Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-05
BAaCK-HE EPUBLICAN DISPATCHES
To TIE NORTHERN PRESS.

BLACK-REPUBLIC DISPATCHES
TO TIE NOSTEAEEEN PRESS.
4 Times COrrcsp5ndence.l
WASHINGTON, August 30.-This morning
I the rebels made a demonstration II force with
, tuTee pieces cf artillery gainst our Pichets
/ Stationed at Falls cross roads. After retiring
4 short distance our troops returned the fire
and finally compelled the enemy to retire,
when they resumed the possession of their for
mer position One private Of the Michigan
! regiment was slightly wounded.
/ MIlitdTY-authOTities think the present move
ments Of the rebels have no significance except
| to keep their men actively employed to pre-
/ vent the Generalization and dissolution Of their
army, until hey are prepared for good move
ment, or one is made against them.
| CaPC. Whipple, of the Engineers, who ac-
! cOmpaued Mr.. Lowe on his orial reconnois-
| eance yesterday, SAYS tLey observed nearly
/ one thousand men at work throwing up en-
! trenchments on Munson's hill, between Falls
church and Fairfax, distance OF seven miles.
They concluded the enemy must be in large
force.
The State Department will not issue passes
TO anybody to pass from loyal into rebel States.
Since the passage through was stopped, the
demands for passes has been very large. Most
Of the applicants are women who have been
living at the North.
1be general orar issued bv adj Gen.
| Thomas, calling attention to the 57th article of
the act called for the government Of the ar
mics Of the United States,' has more sweep
ing application than is generally supposed.
Il Is inten4ed TO apply to all persons both 10
an Ou of the army, and to newspapers here
and elsewhere throughout the North. Unuer
It, it is intended to prohibit the publication Of
move 4ents connected with the raising Of troops,
the preparations Of munitions of war, the
transportation of men, and the fitting out OF
vessels.
MIR. Bates left Washington this morning for
St. L uis. In his absence, II ian L. Cotiy,
Esq has been commissioned as Attorney
General.
Special to the New Tork wor'dl
number Of leading fnsnciers, including
the presiden Of some Of the New York banks,
are row in the city urging upoa the President
certain changes in the conduct Of the war.
They propose that the government shall attempt
to force the rebels to abandon their threatened
attack upon Washington by making counter
attacks unon various points in the nth.
The Secretary Of the Treasury is gratifed
to know that the success OF the national loan
does not depend upon bank operations, but that
tue people alone re able and wlling to sub
scribe all the money that is needed It will
satisfy toe public, and increase public conf
0eGce in the government, to state that the
AttorneY-Geueral has decided that the loan is
not taxable either by State or local authorities.
Senator Wade, of ONO, before leaving Wash
ington, was au horzsd by the government to
raise regimeat of cavalry and a battery Of
artillery for the war.
Special to tie New York Tribune
A letter from S.. Loui st7tes that there is
no doubt that the rebels intended and expected
10 be in fall possession OF S. Louis before
now, and that August 20lh WAS the time fixed
upon for the CO operation of the Secessionists
% that city. No;hiBg could have prevented
the plot from succeeding bad they been victoFi-
Gus at Springfield. Gen. Lyon knowing this,
sacrificed himself, and saved the city second
time by bis victorY, for such it was, in fact
Our friends have gained time, and are safe.
Adyices received at the War Department
confirm the report that the KOwass 8 nd CO.
manches, from whom the government last year
Nithhed their annual presents on account of
preVious Tsscslities, have united their fortunes
with the Southern Confederacy.
Special TO the New Yak Herald
L is estimated by men entitled to know that
there are 1900 OF the rebel army between
HarpeT's Ferry and Edwards Ferry: await
ing an opportunity to force a crossing into
Maryland, and willing to take the chsnces
there or an nsurr ctioB of the mslcontents
that will enable them to transfer the conflict to
that STATE, and place Washington between two
rebel armies.
In the meantime, hundreds Of MARYLAND Sc |
cessionIsts are gathering upon the eastern
shore Tor the purpose Of carrying out the pro-
gTamms Of cutting off direct communication
between Philadelphia and Baltimore, simulta- !
neOusly with the passage of the rebels across {
the Potomac. At the little town OF EastOn, in |
Talbot county, these arrivals have amounted |
TO as many as fifty day. The rebels are in !
such a condition that they are compelled either |
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The resources Of this region are exhausted /
and they cannot much longer subsist their i'm /
mense force on the Virginia side Of the PJto- |
mac. They must either avail themselves Of |
riches Of the splendid agricultural district Of 1
western Maryland or fall back at least upon /
the Rappahannock. Their disposition will |
make lively times along the Potomac in few /
hours.
/. seems certain that the administration at /
present has no intention whatever to avail /
itself Of the permission sanctioned by Congress /.
for the collection OF duties on shipboard or to |
the entire closing Of ports, which on the land /
side are in possession of the iusuTTectionary I
authorities. Our government will rely on tue |
existence and efficiency Of its blockade for a |
sufficient answer to any reclamation which |
may be made by foreign governments in regard /
20 their maritime rights.
The IatelLigeacsr Of to-day contains an arti- /
Gle to the above effect, and this telegraph |
agency has such authentic information az war
rants the expression Of the correctness Of the |
statement
Special to toe New York Post
All the regular correspondents OF loyal news-
papers are now gran ed passes to cross the
Potomac, the temporary restrictions having
seen removed.
The government is using the Hew treasury
notes il part payment OF tae clerks in the de-
partner g.
Adyices received from Western Virginia
state that the loyal men OF that region are rap
Idly entering in the volunteer service. A
Union meeting has jus; been held in Aexan-
dria, Virginia.