Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-30
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We nave nom 4en- l4ee'6 army is the following
,faeial dispatch, received yesterday By the War
Department
"HAEoVER JUECuoE, May 23-l0 P. NJ
sHoN. JAMES A. SEDDoE: About noon to-
day the enemy approached the telegraph bridge
on the North Anna. In the afternoon be at
lacked the guard at the bridge and drove it to
this side. About the same time the 5.h corps
lGen Warren's) crossed at Jericho ford, on our
his advance checked. K LEE"
Nothing later had been received from Gen.
Lee, by the War Department, up TO last night
From the Southsids we have nothing new to
report. All remains quiet, with the two armies
confronting each other.
There is no news from the Peninsula, except
the rumor that Sheridsn's raiders are still Eov-
eripg about tbs White House.
PROM THE PENINSULA.
A gentleman just up from Nav Kent and
Charles City counties gives us some interesting
Information Of the condition of affairs in that
section. Hs reports the Yankees scattered
Though that country in considerable force, snd
thinks that they are massiRg their cavalIy at
the White House. Their pickeis extend ss far
in the direction Of the Chiekshominy as OliVet's
church, and on the State road 81 far as FaIeys-
vile. Their force is vsriously estimated izom
six to eight thousand There were. some days
ago, threo ganb1sss IN the river eff the White
House.
The anemy's force consists entirely of cAvslFy,
aud is composed principally, if not entirely, OF
Sheridan's raiders. They are committing gil
manner of deprsdAtioRs, and sweeping the eioun-
try of everything in the way Of suhsisten'se TOR
man or beas Their plan Of warfare is 10 visit
every household and make way with everything
on the plscs-deshoy the produce. kill every
kind of cattle and wiring every chickens meek
until there is not enough lett for the family
next meal In one Instance, bat one OF doAsn
relsted 10 US, they visited tie place OF alf. a
NJ. Sherman, one Of the largest farmers il that
section, owning and feeding some sixty old ne
eroes, and so plundered and swept bis Tar n tha'
be was not left enough to subsiSt' his tsGiiy er
negroes single day.
Ia other cases we are told that they have
acted even worse, and barns and meat-iouses
hsve been Quilted Of every ounce Of neit and
dust of -four and meal, and that il is an actual
fact that families have been so Tednced as 20 be
| seen to 60 out after the Yenkees left ard pick
up the corn strewn along the road to psreh snd
| give to their half fsmished children. On eaT-
/ ing every plaes. they unblushingly avow'd thai
lit was their purpose TO 50 iTest every family ID
that country, adding If we can't whip you,
VIC will stsrVe you" Whenever TempnHtranee
or appeal is ventsred, they reply, invariably,
withs kind of ehuckling exsltation; "D-n
you, make JEFF Davis feed you"
Cruel and infamous as these outrRges are
they ere comparatively light to other punish
ynent and torture 10 which the people Of New
Kent and Charles City have been subjected. At
/ the time that Buler's expedition came up tne
James river, 3 number OF negro troops were
/ landed At KsHnon's wharf, with view Of pre-
venting flank movement By our artillery and
keeping open tue communication By river.
/ Since their landing, these black Wrstehts have
! bean securing the country, committing The
] mcat atrocieus and deYiiish exessses. ThslI
deeds exceed IN enormity anything We heard Of
\ during the war, and we could hardly believe
I them If thsy were not told to US by one of the
most honorable men OF that section. Robbing,
burning and plundering have not been enough,
| but these black scoundTels have literally caught
up white men, tied them to trees and whipped
/ them on their bare backs. It can be proven
! thsI no less than three citizens OF that county
/ hsvs suffered this fendish enOrmity.
/ But we canEos stop here SOmething else re-
mains to be told Of the conduct Of these blEck
ssTages-something that is enough to fire the
heErI Of every man shroughoat tbs South. Is is
of q character that 8e dislike TO put in the col
uuans of d newspaper, but It is our duty. Il is
said that these black demons, by means Of vio-
lenee aRd threats of instant death, have made
some of the ladies in that county alone and uD-
protected, the victims OF theiE hellish sppeites,
and that one after enoiaSg hAYe polluted fheif
persons, while one of the wTstches s55Od over
her PROSTATE form with pistol held 70 her head,
thFessening instant death If she resisted
We hear of smother iagtsuee where they en-
tered the chamber Of lady ct the dead hour Of
night, and attempted to crafty their passion,
but she fortunately managed to escape pollution
by these Wretches by feigning to be very sick
end to have dangerously i'll child, makibg the
eh Id, who Icy beside her in bed, cry by pinch
ing it with her hand, which was concesled from
view, to more successfully practice the decep-
tion! The squslling Of the baby seemed to
SHAY the psssion of tho demons, aud.her person
was saved from fsts worse thsn Gests. They
left, bat added, as they retTea,ed down stairs,
"Wall, we viii git hold of de next white CONAN
we cum cross"
Truly the lime has come for Soma Of Mr. Ds-
Wis much vsunted ''retsliEtion" Is our Gov
srnment to submit passively to seeing lis citi
sens hung ana shot down like dogs. is men
bAyoneted and nailed to trees, lis women raped
aud rsvisbed by negro troops from Boston sAd
New York II the Government enBnot be
brought TO some action, but submit timely to
every indignily and insult that esn be visited
upon cur eHzsns, then we shall LOOK TO cur esn
brave defenders in the feld-and We know We
shall not look in vaiR-to avengs this record
of negro infAmy.
From the Examiner, 26th,l
The War Department received yesterday
morning the following official dispatch from
Gen. Lee;
TAYLoRsvmLE, May 25, 9'9O P M.
Hon. James A Seldom
The enemy has been making feebs sttacks
upon our lines to day probably VIII view. of
Escertaining our position. They were easily
GEN. Mahons drove three regiments acrOss the
river, capturing q stand Of coloYs and some
prisoners, amoDg them an sidsde-camp Of Gen.
LArdly r T. LEE
A train from HsnoveT junction last evening
brought down one hundred and sisty of The
prisoners, several commissioned oficers among
the number, spoken OF in Gen. Lse's dispatch
above Passengers by the train state there was
no fighting yesterday, and but little skirmish-
ing Several shots from an advanced battery
OF the enemy were throSn in preximity to the
junction early in the morniOg.
Grant is said to be still sliding down the
north bank Of the Pamunkey, avoiding COLI
sion, with the intention, il is supposed, of event
uslly adopting the peninsula from whence TO
next advance bis lines on Richmond Il Is ru
moTed that the faree at Yorktown bad been IN
creased and a number of guEboats and trans
ports are reported to. be rendezvousirg at the
White House.
FROM THE PENINSULA
For some time past there have been collected
IN Charles City, rear the James river, below the
mouth OF. the ChiekAhominy-Abou SIX miles
below the Charles City court house--a force Of
the enemy, supposed Principally negro treeps,
who have been committing the most afr ei0us
ousrsges on the people So bad had become
their conduct it was determined to bfoAk ~ the
nest OF them. Accordingly Gen Fiziuph Lee,
with fOTce considered to be adeqaats for the
occasion, started down for this purpese, sud on
Tuesday night approached their position.
Before making an attack he nade reconnois-
ssncs in force TO ascertain their strength, the
nature OF their defenses, etc, when he found
them and large number Of marines from the |
aset SO strongly inIsnehed and fortified that he |