Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-23
TmR vvAR 1sI vERoINIA.


people ars beginning to reach the city, and We
are thus enabled to inform the public who have
hsen the chief sufferers BY the depredGti0ns OF
this maraudiDg baud. From DR.. Thomas D.
Brown, at Littlston, Sussex they stole every
horse and mule On the place, took every carE,
buggy and carriage, ssols bis surgical ins.ru-
ments, Destroyed Eii tis rnrdieines, broke mp
his farDitnEe, and carried OF all the elething
and negroes. From Mr Wm. Atkinson they
also took everything Of valus-psying especial
attention 70 the horBss and mules. At George
/ and Thaddeus billiards.. the same scenes were
enacted DR. Vim. Harrison lost many horses
and mules, and all The provisions on his place.
Msssrs. Rafus. and Frank Harrison shG-ed tns
sane fate From the latter gentleman, they
took one Of the fnest riding carriages in the
They visited Capt Wal. N. Blows house,
(Snow HID and disturbed nothing out Of doors,
but ware very insulting 70 Mrs B., from Ehom
they stole two gold waichss Capt B. was ab.
sent in the service Of the uontsdegate States snd
this sssmed 70 nettle them considerably. From
DR. Murray, Of Sussex, they carried OF every
article of value They met the Rev. Mr.. Muir
ray in the road, and demanded his horse, bat
learning that he WIS minister of thegospel, 10
the surprise of the reverend gentleman, ordered
his horse 20 be restored to him. and bAds hin rids
on. This officer is said to have been Col NIX,
of the 3 New York cavalry, snd be and bis men
are represented as being much more gsnteel and
civilized than the famous Spssrs band of out
lsws. One of Mix's men proved to be young
man CT good manners, and seemed 70 eDgsge N
the work Of spolistion With some reluetanes.
Upon being asked by lady bis name and
boune be replied that he was native of North
Carolina, but had been living in . mercantile
house in New York for many years. TIE lady
desired 10 know how be could engage in this
cruel warfare against the South. His con-
science smote him, and he hung his head in
shame, aud said, If he got ont this time, ne
would never be persuaded to engage in such
work again.
At Stony creek, they took possession Of the
residence Of the Misses JoYneT, IS an eating
house Officers only ale here, and spread their
table at every meal with silver Of all descrip-
tons, stolen from the defsnselsss people they
had encountered on their route. They had
wines and liquors in abundance, and appeared
to be IS perfectly ST their ease, IS if sitting IN
der their own vine and 6g tree.
SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD REACHED.
Weregret to announce, that at last accounts,
the Spears raiders were in the fairast portion of
Soath Side Virginia, destroying railroads, burn
ing depots. stealing provisions and running off
negroes In Saturday, issue il wss stated that
they bad destroyed Coal6eld station, thirteen
miles from Richmond on the DAnvile railroad
and had started from thence to Mattoax, twen-
ty-seYen miles from Richmond, for the purpose,
it was supposed, of destroying valuable iron
bridge which spans the Appemsttox ct that
point. 1t was on Friday morning At about siE !
o'clock, that they reached Coalfeld. Here we |
learn they burnt the depot, tore up the track, |
destroyed the WsieT tank, and demolished the !
machinery Of the Midlothian or Black Heth |
Pits, thus rendering those valuable works worth |
less for the present at least.
Hmm raa chino Mat4oav f,axr fourH foro,
ready to meet them, and after sharp fght, re-
treated, crossed GOode' bridge six miles distant,
aud proceeded TO Amelia Court House. Here
sharp 6ght occurred Saturday morning, at day
light, which resulted in the repulse of the enc /
my. During ths night they succeeded in get
ting possession Of Chuls, station between
MEttosx and Amelia Court House, where they
captured sn engine and train. Il is stated that
they have large force, between three and Eve
thousand, aud some estimate the number as
high IS seven thousand They have the six
pieces of cannon which wss used at Stony
sreek, NOttoWay bridge and JarrAtt's. We have
been unable TO ascertain the particulars of the
,ngagenens at Ma,toax or Amelia Court Houfe,
a reports say that the enemy lost heavily At
10Th places, while the Confederate loss WAS
mall.
