Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-24

purposs Of h'ti7g 0ut the shie as = cruiser AIS
the ship Hood Hope. Recessed on giving ransom
and the Dictator burned The Vau1arsll hai
proceeded 70 Trinidad The American shii
samuel Z bsrtson, four hundred and twenty
one -uns MoH' ser master, ,whlss vessel put IN her
on the Itn June on Der voyage ffo1n New Esd
fard 81 HoBaluH, having been cond=mrsd, wal
= soii By suction fer eight thousand and forty
reals.
lis reported that The Conrad, which wa
captured BY the Alabama on the I9 h OF June
he'd been armed BY that vsssol and got de-
strOysd
The ship SBuriss has ar-ive5 st Liverpool f-on
New York she was captured By the FIsrida
10 lautud- 40 North longi.Ei- 65 West, bus was
released On q ransom b.Hi for $4,000
Yankee Aeoount- of she s'rOwress 81 an,
siege Of GhHrieHtee.
The WarkiHg Of the Different FORTS Hsaitk d
he Troops Description Of Morris kbGHd.
The New York papers Of the I4ta contain
I very 6uil c0rrsspondence from Charleston as
late ss The h inst. Some of it is very inter
| estng The correspondents seem q b snazsd
I 81 being uns6s 10 explain the partial cessation
# FIRE from the C8nfsdsrate forts. The New
York TINES correspondent, giving resume Of
/ n be weeks operations, saygs
I Fort Wagner is already sb0at son sst At
any rate il Is impossible Tor that work 70 use its
I guns to any advantage, IN consequences Of the
j sxpertness Of cur shareholders who are ready
/ 10 PICK of he Gfss rebel that shows his head
/ GDcvs the Orrifcasioas Bv this means It may
/ be ssfslY sad that Fort Wagner is eEtirsly at
! cur mercy. When the UaIog toress gTst arrived
! on The island the guns Of Fort Wggner zsre
I trained on the beach so as 70 sweep is entire
{ length, and in fact 1t was n3ared any thing but
an agreesble promenade taat time. Bat new
I he soldiers csa walk en- the beach with impu-
nity q vi hin a mile snd a half Of Fort WGgneT.
not fearing any trouble from the guns OF thas
work.
Fort Gregg, otherwise known IS the Cum
miBgs Point battery, is completely Out Of the
question AZ present The special points of in
teTe7t are I rss Sumter, Johnson. and. as befors
iatimBt Fort Wagner. Llas those forts b re
duesd and the land forces viii Bsve achieved al
ihst esH Be reqTres Of them in their pressRf
situation. The ir0B-cladB mnst do the rest IN the
rsductisn Of Char les ten. Fort M1ultrie oces-
sioDaAv throws q shell, bu. for what purpose it
Is difficult % conceive, as the re;sctle iavaris-
bly, fails in the water without causing she sizhl-
est damsgs 20 rny Union material
OF the heslth er che Usiou troops It nay bs
ssi5 that they are comparatively in a good con
dihan The cases of sickness have been greatly
re7ueed during the ast ten days, and the prob
ability is, that in the course Of another week the
sick Iist viii be very small. Those who are sick
have the best Of treatment and attention, being
Immediately conveyed 20 Hilton Head, where ac-
commedstioEs have been provided for them
As yet there have been no signs Of the yelleu
fever, or any other epidemic, aud such is not
spprehendsd on the island this season few
cases occurred last year at Hilton Head, but
such sanitary measures have been taken as
Il is believed, viii prevent a rstarn Of that
class Of disease this summer On Norris
lslaEd not a tree or shrub Il 70 be found The
Cu'y thing that approaches vsgstssio1, even IN
its simplest form, is 4 kind Of rank grass which
IS discovered il ceTtsiH spots. ike the oasis in
toe desert The absenca Of vegetation is be-
ieved - rava ss.utsFy effect on the health of
fhs soldiers As w0ufd be naturally supposed,
he clinlsfs Asra is ez eessvaly wsrn, especially
IH ea-'v n11r-+-1 aa eb ne 10 ar II a n VS.
have fresh sea breeze. which continues for the
r-rr= uisr OF the day snd long iuto night
W.thja the past six dsys four hundred men
have been sent from the hospitals 60 their regi-
meots IL fscs one or two hospitals have been
broken entirely
I, must not be suppcsa5 that Morris island is
$ level Ula'n Of sand There can be no doubt
ssCut the sand, but The island Is by no meaas
lrs- from hills and low bIuEs, especially on he I
lower or sOuthern end. Fhose blrffs extend
a57Us oue and 8 hz! miles parallel .vlh the Is
land or 10 the lookout tower. 3 Yuud sbs
point ths ccuutry is comparatively even, bEt
H0ouuds with marshes. From the peculiar
shspa Of TIE islznd and the contracted limits I
'7hlch can be occupied IL is impossible TO con-
ceutTste up1a il very haayy number Of men
Notwithstanding ttis, however, 10 is thought We
have troops enough 20 accomplish the object is-
tended.
l. viii not be matter Of news to state thai |
wori, Is beirg vieoFougly prosecuted on the /
trenches and parallels. The na-urs of the next |
csnh ct can be easily suyuiissd Il viii be, for /
t5e most part, an artillery duel
Lighthouse inlet has certainly become q 1
ism0us harb0r on the Carolina coast The 1
rshels, in looluug frem their observatory /
just below Fort johnson, cannot be s.hsT- /
siss than a3soDished 70 witness the aset OF 4
vessels Of various kinds that are constantly /
anchored a. thss point Psrh ps they also I
witness with feelings of regret the wreck of /
the inpudent Ruby, which was driven on the /
beach By ths blockaders while attempting 20 1
TEa the gauntlet, With a conTsbaRd cargo, up /
Z ghthOase creek. Communication between 1
Norris and Folly islands is kept ND by means /
OF a small steamer winch hourly phys back and !
torth II addition 70 the steamer, dozen or !
mere row beats are always Oa one OK the other 1
shore, 20 there is never lack Of tranapog "a ion
A tag Of trace was sent TO Fort Wagner yes
teiday, bat no Tspy Aas been rsceived up 70 tae /
lire Of mailing tbis letter
In Gen. 6iiuore msFquee are three elegaat 1
f7gs which bsye besn captured en- this island 1
Two belonged "a Che 2lst South Carolins, enc 4
Of thai6ld ana he othsg the sB style. Tie Old I
one has "Poeotaligo" inscribed on ii sDd waa 4
caDruFed BY p-ivage Poper CuoaoR, conpsi y !
D ID C0anscasuz, on fhe l0lh ult., aitor shOel- /
isg tho rebel color bGarer