Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-31


espY tbs annexed statements regarding affairs
in Wlss aad Middle 7snnessee:
REBEL orERATIoEs ~ WEST TENNESSEE
For soEs weeks q considerable fores Of rebel
cavalry, Radsr couaa a Of Col. JsHss Forrest,
has been annoying The defenssiaas citizsns Of
Madison, HsadoTsen an3 Haywood counties
The rebnlss no doubt, supposed ihey had their
own way. ,Jsekson, Tenn, became their head
quarters. Frez this plscs they were wont TO
make thair maraudiag Taids foT the purpose Of
capturing horseB, aad suca other property as
they esuld use. The property of Union men
especially suff5rsd-bo.ses, mules and cattle
we're driven Of OF eourga, the chivalry dia
Ret think to eompensste The GWaQTs Such a
ststa Of affairs, however, could not last long.
Gel Ell Hatch, Of the 9th Iowa csvalry, was
sent out 70 cbaslise the rebels. We learn rom
gentleman Whe has come III from that section
Of country that he has most efsctuaIly sue
csedsd. Celonol Hafeh met and defzstsd Fer
rest et jackson, Tenn, en the l3ih instant,
and made = triunEnaAt sntTancs into that
place. On the l4sh Csionsl Hatch Wsat ia pur-
suit sf ths relTsaling rebels- Hs succeeded in
svertskisg thsm nesr Spring creek VIXEN an
sther fight oeegue6 rss0itng in the discomf'-
ure of the rabels- Ho succeeded IN eapiusiue 40
prisoners The rebels loss ia killed aad wounded
amoRntsd to sixty-saven After this success
ful result CaloRsl Haica sent Psrtien of bis
forces ta make 8 det5ur in the neighborhosd
Of Cagevilie, which is .post village OF Hay
weed esgnty, aud where q rsaal force had haan
recently co1mitting soms depredatious. This
party was likewise successful, having mst about
enc huBdrsd rebels few miles rom That place.
A Skirmish ersuod, in which the Fe5ois lest
twslvs of tkeir number prisoners, four killed,
and seven wounded Col Hatch's losses were
very light snly SENS seventeen killed and
thirty-tkrse wounded Ths Esving bands Of
susTillas wks have beeH traubliag The citizens
sf 0Hr Stats viii isara taAt they csHust tfaspass
Oh car Uaioa ssil vita iuPEnify.
LATEST FROM TIE IzTERIsR.
From gsatiensa aho have Just arrived froz
the esBaies Of Fsyate sud Eiptou, we hsvs
learNed the following interesting items from the
interior. Gen. Richardson, TIE nst0ri8Bs eusr-
iils, has Tssarasa to his former fs3 Of aPora-
iisna il tie neighbsFaOod Of UekorE Wgtha
Gallsway's siatiea, and Bslmsnt, IL the ceun-
ties Of Tiptsn Shelby ssd Fsystte.
Richardson las g feTce Of aboEt two hundred
men. These are, IKE himself ssiitEt8 Of all
principle Save that Of salf-iaseres5 Tbasa 6arne-
rsdsss, wAs SIS brave snoss h TO meet uaaFrnod
citizens URda1ntss, are carrying very high
Asna in thAt Inflated section. Richardson Is
aided BY the Rev. Captain Barrow aad Captain
Murray. ORs thing very remarkable is that
eaeh of these men laid claim ts sanehmonious-
ness Rishsrdacn wss suee = grsat sxheTter
smoug eur Msthodist friends ia tbs city. Bar
row Was s aiaistsr Of the Cumberland Pfesby-
terisa ebuFch, whila Murray was 3 very sancti-
Rsnious elder Of the same denomination with
Surrow.
They are certainly performing their divine
missios with vii that caanot fail 10 carry csn-
vietion 10 the pscksts sf those 10 whom they
addressed themselves. Rjebars50a is engsFed
il cosscrpiiug 81 when he csz fnd; nos only
this, he is taking the horses Of ibg citzsuH, BET
saTing who they mast esuse 90 sufur. A gem
ilenRu iRfsrms as bhat enc Gay last week seine
person Who kaS basiksss with eaa Of Rlca-
aFss8n's sand, went iato kis cana near Hick-
ery Wyths to transact tAst basiass5. Risa-
aT5sOz ordered kiu into the ranks, tha sAh
rsfasea, Riehagason theu ross up 30 nina with
drawn pistol and tslS him that if he did
zet 20 imaedisteiy into the lines he Woald sheet
AT9 The cltizsn heiag unaTmsd. of csBrss,
csuld net rssist, Hs therefore vent along with
tkem. After gsiug two miles, ho rsigaea bis
sorse out Of tho c0lumH, and eIsm0oa.sd, at
Che sane tiIns decias.0g his Eza3 rsscivs 10 20
nc further TaB c8WHrdly villain Richardson
thsn ordered = Gle Of SIX men uP, 30 shoot tsa
eitizea il be did Bat rst0rz within dvs minutes
The Das, net feeling rssGy 10 die, sObmit-
ted. Hundreds Of the citizens arc Essiag
nom tAef hornss. Many are new caRc5al
ing themselves "a ths depths Of fhe forests,
aasHg tss hills and kallsws More theH tairtv
refugees Save sffiVss in this city, msay ai them
lsaFiag in sseh hst Aaste Is not - bring their
elstsisg witk them. All sorts sf ousrsgas are
consisted oH The private rights Of the ci6zsns.
Horses are seizea, sad Iusn are sDatcaed away
fram thsr fauns aad fsailiss, may Of whom
are not ssly thus let dsieAseisss but destitute.
VIXEN viii tbess people rise in their majesty sud
Night, azd expsl hsm ihaif borders mis- ab0r
iioa Of hanaaity and justice