Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-19
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SatisfaetsTg PrsFTssS Of tss CsmPsisa sSas'
General CRAFTS CommaHS.
Correspondents Of ths New Ysrk EorldI
HEADaRs SEAA sHELLsoUsD. Ala
Oetossr 81 1868.
The long agony Is ended. A irsaendos
weight Of anxiety Is lifted fFoE ouT hearts. The
army Of the Caubsrlahd, snd she vast uisrssu
/ II its keeP'sg, are cut Of jeopardy.
RAISING OF Tbs Sizes.
hsstsn f. give yss tie leading facts, So ths
yeu viii psTesive how great 8 blow fer tbs
UniaE vas stFuek yesterday on the H0rthsrr
border Of Gsorgis and Alsbama. Il viii not, q
sho0ld net, be generally knewn with yoz thst
the brave gaTTisoR a. Chattznssgs has pracd
cally been n stSte Of siege fer msnlh, and
thosgh ingrsss and egTess cut Of tks city wss
stili quite lsssibls By psntoon bridges 20 tha
nsTth bsnk of tee river, yes it vas simoss O.
quite i1ap0ssible 70 get PTo7isisEs thaEs IN saeh
guam tities IS TO supply the army snd was daily
growing worss.
POET LOOKOUT.
Whsa Gen. RssecTeas fsll back 70 Chatts-
nssgA fraz the battlefield Of Ckiekaasags, he
~ hdEsW his ahaie fercs within the toTthc asisns
Ct ina city, 80 Is to Is shls to rsPsl an attack
fgon BSsEg. Bragg was tso much staggered 20
make lie sssaalt prsBPtlY, and ths interval was
eRplSysd in farther fsrtlyiEg she place Sc IS to
rsBdsf If dsEbly stTsng. In concentrating ais
fsFoss 'thas, RoseeEsns ahun5AaEly provided
against the cAnnen and ksyoasss Of tks sRe1y,
but EEfsrt1Ha ely lsis It ia their power 70 sssab-
hsh q blockade upen bic supplies. A part Of
szs esrBs, whish had hsaa o. the top sf tAs
Loekoat range Of AiDs, was Witsdrsvn; the
rebels moved Up in taeiT PlRso, sz3 tkzs rsscAsd
tss baEkg Of tks Tennessee rivsy, sbeHl tea
z.ies below CAsttsH7egs, shEs sffsst1ally stop
Ping TIE passsEs Of tee steamers aad rElTsad.
Gen Resaorsls saw his error sosa after il was
made, ard requested 6sR. EcC0ok te eAZry tie
position st lhe Pciat ef the bsysze:, wAo replied
tkzt, Hor2 his kseElsdg5 OF Jh5 gT2ald, Il
woa-d DO impossible
OUEsTIeE eF SUPPLIES.
sines thsE tine The rebels have had, It Is
thouzht shout iss thousand tTeeps en- tas Top
OF the ridge rem whica ihey cesld espy st Z
ssfs d!ataucs the ''bius varlsss" Of Yankees, a.
ihey called them, apparently Sc esnieTt4bls be-
low. Here vas critical silUadon to place q
lsFge army in We had esssyed 70 msrch into
Gesrgis ia srGeE 70 foEcs Bgszg su2 Of Ckatta-
nssga, and, a sur Struggle 50 gsE ia. hsd al
'~ly8s hi. g bar the door, us it were, gPen tbs
.Dlv soHrce from which We G aid get fsod. The
eo1ptrv ~95Eded nothlnEi We fouzd nothing
frara .ps ,.-cuEht next 70 nothing viii Us
yysr5s 80 tbis. 80 snly road By which it Wss
p7zsibis 70 brig sues Ss wa b. Fsil tFoss Ezsh-
vi e, aaS ihs road ihs rsbe cavalry eEs through,
nozt fartuzttsly, zot beyeza repair. a! ne
early part Of this RsstA Of siege, - gaiHoeo, Il
left uaiz.eTTEptsd. ran 0Bly 70 6tevsEsSus eis-
lant By tbs zaarsst Fssd forty MITES, over reg
aad nirv reads. The sstszPs was meas 10
wheel tho pTsyisleus fToz tAs TAiiTsAd terraiz0s
50 tAe citadel.
wAG0E TEAIgs AsD PACK zsULBs.
This vas al szs-ma8s undertaking, snd ElHst
sysrtuslly baTs broken doEn, If % ksS sot been
suddenly msds Gssiss5 by tbs ssdscity Of ths
ensmy, F7Eo keEsn 20 fre az The tssns EoB tha
spDesits bsnk, and, after killiHz skaEt Seyezty
EaEiss, We hsd 70 abandon tas read for ems far
theE inland. Either read creased the mountains,
6Et ,&his latter, besides aiding twenty milss 70
sHe lsugsh, added forty By the state Of the path.
a week 20 ten days Was speDt by wagon vita
s5z zaulss IA nakiEg the siIsy miles. aunire1s
Of animals sazk II tie sloREhs or were exhaust
Cd in paIIiuE over the Rouat=ins
FAMINE AEB RUIN IlPEEBIEs.
