Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-11
FROM CORINFgH.
.EnsfRrT .sCCSHIsg Of the bEGeHsSsS" -
(orTHfk-.goTTHRETsEEE GTHSSSIi"Y.

- ton OF COsiuth by cuy forces aud i,s occupation
d by the Federals. Like some OF the others, b.
: seems to think that Beauregard got the best o
II. We extract:
An intelligent and well appearing
mai who claimed to be nOrthOruer and | niOI
: man, gave me soms facts relative 10 The eYacua
zion lie said the r-bels had b en- sendiug away
+. stores during several days, but that the eyscua
,lOu took pare on The two nights previous tC
cur enlarca The whO,s army WAS cent Cd
duiug that b,ief spac, OF tim the mSi iDItty by
railroad, and a small portion on fsoL Twenty
nine trvlns LEI; the last night Of the evacuation
all loaded down.
There seems 10 lave been little confusion The
detachments were suddenly ordered into town,
without the slightest ntimRiion of their destins-
tor, loaded Oh board of tue trains which stosd
ready on the track and sent sCuthwaId with
as much delay as would give them time TO thiur
where they were going. In this way large mum
bs-s were hurried ,tf in the most expeditions
manner.
On OuI side there was as complete surprise
as on a previous occasion 81 the battle OF Shil b..
Our troops had been steadily advancing for sew
eral days, and, having built their last line OF it
trenchmcnts, WeTO working uP under cover of
the timber lowad the rebel Notifications 4
number Of seVsTs encounters had occurred, in
the mpjsIi,y OF which our men had been driven
. 4
been obtained in ihs posse ssiOl Of commanding
por ions. Still no great supeioIi'y had resulted
aud the hs,d Sighting had yet TO come. All were
looking sn1iOusy tUr the cJning contest, and
every prrpa; alton was making % provide for sue
Cess.
o. he mosning OF ia .gsh report was heard
ike The explosion Of magazine, and sRcke
rising in heavy clouds hd Ated that large fires
were burning. . II skirnishiug par;i were
II 4hr IL
growih and mb-T, in mOmen!a expectation
OF M rting the eneny. They stole onward at q
S'eal,hy peee until they came in sgkt OF the
/ rebel line OF intrenchments, ilOR which hry
! expected al rmediSt7 attack ASioUishe1 at
discovering no signs of life, thsy gradually ap-
preached nearer until il bsc4me evident that
/ the woiks we're tensuless, when they bcuaded
over them ard took possession with ringing
shouts OF tiImph aud sxultStiOn.
I Al au ra'ly hour the town was filled with our
soldiers in confusion and disorder. They found
nothing Of interest, except few stray citizens,
/ who looked out ,f their dwellings in lear and
( trembling, and. As their ieaTS and irJmblings IE
creased. turned / liun in their sentiments.
single enteTpii-i' dtugEi.t was doing business,
standing behind COULTER Hsbtully, snd wait
ing FOR trade. lie disaVoTed secession, and e1
/ pressed himself ailling to take nybOdy's money
, lie said b sarrgaId ] ever had over 80 900 able
.
/ in this psr;i,u'ar The fact hat they W.ie al
sent away in two Nights is sufficient guarantee
/ of Ih,if truth. l. regard 10 the direction Sken
I by them, D. sal the ma jorily went South, but
that Il lite q large number went toward Mem
Fhis pTOt ably designius 10 tsko ;hs New O.-
l-suS railroad AMI in their comrades BY that
roue. Their stores had Teen sent on weeks b
fore, Or kept at the ttPci resdy for removal at
sny time
Il In, .sa.4. fb.t P-s,rsy,rJ ,.,-r q, s.,.l.l
10 give batils here, but rather laboTei ~ hold !
our army in cheek as long a. possible, and th~r |
syacuate, and lead Us on TO another Wild goose !
chase How long We should have laid bs.OTS !
their sing ge int euchmsut before daring g invade
its Ssuc i'Y, il is Impossible 10 say, but lie I'M !
doub,edy might have delayed his evacuation two |
Or three weeks longer with perfect mpuui'y.
