The New York herald., 1863-10-02

De'o" "eeniie SOM tvsr.. hv, or thrty miles Is th
ar 'en,ai'ea % 1oyemor saa Nctnic ~casql.
o. II ou' ne bare iaud ca4. y. farnerly -ahl ~,
rom ses,e 70 dit-sa hGirre bses " c,ttoa a'ashd
'haa ? income Vas abca, Aclc Ho seut by cal
'ernmeat 10 Fort Warren, haa Afterwards to Fort
ihyetie GoYernor MoFeheai IS now ia Eu. orc
some OF the finest plantations the soetL ace IN thc
neghborhocd o. Columbia and Creorcastlo
Near Napaleon Is the imm.nse plan latou q the late
thomas p. Anderson tho buildings Of vhcr were satire
destroyed by our gunboats, geerias having Grcd al
assng vessels
balanton Dnncan colonel In the robel service ana the
we OF Ten Brock are two OF 10 the propest
All the Slaves 70 the number OF several hundred have
disappeared Beyona Memphis We passed eight or ton
steamers loaded with troops going up tho river. "a
wARRmroE,
tho extremity OF the rebel works below viCksburg be
fore tho war plsoo Of three hundred nhabl
tants Like Greonvie, but two houses are standing aud
they are tensntess On zach side OF the rivor lay the
nuls OF the Tgress and General Taylor two tauspo "a
driven ashore by the guns s vcksburg when they At
tempted 10 pass tho forts.
% place OF two or three houses General Grants army
arrived here after marching the peninsula bsiow
Yicksburg, and sncsuSsd upon Mr.. Jamos' paasaeioa
Tue residence Of sho planter COST $4,000 has GOT
been destroyed. frs.. III I
Perkins plantation IL below Carthage, whore portion
or General Grants army euoamped before moving against
Grand Gulf. ~
LAu PRovDmsos
canal was dug here leading from tho hissssir IA.
tended To through Tomas by Mason tat, A river
I. was failure.
$1,000 sARD INKS - -c+
place just above Grand Gulf where tho troops ccncsn
tratcd previous to the attack on yiossbug and point
from which they marched after tho failure 0. tho gun
boats 70 silence the batteries a. Grand Gulf.
GRAND 0ULB
rs very strong military post situated the easl bank Of
tho river evacuated by the enomy after the ght Al For.
Gibson. Ths town. which la now entirely destroy 3D. was
formerly place OF abou. three hundred Inhabitants
The Plantations OF Jefferson and Joseph Davis are Ia
this neighborhood, the cast side OF the river The
former Is in the Of Hercsna lssad the latter On
the river bank.
BsyNsBuRa
i point on the east bank OF the river where General
Grants army landed prior to the attack on Poet
Gibson Raymond, Jackson, Champions Hal, Big Back
and Viclrsburg. tgp
is city Of 1ftsen or twenty Thousand Inhabitants,
situated upon tho cast bank OF tba ryor Nachez built
the highest ground along the Mississippi tbs bank
It s very handsome town, sna tas several noble build
ings ic and around IT,
soRr ADAas,
Louisiana aud Mississippi It small town on the east
side of the river numbering before the about two
hundred houses. Tho town is Gow entirely deserted.
Six miles below the opposite side the mouth OF the
Rcd river. v -srtt4 ~ rr .rttrr
On the east side OF the river near Fort Adams, B.
Ackins plantation, Of the largest In the South He
between ten and fifteen thousand acres OF land
Before the broke Out he had i've hundred negroes
and raised annually from three TO five Thousand bales OF
cotton. He married the widow Frspkn. Through bis
wife he became possessed OF this immense wealth. Three
years ago he worth two million dollars besides
having OF the nnes places and mansons 10 the South
near Nashville. the whole, with improvements, alone
costing nearly million dollars Mr. Ackln is said to
be Union man. When our forces arrived At New Or.
loans the rebels tried to persuade him 10 set fire 10
nvs thousand bs!esO cotton which he thsn had on hand
but he refused To- do He is now residing with his
family al his residence near Nashvi.lo had seen up to
this time but twosavss along the banks Of the river On
this plantation scores well several horses aud
cattle grazing The latter were the frs. had since
! left Cairo. b
Port Hudson, Baton Rouge aad DonAldsoaviIle Asa
unable to speak Of. pascal than is shs night.
will, however, mention q few Of planters aosg
who either large plsistiols in the rebel
army
Judge wuchsstsrs plantation about aftsen miles be.
low DonAl1sonvils He ID OF the weslthest and
Influential men in the South He has son m the rebel
army, captain Of artillery
General Dick TsylOrs residence ID situated about
twenty six miles above New Oresns the side.
Duncan Ksnner the celebrated raiser Of boodsd stock,
resided On plantation the sas, bank Of the river
about seven miles oesw Donsldson ve he one Of the
leaders in the confsderacy The buildings yet remain
upon the plantation but all tho negroes and
beer taken Madam Beuchwss' plantation, on the east
bank, sixty miles from New Orleans and three from
Jefferson College OF lhe finest plantations and hand
sonicst residences ia the south.
Nearly sl the plsntsiions which are worked along
tho banks Of the river arc the hands o. the agents Of
| the government.
orESis6 or TRADf.
Touching the subject OF opening trace with the people
OF Arkansas snd Mississippi, sorry to say that
nothing will be changed from the presenI state Of things
until General steele meets defeats Price The hostile
forces are nov within ten miles OF each other and
battle daily expected. You need fear for The
result as General Steele has to my certain snowedge
force sunoient defeat aud rout him win certainty
Ind last wosd for the steamboats, aud our dis
tingpshej friends board. ON the Cry OF Alton the
notables were MAJOR General john a. LOssn AM stan,
Brieader General Burbridge Aduant Vance aud 1iei.
| tenant Colonel Tiger, Hon. BY Camp. New York Hon
s. Casey NJ C. firil district, Ky. William 7. Neller
Esa aud sou, ot Cincinnati special Of the Treasury
Department Ton the Mississippi NJ Vance alsge plsnter
from Kentucky Mr Moore large planter from ou:
! ana others.
II was those scntlenen's good hack wei ss mine TO
get three c the Gncs, steamers on the Assssp-th
City OF Alton at Cairo, the sutsna a Memphis and the
Atautc at Nicgsburs. The Of TIC onlcers are
CITY Of Alton. Captain william Barnes clerg W. n Reed.
suilana, Captain william ford Chief Clerk W. H. Crop.
| per M.S,aRJ Glsrs, ~ 9snre.t. Atlanta, Captain
1 Henry Mcnougal Clerk Edward Ford Int boat was
nred by guerllss while ON her way to vcksburg a
week sgo lss, sunday. Several shc's went completely
through the vessel yet NO person received .p,ury
The Jus which arrived last night wss hred az by ar
,illery the place saturday. Five shots oui
| OF twelve struck nee.
| Mr.. =. CsdwaIiadsr's Dsspstch.
! NlcfsBrHc Sept, II, 1858.
1 tus Sgrty 10 GsNxsai st,yi.
Tie steamboat Ben Franklip arrived (rcm New Orleans
yesterday, With GeuefL Grant and staa, aud Adiusu,
General Thomas on board. General Grants injuries are
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