Nor was this all; IA. animsls Themselves gave
eat for want sf fsrsEe. Far fron bsisE abe 10
eSrTy The necessary rEtiaRf for tse Eans toe ter
sFa was beycnd qRssti3n. What Wss . be dona
ii suck 8 5ilsmms7 The rebsls clearly lad as
By tha throat, ass had net their shHt Aagsrs
bees lkis day RRclsspsd Is is impossible ss say
what HiEht have hAppesed. AL Is now Eats,
however, sna we can speak ef lhs past peril
With csador.
Cen. Easksr, with hlz fsres, came wheeling
dswn te Stevenson, cOmpisted ne railroad 10
Bridgesort, aRd began 70 TsbHili tks Eus bridge
segsGs tie Tennessee. A new wagsa road was
opened By way Of jasper, bai net much better
thsa shs sld onss. Some sPssdisr, bstEsr and
safer reals East Be feBnd, or tAs WiHtsT rains
a-~,frc - --a-f1 and IA TIA rAarwnt5au af fha
garrissR.
OCCUPATION OF TIE SOUTH BANK.
he threw = pontson sersss ths river, and sAsut
Tie l5sh Bzsksd his infsstry szd brigade Of
savslry int fks bostsm lands cR the south side.
A week age they occEPisd Shell mound, snd
Yesterday they pushsd eisss Up ts tbe foct Of
ths Lseksat mouRtsis. A cavalry foTss pszs-
tratsd the Lseksut valley ts asar Treatos, which
was found TO be occupied by enc brigade Of the
snsmy. Two or three largo streams Save e be
crossed bsswesH Bridgeport and Whitssias, tAs
BRIDGES across which bad kssn Destroyed It
vas Reessssry, therefore, in RdvspciRE alanE
the rsiread TO repair these bridges-s work Of
sine-as well ss The laTEs bridge, in two parts,
lsross the Tennessee, which is net Jet quite
finished.
shsuld msstion that il became necessary to
resort te psck mules to carry feed by tie roads
I
cisns, and besides ths mules themselves wsre
starved sad Wora down. L vas wiIh eiasulty
that he courier ard chief o1aesrs' horses Were
kspt Ia e0Aditon t9 travel
SHORT RATIOEs-GONDTTIOR OF ANIMALS.
The prospect Of the ralrssd being repaired
was not promising, and there still remained the
si6c1lty Of gettiRg the sRsmy cat OF the way
Al Lockout. With famine and fst9 staring thsm
A. Al inf
sidsring. The asR were put on half Eatlons Of
bread, bEeea, coffee, and ssgsr, with fuli n
ton Of frssh beet. The heTsss sse mules (PooT
dEHnb bTutea} were o. quarter Iations Of foTGse
sza hundreds Of tAeR On mesa. Iaa cavalry
mas sent sut 10 the valleys north OF ths river
70 fsrsre As Il ulirhk. AL horses Ws7s feTsld-
den 70 Be hrsusst into town. TIE artillery
horses were becoming as BAD as the cavslry,
aHa the 6raUEht animals 10 WIetcsed Piigak
4 vsr hAvs I seen such sn exhibition IS Jhs
harses sad mu,es Of tAi5 sTIzy week since
Hun8Ts5s sf lots Of coAseRued stock are bss-
ssr thAR tins collective lot. Since that time
tasy h.ve bees greatly improved By the HsH
d3zpssssss3a. Ias fasting OF the troops hSs not
irjdIed hen st al.
FAyIsATi0s OF The TEEEEasEB.
ENlo;bsf ssort was made which is worthy Of
sasfisl sttarstisa TAa Upper Ieznessse, a.
bosss il cot Of f1oHa The lower TiFsf by Wsat sTr
ealisd tie Muscle slsals, fsW Haiies s5Oye Flor
eRcs, 90 thai the SppeE nsyigsties a. aiEh water
extends from Decatur ts Kn0Iyia, ana tas low
sr fron FioTsucs 70 the Ohio. The ats used
on the upper river mCsE conzs Gsntly Be built
sksrs, sSd the engines have hishsrts sssa bCils
e Knsxville, ca stlnoogs or Dscstur. IN yisH
Of tho rivsT forming oBo Of our naiR lines Of de-
tense, 1t was foTesesa that is navigation muss
be Of great Advantage to Is iE cur hold Opoa
the south baRk saould be ces6rned. Especially
waz this necessary &c the PreFer sappoTt and
sRpply Of General BarEsids's srEy, whieR must
psyis If left 10 DO led By the way 81 Gambler
laad gas during h winter, ss, whatever nsy
Be said 70 ths contrary, the valley Of East Ten
psssss will 10. OF Itself support t.
A STEAMBOAT BUILT III THREE WEEKS.
Ia this extremity Il vas RecesssTy to provide
water craft. Two little ssesasIs were captarsd
] l.se-g,-0sa fha nurhar and Pant r. aahr