Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-17

i Near Wuhau1fBcrb Gen. tAl pa-Tlek 0zfa8u 3
/ iuaetiss with Gen. B lfoFd, wh8 had advanced
I pr8Vioully in tlst dirEctien frou BPsHssoTs
7 Thc ssn6insd lscees tsan made sn attack on ths
( rebels at VyIraaas7ort bat the rebels Wsrs found
! in heavy force fhers, and, after a s8vsre Hght
! the rebels bringing iuts action esTairy, RgEil-
/ Iary aad Infantry, While snly cavalry was eE'
| gagged ca our side, sur feYcGs withdrew toward
Z Bsocsaers
I At WiMameBart tas rsbsls had some three
/ th usaud WaeaHa parked ready for crossing The
river, prstsctsd by heavy batteries postea IN
{ Commanding pasih0ns-
! Generals Bufsrd aad Kilpatriet eacaupcd
assr BseHsbor8 ca Monday Eiybt and remained
I thars su Gay Tuesday. usmelestsd by the rebels
The report Of Gen. Kilpatriek's death was
oceazi5use By bis leaaiPg charge il person,
sa6 ast rgiuninE te camp Gs eoaa IS some oi
ils otssrs, It vas supposed he had been killed 81
captsTe5.
MOVEMENTS ALONG THE PoTsMAC.
A dispatch hom Washington says
From letters received beFs, 1t appears, ca
FrsdsY last. It was ssesrtaiRed by Gen. Mead
that Stuart was BrePaTieg to make sHa Of bis
cu-eomsry RAIDS on our rear. 70 cu eff eur trains
srr prevent oCniauaiczriea sith Westminster,
Baluaoss u Washington. Gen. STsgE, with
L.s E2VairT aivlsiGn, was ordered to advance
from sur extreme right snd in tsrGeEt hia. Tax
ING .Eo brig ades and a battery, he proces5sl 70
accc1r.ish bis uisrisn, and met S.asIE a5eus
tive ul'las-f frsm eur liEus, already On the way Is
szscuts BiE design. Grsg1 Charged ca thsreksis
sHd was st frEt rgpUi e., but II lisd ehargsd
gEaa AID rlUGes Stua-t'E fore, AEssE tas
krlsa were tive retel Majors sr loss wes
thirty or forty killed sud one hun ea and tsH
wounded Arn.lsry Was Ussd en- both siGeE.
ARother letter -9m hesfceerier5 ssys thst
General maa36's Movements are very energetic,
sEe he may decide 70 cross the river ia par
sHit Of the rebels, shsUld they escape from tzis
siia.
The rebels have sent ever Tie river wagons
wish ptUaser, cattle, herses, eic.
It IS Isprsseaiej that some UnieR prisoners
have been piscsd II ch4rgs Of Gca0ral InbesaR,
ard sea, uythe river to ercss, Prsbably At Han
cook
Esrlv on tEs rl1ruir- Of The 9th instant t7rs
gent easa fsa Piszgast Valley, rear HsrFsr's
Farry, arrived at Frederick, reporting tia, tie
rebels had been busily employed in 6arryiag
ever tee river the grain and other articles LEFT
rhsre in the hasty evacgaiGn OF that point
few days zro. Aft=rEard .hsy visited the farm
hoIses ia Peasant Y4lly, to Procure herses and
sesrch tae pTenisss Of ciliz ms bus on learn
ing tsat bsdy Of err troops were apprsaehirg
they bssHly decamped.
Two rebel spies were lately arrested. but their
eIecutieR bas been delayed in couseq qdsacs Of
enc (s aegro) kaviag promised 70 make import
ant disc.osuiss. A .hiTd is now in oae Of sur
csr3Bs Un5sr strict surVsilaacs.
The wheat 6sids in frederick and sbs sdiain-
inE ccun lies are yielding 50 abundant harvest.
There IS great rel -iciHg amenE the farmers il
consequence Of tie rebels hzViDg been foilsd in
th-.r plans ts harvest the crops o. CoDfsdsrsie''
account
A dispatch to the New York Tunes Gays:
The Posomse fs vet toe high for Lea to a.
1sra at q crossing of iris infantry T-rv are try
ing % sieve pd Su Of lHer fsTce and tbeir
wo1U6cd across The -er a. Sheppsr5stovn.
Tha rs5a.a have =. the greater psrtiOR of
llsir t--ll7 into valley near Wilia2sR0rt, and
covered E#ere By artillery posted CT the sou.H
siiu e. Chs Potomac.
Adlaesca EoH ChanBsrssu-g ssys;
Ar BeHs, q citizen Of this place, who wss
p rHtE-ei by the rebels, h5s jns. returned from
vi iamrp1rt. which place be iefr yesterday
meraiUr. He says that the re 3sls resc-- Fe5
ava. gJa9 -sgtl g ne p ls7usE. wiic1 had ces-
.H-sd tCa- -1hdr6l wHg1us that bzd crossed
oyer before isa h.gI Teggr.
