Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-31
LETTER From PHILADgLPHuA.
CONTINENTAL HOTEL.
PHILADELPHIA, Kay IS, 1881.

HHAEAAAEhAAL INIALH I
PHILADELPHIA Kay IS. 1851.
EDITeRs APPEAL; Stirring events tbicken
about US. Long ere you receive this the cleo
trio wires will have furnished you with the in
tsligence which has turned every eye toward
Alexandria. You will have heard Of the &C.
cupation of that place by the federal troops,
With the loss Of Ellsworth the young CON-
mander for whom this whole people seemed to
entertain a sort of i~dOlizing sdcration. You
will have heard OF the capture Of Sewelps
Point by Gen. Butler, with a loss las we get
It in the dispatches to this city,) Of sighty-fouT
killed and one hundred wounded United States
soldiers, and fvo hanirsd killed and two hun
5res wounded Confederate States troops, and
many other startling rumors, such as "holdips
possession Of tslegrspRs," Clearing up rail-
rosds," "msrchiug into Richmond,D etc. or
course, in times Of unparalleled excitement
Ike the present, due allowance must be made.
But there can be no doubt, l suppose, Of a fear
fully serious conflict and loss Of life having
really taken place. Since l wrote you from
Baltimore, have been for several DAYS 40.
%iouTning in New York city, and have had am
pie opportunity for watching quietly he move
ments ot The military, and listening to the IRE.
and unrestrained outburst OF public sentiment.
I have been for several years somewhat "a
nilisr with New York public opinion, but
really was not prepared TO realize the ponder.
Gus immensi y which I find It brought 10 hear
for the "crusbing ont" Ito use its own ex-
Dression) OF the secession movement. There
will not be a single resource left unSevsIonad
BY the northern people which can remotely
aid in accomplishing their purpose. The
unanimity With which they all agree, and Inc
parnestness with which they labor to effect
their end, must discover only too pIaipjv n
those who look the feet in the face, that This
revolution is to have its final end in a manner
and at a coat, tne consequences Of which bu-
man sagacity cannot forsse, and patriotism
shu9ders 70 contemplate. have been watch
ing very carefully the policy indiea ed toward
the Confederate States bv the British press
believing that their influence would bavs
ruch, very much, to do in the final settlement
Of shis fearful question. But ~ vet there
seems 10 ne 70 have been no sufficient fore
sha6owing Of British policy to warrant =
c9nelasi0R either way. True, the Timss has
given unmistakeabls evidences Of sympathy
for The Confederacy; but recent indioa-
tons discover very plainly to nv mind
a disposition to WaVer and, indeed
the hostile opposition with which these
early friendly leanings to the South By British
journals has been met BY the almost unani-
nous northern press. seems to have frightened
them into the fear that any attempt upon heir
psrt 10 recognize he Independence Of the c.
A, would be followed BY an immediate dec
~isTsfion Of war upon them by The United
states. At any rate this is the Impression the
i-nrnsiu North are endeavoring to create, and
Ste English, seeming really not 10 undsystsnd
he question, are foundsrlng about without as
any seemingly fixed policy concerning us.
ole hears many spseulaticns here az to the