Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-07

MslSE J. RylEnder Of the 10th Georgia battalion
Infantry killed In Virginia on the "a iust.
Two companies for local defense have been formed
In Macon Gs. The officers of Company A are J. w
Armstrong, captain J. r. Butts, lst lieutenant; simr
Rsse, % lieutensn s Collins ID lieutenant or com
pany B. B. +. RoEs captain; Nathan Bass 1st Ieuten
ant; A. G. Butts, I'd lieutenant, T. r. Bloom, Sd lieu
tenant
In charge tic sRemys works near Spot;FyIvanis
Courthouse, Va, the 14th ult, by Whghts brigade
the Sd Georgia regiment lost seventy eight in killed anC
wounded The coor-bsarer being wounded, Lieut. R
G. Hymsu, Of Company F, gathered the coOrs, waved
them defantly AT the foe and called bis regiment &c
follow him. They followed him End he placed the dag
upon the snemy's works.
The Houston county relief association has eontribn
ted 2s0O pounds Of provisions for the relief sol
dierB at the front.
The Ralsigh, n. c., State Journal, Of the ID states
that Yankee foree from 1900 I5O0 strong with
llery, had moved from ShepsrdSville and threatens
The line of the Wilmington and Weldon raircsd Steps
have been taken to check them.
The Meridian Clarion learns that Mrs HorsiiO King,
of vioksburE, Mrs. Bass Of Port Gibson snd Miss Ey-
lander Of the Wsrrenton neighborbood were lodged in
the Yieksbnrg jail recently, by order of Gen socum.
charged with smuggling goods through the lines for
soldiers Misc Emma Klein Is ytlI in duranee vile
the same charge
Hon. n. G. Shelley, attorney general Of Texas Is at
TalIedega, Ala, visit to his parents.
Hon J. l. M. Curry, Of Alabama has accepted sn ap.
poiutment missionary in Cen JohuEton's army, IN.
der the auspices Of he Virginia Sunday school and
pubIishinR board snd hss entered regularly on his
work.
A company of boys, about forty strong, was formed
at COumbus Ca to guard the railroad bridge at West
Point Their captain Is Mas ter Walter Gordon, bro
ther Of the distinguished Major Gen Gordon Of Lees
army. Not member OF the company is over sixteen
years Of age.
Flour offered at Selma, Ala, on the ID, at 40
cents per pound.
The directors Of the Alabama and Mrsiss 1pi rvers
rrosd have rsseindsd the resolution for T Importing
free Of charge all contributions Of corn Jr soIders
families and ndigsnt pssonE and In lieu thereof appro
priSed $1,000 toward furnishing the families Of
solders
The crops in Alabama remarkably fine and har.
vesiDg in many parts has commenced. Wheat is very
fun aud compact As there is much larger breadth Of
land planted this year than the yield will be aIge
Corn' although backward Is promising, and the hog
crop viii be much larger than last year.
Sixteen Yankee vessels were lying off Fort Morgan
on the 81.
sevsnty-ons Yankee prisoners captured by en- Rod
dY in North Alabama, arrived at Meridian on the ID
from Corinth.
A young widow Of Vioksburg was recently united In
the holy bands Of wedlock with Yankee cotton spec
uIstor of that place.
YIcksburg intelligence says thsre are between Eve
End seven thousand negroes in and about that place.
The whites looking for them to take the town every
day Since the murder Of Mr. RObb by the negro troops
the citizens have become much alarmed and many ex.
press discrimination to move to q safer latitude
MsjOr Noon having been ordered on detached ssrves
Capt W. W Barker has been placed in chief command
Of the gnal corps Of the army headquarters at Rich
mond, Va.
The citizens Of Petersburg, Va, arc getting up
handsome gold medal for presentation to Gen Pickett
testimonial Of theif high esteem Of his abilities as
an othcer ana his worth gentleman.
A magnificent battle asg to be made by the Misses
Sem0n, of ehnOnd is to be presented by the citizens
Of Petersburg to the gallant 1900 South Csrolinsas
who met Buffers advance at Port Walthsns Junction
repsed it, aud. great sacrifice held it in check IN II
the arrival Of Bsaure gsrd'H forces.