Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-02
brilliant kxplOii OF Hnn,plon's Cavalry

From the Richmond Wing. December q
The fact that the splendid body Of cagHlTy undei
General Hampton lately made another successful incHr
sion up n tue onemys Ines, was briefly noticed yes.eT
day. We are indebted to Captain Lumpkin, who has
just arrived from the scene Of exp cit for additional
particulars 0f he exploit. On Fridsy last, Gen Hamp.
ton took a detachment of five hundred from lis brigade,
and pF0ceededtO OcsOq1an, in PriHee William equity.
Virginia, aud succeeded in capturing a picket post OF
~forty-six men, commanded by a Federal lieutenant. and
in the same neighbOrhood to0& enough more stray Yam
KEGS to make the number of his prisoners ore hand ed
and seventy-tTo. The best p 1T Of it bowever, was
the capture OF a number Of suffers wagons, ca thei
way TO the Fe lersl army, with most Va'aahls- stores E1r
the Christmas holidays. 1t was an easy task for Oh
boys 20 lake possessl u OF there, cOusid ring {; their
right, under the circumstance, to enjoy the frolic attended
for the Yankees They found almost ev nv conceivsh}s
luxury, such as the best Of LIQUORS ami cigar p-ese,val
fruits. oranges ana lemons, eaSes, saGlr mi ice, and
tits hardly necessary 70 say that "a y Supplied item
selves literally. Every privats got "a pair Of excellent
staniial cavalry boots were also secured. SOM eight
or ten horses eu i abaa, 209 small e-ms are not AMONG
the i ast valuable OF the captures It was necessary to
destroy a considerable amount Of stores owing to q
want % transportation but shortly aflerward our cav
! AIRY came uRon wagon train, Consisting Of thirty-two
new vehicles Of superior manufacture, with six fine
mules attached to each. which wers Quietly trspsfsrred
| 70 the custody Of the Confedsrates. These wagons ware
I empty, and on their way to the ARM near Freierleks-
burg. Some OF the cases Of liquor taken from the suit
lers were marked "a Christmas present for Gen. Burn.
side. The chisftan therefore will have to draw bis
| suppliesfrom some other source.
An iuportant capture was mad ia Prince william. in
the person Of a notorious Federal SPY by the name of
Underwood. 4 detachment was sent to his mothers
| house, ard search was made for him, for a time without
success. The officer IN command Their suggested the
prOpriety of opening the old Iaiy's wardrobe. but sbe
interpoged the most vehement objections. Orders. how.
ever must be obeyed, and with as mnch politsness a.
possible, the dame was put aside, The wardrobe opened
and there stood Underwood. He was taken into Gus
t0dy, and sent with the other prisoners to Gen. Hamp-
tons camp as Stevensburg, and thence TO Gord0nsFile.
The Yankee soldiers, in conversation with our men,
%professed to be Democrats, and Violent opponents of
Lincoln Their opinion was thar the Federal army
was mnch demeraized but they had not been allowed
to see the EeRspai ers since the fight, and knew but
little of what was going on. It YVES. however. their
belief thst they tyere badly thPashed st Fredsricksbrg.
They seemed rather pleased than otherwise q. the fdez
Of going to Richmond. aud expressed a great desire to
see Generals Lee aud JHeksOn, whom they seemed 20
consider the great men Of the age-naxt 70 Mcclellan
Gen. Hampton has been doing Aus work forthe cause
since the winter campaign opened, aud is entitled 20
much credit lie has a spien0d brigade, well equipped,
and slTays ready for a bold and fearless dssh upon the
enemy,s ii e.
We have some further intelligence from an officer who
participatedin ahe ader.
Hamptonhs command crossed the Rappahannock and
went within eight miles Of Manassas Junction thence
Alsxan tria to Fre5erickabure. some two miles above
Dumfgies. and cutting tho telegraph wire; then pro-
ceeded toward Alexandra, capturing several picket
posts between fhere and Oceog an. At the latter place
they met the train Of wagons above alluded to. which
inst ia time to ferry then over The suffers wagons,
81 already stated we're loaded with fine liquors and
Christmas "fxns" for the army near Frefericksburg. |
A good deal Of valuable pfoPerty was brought Of.
r7be spv. John C. Underwood, was the hrst man to |
raise the Black Republican Gag on Yirginis soil
~ The following are Prentico's latest, as we find
them in his Journal:
A writer from LAGRANGE, Tenn, says that the rebel
women are suffering previously for the want o. snuff 1
Their noses are terribly starved Their prayers for
peace, like Yankee psalmOdy, are uttered through the
nose.
The Richmond Enquirer has done mre for the rebel
lioa than any other paper in the SouthNrn C0nfederacy,
the New YORK Tribune has done ter. times as much
for il as the Richmond EagHirer.
Even Spain IL atlsst threatening and bullying US. Our
country must indeed conclude that sheis aAjck lion when
she fnds herself kicked byAuch q miserable s
Isdoss no good to reply IN newspapers to The siauders
OF the British press on tte Federal cause. Our army
navy, and they only, can make effective answers J
Col Moore, the HarsyIle p0itroon, shduia have the \
word Hartsvilie branded upon bis forehead, bis back, the
balms Of his hends-and his nightcap.
Floyd's career will bring him to the gallows, Nut even
here be will rise with tho occasion.