Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-24

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James river, FORCED the BiaekwateE, ard barnes
the railroad bridge ct Stony ereek, below Peters
burg, cutting IN two BsausegaEdr forces At sba
point.
We have landed here, intrenched ourselves
destroyed many miles Of railroad, and got 3 DO
Sision which, with proper supplies. We csn hold
agHiHst the whole Of lees fo7css
/ have ordered up the supplies. Bsaursesrd
with large portion of his command vas lef
south Of the cutting of the railroad bg Gsnss 8
Kaniz That portion which Taaellsd Pctefsbuza
under Hll, have whipped today, killing aad
woundlng many, and taking naany pris0rers
after Eell-contessed fight
Lieut.-Gen- Grant viii not be troubsel viii
any further reinforcsmsns to Lea from BsauFo
CARDS forces. B. F BUTLER, Msjnr Gsn.
THE woUEDED-UaPREcEDEsr rUMBERs
WAsHNsToE, May l0.--Ths Star Of to-dav
sayH:
Our wounded, Cat II o'clock Sunday, Nay
9. iS reported 10 be Is 900, most cf whom are
at Fredericksburg, and so thick that thsg are
lying ia the streets and on the psvsmenls that
earSlly patrol nrde-ss UUE, e5ula cot 90 dg.sy,
as Is Was diflsrult to pasa between the rows Of
wounded nsn without trAmpliHg apon tao1n. Il
is said fhsrs ara between 1000 and 5000 rebel
wounded thsrs also.
THE WOUNDED AT P5Hr wALTHALL. JUNCTION..
Dispaschsg from Fortress Monroe gives a list
sf BIG msn. wounded in the fghs bssHeer Rich
moud and Petersburg, on Monday, the 10th.
THE Loss OF THE coM JOKES By REBEL
TORPEDO
A telegram from Forsrass Monroe. Nav Oh.
says Of these on board the Commodore Jones,
ct the time she was blown Up, P.ymastsr Chap.
lin was instantly killed. 81 Assistant Engineer
SaWteile is reported to have been killed, and
La Isa.It
ter Adams IS too eaaly wounded to be moved
Lieut. Condo F. +. Wade Il wounded. Ts7en-
ty-seVen others are still missing
FROM sHERMANs ARMY.
PHILADELPHIA, HAY 1O.-A special 10. the
BultstiS, da,ed Washington, May 10. says:
The Government has received dispatches this
morning, stating thAs Gen. sherman, with
Thomas, Hoeker's and Seho6elds corps, are
now fighting for the possession of = ridgs, which
lies north OF Daiion, and is the kay TO the city
In the meantime, Gsn. Mcpherson has made s
snecessful march south Of Dalton, aud has
struck. or is about to strike fsial blow at ohn
ston, BY cutting the Tennessee aud Atlantic
railroad south of Dalton.
Gold is quoted on the lOsh in New York e.
1854.
Oae Bay Later.
Philadelphia Dates Of ThuF-day, Msy l2i
Through the coaFtesy Of Officer Peterson, Of
this city, we have = copy Of the PbilAdelphia
IaqEireT Of the II q, last Thursday, found 10
= deserted Yankee camp yesterday, in the vi
einity Of Port Wslfhall junction
1t contaius but little later than the II. n, which
NAV be deemed reliable.
Uader the caption aGen- Grants Movements, -
the IaqsiTer says: A dispatch from Wash
iugton yesterday says It was thsn reported that
h.d 81 E..tE. Al.
right and left, and that L,se was driven across
the North Anna river, with Grant in close pur-
suit This is indeed good news.
