Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-06
mnann-n.snsraarppE III.
Prom the hiss Of the Houston (TeEas) Ie''
.be 18Th uIt. We extract TIE following'
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snse In bis lmpsrtislity and iaieSriS-
The .,sSr,s behind bis foFfihcEsons, and
i os.i rrsvior 4 gtIll pressing him. Banks sent
tSy, AZ his forces thervar TO FtneTihe. zen
3ssn sttaeked them, capturing some prisoners, ana
.lel .tv 5srk into AlexandrlH. FuI1oughed troops /
-or Texas and elsewhere are docking IN ~ nunoreaA
Ssnks viii no dOubt be driven out OF Ale2endria IN
-hich svsnt he viii be compelled 70 abandon bis gun
oaf Get a X Is impossible 20 get Il over the fais
1Tr forces hEve struck through the Teche country ana
LEANED out all the Yankees and iayhaWkers.
we learn from an acQuautance that all the prisoners
.ntrsd b the FederaS in their late "on to Shreve-
nrt ld not excsed 355 inclusive Of portion Of LID.
leIrs command, who were taken on ne o.hef sus Os
ne river he sss informs as that they have been sent
en- TAYLOR to make up the dehotenoy OF eXehAhen II
lur fsver There were two heutenauts, twenty nine
.srreauts tEentT-ons corporate ana ~ PriEates
Usnfrsll s said to be paying OF the Federal over.
,sers on the Mississippi river planfaolls we Know OF
DO one more eompstent Tor the task De tninS thss
lsh0rt accounts make long frends
SHREVEPORT. Nay 7, Ie6s.-Msiors captured five
,rsnEport having on board l2h Ohio geni consist
ing of s25 men, and s the field officers OF the regiment
nsar Daisies ferry, ten mies Shove Eert DsiA1ssy -
IT is reported, apparently good authority, mat
sne assistant adutEntgenerai, with party OF sol.
dieFE was captured day before yesterday, by Iiddes
force below AsxsuariR on the opposite Alde OF tne
rivs,. be was attempting to make Ais escape:
Tie enemy have blown up thres Of their largest
1rboats to prevent them from fslng into our hands
nbs occurred about seventy miles shove AiexaudriH.
TFarav has probably taken Fort Smith. be left for
that place fhs day ser the late battle with the Indian
brigads- -, -. A.. -.
list and shouted fer Jeh Davis
SABINE Pass, Nay ll.--In your pEpsrof the Och inst
Won give Col Gra greaf credit for Ids Sttaek on ann
capture Of the United States gunbosts Granite CITY
s15 vyzve but stas that She attack wee made under
orders from district headquarters which Statement ooss
i1.T &C. 10 cor Grimm sid should be corrected the
attack was made entirely hih own responsibility and
without orders from any body unless the order rom
Gen Magrudev Immediately after the battle Of Calves
ton directing his officers % stlck the enemy at once
ard furfouslT wherever they might be found, conld be
cons dered order An said in my first letter TINS
Yankees were Oceupyins portion OF the land and wa
ter under his eommsnd Wifhout MS pefmSslohi Anu no
determined to see their papers.
would here remark fhEt believe Colonel Gfifnn is
the rst subordinate officer who has ever dared TO at
tack the enerny'E gunb ats on bis responsibility
While give district headquarters great credit Tor the
prompt mEnneT In which rights and territory is
guarded must et the time state that the hrst in
mstOn the authorities lad Of the intended stack was
a dispateh from Colonel Griffin on the 4fh, which
about follows; 81 shall attack two Of the enemy :
gunboStE now lying at CAeRsieu pass II daylight next
Friday morning
The GAlveston News Of the same date also has an
nouneemsnt from Dr Rob, stating that three hun
red Of the snkees had gone up the rVor by land for
the purpose Of destroying the schooner Revenge that
was lying there loaded with cotton. don,t know
what other psoDIs think but think any man is easily
bamfoozled who Would believe three hundred Hsnkoes
ould 20 by land thirty miles from their gunbOst; the
Yanks don't perform those sort Of movements.
wrote you yesterday OF the disgrAcetu conduct OF
the the Wave. in throwing overheard ali their
shOots and sworB besides vast quantities. OF stores
OF different sorts after their surrender now inform
yen that six Of the packages thrown overheard, from
which the weights becoming loose have i1Ated ashore
and contain SIX dead Yankees This accounts for ouT
surprise in not finding desd either gunbost whsn
Whs1 thsy completely rddled with shot, shell and
canister. Yours, etc.
P S-sinos writing the above, q courier has arrived
from Caiossieu, with dispatch stating that the steam
boat New London arrived on CaeSEieu bar Yesterday
morning and sent boat up the pass with Ensign Jack
son, Galveston pilot and i've men, Our forces on the
Granite City captured the boat and after mertsy
wOundinE Mr.. jackson. CscaEieu Pass ID a hard road
GALVESTON. Nav 10 1864
The sentences Of McCuium and Mctisutys who were
to have been shot tomorrow, hsg been commuted to
hard labor during the The sentence csmmuted
by Gen. Smith in of the TACT that they
turned 70 their company from JaEpsr voluntarily and
tlelr hAVlng previously hela very BOoa FeputAtion
The c0mmuRton Of the sentence msets with the gene.
Fsi appreciation Of every one here.
