Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-20
Daily Appeal,
TFRoM OUR EVENING EDITION OF YESTERDAY.
LETTERS FROM RICHMOND

TFBOM OUR EVENING EDITION OF YESTERDAY.
LETTERS FROM RICHMOND
srsr3sl C,orrespondeaos Of the Memphis Appeal
RICHMOND, May 10, 1861
The mixture of a lie" saith my Lord Bacon
In his quaint way. dota ever add pleasure
Upon no other hypothesis than this apothagm o
the sage Of Verulem can we account for tn
eagerness with which all manner of false state
ments are manufactured and consumed By TN
uewsmongers Of Richmond Every hour SOM
uew-and more absurd fiction is put in circulation
Dame RumoT would seem to sit somewhere nsa
the War Department, blowing sOsp-bubbles t.
be run after by hundreds of grown-up children
as they Goat away bright and rainbow hued il
the sunshine, and to subside after little spac,
| into their original suds 1t was with faith Dor
dering on enthusiasm that the bubble Of a great
victory at Bsrhamsville was chased ell dag yes
terday, and IT was long are it collapsed to the
vision Of its excited pursueTs There could be
no doubt about the fact We had certainly taken
5000 prisoners. Somebody had seen tbs dispatch
! Eu Gen Jolnston's handwriting Somebody
l
ersl hundred somebodies had seen and conveTsed
with several hundred couriers The town was
full of couriers. We are victimized to couriers
The reliable gentleman" was delusiOR, and
- Mr.. Smith, Of the War Department" snare,
but neither practieed upon our confidence with
such refinement Of cruelty as the couIiers, real
or imaginary. who have beguiied Us during the
last week The nuisance has become go intUl-
cradle that Gen Cooper has ordered that all sell
dieTs representing themselves to be courlers nom
Gen Johnston shall be appIehended Immediately
upon making known their true OF pretended
character. and brought without delay to head.
quarters The issue of this order has had the
salutary effect of stopping the couriers news
since Yesterday, and the public has had to-day
no intelligence from Gen. Johnston at all.
Il seems clear that the Yankees, not trusting
10 their superiority of numbers or arms to enable
them to s1bjugaie the South, are looking to one
other sure reliance besides theiT gunboats in the
day of cOn6iet-the patent coTsiets OF metal
Il Is not the characteristic Of brave OF gCner-
Gus adversary to take his enemy at q disadvau.
tage, and It the corslets were certain protection
as they suppose, It might properly be regarded
as a badge Of ccwardice TO wear one but the
Yankee would consider it smart TO 90 into
battle armed in complete proof, and made sb-
solutely invulnersble, il such thing were
possible To be sure, the killing rebel
under such circumstances would be murder pUT
sf simple, but this is trifing consideration
Several steel waistcoats woru By officers aud
privates in the battle Of Fort Msgruder, near
Williamsburg, on Monday last, have been
brought to Richmond and one has been deposit
ed Ia the State Library for public inspection 1t
was taken from the ample chest Of Captain 4.
II. Lee, of a New Jersey regiment, and consists
of two plates which f. closely over the breast, |
(ike a waistcoat buttoniDg up to the throat,) |
extending to the hips, ana kept in position by |
spring clasps over the shoulders. These plates |
bear the following business cards pasted within
"suifhs Patent BuIletProof Vest, made by G. & D. |
Cook & Co, New Haven, Conn Size No. 2"
sod by a q. 4 c. W. Ellis No. Pine street Sew |
York Made resist pistol bal at IS yards rife ball
TOO yards with regular Z. 8 charges
The efficiency Of these bullet proof rests |
against all small arms does not appear to have /
been fully tested, bat if 1t could be established
that they are al the manufacturers claim, then /
assuredly no quarter ought to be shown to the
,owardiy miscreants that wear them When
aiken prisoner. the weszeT SHOULD os shot /
through the head without hesitation No. far from
he spot where Capt. Lee was captured Fan-
zee private lay upon the ground with the steel
plates over his breast and the hole of a Minnie
3uilet directly between mis- eyes
Gen. JecksOns dispatch announcing tie battle /
It Sittington's farm near Mcdowell, Is expressed /
With his Characteristic modesty; "An ever kind |
Providence blessed our arms withvictory yesser-
lay evening"
A telegram nom Stanton &c Gov. LetcheT, |
lated this morning, referring 80 the collision /
between Jackson and Milroyi leads many 70 |
suppose that second engagement had taken |
place between them with a like favorable result; !
but regard It as referring to the brilliant victory
lear Mcdowell. Our loss Is somewhat less, as
stated IL the dispatch Of this morning than that
given yesterday, viz forty killed and two hun
ired wounded. The 18th Georgia regiment is |
mentioned as having suffered severely. Capt /
Dawson is reported badly wounded, and the |
following officers killed; Lieuts TuTpln, Gould /
ware and Woodward, and Capts. Eurlo7T, Nc
Aillen and Patterson
We have nothing fuTtReT hoz tns gu1bosIs-
The liveliest satisfaction is manifested hers ct /
the success of our arms in the West, and the /
gallant achievements Of Price and Van Dom.
Duke.