The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-12

,eYies by the WilIiahst canal, and by
Lake Providence, had both failed. Au-
dscity attempted and accomplished that
which the most skillFul engineering could L
not achieve |,
IA soon as the spring fo..d had fntfi
cientl ' fallen to ren'Ier il posslc Gene
tal Grant ordered his fnTces 70 auv$nee /
by land tlrnmgh thc f,H.est, and thread
nag the edge OF thesmorss-s an TIC west
elm shore of the river. entire y concesIed
froa1 ebs..rva tien. to march from -Mlh-
ken,s- L&ndipr abcyp the r+,i,s!3 rampaFta
q, n e,vz Carthage below. In this move /
M emit Geuer,zi AGlernsra, with the lIthl
A rrlvaU A,eps letl the advances IL had
be,s =, feece ssarV. 10 ti.slas this etftefpr4st
ku.l til the waIaer in G. ~sver And the Jay /
o4,s. 81, Id rece de. s3sia the road Was
| all bat I'M pass.,Eb- avItIe' lay through q
| vast bag. iutcrsectedw numerous bay !
kou.. hall tloodetl With water. lSle henVN
| artillery wheels cut tf1rou IiI the sl1h''
and mud. rem r1eriny the path = pertvcl
knlortar bed, through. which The men ana
| horses waded lInee-deep, amt where the
hubs of the wheels often disappeared
from sight. The advance oil the army
was found to bo utterly lmpraeucaeIe
except bv the building OF corduroy !
Lr,a.ls. cutting outlets for the gress OF
.
tact. the army had to build FOR itself,
Under the NEST difficult circumstances, .
/. military road as it advanced. twenty
miles Of leyee had to be guarded lest II
should be cut by the enemy, and tbs
whole country flooded.
Tile vigilant foe got some lntlnlauon OF
! this movement, notwithstanding IL mao
been most carefully concealed. AS the
nafriot, troops approached Ne" Carthage
: they found that the rebels had cut the
n lay4.s. and the country was SO hoode q
that New Carthage. WAS converter lnto an
j is,snd A3ter inneffe CT uaI attempts to
= hyidva the rushing waters. or TO cross
: them in boats, it was fouud necessary TO
march in search Of some point Farther
,Iown the river. Insl irited rather as
:. co,,ssetl by such obs1aolss tho herolc
i btnd 4atised on, and after having con
: struc,ed seventy miles of road, and about
, ! Two tkousah1 feet OF bringing, they reach
cd their final destination. ~
A considerable rart of the army Wal
, now south of VlckSGurg, but on tht
: wrong side OF the river, which here Iush
:, ed aleng, wide, dep, furbid torrent
!. They had no means of crossli9g ana a.
: tha rebels had a strong array ct eatt erie
!. .t Part Hudson, no. transports could o.
= sent M The river 10 the IL aid. Bot with
ont transport 8 the river could not lie eros
sed. =. General Grant was prepared 10
this emergency He hsd resolved Z
y, undsrtak. the apparently desP erate en-
=, terprise OF running the terri. tic batterie
~ With his steamboats,
- Three transports and eight gun boat
~ ia |. nd of the river where they WEI
:. fsecluded from all observation. we're 3
IL creily prepared Tor the trying ordeSi -
=: transports were pam, wooden oo"'
- Sneed was essential to their safety, al
:, consciousness necessary to renter tii,s
- useful should they reach the army b
~. tlaw The boilers were carefully prottc
~ III lfv bales4of cotton and hay on u
~ aide xpo&ed to the, batteries. The =
n Ipiaes were. put in the best p>stiole ia
!. ming order An ingenious eola1lYali
was adoItied to1Jl event AIRY gleam OF I
.ol fires from rcat hing the eyes al q littH
ed | lie sim OF the Zoe. 1t zsas- not deem
~, r,gh to command men 30 e11gaee IN an {
N terpri.e 10 desperate, and vof1nte'
were, called. for. SIore came torws
,o,, tl,an could be accepted. and tile eager
,m. uirpnts agree x TO abide the decislon
i.n. ths lot. The excitement was intense
,rn. &C.. who would begtie favored ones
rhe Pilots engineers, tremen, deck nan
gny had eagerly preferred. their services
est one OF the mcst perilous enterprise
,rce %hIch one e"utd t4
arp feeim~ht lornleasu 80. TT. con,
and hHtytt"o such to'o' .
lets among them was 81 etf"U ma g.
ond va. successitil drawer, Was offered
ned hundred dollars for his place. lie rr1
70. ed the offer, held his post, anu pas
his the batteries IN s@de0y' -
dan. spirit which animated the American
this triots in this war agalnst-repeploh.
lent The ulnn wassfor the gun bosts to-
the down in sin sie file, and, when oppt
n me the batteries, to, open upon them
. de- .itic fire.. Under cover OF this href-
th cir shelsered, by the gun boats, the "
their l-norts were TO endeagor TAD run by uns
these <. little before lIidn ight, when mo
cap- the lieiIts had disap laced IN NicEs
and and silence reigned over both OF
- CAMPS, the guu- 'atS, one aftef ano'
susly hllne shadowy lpassfs, emerged /
1onse their conceaimeIit and H'ated sile
Gen .it,,gu thu stream. Inc pain / =
l. his hrsathIessly watched the moFemef
posed these clouds OF darkness, from :"
neral wars most awful thnnoers weie 500
ss OF burst Three quarters OF an hoe
IL ap silence elapsed, when two flashes
oiar;. ,,,e Of the Vfcksbnrgf batteries, foil
morn NV a roar " lich sh osk the hills, snn'
eniag Ell the opening of tire Su hilme drains
< nov an.instant the whole line OF biut1'
4 this. atlaz.s with fire. The three transI
i fully. the. forcst /. Qate",> Henry Gay and
could Hsse. w. re now on the most impe
Of the ruth down the stream. The lro'
u. the gue- boats lay squarrly before the
ny on from twenty-five guns: ponrins
paSite .torn1 of shell, grape, and sh
IL thu directly. into. the streets. Sudae
d Ger! uleanl Of .liSht appeared, aud an inal
accass bal,fre .Llazci .fyaua one of the b
.ge the Yiclssburgs csy,riaag nigh t into day,
com i mfr me lit zap the river 10 brlid
and 10 4kat every boat W - e1 fsosedfo IN
from i.i aim OF .he iIa't-ris4s. the hrst
ant re- transports, the Forest queen, 'receiv'
-, shots. mhIoh so disabled her she
assault Eshelp;esslg upon thu currents 81
co,,l,. ltnltnediately taken in tow by . gu
= :, the and car ried without further injury
s-,,odii the stream The next transPol
s;eele,s Harry Clay. was struck by she l,
ali aot set her ooIAon oniire. The curtin
5 north. tgrew s. every moment more pi
was tn tare~ilg up huge pillows OF snloi
ao,,s ia the majestic fabric Roatf d dew
eos the ls,reanl- a. MAINTAIN. nf' ire. = y