Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-24
The el.uansn in Ylrrinin.
From Tie Daily Examiner, Mar III

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the ne.ghhoIhood Of MinsEgn, six OF eight miles
Tcm the point Of Grants crossing. Grant ad-
ysnced On Lee and attacked; Was beaten and
driven 20 the line from watch his ADVANCE had
bean msdo. Gfsnt's ain ia this encounter, had
evidently been TO forcs his way on Richmond
over the army Of Lee. Defeated 10 this pur-
pose, he did not ehooss 10 try again, bus At
tempted 70 eysde bis adversary and puIBus his
Richmond BY passing down ne Esp
~psbanRoek, and then advancing far % the right
OF the point e. which no lad left Less army
Bat Gen. Lee had moved sn 5 line parallel 20
that On Whieh Grant had marched; and when
ths lAster made Ais second advance on tbs ints-
nor OF the country, he Was struck By Lee a.
gp0ttsyivanis Court Hourss, as he bad previous
u bsen struck il the Wilderness on his first adj
Fenea fRom the bs5e Of The Rsppshannoek
Here they fought thTss days. Alter 40 enor-
nous slaughEef OF bis troops, Grant became sat-
is6sd iaas he could nos accomplish his march to
Richmcmd through that road, and desisied nom
the attempt. This was his second defeat he
new attempts sgsin, FOR the second tims, the
identical nansuvef, walsh he tried alter he hsss
defeat in tie Wilderness. Assia he moTsd 70
the eastward, down the valley Of shs Rspps-
hammock; snd presently BE- will sysin attempt to
adVsues, fAT 10 the east Of he scsas e Tie lsse
battle.
Tdis movement viii cause 5 corresponding
charge Of position toward the east by General
lie Ths Two s,niss viii probably como into
coll ision for the third time ss soma DO ut near
he Riehmend and Fredericksburg railroad, be-
tween Guinea station andsMlioTd depot About
i've miles on the side Of the first named point
there Is 8 stretch of open country and high
ground which would iuTnish 8 splendid thesssE
for Gan Less powerful zrtdlsTyi and here, per-
hsDS. no may endsaYeT 20 sEisg the enemy on
his guns.
L is always possible thai Giant may decline
another battle at present, and ecniinue the route
down the valley Of the Rs~ppahenDoek or Nat
aponi, til he reaches The NsasTs Of York, and
I the peninsula. But such = ssep, always imprcb-
able, becomes dOably 50 IN visw Of Buffers
wrsschsd fsiisre snd approaching grief Nor
has GrsBs yet evincgd, Ia any Manner safety
Of slaughter. How msry of The brutes under
his orders shall be killed to-day, is & question
which doss not trouble him. Indeed his rssosu-
ion is mznitest. Either the present Hrmy Of
the United States noG accumulated IN Virgins,
hall take the country, OF i shall be eonplsssly
destroyed. These ara tks chosen alternatives OF
Grant ard Of his Government Il case of fail
ure Gcant wants a big hatcher bill, which vii
ssrtls away tho ri9icals Of bis failure. As Tor
he Government, IN No czss can il De wiling
that the bEutsEzsd army shall ever return 20 tbs
United States. If It Is victorious, It will remain
here So The proprietor Of our lands and hsuses;
III Is Is dshttn u Ml0E EtdT 41kG 0H4dL AIS
ground. lis geium hOms, victor or SRnquished
would BE- he beginning Of wild reYoluHon and
sasreby. Tia Yankee G5ysrnmsot does Eol
wsn. its amy TO come baez; TO oveTsnn author
ity. rob banks and ssek cities. Is viii be much
obliged 20 Grant II he gets il cut to pieces.
And he Is the BAD 20 oblige shsm 10 that mailer.
