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

a Boston dispatch says al tho heavy srsille-
Ty companies iE ths Safe have been ordered to
Washington. The mili!iA viii take lheir places
in tha fcrts.
Msiof General Blair has left to take command
Of .hs l7'h army corps, IN Ihe depaTs2sn! of
Mississippi.
The port of Havana is swarming with block.
sde runners.
Grant and Batter are ssid 20 ba in perfect so-
cord.
Two rebel spies were caught at EsstYiTle on
the 18Th. 0as was shot and the o.her Ei2ced IN
close confinement. A ihiTd ono got away.
Intelligence from Richmond represents hat
the rebels are busily Strengthening their foriifi
cltioas OF Richmond, aud mounting thsn with
guns of heavy calihre.
Governor B5yley, Of Nassau, n. P, has heen
cautioned by tbs Duke OF Newcastle, sgsinst
tbs use Of language in his public speeches which
may have tendency to engender III fssling on
| tie part OF the Northern States. The Glvaraor,
IN bis address before the legislative session re-
fsETed TO the efforts made by tbs inhabitants Of
Nassau 10 run the blockade ia somewhat COM
mandatory language, which was !hs occasion
Of tho rspI05f.
The following captures have been reported ct
lie Navy Department: Schooner MsTy Darley,
| By United Safes stesmer Seiots, eff Galveston,
Texas, On the 4:h inst. She was formerly the
United Staten rsVs0us cutter Dodge, sRd was
seized by the rebels in Galveston bay at tie
commencement of The rebsilion. Also, the cap
tuTe of tho British schooner M P. Burton, by
the United States steamer Woodstock, loaded
with iron and shot. She olssTed from Havana,
and puTported 10 be bound to Mssamoros.
| Tbs Nav York Sanitary fair closed on Satur-
| day evening, having realised $I,0lI 900. Gen.
Grant receives one Of the swords which has
been in contest since tho opening of tha fair and
| Commodore Rowan the other. The vote for tho
army sword was for Grant, 80 ,29l; Mcclellan
| Ii 500, Gsa Grant having a msjority Of Is 1872
! Ths Womsn's National LssgUs has forwarded
| to WaskiEgsc signatures TO the
| petition 10 amend tas - tuition for the pro-
i hibition OF slavery. Ols week ago they for
| ing in the House. Those having petitions are
urged by the league to gather fifty or hundred
names and send them on.
/ Col Fish, the former pFovos. marshal of Bal.
tmOTe, has been tried by court martial in this
city for receiving bEibes, etc, Snd ssutsnced to
be csshieEed s1d dismissed from the service
also g. pay fac Of i've thousand dJllArs and
be confined for one year in the Albany peniten-
/ tiaEy.s
Last weak the first United States volunteers
| arlived in Norfolk from Point Lockout This
| regiment VIZ formed at the latter place from
men who had formerly been in the rebel army.
Col. WIN. Green is its commander, and il
| viii be retained in Norfolk 10 do provost duty
| They at present number over six hundred men.
Gen Scott has fully recovered his .-een.ly
imp iired health, aEd IL as busy as bee wiring
| up his Life and Pimes," which be expects 10
/ have ready fos ths press IN the course Of feE
! weeks. TIE YC-s as thus far completed, will
make zine hundred octave pages.
Lincoln on Tuesday sppeiated RriyGdier-
General Toiton bTevss msi9r-Eeneral, sud tho
S5uass confirmed hiRs thS. afternoon. BsfOEe
she news OF his confirmation could resch hiE
hs had died. be vas considered one of sks
/ abless ofieeTs in shs ssrsies.
Governor Bisugh, Of Ohio, has issued al or
deg calling on: The militia Of that ate into ac-
| live sssvice for three moBths. They Eill be
| eiclhod, arns1, equipped, aad psid By the
United S.siss G3vefaSaens. They are to report
| for duty on the ID Of May
|, The Ma7yland ssnitary fair in Bzltiu1ore
| closed Saturday night. Er Cha5s (ghess SCAT
il the CsbiBet IS rather bard az present, in vieJ
of !he gold sss,) was presented With q cushion
valued ss $3.50.
Majo,-Gsnersl Cfttenden having bsen czor-
sTSted from ali impusstiors whatever eaBcsFE-
| ing bis coaTsa At tae bat.ls Of Chicsmaugs, has
been assigned TO en- important command, and
ordered to report TO Gen. Burnside.
Gov" Murphy was inAuguFated a. Liitls
| Rock, Arkansas, on the 18Th inst. There was a
grand procession Of the Legislative" civil
Ofh GERS, free negroes, etc.
Colonel WhitSon, Of the 8th North Carolina
regiment, was captured few days since. He
was shes five times before be WRs capsursd He
was ssnt TO Balfour hospiisl, a Norfolk
There arc NOW Elk negro regiments in tho
army Of the Cumberland. Two new regimeats
have slresdy been formed, and the recruiting IS
progressing.
On Saturday Lincoln assigned Msior-Gsa. F.
P. Blair to command the 17th .(aePheIson's) }
army corps, now in the department OF the His
sissippi
MajoT-Gsn. W. S. Hancock has been present
/ ed by his friends in New York with q beautiful
carriage and harness. Toe general expects to
take the field soon.
Eugene LIS Mar, rebel spy, now imprisoned
| at Fort MeHenry, has been tried by military
commission, found guilty, and sentenced to be
hanged.
Beast Butler is out in card denying that be
has protested against being made subordinate
in the military command in his department.
The Unitsd States House has passed the saria
bill raising duties fifty per cent. for the next
sixty days with only about an hours discus.
sion.
~ James t. Gardner, prominent msfehani
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