Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-22

dess zst coafrm the almost iaEUmerable re
Bsrts which were in cirealasisR on Saturday
A pretty severe engagement was fought at
Bristow staten. en- the Oc2Rgs and Alexandria
railroad, on Wednesday afternoon, between two
triEades cf Gen. Hills corps-Cook's and Kirk
l&nd's-sRd 3 hsavy force Of the enemy. The
| euezv were psstsd in = rsilToad sut, AID
in advancing toward them our men we're exposed
TO 8 CALLING FIRE. Oar loss was quite severe
sstimstad By soRs to be not less than one
| thousand in killed, W0BBasd, and missing. In
addition ts tkis we suffered = loss Of seven
pieces of artillery. Generals Geek, P8sey sRs
/ Kirklsnd are reported woEzdss. Asny of our
woznde1 fell iHis shs hands Of the enemy; but
/ that night they fell ksek, aHd our badly wound
ed were Tee0verea, beside number et the
eEszly's seriously woHEded.
Tks next morning = P0Ttioa ef GoR- Ewelrs
corps had e fight WitA the eReay, ia wkieA VIC
captured about five hundred prisoners.
Al cfscsr, Whs wes wounded in the fight of
Wednesday, sn9 who csEas dewa on The Cen
trs train last uiEat, iR'efns Us tbs. there were
aboHt 1000 Yankee prisoners at Rapid station
yesterday Rornizg g.-RichmsHd Dispatch, 1914
From ths RIebnoBd whig, l9thl
Passengers BY the accommodation Central
/ fraiR from Gor3ousYilie, Saturday moTniag,
| brought report # general engagement he
/ tween Lees aad Mssds's ARMIES, 1t or rear Ms
nRssas, or Thursday last, in which the enemy
we're sienrlly defeated with tho loss Of ten
thsussEd prisoners. The rePert was current
| through the city by aeon, but was not generally
credited, although spEoEuced in the house Of
/ delegates, on supposed good authority, by
neRbsr Of thai body.
A BrssF dispatch from CulpeBer CoHrt HsHse
in the afternoon thYsW cigcrest the report, by
stating that nothing relissis' bad been received
frca the front Yesterday ret word Of Rsws,
efieisl or otherwisa, could be obtaiaes, and the
anxiety Of the ssnBRni!y 10 ascertain the truth
/ ef the repert and the sitHatiea Of sffairB in
/ Northern Virginia was intense. At Hight al Gu
riosity AID interest was relieved en- the arrival
Of hs CsasTal tIaia.
| From eoavarsa tons wilh Weuaded 8isn and
| ofEcers WIS arrived frsH TIE seat Of war yester-
/ day and he day before, we lesrR that partial
engagement oe9aTred at BristOw Station
Wednesday, between Cooks and Kirklsnd's S
I brigsdes, and large number of the enemy.
The lstter o0nessles themselves behind the rail-
read, while in their rear and beyond the read,
| they had q line Of skrmishers, who retired
gradeslly en- ths approach Of eur men, ssd
Whsn We get near tie read tho Yankees arose
and Ered on cur men, woHzding qHite large
number.
1t is fnrtbsr stated that ear troops we're Or
sered at this point 10 retire, and while doing so
lest nest Of the wounded. The seeasisR Of this
order, It is Faid, was the failaTs Of division to
come up 70 ti#e, whe hsa been ordered to ad-
vance With the object Of fanking the enemy's
right.
On Thursdsy azothsr fght is reported to have
eeeHrred st Manassas, II which a portion OF
Johnssn's division.yyas captured. There was no
general engagement, and 10 ''teH thousand priE-
oneTs captured" The Only esptEre OF prisoners
is that basAtionsj in the PTsst telegram.
Oar less ia killed was considerable. The
yye1s6ed number probably Ave hURdTed, two
hundred Of whon arrived st GordOnsvills yes
tsrday merHing. The badly wounded remain
At Rsppshanuock and Rspidss station. Gems.
Geek, Pesey and Kukland are reported wouEd-
ed. bat not dangerously.
TIE Yaskees esntinUed their retreat Wsdzss-
dsy night, leaving most eff their dead and
wounded, Of whon tkere were = large nHmber,
behind.
Tbe reverses to the F deTal army in Tsnnes-
sac. ard ihs retreat of Meade With ths 2dvascs
Of Gen Lee ia Virginia, has caused Eueh eI-
etsFaeBt in Norfolk.
Ths niae citizens Of Norfolk who recently
tcok the esth of allegiance under what they
called eompalsion, have gone into business, and
are row Numbered with the Union men Of The
city-scorned and coHtemHed by al the truly
Southern IN sentiment.
Our weuuded stats that the retreat sf the en-
cray was disarderly, and tbs groazd wss sLrewa
viii f.o-aruss and aceoutreRsBts. Tks last re-
port frosi Meads IS that be is on the ether side
! ef Bull ran.
The abeve is principally derived from state
msuts ef wounded msn, snd we give them as
renorts. Many, however, eeHcar in their state
ments.
Fem reassns Wkch if is uHneees ary to meg
tien zow, bus which viii more clearly appear
hereafter. there Is no probability Of general
ssgagezsent or further fighting in Northern Viz
ginia, fer the present, At ieast
Tho RnpiSsa, as vel as he RspPahanRcck,
is muck swoIisa, aEd the rEiiTeEd bridge oyer
the former was partially carried away Friday.
Owing 70 the high water it kAs not bssB repaired
TIE latest nsWs froH Gen. Lees army VIII be
fsund undet the telegraphis bad.