Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-07
From lhe Trsns.asI..lsslpPi.

We have had the plsssHFe Of an interview
with Hen. A u Branch, msmber Of Osseress,
froz Texss, who left Alsxandris, 81 roaFs fer
! Riehm3Ed, On thu l5.k, st which tiras they hsd
sdvicss az thzt poius IRAN 11as5on thiriy-zirs
h5urs I'D. He t5ek with hin HoEston psBsrs
Of tho 15-h, which he was csngsllsd to sban-
don, Witb bis baggage, In crossing. .ths Missis-
sippi, but he hss furnished Us with some inter-
esting information of the state Of Affairs IN the
Western country.
The enemy wore at Mstaeorde, Ezeviag aleng
the cast IN colaEaa ssoRt 5000 sl-oag, es.
coa2ssie3 By th1ir naval isIee. Their imms.
5.ese destination was Y5izsco, which they 7--e
eIpectsd 20 Iezch about tbs S,h, bus il Wug
doubtfsl wkstheT they would sRecsed, as Ma
gTud-Ts force was saPle 90 meet them. TEB
general HIMSELF was IN the saddle. sad ths
TezeHs, rnindfal Of the days aAd deeds Of 1876
and 1845, were turning ont to a nan.
V4isseo IS ct the moEth Of the BrsEos, il
close proximity 10 the southern. extremity Of
Galveston island, snd tke object of ths Yankee
movement Is to Asuk Galveston.
Abost he tina that AE Branch lefs Alaxan-
afis, tbs FedsFsls fell back tTem New Ibsris.
Moutons diVisIan was at Alexandria, aestiRa-
iisn uHcertsiR, bat supposed ts be Monroe
Walker vas as AiebsfslEya.
Krby SHaish lefs ShroTopsTt Wilh Price, who
was R8Fiag on Little R5ck T7iih about Ia 900
rnea. The enemy ct little Rock as8 said 70 be
; 900 sircng, tie rest of'thelF force, some 1000
being ct Pius Bluff They have increased thsiH
force It the latter piacs sinco 4armE2uke's raid
in which hs captured $50 negroes and 800
hsrses epd mules, and banning thsir oomais-
gary Bsores, with 3 loss only Of twelve men
Ths Yankees, it viii be remembered, TePoEtes
this as q repulss Of Asrnsdake.
Oa Saturday, 18Th, Capt. Adams, Of Capsr's
command, with fiity-niHe men, surprised party
Of Yankees aud nsglce5 HPen Boszf river, kill
ing forty or fifty, ana capsaring twelve Prison
ers and twenty edd hOrses, arms, etc, with
loss Of one man.
Judge Field, from the Indian Nation, who &C.
companies Mr. Branch, informs rs that Cooper
was returning towards the Arkansas river With
two Texas TegiGeRts AID force CT about 5000
IHdians, composed Of two Ch3ctsW, two Creek,
and tWo Cherokee regiments, snda bsttslisa
OF Ssminoles. The ChsTokses AID Greeks are
lnes.ly e1patTistei, and have taken refuge in
the Chocta# nGtien, but maintain their position.
These gentlemen experienced much difficulty
in crossing the river, AID in getting through the
bottom on this side, where they Wers obliged to
lie out two nights. The Yankees destroy every
boat on the river, down 70 q canoe, and thIeRtsR
to burn the hops0 Of every man that puts any
bedy aeross They crossed IN 6 boat that was
hauled seven miles in a wagen-theiE horses
swimming; and while il was On its return, q
slowly, close ID the shore, and keeping sharp
lockout.
They cerfrm the report we recently published
Of the depIedati0as Of the river pirates, styled
tho marine brigade" They lssely made de-
scent On Bfuinsburg, where they ss.zsd q quzn-
tity Of salt and two hundred packages Of to
baeeo, which ~thoy distributed among the ne
grcsG. and ended by plandsTing eyeIbody, the
ncEcoes Included, whom hey robbed Of their
! bis ke!s.
Adams sels=and recsatly captured q len
tenant of this gang Of thieves, who had his
handkerchief fall Of rings and bTeastpins- The
inDFecsion Of our iRlermsut Is thEt 20 sseaYtd.
Col. Williams, Of the - Arks2gss, had o
nsIrew escape from them = shcrt tina since
Two Of bis piekets were esptaTed and ke saved
himself By jumping through window. About
the same time Capt. Klgore, Of Eetor's brigade,
and several other offseTs, with twelve men,
were captured.
On The 21st Writ Adams had q little skImish
ct. Fsyetts with ihTes columns Of tbs enemy
who moved from Rodney and NstehsB, with iks
expectation Of capturing hin. He TepUlsed
them, capturing seven prisoners, aaS killing
two nepi probably finding him eR the slsls,
they did not show much fght.-MoEt. Mail.