Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-06
Gully appeal,
{ FROM oys EVENING EDITION OF yFsrEGDAy.J
MATTERS ON TEEE yENNRssEE
RIVER.
Aesse, Rros, Fssf.Gssz.

OF flowers, was tainted from the battlefield, an,
drove all not busy into their tents, where, ate
- affecting each other with lazy observations, they
did what was still more interestiug-went t.
sleep. Any desire for wandering around woulC
l. re instantly checked by experimental plunge,
knee deep into mud And so time dragged
along. TLsTe was q little interest when Gen
Pope's army arrived and diSemb8Tked at Ham
burg. The usual number Of mules struggling
- along before wagons hUt necessarily half laden,
might d. seen, bat Otherwise army matters were
4 remarkably quiet Yesterday, however, there
was some Ittle cycitemeIt-we have really had
fighting again. N The morning OuT front lines
were advanced two miles, and Gen Hurlbut's
division now rests at the Shiloh meeting house.
This advance iss uut been gained without severe
skirmIsbing, but the loss on either side was
tifiug
Evening before asst ffy rebel d~eserters came
within our lines and delivered themselves W.
They stated that BeauTegarj was evacuating
Coruth and falling hack upon Grand June
tion,' between .Lsrs and Memphis; this being
done from fear of being outhauked by Mitchell.
For a dav OF two tho rebel advance guard has
been exceedingly bold, approaching nearer than
usual 10 cur hines That is their usual practice
when preparing 10 retreat. wishing it to operate
as a blind, and the deserrCrs' stories seem nroba-
bic. They, or other reasons, evidently infu-
enced Gen Halcck % believe It true. and the
advance was immediately made
At the same time, a powerful remembering
party Of GOO cavalry went out, and what the
rebels are about NAV soon be known. Slowly
and surely our advance VIII move forward now
toward Coriutb. day by. day, unless something
occurs 10 render such a plan unsafe. lit be as
c~ertsined that BeauragGrd intends TO stand, 40
engagement viii be brought on until the heavy
guns can be moved At present. so bad are The
roads. this viii be difficult Il IS intended the
coming battle shaI be. rUch SIS il can be made
- AErT- Al. F-A --
as q support than anything else. In guns, we
have an immense superiority, and can easily
make any positions he rebels hold unJenabie, az
the same tine saving Q useless sacrifice Of human
Life among ths Union volunteers Unless Beau
regard attempts 20 rgjyeat, therefore, 70 engage
ment Of a decisive character can occur for a week
or SO.
Gen. Grant has moved his headquarters a
couple Of miles nearer the 'front.'. and / under
stand the ccmmau3cr--o-chioi vii SOON 10 the
same.
To g stranger, So quietly is every move made,
affairs here would seem dull There are many
brains q; work, however, and over ia a tent. on (
a pretty level, half mile from where ] write,
Gen. HRleck is maturing his plans. It cannot
be said originating them, for hut time has passed.
and 1t now is the question how to carry al 10 8 :
safe conclusion. Bat Halleck IL powerless be- !
fore that great arbiter Of campaigns, mud, and !
until the struggle between f. and Sol IS ended !
We Will have 10 wait ANY attempt 10 move L
artillery fails, and here lies the great army of a
the West, hoping fsC q week Of sunshine. The L
mud Of PittsbuTg is no ordinary article. II it d
was, the mighty energy Of impatient leaders
would render It p5weTless. ! see dozens Of .
wagons every day thathave TO be used in trans Il
porting ratODs 20 the different camps, their 81
wheels buried 70 the hUbs, and their drivers bav- ?
ing exhausted their full vocabulary Of teamsters' Il
aUathemas, bestTt.uE their tagged mules, like s.
patience on a monument, and waiting for as 81
sistance. It seems impossible that cur army can u
move any distsnoe before a week At C0rnth o
Besuregsrd may sdB be waiting, preparing q.
