Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-17

BealAllf8 meg alaoAs I6 rAALA4ArAat- en- wa A-@1f
with an occasional artillery shot was K ps ug ma 10
o'clock a n, resumed at aeon, and afterwards until
night, By as and starts, a, intervals, between whieh .
dep silence rsigsed over ts city. There were few
men eoabattants IN town, The women and children
having been renewed in tbs morning Icy order Ct Gen
Johnston Afew ladies uozd ranaia. bat even thsss
udauutsd few slaesizbsi before tia hssvisr hzng Of
the next two days
General yo'arton add ssssd TIA trsePE n tie front
o. thszasrziss q he lo.1, snd perhaps asss a louger
speech thai be has been svar know to make, fsr Sc
/ poke several Hi-utssi Hs Ia gusgs had tha ring and
to1e Of haze and v'stsy-wsrds which The Eray sp-
prsaiatss osn nE from jos Jsknstsn, VIE, ike Marx
Antheay. is plain. slunt MAJ" Tsars was 10 ton
bazt. Or silly vaaity in hs declaration tlst this army
sould and would whip the enemy who Was At thst-ms-
rest fsaHsg eur Ines, for he knew both armies and the
! suIy ssPsrior Thing ia the enemy, to-wit, ~nunbers he
had every reason to Believe vas zsE ~ very far Ia ex-
cess 81 surs as 70 render Eu-ses4 81 all dsu5tfI. The
G-aersl poke Of the fsl Of Yiskiburs bu. dIl net at
AL esHsider It's loss vital TO the Csnfsdsraoy.
i may not ss maj spr9pss TO rsasrk that Gs army
under Sen. Joe Johnston Is in Sac fighting condition
that tie men sseu personally sIvs &c their duties and
tbat there i less struggling, better discipline, and more
Of that Ella sPut sf ehivsry anoag thsm-the asdt sf
tie earEsrdsy5 Of the was-lhan any military erE ri.
zzHsH in ths West We, perhaps have 5aassed mzsh,
too much. but VIXEN urn set as our soldiers bore arc
actrg, dsdiar e pa Slime in skirmshlHg with the ere
ny, hu-tiag Rn NJ azt5ey would ss much game, re-
esivinE AID returning his frs IA the tr5rchss with firm
ness and cooIress, ems f. constrained to adzirs tBsir
dauntsg bravery. and 10 speak II it. Gen Johnston
and 81 the oHesrs here s7s greatly gralidsd a this cen
5ii1u Of things, ard ths country nay lock withsut fears
o. dsapPontment to ns ar FER a glorious victory, or
q gallant End stubborn r-s=istaaes whls r~sEstaues is
sss7ibls.
Ga the afternoon OF lAis dsy G9.B an Incident &C.
CURED rather novel in its f~s1tlrss. Hoses C0nklia, a
private belonging to Gen Jobnston's Escort snd whe
had some tins since deserted from The enemy, being an
iamats Of the City Han hospital, on the eonvalesceut
list stole one of the horses Of Gen. Grsgg's staff. aDd
tried to make his escs2s 70 the enemy. PIE wss pursued
BY ssms Of his company, through the city. from Gen
Grsvg's headquarters, and being closely pressed dis
mounted and attempted 70 enter a private house not far
f-sn the Episcopal church, but was brought to
By fstal Shot from ,bs sar5i1s OF one Of the Dragons
the bs-reutering shove the left eye and lodging in the
brain. The poor fsoI found TO LIS cost that 4 subls de-
szrtfou was a deadly thing.
Ca Saturday the snsuy's ~sklrmishers were thrown
out at an ear zsur, and shots were being constantly
lu,srcssaged between ta=m and ours. Their sharp
shooters sunoysd us very much froa some hsrsss vest
Oh TIE aaHa-.gaHH vi A- e--AH = N-. "AHaAr "--- anu
o. top Of which they had taksn position. They were
driven from these by g portion Of Evans brigade, snd
the hsssaa destroyed Throughout the day much spec.
uiaIion vas INDUCED az 20 the enemy 2 supply OF wafer,
~-. tzaEIag De was su7=rsg for thzt ess=atsluqsid
bat some prisoners brought 10 Informed US THAT Grant
had cone prepared 70 dig wells, aad that they had
found q pond OF water not far from the deaf and dumb
asylum.
Th-s day they established a signal stsisn on the Gu
pa.o or ths asylum for the insane. We could Hor dis.
lodge them from hat rsiat without imminent rsk 10 The
peer afflicted inmates who, together with the employees
and their f1mfie-, are al there. Is f. not dlsgracsfuI 20
the enemy TO zral himself e The immunity from at.
tack which this benevolent building affords him, to per
feet bis sigual eerpsl The asylum IS within his lines.
