Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-15

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The New York T5ssHns has lengthy letter
dated st Yic5sburg July s7ss. hoa vAieh we
msks The following extracts
After 50 ahssnca o. twenty days j walked
yesierday morning in fhis igseTc3 as rlzcs.
Aeegstomed as / Wss 70 ihe positions OF i'
army duriug the sieZe, It's prsseut lle8h9n 6pd
aspect impress me as slightly chaotic Ga,jiers
aud iesmsters are o9asfsutiy snoginr about in
an apparently wild and confused mannsr There
is a peTfsst jann o. aTzay wagons snd mulss on
al ths streets near ths legea; and the tssmstefs
from morning al night indulge in explsdvss
quite as terrible u sound. II NOS ia sgnlioaaes,
ss the roar of AimiTal Porler's moEssr. boats,
which lately walked tas eehsss amid the Wal
nat hills. / started yesterday morning fIum the
stoazer which had duIiDg th5 night landed me
enee more in Vieksbure and threaded my way
through the throRg OF vehicles ald men 20 the
upper part Of ths city. inquired Of eileen or
twenty men. some If them cifie=rs, f-r General
Grants has7eusrters. Oaa or TIVE gave ne
aaintelliEible directions by the names Of streets
The eghsFs referred me, for inform stf3a or this
and every other sabisct, % the Eruy facs1tUr-
tho provost raarshal-st the court b0use Ar
rived thsTe, / found the place htsraliy bssieged
BY crowd Of men and women Of sIt oolofs and
esad items, and beat aboB tTansacting aH i'm
agiEabls kinda. Of business. could not mUl-
ter sHficisnt Pstisnes te wait my turn IN the
row Of applicants Ter entrance into the Ofice,
and started eff fer pleasant stroll through the
city The 6u5t in the streets was from thrsa b
fivs inches thick, and 0taithstsnding the bToil-
ing sun, nsah we've moving eYeryw here, horse
back and f0ot. Every football seemed 10 be re-
sented By the sacred and pulverizsd soil as an
iHsalt, and it dew into my face a. such rate
speedily Sled. Ia pleasant aad snbls Mood
] wandered absus I'll f7ur3 GeA Grants
saartsTs 10 that yiciaiiy the chaos a3Ecez5le
elsewhere seemed to recsas little, and the dust
wss ret qEIto Sc revssgfHl
I fouRd Csc. 0fart locking batter shan Aave
ever kef1Te seer hiR. The ar ef prseecuBs1isn
visible 81 nest times IA his frcs he'd disaBBssr-
ed for tie memeat he csHverssd with thss8
abont him with an sAse sn5 fseed0m- which
have ReveT zotiesd before, which greatly en-
hanesd ny estimate Of his eoBvorsstisnal pow
srE, aEa satisfied Rs there Us5 fouHdatisa for
the elaiss made for hin By bis frieRda. that he
was one sf those rate military generals who
neither neglect matters Of detail, nor GLOW them
to ovsrshadow and hide hsn bis vision the main
PoiHtS and objes's Of eampaign.
TIE slTUATIOs.
f. TIE main portion Of the troops bolonging to
the Dspartnsst Of The TeRaesseasre lsoW in and
sEOEnd YieksbErg Gsaersl AeP Paorsou's army
corps is employed IN sszrfisSHing tHis eGsf, ard
has been sinss its scenpaton. Gan. L7gsn's
division, belonging IN thiE corps, is encEmped
wiihiR TIE city iiel'ts, Gen. L doug 3utE as
post esInssndans uutl iew days past Wien
he went North On furisugh an3 bis alaes then
dsvolving uFos Bfigadier-(4en. J. i. Sui'h.
Col. Kent is provost MARSHAL
Tae expedition to Jsckssn has returned. The
troops employed in this expedition were Sher-
aaa's army esrps, the 18th, eomms a5ed By
Gen Steele, the I3th aFmy corps. Glsa. Oh eaaa-
handing, With Lsnmans division Of f14 1850
arsy csrps sttBehsa, @ partioH- ot t8g is ? aud
9lh array ssrgs. ssm muande3 by Gen Parker,
and MeAribuT's divisjsR Of Gen. Mcph-Ts1Ii's 3
ceTps-ia 81 assut fsug army e9Tps-tEs WESls
commanded by GsB ShsTmsH These several
commssds are nelE enca2ped areuno ias city,
GeH Ord's being az ths fiat igu bel w, wAag
the reRander era scztscred about q 2 rton af-
ing 30 She iina # w6Th- eztsaliug tfarg Hai1es
hluf % Big Blzck g Hrra'8 cepf tas
been ssut dowa tbs river % occapy 81 hold
HatehcE. ] sups S..
