Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-30

] huGaeLlr 81 1901 viii remain OBJ recGll as, Der-
I uzps. the most foolish a1d 5oyi5h compositions
/ iR the whole archives Of diplomacy.
Thsis Gnancial calculations have also turned
cat s TuaCas faiiuIe, though we believe ihat
iheY never u-ds much pTatsnsion % financial
skill. sHd ihsir breakdown sn this department. is,
therefore, not ao surprising.
EaHs Teassr-#es aud gFest Virginia.
From the 5nstoI Crsnu Advocate. Oct -
We are now in the midst 0f exciting military
operations On 5l=uT1sy last, st 10 O'Clock, the
81 sdTsuca Of Gen. williams was attacked near
Blna Spring whena warm engagement occurred,
which lasted liil night, Wiih considerable ess on
both sides Oar troops ieh baak e 01eouFiLe
on Saturday night
On sundsv cur forces continued to fall back.
sii uD0n reaching Rces town, tnsy found .hat
hsavy foTcs Of lha enemy hzd made su1csssfni
dauk movement, Dy which cur tIOops we've sur
rounded. Nothing Wss LEFT 20 the C0nfederaies
but TO cut or surrender. They chose the former
aud aceomBlishsd tasir undertaking, but nol
without z s. To as OF from tHo hundred 90 three
hundred men Ihs loss 0f The enaznY .s aald 90
have been much greater, and lhat tho gallantry
Of or men IN the engagement has n0s been eE-
called dmuE the wsI.
Our troops hzge continued 30 fail back, con
iasfiuE tho grouLd. ana row oeeupT positions a.
ZllicofflF, and 0.Eer points On the south ioTk O.
H0lslon river.
We have now bus little doubt bat that Born
Sides entire command is uoW in upper East
Eennessse. That he iaiiad % BE- able 20 make .
iaucticu with E0secIans. ana has turned bis
souTse with view Of destroying our salt worzs,
and doing whatever Cthcr rluIy h8 egu do IN
this direcfisn. As we 60 70 press, "wednesday
eveuiUg,) heavy hrng s distinctly heard at OR
Office. a battle is said TO be in progress a. SpuT-
ge0n ford, some tour miles southwest Of Blount-
vile. L behe0ves our authorities to dispEteh
ell our troops who sre Ia strikng distance Of
this place to this immediate part Of the chess
board, end al the home guarl5 10 tie middle
and western portions OF Virginia, 90 watch .h5
salt works and the mountain passes leading
theTeio.
LsTgR-rHE ENEMY AGAIN III BRISTOL
We wriis now undeC dat5 Of October Dist.
The fTing referred to above vas caU5od by tbs
advance Of tho enemy by way Of Spurgeon'5
ford They caused our forces 20 fall back on
Blouutvius. at which place We nEda g stand
and gave them battle. The hRht Commenced At
about o'clock. We held them in check until
nearly dark when cur flrees were compelled 70
retire TO lhis place. Our loss there WA small
what the enemy's loss vas We have nes asceF-
tanned.
Before fetresting TO tbs plzcs, all ihs public
stores were ordered 10 be removed, togeIhor with
al this rolling slock on lie Iairoad. All 3hs
stores. were removed aad nearly All the rolliag
stock, save s0ns four CARS belonging 20 the Vic
ginia road, and one old engine, worthless TO ths
road. Iha Tennessee sroad suffered most il
lost some twenty eiglt cars, mostly freight, and
sTo engines, one oi which was also useless
rhsse al fell into the hands Of the anemy aud
we1e burned
Wban Gun lo4eas fen back rem BlountviiIe.
sn order vas sent 10 Gen. Jackson 81 Z ..ic1--
far. to evacuata chat piaes and lai back % Bds-
lol This, ha Of coarse, did, but much against
his wish. believing shat b9 could hold i. Ehs
enemy advanced upon g aiieIga-d and burned
sba bridge thaEg, aad ai5o tile olocE-nquEe
erected for chr daienlo OF the place. As they
followed Cur f1res in shis dIscsiou, they d.
siroYed The raiirosd 81 they calno.
