Memphis appeal. Extra. Atlanta, Ga. Friday evening, August 12, 1864.

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The Memphis Appeal.


EXTRA.


ATLANTA, GA.

FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 12, 1864.

THE IMMEDIATE FRONT.


The Lines
—We again have nothing of importance to report from the lines. Yesterday matters were very quiet throughout the day. Last night about two o'clock heavy artillery and musketry firing took place along our loft center, which continued an hour or more, but we have no report of the result. No change in the position of the enemy is known to have occurred.
The old troops have but little sickness among them, and they continue in the best of spirits. Among the State troops there is more illness, b???athe attacks are generally slight, and less in number than is usual among fresh troops.

into such active service, while so recently from their comfortable homes, more disease than has occurred was to have been expected.

The City
—During the last twenty-four hours a sl?? but steady fire has been kept up on the city, from two or three of the company's batteries. The only casualties we have heard reported are a lady and child severely bruised, and a soldier badly wounded while passing along the street this morning.


from Mobile.
The latest newspaper dates we have is the Register of the 7th. The gunboat Morgan ???ceeded in reaching the city the previous evening, though chased and fired at by the enemy's feet. Her only casualty in the fight was one engineer slightly wounded by a shot which passed through the ship near the galley. The Ga???nes crew also came up in her launches. No officer hurt. The Tennessee was completely disabled in the fight, being surrounded by her powerful enemies. She had four killed, have no? learned how many wounded. An enemy's monitor and one gunboat were su?k. The advices form Fort Morgan were cheering. The casualties are astonishingly light, the enemy firing wildly, and seeming intent mainly on running past. One man was killed and two slightly wounded in the fort. The garrison were in fine spirits and confident.
The casualties on the Tennessee (flag ship,) and ??lma, were as reported by telegraph, and all the wounded were taken to Pensacola. Admiral Buchanan's wound was a compound commuted fracture of the right leg,

only from the splinters. It was thought it might require amputation, but he was doing well.
The Register says that on Friday, night the enemy's fleet surrounded fort Pow? Hand bombarded it heavily—that the little work was evacuated, the garrison making its escape by waiding to be main shore.
It also says that the city is armed, and it states that heavy reinforcements of infantry and artillerists had arrived.
An officer from the fleet reported in the city that the fleet passed the fort without replying to its fire. The large vessels had each a double-ender lashed alongside. As they passed the Tennesees stood out to engage them, followed by the Morgan, Selma and Gaines. The Selma and Gaines at once ??an alongside the Hartford and engaged her, she fighting them as they ran. After passing out of reach of the fort, the Hartford cast loose the double-ender, which the Selma at once attacked, but after a severe fight the Selma hauled down her colors.
The published accounts of the Tribune do not differ materially from the foregoing. It reports that the Tennessee fought nobly for two or three hours, when she was obliged to succumb. The Selma was completely disabled before she surrendered, and the Gaines was bea??? under the guns of Fort Morgan. There was to reliable news of the movements of the Yankie vessels in the bay. They could be seen without glasses at elevated places, but nothing was discoverable of what they were doing, except that they appeared to be taking soundings.
Both journals speak confidently of the ability to hold the city, and the Tribune says:
We take pleasure in stating that, beside the hundreds of our citizens who are flocking to the defense of the city, the Louisiana refugees who have made Mobile their temporary home, are displaying an alacrity characteristic of their patriotism and chivalry. We are glad to chronicle this fact, as their conduct will be kept in grateful remembrance.
In connection with this subject, we may state that Captain Theard, 22d Louisiana volunteers, is anxious to secure in his company the services of his compatriots. They will be stationed in the post of danger, therefore of honor.
[???]We continue to be indebted to the Southern Express company for late papers. As we have no mail to the city, our friends of the press will confer a favor by forwarding their journals by express.
[???]Three negro soldiers were captured and brought in yesterday. We observed this morning that they were being made useful about the

marshal general's headquarters.

SHERMAN'S UNCHRISTIAN WAR.

