Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-26

Correspondence Of the G. ssrleztoa Msreurv1
RICHMOND, May 6-Ws are in Greater dan.
ger than We wore when Mcclellan Vas 6nlv
ivs miles eff Ss the head OF 100. 900 troops
Nevertheless, We take il EASILY. Inevsr saw the
people more quiet and cool The local defend.
ers are ordered out ct 9 o'clock this morning,
with one days rstioas; mounted aids are dash
ing ground with fall havsFsseIs. At the Epis-
eOpal churches there Gge 10 be prayer meetings.
every morning until the fights are over. and al
Dr. Reeds Presbyterian church prayers corr
menca at 10 o'clock this morning, and are to
lsst l'dsy.
Grants fores IS Feekonsd about 100 900 efec-
aves, with reserve Of twenty or thirty theu-
sand. Ills troops are not in the best Of spirits,
they are led by new commanders and they can.
not be well orgsm2ed-fer they have been hur.
Hedly collected and pushed forward, still more
hurriedly, in order to get sll the fighting posi-
bic oat Of those whose terms Of enlistment ez-
piTs this nontl
Dfewry's Bluff can 6e asrked, bat the fort
itself csu De held long time against very
heavy odds. If BAldy Smith cuts off Bsaure-
gaId' relnforcsnents and is e1terprisiBg, he can
psaeirets our lines Bat Proyidsnce may smile
On nc again. as he has so oflen done in the past.
UnfoFtInateiy our iron clsds ere not completed,
a. leastnet sufficiently D SO to justify movement
sgsinst the Yankee feat 81 Bermuda HundIeds.
Mr.. Msiiory IS 0is;asd, whether justly q uR-
justly. I csnR0! say.
I baFs j1st seen tho dispatch from Gea. Lse,
Contrary 70 the expectation st head-qusEteEs
here, GTaat lhsS promptly taken the offensive, 50
IS TO keep Lee tEon sending troops here. So
far the battle is in cur favor, the point Of great
est danger is doubtless thu Soukhside dsfanses.
Bermuda Hundreds, where the ensmy have
landed, is oisly tea miles rom Dfewry's Bluff
and bat two or three hours march frons the Pc.
tersburg Railroad. HERATEs
RICHMOsD, May Sat the time Of tbs fight
between the citizens Of Baltimore snd the troops
from Massachusetts. N April, 1861, there wes
mere excitement in Richmond than SOW. We
ere used TO it y01 see.
The enemy's blow was well intended, but
badly delivered. When we srs fairly out of
ihe woods, viii tell yen how much we are in.
debsed to Providence for cur deliversnce. Al
present Butler holds the Petersburg road, and
Grant is in Fredericksburg, holding on tenx-
c-ously 10 tho south bank Of the Rsppahsnneek
river. II he cruises it val be, as in the case Of
Barnsids and Hooker, en admission of dsfeat
Besides he hopes, by holding Lee il check, to
enable Butler to 10 take Richmond. The dsht
At sss,So.tsvlvanis Court House was simply to
cover bis retreat H1vieS been forced back IF
teen or tWonfy miles, he will claim thst he has
only changed bis hese.'
BeAuregzrd is at Petersburg. With his uSasl
feTeshougat, he brought on tlHbers to repair the
Stony creek bridge, twenty miles south Of Pc
tessbarg. Il WAS fesTed that SpesTs' cavalry,
which burnt TIE bridge just mentioned, would
kesp on 70 The junction of the Ds1viIle and
SoUthSide roads, tear up the track, burn the
depot buildings and thes destroy She High
bridge near B&Tmviile Happily, some fifteen
hundred OF two Thousand Of HAmpton's cavalry,
on the way 20 Lea, were nssg the Junction; bus
their arms hEd been ssat On by TeiireSd, and e
Thousand stand hsd 20 be sent them from this
paint, IL appears now that Spears turned back
slseT destroying the Stony creek bridge. and
made delcar to Join BlsieT. OF ihiS, heweYeT,
We sro not cure.
Two gunkcats hoia wooden, and rot Of Iasse
SIS, have been degTeysd 10 tho James. ora
was blown up, the othsr captured and bprpt
The 2sasisT's msIs, nsnsd J0hnstan, believe.
who had charge ct The electric battery which
6red the torpedo, was caught BY the Yankees.
bis brains hsaseu cut with fhs butts Of rnaskeis.
spd his corpse left viii : havcret pinnlne ais
besa 10 the esrth. II is said the perpetrators Of
this deed were ca aSsured and brought to the fort
At Dfewry,s bluff, where thay Ssill he hung Bat
ibis is uncoSffned. The crisis is not over, Ss-s Sss
We are hopeful. Weather opPTsssiyely hot.
HERaEs
RICHMOND, May Hive engines, shirsy
cars, and S00,000 fsti0ns were destroyed at
Beaver Dam, which is on the rsgulsx beaten
raiders road 20 Richmond Gofthrop Mss been
csnsured, but I.leaEn that these stores were ssnt
afor safe keeping" to Beaver Dam By order OF
Gen. Les. The enemy, under cover Of the fght
a SposssyivAnia Court House, turned cur Asak
sitgf his Superior force of cavalry and hence
this trouble.
Cralt bss been fighting shy, in order to keep
Lee fully engaged, while Batter, Badly Smith
aad Gilmore do what they can on the south
side.
We have been hoping much from BesuregsEd.
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