AaothsT dispatch says:
Yesterday morning tie rebels nlza=~sd t1 sr-
C7gH II Vtize4-stzr austIaF bridg-. Th 81
7tritHstraiiuS sbs rush e wa saEa IN the P.-
s-- -c back
o. dis, 51r,ag The day, IN ~ sroased their en-
tire va r5n train, HuCn sm5Qia1ess a. thsy had
With ll-H, tEsir wounded, and such IF our
UocFs IS hey save az prisoners, IS wzd a. ell
else Belonging TO sheir army whel wsud be
zl-olzs8 ia ca5s of an sHEsgsmaot. These ali
were Hten last heard nom, being raPidIy- hur- I
RED forward
rEE RETREAT or LEES ARNT-THE RACE FOR
TIE POToaIAC-TH2 COUNTRY STRIPPED
or EvERTTHEG.
A is- n trsm Aeaas's army, speaking Of tie !
.a.HEE back of LIS rom Pennsylvania, says:
LIE, On Friday night finding his army SO
laiIy lsfsa-sd, no aauat It enes camHaeRced 8 |
-sps -slrss' ts the river, aad meviag night s1d I
DAY, was able 10 reach il with large bsdy Of /.
troops by Monday OF Tuesday Gan Msa5e, /
81 Saturday, had to wait until Less designs |
developed themselves. aaa tHss a. least ha!f = 4
cay was gained in the start by Lac before bis /
celreat bgc-ms 6xsd fac: to eur commander.
THis will explain why eur army was Bos asis /
10 reach the PJtcEuRc In ssvaUcs sf the rebels /
sid intercept their retreat, IS many n0s familiar
with tie geographical features Of tls country 4
suVp.sye was an essy matter.
Oae advsutsge possessed by Lee in reach ~ /
'he Potomac . 80 n, was, thst tie river sbevs /
Isypsr's Ferry stretches away 70 the North. /
zaziDg curve ug 20 WIlinmsport, which I
rsadsr the djs.sEss TO be Travelled By Lee from /.
Ges'ysburz aBch shorter than that tsken hy 1
gur troops in reaching ths same poiRE
Every hotel eatiaE-hesse and private heuso I
iu F7e5s-iek ard al the surrounding towns /
thr0uEa which tee army passed, have been caa-
plsteY eaten eu5, shipped Of everything edible 7
ard bioi1s, a0d huadreds Of hsBgry 0Aicers 1
are iurps3 swsy frasn the betsls every kour I
disappeintsd at not being able T. get naaal, |
aud as for fsTags Ter bsrses, it is almost sg
scarce as geld Go lars The crops are gbEnaast, I
but msl caa't sss. hay, straw, sBd raw earn, I
azd tie farmers have exhausted tlsir sappiss
sf bacon. brsad shd vegetables, il supplying
ihs seldiars. Il such is cur csRditioa, what
H,ust lhas Of tie rebels be, who hsTs ne large
ciaes 60 draw susplss rem IS We Asvs
THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER.
AdisPatch sIons Harrisburg says;
Harrisburg is noE, bswsTar, 81 tranquil that
e Is almost izp8ssi5le 70 write saything izlger-
iant, contraband sr othsEwise, n regard 70
sfairs either il # or IL Us VieiaitF. Oar militia
are s'ia passiag thrsagb 70 the frent By thsu-
sands, and viii esREans te % 80 for ssms dsys
10 come. Ia the uassEsims, Bs = cczparies are 1
constantly arriving at Camp CurtiH, ard are
being isrnlsd nte regi gimaBts ss fast ss thsy A.
rive Thair arrival aa3 departure are sccompz. !
Risd by no very 1sisy demeas.Tziszs, % that
very few are aware o. the really itaEsass nun-
Der Of troeps that pass through here nightly.
We bad q brush with the enemy at Nation
town, near the State line, and fsHr and half
zaies south Of GfeeEssstle in which eur piolkets
druve IA tbs piskeis CT the rebels.
Oar militia, sndsr Cen Smith, had regular /
fzht y4i-h poFtiOa Of the enemy 81 Wa7nes- !
b5.o' lasssairht. The setieR lssisd for hslf an
heur Our Psnusylya-ia tr0eps fooght braVely I
The rebels laly retired % tb NAN body.
I ul,slsrst sns tsat Gen. FFeatz si-el VII take
eemmsn5o Of GUS PsRnsylvsEia STATE Inih.ia in
Ia. aa1ediats advance. TIE boys are ali highly
s.esss6 With TIA idea.
AI,i7r-z zs.elsl Couch ard staf went to Car
Isle yssiel day sn5ralaF, .oget-as vita number
ef tie t.ac3cs ~ kasdquarteEs.
Hoa. J lEiR n SsaatoR, Secretary Of War,
Ganersi Houpt, aHd member Of o,her distin-
7uiaAa5 rentlsm8n from ssaing,0H, visited I