Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-31

mia loss Of fve hundred killed, and Ave piece,
Of artillery. Inis 6zht occurred nezr The She
nandoah aver st New Market The forces en-
gsged we're these Of Eehols and Imbodsn, csm
msndsd, as The Federal papers assert, By Long.
street, who had 10000 msn
Fifteen officers and thEee hundrsd nsn, desert
eI5 igom Grants army, were csptured on The
II5hi IN Alexandria, Va, and returned hand
eudsd to their commands.
Ga the I7sh We captured 500 Of the Fsdsral
wounded left 81 Chancellorsvills.
SheTman's rear is unprotected. He enirusss
eli care of his line Of possible retreat 70 the ons
hundred days WiEitis. His horses and men are
mainly susisinea By tha e2Estry overrun. This
item, tom ths Chscags TTi5Ene OF the Is h,
would interest Gen. J0bastoB.
The exsTavsgAaeer5f fsisehoOd eharscssrizing
Federal newspapers, ie oyershadoasd by Ab.
| bots, who has publishsd 8 history Of to war
/ EsOge marvellous than that Of Napoleon bv the
ssme author, which sppssrsd some yes7s ago in
HaTPeF's MagGziHs But the mendscity Of the
Asnphis Balietis ccligsss that Of Abbott A
/ renegade aud t-sis5f j. = mora re.entless e8emy
than enc nlsda such by hirth habit and edues-
I non. None but = villain Eeeli Hags war
/ against his ssats, whether tko S:aia were right
! or wrong. Vrginisn edits ths Bslletia, and
q NIrgiEian who opens his liBs o. raises his
arm agslnst me Old Dominion, Is IS villain
dsUbly damned "
Ihs BRiLstia some days age Published an ae-
count Of the fight as Bolivar, bstsash a dssaeh-
menE CT Forests men, 100 strong, aud forcs
OF the enemy 1900 ia number, wilh two pisess
OF artillery Forrest and his sdjutauf-gonsTal.
John T. Strange, managed the aff1ir They
KEPT the enemy at bay for more thsE an hour,
and then mounting their hoTEes, retired leisurelg
across the Hziche river. They would have
maintained taeir position longer, but were ad-
vissf that aii the trains and saDpiias csp.ured
atsEort Pillow bad safely crossed the Hstehis
river. t0TEsst'S Losses we're orc killed Gad two
captured. O1s Of these escaped. Six Of our
men TeTe woHnded, sncaR thpm Major Strange,
whose eEa was bs ken sboFe The elbow
The charaeseT Of Forests maR Was vel IL
iustratod on this occasion. With the ufroSf
difficulty &c kept lhem behind iEaperfscs earth |
works. They repeatedly appekisd % theIr OF |
GERS 70 end the trouble By charging he cow |
ards, who never dared to sppfoseh nearer than !
one OF two huhdred yAy1s.
The Bziietiz sang Vse lns of praise when SsuF- |
gis annolnced ''the overwhelming dsisas Of
Forrest" this dzs;srdly resreat" isForf Pillow
Atoned for," MAJ Strange killed 9"
The recital Of facts GO coTsspoadsd with the /
esption % this fancy sketch, and We sbsl doubt
less have Il with elegant illustrssians in the /
next veluuus Of Abboss Feracious history Of the /
war, or 5sd It unsca0Rassoly mixed uD with I
SsaRtoa's dispatches b DIX, detAirzg Grants /
supposisioRs sriamphs.
GzAs " n. d Forrest, 3 younger bFolh1r OF /
the gsnaTzl, and Capt. Ferd Rodgers, IS ehiv. /
alEo0s as Forrest, with sixty men, encountered /
about eighty Of The enemy last Friday, shiftesn /
miles west Of Holly SoriBgs, near TaYlor's plan
sstion Forrest and Rodgers killed twelve and /
ssF'safed fga of thasHemy wigho1s the loss Of s
nan. These sSo daring csPta1zs. have 9ouo Ia
wards Memphis to destroy the railway rlesa
Memphis 10 Germantown They will have IN
ished their work before you publish this
On yesterday Gen F0rress ssnt to Richmond i
eight guidons ana three rsgimsnfsl flags, ea1-
tBred Ia his late exDsditioas-lhs az Of the 1
regiment talzsn at Union City snotaes al Pa
dGcsh, and en0theg ss Fort Pillow Oas Os
theee is tha banner Of Tie 621 Illinois regiment,
very large and woven in one solid piees Of I
heavy six. A golden esgls surmoun.sd the
staff
may add that CoL E y. Rueker has bean
sssigae3 70 the command Of 3 brigade in For
rae.s rase.s corps.
Our scouts psTs;stsrilY assert tkss asmphis IS 4
wholly eTaeustsd By the Enemy. The garrison
has gone to Virginia. The city has been her
metically sealed for week past. No 01s is per
uaittei 70 depart from It. Last week the cldsr 4
was promulgated prohibiting AZ entrance into /
ths Federal iaes. For some days past this I
story has bssn reiterated By scouts who have I
visiksd f13Ta7arstov-s ana Is fu7sTviila