Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-19

CorresEoudauca Of the Richmond EEgmiH-r.
FgrBgFICKs sBURG. September f." Not q
ysave If -r0uoie Tfis over tie peassfui breast
of Inc situation on the Rsppahs1u0ck. The
eusIay, unable 20 understand The condition Of
Affairs this side Of ilss river, sud ssrmed By the
activity ri our cavalry have maZcL5d Warren ?
CORPS Of iHfautr7 into position noar Hartford,
some rice miles north Of Falmouth This move
1uaut IS Of little inp0rtauce In Itself bat note
BE ~ hist L indicates an iHteui'oo on the psIt
OF General Meade to advance &C this Enc al an
earller dsts thsu has been heretofore eutcfFstCd.
( The letCss accounts from his army hsioE IL
fsFrnstcu Of its TsogcRuiz ion Thorough inspse
tor and rapid increase 5y the arrival Of clu-
scripts called cut ucder the recent levy, VINO,
! BY q General order issued rom the Washington
Wsr Department, gre being sent exclusively 20
the sgmy Of the Potomac, until the requisite
number % repair the losses sustained by Lhlt
aruv snail have bean supplied.
Tbero Is no evidence Of "a Immecist9 move
ment mere, and no change iu the sacmy'S lines
ia front CT Frejeriek5hurr. Kil9Etrok's 3 =E4
/ B If1Tds caVsl-y Stll commse5 the kappZhzn-
mock p ninanla aud picket ths nvsr.
il 5ur army there IS nothing new 20 report,
excepting s0ms farther promotions i'm he cay
airy service. Brgsdisr Gen. Wade HsmDtou
has bsen made q asjar- general aud G Us. II 9.
Bctl5r, Of South Carolina, end Wu C. Wick
ham, late commander ol the b Virginia cav
airy, hsva hsen appointed bTigzdIeT generals
Gen. Wehbsm has bs@n sssigHsd to commend
the brigade lately belonging 10 NJ ior-Gen Fiiz-
hugh Lee, who 20 -dsy fOm8lly resigns its CON
troll INTO the hands Of its new commander, and
assumes tie duties Of his rev position.
A member Of the Ist Maryland cavalry, who
YVES taken prisQner in PeHusyivsuia, and has
iust eff fsc'aa bis escape fr08 FoEt Delaware,
brings s0ms painfully Interesting pariicU Srs
Ucsp= cling the condition of our prisoners coz
iasd there, numbering upwards OF five tagC-
sand Two hard crackers t6ice dsy, together
with f.ur ounces of 1utrd meat and g scsut
szpulv Of water, eff rsivelg EisgEa-r, C5lsii-
tuts tis iare Of tHs7o unhappy msU. The prison
discipline brU;a. ard RIGOROUS, and of course.
in these circumstances, with no attention sgi3
10 cle50li1ess, and ths i3yt crowded TO sutfscs-
ticn tbe mortality sm-uE the prisoners Is very
great Among these Bh0 hBYa died tisIa 30.
c-HflT. victims 20 .Ha hssrtess treatment % tselF
inhumzn iai.ors, is Priv1ts Roirty, oi lAa 3Jsa
Virgiui8 regiment, sCn pf Alr. Chrs Roigty, 0i
this piacs, who though IN invalid when cap
tired, set was mereiiesslgs thrust into his
u9isone dungeon, aad here died for want oi
the esUm9Ce5t CET0.
o. those recently confined i'm The fort, 1T least
1000 have take the oath of alieg suoe TO trs
Yankee Government From these, Gen. ScaCch
tho comusudsut Of the Dosf, has organized
battalion Of cavalry for the United STATES FoT-
yics. lie excludes from tris gTEau5G G-tiau, wlIl1
now NUMBERS about 5000 msu, every prisoner
who has q wife, or caild, OF property in The
S5u.h. Those who ere thus situstsd, are GC-
csnted as guards f-r the prison. and in tbst ca
rsaty they exceed tho Yauke-s themselves in
harsiuoss and severity togard their late com
Usri -lls.
Al the arts Of puTsHasi9n snd purchase are
used to seduce our men from thsir ti-eity, and
falling ia .Esse, 10 suomity Of CGlEsgo IS 'ei.
uHperpelrstsd.