Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-26

force directly in front, few miles distant, re-
! viewing heavy reintOocenents Of old tToope,
from Gen Lees army
LongstEeet passed through augusta on the
Iesh ard Ilih inst, by rail 70 Kssaca. Their ed-
vance has reached Lsfayetts.
/ The Tsbs1s hsvs been moving through the
/ gsP q Pigeon Hoaatains aud forming hns on
tRs side as Il to attack. t-s
/ Gen R9seerans has assumed a stroug dels3-
sive posit'Oa on TIE CHI eksrnanga creek, cover
Ing Chattanooga He eyihces no disposition 70
| AiLaciI - pTessnt-- Alie preparations to do 50
cannot al b eoTPleted g0r a few days, whom
1 battle must snspe
tisn- sSlaalg, of the cavalry e7rps, iss very III
and has gone 70 ths geaE- 3sa. r p. Mitchell
zaeee5ds 10 bis command, 5 .-FI
HEBQUARTERs ARsY OF TIE CUuBEBLAND L..
September 49, 1858.
All reports Of an engagement here are false.
.fas enemy has been busy 10 day feeling our
Ines ami A. hllsry dasss hsYe been brisk, with
few casualties.
Tie rebels msy be busy gstfiag hiso position
iar attaching tomorrow. Little doubt remains
shat either LsngstrseI'a or Ewsps coEDs are
here Any day may bring on al eDgegsment.
TIE public will be informed st an eariy moment
OF tins beginning and progress Of the basile, If
any occurs.
The #ecent Fssht ia East Tennea.ee.
Correspondence ri hn5ud EnqufrsrI
J0REsBoRO', Tenn, September 10 Before
giving an account Of the ght Of tho 3 b, will
give some light IS 70 tas state ef affairs 10 upper
East Tennessee. IL is well known % yau that
about the 9Th august, Gen. Backnef, with his.
eBtiEe ieTee, withdrew from K aokville, leaving
the country east along ths iino of the East
Tsnusssee and Virginia railroad to Bristol, to be
guarded and defended by Gen. A. Z. Jae!r50h's
brigade.
Notwithstanding the evaeustiou Of Knoxville
sBd the abandonment Of the country, except by
The small force above alluded to, the directory Of
the read, (ths president Col john Braaner, then
being ct RaoxYille), confined 20 run thair
trains into KOezville for several days, although
large force OF the enemy vas known 60 be
within fifteen CT s@ontY miles from the city
and, marvellous to say, it is the common report
Of the country that ths president and directors
resolved 20 run the roEd, declaring they were
only comm0n carriers, evidently indifferent
whether the roling stock fell iato the hands Of
the enemy. This they must have known would
have been the case. So, sure sn0Ugh, on. Tues
day, the -, they dashed into Knoxville and cap
tuTed their best passenger train and three loco
motives. On the same day our E.tle force on
The plains was Withdrawn BY railroad 70 Bdstol
0H the morning Of the Ash, the enemy pushed up
90 Messy creek, captured a train, and then run
into Jo-esboro', ono hundred miles distant from
Knoxville, with four hundred men, &ud there
took anohaF.
A small company Of cavalry, under Captain
Jones, At this iAttsE place, after firing vo!Ie7
into the enemy, made their escape Two ie-
males were wounded By tie Yankees IN the en-
counter
Tsa enemy then pushed on 10 Carter's bridge.
where was stationed a small force Of infsBtry
and one section Of artillery, undar the accom-
plished Capt. meClGHs, aud demanded its sur-
render, Vhen, upon refusal, they retreatsd TO-
wards Knoxville.
