, 1864-10-23

to stern IS she turgtd. Sne succeeded In
passing the battcrid:s and her ire was ey-
tlrgnished before Tkuch hcadwny was made.
The shells killed lind wounded rveaty. five
men, The numb er killed, as near Is the
steward coald stGmate, Was fifteen or twenty.
as taken prisoners How many, be was " !" IN. N.
IN paseiog the batteries the gunboats re.
turned heRvy fire, with what execution Is
unknown. The rebel battery on the bank
ApoEe ing landing consisted Of five or SIX
ptces 81 heavy calibre. The steward man.
aged ta conceal himself until night, then got
1ailIYad and Travelled through the woods,
within sight Of the track, until he reached
MclNaf1' county, where be found Union
1Nan Who brought him around By Corinth,
Glopg the lice Of the railroad, to Memphis.
He was eight days on the rosd, met many
Union people, and was well treated, receiT.
irg all the Information be required. Nearly
all WIRE Of the poorer class Of people
through the country. He saw 10 force Of
rebels, vas purtued at one time by scouts,
but eEcaptd. This side OF Grand junction,
at place called Moscow, he eaw By the con-
dition Of the roads thbt large cavalry force
bad very recently passed over, and learned
from the inlibitarts ts that such was the case.
They Informed him that Forrest had lust
pasted up with lRrPe force to Bolivar. He
saw no 1otce Of rebels th1s side of Mosco n.
The force that he reports to haye passed up
to Bolivar is undou0ts dly the one said 70
have been menaciug Memphis during the last
THREE dayR-
Little Rock papers report all quiet at Lit
tie Rock on the 18th. Gen. Steele had q
stro1 G free III der his command.
The Etc .mer Emma No. 2 was suagged and
sunk about five miles above ST. Charles.
The steamer Eclipse Was fired into by gue-
f}1 las f.y,$ tn hi jfta nh D.
but no peIeon was hurt
The steamer Tscoon, with barges, had
grounded On the bar, but WAS afterwards got
Of safely.
From the Little Rock Democrat of O:t- Is,
We make the following extracts: We heard
mishirg south Of III; I'm which the 9th Kan
eas and Sd Arkansas bore part. We are IA
yored with the following account Of It: An
important scout, which 1sfs here on Friday
and returned on Monday night, Was composed
Of $50 men Of the 9tn Kansas cAyalry, eighty
men Of the Sd Arkansas cavalry, aIl pndel
command Of Capt c. F. Coleman, Of the 9sh
the 18th Arkansas {reoe1) cavalry ut Dr..
Morton's, and surrounded them killing two
They then pushed on to Whitten's Mill,
which is only i've miles from Saline River,
where Capt. Adams, with ten Of his men,
were grinding corn. We surrounded the
ing i've and wound1ng the Captain ana TWO
OF the remainder, they surrendered. On
leaving the mill We were attacked By the
rebel Col Griffith, with about 100 NTH. bnt
We drove him buck with ease, Killing and
wounding q number. We then came back
to Hurricane Creek, where We halted.
On the third day. q little off the main road,
our advance was attacked BY 500 men, under
Col Logan, Of the Hth Artansss Confederate
cavalry. The engagement soon became gen
eral- Capt Coleman charged upon The enc
my with 1S0 dismounteu men. aud drove
them in confusion In southtrly direction,
killing two ard Wounding several. Captain
Hamilton, commanding detachment OF the
| Sd ArkanEes, with his men fought brayely
| and nobly. We had one man killed and one
badly wounded in the affair at the Mill, and
two others wounded In the last engagement
and took ore Captain and seven men pris.
oners- The prisoners were turned over to
TIE Provost Marshal. We a1so captured five
horses at the Mil.
The scout was complete Success, as We
Eppe r1or numbers. Capt Coleman Is an tfh
| cient ard brave officer, bas served three
| yearF, and epcEt most Of bis time in gueril1a
| warfare. The 9th Kansas 10 one OF the besl
| fighting regiments In the department, aut
on this occasion the officers and men sus
|
| The steamer Jos White has arrived, will
New Orleans papers Of the 18th.
| The PcoSnre Gays: Capt, Dekoker, Of th'
schooner Neptune, seven days from Matamo
| TEE, informs us that the French took possee
sion OF that place on the 20sh. the town sur
in command, and every thing was quiet whel
the Neptune sailed.
