Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-08

FEDER&A ftNt,sttsl,s EB5lA EACAAs'
BURG.
ssrgu BrGa TI.o Brilss of The City-COm7au
aicction Csk Of Terrific Fighting-5fili-
Iss7s Bead SE5ted-Pnis0Hsrs and GuHs Cap.
turaa- Interesting Details
F!5m tie Rrer.Fhs bulletin, Deesmber 81
b. tfe rauboat Bataer Captain Lsngthorne which
Eds arrived direct from Y'c-sbu & in possession
Oh aaonsl psrclars # Che great hEAt FOR the pos
FIe r tier Id vicksbcrg on Morday msrning At
tie tine she left terrific fight hsd been in progress for
I've dzTs. The stfack was made Wednesday and
UP 70 onday nornlng SheFuan had succeeded IN cap
tllrinF shrss line e tho s0emy'a works.
9he hrpE TIE fuar and ast inc Of the deieEses
oi Tcks0Erg- on Tie Saekson and NcEsourg railEcso
had cess a. ana 1s ndestions were that q bsd been
saTrtadered- Lis at iile of for ncatous from the
rear was Just two miles from FiessbHrg and there was
nothnR berween SheraR and he city but he trusfle
work 81 the ras ofd The inpressono of the officers Of
fhs Raiter is cat rhers is no doubt Of the fall OF
Tfisokshu-g befers tlis tiIls-
Previous 10 Cn Shersn taking the fortiicstions, as
fleaiT in1icatcd be- sent one brigade TO cut OF the
s5mmuneaien i te cry BY the Shreveport railroad,
ind + Wa reported e th9 admiral that the wors had
Teen accomplished.
on last Snndsv, Cen Sherman captured ter Of the
,ane1ny's guns ana ssTeu hundred prisoners
On Sunday night tte Rstfler. capt LaDgthorne Yss
,rered to inase recunnoiss snce down TO Vicksburg
TO see 81 the ecnbsat Essex which expeo ed from
below had msde hsrap ppearaoce. The Rattsr went 10
Vieksbure aud under tie upper batteries but could
nothug 81 the Esssx- ana retired The enemy did not
&
T1s einboats Btsck Hawk, Benton Baron DeKsib
aud LoalsTiEe with Eve light drauFht boats, were
engggng t1e enemy batteries on the AGO river and
above the int where sherman landed be foree
hen tie H8' rr left one Of the strongly Fortified
position the Tazoo had been carried. ard the adm
ras ooaf the cs sam was anchored il font Of o7e
Of the eneuys for1ileatiens which had already been
rIe fvbfiug ar the Yazao v-ih the gunboafs IS said
have b,sn terri6ca a stubborn % the last degree.
She rnan was ssd 70 b. reiufo ced by al = thousand
men from GeneratG ants army On Sunday night, and
the Greatest enus is Ssd to have prevail ed among
our troops which now gmber about forty-tye thous-
and MEN
SIX miles below Napoleon, The Rather came scross
81 the coa 6rges ea turvd from fhe steamer Blue
WTur Il had been r1n ashore and scuttled in three
feet water L sd stick wbh sn underscirf floating
from Il flag IF truce, while they worku away tax
IA 81 ont the fel for tire Confederate guabost Lizzie
Simuens The latfie s0pps7 ard took ofcf the baTge
sbout five luna7sd IONS coal sor htrown Use. The m
der hiss was ca7 tlrel oE nc Of the crew
The rltubozI 3nssrega Is acriuE police between
the Arkansas ara hits sers saiting the anticipated
ahpearauce Of fhe lizzie simmons The SIMMONS -
expected out Of the Arkaasss ss sOoR as there
Near EiIlikensvs le in the bend Of thst name the
Ratter aied Tie ammunition boat. Judge Torrence on
Monday Tor ms matter The ForreEce made knoy7n
thsi M ken.ve was bad place. and asked the Rat
tier 20 visit m soc rad passsd it. While passing, two
sless were red ~ III To renee, and immediately The
BafteT calnrne ced silelling the village Seventy st1
ros nds Of shell y7eFs poured into the Plsee. many
boses were ~ fire and censuuleoi and ne princi-
pa port ioi1of the town destroyed.
We are gTatds d & ieern from he surgeon of the
RattieT thst Csrtain Gwlu, % the eunboat Benton
fhoura seriously wounded Ftil living, and hopes
were eafe ftaned of his tuata recovery. The woend
IS very psnful one svel ct the Inasies OF ths arm
aud shoulder being tom o bnt St IS believed that bis
me- Rstt-rTlst the Tsgrsss wifhGen McOJernand on
boari jus above apoieon The Tigress was conveyed
br the ran Lsucs-ter s captain Of the Lancaster
h7 stopped st ypr I3n5 with the view af capturing
burn t1e nearest setiiernenti ouf II was asceranea
tht t8e BI1e S9ug sniGiadiator had been cepfufed,
rot b. a bstte D. bui bgad-ld piece which had been
uianled on th- river bank SO no attempt was made
70 distaft the people living IN the neghborhood
AtHeena aii was req. rltd a. que. IS usual There
i Fore eroreh ther- 10 bold i AGAINST any force which
Ttesa rebel 6svslFy v4llt into heswn, and captured
nineseon prisoners syitboat fir sg 8 gun.
