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LETTER FROM CORTNTH.
Special Correspondence of the Appeal
CORINTH, Monday, Nav u. ls6

CoRINTH, Monday, May u, 1862.
The heavy skTmish which took place on the
9th inst the anniversary of the battle Of the Regaca de
Ia Palma to have been more injurious TO the enc.
my than first supposed, far the loss in killed
and wounded concerned which is now estimated 70
have been between 400 and 500 The attack was made
and conducted by General Ruggles' division whose
brigades commanded by Generals Anderson and Walker
Major Gober and Colonel Pagan, principally engaged
the enemy, assisted by HOdgsons Washington Artillery
batteries and those of Ducatels of the Orleans Guard
and Ketchums These batteries acted most gallaptv
and drove the enemy back with great loss our pfan+
resisting cavalry charges Of the enemy and the lh and
18th Louisiana regiments particularly distinguished
themselves The enemy was driven the bridge
over Seven Mile creek, aud the bridge afterwards
burned.
Generals Price and Van Dorm came very near baggng
Pope and his whole division, but il was the enemy
bad taste Of what they may expect hereafter When
the Washington Of the West Gen. Price, shall play
part the field with his braves you may expect 10
hear OF deeds Of daring and chivary unparalleled be
fore The devotion Of the troops Of Gen Price their
commander suTpasSes that of any other corps In the
army. Indeed, may say that the whoe army have an
admiration for Gen Price never exceeded since the days
of Washington, and most worthy is he Of their conf
dence, as well as Of the confidence of the people
There a small skiTnish last Saturday evening on
the Purdy road between our pichets OF Gen J. X Jacs
in the killing OF four or five OF the enemy. 1t is
evident that Hseck is not yet prepared for general
dllhCk, Is Win MS
forces and it is said intrenching himself at a dis
order to fall back in of retreat, await
an attack from fear it may be DAYS vet be-
fore any work Is done and that Halleck will ny and
draw out TO make the attack before be advances /
should be surprised if it turned out like one Of the
incidents Of the Roman war Marius, Roman general
was intrenched before the barbarian chief Sio who
feared TO advance, and at last word the Roman
general, follows IT thou art a general, MarIus
come down and fight me ~ To which Msrus answered
" If thou art great general So, make me ana
fight your Whether Halleck will make Beauregard
and ght him remains to be seen AT present
the prospect Is not very SangUine. SPARTA
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Who ARE ENEMIES - The men who are
Specializing In fOod-grindiug the poor from mer-
cenary motives:
The men who directly or indirectly shake pub
lie confidence in the value o Confederate
money
The crOakers who are filing the people with
doubts OF the final accomplishment of cur pur-
pose:
The men who express the opinion that It Is
better to be subject of Lincoln than Of any
other country. There are some persons so
speaking. OF course, we win never be put to
the necessity of making the selection, but the
man who entertains Abraham Lincoln as a sec
ond choice is not in heart with the cause. Bet
ter the government Of the Gar Of Russia than
that of the miserable administration of our enc
my. Hatred of him is the only legacy which he
can leave us, and that ought to be nursed until
the vast amount of it will be beyond cOmputa
ton Mobile Tribune
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BRILLIANT ACTION IN BATH-The Lexing
ton (Va) Gazette records the capture, on the 26th
ult., in Bath county, Of whole train OF Yankee
wagons, with several of the escorts attending
them. The Yankees were on q thieving expedi-
ton along the COwpasture river, hearing of
which detachment of forty men, under command
of Lieut. Brinkley, was sent in pursuit There
suit Of the expedition against the marauders was
the killing of six, wounding of seven, and the
capture Of eight Of them, besides twenty-eight
wagons, heavily loaded, ninety-fye good horses
and mules, with their harness, and some valuable
rifles The wagons were burned, it being impos.
sible to bring them away.
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COMMANDER PARRAGUT.-David G. Fana-
gut, the Federal commander of tho feet now in
front Of New Orleans, was born in Tennessee
was appointed TO the service from, and claims TO
be a citizen of that State His first entry into
the service was in 1910, and consequently he is
now quite an old man. He has been married
twice, and both his wives were from Norfolk
the first Miss Marchant, the latter, still living.
a Miss Loyal He is small in stature, but veTy
prepossessiug in manners and appearance, and
is said by those who know him, of whom there
are several here, to be true gentleman. We
cannot vouch for his gentlemanly characteristics
since his too intimate connection with the Yam
kee government.
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MAJOR MORGAN AMONG THE CHEROKEFs -
We have seen letters, says the Knoxville Regis
ter, from Maj. Morgan and Gen Mahaffsy, writ
ten from Qualla Town n. c., which shows that
the majors trip TO the Cherokees has been emf
nently successful The major expects TO reach
Knoxville with his dusky warriors by the 25th
We make the following extract from Gen Ma
hsfey'5 letter, which is dated April l5fh:
We reached here (Qualla TOWN. last Mon
day. Our arrival created considerable excite
ment among the Indians We had a meeting at
this place, which was largely attended. q number
OF chiefs being present They are volunteering
finely. We enrolled l02 men in this county.
and l think We will get 100 more on Valley
river We leave to-day for Webster, and from
there to Murphy Maj Morgan has thoroughly
aroused the Indians When we received the
joyful news Of our victory at Corinth the Indians
gave war whoOp which made the mountains
ring. Mai. Morgan is the greatest man ever
saw; the Indians are all well pleased with him,
and think be is the only man who could have
got up such an enthusiasm among them We
will have as fine body Of men as ever went into
the service 4"
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PULASKI Annirs- Nortbern Confirmation.