The Neptune made the run to within sixty
five miles Of Southwest Pass in three days
but WIS then hloEn off to sea. Capt D. re
ports that on the morning Of The 7th inst
mflee, be spoke the ANAL schooner julia
/ from New Orleans for Matamoras. tb1
captsin OF which wished to know his po
sittop, and stated that his TesEe1 had sprunt
aleak in the gale. He desired to to be takei
In tow snd to return to Southwest Pass
but the wind being from TIE north this wa
impossible Capt. D., however, Offered ever,
assistance possible and proposed to take th'
cbrgo und crew from the sinking vessel, bu
the captain Of the Jnl1a refused, saying tha
If the weathar continued fair he could &c
her into port Next morning the wind in
creaeed Into gale and Capt. ID. thinks thu
the crippled yeEsel would not survive It.
It vas runored about the streets Of Mem
phis On the 18th that Col. Hatch had me
with some r.reree. but the story could no
be traced to reliable source, and 1t Il
thought to be a secesh story. There is rea
eon to believe that the energetic and gailRn
Col Hatch aid bis command crossed th'
Teu1eEsee river in safety ALd reached tteil
CA1Ro, Oct. o2-The steamer Arthur No
16, arrived with eixty-three bales Of cotton
1000 br1s. coffee, and 1,000 br!s. porE, con
| signed to the Qnarte11naster at Cairo. Nc
| pirate eales of cotton at New Orleans. A
fmnll amount Of low middllDg brought 11711{
Ahont f1ftT rebels entered Mayfleld OF
| Wednesday and burned the Court House ani
| committed mbny depredaGons.
The steamer Belle Memphis has arrived
with 178 bales Of cotton, ffty-four bids q
tobacco, and Memphis dates to the 4ota.
Mai. Gen. Dana assumed command o. th'
18th army corps, -incl1dIng the districts Q
West Tennesere and Vicktburg on the 18th
1lcuduuarters at Vtcksburg. Lieut.. Col, Haf
rie, IL relieved of GutT as acting Mayor
Memphis, and is ordered to report At VICES
burg. Cart. Richards, Of the I'D Ohio, !
appointed in bis stead.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct 1G, via CA1Ro. Oct
2e-The steamer Noda, from New York, an'
the Alliance. from Brazos Santiago, arriEe
Yesterday. The Alliance brings ,nteiligenc
That Cortiuss surrendered hia forces, &c, t
the Imperials sud accepted Brigadter Gen
erals commission IN nAxmilnsn,a n & army n
ance brought five refugees from Mexico
They wrote very complimentary letter t
Col Dsy, commanding the United STATE
torcea at b.aZos. Gen. Drayton sapereede'
Ford at Brownsville.
Gen. Meiia, who is In the employ ot va,
imlllIap has accepted commission as Pr1Ga
dier General in the Emperors army.
The rebels had agents IN Metau9sas as ona' uia =
ing large Gums Of money tor Ms nns 1lne
cannon, but he refused to sell 70 Fepels} sa1
Ing they were not only enemies Of tne UNI
: cd States, but enemies to RePnoncan oo'
4 ernments On the American continent, Aao
- It had not been for rebels Mexico wong 4.
be Invaded By the French, nor "oulut =
Austrian be Emperor Of the Mexican nataol
t by the steamer Alliance, large nnm0et 3t
n Mexican officers came to the un1tea e!at'
Tor asylum. They have nobly re1useo
btt6es otlered.Aem By the tyrants VINO p NJ =,
i rule Mexico, ard stood out against a.! u
4 influence Of the French, preierEing exiie
being slaves. They have addressed leLt
= to Col Day, Of the 9lst Illinois. commandlf
the United States forces at Brszos SanttaG
r Texas, setting forth thanks for the asylum
F. generously granted them, BY the officers
the United States gunboat Itasca. Also !
O ! the generous treatment received from
8 eame at the hands Of several cit1ze
b who had been taken to France
d prisoners, and who returning could not
|, tcr their own country, On account Of pt
J. Matamoras being in possession Of the ct
h ny, They were protected by the steam
q Itaeca since the 18th Of September. The !
.. tiers are signed by the Colonels in the NE
t can army, Manuel Ortiz, &. YaTote Mgu