Fifty OF sixty thousand men were immediats- |
y ordered ahead, and pursuit was commenced |
led by Tie entire cavalry force GeR. Pope wss |
in command Of the expedition. They overlook |
the rear guard ten or fifteen miles trOm COrnih, |
and did them some damage, taking few prison |
ers, and sptuTiug about enc third of The cannon /
that We lost on The previous Ay. Col. Elliot |
with tue second Iowa cavalry, went around |
and h:eTseeted ;Is TailrUsl al BJonVille, some |
thirty niles from Ceriuth, slteT the rebels had |
all passed, and succeeded in tearing up the rail /
road and capturing sOnogainS loaded with stores /
and arms.
These littIs successes excited al eAlha.iusm
at headquarters which gave au inPstus 10 the |
high flown genius OF dispatch writing. The frat |
message announcing the evacuation, Was so |
bIief to deserve the merit Of pure laconieI N.
The others heTa'ding these barren successes
over an enemy who could not escape for the
simple reason thst they could notr over those
in front Of them, were gSrnished with extyStic
rhetorical hou ishes, and an amount OF otfrial |
giOIihcatons OF high-Pressue newspaper dis
patches peeped forth amid the ardent aud youth
lul gamb5liugS Of military hiialutin; aud every
line was pregnant with future bTigsdierE, born
Of The glory Ut bombast.
There were few women about, OF whom some
were va i've - the IN amor, and the rest belonged
to our army. saw several ladies', who are wives
OF our Off ;ers, and have been ia CAMP some
time. | saw some others who we're not wives,
except after very Frenchy iaIhioR. The re-
mem5Tsnce OF the feminine enCampment st
Island 10 struck me. coupled with = su:nise that
our Oth,eIs may have been improving on the
idea The native females did not Snine resplend-
ent in charms; they looked, in fact, like the
remnant OF Miss D.S's gAunt aud thirsty brig
Rde, and IRON the numerous hospital cOoIc that !
fdt:ered over the town, the suPpositiOn that
they were nurses seemed likely one.
There we're a few families in town, who pro-
lessed Uuou sentiments, which were of probably
recent birth. Some were sincere, have no
doubt, but none had dared acknowledge such
sentiments in the presence Oft the Southern STmy,
a iew cases OF assassination and lynching haT
ing demonstrated 10 a neety what Nigh be
expected III all such cSses. Newspapers wers
found, both in town and in the camps The
latest northern papers were in their possession,
through the medium Of our own soldiers, the
pickets having beon in the habit OF exchanging
papers for some time. The discipline ot tue
army amounted 10 that much.
The college for young ladies', styled the Corona
Female College. is by far the most imposing
building III the place. 1t is bIilt on an emf
nenoe, mile or from town, and il fine |
structure Of bick, planned in the usual style of |
college buildings. The youBg ladies had hel |
long since, and the glory oil the place was de-
parted. The proprietor remained with his family |
a matron OF uncompTomising secession SYM !
pathiss, and two daughters who were inelined to |
follow in the footsteps of their mamma. The |
principal, 4 man OF intelligence and education |
was strongly southern i'll his sentiments, and |
claimed to be on terms Of close acquaintance
with Suregsrd during his stay there. He said |
Besuregard's only design in evscuatDg MAS to |
draw our army further South, where it would |
nell away with the summer fsYess and the dis. |
eases already fixed upon it.
Another object was 10 draw away iroa our |
river transportation ard the guubUatF. This |
gentleman, like all other sjutheTners asserted |
aud reiterated the impossibility Of subjugaing
the South. AuimOsties never to te smothered |
bad grown up With the contest, and never
dying hatred must exist Sc long as the North as
serted its supremacy by force. 1t was upon this
building that the Dag vas raised Oh the occups-
ton oi ths place By our troops Beiug iuT:si-
be at the time OF my visit, took it for granted
] that the lAdi-s, who're sentiments were so much
sverss 10 IT, caused it's dow nEsll. They c.Ttan-
ly looked upon il IS the emblem Of all disbOliesl
thugs.
/ Night cAUe on and The descla.e lj;tIs plses
"a, covered viii dsrkusss. The smoui lsIi
/ trJS which Lurusd ID tue marseS pace threw
/ d.ful CLEAN oTvg surrounding OBJ cts, and light
si the Talb~sy OF scattering bands Of sclj cry
who hurried by ou their way g. j9in the pursuit.
( From the SOUL came the sound OF casHou sud
! Ihs inrmnil Of balIls. Where the inzitiYsa and