Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-09

osssu y Auo1TiLie, ne k5sh UiGi sayE8
Wears n0H In ths tWeftk day Of iha saz,
hna the enemy hss gained no RdvaEisFs. "
srs better prepared for attack thsn the mol
sasguine expected.
Gen. Lsngstrset Is delaying hsstile opsrzti5a
While awaiting FsiufsTssmssls from Virginia.
Ths enemy mAds diversion on WedResda
eFJn car position ever the riTsT, bat afssF q
hours szht ygsrs ariVsa back Hf
On wednesday a dstachusns ef ths "a Nj
ehigan made gallant chsrge and sassErsd
rebel riHs-pil within FIVE hundred yards Of oa
works We subsequently wsre compelled 3
! giYs way . superior force, WitA gFezs los8.
I Msi. BessaaFioz was taken prisoner, Adjutaa
I Noble ard Lieut. sslpin were kilisd, and Lisat
i Col Csrnick Of ths I7tb kichisan, died q
I Friday fTam wounds received.
I Affairs have bsan eOHpaTstIveiY quiet fsE shi
lass tvs days d is raiRing Slightly sbis mern
ihg-
Ehe Phiiadelpbia Esgzirer has the foHowiBl
esmment en- this npwss
The rebel forces Of Gen LoRgstrass oom
naeneed the inTssrnsut Of tie city ef Enorvils
on the 231 ultmo ana sa the 25sh usaat Of the
/ besieging corps were up and il poaition 70
/ bonbaEdment and assent, when the usHs g
/ Gen 6rsnt's advance must have uisds its IN
I Weleoms visit fe the besisgine ensmy. Tine
/ ssens-to have been wasted 81 bin in shoTeugh-
l " investing the placs. ard no heavy assault
I appears to have been projected or sxseGisd
during the entire siege During the siege Sea.
Burnside has hos been idle, for we learn that &c
has made several successful sgriies, snd has
steadily prevented the bslssgusTing fsTes frsm
gaining permanent positions in the vicinity sl
the town from which i coul5 bo esmmsBied
wiih artillery.
Aaer the dsfoss Of Bragg, Lsagstrest was
ssts6sa that Grsat eeuia and HcGld dstzeh .
-
sisge, toros the rebels to sgAs sOAlinEally At q
disadvantage, uatll dispersed or suniailatsd.
Acting upea this Is q "tied couclusign," Gen.
LsnEHlreet has moved from KucxVllla as We are
informed, toward Virginia In crossing the
Holstsu river the enemy is reported 70 have SIS
tEinsd considerable lsEsss, which zGy bo in
dressed BY ths captures Ct the 9ih army corps as
il advances, under Ser. Burnside, in Parguit.
Thns far asReral LSBgsrssE has escaped dis
asssT and capture, AID passisg opposite Cu1-
beFlaBd gap, wiz probably be suuek IL aank
ssd rear By General Wilesx, Hhsss forces gar
ris0R TIE gap. If the retreat Of Lszgslross is
not sosdEetsd with Ersas skill, good sT3sT, and
cslsrity, be msy JET be intercepted and Seriously
injured, if Rot destroyed AtaHy Fass this Feb
sl leader should EoG be allowed 20 Join 6eaaTal
Les n sias 10 save the army Of Northern Viz
giaia flen 0veTthrsW at the hands Of GszsTsl
Asado.
The StEr says thai ihfernstioH frsm General
Burnside, as lste As " sdassdsy night, 25sh last,
ia to ths sfset that be was tAen eaply PE5vis-
i5Rsd for His needs, and faIly sbs % resist the
aiseEY RuEii aid can rsaeh kin fron Grsat Al
shat tizs, Wednesday night, L5ugsIees wss
yet before KaoTyills, tAs orders ssnt % hiEa By
Bragg 30 abandon ths sisga and rtjoin aim not
then hsvInE roschsd LoaEstIsaE
A dispatch fram Chsstsuosga ssVs thAt sgfE-
ciezt rsiHf fsTceRsn.s, Hpdsr Gsa. Gsrdsa Graa-
ger, have bosa sent 70 GsE. Burnside 10 inszIs
kis snsssss.
ESCAPE OF GENERAL MORGAN FROM THE
OHIO PEsTTEETIAEY-HE TELEGRAPRs HIS
ARRIVAL Is CAEADA.
hsior-GerorEl John MORGAN, vita Captains J.
g. Bsausss, g. ,. Taylor, Rslsh Sssld0R, I. p.
