Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-01

/ through Judge Ogld, commissioner fer the
/ exchange Of prisoners, the Richmond papers
have N9rthsra dates 30 the 26sh. The foIlew-
/ ing Is . summary of the latest news:
I The Philadelphia Iqgttrsy heads ita news
! With the tolDwIng 5ufburst Of sxultatioB
/ RemhaTIme1t of Fort Sumter The Fort is
I New g RuiB' -"Sumter Is Demolighad''-
Fort A1ul.cls ID Slsrced' Gen. Gilm9rs
Demands Su~ender-B BssureEsrd's Reply
Gen. Gilmore kseCs his W0rd-F'irs is Opened
/ Upou Chsrlsst0u-Fflean s inch R;hsd Par
/ ratts at WorE-"N N3n-CombataHss Leaving in
{ - Continuous Streams"
dispafch from New York SAYS:
The steam transports Curzbria and America
arrived here today with advicas from Msrris
island % mi5uiEht of the 2Ist
The bonbsrdnent Of F5rt Sumter still cen
inuad, aud The south wall had been demolished
almost % its base
Forts Wagner, Gregg, sad other rebel batta-
rios replied as ls9rt intervals.
An expedition was 6tting 0ut 70 silence the
James island batteries, which had bsesms an
lO7inE
Oar casualties were small Every conf lence
IN cur success was feS by The otilsrs sHd
troops.
TIE whole Of the southwest side Of Sua.ter
Has demolished, and presented nothing bat q
heap Of ruins.
No guns were being fred at tho fort.
An0.bsr dispatch says:
Every parspst qua was dismoUntsd and
Zascksd iuI8 the sea- and me siege was uro-
crossing terribly la earnest Ir was reported
taat Fort Wagner would soon surrender
The New York EssatHg Post, of the 26ih,
zavs:
The news Of The capture Of Fort Sumter aud
Il q
Charleston has caused a fall OF L per cent. in
gold. which ci5s5s duh at 1881
Exchange, in sympathy with gold, has de.
clued to 1860 1864.
On receipt Of the news from Charleston. the
Asgs wore hcistsd over the Yankee War and
Navy Departments in Washington.
A lispasch dated Washington the 18th, says
lhs6 information Of the most reliable character.
from parties who have very recently passed
soDg he whole route from Richmond to Cui-
psper CoUrt-House show thst Gen. Lees army
IS aE present about sixty thousand strong
Lsas headquarters are witEin q few miles of the
-ourt Bouse Hills anG EHsils corps are in
chat viaiuity. L1ngsTo8is IS at FredeTicks brrg,
aBd SfHsrt'5 cavalry guarding the various foIds
Of the R8ppahaDnock.
The United States sloopofwar Bainbrisro
is reported 20 have f0uBdeTel at ssa, with the
loss of ali her officers and crow, excepting one
eoiored mgn- who was picked up 81 sea BY the
brig South Boston, HHjCA has arrived at Phi)e-
islphia This mau states tbst the Bainbridgs
.pun6arsi on the 2Igt, during a violent raIe
One other man escaped on ths boat, but sUbse-
qs=Hty went crazy sud jUmpsd overheard
The Bsinbdsge left New York on tas l3th fer
Port Royal, where she was 70 DO used as "a store
ship. She was one of the Oldest vessels in TIE
u S. navy.
A liEastraus affair occurred at Vcksburg re--
Gently Tbes steamer City Of Madison was
leading with am auction, when an accidental
explosion seCgHCd, sud the boat, with al its
contents, WAS destroyed
q dispatch from CEeinRsi says The baal
was beiag loaded with smRuaities, and received
nearly tull load, when a negro, carrying a Bsr.
cuasioH shell board, le. It fall, causing an in
sLsut explosion.
TIE boat took Gre and communicated 10 the
aHsuniEoH. Ihs steamer was entirely dss-
trOye3 OIt OF one huadTed and sixty men on
beard only four are known 10 have sscaped
Col. Charles Cs1oll Hicks, oflgieaTagua fame,
lately Of the rebel army, who abandoned the
Contederacy some tms ags, wa8 0H Wednesday
released from the Old Cspitel prison, after an
imprisonment Of enc hundred ana Diseiy days
Cavalry expeditions, sent from VicksbBrg
and MnmphIsh, met at GrenadA--th8 O0lscs be-
ran there tr0m Jackson By the rebels. The
rsbas were On the lookout, aad he cars were
Ellsd with fsncs rails, ready to FIRE on the ap-
preach Of sur .TOeps The trails vas run over
the bridge across tko Yallabughs, and tha bridge
burned. Eitty-ssvan locomotives and four Agn-
dTed cars wore destroyed by the rebeis. This
~sske5 seventy ssveR locomotives and six haR-
q. ears cspl1Fed or destroyed, as the direct
restlt Of the Vichsburg campaign.
The following paragraph is from the Chicago
Tsaiss;
klsectaa' army is nearing Chattanooga,
where Brsgg IS strongly posted, and g battle any
day ia q matter OF probahe occurrence. Burn
sites advance is moving steadily onward, and
vii, IL Is stated, reaca Knoxville, TsnR., within
tive weeks.
Dispatches from MsmPhis say that OAly the
~ amy corps is now stationed a. Vicksbarg.
6ea. Saerman's corps is encamped on the Big
Black, Baar and Cedar creeks The 3th army
corps has moved to Na.chez Tor sanitary reasons.
Aaniral Porisf's 6sst is scattered along ihs
Mississippi riYeI, Gom New Odsans to Cslso.