Lase-
Afer fha above was written we received the follow.
Ing psrtie ia7s e he fslting to Sunday morning 10
sfoeIi have reached us sooner, and Jess
account sor che 5siay. Hls letter is a. follows;
Special. .Uorresp pondeBee Merphs Buletinl
hEJEss, ARK, December 81
Bdefa5Ealeaf, under Capt CsveD, covered by the
uuboat ionesoga With dispstches fr0ua Gen Sherman
cf che baf3e fe cf Vicksburg has lust svrived- On
Saturday the 2lth Shsrmau's forces disembGrked on
line Of hatls ffen. Steee's division and Aorgns
on the g. Bisir's au1 Morgan q. Smiths ID the cen
Ger, aud llei = T. Smifha os The right Thy met 5he
enemy heyonc ne fuse q the gUneoss q toree Tor
I've hours the conics most terrific, and resulteil in
The eDafnv beiag driven acres the rro bsyous Which
ziri tbt -resr q Nicsshu'R o. Saturday night the
fso rents 81 5paasif armies rested thc.r
t bayou Of twenty-five yards ia width intervening
T3iir - niqht uos teors srere constructed on the
frsnf III (anerafs lio aaBs Biars and Smiths divisions
5iofwithstand7r se Fsline frefTOm the underground
opp0sls AtiaFlagtt o. suadey morning concerted
s6vscs was tsu pei ty tae whole lice. Steee'a di-
vision sueeeeas in afni' as enemy letts 90 as to
e1urau4iaafe 7iia Gen aioresas which had been IN
ercspted Il swamp rlinaing s. right sugies with the
aslin 'front.' Sunday morning ne whole force was en-
gaeed up - ten ocnc & 81. and the conflict most
1errifc (feneri.8 Morgan, blar ani Smith had Cue
ees8sd ID eroa ag pa 8 tper forces and part Of
Id ss1ed u fsdsubt and hsd d session OF the
hill HhAl comm1ufsri is svisaas and 5ottoms below
gaaseag iigh
on sssaldar morning hs zunbsai Benton attacked
tie f5rts EeE htuf, Fsniy miies M ths Yazoo'
user 8a3 ulan was sruex by n Tiy-four shots from
fher heafirrels Ftl11t soy material injury A solid
sz pound ihat sus Captain 6syns in ncomrasnd Of the
urson 81 u hf B eaet carrying way all the flesh
~ ~ -;ah brast md part of bis rght arm. BE fell
win he uilIs-iy lefe to my vile, my wishes 10 my
[,sntF~ The svsld IS Fun eased to be mortal. Sew
ersl ,ersonAgrsfe Killed wiih p inters.
ase $50 ono te 8 D 8sis-ouri, sud two Kentucky
rsgaaeu.s sustsnei he greases loss "a Saturday bat
r. tbis ssta Vfsksbur las doabtless fallen. though
evidently they IA been largely rs inioreed
eeners sheF1san has received the order superesainS
him BY aC ald snd iseS saetins him ioy7n on every
en-. BsussssI clairiosors Farrngut Were szpeeted
from Btloy 70 81 osrats, bur they had not sppeafec
The a.sratch 6caf Ilaez atacked by alarge
fsanarv 81 st 1T uire Louisiana on her dossn
tdp TIE dstaenlllii replied with canister and na.ss :
Tsbs steausf siinsehahs, Capt D White, which pass
ed down sita ops-elts prisoners for sxchapge ai-
riesd lsst niefs asser ON ~ mouth 81 the acc.
Her ur .onefs Ciaz some nfarmalites, we're NOS
sxchsnge5. Ihe 3 anehshs lefs Hazoo river on Iues
dav noa9uss end sy her hsYe fhe vesy latest news
l6n The erest s4 81 progress n the rear Of Yicks
burg.
e bsttis 5ecoTdinEi - ihs la-eE report, commented
IN ssurisy sfaiias fna i 81 10 progress when
The j rnealla ielt s;rliig. De tight OF Honday
vsss 5espefF nd sriDaeF 20 the last degree, and
the loss on both sid FeEg heHy The Fsdsrsi troops
enemy % hsaf e haed Hcoiiniers over their death
desI5a sis hurieroas g1s some issa Of the iuten-
80 df fle co6fiat lnaF med when il is stated that
foiistatans afrer i0rt estiols tasen and
eoueLtiY tsfaksa. y was ia 7ns o these desperase