Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-01
--latest fEaEs sac Uaisra ssafeB,
rom Northern journals al the 22dl
sHERMAz's EXPEDITION.

sHERBIAN's EXPEDITION.
A dispatch from Caro- SAYS: Shernau's
sruy passed through Jackson IL two columns.
diving The rs5els 50 Prscipiis.eiy across Pearl
river that be LEFT dis pout30Hg sud two pieces of
artillery behind him. Our forces seized sup
plies AID pUoTisi0ns and swept O.. reaching
Neridisn ia ten days after lea7icg Yieksburg
Ida rebels Rave garrison Of 10 900 men Ct
Mobile.
Cther accounts represent that Sherman de-
stroyed LIE bridges on The Mobile and Ohio
r5sd, ssyerlEg tbs connection between P0lk's
forces.
Another riiculeus dispatch from Huntsville
reports : heavy battle between Sherman and
Polk, near Brandon, "a which Polk was whipped
AID lest u 600 prisoners.
The cavalry expedition under Grisrson sad
Suih is represented Gs moving in the yitals Of
the S5uth. Is mission is to eus the railroads in
Alabama and Mississippi, so as 70 isolate Gene
raj PGlk'a amy Ih9 total fcrce is about l0,-
eco uen, snd Will probably emerge from rebel
dom al Madisonville, La, Pensacola, or hear
Chattanooga
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
a 5i7ps.ch from Louisa, Va, says Gen. Gal
lup surprised Colonel Fsrguson's command in
Wayne county, Western Virginia, and captured
sixsy prisoners, eighty stand Of arms, horBes,
e.c. The report says tive hundred Ugion pris-
oaers were released.
FROM FLORIDA
The expedition 70 Florida, under GilnoTsyis
represented 30 be q complete success. Gilmore
eficially reports tha! after landing at Jackson
vile On the 7.h, bis sdvsncs pushed forward
irta the interior oa tho lighs Of the S.h, AMI
getting INTO the rear Of the rebels drawn up 10
ii1a Of battle seven miles from Jacksonville,
esPiurcd battery, and reached Baldwin next
mo5aing. He elsims to have taken thUs far one
hundred prisoners, eight pieces Of artillery, and
$ lasGe amount Of property, without tbo loss Of
= mag.
FaoM LOUISIANA.
News from New Ofisaas to the 9th, reports
ihss en- Sunday psovi0us Gen. Dck Taylor s5
tscked the tyoeps opposite Na.chez. and ives
TepUlsed with considerable loss sud driven six
miles. His terce numbered 5000.
FINANCIAL.
Gold was steady a. 1888
In the H5u5e OF Representatives, Bgr. S.sYons
reported bsek the Dill suyboTizing the ssls Of
surplus gold in The treasury, with recon
msndstion ageiast its passage. The HsYatd
says the amount is some $40 600 600.
FROM EUROPE.
The steamship A-ica has arrived With EarS-
/ rean dates 70 tie IN.
A dispatch from Hamburg, the 9th, says Sc
vsrs fighting mas been going on between the
! Danes and Gsfmsn8, and wounded were con
srsnty coming iato Rsu3sbuTg. A later dis
patch sanouncss the evacuation CT Sehloswig
( By the Dsnes, and lis occupation by the allies.
{ Ia the attack on &issundi, on the p, the Prus-
( sisns were twice Fepulsed with hegvy loss.
Ia the British II use Of Lords, 10 the course q
/ the debate en- the foreign policy Of ibe Govern
msut, Earl Derby Characterised the policy Of
/ Earl Russell aB huHilisiBg to England, and re-
PUdiated the idea Of British Tespous biity 10 the
! Government Of the United States foT the deprs-
/ 6aticns Of ihe Alabama. He trusted such a re-
pIy bad been forwarded TO Washington a.
would forever put an end to such demands. Ia
bis reply, Earl Russell said that England lad
not giysa the slightest premise of assistance to
Denmark.
II he Commons, during the discussion of tbe
speech, Mr.. Disrseh expressed himself OF the
opinion that the Q leen should have made some
s.lUsion 30 American atfairs, snd complained Of
her silence. Lord PalmeIston replied vigorously
defending the c0urss OF sbe Government.
Louis Napoleon, at ball given By him on
the 81 instant, remarked that the course ei
France would be non-in eryenton In the war il
Europe.
MISCELLANEOUS.
J. E. B0Uhgny E5 Congressman from Lou
isians, died in Was ..On, oa the 20.h.
Tweniy-sight of D sby's men were capture,
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