The New York herald., 1863-10-02

ae'o" 'teaur'l'e SOM ta,. thirty miles is Ga,
large ''au'atra o Hoyemor -tsa4 Nptn ,r ~cs1qla.
"a bu ne bare laud e.s. q lounery -at- b,
" 'n vet 70 ditesa hu;rea bs ~ clttoA s'si1a
'hAa F income was Rbog, i5Oic He was selt by ca.
refnmaot ~ Fort " irren, AID Afterwards 10 Fort
ihyetie GoTornor Mo.ehe,i IS now ia Eu. oro
some OF the finest plaataeas the soetL arc IA ,hs
ne'ghborhood o. Columbia and Greonrsste.
Near Napoleon h the plan ,eton oS the late
thomas r Anderson, tho baiid ngs q vhcr wsra satire
~ destroyed by our gunbOats, geeTiss having fred al
assing vessels.
Baauton Dnncan colonel in the robel ana the
wife OF Ten Brocck OF hers TO tho property
All the slaves TO the number OF several hundred have
disappeared Beyona Memphis passed eght or ton
s'ssmers loaded with troops goiog up tho river.
wARRESros,
tho extremity Of the rebel below vicksburg DO
fore the war paoe Of about three hundred inhsb
tans, Like Greenyle. but two houses standing and
they are tensntess On each side OF tho rvcr lay the
huIs OF the Teress and General Taylor two transport
driven ashore by the guns q, vcksburg when they at
tempted 10 pass tho forts.
IL place OF two or three houses General Grants army
arrived here after marching across the peninsula below
vicksburg, and sncaupsd upon Mr.. Jsmes piaasatiou
The residence OF tho planter cost 900. IL has cot
boon destroyed. ii f
Perkins plantation IL below Carthage whore portion
Of General Grants army ouoamped before moving sssass
Grsud GaN
canal was dug here. leading from the Mississippi Ia.
tended to pass through Tsnsas BY Mssen Rsd river
l! was failure.
unEs
is place just above Grand Gulf where tho troops c,ncoa
trsted prsyous to the attack vssburs and point
from which they marched after tho failure OF tho gun
boat3 10 bilonco tho batteriea nj Grand QuIP
GRAND 0UIF
sroag military post situated on tie bank Of
tho river evacuated by the enomy after he lght at Port
Gibson Ths town, which Ia entirely destroy Cd,
formerly place o, abou, three hundred Inhabitants
The plantations OF Jefferson and Joseph Davis ia
shis neighborhood, tho side OF the river Tho
former is In the roar Of Hericsns lsazd the latter
the river bank,
is point on tho bank OF the ryer whore General
Grants army landed prior TO the attack on POE,
Gibson, Raymond Jackson, Champions Hat, Big Back
and vicksburg.
is city OF 1ftson twenty Thousand hhabitanis,
situated upon Tho cast bank or ha river Nslchez is built
on the highest ground along the Mississippi this bank
1t very handsome town saa tas several noea build
ings tc and around il.
goer ADAas
Ave miles below Natchez, IS the dividing line between
Louisiana aud Mississippi. It small the east
side of the river, numbering before the about two
hundred houses Tho town is row entirely deserted
Six miles below ths opposite side The mouth of the
Red river.
On the east side OF The river near Fort Adams - B.
Ackiius plantation, OF the argesr In the South He
owns between ten and fifteen thousand acres OF land
Before the broke out he had i've hundred negroes
and raised annually from three TO five thousand bales OF
cotton. He married the widow FranSlin. Through his
wife he became possessed OF this mmense wealth. Three
years ago ne worth two million dollars besides
having Of the finest places and msnsons the SOUTH
near Nashville. the whole, with improvements. alone
costing nearly million dollars Nr. Acklin is said
be Union man. When forces arrived At New Or
loans the rebels tried to persuade him 10 set nre TO
Ave- thousand bseso cotton which ne then had hand
but he refused to do He is residing with his
family at his residence Nashville had up to
this time but along the banks Of the river On
this plantation raw scores well several horses and
cattle grazing The atter the first had
left Cairo.
Port Hudson, Baton Rouge sad Donaldsoavile I Na
unable to speeE Of passat than i~ tis night
viii, however. mention fou names Of planters along
mere. who either large pssislons in the rebel
army.
Judge Manchester plantation Is about aftsen miles be.
low Donaidsonys He il OF the weslthies and
Influential men In the South lie has HI the rebel
army, q captain Of artillery.
General Dick Tsyor's residence situated about
twep,y six miles above New orleans, the west side
Duncan Kenner the celebrated raiser of booded stock
resided on hs plantation on the ssss bank Of the river,
about scvcn miles below Donaldson Vile he Of the
leaders in the confsderacy lac buildings yet remain
upon the plantation all tho negroes and horses
beer taken. Maam Beuchwss' plantation, on the east
bank, sixty miles from New orleans and three from
Jefferson College is one OF ,he plantations and hand
1 soonest residences ia the south
Nearly sll the plsntations which worked along
tho banks Of the river in the hands cf the agents Of
the government
| I,s orESls6 or TaAb,.
Toachng the .ublecl Of opening with the people
Of Arkansas snd Mississippi, sorry to say that
nothing viii be changed from the pre.ens OF things
until General steele meets snd deess Price The hostile
forces are now within ten mile. OF each other and a
battle daily expected You need fear for the
result as Cenerai Steele has my certain knowledge
force sui2oient defeat aud rout him win certainty.
and now las, wosd for the STEAMBOATS, aud our dis
tlusqshed friends on board On the Cry 0, Alton the
notables were MAJOR General JoLp 4 kDssa ana stat
Hrisader General Burbrdge, Adutaht Vance aud IAeI
tenant Colonel Tiger, Hon B.f Camp. New York Hon
g l. Casey NJ. c Firil district Ny. william ?. Neler
Esd aud SON. ot Cincinnati special sgsn, Of the Tressur,
Department Tor the Mississippi NJ Vance alsree pisnte
from Kentucky Mr. Moose, large planter rom @ulsant
] ana others.
II was these scntcnen. good UcN ~ wet rs mine {,
get on three c the finest steamers on the A.ssppi-h,
City OF Alton al CAIRO, the sulsna at Memphis and i
Atlantic at Nicgsburf. The names VI the officers
CITY Alton. Captain william Barnes clerk, W n Reed
su.iana, Captain wism lerd chief Ciers, ". II. Crop
per Ms.E,aYI slsrk: ~ ssnre,i Atlanta. captain
Henry McDoisal Ciers Ed~sd ford lb. boa, wa
dred on by gueYilas while ON her way u Nlcksburg
week ago last sunday. Several shots went Competed.
through the vessel; yet NO person received injury.
The Jus which arrived last night wss bred a, by ar
,llery the same place saturday. Five shots ou
| ol twelve struck ner.
Mr.. =. Csdwaiiadsr's Dsspstch.
NlcS.Brec, Sept, H. 1885.
| N.rEV 10 cssxsAi eR,yi.
The steamboat hen frsnkiip arrived lrcm New orlean
yesterday, With Geuefl Grant and staa, aud Adiuau
General Thomas 90 board. General Grsn,s injuries sr
4 IN will No,