Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-17

d than the hsasla Of many vn8 7ild yrush f5rouel
battles. TIE shores were dzrkIy woods3; 30
Essrly sFsryWhers Ws saw he water fosmiB
/ OysE tbs breakers.
AZ ore tine, net six hurdrsd ysrja fran a.
in tho river, We ssR The dsrk ,-banHtsi form Of
tall line e bsiils ship. ''Ihs Ainnss9ts
whispers the pilots give hsr 1ull speed, let Be
have "a" e7fes the c4piais iH the engine rom
/ and the coed ship hlmss3 fhrO8gh iks Eavs
iEs a sssmaE. We hoped 70 pass WirhcCt b
reg remarked, but unhappily the red glare OF lk
! fiFe sIssme1 oct ef ths ehimneys, ani, bang
whissied ihs Ggst ball ever 0gT beads. @
sirsighs shsGd f5om the Yankee, sBd thsn Hss;
ii.tls 70 tie lsfi," 7 whispered 10 sha captain
Ihe Gre Wss quickly shlt down, Iha caPsaIE
toiio#sd my advice, aEd there fsh siuh bfoaf
side ON our right, spashiUg inio the Waf5r
'' Tbs devil" erisd the plot. Z, i We won't Be
cAughii re are foar miles from the bsr ths
bloeksdirg squadron, which is lyiH2 bsiors It,
must have heard the thunder" But on VS.
steamed; there, to our nghi and lsit Ws srs Inst
between the squadron nov we arr through ;
new ths guards see rs but they Grs lying ss
anchor; presently the squsdF0n commences
sisEly 70 Qovs one miHuss more aHa We have
dissppesrsdS from their Vi0W- there, 20 our
! riQht lie Fort Fisher. We are saved.
In ias msrning We passed Fort Fisher, leay-
ing Il On oar right. The nvsr thsrs lsssss .
sharp bend, and We proceeded Two miles further
- 10 ths qusFaRtiBe fort, WHARF sb0uE san steam
sIs, 81 coming fr5n Nassau, had % pass four
/ tsan days IN quarantine, On account 0t the vel
l0tT fsTer. Ihs qusrantiDs regulati0ns were
] introduced here fer vessels arriving lIom Nassau
/ because shout one year ago some vessels from
/ that pert introduced The yellow fgTer here, By
which some eleven or f0Uriasn hundred pegssus
4 died. From hare 90 Wiluaington tas distance Is
Only ten miles. snd there arc moEs for.i6eztisus
Z
/ hang oct on our right side lwo lanfsrns-0ns
red snd enc Vbisz-phioh could Only be seen On
the rebel side by tns eosGtEusydi WhersHpoa Ehay
/ Immediately made siensls with torches 60 that
/ cur pilot very quickly fcGnd- the way through
/ ths entEsnes ct the bar. Al the same time,
I tHrouEk these sigBals 20 For Fisher, snd from
there % Rilniagtgu, il was telsgrspaed thai e
stesElsr was coming n.
Having much time 70 sperd. ard TIE ausFan-
tine not Being severe there, I had an 0pportu-
s u7ty---est1E presenting some bot1lss 0( brandy
and whisky to the poor soldiers, yellow iel-
[ lows), g Wbem Lhe lqueT seemed 20 Be- HsetsT
itssli-g9 ses ths fertsfcstions 2nd surrounding
country. Ths-e sTs only few email sart6-
works befo1s Fort Fisher, nos srasd a. At;
EheTs, when blockade runner is chased ashore
the rebels Try 20 save her By bringing - her all
soma fed pieces. The whole e01ntry Is sandy,
wooded sad Flsin. F1Tt B.shsr, the most formi-
A-s4t9 tN HlA-llaAl4l u HcL Aa4Att 01Lha-
work, hus UpeR in ths rear, armed Wllh four
teen heavy guns, two Eizty-poundeTs and the
others tEsnty-iourp poUndsrs, all beng Of he cid
styls- These cEunons are scratched Z iittla in
side-Vshsrsfoss the rebels cal them iasi gurs
Fort Fisher, Being opposite the bar aad lyiag At
the c9rzsr Of the Bow Of the river, defends the
entrance 70 the pert Of Wilmington Opposite
% it, on the ether eBd ef the bar, is ike islsnd
where thay haEs built another smsl lgnsits f0T
three pieces, which have 70 IRE over the bank.
I've miles farther Up, on the left hand SIDE Of
he riyaE, IS he quarantine fort with uiHe guHs,
also u tie Old systsHl-a very web Consruc,ei
fortEeatiOn, considering the inferior materials
% which Il IS buiis, bOt in dsienEs'ess position,
5eea1ss iGst opposite she river Is q bi th5 only-
one for miles AloRCd, sb ut one bBndrsd aat
twenty fsss high, not fortified, FhicB Els only
commands this tort, but also Fort FISHER 80
shat q gsn5oa's, slooPs or frig2tss e0mmeneed
q bom6zrd Foft Fisher, snd fifteen hundTed
nsu. with four Food a FOUNDER parrots, Wuuli
land Tires niss hsloE Fort FiahaE, .dsy e91ld
In three quarters IF an hour march 20 this pos
ion, cut Ctf ths eauisou. aud throw their 1al's
fEhs iEso tss tort, 50 thst resistance would De
entirely impossible.
