Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-26
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A dispste ?, dated Near the Rapidan,'' on
The l7lh. says:
Yesterday the Te0els crorsed the river at Rae
coon ford, the force consisting of infantry, thaii
design being to Tsc0anoiler the position and as
certain the strength Of orr force in that vicinity
In this they we're foilsd and handsomey re-
vino dismoUnted his men, who used ths double
Spencer rife with desdly effect. The reg .neIiis
engaged on our Size were the lst virginia snd
the % New York cavalry, who fought with
their usual gali$nsry
TIE casualties in Kilpatrick's division in the
two days were two killed AID toTty7siz
wounded.
Yesterday and today the Tebsls shsllsd the
wood leading to the camps Of cur troops on The
Rspi5an, preventing ths wagons snd troops
from passing for sa interval This afternoon The
rebels opened fire from a few guns, without
however, inaicting damage.
a squad Of thirty man belonging 80 the ssh
SeR YoEk cavalry were captured By the rebels
and the whole egiment has incurred the dis
pleasure of Gen. Pleas0nton, who has issued an
order to that effect.
The rebels have fortified the nights On The
other side Of the Rspidan, the position being
naturally strong cne: Over thirty OF their
guns are counted tnss are in view, the majority,
Of course; being screened from sight,
AaolhsT dispatch, dated tho i7sh, says:
The most Of The enemy's cavalry has been
driven scIoss fhe RapidAn, but about 1000 still
occapy position on this side, protected by
some powerful batteries, mounting ab0Ut twelve
guns. These sre further protected by power
ful rangs of hills 0vUTso0king tie TiVer on the
othsr side
After ficreely pursuing theiT cavalry on Sun
day end Monday, squad Of oar mez dashed
after them sorass the river, bat, having gut IN
der range of their batteries, On the other side,
had 10 retire.
Yesterday fresh line Of their cavalry re-
crossed the river and charged the lst Michigan
The latter were armed with revolving car bines,
and, haviug slizhted from their horses, took up
masked position, The enemy dashed up to
ihsiT very lines, when they were received with
murderous fire, leaving several killed and
wounded on the fsld, and sixty prisoners in
oar hends. Only f1r the twelve guns on this
side our cavalry coald have easily passed over,
sweeping the right wing Of their line.
As [ write this the Tont of oHr infantry line
Is within two miles Of the river. The trains are
heard running iBtO the Rspidsn station, evident
" loaded with troops and ammunition from
Richmond.
The cuemy's cavalry fOrcs IS estimated at
about two thousahd-certsialy near tb&s, Their
HEADe'Rs ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
September le, u N.
Yesterday afternoon a rain storm commenced
accompanied By thunder sRd lightning, iRcTess-
ing in fUry during ths night, and this morning
the Rappahsnnock and Rapiisn rivers are ris-
ing very rapidly, and the sm&A streams ii the
country are becoming impssssble. Under the
circumstances, It viii be impossible for the army
to move forward, as the roads have alresdy be-
come so soft as to preclude all kinds OF land
tran Do-taHon. TRe prospect is that the rain,
which Is Sc down as tie eqUinOetisl storm, viii
be unusualy severe and pTOtrseled
P. S.-The windSis blowing = fearful hurri-
cane, aid the rain is falling IL toTrents.
The editor Of the Star, who left CulpePer yes
teTday, says il his paper Of today:
Ga Wednesday night the Union line extended
from S.evensburg through CulpePer Court
House TO the Stone Mountain house, four miles
north Of the Court House. Yesterday morning
the line was changed, the army having hd-
vanesd to a close proximity to Che RspidaB
river. where The Tsbel corps Of a. p. Hih snd
Eaell are believed to be now strongly fortified.
The army Of the Potomac never was in as fine
8 condition IS Il is at this memeni--so healthy,
so ciuanly, and so well supplied, and with 50
much eiaa. I. is worth, to-day, in hard fight,
tEicc Is much as it ever was before the battle
Of GeitysbuTg.
A letiez from Parnestown, Nd, on the upper
Potouase, dated to-day, says: Eariy yesterday
morning from 200 to 500 rebel cavalry, said to
be portion Of Whites command, crossed the
Potomac between W sits hreuch and Muddy
creek, and started toward the efoss-ro tds. tive
miles from the river, where there had besn rem
dezvous Of SCOTS Nine Handred. Gen. Heiut-
zoIusn, who had arrived thsrs on q toar Of in
spoction, pursued them up the towveth of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, pressing them 50
hard thst thoy were compelled TO IecTOss the
riyer bsloW Edwards ferry.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Yankees have dates from Charleston to
The 15sh inst Ons Of their rumors IS that the
city had been destroyed after three days she'll
ing.
The OcaupstiOn of Little Rock, ATkassas, Fy
the FsdsTsls, is confirmed.
= The FIRST bale Of cotton raised in Louisiana
under Banks free labor system, was sold in
New o rleans, on the I2-h, ct 675 esnts per
pound.
Gov. Andrews, Of Massachusetts,. has been
on a visit to Norfolk, Virginia. He reviewed
two negro regiments there.-
-Four Yankee prisoners, who escaped from
Bell Isle on the Oh inst, arrived st Fortress
Monroe on the l6th, clothed in Confederate uni
forms.
The most stringent martial law is 10 be en-
forced throughout Missouri. DIR. Crawford Z
Smith, Of Saline county, has been ordered to go
South, and ore hundred and seventy Eve of bis
negroes taken from him.
Alfred Stanley, brother Of the ex military gov.
ernor Of North Carolina, has been arrested BY
Gen. Foster fer secession sympathies.
The editor Of the Aexsndris Gazf1s has been
n5tise6 that bis paper viii be stepped if he per-
sisis in calling the Legislature Al Richmond
"tbe Virginia Legislature"
Maine has given COny, Rep for governor,
an overwhelming majority.
Among the reports in the Northern papers are
the following That Gen jos JohnstQn has been
placed ia command Of ths army Of Northern
Virginia, IN place of Gen Lee, who has gone to
Tounesses; that thTes divisions of Lees army
have gone to Bragg, and that Longstreel has
gene there too.
The New York Herald, in an editorial, Gays (;
The probability of war with England, OF
with France, or with both Of these powers com
bined, is now the general and absorbing topic Of
conversation, and even exercises q considerable
inf Aaence upon tho speculatiors Ia Wall street.
Gold was quoted in New York on the 18th At
1899 I34.
The eRege-A ssIHss fer Bragg.
From the Charleston Mercury, s4th.l
Daring yesteIdsy, ,he heavy booming of Cur
artillery, shelling the enemy's position on Cum
ming's point ives kept up with considerable