Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-26

LATER.
UPPERVMLE, Va, Nay I2=Colouel John
q Mos1g, With thYtY-three man Of his batiaIio
e On tuesday, tho 10TH passed close in the rear
1fanfs army and into King George county.
( eistanss Of fifteen niles. On Wsdaesday, 4
il!as ne captured, in ths Belle Plain, q lsrs
/, sfAla or anl5ulanees conveying Hcunded &c
eers . !has poinls tWensy-six prisoners. rgasi
ne brought Of, together with one hundred sn
twenty horses.
: he had several skirmishss with tie ensmy
but suffered no loss
Trains were running On the Orange an
AlexRndria rosd on Friday
, An iEnrnsase an1unt Of stTazg.ing ia Tegorie
IN she Essr Of Grant's army.
Tho less Of tbo enemy n fhs lsss engage
nsnis IS iHsmeuss. Tsa frssa eou7uvfDg ihsa
Wouu9ea olies-1 VIA se9s,ss niles IL length
1seaureEaEd'S 6rezr Esassls nsar Bresrys.
HiRa. Va.
ooresDondsnes Of The asssn Telegraph
EIGHF MHEs PROM PETERsBuFe. hav Il
1864 --Geu. Bsauzsgard cana tarosi9h fsaus Pa
| teTsbuTg e RiehE7Hd on shs I3 4 ult, witt
/ Genera Cclquist'5 brigade IS al escort Hs
came round about way and yas he enemy
hsd small iorcs On the road, Ehars, after I
sligct skigInisk. be Vas driven cf The march
I Ct 80 ziles was made oyer tsrri5ls road il q
bard rain from . O'clock il tho eftsTnoon until
p o'clock next morning On he I4ih Gsnersl
hesuTsgard Vas 70 inlne5iate commaed Of the
forces at Dfs1Ty's Bisf. Ths-s MAS heavy
skiruishinz along he whols isrs dufin 2 the ~
quiet during the day on ne l6h Tat night
sysEytAiug was IL s.stsss pTsyszation. S.Af Of
hca-s IidIng II every direegioa, tTcors in molten
every yihing indicaied that the naxf daF vas
I 70 be an actIge ons. General Bsaureeayf hsd
planned an stack On :he enemy IN front Of Cur
works bY which be expected to kill or eapfnrs
tse whole foIcs. Msi5r-Gshsgzl B b. Ransom
| On cur LEI. vas TO move for7aFd sai prcss he
ensm7's right back, get bssHee1 them and
James river, cutting tesm Of from their com
munica6on win thsi, si,sgunbeat3. GensTsl Rsnsom
gas then 70 swing round and take The amy ia
dzRk, 8hlia Mei re aneEEi H9ks was 70 move
foFwer1 and attack sac snsmY IN front.
Afssz sai8 mavams1t vas well undsr vay.
sisI l-lxsaeral WlilHg was to advance from
PstsIshlTg, Ead ciesa in on ths susnays rear
Msj0r Gsnerzi Whiting was % start fem
PsleIsbarg cary ea8Hga ia she d1Yto 20 on ths
hatls-ieid By or o'cleca. E1s plan was
ven considered, sov rell 8 vas exlcu.sd, youz
readers Uusi Judgs ucn lee account OF the bas
tis OF DgeHry's biBff Tao movement vas t3
have commenced At deyIighs, but owing to sbs
heavy fog, Il vas nearly sa hSar Ialar Major
Ga ersl Hoks commanded cur night, Major
General Bob. Ransom our left, sad Bdgsd.o or
Rsnsom moved forward On our right. The
enemy's skHmisbsgs were easily driven in, and |
in few minutes the line WAS hotly engaged. /
We had expected tha enemy 20 open On cur po- /
sil;oa (ths wall Of works extending around /
DrswTy's oinf.) with artillery as soon As our /
ina sdFaHesd, bat were very sgresAbly GissD-
pointed. The fIiHg On tie left Was Eapid azd 4
continuous, bus an eccasiasial yeil from our men 1
lei. us kuaW tbat e9sEyihing vas pEcessssiag 4
gsL Ths 6nng go. laIthes and isEsher cff, 4
sud in q short time . ec1uer sETivsd from Gen
Ransom, stating that hs.is ready to swing round I
and attack the enemy in flank Gen. Hoks ID. j
vsnces on the right TO s5tsek the enemy il 4
frsnt During Gen. RansOms sdvsncs cur AZ
tillery on the right hTsd rapidly, among the bat
tefies eDraeed / noticed the Mse9n artillery.
