Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-29
THOMAs (. BRAsILEFTE,

/ W ~ 4DHIooLu1 a a u U ku6 OHlE6l
/ States, declares "sll Federal prisoners of war
aud all civilians on parole prior to May 7, 1864
I the date Of the order, exchanged" He ssys
the Confsdsrstes are still indebted 20 them 3d.
| 500 for which no equivalents hs7s been received
by the Federal Gevernr-en.
On the itlh, one thousand, and on the 18th
eight heudred wounded were Tecsived in Balh-
more.
Andrew Smishson was arrested in Baltimore
on the 14sh, charged with de1ouneing the Fed
ersl Government, and swearing that Gan Lee
had whipped the Yankees and would do SO
again.
Lord Lyons denies having had any corrs-
| spon0ence with shs Confederate Government.
The Herald says: By an eff ,ial dispatch re-
| ceiyed q the War Department from tie fsld a.
| Spoitsylgania Court House, dated six O'Clock
/ Saturday meTling, we lssrn that dariug Friday
zig gas IS i-gOve.nsns wss mzda By the 5sh and Oh
corps 10 Cur Lett; and an assseE Ezs g haze bssu
made on tre enemy ct daylight; bat no sound
Of battle had been hesGd lgoR. 1lat quarter.
I T5is magsayar WAS intended % plaza cur
I icsesa - bses rseTs and compel him 70 retreat
{ towards LynebbaTg, bas the enemy evidently
wGs not ia that dirsctien, IS no sound Of battle
] vss heard during Saturday s. Bsils Plsin, CT
/ Fredericksburg.
| Several of its correspondents, too, state seri
/ ously Inst 1raRt will endeAvor 10 make Gen
Lee retreat in the direction Of Lynchburg.'
| That he hardly intends to make 50 brilliant a
movement Grant will discover in due time.
! The HsTdtd's army correspondent, under date
of the I4;h, gives the following mild statement
of the losses in Grants army to ihas date;
The II corps has lost 100 killed 1000 wound
/ cd I400 missing. This 5.h e)rps has lost 1905
/ killed 1900 wounded ard 1900 missing TIE
6:h corps has lost 1000 killed, 5000 wounded aud
| 1900 missing. The total lasseI Of these ihres
corps anou1t 10 q. 000 B7rnsds's losses are
| nearly il the same proportion, snd swell tbs
total to about 35 000 Tdo proportion Of slight
" wounded is exTaogdinarily lsrgs
The only alusioa TO the terrific 6ght oi
Thursday, 12.h, is contained in the following
/ extract iTorz tho same letter:
Hancock captured 4, 600 prisoners, as stated
and my informant counted Is pieces Of esnRor
taken by him, sn1 believes there were others
The prisoners and guns were mainly from Gen
Ned Johuson's command His cannon had beeI
taken frem their first position, by order of I.se
10 strsHeshsa another point AE Johnson'
urgent aaiieis4tion, t1sY Wers returned TO biE
oa Wsdnss91y night sad his ~ sFsFseBgsgsi
in putting them IN position ct 5 o'clock o.
IDuTsday morning, when Hancock surprise,
tbem By 4 sudden attack, and captured th
whole. The fighting vas obstinate till night
Our Successes were uniform along the who'll
line AL dsy-nO reverse st any Doint.
Considerable space ia devoted TO particular
| OF Shsridan's movements, but shey contain onlJ
exaggerated accounts OF facts slgsady kno VI
here. The HeTGLds situStion summary says
On the 18Th the whole command sncampet
a. Bottoms bFidgs, after accomplishing til
most splendid cavalry movement of tbs war
At O'clock on Saturday sltaracon ShsFidas
formed junction with Batlsr's army At TuTks.
bend, on the Jsmes river. His whole loss wa
not over three hundred In killed, Wounisd an
. mis ing.
There is nothing later from Gen Butler.
Tho steamer J John Tucker has arrived viii
three hundred Tecsptured Union soldisrs.
Two hundred wounded from Gen. Sheridan
command have arrived and left fog Baltimore
Sheridan dssiroyed = million rssions, oshe
stores, rolling stock, etc., to the amount of ie
millions dollars in value.
Thanksgiving services were yesterday per
! formed ia Trinity church, in this city, for on
recent Union victories, il obedience TO the Il
quests of the Rt RsV Bishop Ps-tSr Di. Y ID
ton preached tne seIIn0n5 and alluded 70 the. Oh
fsrenl battles in which the arms OF the Tepubh
weEe triumphant
4 Iaformasion has been received from HavAn
that the Harriet Lane, which was captured B.
3 the rebols in Galveston bay on the 1st Of JAM
: : Ary, 1868, has eueeeededin escaping from tbs
port with cargo Of cotton for Havana, whai
] | she il now lying. Her armament hag besn 7,
: moved, and she Is now employed in running Il
! blockade.
' / GES. sHERMAa's ARRIVAL on THE JAME
Z RIVER.
III FORTRESS BEoER0E. Msy 15.-Gsn. ShsE
B. dan arrived on the lanes river yesterday alts
s noon. Be had q hssvy fight Hith the enera
IS bat was vaIy successful.
O. He Was inside OF the works Of RicAuoBd u
e could have sszen The city, It Is Eaid, hd 10 i
y haen Ignorant Of Gen. RBslers posili,n.
saw tbs gas light in Richmond. He etptu4,
OF thTee hundred prisoners, snd reports Ge3 j.
Of B Stuart morally wouaded
i. Capt Howe, sszisfAas a5jata1t-eens@S
be Gsae7al Ragsies sssH win ssvsatssn otisl
OF sFIiEed here to-day tsoni Belle Plain, in char
1g Of soaaa sEee hundred lsbsl o4i sers, en- rouss
le FoTt Delaware.
70 Auose lss espsa5aa ofiesrs are Gsa. E1ws
ca JozGsons B'ig -Gsa. stA3fgs 3. Stuart Cooi
Psbsss. oG Ca, Csf Davidson, Of N G., c
= Eas3naan, af Ga, Col Howell Of n. c.
~ Fllzgerald. 81 Va. Col. P4rsley, Of n. c., C
iss Dslsnt, Of Ga, Major CsEson. of Ca, As
8 G1sis, Of n c., Msj5r Wilson, Of La, Ma
WsfIiag. OF La, Col. Vondowender, Of Y
ng Col. Cobb aad Col Hsyne, Of Va, Msj Mar