Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-23
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Special oogrespsHasaes Msnphis Appeal
ETrsNoNp, Ostober l& 1868
The sn.iverrsrv 81 Yorktown smiles On US sWesty-
.Hsr DAYS Of wind ard rsia, bat ia ret likely to Be
marked il virginia ~ events conclusive Of The war.
Tbs srav ks fallen back, VI ara told, fer want Of
.rsv;r,vs Mssis has escaped Ons aeeount says be
las crossed ihs Pstomas. Another represents him IS
h,vipr occupied the Oh ground Of Manassas and Gen
tsrvlia. sua as belag actively engaged Just nSW in recon
s,rssHar TIE old fortissatisns theTS. The arny Of Sen
80 vrruod Meade as rapidly as possible, bat did not
succeed in forcing sRea kim a general sngagoneal'
several agats tosk plase aurlag the Pursult, III which
our aggregate loss wss sbsal E thousand 10 killed
asS wsaadsL We took three thOussnd prisoners
On the evening Of Wednesday, near Bristol atati0z'
ueIatssh's battery, sttaehsd ts Gen. Cookies brigade,
wss captured. This battery consisted Of ave FuHs
Cen. Cooke was wsuudsd very early IN the actisR- The
rsiisnsls Of Meass's Escape was Tat he reiterated In q
5irset line, assisted By the rsl~sy, and our pursuit was
hv c~ireaftsus routes, ever = rough country, which was
entirely sesftats Of provisions The whole region BE-
tween the Rspidan and the Peteaa &c is said to be q
sesala;e wilderness.
Tosa xInar Belts wss arrested by Jeb Stuart and pa
relos TO appsar in Riohnoud When discharged last
vsar. he gave his were to hoid ne communication VITA
tss enemy. He has kean giving dinner parties to Gen.
Wssse ana stsH, and the Yankee papers tell us be wa
sressn. in the Interesting character Of AZ Hlusirisus
Usien martyr" ter days ago, e. a swsr5 presentation ts
he Federal General D.. K. Warren. THIS locks very
much IKE the Puaies fSss. We shall see what the
Martyr has to say fer himself VIXEN b. aPpsars In
tha city. His last visit Eas to ella N 81. coo i~rdemuiiy
feua the OoHfsdsrats Govsrnasnt. for the devastation
o. kis farm in OulPsper county, By aur troops.
There are nsW clever Thousand Yankee prisoners IL
Ricsnond. The cartel Of exchange having bssa Inter
ruptsd BY that little difference OF Il eos in Agurss be-
tween Commissioners Ould and Meredith, and there
being small prospect b Of getting them q osr bands Al
an early day, the Governments about to build a mon
ster prison for them on Belle Isle. The lookout for the
wintss Of 30 mary months to feed, in the great gssreity
ef provisions, is net encouraging, and IL We viii hsve to
Suffer fer shOrt Fatisns, It viii he frsR ne fAslt Of our
authoriass.
There is a hsgtrs Of the gamblers siAes the passage Of
he recent bin fer the suppression Of CARING BY The
Virginia Legislature, Many A. @ Ma viii deplore TIE
loss o. their sessstemes parrdgss szd t~arrspiHs, their
Cabssas and brandy ans water, but all g1sd eitiseus
viii ~rsjoEss II he teus can be ehseiusly elesea. A
very eminent district Judge tod ne todsy that hs fears
thEt The law s insssqRsted to cure the gigantic evil.
He ssys the faro dealers viii soon retarH, open their
Cume in their eva houses, snd ssfy lie courts. They
ear ford e pay szy 5snsgs in Wick hey ars BuleisS.
Ths profts 81 enc hause slnca ths the frEt Of Jsly are
said 80 have been sl5o.00ol TAs dany Earkstiag 0z-
porsss Of tive Of the clearing establishments are pePutsd
as having been sle50 per diem sachi An this shews
the vital nseessty Of iegisls'ieR to break them up.
! Ihsve tast returned from tho fusersl Of a brave youRg
fellow, sen Of Conway Robinson, ESQ. Gornerly the
hesd Of The Richmond bsr, now living in WsshiRgtoR@
who, wi;h tive brothers, cane threogh the lines sz the
breaking out Of the war, to fight for lkeir native Vr-
g1ia He vas killed three or four days age ia ere q
th~ s~ki-=isbes beyond the RaPpssannoct. BE was 6
b igAteyed, hsaisono Boy adorned with every manly
virus. Thus are cur bravest and best sacrificed in this
WAT. DIXIE.