Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-15

LETTER FROM RGCEaAeND'
spscid Correspondence Of the Memphis Appeall
R1cuNeND, July 10 1853
rbs lvi,- accounts q the Baltimore Amsffcaa, OF the
Proceedings astsr the bstde Of 9eiiysparG AaYihs'
oseted Richmond before we had reesiyed any definite
Information from ssu. Lee, were accepted IS only ex'
- ast,muts Of a ssr'Oas disaster, and tbti
-l,,g wbieh sorvsdsd he city yesterday morning val
-, enough No esmfort could be derived from tbs
vvsr Dsarsasat, for nothing had been heard there,
rsvorasls or ustsvorabls. With regard to Lees srmy.
Towards tse afssrnoon, light began to break in upoi
rs. The qusrtsraasisr at 5tsunt0u teiegFaphed hat
General Lee was in immediate want II two hundred
artillery hefsea. which proved that the line Of comUu.
uicatoa was uninterrupted. TAsB, upon the srriyRl Of
the train from Gordonsviie, i've wounded oficoH,
direct from the Gettysburg Eight, in which hey hail
borne a part, csne nost opportzHely to traBquiis'
she publie mind By the assurance that We hal
sustained no defeat at GettysburgJ that Oh the osntra'
~ the battle had teruinated glorlously for eur armE
that while ne had lest heavily, the enemy's lsss hal
been far more severe and that Gen. Loe hza volunia'
rly abandoned sbs entrsuehRaEts wtthsut the town ~
untenRbls. after having carried them SUCCESSFULLY By
assault These officers further represented that tn,
army was IN e~1csllsnt spirits, and that ten thousand
prissusu sere certainly in eur hands Stll later In tbs
ssv. 70 received the weleoms news from Martini
hurz that Gen. Lee 30 fallen back il excellent order
to HArerstawn. aad held there an impregssble position.
This last Intelligence has been fully confrasd to-day.
The army . ~ right. Lsugstreet Is in the eontsi,
Ewsl on the right wing aud A.P bill on Tie LEFT. Tia
resssRs which Induced Gen. Les ts move back IS far as
Hsgsrsiowu were probably because his base line Wss
measood BY new troops which had been ssnt out fou
BslHmero sad washington aud because he could not
spare troops ssough fsom his main body 10 sfsetu-
IT, ~r-L.- f $780, -
he had tsksu, through the snsmy's country. At
HagsuiowH he is strongly protected by wsrks whiol,
were thrown mp when hlE army occupied that place Oh
thsir way into Pennsylvania, and he is ssms fifteen
miles nearer to Washington than be was at Gettysburg {
If Sen. George @. Meade feliotatss himself that he has
aunfhilatad Gen. Lees amy, if Abe Line-ln fsncisg
hat there is 40 longer say danger for he Federal cap.
lts, these warthies are sgrsgiOusly mistaken. Blu.
neither one Of hem believes anything Of the sort.
The Baltimore AmatoaH ia altogether the most grace.
less and despieable sheet Of the Wsols Yankee press.
Il has been bought up By the Government and ssrvet
lis masters BY printing anything that is likely TO give,
oourags to the faintnE hopes Of the war party in Mary
land. Il has been printing lies and making fake pro-
pheeies from the very csnRsEeement. It aunoEnsed s.
splendid victory at Manassas in July 1861, and presto
Ted The immediate FILL Of Charleston in April, 1853
Hereafter Jet no oHs be alarmed at any tidings Of dis
astsr to tha Confederate srmy In which il may indulge
The news Of the fall Of F~ieksburE has awakened ore
the bittsrest sorrow net E~uminsIss sith surprise. The
public wsrs not prepared for it afier all the eozfdsRs
a-zruranees Trey had received Of ths ability Of General
Pcmbsrton 90 hold cat. The SsBnHsL which is now re-
rardfd, properly or Improperly, g. the Government or.
gan. h Ids Gen. Johnston maialy res5onsbls for the re-
suit sud ths fnmsti1te sPrssfntEtireze Of the Admits
tratfon are said to blame him ia unmeasured terul
The Eramfaer defends Gen. Johnston So FAR as Il dsp-s-
cate hsFtv and uintaliF,nt eonsurs, ans considers that
uaksbarg wss already aosRsd 70 fsl before General
JoEuston had been asRt to relieve f. There viii
probably be- a sosrt Of inquiry demanded BY General
Johnston 70 investigate his csh5uUt IN the matter,
IL indeed hs Is not b ought before a court partial as
o think he viii be, undcr charges e ansWerfor the
inuau-s dizsstsr. In thu mean time st is certainly due
to q gallant officer who has rendered the NEST coHspic
uous services to his country that public opinion shoald
be- suspended smith the proper authority shah Pronounea
upoa his responsibility. There han been gri5vous mis-
conduct somewhere Il It can be shown that be iE the
c~ulpasle person, on him lctthe public indignation Re
visited; but dc not make hiu ths victim beforehand
The damuston OF the general for reverrss sustained in
ais fsld Of operations bss been ths course q the YaH.
KEGS all tbreush The war, but we surely ought not to
make UEfortune a crime.
The loss Of Ytsksbarg is SO erusl g disaster that I'll is
20 b. hoped Gen Johnston viii do all IN hs pevsr 10
retrieve it. or If he can 40 longer ooussnd he conf.
isucs 81 the TROOPS and t1e people IN HAT quarter. tAat
some olhgr nau OF TIE highest military ability may be
ssut 20 oppose tie further progrss. OF the enemy. The
Mshasp Pi ls not necessarily op-us- yet because o. t1s
calamity. Ills safe emily for G~ua57ays, and they could
have run by the 5sttcrisl before Gen. Grant took the
city Time vl show that the loss is not irspara5le,
and certainly time viii demenstrate that it ia mot tie
suBiugat0n Of the Confg5strts States.
Wee President Stephens has returned 50 the city, he
officials q Newport EawE having refused, d is
said, .s allow hin 10 proessd to Wa fiBgtoz as he hsa
designed. Tks obisst he lad ia view in going, is ret
but It is supposed 10 have been tie establish.
zen cr s5us defnits understanding With the Lincoln
Government with regard to the protection Of private
property aHd Esae5mbstant citizens.
General Wlnasr has been promoted from tbs rank Of
brgadier to that Of a maiorgsaeraL
The weather is suItry, with dun sky thst threatens
rain. The James river is sgaiH s~ubsidlag to It's
accustomed bed. Dixie.