Having leaned the above facts, Gen. Jackson,
who was at Brist1l with the principal body Of
his forces, with regiment Of Kentucky cavalry, !
and sene other forces that had recently Joined
hun, made = forced march 10 JOnesbOfo', st
which pises hs arrived ca the morning ef the
In Here be icSTu6d that b enemy was return |
ing IN full force by railway, so he promptly threw
forward battalion OF cavalry, (Col Gilmsr's |
reEimsnt) section Of artillery, and dstsch-
mcnt Of inisury. A few miles below Jones
b0ro' they found Eve OF six hundred Of The enc
my R1d = train OF ears unable 70 proceed OF
sgcaun, Of the destruction CT q s1aH bridge. Of
ieeted by eur scouts the 06y bsiogo. An stack
vas ct onre made upon tbam Co. GlmeF,
Commanding the cavalry, and Lieut.. J Z. GEs-
ham the artillery. They were driven back uesr
half mile, bet fhs enemy gsinigg shelf r.
cur forces were compelled 60 iait back 81 their
hzst position, having, &C the risk of losing our
cannon, ineAOhousiy advanced too far.
Seizing this moment Of Temporary advanfsga,
The eHsmy gained the railroad and got away
wI5h their train. Having previously sent q
sq1ad OF cavalry 20 destroy shs railroad in their
rear, orr foEces, nov iolnod BY Lieut. J W.
blackwell, with 3-iach life gun, pursued with
vigdT, expecting Homentarily to capture the
train and forces, but our scouts had 10 inefsctu-
sly dCno their WORK that the enemy passed
down TO limestone bridge, seizing the nights
and woods sTound the block hou @ at the bridge,
ana sending their tram toward Rockville for re.
intOI Ieements. Having now possession Of the
bloek-hOuse ard the taick woods around Il, shs
enemy resolved g make bold stand
GeH. jackson ct once ordered Col GlrueT's /
cavalry 20 cross Limestlns GEEK to cus of the !
retrest OF the eneDy, while our artillery-Ore
rife gun snd one susi I'pound morntain gun |
opened IRE upon tas Depot, block house and
ether buildings occupied by the enemy, while |
Mai MeCAueyis detachment of Thomas' legion
MSS posted in the rsar Of the battery.
Just at this time Lieutenant-C Colorel NJ
Keynes, of the artillery, and Lieuteusut-C Colonel
Walker, with dotschmonts OF Thomas legion, /
were ordered trOm JoneSbOrO' to TeinlOrCe Gen
Jackson. After tbis ere had been opened some
forty minutes, Colonel Haynes brought CALAMITY |
forward, at gallop, Lieatenant GTshAm's see
ton OF artillery, Burroughs bstteFy,) which
also opened briskly. Ths enemy's shArpshOot- !
eTH IN the woods, meanwhile, kept Up an inces- |
SAINT ere on ths batteries. BY this time Colonel
Gilemr had taken possession of the south side 1
OF the bridge, disInOunted aud deployed his men |
as skirmisheTs, and, after a spirited engage /
ment, drove the enemy across the creek, and |
held the railroad and the south end Of the bridge
Just as this feat WIS accomplished BY Col !
Gilmer, Lieut-Col Walkers baiislion, OF
Thomss' legion, was thrown out TO the left,
through skirt of tiunbeTs on tho LETT of the en-
eay's shsTpshooseIs, and the artillery, led by /
Col. Haynes in person, advanced 10 within 200
yards OF the roads occupied by the enemy, and |
opened q rapid fire of shell and canister on the
shsrFshO0sers. At the ssms time the infsutry
on the left Of the artillery drove ia the enemy at
double-qUick, where they took refuge In the
bloekhonse and ether buildings, from which
they kept ~ e rapid Ere
Advancing at a tTot, Col Haynes threw the
guus into battery, in the midst OF q shower of
balls, on a hight, not more than 200 yards, and
promptly aFed several rounds of shell into the
blOekhouse.
At this moment the enemy raised white flag,
and Col. Haynes gsllOped forward and received
the Gag and sword Of their commander, aud the
surrender of near 300 Of the enemy, rank and
Gle
TIE enemy's loss is twelve killed and twenty
wounded: our loss is six killed sad ten
wounded.
A BscOIIecEiOn Of GllnrIestou.
A COrTespondeat of the Augusta Co1sfiystia,-