Memphis Daily Appeal CS
PARTISAN SUCCESS IN ARKANSAS.
CAPTURE OF ARMY STORES.
Federals Routed Three Times in One Day.
From the Memphis (Federal) Bulletin, 7th.}
Various accounts that have reached us lead us to believe that the guerrilla system has been inaugurated in Arkansas, on a somewhat extensive scale. We hear of three instances in which, on Sunday last, by means of surprise, as many parties of Federal troops were pounced upon and worsted. We are informed that on that day two regiments of Federal troops were escorting some two or three hundred negroes, or perhaps more, and about sixty wagons, containing provisions and material toward some locality where it was intended to establish a post. Near L'Anguille bridge, beyond Madison on the St. Francis river, the party was attacked by an overwhelming force, which rushed upon them from various points. Little or no resistance appears to have been possible, and after firing one volley the Federals and negroes were dispersed, some of them being taken prisoners. A party of twenty-seven men, which had been detailed for duty at a distance from the main body, escaped, and a portion of them have reached the city.
On the same day a party of Federals, escorting twenty wagons, containing provisions and camp equipage, were suddenly attacked by the enemy. A fight ensued, in which seventeen of the Federals were killed and the cavalry accompanying them was dispersed. The wagons and their contents became the spoils of the enemy. The party attacked were on their way from Jacksonport. The statements respecting this affair are very meagre.
Also on Sunday last a party of ninety Federal soldiers, who were on duty at a point in Arkansas, fifteen miles up the river from Helena, and eight miles back from the river, were surrounded by Confederate troops and completely surprised. It is stated that of this party all were killed, wounded or captured except two. About forty wounded men were taken down to Helena yesterday (Tuesday) from the spot of the engagement, on the ferry boat Belle.
As we have observed above, the accounts given are meagre in details, being gained from the statements of individuals who, though on the spot, had little opportunity, amid surprise and disaster, of learning particulars. Further information may greatly modify the accounts now given. Both Col Fitch and Capt Osterhaus, who are now at Helena, are understood to have adopted measures which will counteract the operations of the guerrillas, and cripple or destroy their power for evil.

From the same.}
SKIRMISH NEAR MADISON
It seems that the skirmish near Madison, Arkansas, last Sunday was a more serious affair than we had been led to believe. We had seven killed and thirty wounded, and lost twenty wagons, and stores. Immediately after the affair, messengers were dispatched for and to General Curtis’ headquarters, and to Colonel Daniels. Daniels sent his cavalry force, and Colonel Fitch, with his crack Indiana regiment, were sent out on the Jacksonport road to capture the guerrillas, and, at last accounts, they had not been heard from, through there seemed to be no doubt of his overtaking and overcoming the Confederates.