Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-18
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A correspondent Of he New Orleans Ers,
Writing EO@ the ives. gulf squadron, March
20, gives The following description about ths
destruction Of ihs Tennessee;
On March 1ss, The Esnnsbee stssnsd m "a
Dauphin Island, % eomnanieats with the vss-
ssls IN the sound. SsVsEAl rsbsI 9anboafs. tba
Tennessee among than, we're seen lying nssr
Giants pass. Tho day was sausIlY. snd AZ
aoSat s e'eloek P, n tie lookoai on boazd Ia
ksnnebee Eung out; q TIE TsnRsssse fs sink
ing All officers, thsn on dsek, immsdistsIy
locked toward the place Ehsre the Tsnnsssss
Ess lying, and sure euOGgh, they saw her 90
down.
Atths same tina signals Wsrs sssn On board
the Ges0roTa, lying in the sound, and said IL
nals, intaIpEessdi read, ''Ihs rs5si ram Tsnnss-
see sunk. IL appears thas 4 sqasll struck heg.
and she being very low in he water, kselsd
over and went down. Two feet Of her sroks
stack can now b seen above Ehs water, as Tia
spot EAeEe the great ram 91ee lsy Ct anshor.
The Tennessee Tal down from Hebile uhsa We
HIsf began bomsarding F6rs Powell, and rebel
dssertsTs said she Wss expected to sink cur
whole fleet.
She was an e1trsEnsly powerful vssssl, her
srnsr plates bsiEg SIX inshes IN thickness. She
was very short il Tie bull, bat had e long pro-
jsetisg spsar or ran, which was entirely uade-
AALd % handle, boing too much for her sagiues.
and shewouh not, tbeyafors, have proved .
very formidable opponent for cur feet uruisers
Her aTmsmsnt i the greatest loss 70 ths enemy.
L consiSted Of SIX I0O-peunder Parroit guns.
lhree IN front and three Essarn. bslisve there
were thrse or ioar smaller pieces also on board
Eafe aEd ReiIabls froa Gea. wsvr.ss.
We had The plsasaIs Of messing, last evening.
with MsjoF Stevenson, chief quartsrnasssr Of
Gen. FORESTS eonmAnd, who 5 visiting Selma
on cth1al business, and % whom We sFe in
debtsd Tor many particulars Of Gen Fsrss5ix
campaign into Ksntucky, which have not an
PsaFsd in the public prints
Yesterday evening e0urio, arrived, briu0inv.
dispatches hor shs command, scgethsr with s1.
autograph lstssr from Gen. Forrest to Major
Sse7srson, dated the 2Ssh ult st Jackson, Wsss
Fsnnsssee, Whsrs his command we're resting
after their arduous and successful campaign.
resulting in tho capture Of Paduesh, Uuisu
CITY, Hickman, sud ether places, with vast
quantities. OF military stores, which ks E1c-
ceeded IN bringing 20 his own dspsts vSth0as
any serious hindr4ncs. HIS whole esuDaizn
was q ssEie5 ef Tiumphs, most important in re-
salts, not the lsass Of which IS TIE restored con
f1eGce Of the people Of West Ps0nessss, thou
sands Of whom sTs daily AOcking 70 hiz
standard.
In addiEion'to the military storss espsur.5
Gen. Forrest brought away over two tkoussrd
dns horses and muies. Three hundred Of these
hs found in one Government stable, at Paducah,
KY This surplus be expects to use in sqUia-
PING bis command.
Ths general tsnor Of the Information : 70 ths
sffsst that the long, lsnEaisAing Spiris Of the
7sopls OF West Tennessee i fully sr01ssd snT
saas 10 short time Gen. Forests command
VII be so s1gmsntsd in HambeFs &c 70 Be irwin
chile against soy fores Thioh th3 ensny csa
bring agsinst Il Indeed, there seams % Be- shas
5TescisRee Of victory which seeompauiss hiz
avery movement, and which seems 70 hang
sbO0t his Esry name, that has inspired tia coun-
" with eOHddsnes, and his troops 70 dsods Of
ler0ism that Scarcely fRd parallel IN The
eeords Of ehIvalry. When be wiz move, or
where be viii strike the next blow, it is not for
IS to say, bus It VIII be SD day for the enemy
shsR he brings his iegions against those who
lave 50 long and 50 cruelty oppressed thsm.-
selma HisstssiPpsGs, 5Ii.