Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-29

The following letter from our correspondent at
Clinton, La, has been anticipated by ono of
later date, but il is still interesting, particularly
the part which treats of The Yankee Loaisisns
convention
CLIFTON, La, Msy IA, 1864.
Oar batteries below Alexandra consist Of =
large number of frstclass parrot guns captured
of Inc Yankee gunboats which assembled Red
river. As to the number Of g~auboAts and rams
ports csptured and destroyed by our forces, DC
counts DIR. Thu Yankees destroyed some 10
keep them from falling into our hands, but oshirs
were captured, aud their guns and stores appfo-
pTistsd to our own use. Tbs grand summing
up Of Banks' expedition Is, THAI il was 4 misets
be failure from ~oegipning 70 en5-a isilassin
lis aims, both military and political. Shg5Fs-
port, which occupies the sEme relation 10 The
tTaus Mississippi Department that Richmond
does to this side, Was not captured. The tsiTi-
teIial boundaries OF GOV. % Hahn were not en-
lsrged. The attempt to make Loaisians a patty,
sven by fraud, to the fares of voting for Lincoln
st ne next Yankee presidential election. wgs q
disgTacsini fAsco.
The blsme will be laid on Steele. Steele IFss
expected TO CO operate, and to strike ShTeveEoTt
q one side while Banks atruek It on be CIDER
But Steele failed 20 come 50 time" He had
The breath Knocked outof his body by QlsniEel,
Marmsduko and Pfics long before be got iRso
the neighb3rhoed Of ShTevsPort-erd while
Banks was locking for him at Grand Eesre, ss
auxiOusly as Wellington looked Tor Bnchsr at
Waterloo, he was in full run back to Arksnsss,
with the ses.tered remnants of his army, h,tly
pursued by that fierce Wsr-doe MaTmaduke.
A report reaches Us this morning, which indi-
cstes thst another Yankee transport has gone
the way of all timber. A man Just from the
river says he saw two Yankee csreasss floating
at Bayou Sara, and that he heard from good au-
thority that thiTty-i7e or forty had been fjhed
out OF the river at Baton Ren6e. TIKI only ex.
PLANTATION probable Of 1t is that = transport from
Yicksburg or NAtchez ran sfouI of our Rcd liver
batteries, aud went to the b0tt0m.
New Orleans pepars of ths flth sfs received
mere. Not 4 word Of movements IN Louisisi,s-
= good sign Victory for them would bavo been
nsrsldsd with a flourish of trempsts. On The
iOlh the price OF gold in New Olesns was two
for one, and going up.
The Estate Convention in L,-arsi.o. eo- .,ba
purpose of 1~eereeing emancipation in the Ststa.
seems 70 be in trouble. Roselius, Judge How
eli ead others whose names are not known be-
yend he smoke Of their own chimneys. bsvs
resigned. Bslch, Of IbereiIge, tod the con
Venllon ne wished they would expel hitn @Ge
would rather be e. home cultvati1F 40 gEiden
than be IN such q convention : ehat. Some OF
Inc naflve-boEn members@t 20 cAilipg freshly IN
ported Yankees wk0 are IN tho convention lsths
gentleman from Massachusetts" 'the gsatle-
mzn from Vermont" etc. There is violent op-
on the part Of some Of the Ysilkse
10 printing the proceedings IL French,
others have offered amendments that they
1s printed in Gamsu, Spanish, Itslisn and
irish The members voted themselves ten dol
sEs G day, but thsre being no money id the
feasury, a call has been made On Thomas j
)arsat to know b hes become Of Chat hun
lred thousand dollars" Altacafhs- they are 3
vgeek get Ls~isieua can nezer be -diseracsd
y sucn men IS iaey. Crescent.