Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-22


o.h and 9Th was represented to be hayon
Spottsylvania Court House, and, today, Lee /
SAID TO be still more strongly intrsnehing him
self IN the same region, still on the northeas
bank Of the POI From the 6srce 6gbt Of Ia
oh and Oh, down to the latest accounts, vi
see no eVIdeIco that Lee has made any oths
changes Of position than 4 stratsgist fertile il
resources weuld make for advantage in Ii,
| game Of attack aud defence.
\ On the evening Of the 9th. things ''losked
| gloomy" for Grants army. His right in front
OF GsrmsniA ford. on the Rspidan, had been
hammered 10. His communications with the
Potomac were interrupted Il became a matter
OF Life and death for Grant to re-esta blish Gem
municAtion with his base Of supplies He nssse1
ms ioFces, snd moved, By the aAnk, not toward
Richmond, but east, parallel with the Rspidan,
toward fredericksburg. 50 COON as Lee per-
eeivad his movements, on Saturday, no too
moved as nearly parallel as ths land permitted
1he race was net for Richmond, but, as we
understand, for tide-Wassri Perhsps most of
the lighting, last week, was, on Grants part to
rezch water communication with Washington,
and On bee's psrs to prevent him ard cut him
on TIE 6sfcs assault of Hancock (FeGsral)
on A 7. Hills corps On the morning OF the l2lh
Sas' perhaps, the final accomplishment Of
Grants security ID protecting bis commUnies-
tlons With bis new base on the Rsppahabnock.
~ "AAg anu "a pert bOAeIs HueH piEtaQ
against one relying on his superior weight,
dsshes ia and p1nishss, and then evsdss reolies
-thus letting his heavier antagonist help 10
wear himself out BY his exeTti2ns So Lee.
Win nifty uiles of rolling and broken ground
behind him, before getting back 20 she immedi.
ate and strongest defense Of Richmond. selects
his favorable positions, inlrenehss for the pro-
lection Of his men, gets the strategic position.
ana sE ats assault Il IS Grants par. to attack
Lee Is on The defensive. Grant must attack At
Disadvantages. When, by rninous and worth
less waste OF men and materials, over piles Of
his own dead and maimed, he may succeed in
overcoming the artificial defenses that wsTe
sgAinst him, Lee,
FoIls his rude force by steady slsiiaI
lie resires to E neighbozing and carefully se-
leeted vantage ground, with fresh inl-eneb-
men5s, TO await ne" attack, under equal sd-
vsnssgss.
Gen Meade, in his address to the army, rec.
ognlzes thls situation. he says they have been
hghtng their foe in positions naturally strong
aRd rendered doubly so By insrenehms1tS y Il |
= pardon.oie IN general te bis soldiers. but |
unsatisfactory to a reasoning mAn, fer the gen |
eral to adj, elsewhere, tbEt the enemy T,VSt /
have suffered equal, if not grester Iossss y |
oHong positions, and inlranehed 70 boot. do not /
Justify the sapposilion.
II Grant is 20 be toled along, from one fast |
ness 70 another, and to have his men slausbterad 4
ID front OF lasrenehments and abAttis, every five
miles distance from the Rapidan to the Nv from |
lne ny 20 the 70 and now, awaiting them at /
shs Ia, and the Nat aud then At the Nortb \
Anna, and then at the Son!h Anna. beiore ibe /
real Notifications of Richmond are reached
Lincoln has been none too soon in calling on
the eomplseent Gov. Parker Of New JerseY for
All the DliiItis Of that State Gov. Seymour
who IS bound TO do more than any other governor
70 AID the war Abolition, free negroes. and en-
slave white men, will nsed to mske soma Of
ms hnest speeches to get Us all cut here, in
New York, for one hundred days, to fill uo the
gaps that will be made in Grants army, BY the
slaughter OF the brave men who have been sent
there before Us.
And when all is done, what with. those tbs
won't goi what with those who, not believing in
i will skedaddle, or surrender what with those
that will shoot their swn hands, rather than 90 .
On with The bloody work. it, al, will not do. I
GIant hopes by six weeks more Of steady
slaughter to reach Richmond. So they say. He /
repora that be will fight on this lius ali the /
suaimer, if necessary" Oae of hH wounded |
officers says, that ''it i is Kilkenny eat fght.
Grant has the longest tail ;" Bat suppose /. Is |
not cat fight Suppose you lose four TO the 4
Confederate ons-za reasonable proportion, if |
me latter, light in "strong plsees," with ''in- /
1t Is charming picture, and makes US proud !
that our great grandfather lies in this soil!
Where is Butleri Oh! intrenched, where be l
eau hurt nobody but women aud none smbat-
ants He is ''sll right" down in the eroteh-of /
he Aprons sttox and the James rivers A pure
y ornamental position How is It with Sher
mani Fighting windmill at Dalton! How
5 it with Bshksi Gonel vanished unless
caught. =
"A .Herild- correspondent from the hospitals. after
hese BATTLES says II is marvellous how many we're