Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-14

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the Lever ardsr Of Tebsl soldisEy, and uizkirg to
aseestsiil tse ssslimsRts Of thzs c,-ss.
! Ih05r e1Fressisas are aboUt tie zslas ss those
! whisa I lad ofion heard fran the lips o. tie
ressl officers and oBly differed in the brogBs ia
/ Yhieh they were clothed.
J What the diyil are ye dting US isI You
/ may bate Us new, but you'll HiVsr put us down.
i BY my soNl. we'll fight fill Tie last man or us
is kilt, and ihia, BE- issers, the women win take
. bsRa at i. You may fight US for all eternity,
and thia We went ba whipped aliEeT all !'
! SHch is spesiEssn Of the language and senii-
IRents Of these misguided people They said
! that they had been with 5tonawaA Jackson IN
! all his campaigns, and bad never 5asa whipped
! yet and what was msre, the Yankees c0uld
ueYer raise men ea0ugh 20 doiE
GsE. EARLY No FAvoRITE
/ General Esrly seemed to bs 40 great fsvorilo
/ with these rebels. They said the army dislikod
( him greatly, aud that thay knew several fellows
/ vhs would shost Rim Esrly) last IS quicL AS
/ tAsy would e id YANKEE" If thev cniv got q
! proper opportunity. Assent Gen 3 81, on iie
/ other hsud, they spesk in tie NEST favorable
/ terms. When ] vsntured TO inquire Of ihsla
where thsiT army vas gging, enc Of them re-
| 3hed: dent know EhRTa the army l8 gUlug,
I sHd 6sp't eare 3 5-H. Old Lee s tbs by 10
eRd US into scrape or out Of one, AID We
don't care a d-n"
As bsfore stated, Tegsrde5 tais eaavsrss-
l lion as important only as showing tha tssliug of
the lower order Of ths rebel army, ans Sc indie
eating how Thoroughly the etissrs have sue
ceedee in imBuiRg tbeir inen with tsalI own ul-
tEG ssHtiments
BURNING or STEVENS FURNACE.
The fhree rshsT soldiers left iu 3 high state Of
elevation and inaiRg that iha rebel army vas
I not advancing, I resumed 10 journey aud drove
IS fast as 1 eouiS 70 sievsns' funacs. This.
with tbs FSllisg mi attaehsd 20 It. was heap
Of rajHs, having been committed 20 The flames
I By the rebels. A5sus half q mile further on 1
INST tho oafB5sts Of the enemy.
One Of them asked me 70 permit him te riae
/ with me back to his camp. { asseute3, sad
while driviBg alsag fouad my Baw e0nUaui2n
70 be a fellow Of great Intelligence ea5 afssr7a-
! tioB. BE was a private IN ono oi the Virginia
regiments, and informed ne tbs. the io-es Just
ahead Of Us WAS The corps of Gen. A p Eiili
that it bad advanced that day ABOUT fifteen
miles and was then eHsampsl en- both sides Of
the road all he way fren Greenwood to Fsyeite-
vile.
PASSING aqssds Of Infantry, cavalry, baggage
whFons and ssriics Of s6lGisrs on f7raging ex-
psditisEs, who we've rejgruing loaded With
chickens, butter, eggs and vegetables Of every
description, proceeded thr0Rgl ila entire coIps
af Con A. p Hill wftheat any difficulty, or
having any questions asked me. ! pushed
boldly ahead as if I had perfect right 55ao SO,
and therefore was not noticed.
THE REBEL GEEERAH-TS-OHEF
Arriving at ssouffsrtsTn. I was informed that
Cen Robert E Les. the rebel gonaral-iR-gaisf,
was eAeamped IN the woods just gssaj, only a
half a mile from ChambersbuTZ. Having soias
curiosity 10 sss this arch rebel. ina aired of enc
Of the soldiers whare I ceRi5 sss GsaerHi Lee.
Ee Roiats5 oat to Tns > sail, Aaa looking othssT,
sitting in freut sf q apacyUs tent with 0Is Leg
crossed over the ether, ans kis head aigctly do
pressed, with his eyes evidently yEcspfy bant
on the groEnd. Hs appeared f. be ia deep
thought and SEEMINGLY lid not noticewEst was
occurring around hluI. csuid not bol1 th-E-
ing, while gtzing on this Distinguished rebel,
chat his was the hgad % a man Of more taaa
ordinary ability. P8rhsps even taeR be was
maturing the "details o. some gTsnd samusign
/ by which hs hoped 20 HEgoG0Ial cur UElen
commanders.