Hines, i. Q. Haker1Elith. aBa S. 4. M8Qee,
made his escape rom tAs ohis psnissntisry Ct
Cs.smbRs, en- Friday night snd has reached
Toronto, Canada, with his sompaRisRs. Wi.h
biz Usual COED hamsE, he tslegrapsea frsEl To
FoRts 20 Cslambas .hs. they sssdB's p 1t ihsm-
selves ts any faTtAsr trsub.e oR bis account A
telegram from Cincinnati gives the following
dszo-issieB o. the manner Of MS escape
Gel Diek M8IgsR "a br2thaT Of Gen JEAN
MoFgsn) sad SIX captains wsre e0R6Red IN the
lower range Ct cells, and with knives dug
thrsugh shs A0eE Of tie eel, whisA vas com
posed Of eemsa! sBa Bhls inches of 5uek. IN
dsrnsash the eel VISA "a air chamber, rUnhing
Tho Whels length Of the baiIsing. This vas
kRsWn - them. When once ia tke chamber
tkay dug through tas earth 70 ihs eaisids wall
Gen. @eTgsa escuFisd the coll over Col. Asr-
gzH's. On Fndsy night, As The prisoners were
locked ap fer the night, Gen AsrEaa Wss
allowed ta exchange cells With Dick, who, every
sbizg bsiHg prepared, PeTaiiisa his brssssf ie
take his plAcs.
sons tino during the night the prisoners
ersWlsd through the hole they had dag uRder
the wall and which they bad earefully cen
eesiea. Taxing ropes vita them, thsy ESCAPED
from Brison immsdistsly between the msia
building and the female department.. when
oEss IN the yard, escGps vas comparatively
easy. They weRt 70 the southwest esrner Of
the 0uter wall, Assr the big gate. threw their
rops ever the tcP, where il Bssursa itself en- ore
Of the spikes, and BY the aid Of q tiEs5sT Rsar
at hand, they elambsrsd to she tsB azd easily
descended outside Thsre are no guards 90 the
0uter walls sftsT certain hours. Ths pris7EsEs
were dressed in siizsRs' clothes, and net prison
uniform.
Cspiaia Hines, who is mason azd h-isk-
layer, had charge of the werk which rasuibsd il
ths ssesBo Of he prisoners. note Wss ief.
fer The warden, Of which the following ia g
esPy;
November q, 1858. J
CoDasncenent--NeT. 4, 1863 CsneiusioR-
EoE. 20, 1855 Number Of hours for lassr Pel
day, three. Toels, two snail knives. " Ia
pGtiSHss sst RalsT slais s0g fruif Is G0HE." Pc
tisaee is bitter, hus is fruit Is swesi)
By erdsr Of zy six heRoTabls Csnfedsratss
I, Henry HEEs, Capt. G. s. A.
TIE FRENCH TeBACco QUESTION.
Tao Washington correspondent Of ihs New
York TFJbHns has ths feleUiAF sbest tae
French tsb- 20, for which vessels arc Is come
into Jsma 'eEt
Itiss szPs hat asst sf trsRsPsrss, gzdel
usesrt Of RreRch esTyests, vii shortly appear
in the JAMES river 10 take en- board between
5000 and 10. 600 hogshsads Of tobacco bslsng.
! ing % ths FTsRch Governmeat,. whick wal
bough. szd paid fer prior ss the Ali Of March
1867. This Is lhe tobacco wkieh has been tbs
| subject sf-ss maeh diPlORsIis coueIPenSsHes
| bet sesn France and the U1lted States, Tkl
reseEt visit Of the French Aizistag to Rich
mead is supposed TO have had - do vita tai.
matter.
+ The esEEoSpsnaent very 0solly Adds:
The shiPmsal Of the Preach tobases, which
/ has been stored in Richmoa4 siuee The csm
r7eaeenent 81 the WEr, viii bo made IRON CitJ
I psiTt, unasT regulations prescribed By the SEC
rstaTy Of the Treasury, and ia Parsuane0 Of Al
I Exeeutiv0 order.
| AsGGELLAUEOUs.
A correspondent Of the BsssoH JsarHal, viii
TIE Basks Crsxas) expedition, writing uz2s
/ date OF November 1lth, esmmanieaiss lha
highly inpoEtaat fact teai fess sf Ave Frsnei
i steamers arrived sH Brazss on tie I0sa, from
/ Vera Cruz, for the purpose q Uatekisg, a
| dsuss, 10 msvszsnIs Of Gen. Banks
/ Tho Bssssn TravsLLeT 5tatss shas LieuE Cole
| nan ssd twenty PTivakes, (eolorsd,) oaPtarsC
/ IN LsGisiaHa recently, were hBog By tks rebels
/ They belonged 20 General Ullmah's brigade, Aa.
1 zers capiursd on = rssonaoissance 70 JaekssH
| La, By Col Lsgsn's rebel esTalfy,
Thsrs was great exeiismeat At Columbus
I Ky, ca the Isl iEss, swing - GSn, Saith es
1 tsgeiug GoEeTal HuIlbuss SonssIiptieR orasI
/ There has been q large HuEbeE sf arrests 70
military purpssss.
/ Amsng Ihs rebel property esnfssssed il
| Washington Is the house ard fuTtiturs Of 3ohI
/ A Canapbsn, and Che real estate Of George D