Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-10

VI tle tlifl 0Ay Ala-E la4FllE G0DlAe a
reached ChaFiest0H, An older lo0kiag towH than
rather more ehasrfEl than Mobile, for Tiers is
still 3 sight asFearsacs Of bHsinasg sb0at b
! A lG-ps, aad svsa 81 this ti1ns wen esA3Ueted
I hstzI Fsssivsd ne-sud 20 spprseiats gscd t0-
/ tel a iaurney Of sWo sf tAFes days IN a South
sSa railway Is ne Bad preparation. The IRE
akish devastated CkaElastoa asout yssr aEo,
as lsft tGTtibls traces Of is progrssas il seems
/ 20 have swept slesn ihrsugh one Of the best
Z pzTts Of shs city, aRss owing 10 tha var which
emp,eys5 labor elsewhere, no steps 70 repair tie
/ damage have bssn laksa- Sail Charieston Is q
/ pleasant place, Gsd tha waik along tae quaya
hy lac side Of tba bay is dslighifFl ihs h0u5a7,
! being bgiit somsWasa ia the Itaiisn style Of
4 Architecture, auAstan3ing on the very edge q
tie waters Of the bsy, remind oua Of some Ct
/ CisuIs L2frsines sea pictures.
However. wzriiks pFeuaTatisas appeared ou
all sides Batteries bad bssa srsctsd Eio1g shs
qusv; q regiment was eacsmped IA the Fu5 E
gzrdaas; irsu-elad vessels were 4 e5uFss Of pEp-
statisn; tue forts ss the sH;rsnss Of tbs haFSef
we're al zrne1 and psoFls spoks Of q assPer-
ate dsfsHae, aud Of barring the ksWn rsthsf
than allswiag it to fan into the sEany's hsndf.
Gs.. BsaursEarl's hsadguartsTs we're IN tie
tovn- had he Pl0&yurs Of passing the eye
mig in his asmPszy, and a remarkably nice
Persoa and gssd of5ser he spP8arad 90 b. he
Is q small. very iRtslligsai locking msu, wiEh
remarkably brigat aaTz eyes aad rathsr gray
hsir. ia fsei, his appearance bssp=zks mere
Ssus saora descent tban that Of tha Angs SazeR.
10 spoke eoas5anfiy Of being abs successfully
ts defsud the Blasa. Gen Bsssragafd cJfro5a-
rzssd the sariOUs Scts 6ne hssTd respecting the
5amsardusst Of Fort Santer. Il Is perfectly
true Stat afesr 1ost severe bo23s-5msHt, the
tort rsBiyiBg vigarsasly, il Surrendered becanse
uBtsRsbis, and net one nan Of sks garrison 'Fzs
\ = T. sT- ~E--. 80
side toe easuslsiss sBiF ansaRtsd te tarse Hlen
slightly wouzdsd. Ths fact shst saca vas ths
Cssn is alHGst ulsesountsAIs.
Tao sitassisa sf Charlsstan, On the point q
land between The As5isy and Cooper rivers, aad
surrounded with fsrests Esa EarshY c9uztTy,
renders Il very strsng On the land side, whilst
the fsTis st the eHtTsnss Of the bay, il was hoped
woad sff0rl insua0gHtsbls obstscloz iD ths
Fsderal navy. As usual, thsy ths FaieTsjI)
have lost THAR 9BEOTtuaity. Al OEs tiEs the
town vas scarcely dsfssdsS, ard fsW resoluls
captains Of ships mighi have faFesa a PsssAge
late tia bay, and b1mhaTssd it. Nov, hsW-
evlr, dzEc,saeis5 kava Been remeaiea. and an
s5s,izats defense win be the result. Every day
people exsectsi tha attack to take place; the
ia-gs fsrca Whish was uBdsr tEs esamsnd Of
G7negal Banks threatened the FA0ls S1uthsru
coast, and each city supposed ITSELF 10 be the
object OF asn=es.
The rail b Wilmington wss sPsa, ard as that
was the shortsst way to Riesm9ad, | tssk ths
trsin, and reached WilminstoR a58ut one A. n,
where q steam ferry carried the pssssBgsTs
acrs7s the bsrber. We wsrs kept waiting in
awful cold night, erawdiuZ round shs dosrs Of
TIE rsjiwsy cars; sHa as il was q ssss Of FIRST
come, first served, those who got IN ir5t secured
q seat. while these Wh3 did not were iersed Go
stand
Th9 usual uaeart7iuty attending Ssulhsfn
railway travelling prevented me rem making
say calculation to tbs tine Of reaching
Richmond. At Weldsl We missed e0Bnse-
tisn," which Eassns that the train had gene sf
WITHOUT Uaitiag for a., aad We bad the sgTsa-
able prospect ef passing twenty V-f0ur hours at
9ae Of the msst miserable places 1 ever saw.
