Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-30
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RICHMOND, May 26, 1854.
special Correspondence OF the Memphis Appeal
For three days and nights We have bean IN
nomensary expectation to hear that The great
battle Of the North Anns had been Joined be-
tween Lee and Grant Couriers and officers
have been constGntly arriving in town fro n the
immediate neighborhOod of General L e's head
quarters, just twenty-five miles distant, who
REPRESENTED that the two armies were confront
ing each other in line Of battle, and that the 81
ssck might be made At any moment by either
party. The ambulance committee is on the
spot Since the passage Of Warren's division
at Jericho, on Monday evening, thers has been
continued heavy skirmishing, but as yet Grant,
warned by the fatal experience Of the Wilder
ness and Spottsylvania Court House, hesisstes
to take his last throw with the momsnfous dice
of var, and Gen. Lee, whose policy has been
the defensive from the day the fighting began,
has seen no reason, OF perhaps no 6tting oPpor-
tunity, 70 depart from it. To-day we hear that
the night wing of cur army, under Gen. ESell,
has swung sIound TO Mapgohick church, In the
county of King William, as If to prevent Grant
from getting to York river as base Of opera
tions. At the same time it is stated that con-
siderable body of Grants force has moved in
menace upon cur left flank, through the coun-
ties of Louiss and Gooehlsnd.
If this be so, it is doubtless no more than q
feint You viii recollect Lincoln's joke upon
Grants crossing tbs RApidgn, that be was ike
tth zhn had fba Of thn 4
pulled ths pole sitter him. When he crossed ths
RapidAn he ceased to look to Alexsndria ss the
depot of supplies, aud substituted for Alexsn
/ dna Aequis creek. His army has been, as The
Herald very 6tly described it, great floating
mass during these last three weeks. Very re
Gently he has been engaged in destroying the
Fredericksburg railroad, thereby clearly indicst
| ing that be did not expect to get bis supple.
from Acquis creek any longer Only the YoFh
river is left to him, and he fuust open his com
municatious With that water course or sbaudoV
bis present position very speedily. Hence th'
movement Of Ewell to Msngohick church, whicl
Leads ps to suppose that the next severe condie
will be fonght tomorrow or next day on tb
i,norlh bank Of the Psmunkey. The news Of th
battle may reeeh you even bsfore this letter gets
half way to Atlanta. nesd only say that per
feet confidence is felt here that Grant will b
driven back ss he has been in every encounter
Butler is very qaiet in his little hog-pea be
tween the James and the Apppmsttox, AM
i makes no moro demons!T stions on the capital
! He continues to assure Secretary Stanton tha
he has cut AL the lines of travel between Rich
mOnd aBdltbe South, and meanwhile the train
have resumed their trips regularly to Petersburg
aud the new line via DAnville and Greensboro
N. c., iE il daily operation.
An unsuccessful effort was made on Tuesds,
night by Eiiz Lees cavalry TO break up = mes
of negro baoditti about six miles below Charlie
City Court House. . band which has been plum
deriDg snd mRrsading through the whele conn
try since Batter landed st Bermuda Hundreds
y Jon arriving on ihs spot, uader cover of th
night, they found The position very strongly fol
hfsd By q wids ditch and stout Stockhde, be
sides being protected by gauboats il the rivel
It could not pruaenIly be sssNiled by cavalry
aud wss wiihdrswB. A fghs, however, ensued
the Yankees, whites snd negroes c0misg on
aud attacking ia vastly superior Eumbeis, il
which Fi.z Lees loss WAS thiftg in killed an
wounded The Yankee loss could not be sscer
tanned. We shall no doubt have this sffail
which was rather unfortunate, held up 10 th
world as 8 brilliant VieioTy, io which Fix Lsei
whole command WAS cut to pieces.
Both Houses OF Congress have been enter
tanned by lively discussions during ths week
The hsbeas corpus debate was interrupted il
i
lude, By the introduction on Monday of seTis
of resolutions on the psrt of Mr.. j. 7. Leach
Of North Carolina, looking &c negotiations 70
peace with The Yankee Government The rese
lations were snmmarily disposed Of by Yot
of 62 TO %, many gentlemen who voted In thI
minority explaining that Ihsir willingness to re
fer was NOT 70 be construed IN any manner a
endorsing the resolutions shemselVes or the an
linus of the mover. On the same day Hon
VIM. L. Graham, of North Carolina, addressed
the Senate against the suspension of the writ o.
hsbeas corpus. Yesterday Mr.. Orr, of South
| Carolina, made q speech on the bill to increasS
the pay Of the commanding general 81 Rich
nond, IN which be attacked very severely thf
military character OF General Blsgg, snbjecting
bis whole conduct in she command of the army
| OF Tennessee 10 the hsrshest criticism.
The cadets Of the Virginia Military Institute
| have arrived in Richmond, wearing the lsurels
they gained in the victory over Sigel, and have
been assigned to duty iD the Notifications. They
were reviewed, on Tuesday afternoon, in the
Capitol Square, BY President Davis aud Gov.
Smith, both of whom congratulated them in a
few remarks upon the eclst they had won. The
Governor viii present 4 new State Gag to the
corps at an early day, when they will parade in
their dress uniierms, and present no doubt 9
very fine appearance
All the weekly publications, religions, literary
sad scientific, have been suspended for an in
definite period by the eoDsesiphon of their-com-
posters and pressmen in the ranks of the second
class militia, who sre still in the trenches. A
meeting hss been called by the editors AID pro.
psitoTs, and memorial drawn up, asking Gov.
Smith TO release sufficient force to enabls them
t. publish their papers as heretofore, but they
have little bops OF rssuming operations until
the siege OF Richmond has been abandoned By
the Yankees.
The capture of Miss Bslle Boyd and Mr.. Ed
ward A. Pollard on the blockade running steam
OF Greyhound has created soms sensation here
B1ta were going ts Tgsndon On Iterary satss
prises, both are peculiarly the objects Of Ysnkeo
dislike, and both viii probably TeGaain prisoners
until the conclusion Of the war. DIXIE
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