Gen. Hoks vas soon holly engaged. General 1
Ransom sends for Teinf0resmsnts before moving /
down on flank. Gen. ColqHitt sends him the
three regiments Of his own brigade That wee
with hina-Gsa. RsasOm coming Ia on the flank
while Cen. Hote has engaged shem il front, the
enemy were completely routed. C0euilPs
brigade, under command Of Col Loftcn. was in
thfs charge and added another testimonial % its
character as 3 Lighting brigade" The enemy
were now driven from thaiT works (oar old lins)
in confusion. Il was desirable thss Gen. Whit
ing be heard from before any further movement
yss made For hours we wall and no news
sfisr 9 O'Clock We hsd clouds, sunshine and
rain during tbe day. President Davis came On
he field about three O'clock. i wss about this
hour that one Of the enemy's batteries opsned
On Us, the shells passed over the troops, and one
Of Them came very near Gust over tho beads cf)
cur President and Gsn. BsAETsgsrd L would
have been much better for US to have advanced
without waiting for Gen. Whiting About5
o'clock ss We could hear nothing nom him,
- A. y - ~
came on bsfcTs NE were really 70 uiQTe.
YOu must remember that i was very. cloudy,
and shs. It takes time 10 arrange for a move
mszt Of large body Of men. So there was no
move shss aay. We know that L would haTR
toan better to have made the sdVAnea immsdi-
stsly sfisr tie men were sEpplie3 with anmu8i-
ton Ai.sT she FIRST advance cary shis morning
cur skizsnisseFs WsTa ttzoWa ioTgsrd. They
eould lad 80 e1eny- Scouts seat eus rspor-ed
ths4 IS isr as they Lad bssn ne enemy. could bs
found Our afmy advanced s1-asy. G5esIal
Whiting esss IhT1uEh PslszsbEg Vsiss his
s7Tes. Ha soknoHlsdges bis eETor ID not cox
inr on yessar1ay, aHG fa12s ever rs command
70 Meios Gen D. II. Hill OF ths losses, there
Is no means Of ssc5rtaiEing- A0hGdy knows
what the ensmy's is, and tue reports have net
come IN from or srmy. We have very few j
kiilsd, hut 8 coed many woanded-most Of them
slightly. heard Gan. Basurezard,s surrson
souBded. won't say thAt the enemy's is
much larger, for don't believe It is, in killed
md wonresi We have s5oat 1000 prisoners
hat sln defiaiteiy infoFaad of-sznonR them
Zen HieNHza- Tia result gf ihs fight is i'm
raase. TIE anelay Wars routed. and ia his 1s
zse1 ahsadeEed he tarngiks between Rseh-
n0nd and Petersburg, thas LEAVING M 4. eutiTs
Of sbs railroad. We eapsus3 nins J
,ieess artillery (paTrotfs ard uaDolecnsl Gen.
ldYanciDg. IsWss ceSisinly very grave en-
or for il he hsd performed his part OF the pro !
.TAnme ws would have captured she larger pog
ion of Batlsf's command. l lad on e0lsUiE :
NJ with ofieers Of higher rank thai We have
war 500 prisoners tea upnbsr Is VAricosly
sHmated from that % 2 500. We have Two CT
hzeo hundred Of the ensmy's wounded Our 7
osision is on the lnrnpiks between Richmond
nd PessTsbuEE-
The REBEL IHos CIsDs's At ETltsfiseTOS
rhe Boston .Ionraat Qigsa Tie following extract
roz ls.sor aatsd of Elsa Iniet, near Whining
on, Il c .May7th;
Fsur rshel steamers came Out last n;ehs--ons
sas tho iT0n-esd North Carohns5 siE1ilsr 70 the
Alxhama. Sac Wss supposed 10 be blockade
unnsrs and was chased eff shore. A. daylight
he returned Under the guns o. tie fogs TIE
.anboss Hoggaa aud NaHsen0nd we're nssr
III the Aphos 80 the Bosthwsgd. One shos
soln ahe Moth Carolina wens through tie Hen.
iua's sm0ks sisek. The othsr three Fast
fssnisrs did nsl come ous from undsr lhs s.a1s
Z thu iort no attemps wss made e pgeVeai
ls isor-eiad from gstting heek. another visit
5 expected b dsynghs, Wien we probably shall
ave some Vel work
0sE REGEaENE THAT cor eur or TBE Bio
Washin gi0n Letter dated tho Oh
MT says
TIE ssh regmsnt Pennsylvanis reserves
ezehed town about mi1nighs last NIGHT ffom
he fIens having been mnsssfed cut q ne ser