Eysn 10 peace time Is has bad Rams, and dur
ing the presant state Of things il has becoRs ten
times worse than tsfs-s. Two dreary houses.
diguifisd By The naase Of hotels, received the
passengers. I was fovtanats eaough ts obssia
q bed; tTe soldiers sf the Csufsders,s army
occ1pyiug tbs other bed in Ey r3sEi We even
Brsc,5rs1 the iaxury Of q FIRE. and whilst sittiag
r5und Is, my two companions discussed Their
eampaigas, and. in deiHg 50, described two bat
ties a. which hsd been present en- the oppOsiis
side. Il was very sEnussng to hear thsiF descTiP-
ti0us, especially thss Of sRs mza, whe gave Hs
an aecsuHf of bis cbsrgi7g squares sad PsEfsrm-
ing Gthsr prOdigias Of vsloT, no sash squares, to
ny c2rlsiH knsTisdEa, having existed. l did
net sel thsm that / had sees the hsltlss from
sneshsT psias Of view. At Weldon thsrs IS a
important bridge across a river, On whch q
guard was stationed, as It vas supposed - be
AZ object Of stack Of the FslsrRls. who oeeu-
pied parts sf he eoaRtry lying in The vici1ity
nsg- the coast Altar our twsuty-feur hours de-
lay a srain arrived sa3 carried Us On 70 Peters
burg, large wall built town, Resr The Jsmss
river. Oanibusss, driven By uirgsFs. conveyed
Bs through the town % tas Riehnsa3 railway
I 5tatioH, aRd oa my way l tOek tbs opportunity
Of asking the intelligent sontrsband' VINO
wss driving nc Whsther the YsaHees had any
gua boats en- me James river 90 yssh, zas
sa.' was the snswsr, " them Yankees have got
three thousand gln beats dswn tksre." Tais
awful- piscs Of information ougbt Of eoUrss, 10
have boon forwarded - President Davis. II be
had bsss in ths Sans habit Of acquiring infsrm-
alton fram intsliEsnt eontrsbaads" Is the
otifr President. TIE train canveyed nae TO
Richmond, where I arrived a5Ous ssYon 0'slssk,
m, very gis3 70 have accomplished the long
i3urney rom Mobile.
Oh al the exBe9itioas have 9aSs, ihs ride
took eus Of Richmond 70 ths seare Of the sla
battle felds Of the CAickah9miny, Tss so me
the nest eBri0us. Six months previously, hsa
been sacampcd with The Federal army fer 9
ucR.h, within four sns a half miles Of the city,
snd now was shout to visit the SANS lSeslitls
non the opposite side To de- this / hired
wfetshsd hoTse--h0rsas are aesrcs articles at
Risbmon3-and sssrtsd slsne to sad ny way to
lhs CRickRhsminy, feeling sHrs, waaa once
there, Of knewiHg every inch ef ths EroaRd.
AhsT lea7iHg tho town, I passed the roi9ubss
wbich ehcireis it-ssythHUrks thrsWn aB hastily
during iba war-and found the guard stasioEe5
% The rosa; kavevsT1 my pass iasgrsa ne eT-
cry eiTiftY, aud was put in the right wsT Og
rez ching NeWhrisge on tie ChiakahoH,iay.
Very s0sa ths ecuatry showed palpabls signs
of Wsr--fenees broken down and destroyed,
hG1ses burned-iR short fsrgils country had
become q waste. looked IL vain for ths liuos
Of ssrthw0rks which I was led 10 believe had
prevented the adivznes en- Rehm0hd Of the Fed
sEal sray they did not exist very stasn
trsaeb snd brssstW8rks bsiag ths oaly signs Of
any iertifcation Sail I Fsds on, expecting 90
meet some sgaces Of field works, uztil found
mysef sm0nz the well remembered places
izeiaE shs nights, from which I bad often
watched the Fsdszsl batteries play or the very
grcuud l was ridiRg oT,I. There was the h01se
qhich I 70 speabsTea irrved ss q marx for tbs
Federal artillery; there was the stsse piece Of
road a0wu Which, through 3 telescope, I kad
watched ths Csniedsrsta wagons hastsaiag %
avoid the Ere In fact, slmest seemed 70 have
two sepsFsts existeness, and iFuagined ihst
should SEQ myself and fsrner cor panions ep-
pear on shs spPesits Nights Ny ride was
stepped by the bTi 20 called New uFisge) hay
ing been destroyed Men were engaged in re-
Pairisg il; the muddy stream Of tbs Chicsa-
hemiHy deWiug on, unconscious Of hzviag sep
aTstsd two vast szmies aud played So s0nsidsTa
bic . part in 8 greas struggle
AeFoss The deserted fields, tbs former stations
OF tie Confsderats Piekeis, I mads ny Way;
hen through the abandoned ConfedeTats eaaps
snd insTeuehmsnts, seross the esuntT7, and
hr5uEh tie woods and smoAa tbs numerous
g5sFes Of these who fsll st Fair Osks and the
sevon days battles, until reached the redogs,
the sesns Of Hooker ght, where the last bat-
tie was fought with the e5jsct Of sdySueinE o.
Richmond. TIE battles which succeeded Il
were for sxisesRes, net victoTy. Ths ssualIy
was deserted s solitary spartsmsn locking Ter
parlTidees Wss the ouly person Isae0uatarsd.
WBors Rsrs all these had known 50 istmstsly
six maBths bofors Ssms wsrs khls6 IN these
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