Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-13

4 Fiag Of Truce from Vieks5urg The Laias
PrOpideacs Canal Conflicting Reports about
fbs Tadiapola-Ths Route Through Yaz0O Pass
20 the Mouth Of the Kazoo.
From Memphis Argus, Nareh s.
Since our last issue there have been three ar
rivaIs from tha heet-ths Jessee K. Bell, Aurora,
and Forest Q1een-the later leaving Young
point on Monday night 81 ~ o'clock. sac Is
therefore the le'est arrival.
On Sunday afternoon steamer, with 3 nag
of truee approached headquarters. The officer
IN ebarpa. Is was understood had acommunica-
iiop FOR General Grant. The steamer left, but
on Monday afternoon returned, and a conference
nj some Kind was held The object of the visit
was supposed to be something regarding the eX-
change Of prisoners.
n he's already been announced that canal
was being cut from the Mississippi 70 the lake
in the rear Of She little town Of Lake Pro7i-
dence. From the Forest QuessR's officers We
laaru that the work has bsen nearly sccOm
plished and that in : short time a canal, sixty
feet in width and ten feet deep, viii be com
pleted.
The work on the upper end of the Vieksburg
canal sill progresses, but the hsavy rains and
consequent excess Of water have considerably
! retarded its progress.
The dredging machines are ia operation, and
work well Three thousand men are engaged
I in digging and removing The dirt.
/ Tie ran, Queen Of the West has been kept
oniet since she fg ght with the Indisnola-st least
/ nothing more hss been heard IF her during the
/ mast few days. Her former officers and crew,
I 4 Is stated. have been taken to Jackson, Miss.
/ Reports regarding the Indiaaola's condition
I s,ill conflict. on ssrs aud passengers on the
ssearnbests do not agree in their accounts. Ma
! tives and contabands, struggling into the feet,
report that she has sunk, and ruraors to the
contrary are also aaoat. Nothing positiTe seems
b be Known Of her condition
The river was reported falling lihtle when
/ the Fofrsst Queen left. At two or three points
above Young's point the water had broken
over The bauIIs, but nos enough to do any dam
soc. At that point it Was about even with tht
bsse Of The levee.
The health Of the army is said to be grsdu-
ally improving. Surgeons report the sick iist'
decreasing
From the Yazoo pass expedition our iRforms
t;op is limited Il had gone through the pas
ard entered tie Coldwsier, under convoy o
firee ganboats--the Chilheothe, DeKalb, ene
! apotbeT, whose name we have not learned
Yasoo pass, Il may be interesting to state, 70
the beueft of those who are not familiar witt
the lower wHters, is sort of strait twenty mile
! in length. connecting the Mississippi with tb
Col5gyaier river. of Northern Mississippi 1
leaves toe Mississippi river seven miles be
. low Helena Is Is very narrow ana yer
I crooked PASS. though quite deep. In ferme
wears trading boats were accustomed to pus
through here ia the winter season. when %
q Fatsr was high and ply thsfr vocshoi
4 through the GUNNER on the system
rivers with which ths pass connscts. But, j
/, 1856. sn acf was Hassei by cha Legislature
/: afissis .ippi closing up th9 pass on account {
he aeliusl inan82tion it caused throughout %
a lovylan5s Of she Northern part Of The State, ar
i j besvg leyes vas coas shueted acrass i, PsrR
4 sew.th shs Mississippi TIE military author
r ia have recently mad this leyee cut, snd nov
g The Mississippi being aoode5i the water cons