Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-01
MYSSiSSIPPl.

The V;cksburs"W of the 23d, gives
this detail Of the second running of the bat
teres
Last night about half past eleven o'clock,
Yankee c:ai: was discovered coming d Iwn the
river. Everything was III readlness and our
guns opened ss sooa AZ she came IN range
The c.slt vrovs, TO DO an iron-clad gunbcet,
and was f,l!oxed by stern-wheel transport
abou; = mil and b half behind. Boon anothar
transport cs:nu and another and snother until
SIX 4Hr kee s;ekmeis came III sight.
al! our b,.t,iieg bsiched forth thGi, yen
omcus missiles, but on csmh the boots dc
family. Tue third WAS disabled after sic had
passed. the city proper, and the 18TH just
ocloeitu tho bay u. Both, however,, d,Ifiod
On down, our batteries ffing continually at
than. WHAT damage WIS done them 10y the
batteries above aud buiow the city, 40 do
not know. 3ix boats Ono gunboat, olasldc-
whsel TRANSPORT aud four &: rn-whoslers, pro-
tested by bargcs lsshed aiGrg side -passod
down. Two u Lie stein " he, le:s were disa-
bied wasro certain, but ia,cher than tbit We
csnhot speak. Our picksts on the opposite shore
sot fire ID some buildings, giving us h fair vsS
Of the passius boats.
At q quarter 10 TWO o'clock the upper hst-
teriss again opened fire, but the craft proved
70 be barge. The boats arc being fred OH
in passing " srIci:oD al We wslte--2 A. NJ
I:h,p,ars - us tina: thu enelny goes past
Ficksburs now quite a! LiS ease end ss often
Us be pieasoS, with guoboats or Transports,
cotton or conf. What is the meaning Of i, |!
a Mississippi contemporary shya many of
the vficvIs ot our Army were nmusing them
selves at q military bal, in VIcksbutg, when
the enelny's vessels we've passing down ths
river on the nigh. Of tho l6,h. No wonder
the eremy Is getticg tee advantage Of US
when we rely on such leaders Al these to do
our f,ntlng. 1t has lorg been evident TINT
there Ii Lclne'h!ng wrong iu thst department,
AID ia. seolc; Go.ernmens looks into 1t
tho Eet.oI.
VArpAlIsH or 1Hx ENraY.-Ths Memphis
appeal says:
Gu, special despatch frou Senatobia, this
morning, informs us that on their return
from Cold~s.sr to Memphis, the Federal
troops burpel the Courthouse At fernando,
together with three private residences -
VI hat the provocstlons wsre, il any, we know
not, but presume II was no.sly to revenge
themselves Tor their ill luck ct tue Gold wafer,
where they we're badly worSted.
In this yand.lic mode of warfare, tho Fede.
rails .re following closely in the footsteps of
the British nnd totes in our first revolution,
who invariably vented their spleen aud graft
fed their he!hsh prcpsnsitiss IN the robbery
of citizens and in tho burning Of towns and
villages. They really sesm TO have Rad
over the history Of those TIMES afrssh, and to
have takon tho demoniscsl conduct of the
British IS their model and guide In the pros
ecusion OF this war. In the first revolution
the Planters were robbed Of their slave prop-
ersy and all elss they possessed; the people
ut large, who would not swear allegiance
to the British Crown, were burned out of
house and hone and the war generally was
conducted on such An inhuman scale as to
shock tho moral sense of mankind. The
Lncolmtes, ghe1ever they have gained foot
Ing, have proven themselves close imitators of
our ancient and vandilic foe. May we not
hope that the sinilituds will not vanish IN
tho conclusion Of the war, and that tho
Northern vandals will yet and their York
town