Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-27


lremorseless as ever, bat 1t is The Wan Dsm1a C
Famine, more thar the Mol0eh Of carnage
There is now g complete c0rdoa Of intreneheg
works around VicEsburg, eIte eRding 20 th,
river, at 6istsnes Of q mile and three quartet!
above the courthouse, 60 the extreme left O
the arHy under Gen. LaumsH.
We have & line Of communication short d;
rect and comparatively unexposei to attack
Through WarTsuton and Chcksssw bayou. tn.
policy Of cur commanding officers is 70 destroy
al the bridges, bleck mp with fellsd trees al tbJ
roads, and IN every way rstaTd the approaches
! to Nicksburg through the are of q c0ncentriC
| circle of twenty miles in the rear, so shat Jse
/ Johnsten's army Of reserve, II IL should ever
| prove 10 be more than an army Of "Ggrgons
| HydTss and ChimeTss dire" viii iu5 il e task
/ OF seTas difficulty to unearth Us There Is m
/ serious apprehension Of G fire in tAs rear for
| some tine 10 come. Loring's division. 81 that
Is left Of it, is uuquessionably muck demoral-
| izsd, and I doubt whether Il could be brCughi
sEain 10 face the victorious army Of FIVE battle
6elds. Gen. Blair stal-sd some days since f0T
I Tazoo City, where the oBamy IS reported con.
/ centrating, With bis old brigade under command
| Of Col Msnter, and portion Of his present dj-
visien. He is reported to have mat the enemy
in heavy force, to have routed bin and taken
tvs feld-pieces aad four hundred prisoners.
] Gen. Oslsrhsus. You know. is stationed with
! oEE ULlEAQa ~ Dig ILaEA DfllEe. All EIe
whole, believe I am safe IN saying that the sur
render Of YisksbuTg is only question Of time.
Tell me how long the bssisged troops can sub
/ sist On quarter TRti0ns aud avoid the necessity
Of eating shee-lesthsr, aud I wiil tell you when
| they viii capilUlsts. From statements of do
/ ssrterG It aBpesrs pretty well established that
the larder Is not likely to hold out for mere than
q month Longer. Gen. H0vey has learned fron
Ia citizen of Vieksburg the precise position Of
I the mill used to grind the corn for the army
and designs soon 20 take tilt at It with his bat
tsTiss. A day OF two Ei1ca, as G tag Of truce
was being sent across The lines, as if by
= mutual understanding, although wi.hsus any
preconcerted arrangement, there was 9 gen
ersl cessation Of hcsalties all along the line.
The Butternuts swarmed up on thFir breast
works The Blue Goats, prompted by the
proverbial curiosity ef tHe Yankee, charged
scT0ss the rsYines in 3 mos. uumIitsyy and uG-
ssngpirary assault; and Uaeis Sam and LaE
Gotten hoh-rshbsd together, as though the
awful tragedy in which we are eugsesa wsrs
simply sound snd iury, sigrifgiug nothing
Gen. Green, who played principal part in that
"fearfsl check given to eur arms at Port Glib
sen, was On this occasion visible to th3 naked
eye, in great Tei11da1cs Of gay whiskers end
moustache, Hs was Of Opiui )u that we yT- I'D
have 20 leave in about I've days We have by
this time exhausted even the days Of grace.
The bideOus stains Of bsttle had not yet been
renewed. The ''tomb.ess dead" as they fell
among suTging cannon and tusilades, still lay
blacksnsd and r0tting under the bare Southern
sky. Slme had lsiR .ker8 two days in q living
death. Oae poor fellow, whose name have not
learned, had been shot through the arm, and
might nave rej5iEsd eur army, but preferred to
rsussin ana bring WBtsI to kis c9mTE5s who had
been shst through the leg, ard could not move
Both will less limb st life should be preserved.
Do not know that blame attaches 70 any oae
for this delay. Il is certainly much 10 be de-
plorsd.
