| Show THE TUE WAR IVAR ON THE mississippi PP there was waa unquestionably much fighting done on and an along the shores of the alls mia 1 is 11 1 and its tributaries tributa ries between the federal feder I 1 and conf armies arales fleets boats forts and batteries horn lorn the eth to the uit but it is not pos possible fible aible from the meager and disconnected counts lecounts fcc of their bell beli belligerent herent operation operations sp to determine to what extent the combatants were lessened in number numbers or the effective force of either was wag reduced by the hostile collisions which occurred according to one report which has obtained d publicity the federal flotilla consisting 1 of five gunboats gun boats boata and eight rams arrived at mem meia phia from fort the evening of june jtb where an action took place on the morning of 0 the 6 h the confederate fleet commencing In encin t and the federal arma armament mert ending the th engagement during the conflict the federal ram monarch ran into the confederate gunboat beauregard e and so disable her that she ehe blink sunk in a short time the confederate ram little rebel made a dash at the monarch which moved out of the way and the bow intended for her was recel received ted led by the Con federa e boat general price which so disabled her that she bad to run ashore from I 1 hence whence she fired a shot which struck and disabled the Con Coit ferate bott bot boty gen lovell which was subs fuenty run down by the federal ram queer of the west the boat jeff thompson was set on fire by a broa side from the benton henton and was burned the remainder of the Con federa e fleet then retreated down the river after burning the new gunboat nearly finished burau d by the federal boats which subsequently cap ared urea three cf of he vessels after having baving been run at ashore hore and abandoned the only casualties that occur mccurr occurred rd d to the federa federal force bas sas set forth in the report was was waa the disabling sil sli fitly of the ram L the stunning ot of col 9 liot commanding the federal iams jams by a aplin er which struck his bis breast the confederate on loss losa was posed to be heavy but the exact amount could not be a pertained the federal rams rama were manned by sharp shoo era which did great execution as per report in shooting the gun gua gunners gunders ners the steamboats at the landing were capt ired lied and Al emphis memphis surrendered without resistance ies les istance no mention is made of ol the burning of cottan nor the des deg ruction of sugar and molasses as was previous threatened aie alE although hough persons who accompanied the expedition down donn don n the he river from fort wright Ivr igar reported that they saw the smoke of burning cotton at all the plantations they passed along the river the niem Blem memphis plais papers admitted in their report of the engagement that maty mary confederates were k klied lied by the federal sharp sho aers and that quite a number went down do ieh leh ith the sinking vessels during the ent edgag aga ment anent but did not report how many boats were sunk they stated that the federal were su deriot to the confederate Loat sand sustained but little loss how much beyond the damage sustained by one ram was waa not known A vast crowd of spectators were assembled on th bluffs bluffis near the city to witness the engagement ga many of them ladies who shed tears at the result two 0 indiana regiments regiment 2 col atch in command commands occupied the city A ia is reported to have been beer made down the rive a few days after the battle some borne twenty miles where beaty batteries were discovered according to one report col slack antt and aa as set forth in an other gen lew wallace arrived at kemph memphis on the and assumed command comm and of the cliv city city the first official act was to t take ke possession of the agus argus office an ultra S secession assion paper and place it under the supervision of union meny men appointed for bat tha hat t purpose some threats are reported to have bee been made male about tearing down the stars and stripes waving oer the residences of union citizens orders were given by the provost marshal marshai rahal to every person who should attempt to pull down a flag or molest a loyal citizen and all citizens found bearin bearing fire arms or concealed weapons were ordered to to be arrested and lodged in frison prison at a later date col slack issued a proclamation inviting the people in the country to come to he city for the procurement of whatever thel the might need to supply their wants assuring them of protection in the legitimate pursuit if cf 0 4 the 1211 12 h four tour hundred and ten persons half of them soi sol liers took the oath of aile elle gance lance and the members of the police force and nd other officials some