Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-01
RICHMOND, AUGUST q, 1861.

roe, which, according TO the New York papers,
was to inaugurate a new order OF events tend
ing speedily to the capture Of both Norfolk
and Richmond, cannot have inspired Gen. Ma
gruaer wiJa any very great alarm, in spite Of
us recent demanu for cartridge bags, since !
saw that G2shin- looking %cficer, en- hour ago,
en- Main strees. converting with tir. Biedsoe,
Assistant Secretary 0. War, with remarkable
ease and composure. ! large number OF sub
ora.nate officers, belonging 10 car army in the
lcn.5su.a, are also il town, making all out Of
doors cutie s~.jl.aut with then say Z3uaye
uniforms ana Co ~fc,.srsls gold lace. Gen.
Maeru1er has not VISITED Richm nd before for
nearly three a-u,as, and we may be saIo lie
woua. not be hgre at this time il there was the
least arpref eusi N that a forward m~oyem5ntuP-
L Ao.rt,wnorH IiaushErg was contemplated
bv the Fede. q! commander. His present ccm-
,ng, as / learn, is uue TO q desire on bis part to
procure the liberation OF 90. OF ten p%rtsoneIs
taken al Manassas who '-gneTiy belonged to
bis battery IN tee United States army, the gen
eral feeling tie l~iveiest confidence that they
will io.n lin oEco more, and tight under the
banner Of the Southern Colfederacy. Tie
senior captain Of Col. Magruder'5 old com
mand Che was a lieutenant. colonel in the Fed
eTai esfablshmsnt,) Capt. Ricketts,, is here, g
prisoner, in The general hospital, slowly recov-
erine OF a severe wound received in the battle
Of the 21st July. He is spoken Of as a gallant
officer, and has been treated with The utmost
kindness and consideration, but his northern
nativity and prejudice kept him in the service
Of Lincoln to fight against his old companions
in-arms, and be will probably be retained here
until an exchange Of prisoners shall be
Effected.
We have had very large arrivals and de-
parturss Of troops within few days past. A
cavalry battalion from Georgia has attracted
much attention by their full ranks, fine horses
and excellent drill. Two Of the companies,
Capt. Benz. c. Ysncey's from Atlanta, and
Capt. T. P. StoyaIPs from Augusta, (tbe Rich
mond HussaTs) look especially formidable AID
will do good service in the pursuit, if fortune
should give US such opportunity as that afford
ed By the flying columns Of Mcdowell. Col
Gregg, of South Carolina, whose regiment Of
three months volunteers was disbanded sew
eral weeks ago, is here in command OF another
full regiment enlisted for the war. Everyday
the trains are carrying off large bodies Of men
in various directions, and a careless or unin-
formed looker-on in our city might expect
from the military activity which he sees, that
the "Army Of the Potomac" would strike q
blow somewhere before Saturday night. am
not behind the scenes, and therefore cannot pO-
sitively say that this will be done, but my
opinion is that no engagement will come off at
an earlier day than the 20th Of September.
The policy Of Gems. Johnston ard Beauregard
seems that Of makingi it actually necessary for
Mcclellan On order to insure the safety of
Washington to give them battle on ground Of
their own c~hoosiug-theu if the victory is not
| ours, it will be because tie southern volunteers
have all at once lost the courage and forfeited
the manhood they have SO recently manifested
in the eyes Of the world.
Yesterday we had an immense sensation re-
port concerning the steamer Yorktown (now
the Patrick Henry)-bow she fought and cap
tured toe Wabash, which valuable prize was
afterwards retaken by the United States stsa-
mer Monticello, with the 'oss Of six Confad-
crate seamen killed, and how the Patrick Hen
~ succeeded in making good her escape to
City Point, fifty miles below town on James
river. Ipiaced no confidence whatever in this
| rumor and consequently did not send it to you
BY telegraph, and sure enough it turns out to-
day to be altogether without foundation, BOr-
rowing distrust from this naval fiction, l With
nol3 my belief from another report in %circula-
ton to day, to the effect that Gen. Lee had at
last closed in upon ;RosencraDz, who bad sur
rendered with nine thousand men. / think it
likely vcu may hear this By the wires, but
have Yainly eadeayored to find any good au-
thority for the statement, and it was not be-
li6ved at three p. n. at the War Department.
II it should prove true, then, indeed, the bo-
gus Virginia government at Wheeling viii
have need Of the traitorous militia which il
has called into the field by draft, for its last
hour drawsth nigh. The IlerPont hunbug
will soon have its epitsph prepared to hand II
the pathetic inscription on tie tender infant
Here lie 50 quickly done Tor,
wonder 8het I was begun for.
The President has been unweli for two OIL
three days and a morning paper speaks of bis
Illness as serious, but apon inquiry I learn thai
no fears are entertained that bis confinement
to his room will be long continued. MIR
Stephens is now at Manassas, whittier be went
to look after some sick or wounded relatives
but will probably return in time to DO present
az the adjournment of Congress.
Capt. Garnett, late os the United State.
army, cousin Of the lameuted General r. s
Garrett, reached here on Saturday last, having
run a very narrow risk Of falling into the
hands Of \. Lincoln, Esq. Captain Garnet
was in the upper part Of California when tn,
news Of the secession OF Virginia reached him
Having determined Immediately to stand BY
his old mother in her hour Of trial, be started
on his return home, and reaching Panama
was called upon to take the Lincoln oath Of
allegiance. Refusing to do this, he left tb'
New York steamer, and made his way via St
Thomas to Havana in a British vessel. Thence
he set sail in a small schooner for the coast Of
Florida. a few miles from the island Of Cuba
they were brought to by a Usited States man.
of-war, which sent off a boat to examine TIT
schooner, but at this lucky moment a violent
squall cane on, in which the small craft made
its escape and entered safely the harbOr o.
Fernandina. From that place Capt. Garnet
came directly to Richmond, and offered biz
services to the Confederate States.
DIXIE.
~ The Athens Glenn } Post . 2 tha
Lieut.. Dixon, late OF TIE United States army
reached his home in this county Thursday
morning. He was on duty at Fort Vancouver
when Tennessee seeded, and on learning th'
fact, promptly resigned his place in the Feds'
raj army. He has offered his service to tht
Confederate government, and viii leave fol
Richmond in a short time.
Texan SoLDIEBs.-The n. o. True Delta o.
Friday says thai six hundred brave Texan sol
diers arrived in that city on the evening previ
Gus, and are ready to 60 wherever fgdting mel
are wanted by the South. Their overland
travel was manfully borne, and the spirit they
have manifested throughout is that of bona id
rangers.
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