The roof Of SOuthWicks brick building the Strand
caught hrs on Tuesday night but was speedily extin-
BY defective ue. The premises arc oeeupsd By the
engineer department.
giving series Of concerts here, under the supentend
Of Henry J. TObemsnn Esq, the leader of Cook
band the inst Of which to take place Saturday, the
2lst inst. The president OF the railroad company has
kindly promised 70 extra train hat day. By
arrangement with the president the ShErpEhOoers will
be able to present to ali those coming down on that day
Al $40 P n on Tuesday the blockade feet was In
creased by the arrival Of gunbsst from the west. At
4 =. yesterday brgRnline propeller came from the
northeast She seems to be iron veEss il Of very
pretty model, apparently quite new, and runs very
Hke been cruising RrOuu0 continually
her arrival. gunhoat left for the west at 5:45 this
NJ At anchor, the hagshp, three RunbOsts, brig and
schooner and the bgHntDe propeller cruising around
near Bolivar shore.
an order has Et been issued requiring all citizens Of
Galveston who absent from the city at the time Of
the ragsrstion 10 register their within twenty
four hours after their arrival
OAKvu.LE, TEKAs, May l. l564-Kn0wilg that your
numerous rsadeTE always anxious learn anything
pertaining to the suffering sf the noble heroes who are
bEttng IN our country cause, drop you line TO say
4haa ~
Gano, while charging q tOraging party Of the enemy
near NUNS mill Arkansas reoeived wound by bail
passing through the elbow Of tho left arm His wound
il severe snd painful the head Of radius and both
eOndyles Of the humerus being frsctursd. He will evil
IDENTIFY lose ths use Of the joint His wound at this
time, however, doing well and he l. verv chserful
and on his way to his home In Dallas Texas expecting
long to be able again to meet the fos He killed
five and captured eighteen Of their party Of his
command being hurt but himsslL
J. S. sUNDERs, Surg Gsnos Brig
SABINE PASS, May 10, 1851 promised TO send yuu
list Of killed and wounded from the battlefield in nv
last but orders came for rs to to Sabine the
oh, and prevented my doing ] append herewith
f Of killed and wounded in the 2ls Texas Infantry
(Grn's battaioD) Greuzbaurs battery and Dalys bat
In sPsishts battalion they had none killed. owing
probably 20 their being the left fAnk and not being
exposes to he range Of the ensmy guns the others
whilst they bad sq chance to deal death and de.
strueaon to the enemy.
LIST Of Killed and Wouaded.
Killed: J D Lancaster co A. Dist Texas inf.ntrv.
Aaron Russell doi ls Sgt Il Jones' co G. do; Private
rS--tt-'-' -, ~ ~ e. uui WIN Anetpf
Days battslion NJ Yvarto, do.
wounded: lst Lieut. n E Islshart, co a, ALA IszaH
tTy slightly right thlgh;6 Hayden 90 G. very slight
in temple; Wm Dnnning co E. DO, slight in foot; SGT
Potter Frans Creuzbaurs light battery slight in collar
bsDe Corp Degen, do, slight In left ssOt; Corp Therat
do, severe in sukei Corp Ferdinand Fshrsnhod, do,
mortally; private Henry ForterGann, do mortRlly;
Lynch, do, severely; Guenrs DO severely In ankle;
sst VIM Inge co B. Days battalion, morAlly; Private
b Pioh do, slight; T Moore do. slight.
A large number Of he enemy were wounded by our
sharpEhooterss three Of which have since died An Off
Of the Granite City told that he counted three
hundred riffs balls which came IN at port hole II
this be true & II wonder that the Yankees could not
be induced 70 remsln st their guna The crew Of the
Wave behaved very badly, throwing overheard six
shootera and swords after they had up the white
sgs and they far TO attempt to throw oyer
board two p FOUNDER DahlgTsn hOitzers bat did not
succeed az Creuzbaur gave them couple Of discharges
Of canister, which made them cease, and induced them
10 send q boat ashore.
Your papsr is just received containing Col Grifans
hrHt Dispatch In which here s slight error insts ad
OF l6 pieces Of cannon and 80 pronsrs say Ia pieces
Of cannon and 100 prisoners lsluding ossrs marines
sailors sodsers and negroes Lieut. Slater has lust re-
bay.
AUSTIN, May 9-No business in eiter house to-day
Cause, quorum. Forty seven members Ia the House
and seven msmbers IN the Senate answered
The financial and the subsistence ques ions are Of AL
absorbing interest. No mixing whatever OF The stains
Of the Governors message The Legislature can onI,
pet gusss for what especial purpose they have been
called
May 10TH and still no quorum. In all probability
there viii be quorum to-day at the evening eesson
TULIP, Ark, May q, ls64--On the sOth Of Apr1 We
overlook the enemy At the Saline river and fought
them, Gen. Smith assumed command Of the army in the
hsd 81 Camden and directed It's movements M 10 this
tine The Pursuit was vigorous and the course Of ths
Yankees marked with the destruction OF property.
Everything OF wearing apparel from baby clothes to
cavalry eoatE, as wei az iestherbedr and bed
oOthins wagons, buRgisf ordnance tools stationery
and IN fact almost every kind Of thing You can imagine
found along the route Notwithstanding the enemy
had destroyed they supposed all means OF our army
crossing the river our engineers rugged ep raft so that
By 10 o'clock The morning after they had left Camden
were ACROSS the river and IN pursuit. We travelled
hity miles in less thsn two days and overlook them with
our infantry At the Saline river Our cavalry caught
them the morning before and sklnEhed with them all
day.
viii not give Won the details Of tne arht Tho hat.