Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-30

ANOTHER FrnFRAI SEIzuRE-A late issue
OF the New York CoaHenaial has the fol
lowing:
On Thursday morning Nr. George Bsbee
/ gave information to the Surveyor of the port that
two or more large cases, belonging to Wm. C..
Preston, late United States minister to Spain
and now a general IN the rebel army, had been
brought to this port by the ship Germania,
from HavTe. The cases were discovered while
the cargo of the ship was being discharged yes
teTday. One OF the packages is very large,
probably containing PreSton's diplomatic car
rage. The others are Of less pretentioUs size.
The cases have all been removed to the public
store, where they will, without doubt, be contis-
Gated as rebel property.
An INCIDENT AT THE BATTLE OF FREDER-
ICKTOWN.-When the battalion under the COM
maud of Major Tom Brown, found "a troop OF
cavalry huddied all together within point blank
distance, SO near indeed that they could almost
lay their hands upon them, the Major gave the
word TO fire. To his utter amaZemeut no report
/ followed the order. Brown astonished at the
/ failure of his men to obey the order, looked
along the line and found every man firmly IN
his place-guato shoulder and finger TO the trIg
/ scr. Fire! God d-n you, FIRE. exclaimed the
maior. In an instant two hundred guns belched
forth, hurting the fatal missels among the de
voted troopers. When asked, aiterward, by the
major why they hcsitated SO long, the boys said,
that the foe was SO close, and they had SO dead
a thing on them, that it looked Ike shame 70
take that advantage of them.-C0iaasbgS AslrS.
Tue EIGHTH VIRGINIA REGniEET-This
regiment. commanded by thar accomplished
and heroic officer, Col Huutou, bore the heaviest
buunt of the recent fight near LeesburE. This
REGIMENT Is one of the best in the Confederate I
1850. .l $500 .g-a4I- Ifl4sD-1T.f-4 -. +Lll
battle Of the 21st of July. Gen. Beauregard.
Ga d. morning atros gAa. battle, sent an invita-
ton go Col Hinton 10 breakfast with him. On
the arrival Of the colonel al the generals head
quarters, Sen Bsauregard said 70 MIN: There
Is no regiment in my C0mmand t0 which | ana
more indebted than that which you have SO gal
lantly and skIuiIy led. Allow me to Introduce
ynu 10 my Hieud"- TIN namc being utter
ed low. the colonel was under the necessity of
asking die general TO repeat it, not recognizing
The gentleman introduced. The general repeat
ed the name louler-aul President Davis
warmly grasped the hand oil his new 2cquaiut-
auee, the gallant commander OF the Eighth
Virginia.
The Augusta, Georgia. cotton statement
shows that twelve hundred bale of cotton were
taken BY the factories in the neighborhood Of
Augusta for home use, where there was not
o bale taken last year. This looks auspiciOus.
Let the example be followed. There is album
dance Of capital in our midst. Letit be brought
out and employed in running our cotton and
other factories.
- Outgoing letters from other points in the
Confederate States, intended for Europe via
Fampieo, should with the amount Of postage re-
quircd be nclosed in an envelope addressed
to "Costa's Foreign Mail care Of Postmaster at
New Orleans
- Under the head Of endorsements for the
rebel infantry, a Fairfax letter announces that a
lady there had been delivered of three boys at a
birth. She has named them Johnston. Lee and