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

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FINANCIAL
WEDaEsDAY, Nay Il The gold market VA.
greatly excited this morning, bY the eonsza5ic
tory reports rom the ss&t Of war, and the Rac
tuatioHs n prics were za0rs violent than fol
weeks pas5 At the opening It sold Il I723 ar
advance Of II from the loHost fgurs on Non
| day, aud Afterwards advanced to 1854, the high
est figure Of the daY, after which il ieil to I72s
tbs lowest price that Ce0ke or Drexel quote 81
| closing Wssk. A. noon, on the strength of ths
false report that Gen. Grant had fallen back q
fredericksburg, the .bails' were iabilant and
finn ai l763 bat after the receipt Of the news
shat ths Iebel toress were crossing the Nersh
/ Anna river, thsy became doeile, a1d The market
ct oucs fell 81 psr caat. This decline was not a
great a. was anticioatad in visw az he nnnse.
rous dispatches eoafrming ths announcement
I Of ths CREST victory .Shich he Union army has
achieved IA NHginias and tao almost cartsin
suceeas which awaits our forces il Gsorria
/ Those who are aurdsnsd with roid feira TO
doHbt tho aecuzaeY Of the vsricus reports. ofi-
elal and otheraiss. which have baen uahlished
u relation % our advancing armies for the sim
PIE reason tnss they dssse q uulosd themselves
before me pfenlu1l drops % sufnt which
would be likely g dAmsge taasr nnanciaI d5bE
PARTICULARS OF eEE. sEBGEWIcK,s DE6qa.
A correspondents Of the Esqairsy. wiring On
tbe 9th, sSys We hAve loss Gs1 Sedeaxeh 5n-
fs.se fFs.se tbs day. not ia shs hickest Of the ti.-ht
whore 20 h4s so often exposed hlmsslE but ~
the hazld Of q shzrpshooisr during faa interval
Of preparation. HIS body arrived at Washing
ton this evening, attended By sn esecst Of az
men, sad seyeEAi Of bis staff He leaves the
army weaker By thousands. The general vas
inspecting the picket lines ia front, attended sy
two OF his stan officers, when ball passed n
hai-u- Hfa L. -. =
brain, aud she 1lsdulla obiurgnte, killisp him
inssaniiy- His body goes Moth inalaediatsly.
0as nay Later.
The Baltimore American Of Friday afaraaap Ia,
May - was kFdiy furnished usby friend last even.
ing. Ths Kankses juoilsut over pretended vic
tory b1s which In truth does al sfees the sepe
raj resut General Laes dispatches alnoancink TEN
porary rsverre 70 General Johnston dFisoE has been
already published Hs acknowledged the loss OF many
prisoners and several pieces Of Hear the Ysa-
KEGS how thy crow in the following
Glorious Nsa0s from GrSat-Hs Captuysg Foyts
Cans IhTse thousand PYiseseys Taksa,
Etc Etc.
To MAJOR General Dix:
WAsHnsIos, May l3, ss20 A. h-oficial dispaiche,
uss rscF I'd BY this department dated vestersv q
O'Clock A. H., at the bsttIe field near Svottsvlvs1ia
Court House They state that dering the night Sen-
Hsncoek marchsd from his previous position oa our
right and occupied the ground between Cen WriRhE
and Gen. Burnside.
Al dtYaiR1t ue AL
osiy forcing the st then the second line Of tho sn
uy's works, capturing Msi0r.eenerat EdEa-l Tahn-
atOns divisio1 (Stonewal Jaeksons old dvlsony snd
part st BarYs division, tcgsther WITH - sor General
Edward Jasnso1. Brgasr General Johnson B7fxssisr
General Stewart, and from thirty 20 forty cozn0r
Ths naLnhes q prisgssss is mot giyeE bat they
Gen. Burnside the sxtrerae sgt opening at tis Es
rims nith Gen HsueOck and sdysreed Nth corapa-a.
lively little oppoziticn- Hit right has forced Iuneton
with Hancock ana his lsfi Is now actively Engaged
asi Gen. Wrights troops attacked st T.l5 and are
now At work
Mai Cen Warren Is dsuonstratiaz to hold ths sue
my in front Of bis line Ths rebs works that point
are extremely strong
AsOfhsr AccOHss
lyEAR sPoTrsTLVASIA COURT HOUSE, Nav 10 4.
M-The day opened this morning with the following
ehee-ing news sent in the form CT dispatch form GEN
Hancock 70 Gen. Grant.
adEsERAL: I have captured nom thirty to forty
guns have finished up Johnson, and am now going
AsI lfiss the whole line is engaged, but the hsa7ss
firing is being done by the sscOud cerps-
Mai Gen. Z. johnson is captured He commanded
the 'sionaEali diRis.on IL E8alls corps. composed
mainly Of Virginia troops
No doubt Of bis esptnre exists for he Is sitting on
log fire before me, at the prssen moment Ia con
vsrssfion with some OF our generals.
