Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-01
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Great Events at Hand.
/ F-sn the New York Herald, June I6I
| The city was startled yes .srday with the eL-
Z citing news Of another invasion Of Maryland
I by some advanced detacAnents Of the rebel
/ army Of Virginia By the positive information,
I In this c0nnsetjsn, Of raPid flank moyen n.
n1r.hward BIZ Gen. Lse with the main body OF
I his army. aud by the proclamatiOa Of Presidsat
I Licc5la calling for hundred thousand mii,ia
rom the States CT Mazylald, PenHsyivanla,
West Virginia and Ohis 70 aid in the work Of
driving back the eueny.
With the additional details which ne publish
-o-5sY cf the muVemaats Of the rebel torees ia
re Shenandoah valley, and on the Potomac be-
/ low Washington, aud in Maryland and Penn
ggl7anis Is rs very clear that Gen. Les has re-
. solved sink or swim, upon some bold sad das-
pzrale enterprise te repair the sinking fortunes
of ths rebellion. Il is vel known thst since
tEc last great battles e. the RappaEaRuock he
hss 5asn heavily reinforced fem North aa3
Sguth Csroiias, while our army OF the Potomac
has been considerably rsdUcsd sy the loss Of
many regiments sf veteran vsluntsers with the
I expiration Of lhei- spBeiata1 terms Of service
Thus we dare say tha. the army ef Lee, IA
p5iat Of numbers, IL EOw fully equal, If not
superior. % that Of Gen. Hsokor. As sll svsats,
=
self sufficiently strong to uadartska an aggres-
siv8 campaign, aEd that in the outset he has
stolen 2 narea up0a Gen. Hooker sad tAs Var
OHice
The question rsc1-s, what are the objects sad
what are TIA expectations of the eRsmy in this
aggressive campaign WA. are lhey driving
40 Is it f. deCrIcivs foJsy through Maryland
into tas hears Of Pennsylvania, or the capture
I Of Washington by a rapid movement, with aH
4. 81 3 -EA .ars-r
Or is Lee aiming, with the maiR body Of the
army, 30 en-. ia between General Hooker sHd
the na;iaaal capital, and thus to cut aim eff aaa
cut his columns to pieces We, Of esurss,
know nothing of the dispositions Of General
H75kers forces since the brezking up Of his
camps 81 the Rsppshaun9ck. u viii safi ;s
for the present ihst his whsle srmY is il motiez
toward Washington, and from this fact il is
likely tkat, between some portions Of the two
armies, ssnguinary calLisiou may at aay me
meat occur, II DC has not already taken place.
Bu. from the eighteen thousand rebels re-
ported az Winchester in the Shenandoah valley,
and fron the ten thousand or msrs Whs crossed
iHss MARYLAND b5l0w HsrDer's Ferry, and frsm
the fact that 20 rebel forces have b5sa reported
a. au any Of the roads lssaiug froR CulEsper
10 Washington, it is probable that LIE IS Fley-
ING Ais whole army around en- the rear of wash
i0Esln, or On 8 destructive eampliga through
r-erh ltll ana 1-lLl lFALlh Dtlure G-u LAJ1hsE
csa co1s 90 the rescue. Avery faw days wiz
now solve the question. Lee must Indeed be
very strong # he csu spare twenty or thirty
thousand msR fgr q fsraging i2Cursoa into
EEEv.s7L and Psausy-vasla, and yet feel str5sg
easulh -s meet aaa arrest the Esareh Of Gen.
u1.a1r 5svaIi Washington. We shall doubt
less laF7 some definite intelligence to-day Of the
wh=r-a5 bouts of tse main body Of ths rebel
sruy; a-J If it shall turu out that it is net in
the uHzh5srh758 Of Manassas, we may next
expect t5 hear of sH5tssr formidable siege, al
though we trust no another disgracsful eaBitu-
.aa0a st Hlrpsr's Ferry. Tha safe arrival there
eff that tired and abs soldier, Cen Mlroy, altar
hsvlag cut his way through overwhelming
force Of the enemy at Winchester, renders It
certain Shat HsrDeJ's Ferry, if necessary, will
be held and defended 20 the last.
Let Us only hear that the main body Of The
rebel army in Superior strength is not in front
/ Of Gen Hsoksr and We shall feel perfectly sat
| isfed tha. Lee is on = fatal expedition 70 bis
army; bat Otherwise we may expect, aad be-
fore the expiration Of the present week, some Of
| The most terrible battles Of the war.