Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-27
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FTcE sc5 Richmond Dtsp2tcL hsy 15tE.
Ihsre are numerous and conflicting reports as
to the status Of affairs il the Valley and North
west, mona of which, however, present our cause
in s1 unfcvorable light Sad al CT which tend
to confirm the vsll founded impression that the
tins Is net remotely elTeiopsi IL tbs future,
when that rGi. portion CT a1T heritage viii be Re
stored t1 Virginia and tL5 ConfedeTacT
II. enemy. though u. large ilIos. ESTa s7i-
Isntly felt iha blow inflicted st Mcdowell, and
are uneasy sGd alarmed Gradually ths hsa7T
! columns OF Banks arc falling back before the
cautious advance y jackson and Ewell, and the
Yankee Hsnifsstly fsel that they have but :
slign5 tenure upon ina me IsTma which ina
fanaticisE Of Greeley had promised them in that
rich section Many Of them would readily Ee-
lin4:sh al then ngbt and title 10 extensive de-
msiH toI Il positive assurance tEst they would
not be called upon TG become psTmaRsnT scca-
pants 0i : 81 Of ground not more than six feet
by two
We have hssCi u Jacssons position. sEd
something Ot his movements, but dc have strong
doubts Rs to the propTiety q giving them pub
Ic,tJ. EI1 consulting 0UI own Judgment, pTu-
3ently Withhold them Suffice il to say foT the
public qualification that he Is actively alert. and
fully alive 10 The Ilan5UTsTs Of his siroit and
unsCrIFui0us TC5 Ew5il Is hsT5 he ought tc
be ready to strike blow $, The point where his
services gIt most needed
L,,,T IaJesl IntGImat,oI States fEaI B4nks. win
his force, i5 III The IsighbOrEoOj OI Woodstock
eFiEcing his insecurity by throwing up il
tr5Echmsntsl lhds offering a show 0t resistance
10 the march Of OuI army down the Valley
Some movement is plainly il contempt alton BY
this division OF the Federal army The forces
which have heretofore occupied snd OveTTun the
cguuties Of Page and Warren have been with
drawn, and 1t inferred thar the column Ot
Banks IS either eHdsay0riug 20 strengthen itself
by concentration, Of preparing for an entire with
irawal from that quarter, with view to con
H5ctiOn with the force of Mcdowell now mena-
cing the line of the Rappahannock This latter
movement Will 10 all probability. be foiled,
Gen Jackson Is too shTeWd and energetic SIS a
commander to permit his foe thus easily to ss-
cape
A report. t0lelaBy we'll authentic aIsd states
that the enemy appeared at JacksOn's river. the
terminus Of the Virginia Central railroad ON
Saturday last at 0ne o'clock, Al which time tele-
graphic communication between that point and
StauniOU ceased They are believed to be in
small tOrce. jackson river is thirty miles from
the GrsenbTier White Sulphur Springs, six miles
from the Rockbndge Alum, and sixty five miles
above StauntOn. What particular portion Of
the ruemy's forces have occupied this point
Gr TEsIe they came from; is not stated
Conn mstorY Of this latter report We md the
following in the last number Of the Lynchburg
Republican
YANKEES Al ThE WHITE SULFHUR--We
ale informed that q force Of between twelve and
fifteen hundred OF the enemy now occupies the
county of GrsenbTieI This vas quite uHsX-
peeled to The people OF tbst county who looked
only foT msraudfng parties, and for SUCH ample
had been made This unexpected
force succeeded il driving the only means Of
defense from the county as far as the Sweet |
Springs, ia Monroe and Ns are sOrTy to learn |
that IL skImish with the enemy, several ciu |
zeGs ais missing. whom ii IS suppos ed are
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