Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-01
Vichsburg EnteIlEgrnce.

From the Vicksbsrg Citizen. December 3Ql
Foar Of The five stands Of colors captured by our
army Yesterday were displayed to the gaze Of the curl
GUS in trolt of Gen. Smiths headquarters lat evening
One belonged To the Goth Missouri, and had the fol
lowing motto: "2ath Missouri-From our st. Louis
friends This tag w,sTey bloody, and must have
An Their bore the Inscription 58th OhiO-E Pluribus
Unum," with APP cad eagle embroidered in the middle.
This was a SIP endid heg. end is very badly t ra-a shell
having assed through The center.
Another is a plain United States fig, with the inserip.
ton 18th Illinois. and is Il badly mangle5.
The o her belonged to The 3lst Missouri, and seems TO
have been q battle flag without any motto. This one is
entirely uniniu ed. The Yankee who carried il mast
have drop ed it while he wss changing his base,
THE pRIsONERS-The Yanke prisoners brought in
last svening excited a coed deal sf attention Some Of
them seemed to be irclined to maks leyity # their situ-
alton, bt all We're anxious 10 have It understood that
they were pris ners Of Wal. They may possibly have
some idea Of the penalty which IL attached to felors
who invade this Safe to tanper with the negroes. and
ia view Of L.neolns PROCLAMATION they may fear the con-
sequences of being in the State after the 6rst Of jan
uary. They eniden ly did not ike the battle, as one Of
them remarked hat thai YVES the hottest place he ever
saw" One Of hem loosely remarked- We were
coming to Yicksburg-now here we are" Sons Of them
have an id = that Port Hudson had fallen, and that In a
short time their fleets viii make a junction, when, they
say, there will be more YsuseesheTe thsn we can attond
to. We should not wonder if ihis were true, but they
will have to come as prisoners. That is the only way
the Yankees can ever get to V~icssburg.
FIGHTING THIS MogNING- Early this morning
ssirmishing was heard in the timber above Edwards,
and from The cupo'a Of the courthouse the fighting
GbLAA 70 eANA- aIAA H4N HAAtG
among the women and children on account Of the bat
tic being go close to town There is no cause to appre-
bend any danger from this, as the skirmishing was car
ried on at the same place yesterday but the wind being
in a different direction the firing could not be heard.
w lea n st headquarters that fighting is again going
on a. Willow Bayou. this mornine, but hsve no par.
ticulars. No reports Of the battle yesterday have yet
been received. General Lee is spoken Of with the high
est praise. No place If dan ger was TOO hot for him,
and his troops appear 10 be perfectly willing to follow
wherever ne leads.
Among the prisoners brorght in lest evening wers
several of the wounded ones. Some wsre in ! very
dirty condition and bore evidence Of having been in the
swamp ODs had lost one shoe and his hat, and ap-
pesred to be-w0unded
One Of the Yankee prisoners, brought in last evening
was shotin the Tar, and he was g~rumbling about hav.
ing been shot in the ear, when it occurred to wit, that
IN this country we mark all the hogs by cropping the
ears.
The Yankee army above here have a report among
them that they had captured Pert Hudson, and
that they viii soon be reinforced from below. This re-
port is 10 doubt circulated by their ohic rs in order t.
create a sensation aud bolster up their sinking spirits.
SkiTmishng was going on in the woods yesterday. ON
this side Of the lakes. above Sam Edwards place. The
Yankees vii not accomplish much by approaching
YieksbUrg in tn t direction.