Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-02
The Vert Secs BrsvslI On.

From the Knoxville Wing, 2lst ultl
The contest between ths Union and rebel
forces has new wsged faTcely for more than ten
days, and still it is not decided, bat enough Is
known and has transpirsd 10 show that the Fed
ersl army viii triumph. The excitement that
has filed the public mind for the last ten days
has not sbassd in its intensity. All sorts Of ru-
mors have been saoat, giving fsYerisE uneer-
tainty to the excitement bat reliable dispatches
from the Secretary of War have quiesed the
public mind, sad feeling Of confidence every
where prevails.
In Virgins, Lee and Lonzs.reet have OD-
posed Grant with the violence Of q ses Of desps-
Tadoes, conscious Of ruin and diSgTaes, and they
hzvs opposed the Federal forces with every nan
they eoald eollee. from every qaartsr. Butler,
who is q good fighter and an able man, has
been opposed By BesHEeg2rd south Of Rich
mend with large force, hut the Beast . got
the bettsr OF the contest, ard drove the rebels
back upou PstersbuTg. Butler nas the key to
Richmond in his hands, and is likely 70 be into
the trsitorous city IN EdRanos Of al others SheT-
idRn has destroyed tho railroad south Of Rich
mond, taken the outer works around Rlehmond
and formed 3 junction with Butler. Every
thing looks well Ia that qaRieE Butlsr's ope-
ratioas On York and James rivers have been
gasterly exploits and he has 0utHitssd the
Tsbsl gsaeTzl, who no more expected to hsar Tho
sound OF Buffers cavalry bugles in the streets
Of Petersburg than thsy did blast from Gabri-
el's trumpet
Ths opening Of the present spring campaign
in Virginia and Gsorgis has proven to be the
most stupendOus var movements which have
taken place il modem times. The previous
battles of this war, terrible as they have been,
| both in the East and the West, have sll been
overmatehed, nay, thrown il the shade, by the
gigantic operations Of the present eamDsigu
| Nobly have Grant and Sherman sustained their
| former regulations, IS officers Of c0ngummsts
ability, and faithfully have they kept TIE trusts
which the Government and the people have re
posed in them. Az the veil is gradually being
| lifted from the battlefield, the psOple are en-
sbled TO catch disisns sad satisfactory glimpses
Of the grand and soul-moving tsesics Of thG
campaign.
The plans Of Grant as they are aow beng
developed, are as grand IN their simplicity q
they have proved glorious il thsir ros1Its, EFhen
carried out. Bas both Grant and Sherman haEs
been most forsunstely ard ably seconded b.
/ the generals under thsir 0HH eyas- We e91ld
name 8 list Of thsm, bas rsfrsiu rom any inyid
inus distinctions SheTmsn is backed up Il
} Gsorria By suca man as Thomas, MePhaEson
[ HooEer, SchCAsld and St0uem4n, and as tins e.
army as ever went into the 6ald- They have
now been fighting for > week, and thoassndl
| have been killed aad wounded. We have tAkeu
/ Dalton, sud have, al the tine, been driving
| Johnston aud Lis rebel foEces before Us, with
fearful losses TO them
The great fighting has been done IN Virginia
! Grant Ess there achieved brilliant and decided
victories over the flower Of ths rebel forces, IN
| der Command Of the sblea. general in lie Tsbs
| service, Robert z. Lse. From the south, north
/ sad east, We have been advancing on Rich
mond, and there has been no rse6il, ih9ugt
i-gfeat slsughtsF on bath sides Ouf Losses
| thas Tar, sEe estimated ~ 80 goo, q larzs Dor
/ tiou of them being slightly wounded o. u,
i other hand, the rebels have suffered nore, ans
| we have taken tWenfy tlcGssnd of tllam pTis1
j nars, destroyed theiT supplies, and esptage5
many Of thsir guls.
/ Tas re5els have 5aen fighting more desper
ssslg shsn thsy ever did, sld with q caUrag,
/ equal O. that Of any sTmY that ever s1tsreI ihl
1 field. But no hghHEg can sSss iiIshss fhs1
/ WI be 0iihaF capfuTed or auuihIstsd. Rich
mond will be taken. The hardest fighting MAJ
yet take place in the intrsnehments srounC
Richmond. Ths fortiicssiOns Al Richmond az
stTOng, ard the beat engineers in the rebel ARM
have long been engaged in peTfeeting them
But Grant will cut off all supplies from theF
and thea be viii sit down before the rebel cApi
tai as be did before VicksbuTg, and either whil
or stsTve its inmates into a surrender
Finally, the rebellion is upon its last legs, ant
the weakness of the "ConfedeEacy" has beel
developed, by the simuiiansoas advances tina
have been made by our armies, in three grea
columns which have moved forEsTd-tWo 9
them upon Richmond, and the other upon GsOl
gia, towards the rebel territOry-An lookin
ahks 10 the grand point of concentration Whie
shall finally hive the rebellion in South CaTolinS
Gsorpis and Alabama