rhs enemy sdvanced IRON Bl1HntFiIlo, on
Thursday mcru.nE, aud entsIei Brlsloi ai a50us
II o'el1cE Ill enemy from Llllicotsr i01me1
q junction here about Tho same time, and iHsule-
dialaiv BuIsued oar rsT1aiing army in the d.
reciiog of auiarisu. IhsF only ioHcwo1 u5
some Fix nnios, when Csl Miiehsrs cs7aizy
Higl ihan and gave lnsm sai-e. An1Y iao1sls
taey lai lua ageSags qRi.s asa tlm7t ana
after ezehsngiug aum3 .5reltY or thirty slots
from thelr artillery, Fersstsd in ihis craas-oD,
saving that ths roosis nsJ b4su IeIni0resd hy
I Ct least tgenty Thousand men, In iIs lkiTmiah
gva killed tlros ana wounded zen Of thalr NUM-
/ bsr No casusliiss on oar SIDE
Had cur forces hen burned "a on hem, a7 they
should have done, We could have XII e.l ald cap
.ursd hundreds oi shnit Hseinc -0Tes8 Bat, in-
stead OF this, we imagined trai hey had a force
Of 20 GOO, aud confined our retreat On 70 Az
ingd0n.
This skirnish took place al Of rear Col John
PrssjoD's. Frora taele 10 This plses thsY 5o-B
I'D iho railroad and hHrnt svsTF bridge, some s-x
Or seven ia plumber, most Of which ere small
aaes and can De rebuilt ia 9 fey weeks Wa
/ lasrn, Tom b. Minor, ihs arent Of tie Tasd al
/ this p ace, that the CsEs vii ran here agsn in
I the course Of twa or tbgoa weeks
Ca the retreat oi lhs enemy from Bristol back
/ toward &ountYiilo and A3liecHlr hey were iol-
I Oasd By Cols Bottles and Witcher who har-
| assed them considerably. o. M0n8sy art ihsy
charged company ,yvo miles nom Z3lloofser
I ana captured tHeEiy-leFau Of shair number rns
wounded some. L. this engagement Col Bot
I ties was severely wounded. We learn fhia
aorring thas io Is batter and ii is lhouvhs win
recover. On me same dgY Captain OF Lieut. o.
c. King, with seven pEivaies, charged q en-
| paBy OF near two hundred IN tie nairbbogho1d
of Baughmans ford ana captured f5-if Of tilsir
number killing soma i1ros also. Fitzgerald.
We are s0irT 90 le-rn was severely wounded in
the thigh. Lieut. King ran @ very narrow
sscsrc5 ha knocked enc fellow down I7Ish bis
pistol aad sh0t another Cn bis hcTs8 and .oar,
made his escaps BY cutting his way .a5ouph
them with bis sa1er.
Cos. R0ltlea and rl-clei.a c1suuraasq hava
captured since tho IeLeat cs iha enemy if. n
Col Prestou's, siI miles above hero. some fortv
81 ftg Of the invaders, Among iham we nav
nention one OF ihe murdsfera of L. Upton. ono
dessrtor nom the gan Virginia regiment. AMI
one Young man that hsd enlisted under tic L
banner from nesz this piscs the day bafors.
The last iepoIt We aea- Of the enemg is lhst
one brigade is at J0nesboough while tie othsra
ere OF tle msreh for Greengdis. L Is reported
shat thsy hsve leis SONS th1ee OF four companies
al ana around Rogemyille TIE whole iore8
which came 20 tins piace Ecuid u0i reach ov6r
/ g 000men. They were commanded b. Gems.
! Shaek6foId and Ssm Carter, Ell mounted in
I iantry save orc regiment
Ssnce 0uE foruas reached Abingdon, tlisr have
/ bren reinforced by Gems. " haI;on, YIN. Z.
Jones, Corss snd Major Gen. Sam Jones.
! sogsther with Gen. Ro5s Preston, c, mnsne iua-
/ th5 home gusTd Of Smyth, Wyfhs. Pulaski
( alontsom-ry, csc. EhoTef1re Hs have nov AZ
4oi 1gdun one msj1r- general and seven brfys-
Z diaIs. AT last accounts tday rers sin thsre
+ boxing ont for 1ank Movement by way Of
! P 5und gap on ths Norm, sud Elzab abeilison and
Taylossvills on tbs Sauih