Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-17


cuTred 10 TO yesterday sfeEuo0n, when thz dispatch
wa received 5y G-n- Bssss-
. "CHEFFISs FARM Nay ll---1hs enet1y's pickets do
not extend lar ihE sdo OF Howstts house They are
not oPpos 70 Coxs wharf reported this ncrnugs ard
there are no signs of rrassiag 70 this sids.7
Yesterday sToai az shsre were no Yankees st port
Wnshaii nor aioHy ne ne q 10 raroad or turnpike
from Petersburg 20 fhtseity
Last night an oiczi dapateh from The eomrasudira
ocsr Peefsbrrg annolzesd The fact that he enemy
had fallen back = the river tBerEuda HuEdred) aae
vera entrenchipg
enemy cutting down trees ard attempting TO block
up tbs river with them, uPoa the agprehension proba-
bly, that TIA ironelsds Wheh they are 81 RsAmoHd
Ths movement an he south side - a. r1t projeatsd
Is thus abaHdonsd. The enemy have iaiFY retrsaseo
hsther with the purpose Of reinforcing Grant not .
bad any iron-elads At RiohDsnd now they would Be
ussfuA
Tds Spears Raid n Rear Of Pstsrsbarg-T The
EzplOsiOH Of q GanbOat, Etc
The rotsd Yankee usrauder, Spears, had an exceed
ngy rough ts of it after burning the railroad bridge
idea after hs corlpsravey easy job be had o. there
that be would have nothing do BAT 70 90 with has
vanda operations on The FOsd a. hs leisure and pess-
sure. Upon being earnestly entrssted to spare The
hotel AZ stony C-esk depot which Represented 70
be the property Of widow LADY, (Nrs FitzhuEh) and
her children, snd furnishing the sole Of ther
supparf, be yielded 20 the appeal and the building
not buried. The depot which sdjeinsd he hotel,
lleF Fi3 spared because its conagrafiou would neees-
sary haY szsaded TO the hotel bat tta latter buiid
ing was pretty well riddled with shot
FLUSHED vita his easy Stony creek, Spears
pushed on, crossed Nottowsy river, evidently making
fr the 4eherrin bridge and ieavDgth biige the
NOtfOway to Be dest- Dyed his return But upon
reaching Jarretfs depot be found unexpectedly con
siderable Co5ted erse force ready 20 receive him which
gave him battle and after shGrt conflict be was driven
back with the lOgs Of several Of his c1um11d In the
mesRtims the 59;h and 26th Virginia regiments and
company Of the Hoeombs Is g. legion. all undsr the
command Of Col TRbb. had rssehsd No;torsy riysr
bridge And upon spears retorn they we're prepared 70
receive hin. sewers battle snsusd which lasted four
hours Rhis Vas Sunday. By m ans Of artillery (ssy
erai piecesl the enemy managed destroy the bridge
but they we're ubsequentlys terribly auled hst they
had 70 send IN nag Of truce 70 AK permission bury
their dead. which they ail1qed Co. sud then
they refrested IN easterly direction, the north
aide Of the river Their loss must have been pretty
heavy. Our loss was four killed TIE number wounded
We have not yet hssrd Among the latter were tie fo
lowing oficsu Lteut-Coi Joseph Jones, 59th Vr-
virginia breast; Lest Tatlzys Company G, 18th
shoulder
Part Of the papers and books belonging to the sus
sex county clerk Office which burnt Saturday,
we're left by the enemy n Stony creek, and thereby
saved. The eneDy also burnt Sussex CouTI House.
Il il now believed that Spears his retnrn 10 Suf
ok or Norfolk, 70 msks report OF his brilliant opera
tons 70 headquarters.
On Monday. At 10 O'Clock. spears aad bis command
were al he farm OF Mzjor B. W. Bsschera. in Sussex
county about twelve or fourteen niles from Stony
creek They had destroyed Major r handsome dwell
ing, bis mill sl his outhousss and committed many
other depredatons It's also stated hat Spears ire
particularly excited aaainsf Major beeanse D..
had heard taat through the lstsrs Instrumental
ity bis movements had been reported.
At Jsrratts depot, besides the depot water tanks,
wood sheds etc, they burnt tbs residences of Er. Wm
JsrrGtt a. Flsld and others
II is hardly probable that be viii rs-urn to the ra
foAd as 81 ali points that thoroughf9Te il 70 well guard
ed He has doubtless gone back 70 Suffolk or may en-
dssvoF 90 form junction with the troops now al (s
Point and hss-Turs Huudreds
A hght occurred a. Swift creek three r,gias f- D..
fsrseurg, hoRiay, Il listed with more ~ les isor
Ter some TWO OF tnres hour at is point and skirnsb
lg more or le,s snaEp vent on upon the north ~ f
me creek nearly % Fort Clifton Our troops At The Gloss
of the day occupied The position hev hslS bfore The
hght oe eg-h ana slsd believe that our loss
was net comparable to that Of tbs eneny
Ihs Cagalrg Reid-Sirsngtk Of The Ens1av-
5~esT .ApProaeA 20 fks Gig Figktizg HsaT che
EoTti6eatLSnS.
