Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-15
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Dispatches to the Associated Pres. N-,,,h1
,e. New YORK, July s-TLe Wa7ns- ,-i.,.Ir "a
IN HarTison's Landing at 10 o'clock tbis r,r-,;-
he has arrived. --''' --1'
ie Yesterday our pickets advanced fouy or s,.
e miles tfom the rVer and saw no epsr,v v-b..
le seem to have mysteTioHsly disappeared n s.
It suggested that General Pope viii see them nsrI
10 There was brisk engagement on Thursday. Il,
q which our troops drove the enemy and ranf1-,s
g battery, without loosiDg a man Gen. NcGiai
e Ian has advanced his lines down the Chick
: homiAy, and no fears are now entertained of a
flank movement in that direction.
> BY noon today General Mcclellan erDecte3
to have his position 50 fortified as 30 be sble -
0ld dehanes TO the enemy in any shape thsy
might choose to come.
Special to the New York Tribznel
! WAsmSeTOS, July 7.-Msj. Stone, of Iowa
Capt. Cray OF Illinois, and colonel Of Missouri
captured at Plttsburg Landing, and who vars
released on two months parole By Gen. Besura-
gard 30 come to Washington and aTrarga r.
possible, for general exchange Of prisoners.
have entirely failed, and were to return OF. SAT
uTdsy, gong to Fortress Monroe TO resume THAR
places in rebel prisons. The friends of Msior
Stone gave that gentleman patriotic banG1ee
at Clay's Hotel on Friday evening
! An army letter to the HeTaH saws that rab8
prisoners say that long before The evacuation ~
Corntb, troops from Beauregards army bagsr
to arrive az Richmond, and continued 10 arrive
steadily until that event TOOK place, by which
time $4,000 had arrived, and that SUBSEQUENT n,
the evacuation 5000 more arrived from Coriutb
and those $4,000 men were the flower of Gen
BeaWegard's army
Ihe whole s-Ie number Of troops at Richmond
amounts 70 fuily 2Du.u0G-- General L. h. a.
chief command, and Gems. Beauregard JOINS
ton, and Jackson, were commanders of cOrDz
under him. IN regard to the report Of General
Jackson death, they speak in such q manner
as leads me to think it is & mere ruse.
infer from what the officers say that the eiebs
torts (esrthwOrks) on the north and east Of Rich
mond are not Of any great strength; they rgIy
manly tJT the defense of the city upOn Fort
Darling, the distinctions and batteries on Jane.
nyer, and upon the Sighting Of their troops.
They declare thst il vas an utter irnpossfbfitv
Tor the Union army TO take Richmond, either kv
land or water On land on account Of the num-
6eI OF troops, and BY water on account Of tbs
1e.enses on The James nVeT Of the latter Fort
Darling is the only one besides this fort. Three
iron batteries have been erected, mounted with
heavy guns ard easemated for the protection Of
the gunners There are also two submerged
iron batteries, each one containing FIVE tons Of
powder, connected with the iron land batteries
2y wires, and 50 arranged as 70 explode a. any
iesired instant
As regards the distractions sunk and driven
ntO the bed Of the river, they are such that il
will require vast amount Of time and labor %
emOve that it can never be done under the FIRE
d their guns, and no vessel can pass while they
emain.
The Star says a distinguished officer Of the
Irmy OF the Potomac was in Washington tbs
morning. His opportunities for learning the ex-
snt Of The enemy damage in the seven days
attes were better than any other Union officer.
ie estimates they lost in killed and wounded
be immense number Of coo men, or, in other
7or IS, their loss WAS quite half their whole
rmy in and about Richmond
They refuse to receive flags Of truce from Gen.
lcC!ellan conveying inquiries relating 90
Hion officers and others believed 10 be wounded
nd taken prisoners.
There Is nothing new from the army Of tbs
otOmac- We are assured by Gen. Mcclellan
the excellent spirits Of the men. AL WA
MET up to O'Clock, A. II to-day.