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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
Black Dress Goods.
Vacation Season is Ended and School
Days are at Hand.

For the great intellectual event the heads o
families and all others interested in the inward
feelings, and especially the outward appear
ances of the RISING GENERATION, will
find it necessary to make a general survey OF
the condition of their boys present supply OF
wearing apparel. A moments scrutiny will
suffice to satisfy the whole family, relatives and
even visitors, that the boys have been wearing
and tearing their clothes in the most enjoyable
and reckless manner.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
G.. H.. O'LEARY.
NEW FURNITURE.

IN addition to a large and varied stock Of
/ FURNITURE on hands, I am receiving Fall
purchases of all grades of Furniture that this
market requires. 1t has been bought right,
please. Don't fail to call and examine goods
and get prices. G. II. O'LEARY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
Have Not Yet Turned Up.

To them we would say that we are inclined to
believe circumstances are such that they have
not been able to do so. We will expect them
to report by the 18TH OF OCTOBER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
We Have Just Opened

We Have Just Opened
Seven invoices of fine Shoes for mems, ladies'
and children's wear; making our stock the
most attractive in market. Fine and heavy
Boots for men and boys.
Our stock is full up in all departments and
our prices we guarantee as low as any for the
same values.
All persons are invited to consult their inter
est by examining our stock and prices.
Special attention is called to our stock o.
mems Hats.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10

SADDLES, HARNESS, &C.
T N this line we have a large stock of our own
manufacture which will be sold cheap.
G H. O'LEARY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
In One Voice They All Exclaim

What is to be done with such children7 The
answer is plain. = nd them all to HUNTER
.OATES'S.
Campaign Hats, 95 cents.
Bandana Handkerchief, Is cents.
HUNTER 81 OATES,
Just Around the Corner.
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Jay GOrll's Sister

ne nili looking, rather petite but dicui-
lied, woman just passing must have been
lnile pretty IN her youth, though She never
l'rhn''1iN coulu have been called handsome.
mere Is II certain something, however about
i''f-;l sweetness IN her looks and mnnuer---
'iitI Is more charming in woman Of hcl
years lilah any remains OF physical beauty
Moaht be. Size Is very simply attlred il,
black. AMI u black bonnet modcstly covers
her silvery gray hair.
Who is she.
olc Is Jay Gould's sister. She has come
over from her home in Cun,lcn-a quiet
iltlc town across the rivcr-lo do some shop-
ping, probably. One often meets her in the
b'lsE streets, but us her identity is known to
le"' she ESCAPES the oglinS and comment that
Si!" "'',!ii Otherwise be subjected to- She is
moi Iirh hy any means. Indeed, aside from
Il moderate allowance that the speculatiup
Ir'rs'lH makes her, sho derives her lvinr.
li"ih school for girls that her daughters con .
h'tc' lie school, it is said is an excellent,
one amt Gould like gets the cream of the bust
ness in south JERSEY.
nc school house was erected ut Jay Gould's
expense. Jay knew that his sister had not,
hh'i!lcd well from financial point of view,
and mat he" daughters We're struggling for u
l'in., but he was too busy pling up his
niiI'"iis to give the matter much personal
n.tH'l"n, But his wife had her eye on the
giriN, and she was so pleased with their earn
csleSs that She brought the matter to the
attention Of her husband, and insisted on
his building the girls school. Gould did
not object, and, now that his attention was
directed t" the matter, he gave orders that
no eSi@nNc should he spared in making the
building n model one in every respect. He
himself takes as much pride in it and in tho
success OF the nieces US any ono whenever he
permits himself tho luxury of five minutes
thought on Il subject su far removed from
stocks and bonds. Philadelphia Cor. Chicago
'IrIt,,nu
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:o.ne months later, after the capture of
NirhSbul's, Col. Ellct applied for and re-
"!vr,l permission to so HON" on sick leave
- died at Bunker Hill, Ills, i'll October
Ndmiral Porter says: "El!rt was II gallant
.runs fellow, full of dash and enterprise"
Once Ntorc Admiral Porter sent gunloat
Nh past ;h" Nicksburs batteries. This
:S the lHaianola. n fine new iron clad, wi h
% ll-inch bow guns. She tioatel down
Il Nir':shurg in the night just in tilnr to
ct the New Fra coming up the river with
Col. Eliot on board. The Era was chased llv
y Confederate ram, the W. III. Webb, from
Rcd river. The lntlianola in turn gave chase,
init the Webb escaped.
Meantime tho Confedcrates had rapidly ry>
paired the lost Queen of the West and turned
Ecr against her own people.
Feb 81 the lndanola, in charge of Lieut.
Commander Brown, who had run the bat
e cs with her, was at the mouth of big
Eek river, forty miles below Nicksblrg
,l,licn!v the ram Webb and the now Con-
tcIlrratc Qucen of the West came up tho
river i'll pursuit of him. With tl.rm wcre
,wo steamers "cotton clad" SO called, that is
say they were picd with cotton arormd
bows and sides. This was Il perfect ,,ro-
i9rc.on against shot, though Il very uncertain
pe a.ainst fire.
.lil t""r vessels opened on tile lndianola,
the "co;ton rlads" attacking With their snllll
s"ns, tic rams endeavoIi.t. to run the Iu-
dian.la dewn with their ro,l l,raws. Both
vessels came together, bows on, sad Lieut.,
Brown, i'll Iii, report.
Tho lndianolt received seven crushing
blows from t.!c rams, and began To sinl,
rS"ily. Then Lieut.. Brown threw his signal
''r"> and !lineh guns overheard, disabled
hn ll-inch how guns and surrendered.
lle l.;.asola WAS blown up on the night
@. Feb. -. "hy ~ iunhc. ru:c," as Admiral
Porter ci.is it. WHAT that ltrSc was. lluw-
Ger, lie does not t,.l i'll his naval history,
although 1t is well worth telling
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The Adyntacc, of Rest.

