Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-10
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e,s,f.r r,r-snsraencs Of Memphis Appeal
DALros, Ca, September e 1893
vha new BY tie morning trsin from tAs Iroht J" ual
chstssnooea h being sVaeuated D our army ana 4
mrs. e,pfsss that everything here since sunday would
- - .onero H. Everything here and above il being
vi 20 tbs rear. the transportation having beeu con
.r,li.s. even to The exclusion Of passengers, since sun
5.v night The depression iE that the army moved last
7,gbt n worss. down the Lafayette road, some suppose
.or battle. others ssy for the immediate object Of Pur-
suit. or closing IN upon the ensny's resi- ] attempted
70 communists with headquarters last night, through a
very Intelligent agent, bat be hiss not yet rsurned' and /
can eomnuaieste nothing. therefore, more reliable than
tss above. shorld be retun before closing this With
ANYTHING authentic. ] will add p BY way OF postscript
The news ron East Tennessee is that Scott ensasea
the Yankees az Athens On Sunday snd routed theh'
y;,h N. csBtars OF tbsir traits aud baggage driving
cham bsf,r. hin hack 10 Loudon. Buekner is with
drawing bis forces. Is Is reported, from ihsi part Of ne
INA te line 20 the east Of Chattanooga, aud l. said 70
+. cruising the railroad with his whole force a. Grsya'
vile. sbov- RnEgoId, going westward. IgtVeyoo ths
I AS I receive it Ny own movements, aitsr To-Day "D
ia controlled by events. and it may be hist may not
1 write tomorrov, or msy write from a different PiAee
Nv object win be, II possible, TO get In communication
virb the amy. or, IN the lasl alternative, 10 fal back 70
.nms roiBt in communication With the army and
Atlanta. No doubt a force VIII be ieft here ior proee
/ ton. but Kingston seems 90 have b en- practically
Selected ss The froEt
I have felt Umay =Ey par P1rsHtss9 very fsnHbJ
since I have been here, the kind and courteous stien-
/ tons OF Mr. Birnbsum. the route sgent OF the Express
egupAy. rendered % me IS a friend Of the proPastsn
Of the APFEAL
motto. In the CgasarsrionalisL OF the 5th. Il eOnmu
~p5ssiios. written. / suppose, by ons Of those belonging
TO that portion Of the siaf Of The army whose chief
fuuctons according to the expire SD opinion OF the
/ President sra TO do the carving, and make themselves
/ agreeable 10 tbs General and whose Intellectual or
rather csphaie, style il Edumbraied in the plelhera Of
! his signature. Army OF Tsnne@ss' The object OF the
writer il 10 disprove the rsasonsblsnsss Of certain in
fersucoE Of "Ashautoe.f expressed In his letter aooat
he first days sBellns at Chattsnooza He says that
the advance Of the enemy was known for mere shan
/ twenty four hours, 81 the headquarters Of the chief OF
STAG. before che frlng commenced and the troops had
been du-y notified to prepare for action, sad we're pre-
Bsrsd. Il Is a very r-markzbls fsct n this be true.
that the women and children Some Of whom were
killed. and wounded by the shslliH) had no hint in
tb-rs twsutysour hours Of the approaching danger
th-t officers o. eI gredss, and soldiers Of svsry com
mssd. should hsvs been ~ church "a di,tinguishsd
MOTOR General told ne ia church, when the firing began,
tbat he knew nollirg e IT, and could not explain
Id. that no guns vera In position 70 respond
and no preparations made In disPosi'ions
az troops 70 meet the contingency thst wagons sAspld
have been sent, If not on that morning., within the TWEEN
tv-f5ur hours, srsr the riverr Qhey were all esptursd)
and that artillery horses should have been sent nut to
craze that sane morning. The criminal fssgusisHos,"
II not OF "somsbodyn in the abstract bu', according to
the revelations Of this correspondent, Of the chief Of
stan In the concrete, sPpears TO have been worse thaa
CHARGED. for II seems that while be did know, be took
no nstIcs OF the advances, and msde 40 provision 20
meet g. The "redosucs Of the army" to judgs from
efreumstanceE, O. from The statements made by the cor
respondent was used on hat occasion 70 conceal the
blundar OF q permitted slvsEcs, rather than lei L be
RELAXED for the pr0tsclen OF the men, women and ohH-
drsn who were killed OF wounded by its effects. To
the beautiful catalogue which he has given Us Of those
rhs we're surprised, might be sdded tie general, Lieu
tsnant-FsHersls. mzi5rgeDsrAs, b~rigadisrs, colonies,
majors, captains, Heuiensnta, and pdTstes q the array
Of Tennessss. not 10 mention q-usrtsrmasters, eomHis
rariss. adiutaut. provost m~srshals, aids, and, indeed,
everybody ssvB the chief Of stsE snd perhaps the cal
lew neophy-e wbs has delivered himself IN tie columns
OF he CgRs-fzri9ualist The tss.s OF the cemmunica-
toa Is fn keeping With ito logic, and would commend
70 I'm, should b zppasr in print again not to consult
ths taste Of his employers by VT ting IN TIE e~oHOquiA
-tvl= % .u. sE-7zry ASHAMED.