Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-18
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TIE truth begins stIast 10 make KS asoesr-
anes. It is pr5yeriialy slow d hslts in its
gait; bat it never stops Ia les march, ami il al
ways oveTtakes fslssh08d, th3Hgh the latter hy
On the wings Of the wind. We have no sfic.zi
~aseeans Of the battle Of Gettysburg, although,
We sb5uid tkiRk, the gutheusies must surely
have received oas before this. Bat many
WSuBdsd eHiosTs-ssme Of them men Ct great
iutsligeacs-haYe arrived, AID from a c8mpari-
son sf tksir sLstemszis We are enabled to make
sut tie fsAaEiaE facts
The battle of GsttTsbErg was, o. our part, a
q triumphant saecess-an overwhelming victory.
We beat the enemy on al three Of the days
On FRIDAY we dr6Fe him i've ml8s. assaulted
his Publications, and carried them He YVES Ut
teTly besten aud d~iscomftsd g. sl p7.ns. That
GsHerai Lee did net continue 90 hold these hr.i-
Hcstions was solely due 70 the fact ihas they
we're in that mountainous couutry. overlooked
by q lofty range Of bigsts which entirely com
handed them. To these Rights the Yankees
fed for protection, precisely as thpy did 20 thair
zuu0gsts At Maven aiA, SD Cen. Lee with
drew his army for ths same reason that be with
drew Hsm the range Of the gunb5ais' Ere That
be vas repulssd in his attsck on tho istrenca-
meua-thst be fed ia iis0rder-thet his army
was dsmsalz3l-zgs YANKEES hes Ell Lns frss
msgniluds.
They were net believed at Washington. how
ever thsy sight have been hsro, for that city
was ia a s.ats Of Hncoatc0llah,s terror on san
day night. Tbas Lincoln did not bsIisv8 thom
is evident from his calling CT al the tr20ps
from the neigs5srhood Of Old Point, save amere
handful TIE slaughter Of the Yankees VAS
terrible saYeua 81 r05zer example, and the isls-
g+sEh operator wss net 80 far w-eur when he
said We had tortv thousand prisoners, ss Ezs
been supposed. We broe-ht egvav thirteen
thousand, and tAsusas5s ars allowed 20 pgcaue.
Every house il Gettysburg was filed with
Yankee soldiers, wks had bssa left behind when
err tsc0Ps eats1sd. The soldiers 6uiiug out
iaat they Wsze Wjtain, Generally I'm conceal
hiding places
TAs Cuormsu5 e-HcUa5Ta1co inflicted By shass
prisoners was enc cause Of Gsn. Loe's rssr1-
/ grade march. EysrY aEiesr who has splxs1 ca
tRs subi-e says that this zsvsueas was net
| determined bE anything the Tslkers demo or
! coul2 Do. Gen. Lee had won taa ground and
e9Gld ssvs hold il, but he csose, Gr military
reaEens- to fsI back, atsr- hzvirg utterly broken
Z the 5sck5oas 81 tina Yankee army. Apparently.
he has no inlsaliss 10 rser5ss ts5 P0s0mac, sld
Washington is nearer 70 Hagerstown tasH Il is
to Gettysburg.
It IS stated, upon good sglhoFisy, that cur
loss, ia aIied, W5uudsd and Missing, did E9t
[ sxeaed 10000. II, a. the YaEkaeE assert we
lost 4.O00 prisoners, then our loss IN killed and
Wgaafei vas only 6G09-a very snsI lees.
e5Bsi5sring the Bamber Of con5atals5 sad Eae
IsHg.h Of ths battle. The Iznkass took 10
cannes, althoUgd they eiain t. have AIKEN Eve
I've pieces wess sAaa6cz=d because thsy were
disabled aud th8 horsss at.sehot 90 tha= were
killed. These fell into thsis hzzds, aad form
ne sole dismal sre=kies IF what thcy pretend
TO consider g great triuaFh Oar srmy is u
sDIeudii order, and ready for another c1ufct
They hsvo not been pursued, as tie Yankees
falsely sisted, for they were ia no e9rf ion ta
pursue, ard 1t was, IN fact. she very taiug thst
General Lee most Of 81 desired Meade seem
to have gone 10 parts Unkn0wR-Ricbmgnl
DSyatch, Of HsHday