Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-17

| OILY tahe ) GU up to our camp, We w0uld CIV
you something better, sad oae Of our fl .srs
O5 never mind, replied a rebel with qaizz.-
cal look we expect 10 entertain gl you gen
slemen at Osr quarters pretty soon, and depend
Oh 1t, this party shall have the best old brandy
! COriuth sli .rds.
PARTING WIN REBELS.
The leaye-saAing grew Protrected. Fash one
| had something TO say or ask. Hands were shs
ken with marked cordiality all around May
we meet again under pleasanter auspices said
! Col. Thompson, and there wash I one of the Pr
! ~ that did nCt ierYently echo the wish and IL
| wardy hope that he might some day have en- Op
pOr ity to do kindness o this officer Ct Beau
regards stsT Bat a! last there was 20 excuse
/ f3r waiting 10 ger. MJu liug theT horses m.
colonel ard captain waved final sdieU, sud with
unC overed heads rode o., The bOdyg guard whfei-
ed in behind them, every man litnI = is cap a.
| he passed OuT rfiisers, and under The whiLs
hsg the courteous rebels lett us. Slsy our b2lls
and sdos DEAL lightly with that Taty in the
coming day
The LiHes BsHad Dboat Chariestsa-A
sharp Engagement on 5umeN' sslaHd.
| From the Charleston YesCUry.l
| Daring iie entire al ernoon of Tuesday. he
| ineessant and heavy csDnonadirg iTom { z
direction o. Jam 8 Island, plainly ;ntilnat,d
| hat sharp work was going on sOmowh~re la
| taat Eeighb0i hood. IL the evening Te ascsr
tanned the cause of The firing. On heavy gun
aud mortar bat cries were Smelling the intrench-
| ed positions now occupied by The Yankee foTce
i hich has landed upon james Island A vig-
| Orous IRE was KEEP; up On Monday against tie
| gunbosts in the Stone river with marked feet
| The gunb ats we're lOiced back, aud the mast Of
! one OF the pTOpellrrs vas shot awsy, diss bling
| her in such manner as to render it necessary
| for another steamer to tCw her of.
The snemy's forces on James Island are en-
camped chi fly on L@gaTeS and Griubbl's
plantations, and 1t is said that they partially oc
| cupy Rivers p'an.a.iOn These places are upon
he S:orO Tiv:T, west Of, and Just above Battery
| Island According to the statement OF pris.
oner taken on Monday, the str myth Of the ma
rsudeTs at this time is 5 Z esn rcgimsIts, but a
few mo!e regiments were daily expected 10 ar
| rive. This force is now indus:IiOusly at work
| intrench.ng its positions, probably with the
view of making thrm scCner or later base OF
| operations against the city.
But it is scarcely likely that, Rt point 30
close to Charleston the Yankees will be allow ed
to arrange matters precisely according to their
own motions" There is every dspos ton On
The part OF our gallant b ,ys, who hold our lines
| in that qqArt-r, at once to clear the corner Of
the island nov hald by the invader, and yes.er-
| day afternoon the work was baeup.
| At halt-past three clock Confederate force
consisting ofihe forty seventh Georeia re egiment,
| Col Willisms, lIAgoUd's regiment, South Caro-
| rs volunteers, the Louisiana battalion Of in
| fau!fy, and section Of Prestols light battery,
attacked the enemy On Grim5all's plantation, 81
point sboRt mile and q halt beyond the
| Presby teIisn Church. The advance tf ca
| trocp5 had u be made for the distance Of about
s mile over low swsmpy ;Tact Of ground, in
travelling which they w,re necessarily plSced 81
sa1ysutogs by being considerably scattered
Ga emerging fr, II the swamp, our men IN
countered the Yankees, who were rapidly driven
| bsck for distance of about three HUNDRED yards,
aud to within one hundred and fifty yards OF
| the river. Here the retreat Of the enemy was
| covered by q sharp IRE from his batteries, and
| also from gunboat, which, until thea unseen,
| had been lyirg in The stream.
| Al this luc;ure, Col. W Jams ordered two
companies of the 4ith Georgia, Gap aims vii
! liams' aud Cones which VI ere in the advance,
| to charge The ensmys battery, which they did in
| gallant s,yl4. not vi hstsudirg th,jr numerical
weakness. OT boys bad to pass thTuugh iisid
| thc ~ siresn with telled tres, >, behind which
1 the Yankees sheltered the selves while tlcliys.
! il 9 their fire. EuE tms the fght G2s q lite
Sc, ere. The two companies that charged we're
Wire Gsass ,, nier, vel known to be en- ing
the best msIkst ia he South, &nd their vu.leys
were terribly effective. But tie C nceulIssed
| fire Of the enemy's batteries, guDbost and mps
kerry, wac 50 murdsr3us ina, cur iitJls haudfil
of Iner, nnsppp Ht,j, were compelled 70 retire,
sf sr having suff T,d heavy loss. We have not
az yet obtained a iuil list Of the casu4ltss in The
| 4 yhs Cap Williams, Of the 4std Gso-gia. Was
killed, ard Capt. Cones slightly woaf D. Itis
s's1 said that the orderly sergeant OF Capt. vii
liams' company was killed Oar total loss had
not been d,haltely sseeIlained At the time that
our informant 1efg the island, but i is supposed
that il win not X eed f,ty-killed, wounded
and missing. These casualties occurred chiefly
in the 47th Georgia regiment. In Col Hagood's
| reglm mt there was bat enc man wOuudrd. The
snsmy's loss is believed TO be much heavier than
oars.
LATER.-Jast as ne % opsess We have &c
| c-ived some further and authentic details lrCm
| the scene Of action, which conflict somewhat
with the statemen: given shove. l. appears that
| the fight was for ths possession Of wood some
distance in advance of the enemy's lines, and
which the Yankees hal marched out to &C -upy.
Three times We drove the enemy back, and f.
! uslly su c eded ia holding the wood. Our loss
ia killed, wounded aud missing was just sixty
| five The enemy's fOrcs consisted of one regi-
ment of infantry, two batteries Of artillery, snd
a squadron Of cavalry. Oar own force, which
was scattered over defensive line of some *
tent, was fur regiments Of infantry, r lis bst-
VI J, soOio5A VI AA7S Vii OA't -, anu AnOi-e q
! light battery. Among the troops ngsged Wss
Colquitts splendid IS h GsoTgi1 T. ginss.t. Gen.
Pembe.ton is on james Island
The expedition was under command Of Gen.
Smith. Oar troops are in excellent spirits. and
hepe soon 10 get another chance ID attack the
enemy.
Ths blocksding squsdron on Tuesday eOnsis-
ted Of eight propeller steamers of our bar, b.
side four large transports inst outside the bar
Of the Stono river.