Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-31
News Itsras frsm Lac Federal P.psrs.

/ LUPElOy HISS tdsY 24,-Ma have f61sHa
gapers Of she 2lst I furnish you a synopsis 0
/ tho news Mr Sssnt7n, Sseyssafy of War, pub
lishes an ofieial report Of SheTidan's raid. b
which q ten millions and half of C0aledeTal,
army stores we're destroyed. Sheridan asserts
that he penetrated the outer line OF the de
lenses around Richmond, killed Gen Jst
Stuart, and destroyed fifteen cr-tHenty miles O
railroad. ShsEi5aa's fsrees then joined Butler
| On she 4th the Fedsrals claim that cur riehi
1snk wss turned, and that Les had retired to
ward Lynchburg. 1t was thought thsf Lee
would not make stand till he had reached Inc
south bank Of the North Aena river. Rein
forcemenss bad reached Grant equal to his lossss
varicusiy estimated from 35 600 70 10000 49,.
600 wounded had reached Washington CITY,
ard there yeEe Is 900 Il Fredericksburg. No
thing IS said ss to the number at other points
IN the bsstls of 18Th inst, the batteries Of the
5ib army csrps fed 500 rounds They claim
to have captured 5000 spTisoRass. ghs Oh
Massachusetts, which isft CulpepsF with 600
laep, had oaly SO lsf; the 81 VeTn6nt, $50
msns Host Ali but I30; tbs 4sh MicAiesu 277
men, st the close oE the SIGHT numbered ~ nsa.
NJ other details are eivsn. Ga thas dsv, the
l2sh, Gen Johnson, Of Virginia, Of HIPS corps,
was killed.
The u Federal Srny CORDS had lost, CD to the
10Th inst, 1900 killed, 7000 wounded, 400
missing; the 5.h corps 1909 killed, 1890 sound-
Gus Aoo@ A-tA1t-tEf sla y ~ t-34 sAlE hLllaaf
900 EouRded, 1900 naissiDg The Sdnitied
losses Of three corps IS q 500, and it is stated
that Barnsides laasss are II tie Sane proportion.
The reports sent North from Grants army are
now wholly favorable TO the enemy. To the ex.
tent that they eonIadiot the statements Of Gen.
Lee we know them TO be false. TEE interruption
of Lees Lines of communication With Richmond
''may compel his withdrawal to the vicinity Of
the capital One correspondent (ef the .Hsr-
ff.-k ~ Il
from 35 000 to 100000" another that recruits
have arrived sufficient in n1mbsr 70 Eli ihe
place Of the lost; snd still another states that
20 0e0 fresh tsoops were marching toEaFd tie
scene OF aetion. Palpabls contradictions and
fslashoods are everywhere apparent. Under
the influence Of these psrversioas OF truth tie
price of gold has declined.
William Fishback, tishy member Of the Ar
kansas State convention. 1861. has been CHOSEN
= member Of the Federsl Senate. Judge Baxter
is the other Senator. Quincy Underwood, his
illustIious competitor, was badly beaten
Forrest is said 70 be threatening Deeatur and
Huntsville. At HGnlsville Gen. John r Smith
had forced all the Uhi.e male inRsbitant3 70
work en- the Notifications.
Late adVices from Alexandria says tls
Chicago Times, "indicsse that Gen Smith
will be compelled to march by laud 10 he Mis-
sissippi, fighting bis way out Tbs enemy sur
round the Federals, having tho river blockaded
zilh- batteries sufficient to sink the gunbosfs
and transports Tina Times adds "shs rebels
have two formidable 0slssries hlockading The
river, one, of %, and another, OF Is suns.S
On the 18th inst, Kirby Smith was menaelng
P.ns bluff
The Arkansas river is very high in which fact
alone consists Steele'S security.
Even the Chicago Times deems our esuss
hopeless. Il tells Us that Lees prestige for ia
vincbity % gone, that he is cut oG ffom his
supplies, that with the shros msin railway
bridges between his present position and Rich
mcnd destroyed retreat is impossible, snd moth
isg now remains for Gen. Lse but snuihilstion.