Yesterday msrning and evening a Tremendous
esnnoEsde was opened along ogT whole lines,
and from the gUnb3ats. I. was the savage ex-
ultations Of 3 dozsn 4ths Of July. Tae way
clouds rolling down rsPidly filled The cir and
ebscured the works of the enemy. The shots
were generally thrown, j believe, over the rebel
red0Bbis. as far as possible iato the heart OF the
city. From various sources we. learn that our
shells have done the enemy no little damsge,
destroying cattle. horses, and buildings, and fIe-
queutly men. TIE woren and children are
buTowing tlrough the bowels of the city, ike
the ancient Christians through the Catae1m5s
Of Rome. The entrarca 90 this su5.-T~auesn
abode is directly beneath tie high point known
as the ''sky parlJr," not far from the court
house. Last evening afforded a hna view of
the bombaTdment Of the m1vtsy-bosts, which
the editor Of the Vicksburg Whig thought the
ladies' of the city would SO much enjoy behold
ing froE their yersndshs. The sight was O-e
Of the subimest 1 have ever seen, and although
a commoH enc IN the army, is doRbtiess novel
to many Of your readers. The evening might
have been more favorable. Fer the moon. sl-
Though subdued by bank of clouds, was Ei
its hrst quarter, and somewhat obscUred the py-
rotschnics. The hTst intimatisn that g bomb
was coming, was a lUFid fash, like ssmmsr
lightning fr0B Q cloud beneath the horizon. A
m08eHt after, diEa spark like a meteor hat
aglow, could be seen climbing the sky. momen-
tsrily visible, aud as often disappearing as She
globe Of death revOivs3 IN its upward ca
reer. Soon after the fuse OF the shell began 70
ascend, the sound Of the discharge would coma
swinging along the sir with g sUlsn boom. /
Ms6nwhiie tie shell can be seen slowly making
lis way upward, until it st.sins en- immense ald.
iude where it hangs for q msnsnt as il poised
in the air, theH begins 70 descend slowly at first,
but aeceeratng its velocity ti it shoots into the
earth with speed q lightning. At the same
time you hear a rushing sound, broken sern5
what ike that Of q locomotive in the distsnce
ana eeasiug with su eoa thump. Some
times the shell sxplodes before reauhing the
eaTth, breaking into a puff Of Aasas aud smoke.
Then follows 8 sharp crash that makes the esrth
shake araia. The whole scane is Plct0oian
and subims. Ias rise Of the Dim far OF light
through the ether is like tie flight Ct a soul 10
Immortality. The descent is Ike the fall of LH-
eiicr, with hideous ruin and c0abus.ioH, down
70 bstiomless perdition." When the shell eI-
plodes lust before reaching tho earth, ths vslee-
itY Of the fragments thrown in the same direc-
ton wish the line Of descent must be frigstful,
dire lho TGlsciiy given b. the bursting Of the
shell % tiai acquirs4 b. he Tremendous mass
af iron. after rushing thousands o.. ies d0wn-
ward through lhs air i5s'er's % pound PaI-
rots were mavad forward last MIG 4s Go position
alusst within pistol shot Of the enemy. Three
ether cannon el e similar description were
added 70 the armameut Of Gen. Sherman.
The earthworkt Of ihe cont3adng forces aTe
fast assuming the dimensions Of q second Sc
basiopol. General MePhsrs5a has scheme on
io0s which may perhaps resuis shortly in the
capture Of the stronghold opposite him, but any
alusion less btlphie than tho on9 contained IN
this hint, woulS be improper.
The lesses 81 the army during the present
campaign have been very hesvy In Geasral
McClornsnd's corps Cars division have lost
about two thousand That Of General Hovgy,
In tie two battles of Port Gibssn and Cham
pion hill. Is SOB. Sail Tie army is ia hRs c5n-
didon and "sagar for the fray"
There was an unfortunate Misunderstanding
On the day Of the general assault, which grew
out Of the transmissien Of 3 dispa.ch from Gen.
McClernsnd 70 Gen. Grant, which deserves a
word Of explanation here, otherwise q misap-
prehonsion may arise ia reference 10 the a9air.
A. - O'clock on the day of the assault, Gen.
McClsrnand sent a written dispatch to General
Grant that be had hotly engaged the en-
s9y" had part possession Of two forts +"
that ths Stars and Strips were waving
over them, aud thst the enemy was pressing
him on the right and lsft flank, and that ne
woald be glad Il tho troops under the other
commands would push the enemy This
dispatch was sent after 6 number Of LAWYERS
brigade had entered the ensmy's weriIs,
apparently with little er no resistance. Oar
soldiers were lying on the sido Of the works
our flag was floating over the parapst. Aad my
own Impression, which afterwards proved ts be
true, rss that the rebels had pretty mach aban-