Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-09

der the blessing og Gca Ell tbst vvsresuS ssrsrs
n =, hespecitnlly r. E LEE, GsneraL
.ne tseeoants p1bsned Saturday the msntion OF
soe Reayy Sighting on Kerhsvs front failed 10 convev
. soslec daa Of the part tsken by Laws, Andsrson's
No afegss prtgadea, Of Fields division 10 rspeIIiny
lns rePaaed ana determined assaults 81 he s1s,, -
lss-y estse Hhese troops, aIthough on Gen Ksr.
80 i,s we're occupying the rsrshss The ias the
-. msas, and 30 them great credit is dre for
ne stssainess with which hey repuissS ever sssst
Ssa. zen hefsnsws troops supported and assisted thsse
ofsaoes aEd their aid nvauable- but m. sttsrr
was direeted sEaiugt Law, Andsrrou ana Caregg ,-
N ne close OF our report on Saturday an sliusi5n
,is 70 savy nring iae on Friday evening and
ns oPlion expressed that II rene val Of fbe A.
ssuit oy the enemy upon our lfnsz This moved - -
correct; aud ns result i given the following ofel
alspsteA sreu General Lee;
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VfReIErt.1 ,
June 4, 1854, $50 P. n
Hon. Secretary Of WSr:
Last night, after the date Of my dIEpsteh Generals
reekinidge and FinnesAn attacked by The sues,v
Is they were preparing to re establish thsir sxiuisa
line. The enemy waz s0on re1uised In1rsssstslv ~
front, With ike result.
Up the time Of writing nothing has orerrrsz .gsr,
the lines to-day exeept skirmishns at various ponts
The position Of ths erny is substantially un AZ ged
K E. LEE General.
In the hsht on Fridsy night Gen. Breekiuridss had
narrow escape. His horse shot under him and
himself somewhat bruised by the fail Of the amin bit
his Injuries Of such character a to eoruasi A
relinquishmsuto Of hiz AetiEe dHties in the field
fairs the linsa were compsr atfvav uuet on Sat
urdsy until a lsta bour il M sgs1i,,. ,sE tss-
csnnonsds eommeneed, continuing until abeut ten
O'Clock It currently reported yesterday that ths
light was Et AcDleliana bridge, ths ChickRhoniny
two miles touihsast Of DR.. Gaines house, which would
have nscessitaed change In ths nes bat tue most
INTEL gent report We have is that it took place the
battle ground Of Coal Hsrbor-tbzs tbs enemy made
two assaults, which easily repuissd The opinion
IN official eJcss last night IN the absence Of dispatches
fr0a headquarters, that nothing but heavy skr.
mlshing took place. with little loss eilhsr side .
though from the rapid firing which was heard in The
city and the accounts Of persons who visited the lines
yesterday theFe can be no doubt that an engagement
tOek plEce, ~ stated above.
We have it On undoubted authority that the entire
osses In Gensra Lengstree:s corps, IA the fighting
around Itiehnond, iG killed wounded and miss a z,
amount Only 2o5 This compared with fhs Losses Of
the enemy, s very small and usy be taken - sisnd
pOnt from which to jadge shoss-os he whole army.
No engasement toSk place yesterday. II twas rUmoTed
that the Enemy aeut IN h&g Of truce asking psrls-
sion TO bury their dead (Which have bfcOma very on
sive) and public nuiosity was soaewhzt excited to
sara the response o the request. This whole amount
Of the matter Is simply this The enemys wound d
who had sia for foryeight hours Ia 'front.' OF works.
waved hfir hSuksrehisfs and hats for assta1ee aud
the Yankees VINO came ont Of she woods to render il
were picked off by our shsrpshastsFs Grant is too
nneh Of abull dog to send ss Of truce, according
the customary mode Of civilized warfare since Il oald
be partial acknowledgment of defeat.
ARMY OF NoRTHERN VIRGINIA,
Near Gsiuss's Mill Juns 5, 1851
since Friday morning engagements Of any mag
nitude or importance have occurred between these two
coRtendiag hosts and the situation is essentially the
that t the elSss Of those repeated and aes.
=
EaTy' 'front.' and also Fields Of LougsresIs corps,
butweFe easily rspulsed-
About o'cl0sk, Oh Friday night, - Holee Breckin-
ridge ana Malone moving forward in order to re-
establish the picket iaes which had been temporarily
dsrauged by the slight repulse whch BreekpTdFe
tained on Frdsy IoeTntng, the enemy suspecng that
meant 70 attack them, also moved forward. A e0L
lison ensued 1t WAS however, Of short duration and
the enemy speedily gave back, that picket ines
were estabishsd desired.
Yestsrday there wss some cannoRsding and heavy
skrHiahing through the day along the lines, but it
amounted 20 noihng.
Last night the enemy made feeble assault upon
HOke and Finregsn, but quickly repulssd To day
all has been unuzus y quiet, Grsnt is douBtes3 keep
ing tbs Sabbath holy Our in fas spirits. snd
being bssssd with fail raons and Vegeta5ls isuss
Il ls estimated by officers in high position that ths
eney loss s not less than IS 900 ia the ghts Of the
past week, whilst ouTs scarcely reach fifteenth
Of that number.