We Learn from gentleman who lives in the
mu eiiAte vicinity, that the raiders did not burn
chesterfield Court House. They entered the
lei k's office, and destroyed many valuable pa.
eTs, and carried eff several doeaments A {
Srgs body Of the party visited Goodies store, n
'uT miles from Clover Hill coal pits, Friday :
vening, about halt hour before sunset, where
hey destroyed tho contents Of the store, and !,
hen started on in the direction of Amelia
Near Wellville, we hear, they visited the
lAntation Of Mr.. VIM. IL. Beasley, of this city, i
nd stole four horses, four negroes, and a guam
ty of corn meal + Is also stated that they r;
eated Capt Hobbs and his father, both resid- =
e in the neighborhood Of Wilson's depot, with :
Eest bzrbarily, and stole from them a great 2
any articles of value. Osher neighbors in the |
cinity, were heavy sufferers at tne hands of
ese rowing pluRderers,
LATER AND FULLER PARTICULARS. L
SUNDAY, Msy IS, P. Man ofiesr of the :, y
1uth Side railroad, who hiss Just retained from y
trip up the road, to ascertain the amount of :,
image dons By tbs Yankee raiders inforrns us - =
at body OF cavalry, believed to be tbs same :.
at was rePulsed yesterday morning by the !,
dge guards at Amelia c IL struck the South -
do road last evening, about 3 or O'Clock, At -
point mile and a bali this side of Wilson's NJ
pot. They commenced cutting down tie tsle-i =.
sph poles and tearing up and upsettng the ~ =,
ilTosd track there, which was done pretty :. :.
oroughly as far as tins station They also -
Irnt the depot, and the tank house ana wood es e.
eds small quantity Of Government leather. =, -
be corn and bacoa was burnt with the house, ~ ~
l1heir way they hghtened their labors by yis-
1g the various farm houses near the railroad =.
'sling al she horses and mules they could fad, wo
Dbing corn cribs, smoke houses. bresEine ~ ~
% drawers and trunks, and doing all kiud.. OF y"
tty pilfeTiHg, even down 10 stealing setting
ne and tneir eggs. This pSrt of the business ~.
" did with an expedition that eyineed thor. -
gh prseties in this kind of Yankee warfare &c &c
After staying short time ,.t the DEPOT. tbsv oel
rted on IN the direction Of WeIlviRe, tesriu1 ~
the track occasionally, bat not 20 badly AZ 40
y had done before, having probably feand Il ~ ~
cry isooiious loe Oar informant did not 60 tar
further, but he learned fr,m reliable een,Ia. ~.
n, that the raiders had ttIrn no the trsek a. a.
re or less, as far IS WelViIIe nnd burnt the Nv Nv
'ot 81 tha' plses Vi thsir progress further,
person could give him any certain inForna. =
It was stated that they had certainly oena SAY 81.
sr as Blacks aud Whites mud des.rovsd ih.t sn'
ion also. The fsrkee soldiers told tbo Ses .ss1 soe
pie who conveTssd with them, that they had y
a cut seven days their expedition. which .ts
10 destroy or interrupt all the rsilroad ccm. Z .Ss
nicatons south OF Richmond; that they had 49, -,
ssgsd the Danville read rgetty thoronehlv ...s
] they 60. TO the Appomsttiiox river, where . e.s
: met with so much opposition from boiy ssS ~.
niantry posted there, that they turned IF 'sSr n
tapped the road at another station. and -.
> going On when they met more troops. and ~. ~
started them ever to the Southside road nse ss
Z insention wss 70 90 on frrsher west of the isss
Inside road, and if possible reach the H;gh 5s1s s
ge, the destruction Of which was TO be- he 1lr' ~
of their lEbors.
hether they got beyond Bliek's and Whita,s y1it,
! mot be ascertained If they pot fnTther Lac' Lac'
would not be apt to get beyond the iunc' ning
for the sane troops that hid repulsea thsm
nslia Court House, although infantrv .nd In
Dis I,i % ioli9w them, had the command of wants
AlIoao sno Danylllo cars, and could easily erseh
EO' up " sne junction 70 time to meet OF Ri