Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-11
FEDERAL Isepsrls from virsiaia.
TIE following snmmaFy IS made up from Norihel
journsls Of the Sd InsE.

TIE following SUMMARY Is made up from Northern
journals Of tAe Sd last:
dispatch srom Wasaington ihs ist, says
The info nation received from the army Of he Po-
Madison Court Hsuss Thursday burned the town to
sstsa Il Is net known whether lhis wss done bY or
ders or not
Seen. Burnside visited Cen Meade last night, and
spent some hours in his qusrierz
Deasrers who came in yesterday report that Lees
army 8 5000 strong with . 600 sseve eavzlry ali
in good 60 don with ten daya supplies distributed to
them The raj road trains raunTng aght and day.
bringing up reintorceaaertsn
The Star gives he following particulars Of he exps
dton to Madison C. H.
sThe rebels suddenly disappeared but ON opr fo-ces
entering the town. they received v0Iiey Of masketrv
from tbs wi7d0Ws Of ths kOasss and they we're To- q
time compelled to withdraw. The officers Ia eommazd
OF the accommodating party erearsd anoh advance,
when sgaia dss rucsve Ere " a. opened on fbau from
The houses. and there being 70 other way Of smoking
TIE rebels OUT orders Usre isEled that the should
be afed The torch applied to a number Of houses
ah1rdiug cover tor the eaemy Vghereupon ths latter
hs-iy dscsmped esvinR our forces in full POSSESSION
~ .pIyoa tn 44',--s- -
y, and there being az hand whereby he irs
could De checked, general eonAagraiion the
ashes.
The act was c-r.siuly not a uanton one en- he
81 the dastsrdy act Of tssbeI ,1ho i Co...
shelter for the purpose Of sl4nghternz On trospsi
A WaahingtoH dispatch Of the lst says.
A dispatch WAS reeeiysd to-day by the Government
Oftfchs AAoVfoe Hlet1s tat the
CARDS army passed through Petersburg yesferaay
morning HIS forea Is estia,=d from eighiasn n thou
sand to twenty thousand men
EehiuE OF special note has trsnsDired at the front
10 day Picke;s Of both armies extend up and down
the ,ppahsunoek and Rspidsn- considerable rebel
force IL reported TO be a. FredsrekEbur1 81 =zork
throwing mp more eerthworks The higbtB. The
rebels ara aiso reported withdrawing from tn
vicinity Of MsdsOn Court House End eoncenfrarf1R in
front Of our left and center Ous division OF Long
IT. eetE corps, according 70 deserters h Hanover
juno fOn, In reserve On the sane authority Tss's
men.
The Washington Star says.
The eEvary expedition sent cut from Vienna On THUR
ed to that plsce erdsy after having vis ed Lees
burg, Rectort0Wn and Uppsrvf'is Near tbs latter
place portion of Moshys guerrilla band wss eneaun-
tered when sharp hgh ensued which resulted in the
captufs OF twenty three prisoners Colonel Lowell
losl three men killed sad four wuHnded He returned IA
safely to Vienna with the prisoners captured from Mos
Dy aud three blockade runaers. TWENTY-FIVE hcrsea
large quantity OF wool tobacco and ether eontFabsud
goods picked up on the route.
Baltimore despatch Of the Cd says:
There many sfissrs arriving here aud other per
daily from the seinty Of the army Of the Poto-
mac They al agree in saying things look well and
very hopeful general IsoVement, positive battle
ar sg, viii not AXE place many suppose
The troops never wers in bettsr condition sud spirits
The New York Tr5Hae referring to the army Of the
Potomac asebes lis want OF success heretolors TO the
want Of orfisncs Of ths army in its leaders, tsays
But if in the that are about to traaspire in
vTginla our army should be so disposed and haaded
that Lee shs be enabled 10 strike halt with
al Of hia, beg have II Feeollected the 7r5uazs
strategy in the days when It had any the
OF this