Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-05
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LAPE FgOM TnE UNITED STATES.
The Chicago Tfmes, Of the 2stb, says the sd
vance Of RosserEns arrived at Chattanooga on
the 21st ulf
It is Thought RosscIsns snd Burnside viii
combine in East Tennessee ard make S flank
movement on r Richmond
VallREdigham had arrived At Windsor. Can
adsWest, opposite Detroit, and was warmly re-.
eeivsd.
The Psrsis has arrived at New York with
Liverpool dates to the Sth. Little is said cor
cerning Amsricun sffars.
Tho Archsuke Asximilian Of Austria is
strongly and fsvorsbly urged 10 accept the
cTsWn Of Mexico.
A specisl dispatch to o45e st. Louis Republican
from Memphis, 90 the 26th, via CAIRO 27.n, saws
a decisive battle viii be fought IN Arbausas, in
She vicinity of Little Rock
Kirby Smith IS fOrdfying az Bayou Miito, 6E
teen miles eastward
Gen Steele had approached 70 Des arc and
was expected 10 defeat Price and clean Ehe State
north Of Arkansas river
Cincinnati dispatches Of the 2Jsh say Burn
sisa will move on Knoxville to attack BackneT
this week.
TIE Wsr Department has received notice Of
the surrender OF Sumter.
QgsntTeAs raid was 1pO1 Law-eCco, ksnHss,
ms gesd of LNsveworth A Lasv1nwor.h dis
patch Of the q h says the town was sacked aud
burned, and nearly two hundred person maess-
cred. LaHe escaped. The loss amounts to 81
600 coo
Rosssrans has issoed an order against eu4r-
illas, which says: When caught they srg TO
be treatad IS spies, robbers snd enemies Of the
human race.
Scouts report troops moving mys'eti1usly Up
ard down the Memphis and Charleston rail-
roa1
GriersOu, it is said, is preparing for a big raid
South.
a spseial dispatch from Washington of the
22i speaks gloomily Of The present situation
which Places Washington In the same situation
it was this time last year. The dispatch ssys
Lee has b5sn heavily reinforced, aui is cxsTCis-
ing wisdom snd decision and action, whie Gen.
Mes5s is guilty Of gross stupidity, hesitation
and insotiFity. We could not BE- surprised any
day to hear Of 4he army Of the Potomac falliBe
back to Washington. Unless prompt active
movements ars taken it predicts another Ike
the two preceding winters Washington belaag-
ursa and the COnfsderats Aag floating in sht
OF tae Capital.
TIE members Of the Administration are de-
pressed by the nature Of the dispatches from
Charleston. Notwithstanding the glowing ac-
counts in the newspapers Which every day
promise-bus is is never iul6lled-fhs. Charles
ton viii be taken 10 a few days, Fort Sumter
will soon be Ours, and the nest of the Tehellio0
be wiped out, il is well known there is no pros
pect of immediate guccsss there, and very Hsls
Of ultimate success a present.
The fall Of Sumter win not bo The fab Of
Charleston, but only the beginning Of it. The
place can only ba taken by investment By land
and sea with t9o hundred Thousand men
The same dispatch speaks discouregfngly of
tie magnitude Of the tssk Of s1biueatiog de-
termined people, aud the loss Of maB ana money,
and says the struggle is hul fairly begun.
Sumter was nearly dene for. The hsrbOr aRd
and S.euc river ere filled with torDedOas One
burst under the Patspscot and raised her = foot
out Of water. The navy is TO lel the army rs-
dEce Sumter and reserve itself for The heavier
work. Bshlgren Is distressed BY tha loss Of
Captain Rodgers.
The Mississippi river is low and nsvigsied
with difficulty. StesHeIs IN large numbers are
at al ports between New OrlsAns and Memphis
The Helena packet Courier Was ran into snd
sunk, losing City Thousand rounds Of aumuui-
tion and twenty soldiers.
Information from R0secrsnz' sad Buruside's
army is TO the 9lh Ult. The former was m1v-
ing for Chattanooga, the latter for Knoxviile.
The terrible TetTibution visited U0on the jay
hawking abolition town OF Lawraaea, Kansas
resulted in completely destroying il. killing one
five enlisted aegr0ss, QGsntrslrs guerillas rs,
capped and are safe in Missouri sad not quiet 81
home as good Union citizens.
The Herald Of the 25th, in its " Situstisn'
article, says:
We have one days later news f.om Charles
ton-to Monday evening at five O'clock Sum
ter being reduced 70 q mass Of ruins, the fie o.
the swamp battery, on Morris island, has been
constantly directed upon ths city, dropping
shells filed With Greek fre," aliqud and IN
queuehabls demon Of destruction, into ths
streets at intervals. The consequences Of these
fearful visitors was that the city was discovered
to be in flames several times sinco Fridsy night
| Gen. BsauFegsrd has protested against the in
I humanity" Of using such weapons Of ofsnse
/ against the inhabitants Of the city, and severe
/ 1ags Of trues have passed between him and
/ Gen Gilmore, On the subject, but with no eff
/ feet. Gen. Gilmore demands an unc0ndilioua
surrender, and viii accept nothing else Bsaure
] gard asked for truce Of forty hours, but i
was refused, upon which the foreign eousuls ia
Charleston protested on behalf Of the inhabitants
1 belonging to their ssvars. naiionaiitics
The navy, under Admiral DshlgTen kopt al
| q constant Ere on the Tsmnant Of Sumter anC
the other forts, but tbey had not at last ae
I counts, approached the eitY. Forts M2uluie
Gregg, Johnston sad the batteries On jane
aad Sullivsn's Islands, pour a steady fire ugol
Norris island and on the monitors. doing bu
little damage. Al thsss forts have to be silence
before our vessels esa reach the city, and it ma
be soma days yet bstore thst work is scc6m
phshsd An attemptSo destroy the ironsideB b
j torpedo was made and fortunately frGs'rate'
the otheE night. We give sketch Of these tol
pedoes to-day. The accounts OF all The recer