The cavalry raid, numbering 1000 men, under trsas
1ustst 1ad Merritt which first heard from at
hGaver Dam, arrived at Ashland yes srdsy r,orpiov
WRsfe tght occurred the result Of which is given En-
ne ne I, following telegram from Gen SsuErts
HEADQUAKTEBs ASHLAND, Nay II. 6s9 AN
enerai; The enemy reached this point iust before us
but were pron1tly whipped ont A. er sharp rht By
Col Aunford (kiz Lees advaneel killing and cspturnz
quite number
Gen. Gordon Is in he Immediate resl o. the enemy
inisfsect ths road ne enemy ID marching on at Ye
oW tsVesn' ne head OF The turnpike, six miles from
Ny a'R sad horses are tired hungry and jadsa. bu,
A6out nine of,ek General Stuart arrived in he en-.
emYs rear On tie Brook road aud General Gordon in
,as.r rear on the Moautsin road Fhs two roads Jon
n the Brook turu pike st the yellow te@- ahous six
miles from Richmosd and the intsn,ou Of the enemy
was 70 down the turnpike The Brook bridge
go around 10 tae Meadow Bfiise road snd thence
down The peninsula This plan frustrated by ihe
burning of the Meadow bridge By eur troops This
fact being discovered the only mode of resTesI lst
TO best General Stuzst At yellow tavern and 20 20 up
the Brook or Mountain roads attack The battery
at The Brook turnpike and to eut their way throaeh
The former roas was tried, and about four oelock
Yesterday afternoon they attacked General Stuart ho
with Louiaxs aud Wicshams bugadess repulssd them
fhe fght c very hot one. tasting over An hour.
among our cssuates were Lieut.-OoL H. G. Pate and
on th=ir r-uie from AsbIand, Cen Gordon, who vas
in their rear, attacked them TIRES taos using them up
bsdly every time.
There had been 10 more agHiisg up TO a late hour
last night nor had the enemy made EnOiher effort to
break ont al yellow tavern
All ths damsge done by the raiders on the Central
road has bssn TePsired and the road viii probably be in
running order to-isy.
Is was reported hat a body Of the enemy, on reach
ing Ashsnd, had turned OF on the Dover mil road
but Of this Pe have no reliable i1iocmstion.
The ESght at FoTt Ciijlon-- Gan5ost BHrasd.
a Rshi ocsurred at Port Clifton on Monday last a
psint = few miles above Oily Point toe Apponstiox
river. Tbs following letter. from hs ofesr In com
mand, gives tbs particulars of the affsir:
FORT CLIFTON, May 9. lsGi.-I can't refrain from
writing you q line as goes in to tell you how God
has bIsss this day. My heart gushing in gratitude
FOR His kindness and prutecCn and foC the signal vic
tory be gave over our enemy.
Twas attacked this morning on our left by battery
Of SIX suns Eindag that my pieces this side eouid
not taeh them put my men undsr cover, and they
get tired OF shel1g " Afer thiags had qu5sfed
down had just gosto nay lef three quarters Of nile
on when heet Of gunbOsts appeared Ia TIE river
engaged them iOr i've six honrs Gripping one which
g5t away, and dryicg back all the rest save one which
dissoisd. Isisrted with twenty board her
when she tooek nrs from one Of my shells. aban-
dened and burnt to the waters edge The river here is
now quite elsar, bat an hard al work, etc.
A1srills KoVsmeHts--F Falling Back Of OR
Forces
AveFill, appears. t. not in eoumsud Of the forces
which attacked Gen. jenkins Dublin depot He hss
gone with snoiher poriion OF bis command to Ssltye
where it is reported, he defeated.
Tbs force which made the stack on Gen. jenkins
was under the command OF Gen. RoOk, and was com
posed Of twelve reginsnts OF nfsntry, Of esvary
and fifteen pieces Of artillery.
Oar force, nov uHaeE the oommsnd Of Col MeOzase.
land has fallen back 20 Christians burg In MONTGOMERY
county, eighty miles west Of LynehbuFg.
ATTiUaI Of PTisoasTs at LsxclbnTg.
Foxy -four officers and sel privaleG captured bv Gan
Lee at PUkef's store, Thersday last arrived iu
IynchbuTg Saturday afternoon Among the ofesFs Are
one colonel Two mssrs fourteen captains twenty
Maine, Wisconsin, Pennsy yvanA, New York; MehigsD
aud Indiana Two o. three Of them belong to The reg
usr array. Many Of these officers were captured in t
fights round Richmond in 1862 and we're rseoenrsd ~
Lieut. Shhn, Ezsistsn. provost marshal in thst rIt
who ones had charge Of them Belle Isla re ofH !
csrs and PrivHtes all belonged 70 the 9Th e5rpz eo
manded by Hancock. They ars described As iseisS
ly gsnesi set Of Yankees aud conducted tbausal,s
while passing hrongh the streets with more pToprisly
thAn usual
kF Some seTeniy-avs or eighty sailors en-
route to Richmond while 81 Columbia, s. C., a
lew days since, visited the bsI-Teoms, INDUCED 4
qniie freely st these places, and became in con-
sequence diserderly and inclined to practice The
pugiislie art rather too freely and pTomiseuous-