Year: 1863

Special COFrespondenee Of the Memphis Appeall


YIcKsRURa April ;. 1853


The movements Of the enemy on the lower end Of ths
Yszoo seem TO Indicate demonstration against Suy-
ders buff and the presence Of gunboats in the wrong
end OF Old river gives things very much the ap
Pearsnce as they had tie 9Th Of December last,
when the enemy attempted to make history at Chicka
saw bayou Al headquarters here, looks ss an at
tempt was expected against our fortfcation st Hsnes
Bu and the proper arrangements meet anything Of


the kind have been going for several days past But
il & hardly to be expected that snythng vii be done
unt the return of Gen shermRns forces from steeles
bayou and as no very great advantages be gained


up in that country at this stage OF the water II Is not
expected that very long time win eapse untl bis re-
turn. II Is eertsin that Sherman cannot reseh the
Ygoo river BY that route and be delays too long in


getting back to he Mississippi he ay be in danger Of
hsvnV bis retreat cut OF BY the rseeding water which
vbuld involve loss Of his boats serious
disaster "a bis expedition


Ido tapprshend any decisive reuits or even any
thing very serious from the enemy Deer creek. At
this stage Of water he effect nothing except to run
his boats up the creeks beyond the Fesch Of farms and
valuable property His pilAgng parties which are sent
out from the boats are being eut of killed and captured;
and his attempt to reach the YaEoo by that route viii be
utterly futile Neither can troops aeoopaPluh


much else than to check bis advance the water which
covers the whole country that vicinity prevents either
army from any decisive movements and ne ther knows


What the other s about We can place barriers IN his
way and prevent his further progress but cannot well
follow or eus of his retreat between him and steeles
bayou and al er while. when Che water falls, he viii
be forced 70 beat retreat and get back to his base
the NIis sippi We have nothing fear from this
petition further than that be may make good his escape
from the clutches Of our troops in that vicinity.


The troops here feel q her anxious that the eneay
should make another attack on works et Snydsrs
bluff The prospect Of tight cheers uD the boys and
brings smile Of qualification upon the cOunteRaness Of
all The strength Of cur have already been test
ed, and our troops all have the utmost confidence in
their ability to beat back The foe, and with the look Of
defiance and consciousness Of their strength they swat


his coming TO reers;e the power OF the guns and the
sk Of those who msnpulato them. II the enemy Ands
that the only way BY which to TO VieksbTrg be


viii never get here, any more than he would by direct
attack from she river. It is not known how strong
force be mayhave in the YszoO, bat most Of the gun
boats which had been in tight Of the city to have
been drawn of and are 30 deabt operating in the vi
cnity Bat is not definitely known that they msy not
have been going up ste bayou to reinfOrce General
shsrmans expedition. The mouth Of the bayou empty
ing into the Yazoo opposite Chckassv bayou may lead
us to confound ibeir movements


From the last Federal acoouDsit that the gun
boat which escaped sinking the Switzerland 1t is
somewhat strange that We e0uld not arrive at the
proper name Of this craft before and It Is also humilia
ing that we should have been 50 much deceived in
gard 70 her injuries She to be again in services
bIe condition and has gene down the river In company
with the Hartford and Albairos This is the report
but have as yet nothing authentic about her paEssgs
Of our batteries Wsrrsnts and DO know that the
report is really correct Sks has disappeared from
sight but might have been moved into The lake behind
Brown Johnsion's for shelter from gaze IT, not
our guns But If she Is below viii hear from
her some few guns were fred yesterday, doubt
at the enemy on the canal but in the camp opposite
everything remained perfectly quiet all day and no
gunboats could be seen. RESTOR