In the history of sieges, none have presented the conduct of the assailant in so unadmirable an attitude as the investment of Atlanta by Gen. Sherman, We desire, in behalf of the resident non combatants, to give him a papper-bullet or two by way of retaliation. The soldiers can take care of themselves, and will give him bullets of a weighter cast, we venture to predict, whenever opportunity affords.
For three weeks, without the usual notice recognized by civilized nations and their warriors, for the removal of women and children before siege or bombardment, Gen. Sherman's batteries have hurled upon this devoted city a hurricane of shells, dealing death and destruction—not amongst his armed antagonists, but in the midst of defenseless females and tender infants; not against what his people are pleased to denominate the “slave aristocrats” of this “hell-begotten rebellion,” have these explosive missiles been sent upon their murderous errands, but into the midst of the protectorless children of poverty. The stately edifices of the place have long since been abandoned by their occupants of other days for quieter homes farther into the interior. It is only the poorer class of our Southern population, (for whom alone General Sherman and his people make great professions of sympathy), who have been compelled, from lack of means, to remain within the range of his remorseless batteries.
The city is shelled furiously with unceremonious suddenness, and without the premonition to non-combattants, females and children, usual in such cases. Gen. Sherman may not be aware of the result of his fire, or of the little it is accomplishing towards the capture of Atlanta. Thus far, not a soldier of the line has fallen under the bombardment. Only the non-combatants have suffered. The mangled corpse of a mother and babe, an invalid citizen and his little daughter found murdered in their bed at morning; a gray haired old man struck down in the garish noon-day sun upon the street, in the very pursuit of the means of subsistence for his little ones, crowded for safety into a dark unwholesome cellar, sum up the casualties of the day. If this in accordance with your ideas, Gen. Sherman, of the principles of civilized war? It may be consistent with the Northern principle of extermination—but, in the sight of God and the Christian world, it is not in accordance with the principles of humanity. Upon these defenseless and unarmed creatures you are certainly waging your war of extermination. You heroically overshoot their gallant protectors in the trenches you dare not scale, to ??ach by all the ingenious appliances of military science those in the rear, who are unable to offer you resistance. Your skilled artillerists are most nobly employed. Your splendid rifled parrotts and patent shells are doing direful execution in the infants cradle and the housewife's kitchen. Magnanimous specimens of chivalry—those sturdy gunners of yours! Shame! upon such disgraceful eswardise, such inhuman barbarity. A black-flag warfare would be even less cruelly waged, yet certainly with more courage and magnanimity. If your aim is to destroy the Confederacy, meet its soldiers like men, but do not skulk behind trees and bring your rifled cannon to bear upon ???ble women and nurslings
of the rear. The ???der of these unfortunates will avail you nothing in the capture of Atlanta, and is without reason or necessity.
[???]A Washington dispatch states the “question of the officers and men of the Alabama, who were carried off so perfidiously by the Deerhound, English royal yacht, has been submitted to a board of officers, of which Rear Admiral Subrick was chairman, and they have decided that these persons are rightfully prisoners of war. This decision is approved by the Government.” Will the British Government make the same decision

Sensible Advice.
—The Macon Confederate advises refugees to leave the main line of railroads and go into the interior as far as possible, where the price of living is much cheaper, and houses can be more readily obtained. This is good advice. If followed there would be much less inconvenience and suffering than there now is. The cities are already crowded to overflowing, and there is no employment to be had. In the country there is plenty of room and plenty of land to cultivate. We say with the Confederate, if you are driven from your homes by the Yankees, leave the main lines of railway, and go into the interior as far as possible.

Northern Papers.
—Scouts and pickets, into whose hands late Northern papers may fail, will be liberally rewarded by forwarding them to this office.
[???]The Memphis Bulletin says Fagan, with his rebels, at last accounts, was south of the Arkansas river, at a place called Hampton, northeast of Camden.
[???]Capt. Girardey, of Mahone's staff, made temporary brigadier the other day, and assigned to the command of Wright's brigade, is a Georgian, and has earned his promotion by gallant conduct upon a score of hard-fought battle-fields. He is the first instance during the war of a captain being made a brigadier.
[???]There are thirty thousand prisoners at Andersonville, and “the cry is still they come.”

TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES.


The Siege of Petersburg.


Petersburg,
August 10.—The explosion in the rear of the enemy's lines yesterday is still unexplained.
Our enemies are contracting their lines on our right, their left receding from the direction of the Weldon railroad, and showing themselves in d minished force, and everything indicates that they are throwing themselves on the defensive. There has been little or no sharpshooting, and scarcely any mortar” or artillery firing to-day.

Late Northern Intelligence.


