Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-07

From The Richmond D..pa'ch,-8l.I
FROM TREDEEICRz BURG

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! The Yankees arc stdl en- tbe hanks Of the
/ RsPpshannock opposite FFsdedcEsburg. They
| were seen 5esteTjsy cutting away tao under
growth In front Of the rife pits on SeoHs' bill
/ which they occupied when Burnside 1Ed Hooker
/ were in Stafford, and it is supposed tIsy sgs.u
/ intend 10 make ihe s1sfIrJ HilIs brs'le WITH
| siege gEus. Their csFa.ry can be seen patrol
/ ing Up and down tire river bank Ell day long
( The larger portion of tEeig force is shove Fai-
mouth, nsaT th6 f1ris, where i2ey crossed under
Hooker 70 Uset their last disaster in thai e.e ea-
| beThood.
One monitor and thTee ls-Ea CunA8sts passed
/ mp The Rspp1hannogk shout ter clock Tues
/ day night, supposed 30 be On the lockout fr he
/ captured Etssmss Satellite and i lance. Pas.
seHgers on tHe down train, Cu Jhs Richmond
and fre1eriCasburg railroad, while IS HBmiI-
tons crossing, a1Cu j. O'Clock yesterday, beard
heavy firing iu the direction of Port Royal r.
commenced about o'clock in the morning, and
was believed 90 be fha gUuhuzls attempting 70
prevent oUT men frsu taking the machinery
out o. the steamers csDfE-Fi by Lieut. Wood
As We have e force on tie spot severe oa-
Eagement is likely o. have ts--i -.-e5.
We learn shat the guns from The Satellite and
Reliance had been .tsssn out aud putin position
for a fight, sud that tlCy were Gysilabla for au
Ecii0n with guIbca's
A passenger reports that Tuesday morning
large force OF Yankees were seen moving dsr-u
their side Of the dvcy toward Por Royal, and it
is probable they were TO aid in the recap.ure Of
the guEboats. Two Of Our pickles. at Port
Roya! VsIe captured by the enemy Tuesday
night.
THE BATTLE Al TIE WHITE sULFHEB.
We learn from passengers who csruo through
MliboTo yesterday that tie Yankee force
which YVES -e7ulss3 BY GEM Jones has retreat
ed to B-y ely, in Randolph county.
IL the ba1.ls of she 26.h ult, ihz Yankees.
chify cavalry, numbered, 10 is estimated . 600 /;
our own force considerably less. The fight
commenced 81 @ Gel ck wednesday morning.
The Yankees, If anything, had the q lvaussga Of
position. The combat cont Iued Eai dark
without a change Of position, sud YES
renewed early IhuTsdsy, when the en-
envy, making fruitess charge, re-
treated prscipi lately. Our less ia killed and
wounded 100, the suomy's some 400. including
prisoners. The enemy charged our rseu several
times on Wednesday, but were reDul-eI The
ground Of the fght involved a small getismout,
whose Inhabitants fed, losing by ths deg1uc-
lion OF then property enough 70 subject lEsu to
suffering.
PROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
Passengers who arrived by the Csnrsl train,
yesterday afternoon, report nothing new from
Winchester is clasr Of the enemy, who are no
nearer Than Msriinaburg.
From The IIch 1oud Examiner. All
YANKEE MOVEMENTS OE THE RGFrAHEvEoCE.
PaFsengers by lis Fredericksburg tram yss-
terdhy afternoon report hesvy movement of
The Yankee forces easl Of Fredericksburg and
Fslmouth, down from the direction Of Warren
tou. Prom The nights OF tdis side of thz R zp-
palannock great clouds Of dust could be seen
rising fer several hears, lnJ rolled along 1r fas
distance Of a raile and q half The direction OF
the cloud seemed 90 be t1aGTi Por. Royal Ehe
ersmy' q l,sva,ry were also moving down per
sllel with the river. a few nights since o force
Of the eIiemy appeared near Falmouth nights.
kindlod immense fires, which b,Hzad through
the niEbi, bat Iu the morning they were gone,
and not a stray Yankee was to be seen.
Ihese movement it they are not intended TO
divert General Lees atton ion, zle taken in the
srny " indicate q movement on the part of 8
corps or more OF Ms8ic's srmy, but with what
0bioc WIS not cor isciggs1 outside OF haa1guar-
teIs whore, Pelhsps, they were better under
stood, as there were counter m 1veneuLs on the
part Of certain portions Of cur srmy.
From the Richmond ssuH-el, fthl
FROM LEE's kERY.
From Fredericksburg, ne lssrn thzt tie Ya--
KEGS have planted E battery Of large guns in
tbe.c8uessry at Falmouth; aui &c Tas believed
their force bad been increased opposite Fred
ericksbuTg.
I. is a. q1ist as usual iu CUlpepsT. About
twenty prisoners were brought down from the
Rappshsnnock in The Central rsin last
gYmlBP.
The Tzukoos attacked the captured gunboss
Ct Port Royal yesterday, They had field bat
terry 81 Pert Conway, and sIueE one Of the
steamers several tines, iriuriHg hor upper
works Oar artillery opened upon them and
drove them of. No ons was killed or wounded
on our side. The enemy are reported 70 have
lost seyersi men. The steamers were partially
disman;ed before fire attsck