Ths commanSzr0f Of Fort Fisher is Gel Lamb,
Narlh CEroliaisn. and an aee0Hnpl ed G Cfiesr
The garrison consists CT $50 infantry, armed
VITA Austrian guns, Of the Cd system used be
fors 1889; 40 men Cf artillery and Is mounted
ordsr.ies In the istis lune5te opDosits are 100
and n tie gzsrsn'iae fJTt l5G men detached, al
under the command OF Col. LAMB, 60 hist tie
whole foTcs thsra is between 100 aud 1900 usE-
Ths Inhabitants Of ths country around are
nearly dying rem hunger, beesuss everything
they plant the soldiers viii steal, even If net
ups. Ths daily Tsti0ns Of each soldier consist
Of half p8uRd Of frssh meat and cup OF Sour,
with very Little sslt---
After 3 stay Of four days we pr0csedsd to
Wilmington Before coming 70 anchor, 0Er pa
pers, which hss 10 be signed By Major EormaB
WsksF, ia Bsrzuds, cr MajOr Z ais HsliRar
ia Nassau. Wers revived By the provost marshal,
and sfsrHaEd the wh0la CrsW and PASSENGERS
wsrs inspected BY Major SPohr, commanding
the city guard at WImiHgt0a- Hoas Of the
passengers, were, however, allowed to leave 5hs
ship. The next morning q Eeaisnsnt Of hsior-
General Writings stat bEcught Us % the head
euzrtsTs WhsIs Gel. B Duncan, aia-de-csmp,
gave every one q pss5, only good iuT the city.
All other demands had to be tslagrsphed 70
Richmond. Nearly al the people - whom /
spsks Wsrs much disguised Wi'h the war, and
wished for pesoa uUdeF any condition lhs
rioh oass had all lsfl the city i0T AEgusia, and
only the poorer classes and merchants wore
there.
spoke alss to enc Englshmau, Who, with
fJaFtsaa ether young meR, had enlisted for the
rebel Government ia L1nd0n, uudsr the con
ditiOns OF q irss passage aRd one hundred and
tWsRtT dollars per month. They were ssnt
thars Is engTay8rs for the rebel treasury. The
poor fellows cursed the day when they had LEFT
old England, Witb its good beefs and plum
puddings Geld was being sold 70 srrangers
for twelve 70 foartssR peE esni; bat Is Wss nos
bought under sixteen. n Richmond il WAS
said 10 be cheaper The maTk8t was very
scantily provided, and ls3y SAID 70 me, ali
yeu 60 10 the MARKET yod haTa 10 take yosf
money in tbs basket, aud % cary home ysEr
beef in the pocke4 book" Appies sold At ihiFty
esass pises; melons, two dollars each; pound
Of beef, tWO dollars, and 80 ca
Wilmington, ss city, with ils shady, desc
lass streets, leaves q gloomy impression On the
mlnd. On tie hsrbOE, FhsFe hsndreds Of ne
Eroes are working, thsrs is some lies bus among
the waite psopls in the city itss1 there is nose.
The beds in the Ciy hstsi-the bs5t one in the
tows---WsTa covered with musquit5 curtzins,
which seemed 90 -hsVs-d)Be good service Is bat
sls-H sgg through the whole war. 7 an net able
&c give q description Of the bed hnsa, Il is Sc
s1peri0r thss human phantssy could h1d no
words 20 describe Il. Board Was ten ds.lsTs
day, with the pleasure OF slasping VITA two or
three soldiers Ia ono bed, HhO had not shEved
or washed for month saw neW RagEsh
Overcast, and asked ths pTies. -Four hundred
and fly dollars.
WEmlnGton - ehSlfcs p inIa1SrF rina pifs
and q few earihWoi Is Of no importance, CON
HlaudiEg the different rosd8 and entrance 70 the
city. The garrison consists Of 2 $50 msa Il
is included il what is called the Bstries q Cans
Fssr, under the e0mRsnd Of Maiof-Gsn- Whit
/ ing, nan not ataA ike q gentleman, hated by
the people, ths soldiers and ths foreigners; BAT
thsT say be Is pet Of e. Davis In the bar
I Dor are tso old fsIIyhaats. covered wish thia
1 iran; but they can hardly move, and cannot be
used ct all. 81 he tuna vas in Wilmington.
/ The hsrbor vas nearly always 6lled By ten OF
/ twolve sieamers-tle Lord Oiyds, tas Hauss,
I Ysuus. June, Lsdy Clyde. Besursgagd, Lee.
! Dos azd eshers. or tWensy-fVs shiDs whieh
run tho blockade, the average Is shat one vii Be
/ taken on Destroyed ! was gisa 10 fiDd mvss {
sgsin, wounded by thousands Of mosquitoes. On
/ ho.-s nf nv ahias and when tie rag mo-, -