with al Ls characteristic energy for the great Is
battle. W
1t is reported that Van Don's and Prices al
army has joined bis and that re.nforcenents are
being daily received by him il so, he must "
have over one hundred thousand men fit for bat l
tie. Although BeaUregerd's army Is great. Gen. q
is greater, and abuudantlv able TO cope 70
With the rebels when the decisive moment shall "a
come. The battle now Fastening on to succeed
OF Shiloh, promises to be far more desperate NJ
ind bloody. Whatever the result, for one side us
{ will prove decisive, and either the rebels or Se
Oyahsts have cause to rejoice as they have not u
lone yet. One, In a blow dealt from which gov IL
cannot IN months recover, or the other ue
n a total crushing OF rebel resistance along the "a
whole Mississippi Whatever TeinfOrc6meuts the II
ebels may nave received, is more than counter an
'slanced By the arrival Of Gen. P0Pe's army. nI
This force was described in letters from New rs
dadnd, where they lately were. A better discs
more effective and sOldiorly command is
lot in the service. They have already won a Fl
lame for freedom from that disorder hat charsc- :
srizes some other camps. Gen. Mitchelrs force fro
lso will operate undoubtedly with the one from ser
when the movement is made. Taking in per
lew the many exposures 70 which our soldiers mo
ave been lately subjected, the sick list is re- Of
lsrkable small. of
General HElleck has been busy reforming the tTu
'=ces engaged IN the late battle. Many Tegi- be
lents were 30 badly cut up that they are now arm
Ined TO others, The Numerous brigades placed in Wy,
ew divisions. The l7lh and 25th Kentucky by
are now one, taking the former num- of
and commanded by its colonel, John Nc !
Ienry. Ho.
| made a visit this morning to Hamburg, three cou
above here, and where General PoDe's the
my Is encamped, also a great number of caval- teel
Ihls place IS a beautiful little village, shady inv
I'd picturesque, iui of inviting hooks for the whC
TO seek shelter from the heat Trees ton
sded with foliage, and deserted gardens fuI of and
'weIs, line the short, wide streets. 1t had a acc,
Of two OF three hurdred-it has now faith
me ct all An abandoned post Office and store, taks
o. some little former prosperity. The people killC
hamburg were people of taste, so the tbou- N
OF roses that adOrn soldiers button holes, Cou
We evidence Inc inhabitants have fed tn the the
terror l found Gen Pope busy preparing bis and
mmHnd Tor tho great movement. strdyinp deaf
orough!y his position and the character of the men
ads around. Across these, numbers of trees stan
We been ielled by rebels, and every means cor.
ssIole used to 0bStrUct our advance. Coufed- NJ
ate scouting parties, too, swarm thickly, pre- the
nung any extended recOnnoissancs General talk
pc position IS on the extreme left OF the army, ing
d nearest 10 C0rinth. Il Is there the enemy asce
'uld become FIRST visible, should they dare to T
sumo the offensive, but Of that no hope exists. wor,
Bisseu is busily engaged preparing the OF V
as lar as IN his power, fOr an advance. couI
ON all I have been able to see, IL is evident died
81 within a few days Our army viii be before ME0
ninth. Should the enemy decline TO stand, ne
sre are two routes BY which they can retreat. Khle
G leading 10 Menpiis. fine otber 10 NTobiIo havi
.oking At tie man. If TiI he sean tbot Con serv
tcheu, by holding Tuscumbia, prevents rein year
cements from or retreat TO Virginia and the II
md rebel army operating there. By abandon CONT
: CoTlnth and occupying Grand Junction, UnlC
auregard can fall back at pleasure towards curst
New Orleans or Mobile. lie NAV. how nifty
ar, prefer retresting directly towards the latter 7ecol
getting his army as far as possible into p,
Interior, aHd where il is exceedingly dificult -
follow. most
By CHANGING at any good map Of that country nS -
"nl be seen that q high ridge of land extends Co.
% Corinth to Mobile, while through Alabama hec,
the one side and Mississippi on the other, the bIv
amps Of the Tombigbee, Alabama, YazOc, trSv
2 Black and Pearl rivers, make much of the tho II,
mtFV impassable. From Mobile the rebel ~