LOUISVILLE, May 8. Captains Hazlett and
Mckinney, Lieuts Casey, Chambers Dial Thomas and
Leonard Of the I'd Ohio, with 20 prvatesj Captain Jen-
tier and Adlutant Neal with lis Of the Sth Ohio
Lieut. Mitchell, the generals son. OF Kenuetts cavalry
Captain Ewing and two heutenants of the 2lst Ohio,
with 81 pryates were taken prisoners Pulaski Tenn
on last friday by 100 OF Morgans rebel cavalry after
fight Of two hours aud half The prisoners were sub.
sequenuy released on parole, and are now at Nashville
Morgan lost six KILLED and two wounded Our loss was
two killed, three wounded, and one missing
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The GunbOut Fight at Fort Pillow.

SpeclaI 70 CoL CoIenanI
Fort PILLOW, May 70. w fought the
enemy with four of our Igbtest boats, one hour
and thirty minutes They had eight gun and
twelve mortar boats We sunk two gunboats
aud one mortar. Our loss was two killed and
eight wounded; that of the enemy very heavy,
as our sharp shooters literally moved them
down. We fought side by side with the enemy,
and not one shot passed through our cotton
breastworks. But although our upper works
are riddled, we are all ready to butt again We
will be able to hold the river W. c. c.
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0i'CLELLAN's DISPATCH.
BUoUAc 1N FRONT OF WILLIAMSBURG


May 80 P. N.
Hon. z. H. St1Hton Sccretary Of Var;
after arranging for movements up York river, was
urgently for here find Gen JO Johnston In front
Of in strong force probably greater good deal than
Iuy
Earl brigade by real charge with the bayonet taking
one colonel and hundred and fifty prisoners and
killing least cOlOues and many prvates His CON
exact loss but fear that Gen Hooker has lost consider
able our left.
learn from the prisoners taken that the rebels intend
dspuung every step 70 Richmond
shall the risk Of at least holding them in check
here while Iresume the original plan,
Ny force undoubtedly considerably inferior
that OF the rebels which will ght well but will do all
can with the force at my disposal
GEORGE b MCCLELLAN,
Ma and n
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F ROM GINIA!
EVACUATION OF NORFOLK!
BURNING OF THE MERRIMAC 1!
Destruction of the GOspOrt Navy Yard.

