Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-22


but for the course which the two governments
thought proper to pursue.
As for the preservation, restoration or recon.
struction of the Unicn, it Is simply an impossi
bility Laying aside all questions Of military
power and prowess between the coDtending par
| ties, the mere hatred of one for the other, and
which IS obvious to every intelligent being who
| has attentively observed the events of the CON
test as they have developed themselves, is
| enough to destroy all hopes Tor any such Union.
| Harmony between the States, good will among
the people are essential to any such reconstruc-
ton or preservation, and you see enough even
from your distant stand point to satisfy you that
ace are trO people and that so long as our favor
ite doctrine holds good-yiz: that every right
| full government rests on the consent of the gov
ernod, no power on earth can unite us again or
make US one.
But enough of this.
Let me thank you for remembering me with
your wind charts Of the eastern coasts of South
America. / had, es you know, watched their
progress in your hands with lively and active
interest and had waited the publication with
anxious solicitude. Imagine my disappOint-
ment al their loss. Nothing from you save the
letter to which this is an answer has reached me
since left Washington.
l am rather proud of the aousivs attacks
which you tell ma have been hesped upon me in
the North. You generously denounce them, but
I draw consolation from them, for it shows that
| am Of some imp rtance stiliin the eyes of the
Yankees. They have offered a reward for my
head, and clsssed me among the chief rebels in
the cause of civil liberty and SO they have hon
ored me with place among the great rebels, Of
whom our Washington was frst foremost, the
greatest and the best. What he fought for, for
that / contend.
Adieu, my friend, and let me hear from you,
and believe me- yours, most truly,
Nj. +. MAURY.
VIE. DE CHABANNE, Admiral French Navy,
Paris.
Yankee EvacuaIioR Of the White House.
The Northern newspaper correspondents claim
for Gems. Casey aud StOneman leisurely and
orderly evacuation of tho White House. They
state that the evacuation began on Friday, and
that by Saturday they brought off or burnt up
all the stores, wagons, etc, from that depot Of
supplies, and left three gunboats cleared for
action, whose formidable presence so awed the
cavalry that they dared not approach the place.
From gentleman who acted as one of Gen.
S5uarts scoats on this the last visit of our cav
airy TO the White House, we have obtained some
particulars of the expedition, which we will
present, that the reader can Judge for himself of
Gen. Stuart, with his cavalry and artillery, was
a participant in the battle of Coal HaIbor. Ga
that OCCASION he operated with the forces under
Gen. Jackson, on the extreme left Of our lines.
Oh the next morning, the ensmy's rO1te of re-
treat being then unknown, he was ordered to
proceed to the nearest point on the York river
railway, aud tear up the track, so es to cut eff
the enemy's communication, and then to make
a Reconnaissance toward tie White HO Use. With
the time occupied in destroying the railroad
and picking up the hundreds of strag9lers who
lined each side of the road, It was late Saturday
night before he got within three miles of the
White House. Here he bivOuacked
At an early hour Sunday morning dense
clouds of smoke rising over the woods in the d.
rection Of the Pamuukey told Enthusiastically,
what the enemy was about, and when at ten
o'clock, our cavalry rode up to TIA White House
landing, the main building and ell the ligh.
shanties erected by suffers and army followers
were in ashes. 4 great mountain of commis.
ssry stores, quarter of a nile long By two
hundred yards in width, was still in flames.
Our men hal but time to glance over this field
of wide spread destruction when their attention
was attracted by a sholl from a gunboat lying
at the wharf Gen. Stuart Immediately detailed
ninety sharpshoo.ecs aud two pieces Of artillery
to deal with this customer
From the White House to the mouth Of the
Pdmunkey the stream is so narrow and the
banks on the south side rise so precipitOusly
from the water as to render gunboat cannon
useless against an attack from this quarter
Taking advantage of the character Of the ground,
our shsrpsbooters and artillerists lined the
banks, and at the first vOlley swept the deck of
the boat. Sesing the inequality of the contest,
the gunboat cut her cable and retree.ei down
stream. Then occurred enc of the most extra
tsv,f, ,oFE Eho,
boat, one Of those m0nsterssaYhose very name
has been a terror to the South, was actually
beaten and chased FIVE miles by handful of
man with two small cannon. It is said to have
been a gocdly and gratifying sight.
Having run the gunbOat inso York river, our
men had su opportunity of surveying the scene
Of their recent evacuation.
As we have said, most Of the houses were de-
StrOyed, As were also most of their commjs5sry
stores; though of whisky, sugar and lemons a
great abundance had been left unburt Our
men beiug rather afraid of the Yankee whisky,
after all the stories they had heard about it, con
tented themselves with lemonade.
A few rods from the railroad bridge was G
shsnty with the sign, doctor Holmes, embslm-
er," over the door. Before the door was a hand
some coffin containing the embalmed body of a
colonel. The lid of the coffin had been screwed
down. Within the house was the body Of an
other officer which had evidently, from the ap-
paarsnce of the room and the embslming appa-
Tstus, been undergoing the process of embalm-
ipg, when the arrival Of our cavalry frightened
the 'D0ctor' from his JOB.
On tie track of the railroad were found seven
splendid locomotives, while several hundred
wagons and ambulances, with large number
of mules, were scattered eyer the fields. One
hundred of the ambulances and many of the
wagons were in perfect order. Tho result Of the
battles then g0ing on being undecided, it was
thought unwise 30 leave the locomotives where
they were, and their immediate removal to Rich.
mOnd being prevented by the destruction of tho
railroad above, it was determined to burn them
The necessary preparations being made the
torch was applied, andiu half an hour nothing
but the iron work remained The cavalry re-
turned that night to tho main army, bringing
much booty and many prisoners Teams have
since been sent to the White House to remove
ths am5ulances, wagons, and such stores as had
been rescued from the 1smes.-Richm0ad En-
gnirey, 12h.
HisceiianeOus.
General E'zsy arrived in Lynchburg Saturday
l. A. H.