The following promotions have Just been announced :
Brig Gen. J. B. KershgW 70 hs major generals C0ouels
Sr7Gn Grimes James slonner, RCfuS BarriLgsr and
Jno- NeOsusland, to 6s brgsdisF eensrais
The following officers have been appointed TO the
following temporary rank r. II. anderson and Ju-
bal A. Early, heutsnsnt generals WIN. MRnore and
D. Rzmseurs nsjor-gensfals; w. r. Cox, T. II.
roon, W. G. Lewis, K. ID. Lilly, and - Tork, to be
hrigadier generals.
The enenys column stlll remains al Bottoms bridge
and have their artillery posted the heights beyond
Ihere was occasional shellng on Saturday, which, up
to night had resulted only in the woundlDg Of oHe Of
our
Everything remained quiet at Bottoms bridge ysstsr-
day. We have heard smother veftion Of tbs firing
Saturday which IS that it all from side; that
artillery fired ten shots at wagon camp, Of
which went over but the remaining eghi caused rapid
"skedaddling' Of tbs horses, wagonersi and UasoEA
The news from the south sids OF ths James devoid
Of interest. On Friday there was occasional dis
charge of musketry field pecs, which indicted no
damage upon troopz The gunDostsin tbs Jass and
Appomattox continue TO shell the woods at intervals
accomplishing nothing beyond the wssefui expenditure
Of ammunition and keeping their gunneTE in practice,
Oar soldiers have become ussd 20 this species Of war
fare and It does not in the leas. disturb their equa
niInity.
We have important information from the valley Of
Virginia Hunter, the successor Of sige has advanced
az far as Port Republic in Rockingham county, and
Crock is advancing over the Warm SpEiags road from
the west Hunter refuses TO accept battle from Gen.
Jones until he has effected janetiOn with Crook Il Is
presumed hat have sufficient force In that di
reetion to render the safety Of StSunton secure.
We learn Interesting particulars II the situation
OF s Fredericksburg from citizens Of hst plsea
who have ust arrived Richmond Duriag their oeeu-
ps n Of the town the Yankees arrested sixty lght
eitzsus Of Fredericksburg and vicinity and sent the
Wsshin yton, whsues most Of thsm were Transferred
to Fort Delaware, and are Row held IS hostages for
number Of Yankee strsEglers who were picked 7p IN
the place and Bsat Richmond Tan Of the niImbeT,
whose nsInes give were released at Washington
and have returned, viz James u. Brad ey, fhumss
Knox James Mctiuire, Counselor Cole @iehSei Anss
John G HurkemD John J. OheWS George II. Peyton
W. H. Thomss and JOIN D. Elder.
The houses in Fre5eriekzburg were generally oecu
pied hospitss ani he number Of wounded is reprs
sented to have been very greats iRdsed, see OF the
cizsos say here were n re than they sppossa eog
have been disabled had all the armies IN ihs wofla
been sngsEed A YaRkee "Christian sanitary commits
SOM came from the Norh to assist in tbs eers q the
wounded, and among the nuInoer were ntsoop
aud other leading ministers of various denomnatcfs
Now an5ag their Christian Professions these men
were the most upulous q ID forsaken set hat has
c1rsad 8 thern community sincs the war commenced
much worse i IS SO, IA saa@ "a s.s ,, ,,s.,
iiaFen aud Satanic" commission Tbeir time WAS
chiefly occupied ia persuading the negroes desert
their masters, Gin which they succeeded very well,
about foarhfths cf those in The place hsyiag gons
In deprcdaDg upon private property and other acts
vandalism. They srenuouEy urged the burning Of all
the buildings, but in this they unsuccessful The
gunboats and the railroad were consissiiy employed ia
carrying of the wounded Tbs steamer Jacob Bell,
the last leave, took her departure Saturday
ing week, which day the town was evacuated.
Ths Yankees brought with them but few supplies.
and subsstsd chiefly by plundsring ths eIizens all Of
whose private taken. leaving them ina state
Cf extreme desitution Even the relief fund supplies
consisting OF -four, meal, and other provisions,
were taken notWithst taDding urgent appeal Inst they
might be spared for the destitute. few of the
nhsbitsnts, seeing starvation stsrng them In the face
went to the enemy country for relief but vhe
they uceesded in getting assistance there or not
known.
The shelving and counters Of unocsnpsa s.orssvere
taken to make oOfns for the dssd And Eturss for the
wounded Mr.. John HoWson house sacked, tbs
furniture Destroyed and the barn burnt The intsror
OF F.oklin's mill was rendered perfect wreck and
Hlwisons mill much damaged Indeed, the work of
wanOa des ruetion was very general, and much Of il
was performed under tbs Satanic esuncils of tbs
christian sanitary eomTaiss.on.'
Il was stated by Yankee officers in conversation,
which was overheard by citizens that Grants losses
in Splttsyvauiss since the Opesing Of the campaign
would PROBABLY reach rs 600 or 80 600.
Stafford, Culpsper aod Fsnqusr counties, it Is 70.
ported, full of YANKEES dessrters and straggers
The crops in Stafford have been injured the
ensmy having conned their operations to the mmsdi-
ate vicinity Of the rgilroSd.
E We are permitted to make the following
extract from letter received in this place rom
soldier who hss jdst returned from Middle
Tennessee, viz l left the mountains about
three weeks ago, passed through Rutherford
where stopped several days, shenee passed to
the Southern lines through MAury county,
crossed the Tennessee at Florence and reached
ths army in safety. Your plantation is still
we'll fenced, your hands have been resting in
clever and are improved, notWi' hstARding the
burning Of your fac house. Mrs - is a
good taaoeier and is doing pretty well, l. e.