RICHMOND, May I2, (via Mobile Norfolk
was evacuated on Saturday morning last by the
Confederates, and occupied BY the Federals,
who landed at Ocean View on Friday night.
The navy yard at Gosport was burned.
The gates of the dry dock were blown up and
otherwise damaged, so as to render it unservice-
able for twelve mCnths.
The Virginia, formerly the Merrimac, was
burned off Craney Island on Saturday night
When the FIRE reached her magazine, a terrible
explosion occurred, literally blowing her to
atoms The crew arrived here this morning
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FROM CORINTH.

Our special dispatches from Corinth this morn
ing report the enemy to be advancing upon US
along our whole line-nght left and center.
The movement is evidently made for one of two
PurPoses-either to cover retreat or give US
speedy battle. The latter is probable.
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BRONZE JoHN' IN NEW ORLEANS The
Vicksburg Whig of the 9th learns that there are
now three cases of yellow fever in New Orleans,
two at the Charity Hospital and one in the
French part of the city.
Says the Whig If Mr.. Bronze John should
be introduced to the Yankees now in the city,
what rich harvest the old fellow would have"
A French man-ofwsr is said to have arrived
at Havana from Vera Cruz recently with twenty
seven cases on board. Everything argues in IA
vor of john this summers mild winter,
warm spring, and thousands of fresh down
casters" together with uninterrupted communi-
cation between this city and Havana. Tampico,
Vera Cruz, and St. Thomas will 10 doubt pro-
duce repetition of the ver-memorable 1853 in
the Crescent City.
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The JACKSON MissIssIPPIAN. - This able
and truly southern journal purposes to resume
its daily issue. 1t says:
Having labored hard and increasingly for
several months to place this journal beyond con-
tngency, and having established the daily main
ly for the accommodation of the public, we
solicit and confidently expect liberal support
at their hands.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS ACCOUNT

WAsHINGTOS, May 6.-The associated press sgent
gives additional particulars from the advance
Williamsburg, dated Monday evening Of the fight there.
Our loss was Seventeen killed and about forty wound
ed Eighty rebels left dead the field and forty
wounded We took nearly two hundred prisoners Their
dead were buried by the field
stand of coors belonging TO the rebel cavalry were
captuI ed. and are their way TO Washington.
Mcclellan and staff arrived the field at five o'clock
He rode the front and greeted by the troops He
Immediately assumed command
The rain has poured in torrents all day.
JEFF Davis was at Richmond at last accounts.
The enemy's works at Williamsburg are very formid-
able extending across the Peninsula
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The Federal Confscation Bin.
In the northern Congress, on the 9th inst, the
proceedings transpired:

IVIIVFFIII5 F4VNrV'IIL45o tLdIIo JIItU
The cOnfscaton bill was taken up.
MIR. Wilson, Of Massachusetts offered an amendment
to the amendment Of the Senator from Vermont striking
out all after the first section and substituting the second
section II provides that the act shall not be construed
in way 10 affect the punishment OF any portion for
treason.
The third section authorizes aud requires the President
70 seize property Of the leading rebels substantially the
same as Nj Shermans amendment TO the original bill
The fourth section provides that whenever deemed
neees ary 10 suppress the rebellion the President be
authorized 10 seize personal property OF other rebels
included in the first.
The nth section provides that when the owners Of
property flee that they be brought trial. if
they do not appear by certain day specified, their
property to BE- confscated and their slaves freed
The sixth section provides that the President be author
lzed and required 10 make proclamation TX the day
not more than thirty days afer-and all persons who
continue in rebellion, their slaves shall be free.
The seventh section provides for voluntary coloniZa
tion aud emigration.
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Picnyune Bunrr ''Ikespiug Hotel ;,