We can well understand how il happens that
gold has declined in Wall street, when misEsp-
RESERVATIONS Ike the above are transmitted frsm
Washington. The Chicago Times would pub
lish the truth If accessible, but even this Jour
nal declares that nothing less thsn ''mEseuIous
interposiiioa can save Saicamond aud Atlanta
from Grant and Sherman" "Suhsequeni re- |
siStance viii not materially interfere with the
military sphjugation Of the ConfedsTats Safes"
Northern papers contain no letters from The
bsstle-felds. Press correspondents are Cnly per-
mitted to use the telegraph. All dispatches are
of course revised by Government SCENTS before
they sre transmitted. The assertions Of these
correspondents are very conflicting. The extent
Of damage to railway bridges and the quantity
Of supplies destroyed by Sheridan is vaguely
estimated frem two to ten millions Of dollaTs.
The same indefnitensss applies TO al accounts
of the number of rsinioreemsnts foTTarded 10
Gen. Grant. The TINES says that about 10000
have gone forward, while the Herald alleges
that $4,000 recruits are en- route from Washing
ton.
The defeat Of Sisel by Longstree., ia the
Shenandoah valley, is termed = "Tevsrse
somewhat serious" says the Memphis BRttetig
Of the 2Iss, "but not disaster by any msaus- -
''Butler has also found it necessary to retreat
and abandon his attempt on Fort Darling" In
its news column the Bnllstia says that che 9th
corps had suffered severely from hlundeTing
movement, and because Of fog, Smiths hnee
had been subjected to q serious loss" No other
details of these reverse are given. A Wash-
ington lstser-writer ssys that the last battles had
added fearfully b Grants losses" It Is far
ther stated that tho number Of stTsgglers from
Grants army are far 100 numerous even for
force as great ss bis" This statement occurs in
the editorial column.
Iinclose Lincoln's latest proclamation, which
has not yet appeared in a S1nthern newspaper.
1t was published in the New York H0Tid On ths
18th inst, and is transferred to the BslistiS.
Strongly original is that expression Of the Fed
eral President who dssignAtss the United Sales
as & ssmouumentsl sufferer" IL is asserted tls1t
Grants campaign has virtually closed, the
dissste1s to Banks aTa confessed with the failure
st Char eaton. . Wlsh heavy he4Et. llnes u
designates the 26lh OF Nay as day OF huulla-
lion and prayer. I must be permitted 20 ques-
ton the authenticity Of this proclamation, though
the vote in the Federal Congress, on the peace
resolution, shows that the fortunes of Grant sre
not an represented by telegrsphic dispatches
published is Northern newspapers. This Is the
proclamation:
Executive MANsIoE, May IL, 1864.
Fellow Citizens Of the United States
IL all seasons and exisencss, it becomes 2
nation carefully to serutinizs its line of conduct,
and humbly to approach the Throne sf GrEee
and meekly imploTs forgiveness, wisdom snd
Guidance. For reasons known only TO Him, il
has been decided that this country should be the
scene Of unparalleled outrage, and this nation
the monumental sufferer of the nineteeath cen
tory. With heavy heart, but andiminiEhed
confidence IN cur cause, approach the perform
auce of duty, rendered imperative by my
sense of weakness before the Almighty, snd Of
iustice to the people. sIt is not necessary that
should tell yoa that the first Virginia campaign
under Lieut. Gen. Grant, in whom have every
confidence, and whose courage and fidelity the
people DO well 10 honor, is virtually closed. He
has conducted his enterprise with discreet abil-
ity; he has crippled their strength and defeated
their plsns 10 view, however, OF the situation
10 Virginia and tne uIsss seE 81 EAs4 1lsel te 1e
lay at Charleston, and the general state Of the
country, I, Abraham Lincoln, do hereby recon-
msnd that Thursday, the 26th day Of May,
1854, be solemnly set spsrt throughout shs
United Stales as . day Of fasting, humiliation
and prayer.
Deeming, furthermore, shst he present con-
dition Of public Affairs presents "a exusordinsTy
occasion, aud in view Of ths power vested in
me by the Constitution and laws, hays thoaght
fit to call forth citizens between the ages OF Is
and 45 gears to the aggregate nHmbeg Of 400.
600, in order 70 suppress existing rebslieus com.
| bsnssions and cause due execution Of the laws;
and, furthermore, in case any State, or number
OF States, ,shai isil to furnish, b. she l5.h day
of Jane Rexs, their assigned quotas, il is heTsby
ordered tbai the same bs raised b. innediEte
pefemptoiy draft. The details Of this object