Gen. Lss announces that the Federal forces
Fold Asssspensx church, Eve miles from Fred
ericksburg. Thsrs are melancholy, or short
an. 1sH- - L
tsct, that despiss thess bsstlss and d~eteats, Grant
has moved from the GermsGna ford TO the Fed
eTicksbuTg railroad; and By stretching 5 com
psss ever he nlsp they iad the last poini near
or to Richmond than the frat. HISS Grant, then
approached, CT advsaeell Certainly not
When two armies are shus opposed, oRs Of them
can nsFer be said 10 ksvs advanced Sheuis has
onIy cecapisd 2 position which Il might hsvs
taken a. sny dDs without opposition from tbs
| ether. Nov, there IS 10 poias IN tns valley Of
soc Rsppaha1n8ek which Gran: night not hs7e
occupied st the 6sat moEsEf, uRno ested By
General Lee. Toe iiGe which the Later defsads,
rCns parAlei viii the riReT, aud Grant has not
/ sostsa a step nearer Richmond unti he csn
cross Ls0's iss He has twice tried 10 DO SO st
points Of his owe choice, and has had s5me sixty
or seventy Thousand Of hrs msa Slaughtered
We csauss reasonably sntieips.s any 7osheT re-
salt in the third eGors. Nor can VIC be surs that
= thiEd defeat. however saagaiuary- VIII b de-
eisiVe. Grant IS eenu2R ieria-ehiefof the Uhole
armed frcoo Of tia Unitsd States hs csn, and
be viii, draw Is from every qaarisr, evan ffom
/ Chattanooga, to .reinfofes his depleted" com
mand. There may be several battles like that
Of Sp0s.sylTznis court house. Bat The Sub
eEn sIny Is not displessed 81 the prospect
The apsaimeRs dscls8ati0a CT cur Gmesrs and
seidisrs d. that thsy had rather Gghs the army
CT tho Potomse under Grant than under any Of
tho generals who have hitherto commanded IT,
Be makes his men drHak with whisky, and
bnSgs them 10 the muzzls Of tia guns in masses.
n tast state, men src iDsensibss to dsugar, bus
are also incapable of hzhtlrz. Thsy cane NJ
20 oar works on Thuredsy morning, roeiDs
hks hssste. Many Of thsn threw sway Their
muskss As they jumped en- the b~sezsfwofks,
and then, unaErsd, bswlsd at cur troops As
g damned rsbsls. for whom there's no qaaTter.'
The p~rincipls thus sn9neistsd suited the occu.
papts psTlsetlY well, and tdey Illustrated it en-
thair ts=ehers' person. al the prisoners tstea
were found stupid or lsntc from alehohoL. We
h7sr the ssms story il ali Of Grants battles
There is little reason 20 fear for ths rosuls Of The
coming struggle. Ouraray Is scarcely scratched
Our men srs keen for m9Fe fighting, and s.rsr-
glers are unseen in the rear.
Afsrs On the south side have reached the
crisis. Yesterday oar Arpz 10 ,or.h .f
sas MISTER hard Yesterday Bsaursgsrd s.ruek
his first blow. Ysstsrdsy the frst ionz tram Of
prisoaars marched into the city. To-day nay
perhaps be s;gnalizsd By tho ea1asycphs Of
Butler. TIE aceOunts Of proceedings, yester-
Gay are skiH incomplete The chief points is
that BsaaregsEd attacked fhs ensmy's fertEcz-
TORS rear Dfewry's bluH, and whipped shsu
cut before seven o'clock in the morning, with a
loss Of ssFsa OF eight hundred killed and wound
ed among P,ckstt's Vireiaians, bat 1ish c0nsid
cradle ssaaghser Of the Yankees, and the cap
tuse of 3 Gen. Hickman aads sight hundred and
forty psiscasfs On Tho Fpot. b. there zss
ngafiPg elseFhers, ks particulars Of which
are Unknown. The runners are al favorable,
bat ne think loo stories c. entire bTisades
which thFsg down thsi arms srs premature.
N tbs gellsys Breckenridge has thrashsd the
toyeign han5ugs Sigei, oEce moro 90 the Old
whipping grand, and cent the Flyng Dasch
msa under full sail 10 Washington.
Genefel J5hnst0n announces, with his oussc-
ssry f<coEie had arid manner, that he enemy
have attacked him nesT Dalton and been re-
pulsed. Little interest or impoIsancs car be
attached y fhess triaes. GFsri 10 drawing
mero bccss rcm ChstsaaoaEAf and We hsss
sssn ia kEeg ~j0ufnais, tie idsa prevails - ths
North that Hagdee may be oTdsrsd to lave Dst-
fcS Virgins Jadsr this impression the
Eennaak OF the FEDERAL Sguy il Ck4isanooga
hza been ordersd to hit Johnston IS ohen IS L
can, 70 prevent such moysmsnk That is blows
w0nld be repul4e0. wss expected. They are
sEeeessful II they can 50 keep Johnston
qaist while fhs faso Of the country Is being de-
cidsd here. TIE real fighting Of this war must
row sd 90 d0ns in Virginia
~ The Braadon Rspsbtiean Of the l9h
hat the Ysakees have moved out from
webbing, and sgsin established their trzdiRg
pest At Big Black bridge. Selling calico, eaf
foe, etc, to spectators On this side of he river
to be : profitable business. and they
re wiling 70 run the risk Of being captured By
Adams' cavalry