lh"rc is no better preventative Of nclvo,.o
exhaustion than regular unhurried nuscul,i.
exercise. il we could moderate our hurry,
lessen our worry, and increase our open air
exercise, n large proportion of nervous; dis
cases would b. abolished. Fol, those who
cannot get q sufficient holiday the best sub
s'ltut" is an occasional day in bed. Many
whose nerves are constantly strained in their
daily vocation have discovered this for them
selves.
y Spanish merchant in Barcelona told his
medical man that he always went to bed for
two on three days whenever he could he
spared from his business, and he laughed at
those who spent their holidays on tolsomc
mountains. Ono of the hardest worked
women in England who has for many years
conducted I, large wholesale business. retains
excellent nerves at an advanced age, owing,
it is believed, to her habit Of taking one day
u week in bed. IL we cannot avoid frequent
agitation we ought, if possible. To give the
nervous system time tn recover itself between
the shocks. Even an hours secl,ion after q
good lunch Will deprive !; hurried, anxious
day of much OF its injury. The nerves can
often lc overcome hv strategem when they
refuse to he controlled ly strength of will
James Muir Howie in Nineteenth Century.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-19
POPULATION OF THE WORLD.
estimated at Early 100000, ,OOO-Pro-
trssor Lcyusse,,r's FIuurcs

Estimated at s.arly 100000, ,OOO-pro-
fcsscr Lcvusseur's Figures.
Professor Lcvasseur, the eminent stat
lH'iti'ii, estimates the population of the world
ut l,is3,oOo,u0. He has faith in the sub
stantal accuracy of the recent estimates of
the population OF China and Japan, base,
upon the latest official reports. There has
been considerable controversy with regard
To the population of these countries, and the
opinion of Sir II. Alcock, Sir Rawson Raw
son and other statisticians that China con-
tai,s about i00,0DnOO people will derive
considerable weight from the fact that Pro-
fessor Lcvasseur has reached the same con,
cluson. Tho stntisticians who Ito not thin,
the Chinese estimates are far from correct
base their opinions upon comparison of the
Chinese census returns Of the last and the
present centuries and upon the ratio of pop,-
iation To area in other countries.
Those persons who imagine that the con-
ditionS of savage life arc unfavorable to
density of population may be surprised to
learn that the latest estimates give Afrjca n
population of lG and North America only SIS
tn the square mile. While our continent is
known 4" have only about SO, ,oO0, 600 people
the population Of Africa according TO Pro-
feSs"r Lcvasscnr, npproximutcs l01, GOO, 900
inc results OF this comparison nre not very
surprising when the fact is borne in mind that
Africa is nearly one-third larger than this
continent, nnd that while about n third pnr,.
OF North America is almost uninhabitablc.
no considerable part Of Africa lacks popula
tlon. Even the Sahara has many thousands
OF inhabitants. and tho density of population
III lars" nrcas OF equatorial Africa surpasses
anything known until quite recently among
savage peoples.
One reason why Africa has absorbed so
much of the exploratory zeal Of civilized nu-
tl"ns while South America has been COM
lmrativclN neglected, may doubtless be found
IN the fact TINT Africa far surpasses ou,.
southern sister i'll population, and in her
great undcveoped districts offers far lorpe,.
Inducements to commerce than similar re-
sons III South America. White Africa CON
tributes over Is per cent Of tho population of
the world, South America supple, only
little over per cent, and the density of
population in the dark continent is over
three times that in South America
hllc tllc contribution of Ellroue to ,ho
lani surface of the globe is less Than onc-lalf
/. great as that of North America her nonu-
latlon is over -four times us numerous Now
iDrl, Sun
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-19
"FLANKlNG rR0JEcTs."

