Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-11


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stories are we b balisYsF Wh0a and aEhat are
We to belisysl-sisbiis Register.
Ezz LAsF C4PrUhE or 5acKsos
PariieHlars Of ths Brisf -DearsetioE ef
tAs Ralroads-Gsn Lanmaa,s BlgHdeF,
Tho following is fuTaished By aeorrsspoudsas
Of the CineinRad Gezeasi
Jackson, Miss, Friday July I7.--Ths siege
Of Jackson WAS brought 70 q auadsn serniHztion
about daylight this morning By the discovery
by oar aivaRee skirEishers that fha batteries
which frowned rem ths eRenay's werks lhs eve
niag before had been rsmoysd. a Tecannois-
saRee revealed the fact that under coves Of ths
night, Gen Jobaslon had evseuals3 ths plsca,
tskiag with him bis sick s7d w0Eudsd, his ar
tleTy, aud almost everything els5 of value.
The work ef evacuation ws5 eommsucs8 a5oHs
dark on tho evening af the l6sh, ans coudue5sd
Rsiselsssly and rapidly until abeut tires
o'cleek this morning, VIXEN Johnstsn's rear
guard Withdrew acTass the river, ard sel thrss
aosting bridges on FIRE.
The stand OF Johnston 81 this place was pro-
baby made to give tiIne for thsrem0vsl Of large
quantities of G0yerHmeat s-0rs5 Esef siuce
cur army e0mmenced nsoving eaQtTaJa ffem
VieksbuFE every trsin Aas been lea5a3 30 its a.
rost capacity. J0hGstoH aas pr3ozh.F iDil-l,-
cd Of the arrival Of Sasrns7's smnnBi-'aH
train last night, and e9gsigRCz his TsmsindoT #
he G0BerHElsat stores % lkc gailss. Tae lsrra
brick block almost west oi lie 3la.8 -Hluse,
spd adisinihE to the HortA tas sleek dastr0ye
by eur forces st the previous oecg5s.tian 81 she
city, was f.ls1 vita staros nf he Can't dr9T'5
array. As he rear gE@yd isii me cay 4 fred 'ias
bloek Of 5sitsiass en- tlss sr f,rss aysrsas 7.a5es
Tie bumiRs buElaioga made u g. iirsJ IS day
ia eur eenP. NssT,y every one suznss3 ttat
Johnston Was evsessfng, SID the enE'1z Pc
vailed that ha wss 6esiTcFinE tbs s. hsls csrg.
The sHiy pieces 9t aTtl.scT lest - J lDs1oa
ia bis retreat were tHs 64-posa6sl uGsi al 20
guss Oas Of them was suIjare3, bus th1
other had been Sigmsanssa BY oU- hssse-i-s. -ll
truzi0a kasekea en. i sai bsaa Pr9pzea mp,
however. il tsa GaRasitY OF 9 % lak=f, p "a its
el1 position. Bat the '.rs.irisUs slsuCs" i.
nsistsined, howeVer, fer soae days, led oUJ
bey5 ts suspect isat gomeshisg was Hrsrg
with t.
Some fsFty sr Efsy rsilrazd cars ana = snal
qzastity Of cotton was lsfs il tie eisy, and iei
int the hands Of cur forces
Ths rsbsls had bssR bu3ily a. work ia ths
construction # a temporary bridge across tie
Pearl river. Tho uzs-rs for The purpose hss
all been framed and hall DE Structure slrea5 ,
pat up. Tho pisTs OF the cid bridge WERE beng
used Ia the eoBsHuesiso of tls new eIo. T1a
work was left jsst as the Rsehsnies had discsu
tinusd IT,
All the rAilrosd track inside the city limits
which had been tern Hp By cur troops on thc
occasion Of their visit in May last, had been rs
laid
The rebel wosks for tas defence Of Jackson
consisted Of a very formidsbls iiRs Of rife pits
sround three si3eS Of tha city, and about mile
distant from it. At intervals along ths lins
splendid turf Wsrks bad been constructed, Whict
as,Fs
forts were embTasuisd fer large number O.
fed pieces, sHd two or thrse contained, en bar
bette, lsrge 64-poUnd rasd siege guns. Oae o.
these was located in the works on the north sid;
| eff The city. and the other On the west. com
msnding the rsgulaz VicksbuTg r0as. It val
tAe lstter gun thst was sism0unss3 and peCms
/ nsn!ly isiarei in the loss ef tTHaioH by 0ul
batteries The ins Of the riffs pits was con
struetsd iE the sig gag ceurse, which bring th
approaches to almost every psrt Of the iine IA
dsT IN enRlsding Ere from those psrts not as
sailed.