BAT by 10 means beyond tee range Of our shells. Tbs
ia not the first tine bs has maIs himself a shla d out Of
the izdruiti-s OF bs species bat it's he Est tine, I
believe, -hst even Yankee dsPrsvity has descended 70
tae "lJwer deep" Of moral t~urpitgds, by placing hin
self behind the peer, helpless, dwelling diots, whom a
Otri-tsu ~eoumuaity las spt apart for purposes Of kind
ly comfort and protection lis SD TO think that white
men sea'd DO this thing.
In ths afternoon Of this dsy a heavy akiralsblng
Of The s1suy approached cur right center, front
ing Gen. Evans position, ard were CALAMITY repulssd.
Tsaw our skirabher go cat 30 meet them as e~autieasly.
fNtS @-- az aahar - d LArE were ENluE 70 net a
csvey % p~a-rdgss. Up t. late in the evening tie
Irregular firing Of sAar. shooters and skirmishsr. sscen
panied now ard then with wsiIns shots fron Parrot
gaHs and hissAs Pursu. H5a shell from MORTAR, dis
turbsd the s1mEer air uatl the cu-;aia Of night fsH.
Sunday Horsias, I23h, was Bshsrsd iu with skifaish-
Ing, as lssaL but with mere b-.sz1sss shan the proceed.
lag days Canuoaa5iHg, too, bs7n IN sarnes, tbs-e1-
opening the ball by sending a huge she'll wbizzlag
the Cspita. Ats O'Clock there was q COED pros
2ects 81 q general engagement, and shei and she'll hsw 4
about as r~entfuHy IS minnie balls the day bsfara
The firing became mere tuessssat saI wals yesr
was writing a ds2stsA. = sboI passed
.hroHgA th7 roof Of the tenemest where ha NJ seated /
The ds-ulJogy shots became mere rezu,ar, aud gra5u.
into tie wsH E10va roll u mussstry. ever
The insignia o. q battle. Bat the firing was coaesn.
rstsd upon su-lrL At 10 o'clock tie easmy's right
wing uuder Gen. Hurlbct, moved ts the q tack 81
B-eok Hriisss position o. the sxtrems left. Brigadisr-
stovalgs oennasd was the object Of thslr
peculiar attention slosum's and Cobb's batteries
were In POST len TO receive them Ths easny's line
approached or works in rhe form OF q V reverted, tbs Y
sPsz OF vhi,a was directly in line VITA, AMI OILY one
hundred yards from, Coabs battery. The enemy
halted and dali fersi their IRE very deliberately, whsn
Cobb and slscam opened on thea Cobb'z gunsswtep-
with srtps ard canister mere taaB one suzdrss Of
them inio su'rutty, and wouudJne nzubers Of Others.
A. this Buacturs our ~skirmishsrs, who were On The ether
SIDE Of the ditch, ard not many yards from the enemy,
charged them with 6Eed 5ayoIets, and tbs neu 10 the
trenches jumped over tbs works aud pursued the Row
flying Zee, With voeifs ems cheers. Ths enemy lost in
t2is charge I've ka7lred il killed wounded and prison
ers Gea. Harlsat the renegads South Caroliuisn,
was driven basz ana bis neu, Of whom s b~ossenqly
said never knew a defeat I'D before the brave x n
tuekiauA We killed ere bHgadlsrgessrai two cor
o7sls, and saptured the ~regiusatal eolors Of t6e 2lst,
SD sad 25.h uilaois ia this charge. .GsA. Johnston
highly cor Pineatsd Brgadisr General Stoyal's con
mand, including Capt siosum's ard Capt Cob5s bat
terisE and said that TOO nush sralso could not be
awarded them for their GOODNESS and bravery In action !
A nunhor Of smah arms and articles Of military equip
age were picked up by cur Yea ca the dsld Cur
was moi exceeding thirty, nearly all o. whom
wounded After ths rather brilliant affair, the
eoeny became very stu. Toward evening they were
reported nas.lng troops ca our right. / noticed that
they concentrated the Ere Of tAeir batteries On - or
prominent poilt5 snd tesm 20 adopt The Tactics Il
Lss, in massiug their troops.
Dring the avy boabard cent Of this day, Colonel
Withers was kulss by see explosion Of a slsl; Near his
1vu re idsnce. Tbs COLONEL father Of Col Wfbsrs,
IF wiLsr's artillery aud had jest returned from ne
ont when b was killed Hs was 5arisd lat nigh. BY
BIZ faithul slave, who wss fred up0nb By the enemy du
the interment Tas boy's Sondaet TO his deceased
is a reb0ks TO tue enemy Ia the face OF lbs en-
position, ~ night within easy range of ths sa-