In January the tnien troops at the mouth
OF the fazo" were sclt om an expedition
against Arkansas Post, III, White river. To
Keep their spirits up. They captured the
post and returned 20 iha siege of Nickslurg.
Jan. Gen. John ~ McClelnanl arrived
from Memphis, AT the .u";,h of the Nuluo
anl superseded Sherman in commend Of The
troops, Jan. I, 1868. Gen. G.:,,a was ordered
10y l!alicrl;. ut Washington, 10 10 in person
to NicA>aurg and take command. IIe,.id so,
taking charge of the troops Jan. ~. Grants
command was now organized into four corps,
Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Scvcn-
;eenth. The corps commanders were IT,
spcctively McClernand, Shermr,n Hurlhurt
and Mcpherson. All of the corps but lIurl-
burt's were already either at Nicksburs on
were Immediately sent there. lluvlburt's
corps operated in the interior.
Gen. John C. Pcmhrrton ,lic Confederate
commander MT Nick>l,lr,- ,iu,i,,,r IN, ;,,
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lHE LAND FORCE.

Grant had attempted to move his land
forces down 60 NlckabIrg By the rn,i," l"fnre
described ~ lie Yazoo Pass way The pas
s., e WIS m:i.!r. rs narrated, hy some of the
,:rnl.na.,' ri were stopped at Font i,m"l-
ton. tbs fort was adrotlv lot'n:..l 20, TO
cn"iniaul Tia" three rivers, Talla '"hi",
N;,.ia! a!.ti>;ia and Na2oo Cen I.nrii lad
command of Tie Confederate tronl~ h.rr.
March II Rn,s' division Of ,1r''',r.:.,.i's
corps appeared belol. Fort rcinbcit"i. go
men in all. McPhcrsnlS corps w:.s j, Is
and waiting 10 follow them and Grant IL I'D
from this side to lie able at last tn ;'t tto
Nir!i~l1lrg. But this nnv,ea'inn n'e.l,,,t
nature n it were that he ha'i ;t'cuI:''r'! was
attrnlel with extraordinary dilli'ulti"- No
boats r"uld go through the Nazoo Pas, and
Co!lw;i"r. except thos" Of very light 'irau9ht.
Morco.cr. the country was "vrrii":."l and
WIS on" swamp SO that there was no rnsiiri.
place or camping place for an army my nywEerc
in tie i"waiids above Ni"hsburs.
March II the Union .unhu;it;, hogan their
humlar,lmcnt of Fort l'cnbcrton. March Il
tho land force erected battery and fired III
Fort Prmbcr.nn au.!lilr. Ending il cot!,i do
i!o good. he cXl,od:tion started back NJ, iNe
Ial!;,iia,c.!c Half way UP the ri"rr tl!"y
met Gen. Quimhy coming to le-enf"rcr them
with a brigade all the men he could transport
through the difficult passage i'll time. Bong
Tie senior officer. he ordered the troops back
{" For, !cinbcrt"n They returned. Another
tlul'l,s, attempt va, mad" on he fort March
-; tpnnhv was about to build a bridge TO
nip.c around Tie cast side of Fort r"ni',.I-
t"n, wien, April |, he received orders for the
whole expedition to return to headquarters.
STEE, etS RAy0i FxpFD,TIoN
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For svi..; :,,le the two fleets las there,
having lot Li,.ri. 20 ,i.i lilt -aze i'll wonder
Mt the dcfens.-> "f NieK5.nrg. They cx-
tended a mil. and a half beck from the
ri ri. Tha Union feet occasionally lid some
shvliing at ~" town.
June -. l.tc" 'iavs before Farragut passed
Nici:s!,urg with his mortar hotila. The large
vessels "t his fleet had landed on the Lousi-
ara shorr. opposite Nickshurg, Brig Gen.
T!.omiaS Williams and 5000 troops They
had with thcE, Two batteries.
On ;.c map it viii he observed that at
Nicfs!:t,!- here is 81 very deep bend or curve
in the iS>i-,ippi. Til" river makes n loop
ard :iipr,>t :. ublcs ""er upon it,elf Ett%ce
the ends of ,h., loop the space is very mar
row. Here t''n. " iliianas began dig-ing a
canal. the line of Win. h is shown "n the ac-
rr srl,a;l& in; ma,.. employing LOO nogr'es.
TIL, rai.;il. wi!oi flushed. would have i:,aGe
the >,a,t. "t'.3a tie horse Shoe an island. and
wyuia s.v,. eu,| lod I'll" Union troy; u
eros, .,.-j.., to the Mississippi Side. Nirk5-
burg uli Thus l;.Y. a.m "ut Of from the
riser. .l.irh .:ouii have beer shortened W
So mt!rh
S"alltti laltie> kept 'l,eSgiHg away" in
President l.in'"lu'> hoinely- phrase. for some
weeks ~ lenc.h til" Confederate fartitira-
tions reached .:ranj Gulf. fifteen ,nil. .e>ow
Ticksi,rr
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killing an o. With Diamonds.