Inc MobIe EfglSfcr s8Y5:
On the day OF the surrender of New Orleans
the pToprietors of the ST. Charles Hotel closed
their establishment. Gen Butler demanded of
them to reopen it. They replied that theycould
not keep it mp for the want OF provisions But
Ter responded that it must be kept open al all
costs, and that he weud be responsible in gold
for all expenses. It was done, and Butler IS now
trying if he can keep hotel The general
is taking excellent care of the hotel in which he
has fixed his headquarters Between all the piI
lars ofthe rotunda mp and down stairs, stands
sentinel while force is posted at each corner
of the hotel, and no person or vehicle allowed to
pass in the street in front oft.
On the day of the surrender son Of General
Besuregard reached the city and succeeded in
carrying bis mother TO place of safety
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II Senator Wilson has introduced bill into
the Federal Congress, increasing the sdjutant-
generals department by one colonel, two lieu
tenant-colonels, and nine majors, abolshing the
grade of captain, and filing the vacancies from
captains in the regular army
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AGE OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. -- The
following gives the dates of the commencement
Of the principal London journals: Morning
Post, l772; Morning Herald, 1881; Times,
l7ss; Sun, 1922 Morning Advertiser, 1903
Globe, 1903; Standard, 1897; Daily News,
ls4e Daily Telegraph, 1856 Morning Star,
1856.
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~ Senator Cowan has introduced a bill into
the Washington Congress. relieving all persons
in the national military service, from civil pro
cess during their term of service, and for quash-
issued
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Our CayaIry Opernlion. in vve.t Tenneasee.

We take the following extract from private
letter, dated jackson, May 10th, to a party il
this city:
1 wrote you from Trenton some two weeks ago since
which time have scarcely been OFF my horse. We
have been pursuing the Yankees from one place to
another travelling night and day. From Trenton we
went to Paris expecting to meet the enemy but found
that they had left hours previous We Immediately
started in pursuit and overlook them camped for the
night the kentucky line We attacked them without
delay and took them by surprise routing them without
the loss of They did not stop to fire gun. We
killed eight ten, wounded thirteen, and took from
enty-fve to eighty prisoners, whom brought here
to-day. 1 fortunate enough, (sthOugh in the rear
Of company sfer hard race of miles, shoot
captain and capture corporal with his horse saddle
bridle pistol and saber. We leave here for Spring
Greek in the morning"
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ETThe Baton Rouge Comet says a fire broke
out one evening last week in the carding room
of the cotton factory of the Louisiana peniten-
tiary for a short time ieopardizing the entire es
tabhshment. By the prompt and energetic ac
tion of the officers and guard, the flames were
extinguished, not, however, until the carding
machinery was seriously damaged. The fire is
attributed to lard oil, and the friction of the ma
cbiuarv
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5~The Abingdon VirgtHian has received
note from gentleman IN Lee county, who says
the militia and cavalry from Cumberland Gap
have captured in that county 10 East Tennes.
seeans, and that from 300 to 400 had escaped to
Kentucky
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IMPROVED PLANTATION FOR SAI.
FOL CASH :

Ein ACRES, in DeSs,o county Mississippi ua.
OtO Horn Lake DspJt- Confederate noses gr a.i.
viii psy for IL
AiSu-One LOT - by $50 in Block gS Grea-.s
Division, and several ctn-r CITY LOIS. viii b.. -u
20 a far price. SPEED N STRANGE.
m7lj-js 81 Msiu s-r-e
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Hon r. J. MCKINNEY - The Knoxville
Register of the 3rd instant, learns that this gen.
tleman, who is supreme Judge for the Eastern
district of Tennessee, at the suggestion of the
military authorities, last week took the oath of
allegiance to the Southern Confederacy.
Says the Register
We trust that SO distinguished an example will
not be lost upon the people of East Tennessee,
with whom the Judges we'll known high char
acter both as a jurist and gentleman, give him
0reat inAupuca
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COL. w. G.. FALKNEE, OF y5ISsIs.
NHRRE