He is stout, rugged looking with sandy hair,
mousacheH and apparently. about forty years Of age
The attack was commenced this morning a. daylight
by Hancock, who moved forward his whole line aud
Is now diving the enemy.
Ths morning is damp and foggy bat success 90 far
makes spiri,s hghtan cheerful
Brig. Gen. SieWagtof the rebel army has also been
captured and is safe within cur ines
The artillery rng the direction Of Hancock Is In
cressng in extent and rapidly considerable por-
;on Of the 5.h corps IS actively engaged aud doing
well.
The number Of prisoners taken this morning IS vsri.
ously estimated The lowest figure places them at 5000
but have dsE head from good authority that 5Od0
4 in our hands
The battle at II An continu, with sroal fury, but
We steadily gaining ground On the rebels The 6ih
corps hays gone 70 the relief Of the 81 and are now
i aGi iVsly engaged al ghe present
The musketry firing Is iremendOns accompanied with
heavy sslvos of artillery. Every inch Of ground is
being sharply contested and noshing excesd TIE r.
/ rosity Of thr contest
Heavy citing is progressing very near Gen erautn
hsadquSrsra Several shez struck naar bis hsadquar
Ths captured artillery are bsng brought to ts rear,
and tbs roads leading 70 the different CORPS hospitals
tlied with soldiers who have been wounisd at tho
/ front and sre ssskng sftsr m-dical treatmsnL
branching rain SET IN about O'Clock, but i seems
to have no fect ia abatiug 6FAs.ss front
The roads are knee deep win inad and very unfa-
vorshe for military opsSotiaas. rsbsl battle flag
has Just been brought iuto hsadqaartsrn 1t belonged
to the 42d Hlrgna-Col Wifhsrs, Johnson's alvsIozl-
and contains the Of der1nt battles ia which
the regmsnt took part The hsg captured by the
93d New York Colonel Crocker. Thirteen Of the
captured guns havs been 5rong1i 70 Cen. raL's head
daarteTs and othsEs paced il difsrant Positions
shs resi- rhey sre excellent pieces in good condition
/ and VERY similar in appezranee to our own.
RsrleFs diyslon Of the q oerps performed brilliant
feat thls morning Al daylight They advanced during
he night ard before ths orszk Of day made tair ap
8eEsancs directly Ia front of the rsha
shlch hey charged snd aeicra the enemy AID tine
fra a assa thev weTs zaHmasiea aEd saTrsadessd a
once. gHr maA rad 1sisnBs
and used the Antt ends Of thsir nuaRs IN bringing tEl
/ rsSsls iBto subieetion.
mAnd Of the "a corps
Later.
Twelve o'clock M--Thers has been for the past hal
hour brief iu1 in the battle, bat the fndcaffons arr
that # will shortly be renewed with vgor and will pre-
badly continue ell day Everything seems favor sbo
and both officers and good spirits o 1r losss
/ In the pss. eghs days fighting have been very hesvy
but Is mpossibls to form any corrses estimate # III
| same The accounts vary from 1900 to IS 00O bu
owing to the Of the contest which ID mostly II
the woods, thousands may be lying dead or Wounde,
on the sr0u4d Of which no record can a. present b
As write heavy ring Is heard on our Isfs and 1t
We advance but hard work Is osfoys It IA though.
however that By tOmO5so'y nisAt tS viii bo n
with the rebels
Enportaat JrO~ Gen Batter.
A Dispatch has been rscsived from Gan. Buasi
dstsd. IN the field near Chester ssstoH, Va May l2tA
Itsiatss that he ia nos pressing the enemy near For
Darling and has before him al the troops from Mort
Carolina Beaareg9rds courier, captured tins mornin
going 20 Gen Hope. commanding DreHry's bluff, had
dispatch ssstRg that seen. Beanregard would join biz
! as on as the troops up."
Mai. Gen Gilmore holds the sntrsnehmanis, Will
Msj.-Sisn, Smith demonstrates upon Dfewry and q
enemy 3 lines.
Dznvila rsiiroad near the Appomattox station, Al
perhaps to advance On the James river.
We have had no telegfaphic communications vii
Gen. ShermsD since Wednesday
, EDwAzD n. STANTcs.
Secretary Of War
: Tbs James Ri1eT Expedition Tbs RsbsI Iroi
CiGds Sf0ckaded.
: FORTRESS MONROE, Msy - . P, sl-The steam
Here With 200 sick and woundsd has just arrived fre
( [ Bermuda Hundred from which the following
5 derived:
!, There was no fighting yesterday. Our forces we
engaged during the day IN throwing up nireDcfHneRi
E General Butler designs intrenching from the App
matox to the James IiVer dsthncs Of soz1s six mile
It is Re ported that BeauEsgzrd reinforced duri
Tuesday night By two brigadss from Lsss arny It "