tome ten days afterwards guerrilla bands are reported to exist all along 0 the banks of the mississippi from the mouth of the ohio to new orleans firing wo inlo boats as they passed up and down doyn and committing depredations whenever opportunity presented in the northern part of mississippi I 1 after th tha fall of memphis they ravaged the I 1 c country 0 antry a and nd burned up a I 1 the cotton that bad not bee been n are asly destroyed by the he o ow oa A ners it i is th the e expressed opinion of com corn farragut and 0 hers that the war on the mississippi will be carried on in future in chrt way general williams at baton rouge haung written ritten to gen ral Butler asking what course should be taken in relation to guerrillas re ceded for answer that they should b be tiled tilea by military cammi at the me drumhead drum head their ho ses burned their property destroyed and every m ans ana taken to show toem that they were not nit soldiers but murderers and land pirates about the middle of june an expedition consisting 0 of four gunboats gun boats and two indian i regiments under col fitch is 13 reported to have pr ceedee up white river A kansas nearly a hundred ml es where a confederate I 1 battery was found and attacked the engagement bastin lasting 0 over four hours duning during which a slot shot based pa sed bed through h the boiler boller of the gunboat mound city causing a terz ernbie erable ible ibie explosion and great loss of life one hundred and seventy I 1 five or more having been killed and many I 1 severely injured the ribe troops were aisem Imar lmar barked at a point f fu u ther down the river niver river marchet manchet cliel up and attacked the batter hatter battery 7 in the rear and carried it by storm the loss of the federal land faces forces is said to have been small while tl at oe or the enemy ia is set down at one lin ain h hundred ded and d twenty five killed and wounded nd thirty prisoner it was stated on the authority of a letter w ritten written on or board the steamer brooklyn off baton rouge on the aj J that gen williams had encountered a I 1 birge arge confederate forc fore near that place the result of which was not kronn know n butGe butow wt oneie geneie neiel neuel butler had a nt reinforcements to G n williams an ani 1 six bix thousand troops were reported to have hare landed chere abere the he following day there has baa no report been made to the essect effect that baton rouge had been taken but such is esthe the in er rence from what 19 is 8 stated about federal troops coops leaving that place for vicksburg dispatches from corm corn ear Far farragut at new orleans ori the aj stated that he had ha been up to vicksburg Vicks bug with part pact of the fleet but ha had d not attacked the pac lie ile left lett a number of bat boats there for tor a blockading t s and returned to new orleans A dispatch from vicksburg bome some two weeks later stated that na demonstration had been made after the retirement ti rement of the federal fleet but several gun boats bad just appeared from b below five thou thousand saud federal troops from baton rouge were also expected to arrive there shortly general butler reported that all but eight of the mortar boats h d gone up the river and tham would be sent as soon aa as tugs t could be obtained to tov them G I 1 ovell had lad as per report established his head headquarters quate a ai meridian ajl all the confederate troops had left vicksburg Vick eburg later reports represent represented eO that com corn farragut was before vicksburg prepared to bombard the city should it no r un conditi nally commodore farragut rep reported to the war department that he lie bad an engagement be tween apart a part of his fleet and a confederate batt baitt batty y with a force of five bundred hut but dred men on the near grand gulph miss in which one of his boats was struck twenty fire and another seventeen time times and he heu hen was as obliged 11 to haul off ou but having been re unforced he renewed the attack on the and was successful in silencing the battery but the bluffs were filled with riflemen who ho occasional occasionally lv fired on the fleet and if it they did not no t desis desist the commander anten ed to burn the town NOT nor receded MUCH the warm weather and co linual showers have contributed to keep the waters from falling much the past week and the jordan and ard some bome of the tho other large streams were ivere as high as ever on alonda moni aronda lay y and have receded but little it if any a nce nee the ahe snow line ia is yet far below the summit t of f the wasatch range I 1 I 1 FIRE AT GENOA A fire is announced to have occurred in genoa nevada on the morning of the 19 h b of jine n aich ries ties es troyed the telegraph and a nd post odicee with wilb contents ani and the un on OD hotel otel otei t ia |
