Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-16
VOLUME XIII, NO. 22l.

dated J instant, win be found Interesting.
We have had some stirring scenes vita "a
lately, and under Providence, have been blessed
with an excellent success. jackson operations
whom General Lee sent forward you hare hearC
Of He fought the enemy as De always does
maniuiiy and successfully. we came 40 Wili
him Friday and found him 0uga god not far ir0n
Gainesville and near Boil liag .aJ soon relieved
him from further pressure. he uad fought them
successfully tho evonilg before with heavy
slaughter. retaining his ground aud tde killed
aud wouaded. The terrific hght" reported
BY Pope, took pi6c3 iH BE evening" when We
drove them back from an thair POI i.i8Is up 10
ths la5t where they had esta5.. died bastafy "
lofty guns. which. owing 30 ll- darkness. Tss
not attacked. Our terrific batAe came CI lae
! next day, and terrific it was 90 the enemy. and
the most beautifully won field / hsye ever seen.
| We drove them iIoIn position to- position and
hnally, by eight O'Clock at night, crossed Bull
Kun, taxing tWenty-odd guns, aud sisugh.sring
them Ike sheep. They mas5eI most @. their
1 troops against cur ielr-Jaczson-whom tbey
/ pressed very haEd, lis troops having become ex-
/ hsusted by continued labor and dghsiug 4
battery about this time by L5ngstrest, on al On
I heding position, shook their attacking column.
I turned them, and they fed in mass. the Ia
tantry and arti-isr -srv0lug SIRE uail alh th-ir
d7ad and wounded. This was a beautiful oUe-
ration.
5. D. Leo had also at another point turned
/ back with hls guns the supporting reserves, who
! could not stand his sharp practice. Ou the
other flank, and frOm lhs center. Hood ieaiiny,
they pressed down, enclosing The eusry'5 lines,
ana contracting their extent, until they Cccu-
pied Buu Kun ia roUt nearly equal TO that Of
the first Bull Rau-59,OJJ troops, said By citi-
zens to have arrived that day, acting as a wall
against tuguves, who proved too much for
them over I5.000 having broken through.
throwing away AIMS, etc. Could we have fol-
lowed up this success. we should hare broken
up their army but It was nine o'clock, very
dark, our pJOrly-ied and exhausted men. over
come with fatigue, and We rested on Bull Bun
Tor the night having fought over she same
ground as last year, the trees filed with marks
Of neR and old bullets. TIE enemy lost it is
SAID by prisoners three generals, ald several
w0unded-Schenck, the scamp, minus an arm
Ia the little affair of yesterday evening Maj0T-
General Kearney wss killed, a5.als0 General
Stevens (tormeIlF Of engineers The former
was killed IN attempting to escape after surren-
der. Having came uD suddenly on Georgia
regiment, bis troops driven back, be exclaimed
l surrender after hearing nat troops they
We're but, suddenly laying down on his horse,
started off full speed, but was shot before get
ting beyond range. Il was through the dag,
sending forward his remains, that we heard of
Stevens death, vino is supposed TO be lyiug [
somewhere in our iius5- Their troops are vsry
sGaky, our line oil skIEm.shers repUtsing llsr Z
lines OF battle ihe prisoners easily taken Ali J
desired TO be so pagOlsd % be unable 20 serve
any more. They are sick Of taa way Discorl /
prevails among their officers, From the best
information we can get we fought the combined !
armies OF Pope, II -CleIl4u aud Burnside with [
some from South Carolina (Stsvsns) Hslisck I
Is IN 'front.' 0f as now. They are burning Fsr- /
fax, and have destroyed everything d. Center /
vile, aud are stiil filling bach
The Lynchburg Republican has the following /
account Of the stfair a, Germantown:
The enemy, it appears, succeeded in railyiug /
q sufficient number Of their routed troops 1t the /
point nam5d to make another show 81 opposi- /
ton 10 TIE advance Of the victorious CJnlel- /
crates on their capital "a Sunday the pursuit 4
of Pope's army was commenced and pressed I
with vig1r on the Fairfax Court House ro4i and /
on Monday morning at day light the enemy were I
discovered drawn up la liE5 OF battle across the /
road their night eXteniiaE 80 tus village Of Ger
mantown- Gsaeral a ?. HID Immediately
ordered the attack, sni, after brief but HJtly-
contested fight, the enemy were broken and I'D
in utter rOut toward SleZ4c-r.a Iaay Wers
pursuei Eor svveTal miles, and many prisoners [
caatu5ed. All their artillery Was abandoned aal /
tell into cur hands
we have no particulars of the casualties on 4
either side bat t is stated ,hal the ank-e dead /
covered the field Of battle, and numbers o.. She !
frightened yretches slaughtered IN their Hight. I
Among lheir killed were Generals Stearns and /
kearuey.
"We had no officer Of note killed or wounded.
This column Of our army continued % a6-
vance, and on Tues lay eyeHing occupied Man
sons, Masons and the adjoining hills within
full view of the Yankee capital, a4d only a5Ju5
five miles from Alexandria"
THE ADVANCE INTO MARYLAND.
The Republican also gives the following sc-
count Of tue adcaHcs lHi0 HaTy'qaf, which was 4
reported aud generally believed, IN this city yes /
teriay:
We also have information that on Thursday ;
morniDg two divisions OF our array. ne under /
Jackson, snd the other under Longsreet, LEFT 4
DIdnsyille at . o'clockend t5oz up the line Of /
march for the Potomac, one crossing the river %
Edwards Ferry TO PJ0iesviils, in Maryland. and
the other at White s Ferry, . short distance low
er down. Nothing mad been heard since Jhis
important movement nad been made; though our
informant, an officer Of the army, directly from
Manassas, says the general opinion is that tie
Yankee capital is ere ths completely invested
from the Maryland side, its rsir1sd c0mmUaiea-
ton cut of and but one mode Of escape opened I
to the beseged, and that down he Potomac
We place great reliance iu the Intelligence above
published, knowing that. it is sonet thing. more
than mere Tuuor.
a STRANGE CASE OF MoNooIANIA.-A hypo-