However, did net ksvs much ti1e isst tbsH
to 9HrsHo ths pscv isr lrain Of t60vgtt which
was upoB me, esd feaUug thu, Z weg!d be
nsticod Irelsctantly Withdrew and preessjod
in the direction of ChaIabersburg. On striving
at thig piscs I fssad that lha Iohs ar1ny lad
been pRssigg throuFs tsers fer vv0 or 'hree
days, and thai their rear, c5nsistiHg Of Gees.
PicketFs Virginia troops aud Cen Aeod'a Tex
ass, were iust tken goipg by.
AWAY BOWS SOUTH IN DIXIE
Nearly every regiment thal I saw, aulJhsaa
whs had passed, Wera accompanied either Av
brssE bszd or fife and drum corps. Iaa
bands were playing vita mach cpir.t tsuoh pep
ulsr Conie4sTGis G-rs 6 away Down s nth IN
Dixie" ''Bsnais 3 ss Flsg,' "Mssszs in tbs
Geld, Geld GfcHpd," and other Weu known 1ir5.
h. -re.frs -rrsH
lassa, who exhibited ais skiH by throwing IL
over rebel officer, sitting e. h5rsabecki by
way Of iske. He also caught Union dog
with tho laaso as g pUni5bmeub for baking on
the spprsach OF the rebels
TIE WHOLE REBEL FORCE NOT FIFTY THOU
sGHD.
From persons who had counted theHl, and in
whose judgement has great caBf5Cnca. I learned
that the wbsle force tAas had passed t1rsagh
5reeneastlc aad ChamharsbaTg including team
slera and ofiecfs, infantry. cavalry 80d artillery
did net excasd thirty-fouJ thousan5 That about
tws thousand still lay outside Gresnessle thst
had set bsgn counted, making IN al thirty six
thoussnd men This. wi.h tha f17cs under
Early at Yarb. wsHid make the whole rebel
force north Of HagarstewA not more tban forty
thousand ave hun6rsd. Accompanying this
army were oBs hundred and Sky t7s pieces
Of artillery, forty Of which ware te heaviest
kind Of PsErst gans, sixty Of which were heavy
brass cannon and tbe rest consisting Of N4p0l-
eens, fer throwing shell, and thin mBunted
rife cannon, which I had never seen baiore
These, with tie esnRen with Eary's tIrsas
made the rebel artillery ssoSUnt 70 0ao huadred
and sightY-lauT pieces, The whole force O.. cav
airy and moEntcd infaRiry did not exsegd EFeen
handred. Only about one-third Of thess were
regaleF eavairymsa, srmed with earbRes, Sc
bers and nevelveTs. The remainder were arme8
"a
learned that Gan. Egei Wiih his whole
force, except thst portioa which was under Ear
" st Ysrk. occupied the extreme front that
Lsngstrest aud D. Ii Hill were wifhin support
ing distance of EweI uD near Saippenshurg
and Carlisle. Gen. A. z Hill'a srDs am0Vass
to sbout 10000. This would leave force Of
eighteen fe twenty Thousand 10 the Ccaaosriand
valleys, ChanbsTs5Crg % Harrisburg, st the
present writing.
A citizen nom near Carlisle informed mo test
a very large portion Of shis force hsa taken toe
Walnut bottom road, east Of tho Cumberland
Talley railroad, indicating az advance towards
Gettysburg BY tho Carlisle and Gstiys5ugg pike
PRESENT SITUATION or AFFAIRs
twill thzs bs ssea taai Les IS ia ths cealar
Of bis aTuly at ChambaFsbBrgt witl his t0ieas 80
disposed that no csz eeHcsnt7st8 thFEa 81 within
sne day, either for Al Rayzues on tlz-Tlsburg on
Baltimors, By way af Gsttyshurg, or 70 Eaeas
69H. Meade, eeReersiBg whose WhegeG5aais the
rebel sfiesrs manifest oonsidsrabs aExieiy.
STORES ROBBED IS cHAMBERsBUBG.
Ia Chambersbug ths Tabels had 5rolysR 10
stores completely stripped thera Of a lziads Of
goods. Drug stores, dry goods stores snd gre
eeries had bseR visited most extensively
At the bookstore Of s. S. shryoek, tha rebels
had purchased eight thsussnd dollars worth Of
stationery, paying for It literally IN Coaiader-
ate scrip Citizens were stopped ia the street
1 by soldiers, and compelled 20 exchange hsts,
boots, and, in s0nae instances, even pants. The
I Rev. DR.. Sack was robbed in open daylight Of
a gold wstch aud City dsliers IN money and
nero we're numerous ether instaRces whese citi-
had been deprived Of money aud watches.
II is said that lf the country districts the sold.