Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-23
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their Cause.
CAPTURE or LIVE STOCK.
Bg the time our troops bad arrived at New
Iberia, nearly 6ve hundred horses, mnles and
beef cattle had been collected, ard were placed
in kreals along the wsyside Their numbers
were rapidly Augmented by the constant seiz
ures from the plantations bordering the road,
that II became necessary to establish additiousl
places for their safe-kseping The mules we're
found very useful TO the reginentsl surgeons, in
the transportation of the sick. Some ine blood
ed horses were made 70 replace the more jaded
animals bestFode by officers.
THE SALT MINES
Seven miles west Of New Iberia, and near
| YerInilion bay, in the middle Of a mud lake,
/ thiek grown with flag and cane, rises ledge Of
solid salt rock, .he surface and depth OF which
4 have not been discovered From this mine
thousands Of dollars worth Of tbs best Of salt
have been daily sent away for the use of the
rebel army. Negroes were employed to blast
snd break it up, none being ground at the time
I Il is reported that the rebels paid four and half
cents per pound for whs, thoy took away.
When our troops reached Ibera a regiment
was sent up 10 take possession, and destroy all
the tools and maehery there.
THE SIGNAL CORPS
| On the field this service is Of The utmost i'm
/ portanee During the action Of Sunday and
nday, the 10Th and 18th, from prominent
9ts in the field. their shOwy flags were seen
-graphing oId6rs and information from one
origade to auother.
Lieuls Russell and Vance, by this means,
directed the FIRE OF two pieces Of the Indiana
triumph Of the corps in this department is On
the Mississippi. Il has now established com
munication through from above Yieksburg to
below Port Hudson.
From the mast head Of the Hartford, above
the Port, communication is kept up with the
Richmond bolOw--a line of iaestimabe im-
portance, since Porter and Grant can easily
communicate with the Hartford by means Of the
cut off
THE PRISONERS.
Connected with the advance Of the expedition,
nothing more plainly indicated the demoralizod
condition Of the rsbsl army thsn the rapid cap
tHre Of heir dishesrtensd soldiers
Daring the actions Of Bethel Piacs and Irish
Bend, along the roate taken By the defeated,
and st Franklin New Iberia, and other places,
crowds Of them have fallen into sur hsads
Already nearly fifteen hundred prisoners have
been taken, including some chsrsetefs well
known in New Orleans.
TAXING POSSESSION OF A FOUNDRY.
A short distance below New Iberia our forces
discovered q foundry by the wayside. an exsmi-
nation Of which disclosed the fac. that it had
been used for casting shot and she'll. Il had,
however, been abandoned, with all its ma
chinery, TOOLS aud quantity Of shot and she'll
DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHE COUNTRY.
Almost tho entire route Of The army, from
Berwick's city 10 ths point from which I write, |
has b=aH along The banks Of the Bayou Teehe !
This region Of country is very justly considered
the most beautiful Of the whole South. The
bayou itself in some places only sufficiently /
vide to admit the passage Of two ordinary |
sde-Wheel steamers, meanders through plan !
tations for distance of sixty or seventy |
miles. From Franklin down, in former days, |
might be seen schoORers, brgs and |
barks, loading with the productions Of this I
country, bound for the North and Europe They /
loaded the vessels down to about u or feet |
Dropping down to the Barrel Stake, the load 1
was completed By means of ladders Plants- /
ton supplies were often put on board Of vessels |
ia New York, and sent direct TO landing places /
CT this bayou and the vessels would take on 4
their return estgoes a. the same places Thus /
happily were the benefits aud blessings Of com |
meEce dispensed in the good old days of our 4
glorious Union. May their Ike soon return
Unlike the Lat0urche region, there are no ls-
wees on the Teele. None are needed. It's banks |
are beautifully skirted with the outspresdiDg and 4
0yeThanging i've oaks. Ia the season for burn /
ing The trash from The cane fields. the sight at
night of these immense mOnaTehs OF the forest i
with their drspeTy Of gray moss, ia full relief
against the burning horizon presented seons 4
grand to behold The land IS fertile, and the in 1
bsbitants were once prosperous and happy, but 4
the condition Of the latter has been greatly I
changed by this unustural war.
POSITION OF REBEL eUNBoATs AND TRANS
PORES
Prom letters found iU Capt. FuIler's posses
sion. it is known that The Webb, on the 18th, /
vas bate in Rose The Marietta vas on the 4
Red river, as also the transport Grand Duke.
It appears that the rebels were not informed Of /
tie proposed attack on Bel Piaes. This let 4
ter Of Gen. Taylor 70 Capt Faller was written
on tle 10Th Of April, at the very moment our
forces were before TIE enemy's works It very 4
properly recommends to iCspt Fuller that be /
postpone the attack upon Brashear City. So it 4
has Gomez to light that We hsd delayed 50 long /
in attacking the enemy, that nc was bold enough /
to organize an expedition against u.s.