Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-21
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REPORTS OF the Press Aasselataon.

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Haisrsd according . at Il CsugrssS n tbs ysar 1883.
ay J. 3. HHRASHEE- Ia tae Clerks ed5os 81 ths Daf
trict Court q the 0oufaieruis States for rs Eortn
sn District Of GssEqs
Congregational.
RICzMOHB, December I9-Tksrs vas : short
session today IN eoHsssnsncs Of tbs death Of
Senator Pritsn being announced IN beth bousss.
10 business irsnsact0a in either hsass.
The committees we're regularly at Kork On
mpoItant reports which srs axpssssd IN few
days.
The chief Of he ConsstiPt bureau expresses
ths spinioa that here are fully ten thousand
fraudulent substitute papers held il ths csuHtry,
HorIhern News.
RICHMOND, December 10 "A Gag Of srues
has arrived At City Poiut Wilh dates rem lhp
United States 70 he I7h. A correspondent Of
sbe Boston Herald, writing from Chsrlestsn
hsrbor, says that Dahlgrsn is preparing four
great Government roH-elAds. which will not
leave this department until the old a9g waves
over ChsrIsston OF its ruins.
Reports from HsshviIls state that Gen. ghsri-
dan, commanding 3 CONAN in parsaii, zst
wi.h a repaise rsm the rebel rear guard, in
vhich be was severely wounded.
Ia he Yankee House Rollins, Of Mlsssad, Of
feTed e resolution, in sRbstAses Tie Sane as Crit
seHden's resolution, that the war, brought en- By
disunioRists, HhouId not Be presscRtsa for coz
qu0s, or subjugatiOm that when, ia o5sdienos
TO the Gems titaiisa and laws it is SECURED, il
eught to stop.
L5vej0y moved ss lay the resolution On the
table. Yeas, 81; nays, ia.
Washbura, Of kisssari, expressed 8 visa to
debate the resolution, which was laid ever.
A5jatant-GsnoraI Thomas is sasgsrously in.
M4jor-G General BufoTd died en- Wednesday last
a Washington.
Accounts from Esrfslk state that Beast But
Ter Is tyrEniziEg ovsr the people Of that sisy.
Eurosssn nsws to the 9Th unimportsns
The New YORK Herald advocates the slsstion
Of Grant for the next President.
Frsm zast Tennessee.
BRISTOL, Dsesmhsr 19-Tbs late raid On
salem produsad iutsnss excitsment here. John
sons division attacked = force Of mountod IN
isutry Of about 4,O90 at Beans station On Mon
day, and Ersjuslly drove them back after a
stubborn resistance and heavy loss, ia he diIss-
tea Of Kauxvills. The pursuit eoatizued
ttroughoa Tuesday sad wednesday, during
EhjcA lime We captured a train Of seventy
wagons loaded vita stsrss ana e~loshiRg, szd
many prisoners Oar ioross are now moving in
the direction Of Knoxville, 70 wAish plscs he
Yankees have ksd.
Our less in killed and weuadad is about three
aHRdred
Gen. Oracle was slightly wounded ia the arm,
and is hore en- route for Mobile.
Two hundred and twenty-five prisoners have
already arrived here.
FTsHz Texas.
HeUsTos, TExAs, HoyemRsr ga, via gum-
nit, December 1.-The following is tie latest
reliable information from the Wess, which is Is.
ken fom ls Houston Tsisgraps % this morn
ing
The eTSsd,tion under Banks is believed 10 be
aboui 5000, composed Of the divisions of Dana
and Ysndevsr.
They los. three steamer and foRr sehOsners,
and a eeasidsrabls amsant Of stores, zunitious
Of war sud her5ss, while on lie way and max
ing 4 landing.
About half The command are blsek trsops.
Davis with his regiment, 100 sIsug, and
Asyness, with a Federal esmmissisa as colonsi
Of the q Tzs cavalry, are vita the eIpsdi
aoa, but have ne Ioops. They have 5 large
Of arms, horses sad equipments. They
5esigu to enlist Mezicans On me BIO Graad, and
aegroes in ths ~iltsrior.
As soon as information Of Banks having
successfully css be conveyed 70 Frank
in, he snd 0s} are to move to Teas from Bsr-
wieks bsy. The forces srs ts-msst ard svseP
he ssuniTy With devastation "a fsr as thsy can,
neither Uaionisss or sseessisnists.
F,on Brownsville We learn that Meier Dye
and B cello Palmer and others, who claimed TO
give tho people profession frsm Iawlsssnsss, that
he accompanied the major to meet Banks after
giving in their Submissions.
The FedsJal ee1qusror Cobss creased tire
liver and pronounesa bis government and he'd
he rains Of psvef t~wenty-four hoars, At the end
If which time Csrtiaas shos him in tie PlasA la
1urs.
November 15.-Ths Yankees ara Advancing
n tbs direction.
They have If ste5 a fsothold a. Aransas psss.
On Tho niEht Of the l6,h they LANDED a fsrss,
imposed to se three thousand strong, on the
swer end af Mustang island, and marched en-
be fort 81 tbs pass.
These ireaps were conveyed in Ave sailing
'esssls and transports on the aerniag Of tho
They made lbs attack with tsis fsres.
steamers iroEa tho ses cooperating.
The fort wa dsleadsd By three small guns
nd ssoet ore hundred non, most Of whom
State troops.
The engagement lasted i've hoars, when our
oops surrendered, beisg overwhelmed by sv-
numbers. Their loss is not known. Ths
began At daylight.
Tao pisa Of the enemy appears 70 Be 70 take
zen points as he can on the COST, with The
Of getting a base near his proposed asld Of
o%erstions,
Al Heuston, on the 231, ire Legislature re-
sed to pass resolutions recommending Goa
to make Cenfedersts Treasury nstos = e
Il tender.
Tie Legislature is belisysd to BE- zndsr eos
influence, thongA it Is most dsarlyge-
tied t. the Confederate eaass.
GsH Slaughter, Of Mobile, is IA thls city, with
stat.
fhers ere reports ihss Indian deprsdatians on
. iron Ter are feqasnt and alarming. I learn
tho Indians are armed BY the Yaakses, And
~ to lay wssse tho SeisHseless frontiers
Gen. Walkers divisien. aow on lhs Kissis-
'Pi river autk one transport and burnt the 4
GO transport Black Hawk Nsthiag can pass
conveyed Ay iron elads.
Ii trir AL.