Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-12
10 RaIeigh at q.


The Raleigh AZ sea.
At eight o'clock on F'ridsy evening, the 9Th
instant, the Confederate iron clad gubbeai, the
Raleigh, under the command of Lisut. Penn.
broke jones, and bearing the broad psnnsni Of
FlSg Officer Lyleh, crossed the new inlet bar
in search Of the blockadi1g squadron. Daring
the night the iron clad steamed up and down
the coast q considerable distance but without
being able to come to close quarters, save in
one or two instances the first shortly sftsr going
cut when she met blockading vessel cruising
about and gave her ssven-ineb shot crashing
through her sides. The blOeksder Immediately
left, making signals to the feet. The second was
shortly after midnight when she got another
shot at = blockader y hieh apparently took her
for 3 steamer trying 10 come in. Reeeiving
shot from the Raleigh. he he;sted the usaAl sig
nal of blue lighs, thinking he had been fred
on in mistake by somo OF his eonseTis. Another
shell undeceiged him, and soon alarm signals
flashed through tho Yankee Aset, who put cut
to sea. In tbs morning some eight Yankee Wsr
vessels hove In sight, bat none ventured near
and only two or three within long range. The
Raleigh hsld the anchorage, she being some
eight miles from Fort Fisher, until 8 o'clock on
Saturday morning, When the Flag Officer, find
ing some arrangement of the propeller, which
could not bs adjusted, slowly steamsd for the
bar and came in. What damage was done to
blockaders we do not know. We regret to hear
that the RAeigh got aground On the "Trip" as
she was coming in, Whist her damage from
that msy be, We cannot say. She was not bit
once by the enemy -Igilniagtea JosrzGi.
Naval RnaaSeAsaeas IN Nsrth CarsIFna-
The Albemarle AEakn EIctsrESas.
The following Telegram from Gen. BeauTegard
has been received at the Department Hsadquar-
ters at Richmond
WELDON, n. c., May s,-To Gen. Samuel
Jones: Gen. Martin reports, en- the Oh inst
from Plymouth; "Ths irOn-elad Albsmarle,
with the snemy's raised gunboat B0mbshells >
encountered yesterday, at P NJ, two monitors
from tbs mouth Of the Roanoke, and nine of the
enemy's gunboAts, three Of them being very
large ones, from the 6lockading squadron. The
fght lasted till night. We sunk the largest
e1uboat of the enemy, and disabled at least TWO
monitors, without serious injury to the Abe
marie, but lost the tender. The result was, en-
couTaging @. I. BEAgREaARD-
r. Tbs New York Herald urges that the Ad-
nlinissrsliOn give positions &c Generals heclsl-
Ian and Fremont to promote the harmony and
efficiency of Grants army In a long editorial
urging thsir restoration to command, the Fsr-
aid says:
Some Of the papers still insist that General
Grant desires to give to Generals MeCisllsn aad
Fremont positions in which they can once more
serve the country IN the field. Generals BE
Clellan and Fremont have had ia their re5pee-
i've careers the admiration and sympathy Of
large proportions Of the people Of this country,
and TIE name especially Of General Mcclellan,
has an immense infaenes in our greatest army /;
and it is clear thssso long IS the government
keeps these men IN position of forced retire.
| rnent il kseps the immense number Of their
friends Ia position of hostility TO the govern
ment, and 70 that extent divides and Weskens
the country.
| Just now It would be easy for the Admins
tratiOn to Withdraw fcm the positionsof HOSTILE
ty to thsse men IN which events have placed II.
By wise and timely empioymsnt ef these
| generals the government has now the epportani-
/ ~ to add to the number Of its supporters al
those who sympa!hizo with Mcclellan OF E,re-
| mont; and shis would almost make the North q
| unit Such measure would add immensely to
I Lhe moraLs Of our army sasc; and 6 eerps undss
! little Mac woald ba indeed invineible. 2
/ Wemust keep together, and we must keep uni
ted OF the one point Of the prosecution Of tho
war, all the elements Of power in the country,
This is the only way in which we can finish The
war this summer; and if we DO not finish the
/ war this summer, the war viii fnish Us.
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