SNEFN.
We met this gentleman in the city yesterday
en- route for his home, having just arrived from
Richmond. II is with regret we find that in the
reorganization of his Tegiment-the I'd Mississip-
pi--which be had rendered so efficient through
his own untiring exertions, he has been thrown
out of the service Col. FALKNER served twelve
months in the Mexican war, where he was Sc
verely wounded, having three fingers shot from
his left band, and receiving an injury in the an
kle In one OF the Mexican battles, be also lost
a berse,, which was shot under him.
Col FALIlNER has served for the last twelve
months IN the present war as colonel of the ID
Mississippi regiment, and was badly wounded
in the battle Of Manassas, where his horse was
again killed under him in The thickest of the
fight,
1t is pity that the services Of SO experienced
an officer should be lost TO his country, and we
accordingly trust that they may again be speedi-
ly brought into requisiJiou by the peonle of Mis-
sissippi, when the new lovies from that State
come into the field
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a CANARD ExPLODED.-There Is no truth in
the story that Lord Lyon is going or has gone to
Richmond
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t5S The Nashville Dispatch states that Gen
erals Barrow and Harding and Chancellor Guild
have been removed from the State Prison and
sent to Fort Warren.
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n Letters from the Federal army before
Yorktown say that drink of pure water is hard
to be had on the peninsula
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NORTHERN NEws-We are indebted TO the
Argus OF last evening for the late and interest
ing Northern news We publish this morning
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EY The Pittsburg correspondent Of the Gin
einnati Commercial alleges that Of the 18th Iowa
regiment, only twelve men were repoIted for
duty after the battle Of Shiloh
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e Gen. D. E. Twiggs was In Mobile on
Monday, en- route for Georgia, where, we believe,
he intends residing until New Orleans is freed
of Lincoln's minions
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= &c New OrIeans True DeIta says, unti

II The New Orleans True Dctta says, until
their recent removal, there were a very ccnsid-
erable number of Federal troops in the custom
house, on Lafayette Square, around and in the
CITY Hail. and in and around the st. Charles,
which hotel Gen. Butler has seized as bis head
quarters. There are also in front of this last
usmed building four field pieces, which cape at
the pedestrians who may chance to pass that
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u The Nashville papers Of the Sth inst. give
the rumor that on the day previous, the enemy's
gunboais had appeared Cff Dolphin Island.
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This information Is official
P W A..

Special to the Memphis Appeal
CoRINTH, May PA slight skirnish occur
red with the enemy's picket5, last Saturday
evening on the Purdy road in which the Fede-
rails lost several killed and wounded.
A detachment of Col. John Adams brigade,
under Lieutenant Colonel Woodward, Of the
first Kentucky Cavalry, surprised on the 9Th
instant force of the enemy, who were guard
ing the trestle work on the railroad, So miles
from Lambs ferry. A sharp skirmish ensued, in
which the enemy sustained great tloss--including
two captains, two lieutenants, and forty-three
pTiyates made prisoners.
Our loss is five killed, including Captain Har-
ris, of the Texas Rangers, and seven wounded,
including Captain Noel, of the Kentucky cav
airy
The enemy are gradually approaching our
lines in forc6; and important movements may be
looked for within the next forty-eight hours
Rev. DR.. Palmer, of New Orleans preached
an effective sermon on yesterday to the Louisi-
ana troops. He has joined the Washington
artillery as a private. SPARTA.
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y On the reorganization of ths Sd Missis-
sippi regiment, at Camp Moore, the other day,
for TIE war, Lieut.. 7. A. Mellon was elected col.
onei.
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~ The proclamation Of Gov. Letcher an
nounces that the amended Constitution of the
State of Virginia has been rejected by 678 ma
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY.

The Circulation Of the DAILY
APPEAL Is larger IhaH that OT
iEle Daily City Press Combined,
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CHOICE TOBACCO :

On BOXES of this rUch admired and scarce G--..
~ will go off This DAY. ar 10 n cock
NJ q. CAYgE E SJE
Tyl3 1t AucfionaeT4 md p r. rob.r
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THE FIRES OF PATRIoTIsM."-The Vicks-
burg Whg of the 6th Is glad to learn that the cot
ton all along the river is being burned Some
5000 bales have been destroyed between there
and Grand Gulf Judge Perkins, alone, con-
signed 1900 bales to the flames The Wing
learns that it is also being destroyed at every
plantation above there on the river. In another
paragraph it says: " We learn that the cotton
all along the river, as high as Napoleon, is being
burned. Gentlemen down river yesterday report
it being destroyed at every plantation. Between
here and New Orleans the flames have de-
yourad IL -
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E1g- a correspondent of the Charleston der.
curry truly remarks that 20 the best Yankee haters
are those living in the districts which they have
oveTruu "
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