Perry told him lie didn't care
d|n, e would fight where ever il
suited him. The old fellow looked as though
he would send US all TO .'Davy Jones's" il
he had the power.
Just opposite our camp, on the Mississippi
side of the river, lies the wreck of the i'll,
fated Indianola. Her engagement against
such superior odds was Witnessed by the
people Of this plantation. They say it was
terrible fight, and lasted several hours.
see accounts in the Cincinnati papers abu-
sing the commander of the vessel, and accu
sing him Of cowardice, and not doing his
duty. Those who saw the fight say he did
do his duty nobly. and did not surrender
until he haG rendered bis vessel unfit for
service.
The plantations of JEFF Davis. Joe Davis.
(his bro,her,) and The late Gen. Quitman lie
in sight on the opposite side of the river
We are anxious 10 pay visit TO the distIn-
guished gentlemen's farms, and ''see what
We can ste.'
The rebels have not made any further
demonstrations since that Of the 9th. Their
pickets are in sight and when we venture
too near. they notify US by shot across our
bow. There is splendid mill Tor grinding
corn, connected with the cotton gin on this
plantation. run by steam power. Our boys
started the machine this morning. and have
been making cornmeal all day. No danger
Of starving while we can get plenty of corn
bread.
What will be the nature of our next move
l am unable to say. The balance of the
18th Army Corps are at Smiths plantation.
four miles distant; but we are here alone,
and patiently awaiting something to turn up.
Farragut's feet is below here somewhere;
SO are the rebel boats. We are hourly ex-
pecting to see some Of them; and in either
case, we will give them q warm reception
if they will only land.
Our regimental colors proudly float to the
bree re from the comb of the lordly mansion
Of Ion. We have no means of retreating
in case we are attacked either by land or
water; and fight must be desperate on our
part. The Goth have sworn never again 10
be taken prisoners. ard blood must stream
from every poor when the time does come.
If time. place and opportunity permits,
you shall again hear from
QUILP.
The congratulatory order from Gen. Nc
Clernand to Col. Bennett command was
pu olished in the Palladium last week ED.
IHE REBEL LOAN In ENGLAND--The sharp
ones IN England who recently started loan
there by which to obtain their pay for NUM-
tons Of war furnished the rebel government,
having succeeded in dffusing their claims
amongst larger number of dupes, the latter
are beginning to find out how completely
they have been tricked. The loan was at
first run up. as gold has been at tie stock s
boards in this country; it reached to 5 per
cent above par; the iufaters of the bladder |
having secured their end. the imposture is
beginning to be mantle ed cold water is +
being thrown upon the whole concern. and
ere long. the bubble will burst, and jeff Da- /
Wis will prove to his sympsthisng friends 10
England, his claims 10 the title of the :. Great
which was awarded to him t
or his insolent and unprincipled course to
wards the English bondholders of Mississip-
pi stock.
S.idell is endeavoring to whitewash the
Rebel President of any connection with that
fraud upon capitalists. suggesting the possi-
,ility that it was Reuben, not Jeff Da ris
hat was the hero Of that grand swindle-i
but Siidel is as we'll acquainted with the fact
rs any man can be. that his master a, Rich
mond was the leading spirit of the Missis-
sippi fraud, and tina, when be run for Gov