Tbs rssult Of the expedition . J sck on may
Be stated briefly e 10 the dss r8eu11 D. Ere of
the town, and tie driving cf Jce Js' nat7n aud
his army further intn the i.fr4ior n etrfs
msHt Of tifs Tesulg naaAest seen i1sie.iiti 'afi.
but pTesuHse that HathI-g more inoarsa a vas
fraga tha Big Back was vgTr-I--s -
the rstura shsrsfFsu, aceoInp pEsasd Ia tisos days
81 0rd's corps, WAS still harder. SeHs % the
veterans Of this ecr5s, who have ezEedenesd
hssr5v everything Eessible IN BE- sy-etmzEch-
ing sssure ps that tbs sHEang Of tie men
wss greater than eyer kR5vu bsto-a Ihsy
were compelled to use watar Ism tse pools eEd
lagaeRs on the route; raIous were W5ittied oown
ulaost 70 starvation point, and the neat vas
terrific
J5haston skirmisbsd with Shsrmen on g
smsl scale uudl tia laeter arrived ia the neigh-
beTheod sf Jacksoa aud invested the Dlsee. On
the l3h Gen LsnHssa's division made al g.
saalt upon The enemy On ground which tnas
geaersl was ordered to resanHeiteT. twas en
unfortunate affair. enc brigade Of the division
was badly cut up, and the less in killed aud
wounded new fssts Up seven hundred. For thls
assault, which vas alleged to have been made
eoBBsry to ersers, Gsn. LaHmsn was relieved
Of his command By Gen. Ord. and Sen. HoveF
now commands this DIVISION in addition 70 his
ewn divisiop.
On the l7th iastsat it was disco7ered that
Jehastss sa9 sYssusto5 during the night, after
destroying all war material that be could not
take away with nina. As ssou IS this Was made
knoHn ear troops entered the plscs. The men
Of Eznman's division were eVssp pers'e3 BY. the
Losses which their Tsuks bad sustsned, and
eonmeuesd q Distraction Of the houses by IRE,
which was kept up antil there was little lefi Of
the town but ashes Jackson hss been AZ i'll
fats5 plaeo. When it was captured before, there
was a great destruction wOrksa. ice J0hastan
caused enc or two ef the main blocks OF Built-
/ ings to be harmed bsfora he evacuatsd, and tbs
work thsa commenced was finished On the l7th
( ard ls.h Where was bat lately 8 tariving and
4 uretantious toWa Of between feur and f7s thoQ
| sand Inhabitants, with a State house Lnnatic
/ Asylum, and many osher pasiic buildings. taero
4 is now haas Of rains. Th5 fsta Of Lhs inaab'
/ itsnts Of Yieksburg has been eayishle beside
/ that Of The pseple Of Jackson.
The esantry between hsre and jackson j
/ represented as being ceMpletsy devastated
/ Bsiweea the two GRIMES wAieh hsvs beer
ysarehinF sud' e0un ternaaTehisg over it, e he.
I beea srousd to pe~der. The town Of R4y
| noaa was spared this dsstTuction, lssEu-r-f5i
what reason do not kaow.
WHAT Is Te BE DoSEf
There are no indications, that I can d.sco7s
as YET Of any very active movements liz tai!
gusrssr soon. Ia fact, ] incline ta tde opinion
I tkat the next SIX or sight weeks viii Be en-
/ plsyed By Gen Gfant ia quiet pTeparstiaa fe
I 50 asiiVs and decisive taH canp palga. There Z
urgent need fer tais prsParstion. TINS ARM
has been in tho fisld g l0ag time, ana tae WsE
I and tear. so 10 sDeak, is Tremendous In ever
sepsr lmsat, repairs and rel9rms ars cce1eo
/ TIE organisation Of the af9lg Eessa an ever
LhaaliRg I. seems patHcal4lY Hs- sseIY
ewing ts ths iaeidens Of Use cen
pai1n esdiaE with tas espiaT9 Of Ffcksoar
Z an5 ths sssuueticn of Jacksah, tn, -hs easr
army shoEia Be brigAae4 s-iess.. 4 our ole reg
4 fsssts are evur 10 be Ehet up hy reera. Is or g.
drafted nasn, nov Is the Hzao % % is Iaeg
are ziany, ssas, TOO masg regiments TapFsssats
hers BY mere squads Of men. 70 iii up o. {
eonsslidsto these regiments requires time an
, mach labor. Oar sTmy regulations are sue
that it is impossible to pat and keep shdngs j
eush shape that they VA! work satisiscE9Tii
withous eensu@ing 8 great deal Of time. "a
Z intricate system et sbectSs aad balances IN q
army, under which We are operating, and whie
I he's sarsa Ia he cafled red tspa vvorks ont "a