Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-04

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| All is again qgigt on the Peninsula Ths Ef-
/ fair 81 Bsttom's bridge has blown orsr, and i.s
/ whole history is given in 8 ie.ter which 30 pub
lisA elsewhere
4 It hss been Cficially ssesrtajned that She
1 Yankee force IN this lats demonstration consisted
| Of eight hundred cavalry srd t-c pieces Of ar
6llery A prisoner cap'urai ca ths.T &c treat
sBysthst ibi5 ives their force end thEt Il was al
I that Iaft WILLIAMSBURG, Their TeifOst Is sfid CD
/ have been very basty, The whole force having
uassed through BsJbsmsVIlls, ga their way
/ hack as fsst IS their horses could carry jhsUi
I So ends tbs grand advance on Riehnend from
! the Peninsula"
THE LATE R4D or THE PrEwsULA-TBE
AFFAIR AT BOTTOMS BRIDGE.
At last we have true and Authentic acosaut
of the late raid on ths Peninsula and the Effnr
az Bstisms bridge, the news Of which plunged
the city rt1 the most iutaEse excitement on last
Friday night; CaG5Pd the bell 90 Be rUnE at tho
dead hour Of night and sumuared tn6 6-mili,ia
to the fsld for two days and Tar what Think
Of the stoTies that we're told Of ths Ymks5s
marching sgaiust Richmond. Of the ciissns
rushing from their bads OF the militia splingipg
70 arms, sud th1n read lhe following lestgT:
RoTTuTs BRDsE. August %, 1858.
To The Editor Of the Ezsziners
4 Thsaccount which you published Of ths emo
mY'a dash on Bottom's bridge. OF ths q h iast
has ere this. clothed n deep s-T0w snd gloom
fond relatives and friends ss hamo, when, in
/ faet, those whom they NOUN ere living and
vel.
The tsnlt is 20! yours, bat Is to be atrieuted
70 gone e5wsg6ly, ss.f-oJustiiuted caIrieT, who
6ed CT the enemY'E CproaCl 10 Rchmond for
safety end iH order 20 keen 0ut af Castla Ttun-
der, yvltsHdrs % Be- a c0Bsier ss7t 10 Gen. EizsH
and hence ha.cls3 up aud rslailsd on the streets
sensation reports, both false and gr1uudless.
Iicutsuant jstsT WBs not ig c-uuar1 OF the
"f5Icssf nar Of t1e "cus7dr' at B8H0ns bridge
but NEs present, ready snd willing 70 assist IN
cODtestiug ths ebeDY's ed~aEcs, which tle be-
gus courier CiseTsceiniIy Stunned. L5sut J9ter
was not killed, neither wero twelve or fifteen Of
lhe ueB.
Pdvats John Tabble, Of company c. s7ut
with a lieUsaEsai and eiEhtaan ether men 70
scout in front Of sh5 eEemg, l7ss killed y the
secidsnia. discharge 'i : gun m the hands Of
isilCW-E0lder, While being puFgus3 by t-e enc
my. No ether ran was ki..31 or wounded.
TIE enemy Z ad no infantry ss represented by
the "Ofic5r' from the White H1Uss, neither did
"our force Fcsrceiy EUmsaT hnn1red nen," !"
su6 be mbst baye GTsaUed "0u- msn fought as
lcrg E5 they c1u'd, " for really nos 6 gun was
fired at the bridge.
Ths rhsls -f-ir is contained in e nutshell
A brigade Ct Esskes cavalry, vsri3usly ssti-
strong, with tive pieces Of artillery dashed ~
70 the briegs. To meat che force 7 he8 only
shout forty mem CIR frca having been reduced
% that Ey the number Of meE EcE. -hs number
or picket, scouts, etc. Sending Of eue-lcurth
to hold the h5T=-s5 I hg3 the others 20 disnount
and take position behind the in;raHehmeut In
front Of the bridge Here we patiently and
quietly awaited the aCvana7-of the enemy, but,
contrary 90 cur wish, the column was ha'tsi
beyond the reach OF our SHOT guns D.suount-
inE his GEarUs7g0ssr7, -hoT instantly dgpl7ve3
above and below tle bridge, advancing i0rsrd
the river as The sane tine opening on us ~l,h
their long range guns, keeping, however, out Of
Ieseh Of guE.
h5i wishing 90 EF-t= auuul.-iEU or % s.rrE' I
unnecessarily the eaicsr Of err srus, I ordered I
that no man Gre until the command was gwen /
waning every load 70 take effect, desiring, if /
possible, 90 hold llg bridge u1il the ralulcrce-
meurs asked for srrivs5
Seeing rhl G.'am1 10 flank us by crossing the I
river easily done 0T1 and below The bridge 4
without being able 30 prevent it, sH6 hearing (
their artIlery sppf0Echiag, I ordered ,ha msH
70 withdraw quietly ct the end Of Las eutreUch
maut Whe-eupou I commanded artillery TO
TIE from" d" and s55ed, wirh mauifzst anxiety,
"Isud ne SIX pieces and 10 it quickly" TIE
deception. The enemy iunediateiy retired
gEietly, and returned 20 thg bridge
H7piHE you Uil give this plsCe in tae E1-
o7HiHs7, an, very IesPec tullV, your obsdieHt
servant. J q NCkissICK,
Captain cCnusnC.EE Cavs.rT, E1.g5mb's 10. {
FioH, South CaTolins volunteers.