Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-26
The .Areriil Raia.

! EfcE t1e AcElcu0 hE2EElEort y
Great unssItEiRsy btill exists ksrs ss to tla
movements ERd Eherssseuis sf ATssill and hi
rsiding party, who recently visited Salem
| Rosneks eOUniY.
General Sam Jones' dispatch, stating tha
Aye9iil, eRding bis direct read back to Lewis
! burg stopped By eur forces, had turned back
and was seeking, by making dstsur to tn
east to reach OoyiHgton, vii be found uRde
tie telegrsPhie head.
Last night a dispatch from Gel. Eiehcls, g
Lynehburg, ineloBed the following telegrsE
tren Cspt. '. r. 0isy, esmmEa9ifg . company
Of scouts At BOnsacks station:
BoESAcK, December 2l-2P
Rhsssisr-Gsasral EicboIs;
Lest 3. Boshsr hss Just returned fron 9
scout, and EePsrts thai su eHgigsmsnt is goine
en- a. Junction store, twelve niles from Fincas.
tie. '. R OTEY.
Ths sboFs mentioned disPsschas comprises al
the information Ee have which can be esBsid-
erea, in any 6sgTos, snihsEtic, and Ee are
foscsa = confess they de- not G@ogut to much
Bonssek's is tks first STATEN On he Virgins
and Tennessee Tsiirsad this side of Salem
JuretsR si0rs Is at tie mouth Of Crsig creek,
Cn James liver, ard en- the western bsrder @.
S5IeleuTt county We pTssURe, Of coarse, ths;
The engsCsmeat Is between AvsTin aRs ssnt
portion Ct eur force, but what, eT Of what num-
osE composed, We are lsft = eobjsstare. Il is
also psasiele that AvsIii,. . facilitate his ss
cape by d.saac,ing his pUTsusrs, has divided
his force into Two sT neTo bsdies, and thai
v ale ems Is doing bA.tlO 81 JUHstien store the
ssaGTs are seeking sefeiy in fighi. II, how
ever, he has his entire ep'smaad at this point,
the ehSRees ef bis eaptuTo are much better than
y Esvs hiihsTte esusidsfod thsa. lie mus
fight his Esy 10 CsyingtoH, twenty-five niles
Sistast, befcse be can TegEge himself cut Of the
sxlysnest peril.
W,s prefer not Is nseRtiaS saeh Of the move
rnenis tf car ioTess as nE7s coma te cur knsUl-
edge. bat viii enly remark. Nst If Averill is al
lsTea to escsSe sas eavslry Of Virginia hsa
better be ro-GTF TFaRissd wIhsni loss OF tIlls. Oar
military sushsri tas had abundant notice Of this
raid 70 have Psrfsssed tse most elaborate Plans.
They were infolEes By GsneIal ssR. Jones
that Avo7ill was sdvGasiEg 81 LeHisburg, with
the design, be theughs. q EsPpiHg tbs Virginia
sns Tennascs rsircaS. fhi5 vas q week be-
fore be TsSclled Ssien, il i3s nelEabofh0od sf
winch t0Wn ks Tensined several days We say
nOihing Of he nsiETai ebstasls5 sgsiuss = hieh
three skeEEand Eass WoEld haFe 10 Gonionf IN
making raid OF three hundred miles thrsugh a
nluEn.sInsEs EEd tAinly-seitlsd soaRfTy. il
TTtHld be iupossibls for them to cRgTy their SUD.
sistta ace Niik them, sa3 i Wsuld spBsAr equally
iDpe ssible for them 20 dEEE !! freEn saeh eesR-
try, wlhics too, has bssn very Cascsualiy CLEARED
by Confederate ceEmisSEIles AID qnaTsernss-
ieE.
L is prepsr to mantiaa, IN IBIS es8Ea9.io1,
that il hGs, fsf soYs.Vl days, Bsen kaeWn heIs
that sRatksr kody Of YsDkss cavalry, thTse
thousand srsHg, were advancing Ee ths Valley,
ieEard stzaEtsz, with desigu, i wss Supposed,
Of creating q disegsisE, whirh might facilitate
Averilrs escape We have 70 fears bat that
,his party viii be well net and taken care sE
FROM EoRTHEEE VIRGINIA.
4 ssrsRg ssrss Of cur sayalry, ca Wednesday
lEFt, crossed ths Rappeban sSck. sHd. making
raid 10 the rear ef ksads's army, sOIs up sba
orsHgc and AisxEASria rzigsEd a. Cstiett's STA
,lsn. Ths enemy viii very eoo2 sRd eat the
object Cf this expedition.