Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-24
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| Special Dispatch 10 the New York Tribune
WASHINGTON. May l4.-Tne French minis
ter has received intelligence from his consul al
Richmond to the effect that the rebel government
had notified him that should it be necessary tC
evacuate the city, the French tobacco must he
destroyed with the rest, at the saiae time the
rebels offer to pay for it, proposition not much
relished by the Frenchmen.
The French minister discredts the rumors Of
European intervention in our affairs, and it is
generally thought here that whatever purposes
nay have been entertained by England and
France, the news from New Orleans viii cause
their indefinite postponemeni
The SS5 prisoners recently released from Rich-
! mUHd prisons, viii arrive here via the Potomac
| tomorrow. few came through Baltimore aud
arrived to-day.
They say the rebels are as determined as ever,
aud believe that after the two great impending
battles they will, If whipped bad, herd together,
/ in small guerrilla parties, and fight to the very
! last. They represent the treatment of our pFis-
/ Onars as barbarous in the extreme; that our
off GERS, who alone remain in the prisons, ali the
pTivates being set lTee will not be released at all
Col COTcoran's nealth is good He is anxious
10 Be released, ard cOntTadicts the statement
made syu.oauIe since that hs said he weuld pre-
Ter Iruasning where he Is, believing that he
could be- Jt more service there aud adds tha. the
only way Ia which he wishes to serve his country
is Un Inc battle field
Col. B5wmau's health is falling rapidly, and
his eyesight nearly lost He can survive his
present treatment but few weeks longer. His
long confinement has affected his mind so much
that he Is at times looked upon as insane.
The rebels offered every inducement to prison
erS TO JOIN their army, but only two have done
so, namely, John A Wicks, quarterInaster Of the
Congress, and private of the 7th Ohio, named
Wilson. As soon as it became known to the
prisoners that Wilson inteHde! TO desert them
they proceeded to hang him. The guard, how
ever, went IN and cut him down before life was
extinct. In punishment for this act the prison
ers were put upon bread and water for ten days
The House committee on foreign affairs hay-
ing authorized Mr.. Gooch to report the Senate
bill establishing diplomatic relations with Hayt
and Liberia it will doubtless be passed to a vote
at an early day
Special TO the New York Times
Gov. SPrague says our losses at Williamsburg
il killed, wounded and missing, will amount tC
about two thousand; that Of the rebel loss was
not less. He says the battle at West Point under
Gen. Franklin was much more severe than re-
ported; that at least five hundred of our men
were taken prisoners, the enemy taking advsn |
tage Of the landing Of our troops.
The gUnboats came up in coed time, and |
saved Gen. Franklin from suffering a severe
disaster.
Gen Burnside has very quietly pui en- sxtin-
guisher on c. Fl. Foster, the gent who has so
long been trying to get recognized as q member
OF Congress from NOrh Carolina
BE advertised himself to address the citizens
o. NewberR a few evenings 5ilcs, a thing
which. as Gen Burnside ut it, he thought
would be very foolish for him TO do, Or the gen
eTal to permit The military Governor appointed
by the President was to shape the policy Of the
government in The State, and he could not per
nit anything to be done which might hereafter
prove 10 be source Of embarrassment.
WASHINGTON, May I1.-Itis ordered tGat all /
for passes 70 visit Fort Monroe
Norfolk, Yorktown or other places On the waters
Of the Chesapeake be hereafter made &c Major
General Jn0. A Dix, of B4ldmuIe.
Z N STANTON Secretary of State.
WAsHEGTON. Nay l5.-In addition to the
steamers Hero and Keri, which brought hiiher
he released Union prisoners last night the Ken
lebec has arrived with upwards OF 450 wounded
-ebels from Williamsburg.
These men are Tor the glsaier yaIt slightly
wounded, ana are attended by Tsbsl surgeons
md nurses i strict gUaT3 Is Eept oysI this
boat and no visitors permitted
The steamer State OF blaine zi5C arrived with
,bout $50 the J. z, Warner with 400 and Elm
Jity, with 45O sick, wounded aud prisoners
rom different regiments Tfay ale being re-
moved to the various hospitals tG day