Richmond,
August 10—A flag of truce boat arrived at Varianca last night, bringing thirty surgeons and two captains.
The Baltimore American of the 9th says the advices from the upper Potomac are to the effect that the Confederates have again left Maryland, and that the retreat was made in great haste, as the Federal forces on the south side of the Potomac were threatening their fear. The main Confederate force, under Early, is reported retreating on Winchester.
Sheridan has been temporarily assigned to the department of the Shenandoah.
Kelley reports that Averill overtook the Confederate, under McCausland, at Moorfield on Sunday, when he attacked them, captured all their artillery and five hundred prisoners. The American is much elated by this new, and the reports from Mobile.
It contains nothing important from Grant, and says both armies are engaged in strengthening their defensive works.
A telegram from Fort Smith claims a victory ever the Confederates under Cooper and Stanwattie, on the 31st ultimo.
European advices of the 29th received are unimportant. The Confederate loan was active at improving rates.
The latest gold quotations in New York are two hundred and fifty-seven.

From Richmond.


Richmond,
August 11.—The ordinance depot at City Point exploded on Tuesday last, killing a large number of Yankee soldiers.
The New York Times says a large Federal force is concentrating on the upper Potomac, to operate against the Confederates in that section. Grant and staff visited Harper's Ferry on Sunday.
Private advices from Kentucky represent quite a revolution in public sentiment progressing. In that State, Several prominent citizens, heretofore Union men, are now co-operating with the peace party.
The residence of Major Sedden, brother of the Secretary of War, in Stafford county, was burned by order of Butler, in retaliation for the burning of Montgomery Blair's house, near Washington.

Major E. Y. Clarke
—This officer, who captured a batch of the Yankee raiders, horses, mules and negroes near Athens, as reported in the Augusta Chronicle, belongs to the 16th Georgia regiment of cavalry, which has been in service nearly three years. The major had a temporary camp at Athens, where he was remounting a portion of his command, previous to sending them back to the army of Virginia, where they belong. The number of negroes recaptured were thirty instead of three. Major Clarke is the son and only child of Jno. M. Clarke, Esq, of Atlanta.
[???]We learn from the Confederate that ten prisoners recently made their escape from the jail. Among them were two Yankee spies, and perhaps one or two more Federal prisoners. It is alleged that the sentinels stationed on the outside were asleep, and for this dereliction of duty, they were made to take the places of the escaped prisoners in the dungeons.
[???]Lieut. Watt Banks, of Columbus, of the 6th regiment Georgia. State troops, was killed yesterday evening, while on duty. He had started from the trenches to perform picket duty, and was picked off by a sharpshooter, a bell passing through his head, killing him instantly.
[???]A dispatch from Raleigh, North Carolina, says Vance's majority in the army, as far as heard from is 18,882, and that his aggregate majority will not fall short of 30,000.
[???]We learn, says the Macon Telegraph, that not a day passes without from one hundred to one thousand arrive and are added to the number.
[???]Referring to the operations of General Early in Maryland, and matters connected with his retreat, the Richmond correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser says:
Early's retreat from Maryland is variously construed, according to the greater or less disappointment of the parties who discuss it. Very few, however, admit that he has accomplished all that might have been accomplished with the force he had, and with such officers as Rhodes, Gordon, Breckinridge, Ransom and McCausland. The official journal intimates that whisky has been too freely used, and a report to that effect reached here last week by underground railroad. We do not know with certainty what Early's real object was, and until we do, it is impossible to judge correctly of his operations. He did not succeed in drawing of the whole of Grant's army, but he drew nearly half of it, and he did not receive occasions to his strength from a point in lower Maryland, because the expected naval co-operation did not occur. He paused at ???boro a day or two, and for a day or two menaced Washington. He was waiting to hear of a certain event, and not hearing of it, he retired. That, upon reflection, is my solution of the whole problem. Your readers need not be told what the expected event was.
[???]The Richmond Whig says.
The inhabitants of many parts of Georgia, unlike the people of Virginia, are ???used to Yaukee raids, hence it is that all sorts of wild and unreliable rumors are afloat about raids about to be made upon the railroads and unprotected districts of the Empire State. The fact is, the Yankees have not enough cavalry in their whole army to undertake one half the raids which, according to Madame Rumor of Georgia, they have in serious contemplation.