Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-14


Grsns YauEes sass an A~euisiaHs.
eosrapendsncsof ths Mobile Evening esNA'
rye pullish the following lesssg-or rs.ast
sas,ax ii ~lettera wristar at different aneg-1em
go s-start;va sua iadicicus correspondent g
r1.,tos Taarph mueh Of Is has been an
ss.-seea - rysfsr aos 70 break The connection
~ 4. 5;ssrsat narte snd IS il is i pYsseats 3
ss+fnl visw Of the sisaa.on Of affairs. Illus
1880 he Interruption Of communications and
~ dsfsealty Of obtaiBing AcGsate intelligence,
81. is5eea, Of any kind, undes which NelAbor:l
CLINTON. La, April % 1864.
Ia. EDIroRs The news resolved hares since
I wrote vou, from Rel river, is through private
individuals and from he Yankees themselves,
.aus rocs "a eonfrm previous intaiigenes as %
he disastrous dsfeat Of Rsaks-
A gentleman, whom I know well, sEFived hsrs
Yesterday evening, from near Baton Rouge,
Wfsyo rs lives aud has an Opportunity q Rear1g
Ysnirse news through their conversations Wlth
serb oibsr They now say their less WAS some
sL-.sar "a ffeea Thousand, and thlriE-thEee
rjaeag AZ artillery. You zee he Yankee papSfs
are atudiousiy silsEt On the ~susjscii ney PIE.
| claimed 4 victory a the outset tef Noz1neta 70
/ ception snd anaoaTs gsTaent AAd 81 e5use N2I
- rot he hssrt. sluce that tine, to damesD
| ,be brisbs hopes thus cssatsd, sRd purge tHem
IN 100 sudden dependency
II Il runored here that Banks &zd ms ssaE
have passed down By Baton Rouge 70 New Or-
leans' ssd that SheEmans part Of ais tsEceS
49, gona m % protect MemDhia. Ner have
" bssFd. as yet. Of Gen. S.eele,s Erriyal s.
/ Shreveport; something mast nave hzPFeaea
! that he did rot expect, or surely ne Woasa nsss
f1lfged his boats Of watering his horse IN nsa
nver n twenty days. the TINS Aas e7g Since
expired
resolved Dispatches zom Red river. giving ths
5atsiis Of his battle on ouz side. Whether you
a. az not, fron present lights before me, Gne
/ 1bseh hava baen reseiTed frem sources II which
ra ave reliance, / have no doubt that Banks
amy has bosn terribly defeated, and thslRis
/ Ioss viii likely EeAeh wenty thousand men, %
land and waseT, for bis gGnboats and transports
hsve been also lost 1ke eIteHt q ms dscis
y-ir- hsrSlv oVer b. kEsNR to the N0TtR, through
Nortbsrn sources, as il Is n0B, more than evsr
tbair policy 10 keep secret, OF lie outright about
e~srv military disaster, Whistler grsss or small
thst nav bcfsn them Banks Rad river expe
dison ia At az end. Bat thsy say Re intends Z
maize e1othef advance II he was so victorious
hov lei thGt he Is 80 far back from Ma & Id o.
viesOEyl
EDWARD DRLoNY.
EvsSTaG, 96sh-TTo gsntlemsa well known
here. arrived from Bayou Sara this evening
They fully coD6rm the defeat OF BANKS up k9S
river, era say it is the worst whipping ef 81
war. T6sy conffm the destruction ef eevers
liof sheir boats and the capture Of the entire Yan
Fes cavslrr-lst L9Risisas rsgiment-Bs tough
them with but fifteen or eighseen thousand nsn
/ Hsorudsrw was not there, bat arrived alter the
battle. and with cur forces Will renew she hgA
bsfors Banks can get Tsinsorceneats; Hhiel
thew supposed has likely 0ccuTred By this time
They believe that General Eouton has been XII
"a. but doubsfal as 10 General Green, who MAJ
have been wounded. They report ssyersl Van
ksa gunb9ats as having gone Up tie MISSISSIPPI
nvs-, snd also 8 psTt Ct Shsrmaas iofea. Inc
nly re;uforezusnis fer Banks como rem bel1a
and esnaot be Isfes. Thsy have no intelligence
l from above OF Sssels's sTTlV-l uesf SaFeyep0t,
and if General Price has not captured him ha
must have hurried back to Little keck IN ; l1ni
srot. Years,
APRIL 30-An escaped prisoner fom New "
leans on the Ssh, arrived here to day. b nil
confirms the severe thrashing which Banks re
esived I'd Red river, ard says nobody know
where he is. This eoIroboFates q report receives
here q day or two past, that Banks had sen
down 70 New Orleans for bis wife.
Il is reported mere to-dsy that the Contede
rates have turned The current Of Red river doEl
through Bayou PieTTe, leaving Inc wafer so loV
i UILDN aAEE U-LAN AAAu ELL 84Aa% - 'AA- -
be able to get down. This Wss practicable, anI
would cause the result stated, unless the Missis
sippi river should be exessdingly high.
Ian permitted to make tie foAsWing extTsc
from & leslsr fr0n New Orleans, April y
1864:
4 cannot withhold from ny friends The i'm
nense excitement, as Il IS prevailing here q
present Since the great defeat the Yankee
~onceuutarsd n Western Louisiana and the fal
Of Fc1t Pillow, gold has risen within thres day
frsn siLly-seVen to u~inety-per cent, and pro
due9 Of all kinds has advanced from twenty
five to forty per csnk, and still On the increase
There is 3 runner nov in circulation that Bank
wiz be superseded in this department. How
much Truth there is in the Iumor, no one css
tell er need care about. Tn army IN this de
paYtment Is played cut for this campaign they
are erirplsd, demoFalized, and BOT able 10 m&ks
another fight with any shoW for success.
think they are very glad to be let alone, aRC
hsvs changed from the offensive to the dsien
silva. The Southern sympsthizeTs, or friends
are in high glee, and, to the credit OF New Or
leans, are n : large Hsjority.'
LATEST-Msy lss-EH0 geDsle1sep arrived
here lsst night from the other side Of the river
the day previous. No general engagement
sincs TIE frst, bus sqmo heavy skirnisbiug.
/ Oar esyalry have possession Of Red river be-
low Alexandra, ard rave batteries on both
sides Of the river, and prevented The enemy re-
esiYing any reiBf0rcements. Some Of tAe gun.
boats above Alsxzndriz are sgreuai aud cannot
be moved, and the river lslires this Is saassd
by furningS1he river throagh Bayou Pierre.
Banks is said TO be fortifyiDg himself about
Grand Eccre, aud orr forces have surrounded
him above and below, and prisoners say he has
been on half Eations two days. Banks desired &c
leave bis position, bat Porter threatened if he
attempted to do so, AID leave his boats in THAR
present condition, be weaid Gre into bis troops.
The loss OF the Yankee army is said 90 be II 900
killed, wounded and missing; three g~anboEls
and ninstransPorts have been taken. 0ar loss
is said 10 be 200 or 6 0e0, among them Gsss.
Green and Eoatesi General Walker slightly
wounded. Federsls had three generals killed
Franklin, Lse, the other not recolisetod. We
captured $50 wagons, between forty and 6hy
pieces Of artillery; 2 goo mules sRd horses, a
laTge amount of army stores, and supplies OF
81 ksuds. The Federal army is very much de-
moraizsd, and is almost completely surrounded.
It was generally supposed ihak the whole cape
ditioR would be captured. T. ID
General Wfrt Aaaras' Cavalry.
CoTrsspondenoe Mobile RsgistsF.l
CAsroE, Miss, April S5-Fho spring cam