Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-21
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The capture of t1e Ferry Hsa-EsrrnHo n
the H~ussueer
We hsd an inssr7isg. yesterday. -ith W..
Dolsins. englneeT of fhe ierrT boat DeSoto. and
fom him learn tie paricu'srs Of the capture
81 The 5osts IF which so lrauy m~slici0us reports
baVe been circulated The boat as rye hsvs
heretofore STATED lad been sent to Wsterproof
by order Of The government, &c cross cattle. and
was returning o. Friday night. Tho 26,h ult
she stopped 81 y mt peasant and took GA some
wood While lYi8g fhaFe, two boats nom lhfs
place landed jus, Peow lhe ferry boat Ia sesreh
OF wood, De-. nsifber 81 tsam warned bsr IF tie
enemy bel & 81 Brown & J0hnst0n's Satur-
eaJ she started Un AMI aas passed nesr Car
image by Che Ni-k3urg, also ca route fer this
crew having the slightest intinHa.i0n of their
danger Captain Floyd ordered the boat to bs
run over 70 Capt Biggs place, where they bed
engaged o lot Of wood which was accordingly
oo1e- Ine boat cams be 70 shore in font OF
the Wood-yatd bus being a Elsie shove the
ese@i pace OF taking wood aboard ne pilot
rang the bell for fhe engineer to 9 back her"
Al Ems instant some 6Ieen or eighteen mrsketg
were hred AZ he pilot, and YaDkess BY the
hundred rushed on the boat from behi1d the
isYee and woodward where thay had secns'ed
tnemsslves This was the 6rst intimation ghey
nae OF taa enemy having returned. Tho boat
Yves inns diatelg seized, he blocks ard papers
tsksn POSSESSION OF, aad the crew, consisting Of
a. Floyd, espiain Robert Henry, pilot: VIM.
DoHlps, fnglneerf james LOwdar, Waterman.
snd " HIGGINS, fireman, made prsouers
he efsN with the exception of the engineer,
who was kept o. the boat under CBard gafsr7av
right 70 le. down the ssesm, vera taken Ashore
ana placed m the guard house 4 c1uple Of
DAYS afierlYard they we're moved uD to ihs feet
ana placed on Board the Empress. where she
Yankee othcers repeatedly en@esvored to in
duce tnem 70 take The oath. They were trans
ferred from Che Empress 70 the Henry Cav on
Iuesdey The 1Oth inst, the Yankees fn7inq
they would 20. swssr to support the LfBcsIn
government and remain under Abolition rule
sent themoa board tie transport Po,as Star,
which boat was about leaving for st. Louis.
The beat started up the river thai DAY, and Dol
lies and . young Inln n1msd Hanuinr. living
on nc Williams place, above Milhkeu's band.
commenced devs5ng a plan to escape. D5nins
mace Known to his comrades that be intended
cutting the yaFl Of the boat loose that night
and leaving in it. and wanted the ferryboss crew
and 7 AeCluskey, Of this city, also a prisoner.
to Join him, but SO closely were they watched
that they were afraid to make the attempt lest
they would be detected and shot
Aboutten O'Clock OF Wednesday night. while
the eaptan Of the beat lieutenant Of the guard,
mate aad others, who had been on the alert
were at tho bar taking addnk, D3lins aud Man
ming went down sisirs, walked st. cut the yaWl
loose, and commenced pulling down the river.
No one, At least Of the enemy, sax hem, aud a.
the Polar Star was stsaming up the river rap
idly, they were snon out of sight. Finding
themselves about Bachelors bend, near Colum-
bis, AK, they pushed on down as rapidly as
possible. Thursday morning ghay were disc0v-
cred by an armed Transport c0misg az. which
Immediately stared ia pursuit The yawl was
headed for Tee Mississippi shore, and the pilot Of
the transport headHd his vessel in the same d.
reetion. Both boats straek tbs bank about the
sems tine, the yawl some thres or four hua-
drsd yards above, however, which enabled D,l-
Inns and Manning to make their escape into the
woods. Alter walking several miles aud swim
ming a couple Of lsgoons they reached Lake
washington. and there endeav9red 10 pet a boat
to convey them home. The people, rot feeling
satisfied 5hst thsir representations we're correct
and believing that ihey might be Yankees.
dec med % furnish them with a boat Of any
kind. They Tenained until nights STINT
reign ha robb'd the world Of light" when thew
seized a couple of canoes and started down Lake
Washington which enptas into Steals bayou.
Manning stared-fram his home as soon as he
go1 in the vieiriiy Of IerTapin neck. and Dol
ins c5ue down S'eeis bayou into Oh Hivsr, and
IN TO Cbiekassw bsyoU, where be rln his canoe
sshore, and eeme 20 cur pickeis he confirms
toe reports abogt he Dissatisfaction and sick
Eess amcng ihe tr5oFs across tie rvr. He.
says they are dying Ct e n alarming rate, and
tnai tee-e j en- simost universal desire anoHg
tae men 70 give up iao sTvgg.e a e0l-nei who
was questioning him ahout Ficksburg. star be
ing iniomed that our batteries were q thiek as
hair on 8 dogs back, ard thet VIC could conceH-
tfste one lunded and f6y thousand men in
ferfy-aiCht 1CuIg, ezciaim Q. CAL Belt can't
Fieksbatg safU mighta as wei g home"
IhsFc are ten laoEsald troops as PfoVidsree,
and The Yankees are keeping hem employed by
10 cus c1nal 5Icm the river 20 Lake
Providence, which emptis into Bayou Macon
and Tensas liz says she Q1een Of tha West
Yves rfperted TO hsve been ruck fourtfe en- times
IN passing our bait res -Ficts5Hrg Waie