Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-22
THE vI0roRY Ar wIv0nEsTaR.
CapsHrs Of .lgarfiaI5arg.
Mere AztHIsry aud Prisoners Taken.

There is little news in addition TO that already
given with reference TO the decisive victoTy Of
The Confederate forces at Winchester on Sun
day last. The only news we have received is
from parties who have left the Valley since the
surrender Of Winchester by the Federal forces,
sad tue reports they bring ere Of the most
cheering characters but as to details, and the
plan Of battle, we are yet IN ignorance, and are
perhaps destined 70 remain so, unless some one
connected with the army shall feel sufficient
interest IN the important movements in the Val
lsy.tl furnish as with a connected account.
The accounts state that on Friday morning
General EwsIl, much to the surprise of ths enc
N.Y. reached FrCut Royal, Warren county,
eighteen miles from Winchester, and at onco
pushing On to the latter place, encountered q
force OF the enemy when within some ten miles
Of the town, with which diminishing immsdi-
atsly commenced, the enemy retiring and the
skiruishiug continuing, our forces being in
pursuit
On the morning of Saturday our army re-
noWsd The advance, the enemy contestinR the
gr0ua6 with some stuhbornness but were
compelled 10 continue their retreat. About
noon of that day our forces reached the confines
Of the town, when asE Of truce was sent in de-
mauding q surrender Of the place. The
officer commanding replied that be would
abide the issue OF battle, sad it attseked
would burn the town to which Geu. EWe-l
answered, if any house vas burned other
than those 6rod by the bombardmsnt, tie
black flag would bo heisted and no quarter
given The assault upon the euemy's intrench-
ments was then commenced, AID continued IN
t. da-k A; an carly hour on Sunday morning
ibs attack was renewed and continued thrOUg-
ont tbg day, the eannonsdiug most Of the tiHos
being very severe. Od Monday morning, early,
the garrison capitUlated, and oar army took
possession Of the town, So well as the works
from which the enemy had been dislodged
With reference to the escape Of Eilroy there
is yet no certsinty. One report says that he
ws5 0vertaken by cur cavalry near tho Potomac
aad captured while another quite as relisbla
states that ne passed through Charlsstown, with
bis escort, early On Sunday morning. The latter
report, We judge, is much mora plausible than
the ether ss it is not at all likely that he would
allow himself to be overtakeu after having once
penetrated our lines; II he passed through
Charlestowu, ss alleged, it IS probable he went
out from Winchester On The Martinsburg road as
far as Bunker Hill, and thence through Smith
field and ChsrIestoWn 70 Hsrper's Ferry.
a gentlemen who came down froI the valley
by The Central trsin, last evening, gives the fol-
lowing estimate Of our capture:
Pssners 10 1000
Horses .-4ss9
wagons 70 s9
stores 'sis9uyuUl 20 o@i4JllJJ
Lieut.. Charles EorgeI, (of Lynebburg,) Of
the l4tb Virginia regiment, was seriously
wounded near Port Rsysl. BE was in com
msui OF Capt Packs company, who was a5-
sent, and in conjunction with one company Of
his regiment, the whole numbering abOut eighty
men, were pursuing BODY Of the retrsatiHg en-
emy, when they were led into en- smbUscsds Of
q battery Of artillery masked, and forty Of them
killed or wounded, smo1g them Lieut.. Norvel.
As to the movements Of our army, after the
capture of Winche5ter, Ws have rum0rs in
sbundance, but think it useless ts give thsm ia
their confused form. We may state, however,
that there is little doubt that our forces are To-
day reading the soil Of Maryland with q strong
probability that orr os7slry at least have crossed
Mason s1d DiEon's line, aud ars now foragiDg
on the Duteh farmers in the Cumberland valley,
in Pennsylvania. From the Potomac river At
WilHamspert, via HsgersloEn, 70 the Penn
sylvsuia lire, the distance is cot over fifteen
miles, ssd the country is rich and productive
Just such indeed as to invite the attention Of
cavalry forcs at tHs season Of the yesr.-Rist-
m0Hd Dispatch, l9th