Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-03
LETTER ERR9 TEE g0EEEDER.
Capital.
Special Correspondence of the Memphis Appeal
RICHMOND. March 26. 1852.

LETTER EERET TEE g1EEEDER.
ATE CAPITAL.
4 Special Correspondence Of she Memphis Appeal
R~ICHsiOND. March 20, 1852.
We wsre greatly disheaTtened yesterday by
the news that a stout encounter had taken place
between Gen. " Stouewall Jackson and a
vastly superior force of the enemy near Win
chester. in which the Confedel ates were defeated
with heavy loss, and driven from the field. The
news came in such a way that it could not be
diseredited. Gov. Letcher received the tele-
gram from Quartermaster Hartman at Stauuton,
and Quartormaster Hartman had two brothers in
Jackson's command Moreover, the earliest
tidings of the battle would naturally be received
at Staunton. So the feeling last night through
out the city, was one of extreme disquietUde.
To-day we have hadrelef. The news is not so bad
as it at first seemed. The battle was fought at
Bartou's mills, about five miles this side of Win
chester. The forces under Jackson amounted
to not more than six thousand men The enc
my had three times that number. The fighting
began at bslf-past four O'Clock on Sunday, the
23d inst, and was continued until night came
down upon the combatants. A telegraphic
message from Gen. Johnston to the Secretary Of
War, claims that the Yankees were repulsed
with considerable loss. a message from Jack
son, himself, to the President, states that Tur-
ner Ashby's cavalry held the field during the
night, and that the enemy withdrew to Win
chester. Under cover of the darkness, jack
! son fell back in good order, to Cedar creek,
where be maintained a strong position. The
loss on our side was 200 killed and wounded.
Among the killed or missing were Major Jack
son. Cant Antrim, and Lleutenants Dale and
Williams. During tho fight the enemy captured
, and carried off one piece of ordnance, a gun Of
the Rockbridge artillery, but their casualties are
believed 10 have been three times As many as
! our own. There is mUcE discussion as TO the
ceneYalsbip Of jackson in allowing himself to
/ be drawn into an engagement with q body Of
the enemy so immensely disprOpOrtiOuate to MS
own command, and it would appear that the
Yankers had deceived him by false intelligence
which his scouts should have corrected. On
Sunday 1t was current III Richmond that VIM
chester had been evacuated by the Yankees, and
there is no doubt that a considerable number Of
the troops formerly under BaUks, for operations
IA bat region. were some days ago sent to re-
iufOrce Buell. But whatever may be the general
opinion as to the wisdom of JacksOH's advance
upon Winchesie-, the moral fleet of such a
c0IAict as that of Bsrton's mills, cannOt be
very disastrous 10 our. cause. il is an absolute
necessity in this war, that we fight the Yankees
sgsinst large odds, and We must make up for
ne irtsrCrty of numbers by the pluck and per
sisiency Of our men.
At no previous period Of the war has Rich
mord been so fun OF soldiers. Regiment after
rel -nent passes through the streets AZ all hcurs
-a -.- doc. H. -el- --..-.. - - Al.
JcpgTtn.u MS aud the workshops. The new
Secretary OF War, Gen Randolph, entered upon
The 3scEaTgo If his oner0uS duties OF Monday
The MrTTimac is ready iOr another cruise, and
vi probably 60 out when the enemy least ex
psct To- The question Of the command, when
ihTee tened 70 give TiSe to sumo unhappy dIscOn-
tents an0rg ouruaysl men, has been fortunately
settled by the elevation Ct the heroic Commo-
Done Ta,rail % this honorable p~0si.inn. Tne
ileud5 Of Commander Lynch aud OF Lieut..
JcEes are both satisfied with this appointment.
Il Is needless to say anything OF Tatnail, the
nero ct the Pelho. lie il worthy 10 f.lIow up
The splendid performances OF Captain Franklin
Buchanan. aud e will be certain to add new
honor to his name, distinguished IS il now is in
the annals Of lis country.
Martial law improves. Provost marshal, J. C
Maynard repudiates { G trick resorted to b. his
suLordin ties, to entrap respectable aPothecaIiss
into selling whisky, aud the spothecaTes have
been discharged. Our streets are once more
quiet aud safe, at any hour of the day or night
The gas lamps are lighted sgain. Gen Wilder
brings up the hack drivers to the strict obseTv-
ance Of the city ordinance concerning fares. 1t
is also whispered that the faro-bauks will be taken
INTO hand az an early day. If the e~xtortion of
he city markets could be abated, it would be a
blessing Turkeys are five dollars apiece, eggs
sixty cents a dozen, butter one dollar a pound.
milk twenty-five cents a quart, oysters two dol
lars a gallon Perhaps our Congressman were
not so much to blame after all, in sticking for
their three thousand a year.
The flag committee have not yet reported. !
visited me room OF the chairman yesterday, and
there saw bushels of bunting, silk satin, ribbons,
calico-fashioned into an infinite variety of ban
ners, orIiiGnmes, goDf3lons. penuous, steamers
painted, stamped, embroidered, braided with
a bewiidering confusion of stars, suns, mullets,
crosses, or and argent, gudeS and azure, enough
to perPlex any three gentlemen il the Conttde-
rGcy.
VIM. II. Pritchard, for many years agent of
the associated press and well known throughout
the country, died in this city on Monday night.
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