\ story from the diamond fields \ katfir
was suspected of being in possession of uncut
diamonds, and was pursued by the officers of
the law. When they came UP with him he
hal just shot ono of his oxen. Then they
proceeded TO search him. They ransackel
his scanty clothing, they combed his "oolly
head, they tried all the usual processes, but
never n diamond did they iind, and finally
they had To retire discomted Then the
katlir procec,lcdto pick out from the dead
oy's carcass all the diamonds with viii III his
,arr had been loaded. and which he had fired
int, ,L,. unfortunate beast when he saw the
officer: approaching London Globe
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and i 500 l,nd DAVID Il. FARRAGt'T.
troops under t:-n. Williams. The Comie,l.r-
ates lncau,:ln" Mere working with might
md main Flushing the rlrthworks, bomb
proof casenatc> ;..id batteries tina. had
been begun about Nicksburs in April,
1862 In May Gen. Williams had deemed
them too Formidable for him 10 attack.
BY the last of June. therefore, they had
assumed really s,ulnnlou< proportions.
1'ronl.s and >,!.l'ies poured jn!o tho town 10y
rail tui,mn lore G. II. Davis was at that
time ias "iiireg of ,h" Mississippi s,iu cli'on
above Nicli%burg. He had captured M"fl-
phis iron, the Conip,iera,,s. Il. j,!,ic, l>i1.
h. was ordered 10 lt".e.,'i down the Mers
Sil,pi with his fleet to Iirh>tuig. unl there
make Il junction with Admiral Fariaert,
who was 10 come up the river from New
Orleans.
jan" -. in the early morning. Farraisut
na>S,-l Ike Nirksbll.; batteries, Silots We're
exchanged for two hours. ne!t'iri' side doing
much damage. Then Farragnt passed on
up ont "t rang. July |, Commodore DAVIS
joined him with the Upper Mississippi feet
at Voting Point few miles s.hov" Nicks
burg. lslt on the Louisiana shore opposite
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-19
IRON CI.AD ISDfANuLA.