From all accounts, continues the Ia6uiTeT
there is 30 doubt another great battle had been
fought in the vicinity Of Spottsylvsnia Court
House, in which the enemy has beeR forced to
retire south of the North AnnS river. There is
also 3 report from near. Gan Masdes head
quarters, before Spottsylvznis Court House,
dated Tuesday afternoon, which Gays it was
currently credited =. headquarters that but two
corps Of -bhe FsSel-army lay IN our 'front.' and
that Lee, with enc corps, had gone to Rjehnend
IF this be true, il shows thai Lee, as a fOrlora
hope, is endsAvoriBg to reach Richmond before
it shall be csptured by the forces under G sneras
Butler and Smith, and if only one is left as a
rear guard, Grants progress in that direction
viii not be impedsd, and be will arrive at Rich
mond nearly as soon as Lse, and then the last
struggle there will be the creHning glory Of the
Union arms.
The great weakness of Lee is the impending
attack upon Richmond, by Batler and Smith,
which, If successful. as it must be without his aid
and no doubt, will be with sll be. can do now to
prevent it, will cut of bis communications with
his rear Il is said be has even now no mesns
of obtaining supplies, and has told his men thai
they must obtain them from the enemy; but GO
far he has not been able 90 capsures single wag.
on, while it is reported that General Grant, il
the advance which was made at . clock on the
10Th, esptured large amount of rebel commits
sary stores.
The NatienaI RspaGfiean, of yesterday, says
messenger 70 the government, which lell
Grants headquarters st o'clock on Tuesday
reports that Grant had moved on the enemy's 5
works on the morning Of that day, and
that our forces advanced steadily and gained the
snemy's ground permanently.
The battle was chiefly with artillery, and wal
very severe. This is. perhaps, the frst time,
owing to the nature of the gr0und that General
Grant has found an opportunity 20 use bis srlil.
cry, and when this arm of tbs service comes
into iul play Is viii deal she mostferrible blows
which the rebels have yet received. Genera
Gszni's dispatches, IT Is said. are exceedingly
ehseFfal, and he ia clearly msstsF Of the siIn4
ton
There has, ne doubt. been heavy fighting L
Buffers command, and also with Gen. SheF
mans forces; and our gunboA.s on the james
river have, no doubt, also been brought int
action.
Altogether the sisuasion at present is mes
cheerful. snd full Of promise for the cemplet'
success of our arms This win be another anx
ious day with the people, who are so earnestly
watching the movements and the fortunes 0
our gallant soldiers
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
WAsHIssFos, May IL--Msjor-Gen. DIX
Dispatches from the army Of the Potomac bav
| Just reached here, bearing date 10 ocleek, P
H., Of Tuesday Both armies at that time he'll
| their positions at SpottsYlyania Court Hous
withou. any material change. The enemy hai
been driven to their breastwoks The I6a
corps, under Gen. Wright, had carried the firs
/ line Of the enemy's rifle pits. There hsd bee
heavy skirmishing during the GSy. The wound
| ed had reached Fredericksburg, aud during tn
night Some were brought up to Washington.
The surgeon general reports that ample suT
plies OF nurseS surgeons and medical store
| have gone forward.
There has been nothing heard from GsneTl
Sherman on Gen. Butler since my last dispstc
of yesterday. EDWIN n. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
/ --LATEST sESOAA ALL Jun VENERABLE
WAsHIEGToN. May Ito Major. Gen. Di:
New York: No intelligenee hss been receive
by the Department from the army Of The Pot
mac since my dispatch of this morning. A d
patch from Gen. Sherman, dated at Tunnel Hi
at 7:30 P. NJ, states thai Mcpherson had not q
tackled the enemy at Rsssea, having found the
position strongly fortified, and had taken
position at Snake Greek gap. Gen. Sherman
ia front of Buzzard R9ost gap, awaiting q
arrival Of part Of his forces.
This dispatch came hV'w.y Of Knoxville Al
Cumbsrlandl gap, ha g been delayed ov
twenty.fcHr honrs in consequence of heaV
storm that broke down al the lines north
Nashville.
OUR NEW YORK coRREsPONDEEcE.
Il New YoRK, May 1.-The city was in
state Of fearful excitement al The morning. 4
nonrsceipt Of further intelligence from tha arm
WAS interpreted BY the prophets Of eyil'' as t
Ger tain indication thak we had met with ]