Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-01
LETTER PROM THE CONREDER=
ATE CAPITAL.

The " IIct0ry' q; Lessbarg claimed By he Ian
Eess-Rcpor from tis RoPpaLanaocL-T Yankee
Fleet al -1cgata Cred-Scraod as G PyophG- |
+" al serene "a three H0Aths-TaTioVs riHaOrs
Of Immediate attack" Sutdia' must Be done By
the frsfof NoUemJcr-T Three days Of grace left
Beautiful Heather.
RICHMOND, October %, 1861.
As / predicted. the Yankees claim a victory at !
Leesburg. The crossing Of the Potomac was "a
successful reconnaissance" attended by a Skin
mish with the rebels, % in which they We're
beaten back with great slaughter. It is true
that Col. Baker YVES killed, adissster which sore
" distressed the tender soul Of Mrs. Lincoln and
caused Old Abe to walk up and dow his cham
Der all night, inconsolable in his 7pJe-ds-Hua. Il
is true also that Coils. Lee and Baker have m
a~ccountably disappeared, and could not onter
into the reioicinC5 Of the victorious Yankees on
their return from their " successful 7oeOauois-
same Nevertheless it was a triumph. Ac-
cording to the Washington statement, the Yam
kee loss was two hundred in killed, wounded
and prisoners. This is Official, and wiIl be &C
oepled BY the " folks to hum 20 slonE the Con
uoc-icut and The Merrimac, as true. As We have
r b,r8,,5 r-fzonors IN P;,bno,z v, come
how discred;: it.
There was O wild report last night. which ran
through tho crowds at the different hotels, evcit-
did -sr-.,;o- .H,. n, y.-t.as had
r.vEs7 - r,--, 80 ON ,h. F.-,. l,,nc.E
--s ,r-, -,..L;-- p:,lr.,7 ~
~, .a,e-u.,;a, rs n, -rr,o- T.. i ,-obs-
- ~, -,,7 -,srr r,rJ,
tho E-,,ebs mob
,.7,o ,,sl ...sr7sr .l,r, o %
-s1 ysr, ,nr,.,- IN. s-r-
r ,s,-, r.7--el 4oot a. sc,;s r-,or
v were r-ovin- an tT- river aul won 5ouA-
esnt n ,s,e -s-. in The attach On the
c-,--,,- ba-z-e a-7f-.b Iu-ofs Won -,-,
DAYS aro. = o mat.sy o. ua,-ss.g 70 II. Lincoln
r,ve-rnor, The us.:-a.;ou a- the Potomac
mus he ongusyI speedily. to admit, of tile frar.-
I n~o-t-t:an Of abundant supplies Eor the winter
! before Jack Frost establishes his rigorous block
aGa. or else Abe s Co. viii have 10 abandon
Wa-b;rrtor. L Is. therefore. highly probable
,ha. the gunus-s st Evansporl VIII have artillery
practice enough during the present week. The
attsmpt may be made to-day OF tomorrow, but
Il must the made, and the sooner tho better Tor
Mcclellan, rs he knows vol enough. Six
weeks hence, the river may bccompls.aly locked
iu ice, and then j. VIII he Of 10 consequence to
attack the batteries.
Seward thinks that in th1oC month the ItJlo
affair Of the southern rebellion VIII blow over
that the ports wiz be open and the country once
more united and prosperous. Seward knows.
You viii r~eco..ect that, ct The Pilgrim dinner
last December. when be came into The banquet
ting hall Of the Aston House, a. a late hour Of
tie evening, very much "intawkzicsted." he
. made q hilarious speech, frequently interrupted
by hear hear, and enthusiastic cheering
ID which be pledged Lis reputation that tho
troubles which distracted the country would be
composed in six weeks t;ma, and every interest
Of DE old Union would be ta y,a5u gao ante LIN
c3ia. Those SIX wc5ks saa STATE after S.aIs
sec-ie from the Union, and 81. their termination
the troubles wore moro complex aud alarming
than ever. Scwa-d- reputation jvda.e7e- il
( might be. had boon pledged. however. and was
clearly forfeited. What must be thought Of him
/ now as q prophet Shall the war hs terminated
in three months, as he saws, and shsll the winter
Of our discomfort, indeed, be made glorious sum
/ ner by this s1u Of York. One part of bis
prophecy will very likely be hLlled-.har
which refers 10 the opening OF the ports. If
tvers done, when its done, thars viii be no
tn INKS due to Seward. IF not by the i~utcrvsn-
| ton Of i5rpfru mowers. tho blockade will he