Once NOR" he won't ont u ,,e>tro,-, arron,-
panied by the coal trnier DrSoto Down
the river he captairi ,mo steamers !oad,d
with Confederate provisions. Fagtl.r IN
he destroyed ii wagon train. Then hr t;.r'cl
up Ect: river One Of the steamers b" ID
captured Was the New Era I'll. to'l Arr
pilot on board TO steer the G."rn. ii" ;9'n
her aground under tic guns oi tie Co::icdor-
ate Fort TAYLOR. on I'D ri,cr. Tie fort
opened on the lluri.y Little s'oan.c" wih
four heavy canuon. y s@nt cwt lar steam
pipe. and th" scaling vapor lro,,.i ti.r"!.h
the boat. fatally burning MAJ 90. III" crow.
Eliet and the res of them JUin,.rl in;p the
water upon cotton lnlcs All .uatl aoyn
tlic river. They boarded the Nr'v Era. nuc
of Ellct's prizes, aud made thcr 'srai: il
hasre
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The admiral, not hearing, from the Indian
OH i,lt anxious about her fate He also de-
t"i !" prov"':c all the useless fire frn',, t
49, arg ha'trri,s, that lie could. .Nrrur,.-
.: T.. y" miiit a "'!nminy"' im; h"at :; Il sent
!t'H ''.; Gown the river past TIE H. trIi.'.
J, ia coal barge was 'oar,i,! ani, ii wi,h
- :'% sides, i'll imitation of an nu.icl,,l.
-.i'i furnaces were LuIlj, and fnrmiGaI,!c
lu'..s',,: smoke stacks were constructed Ii,
l'!tn:: old pork barrels one upon another {; d,
! Ig.li9.s i!"!n together. Thou fires were i,,i!1t
~ t'ie l:i'i furnaces and with black S.lri,.c.
ls'l''.lilS 'i"ll l."r pork barrel 'hinmcvs this
Sh N no clad was sat ai,at, il,l in ,i.!c 10
| '' &, her ai'lcar oil NickshEr;, n, daylight
i,"i! .! SITTER round of Shot from the lGiltrr:;
$ = "r d ils," her, which naturally mvnt
~ III one sd" and out tie .,thc.' %ul IL suli
wa ''n board he dummy passed on lc,'
way t!liii'v down the river until She
rf"ul!,i''l II considerable distance l,nlow
Ni''.s'HlrS.
'Th- dummy WAS n joke partially lannci;ls
@ '."!l!rlii"n "ccns!oncd by TIE loss "f
l@t';in"l;t, especially when the rullsc-
c' la the tu..letlrratcs come to he
,.,l
Ai,"r capturing the Tmlanola the Queen
| : We W",i proceeded on l.cr wa, ~ the
!'Nli Il in" reached Mnrrclinil. scy,sl
'i. hI1" Nr'isrg Bat iii Walrcmt.n
| Sic caught sight ot the pork barrel monitor
Ter Ulcers fnnrc,l it wus huge and ter.
ri..!" Ir,w Kind of engine uf war Dispatches
Welr sent east tn hirh:i,und about til" APP
It'a!;tn". in tl.r southern waters of II 'tll-
rr!rsl mnn~rr."
III. Queen Of the West stayed NOT on the
u'L'r of itci going. bnt turned and fled TO
Rod river. For fear nf capture by he s;.t,lc
III I'D monstcr," he Indanola was l"w II
Il; oitrc.
y si"t'; slime ;tlcr"ar.l the Queen III the
,,t MAS herself blown up in Red river to
.oid cai,;irc.
MARCH, a tho nion ranis Switzerland aud
'' cr nia'lca real attempt Ia pass tho
qt's l,rt'"ri,,t to join Farriyu, i"n"
:rI1rrlalid got past, though l;rllv
.,', by he shots. but tho LARGEST. T. ',,s
-. r"'nIrrtnn, thu C"nfcl"rn'' COM
~ /, wnS .tcrlailv viSilant. In and
'' N,!.sburg there were some ;OwiO
'rratc soldiers. Pcmhcrtons hc.p-
i, were al Jackson. II few hours ride
'n:n Ni"i 'li'., ON tn" on. hand, ali.' t'rcn-
~. nleo in danger Of attack from En"n
'i''H,!r. on the other. Gen. Joseph johnston,
ri Chattanooga, exercised general super. i-nl
over SllS~issipp, but the detail, were ncc,s-
| s;,r!lv left to P,.lnierton.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-19

