Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-28
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR IN VIR-
CHINA.

Bi-chmond-Generd RejOicing-Mesting Of the
Confederate COngreSs-ResoEuiOH A~dopfed-Meet-
ing Of Citizeas-The Wouaded, etc.
RICHMOND, July %, 1861.
The excitement which pervaded our city and
the appearance presented by its streets last
night can be adequately communicated to your
readers by no words Of description of mine.
Tie hot, weary Sabbath had drawn toward
its %lstless close, before the crowds Of anxious
and expectant citizens, assembled at every
corner, had received positive intelligence Of a
great battle raging GA the border. Then en-
sued three hours Of terrible suspense, during
which the Offices of the newspapers and the
telegraph were h~esieged by thousands, in vain
asking for news Of the result. At last, after
a full moon bad risen high in the heavens, the
glad announcement was made to the throng in
front Of the Spotswocd house, in a dispatch
from President Davis, that we had gained a
GLORIOUS bu. desr-bOught victory,' and that
the enemy were in full fight, closely
pursued by our forces. Instantly the
shouts of the multitude were taken
up and re-echoed from hill 10 hill, giving
the glad tidings to the entire population. I'm
til long past midnight there was a continuous
stream Of people Of both sexes, flowing
through the principal thoroughfares, while at
almost every turn the stroller met some we'll
equipped company in full ranks marching
rapidly toward the depot Of the Central rail-
way. There was graduation and rejoicing
over the triumph of our arms, but it was tenn
pered with solicitude for relatives in the fight.
Here were mothers, wives, sisters, moving in
every direction to learn if by chance there
were any message from the dear brother, the
fond husband, the darling son; for the CIVIC
tOry,o said the President, had been "dearly
bought" and this was a pressge of 'desolation
to many heafts. And so wore away the calm,
midsummer night, with the round white moon
shining down upon steeple and roof, and, alas,
upon heaps of dead on that Manassas plain,
adding a more ghostly pallor to the stark faces
Of brethren slain by each others hands.
A pouring rain ushered in the morning. and
has continued to descend ali day like a deluge,
but this has not prevented eager crowds from
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news marts, to hear further from the great bat
tie of Yesterday. At an early hour another
regiment Gin addition TO the five or six sent off
last night by the Central railroad) left town
in the cars of the Fredericksburg line, to be
switched off to The Central at the Junction,
twenty-five mi es distant from Richmond.
The men marched steadily to the train, through
the driving storm, their oil skin caps shedding
streams of water upon the pavements as they
passed along. They seemed to care for little
bat to keep their powder dry.
Towards noon, continuous files Of reeking
umbrellas led through all the wet avenues of
the square toward the capitol, where the Con-
federate Congress was to assemble punctualIy
at that hour. The hour lad scarcely sounded
from The neighboring bell house when the bsdy
was called TO order by the Hon. Howell Cobb.
A solemn gravity was manifest throughout the
hail. The galleries and privileged seats were
filed with an excited but decorous audience.
Directly after the usual opening exercises, a
dispatcA was read from President Davis,
(Which you have already received at the time
of this writing announcing the total rout Of
the enemy, the capture Of guns, prisoners and
c%olors, and the hot pursuit of the flying col
INNS by our dragons. Mr.. Memminger, the
Secretary of the Treasury, then rose and Of
fered appropriate and feeling resolutions,
which were adopted unanimously, and con-
gress accordingly adjourned. The third of
the series had reference to call, in the news
papers Of the morning, by tie mayor Of the
city for a meeting Of the citizens, at 5 O'Clock
P. NJ, at the base Of the Washington monu-
ment, in the Capital Square. 60 adopt measures
of succor and relief to the wounded, and pro-
vide for the proper burial of the dead. Tie
inclemeRcy Of the weather preventing a meet
ing in the open air, it was held at the hour
appointed in the court room of the Hastings
court in the city ball. The mayor, Joseph
May, Esq, presided. Resolutions, EXPIRES
sive Of the sympathy Of the entire Community,
were passed, ana efficient acting committees
were named, one of twenty-five to proceed
Immediately to the camp Of Gen. Beauregard,
at Manassas, with the view of accomplishing
the speedy and comfortable removal of the
wounded to this city another to provide hos
pital and private lodgings for their reception,
and nurses to attend them, and a third to
raise a proper fund to defray the expenses at
tending these arrangements. Gallant fellows!
the fairest and tenderest hands in Virginia
shall minister, with affectionats asslduity to
their wants while stretched upoR the bed of
sickness and suffering shall Irvine the cypress
for the graves of such as ~languish away il
death, and bind the laurel, fadeless for all
time, around the brows Of the survivors.
The streets have been filled with Tumors,
during the afternoon, of the progress Of the
pursuing cavalry along the road to Alexan-
dria, som alleging that Beauregard had al
ready entered the place and was pushing to-
ward Washington. There seems no sufficient
ground of confidence for this report, as the
enemy bad thrown up stroHg entrenchments
near the town, commanding the road, and the
day has been eminently unfavorabIe for mill
tary operations. Indeed, the storm with which
it commenced, so far from abatiDg, has in
creasad in severity, and now, at nightfall, con-
tinues with a volume of water which threatens
an inundation Of our rivers, and a clustering
east wind, which premises small comfort dur
ing the night for the blockading vessels of
Abraham Lincoln, in Chesapeake bay and
Hampton Roads. IF the wreck of half a dozen
Of them were the only damage done by the
blow, we should be we'll content and hail the
east wind as a valuable ally. DIXIE.
Return Of President DGUiS-hrriUGl Of the Wounded
from MaaasSGS-Funerd HoHors to the Hustrious
Dead-A Traitor Prisoner-The Battle Of Scary
Greek in KanaCHa County-Thc Dinner Party
trhieh Didn't Come OF Of Senator -Resig-
nation Of Mr.. Toombs-C Congressional Tributes 10
the LGmented Gen. BarfOtD.
RICHMOND, July "a, 1861.
There was a scene Of much interest and ex-
citement at the depot of The Central railroad
last evening. Several thousand persons had
gathered there to await the arrival of the
evening train from Manassas which should
bring fuller intelligence of the battle than the
telegraph had been able to supply. There
were the committees appointed for the recep-
tion Of the wounded soldiers, together with a
large number of the relatives and friends Of
these brave but unfortunate fellows; there was
a snecia1 guard Of honor to escort the remains