Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-10
1870 FRom RECmmoNp.

LETTER ER0N RICHMOND.
Special Correspondence Of the Appeal
RICHMOND, March 2, 1868.
Yesterday morning President Davis and Ad-
jutant-Gen Cooper were called out of church
by the sexton, and Immediately it was Tumored
in the gallery, flor your real sensation rumor
win begin and run anywhere that a great fight
had come off somewhere, and the congregation
were dismissed. The m had connected itself
with Savannah in such a way that long before
night it was said that Savannah had fallen.
The President and s5jutant-general were wanted
to prepare aud sign a reprieve for q poor fellow
that was to have been shot to-day At Frederieks-
burg, for desertion, and their leaving the church
had nothing to do with war movements at all.
But Sunday is the favorite time for exciting re-
ports, aud, al an early hour we had heard Of
the destruction of the Nashville in the Ogeecbee
river, so That it was no wonder that with such
material to work upon, a rasFar startling story
was manufactured for the occasion
L IS now stated confidently, despite al that
has been said Of the transfer Of the bulk Of the
" army Of the Potomac" from Stafford county,
thai Hooker yet remains with a large force be-
yonj Fredericksburg Only twenty-five thou
sand men were sent down to Fortress Monroe
to keep them from running ava Pugnaeious
Joseph has probably not wholly relnguishsd
the idea, therefore, of coming to Richmond
across TIE country, and only waits for the dry
ing Of the roads. a movement may, perhaps,
be practicable by the LIST Of April, if the fine
weather and high winds Of today shall con
time.
From all accounts that we receive from the
Peninsula. the assertions from the Yankee lines
have not been greatly checked by the removal
Of the twenty-five thousand to Old Point.
~Seventy-fve dsserters crossed last week at ere
ferry on York river, and the country below
Richmond is filed with struggling Yankees,
running of from their regim ents.
There was = very sp irited engagement on
Wednesday last at Hsrwood Church, in Stat
ford county, between q force Of I've hundred
Virginia cavalry under Brig Gen Fitzhagh
Lee, and q considerable body Of the enemy,
which resulted in the discontinue of the latter,
notwithstanding their superior numbers. Gen
Lees command consisted Of d-etaehments from
the 1st, % and Sd regiments Of Virginia cavalry,
which surprised a Yankee cavalry e~ncampment,
and charging upon the ~astonished enemy put
them to speedy fight. The ID regiment, led On
BY Col Thomas T. Munford, particularly dis
.tinguisbed Itself in the pursuit, having run tie
Yankees four miles until they came up vita a
heavy mass Of infsntry that saved them from
utter humiliation. Each of the three regiments
made a daring and successful charge in this
melee. Forty or fifty Of the enemy were killed
and wounded, and one hundred and thirty-fve
prisoners have been sent to this city. The
prisoners all unite in saying that they are
heartily tired Of the war, and that the Federal
troops no longer fight in it with any hope Of
success.
On the same day, Gen. VIM. E. Jones, com
manding a brigade in the Valley Of YHginia,
engaged a Yankee force double his number at
Edinburgh on the read from Stanton to Win
chester and put them to a complete route, kill
ing one hundred and capturing three hundred
aud fifty Others The victory is represented 70
have been an easy one, the Yankees quickly
surrendered at discretion and crying out for
Mr.. Wigfslfs bill for placing the Confederate
hospitals under military organization can have
no other effect than to diminish greatly the COM
Of cur sick and wounded soldiers, and give
to several hundred officers, who are wanted in
The field, safe and snug places where they
do not nothing efficiently. There are no
like the women The hospitals Of Rich
nond are many Of them models Of comfort and
cleanliness, and their good management is due
10 Che uptiring energy and administrative ca
oacity Of the noble women Of onr city, ladies Of
gentle birth and high culture who aFe proud 70
give their time to the holy work, and who ask
40 earthly remuneration, whose reward win Dc
N high. A writer in the B7ig, Colonel 2. w.
Alexander, well known as the correspondent Of
Savannah Rspn5Lieaa, testi6es to The gdmira-
DE routine Of the hospital kept ia the Baptist
institute building unaer the matronly supeTiu-
Of Mrs. Lewis N, Webb, Of Richmond
Col Aexsuds speaks from personal experience
n The matter, having been himself an inmate d
his establishment duriHg his recent illness It