until an independent command Was civcalo
hm. He commanded nj Eic!>,.,ur., al
through the siege. After thu war Gyn. i'cn,-
u rton became Il farmer in Virginia, rcnlai.-
i: there till hi, death in lSsl.
Great Importance had been t:ar'tr,l To the
canal across the loop III the li,,siu,,i rivt,r
nt Ni"!Ssburs. Ds;,crs were II am Sc, ~
work carly in Januury. Il,,'p.; !, l!.,... .,,,,r,
of following exactly the lilc"r ,;ir ,,,!l.eii,.
canal, which went drcrily acros, ,i.a l,e,,i,
they began at Il point above. so as Il, ni;.he
the canal slant across and thus tui.. :l-
vantage Of ilr assistance of th. current. 1t
WAS hoped thus that the Mis- iil, ,.nnil
rno,,. the canal for its hc,i and leave Y - Is
bur, ol dry land! Tic river did moi d., so
in lN'%;, however. although it has ,!o't. 30
s'.:r'. "uttinssn new channel arru,H tho l,e.;,,
N r'tinslla, i'll ls1t;. So t!,;.. mo9v. twenty.
iiNe years after. Nr;rhu':E j., H. Ii aui Dir, at
low w"ur.
In the mud and nla,. Grant; s,y.liors
w"f'l:;ht ut the cana! fi"ntIaH,tiry. lsj%, Till
March :, Grant u.t f;tit, ia it hin,> Ii s,uu
nitrl coming To Nirksinms int Ecul i.:.. ,!.,n
digging, still until Ii" rpni' n,"jcct l,on iius.
Ms i,,cn now was 80. tu attach ia .in! ~
"n the well l"r,;;y, Aci.,llis. IN, =" ,,l,r
Nicashurg ly II great !'aui;il& lmovr. 80 .l,.s
Many plans were linu Mt ont. Several we're
tried und abandoned
Ono was the Lake i'cncr srl:c.., This
va, !, loin, some mile, above Nic!:,b,ns; on
the opposite side of Tie river /, was ti.,i,iglit
that Il canal might he cut from the Mss,
,ippi into Lake Providence. THIS soak, let
Grants transports and g'nboat- nto ,lA
Tensas river, thence through the iil. !: ;ti!d
Red river they might get into the VI \. ,il,,i,
$50 miles i'elow Nicksburg The Lake Ii"Ii-
dencc canal, IL mile long, was actually '!u,c.
then the plan WAS ssiy>'n up Thcc;,I;; rvel
one purpose only, that Wi, 10 i!on and tl-
stroy thousands o.. acre ni cotton
| The Hazoo Pass ro'. was ir.;it !ri,d. \
few mile, below Helena Ark. It.: ,,il i.:r".j-
posito side of the Mississippi ~! !t'';.t ;.
river, w;,si Moon Lake NnHyn l. ..,.e...,i,
was stream r'innln, from M',eu i.al,,, iai,
the Culti"at"r river, lh"ilc,. into the fii.i-
latchir, thence into the Ya1oo
The route was tIlll.: Moon i.lh". t,l,!
water, Tullautchic, YAapo. 1t rtJ!l l.c,",r,n
| upon The map. Could not . way lac lu Il
tins I" strike N,h,i'.lrs nbpN. aud b"i.l.rt
ll"inc, Bllir, TN the i'aao".
| According a canal from li, A;s.i.sin,l t"
| Moon Lake dug. Bn, il was u w,i, o.
| frishtfu difficulty to get into ti.r C"l,lwntc.
/ river through Yazno Pass Tree, and suia. !.
ol'stlucted the channel. and great l.:l..
locked arAls overhead, as if TO prevent
gr'ib'id, from passing. Tie l~-,ls ",
oi,l. able To nat, IN .e in + l !S.
I t"nicd'r.t"- iaI"alilp' -, eau. h.
via. ri the l,l..i, Il y! 80" o. ,i4s
IN. ut ;',, i.:,ln IA l'r .p.!, a"
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During the Chic LIEUT.. COM. GwJSS
kasaw Bayou fight the gunhoa,s in the Yazno
sheltered the Nicksburg heights, and re-
ceived i'll turn hot fire. y fifty pound shot
il!ed Lieut.. Commander William Gx;nn, of
the Benton, as he stood on the upper deck of
his vessel giving orders.
Before the attach. on Nirkshurg 4. ].
Smiths division had performed an extra
service on the Louisiana aide Of the river.
AS Sherman's expedition came down tbs.
Mississippi a. J. Smiths division was
dropped off on the Louisiana shore at AIilli-
kens Bend. They were landed in order to
proceed into the interior of the state shor;
distance and destroy the railroad that
brought supplies 10 Vicksburg from the west
and across the river. They rejoined the
main force Dec. 21