Tha timber and undsr~rovth hal been re
moved for several hundred yards in I9nt Of lhs
rebel lines, in sFdeC T. give them > swespira
FIRE fer q lsng distszcc. These -rses were ief
! lying where they fell, presenting an oSstrustior
whick weula kave rendered tie zppTogcu of 81
! ssaaulting psriy quite slew, sud crowded the
issn much together. The ground was greatly
snduiatinr, as I wrste you bsfTe. Blt, al
though net steep, the ascent could not have beer
carried without a terrible lees Of lie. TheJ
were Sc near level IS 10 obviate all danger d
sver-shes.iag, and tie peculiar hardness and
| tsrasiisn sf the GROUND we're particularly fs
vsrabls to rieOehst shsis. THs balts7iss am
| Isng lines Of rifle pits could have enfs1ed aRd
swept the wide, spen space in front with muI
derSss 6re, Il is well that al assault was noi
ordered.
Johnstsa, in TstFsatiHg, t0Gk the road % Ne
ridian, tke Junction Of the Mobile and Ono
with ths rAilrosd ruHning east from jackson
| Here st6Rd can be made, CT he can fsll bach
en- Mobile or Montgomery. Marilisn Is siz
| Hies south of Marion, Which yes viii find laiC
down en- all the cd maps. Il is absus one hun
dreS miles east Of Jackson, sad twenty freH
tbe Alabama line. This IS a viEtasi sgrraE-ls
Of Mississippi to eur farees, even -lf } J5hnstsr
Sithdrsws no further t;:sn Meridian.
ThsTs have been seyrrsl iess ic jackson
already, since eur brief possessisn ef tas place
Alaasss vhele block Of stores vac dasaeyec
| this nerRiRg, asd ems Eas dwelling h7aso, jus
/ sztsiSs iha rebel line Of defense This evening
ss I writa, the skies arc Illuminated by fre il
/ the nsrtksTR portion Of the city. Hcw ex
/ lsasiYe is is am unable to say. BY he tim.
! ear army has csPtarsd, evscuAied, and sgzi.
| captured Jeessoa. thoTe win be nothing lef
Of IL
Ths DsAf sHd Dumb asylana was bstvesn ID.
/ TIVE lines, azd esaseq "a ts5 has { 6r.
frem beth sides. II is rid1}s1 Wisa EhCt, era is
nsw bat mere wreck. L ubv5T was g G.st
/ class building, AID the loss cluno. ho ve-y
/ great The Insane ssylnn was with n our l.ce'
| frsn tbs 6fst, and has been u9dsf tas p-9,sc u
/ uf q gusrd astsiied by General Pa-bs Ih.
! enly injury It sHsiairsi rss frTm 33-p0Jri
/ solid shot frsn the ensmy's FGag whieh passes
/ through it. Aa insGaa wcIna1 was slightly
/ yvoaa8ad By spinner, but ot5srwisa 10 Vi uzg
was iaHicted upon the iainsfes,
| Cslsnel Wood, 81 TAaYaT's division, Stsel3'.
army corps, with s'brigats Of infantry. lsft a
/ Canton lest evening They wiz destroy ih.
railroad q that Reighborho3a, sta siso Tie is-E,
railrsaa msehins sbCes at sbat Piacs- L he.
! h5ea determined upoR to destroy sil tas rsli
reads within eur reach, Hfliciag dsmaaes 3
[ such persoaEest eiarae'eT thas thsy wIl nov
| be rebuilt oxsep after ro urn o e5c5. H0lA
I will be eam neRced upea the rosd5 kere io-lalt
ro1, and tie hurried injuries of tia pgevisu.
| oecuDsiion will become psrnasaaA VISA j ehn
! ston's army withdrewR t. TIE eastern Maifs O
/ the Stale, aud al the raiii0ai5 t6ra up, Tim
Rebels VIII never Fesums control Of i68 Missis-
! sipoi. TAefs are said 70 be niasty l0eam9tives
/ belonging 10 the Mississippi Csulrsi and othei
roads, RoTih Of Jackson. II this repoEt IS trua
I
means presents itself Of gsttiag tham 70 C0rintl
OF Memphis.
E'res ihs srss Investment Of tie placs. Goa
Sherman was short Of Ammunition Only Z
limited number Of gups were st first placed il
position, and al pieces were hulised 70 oHs 5ha
every Eve minutes.
The ammunition trails was expected on ths
/ 18Th. and ca the night Of fke l5sh our Hass werl
moved about nils nearer the 'front.', and slmos
! double ;he number Of guns were plaee1 ia posi-
ten. In anticipation Of the arrival Of the train
vigorous bombardment was to have CON
meneed last evening. Tao tram did not arrive
/ hswsvsr, untl near midnight, whsn orders Wer.
issued for each piece 70 sTs two hundred rOundi
/ as rapidly as paIsibls this mogniege JohnssoI
was, Of course, aware Of eur heing shaTE Of AN
muuition, 81 he lFeald nos have remained 40 loDg
1 his cavalry scouts muat allo have notified lila
/ OF tie progress OF cur aDmunisian TAIN, ans
thas enabled him to issvs jusl IN time toavaid lhs
severe FIRE which would have fallowsl is sni
val