The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-11
LATE AND IMPORTANT WAR
NEWS!

Com Wakes Ordered to the Potossde.--The
Fierce Battle Of the 3d-9Ae Tide Of Con-
fiiet Tttrned.- - Great Loss Of the RebeLs.-
MeCleltoa's Arxsy ia Fiae Spirits.--The
Neso Mississippi CAa,sset Nearly Completed
4'sother Battle on MeCleltaas Left, 900
Prisoners AID Three Battesie Tdksa.--Reb-
els Chased Through White Oak .Sl0Gmp.-
Eaeoandgins Accounts from james River.
Special TO the n Y Word
WAsRISGToN, July 6-An officer Of high
rank from McClelian's army, who has visited
Washington, gives the most encouraging ae>
count Of sffairs whieh has yet been received
here he states that our army Is much larger
than is commonly reported, ia view of our
ste losses, and thst il is in q perfectly secure
position either for offensive OF defensive
movements, and this Without the aid OF gus
boats. s-,r .v.ss
The officers and civilians. who are constantly
arriving here continue Il give fabnlous sc
counts of the number Of the~rebel forces pre-
cipitated upon Mcclellan 10 the lat battles,
and yet unofficial infarmariun here persists in
| saying that Beauregard 5 army, or most of it,
Is still in Mississippi
N If this be so, the rebel force must have been,
increased to il present numbers at Richmond
| BY rapid conscription.
/ Senator Clark viii leave tor New Hamp-
shire in day or two to recruit u new regi-
ment, Senator Dixon has already gone to
Connecticut for the same purpose.
Escape OF Federal PRISONERS.
From the New York Herald
1 WAsHINGToE, July 6.--Arrivel to-day five
Lieutenants and two Sergeanis of an Iowa
regiment, captured at Shi Oh, and aflerw
prisoners at Macon, Ga. They changed clothes
with rebel soldiers in prison and escaped, and
procured couple of skis and started down
| Ocomulgee river.
When they arrived at the mouth of the riv-
er, they were picked up by a boat from one of
our vessels. They were transferred to the
transport Massachusetts, and arrived at For
tress Monroe Saturday morning.
Capture of Vessels Running the Block.
WAsHIEaroS, July 6-The Navy Depart
ment has official intelligence that on the 5th
ul'., Lient Commanding Powell in the gun.
boat Tahoma, accompanied by the Somerset,
crossed the bar of the 81. A .rks river, and
drove out company of rebel artillery with
four or five field pieces from fort near the
Light House
After landing and burning the fort. with
the building used as a barracks, we captured
the English schooner Lucy, from Havans
endeavoring to run the blockade on the Flor
ida coast. The steamer Somerset has cap
tured the schooner Curlew, of Cedar Keys
Florida. ~
She was from Havana The Somerset alsC
surprised a steamer in Dead Mans Bar load
ing with cotton. Before she could be reached
she was fred and destroyed by the crew.
The United States steamer Montgomery of
the Rio Grande, has captured the British
schooner Will lo-the- Wisp, loaded with gun
powder, in fish barrels and bags percussion
caps, shoes, and case marked clothing.
The United States steamer Eienvile, cap
tured off Cape Fear. the steamer Morning
Star, from Nashua, heading for Wilmington
She was loaded with salt, acids, cigars, &c.
No More FurlOughs Granted 80 Returned
Prisoners
No more furloughs will be granted to re
turned prisoners. All furloughs heretofor
J given them are hereby revoked, and all pris
oners now at large on their parole, or who ma,
hereafter be paroled bv the rebel authorities
! win Immediately repair, if belonging to regi
ments raised in New England or the Middl
States, to the camp of instruction established
near Annapolis, Mary land. If belonging t
regiments raised in Virginia, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, to Cam
: Chase, near Columbus, Ohio. If belonging 1
J / regiments raised in Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri, TO the cam
near Jefferson barracks, Missouri and repor
for such daty as may be assigned to them b
their officers in command of such camps, an
all, whether officers or soldiers, who fail t
comply with this order within the space
time necessary, will be accounted as deserter
and dealt with accordingly.