Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-27
FROM RICHMOND.

AHIltlV w llsNNHtONu SNNt'N "GN@ -ANHp"o A"t
Yankees ~ Acknowledgement Of the Capital
Agaia-CommissioHerS to England and France
Bishop Polk nominated by "DiEie - as Com
missioner to EHgIand-Tzs Changes in the Cab
inet-AHaek on Capt. NJ. F. Maury in the Eram-
iner-ERgagemeHt at Fort PickeAs.
RICHMOND, November -, 1861.
There is a deeper feeling of anxiety pervading
the city to-day than has been known since the
war commenced. There is little, if any, solicit
tude concerning the safety of Richmond. Noris
there the least alarm that the threats of the Yam
KEGS are about to be carried out successfully to
the subiugation of the South and the " crushing
out of the " rebellion" This generation shall
pass away, and yet these things not be fulfilled.
But the immense concentration Of troops at many
points upon the border, and the iron necessity
which exists for the Lincoln government to put
forth its mightiest energies before winter shall
have commenced, lead Us to suppose that the
hour of greatest peril IS upon US, and that disas-
ters of a serious kind may not be far in the
future. Beyond a doubt, the enemy designs
making the descent of the Mississippi with a
powerful force, and Memphis is the first point at
which they will aim. Let us hope that the SPLEEN
did victory won 50 lately at Columbus viii in
spire the brave defenders of your city with fresh
courage and enthusiasm. 4 blow struck Bt
Memphis will be felt in every part of the Confed-
eracy. You viii not wonder, then, that te are
anxious and troubled while the danger impends
over goa. There is a world of encouragement,
however, in the stirring note Of preparation and
defiance of the Governor Of Tennessee, rs there
is confidence and hope in the skill and courage
of your generals. Whatever may be the result,
we are assured that Memphis will bear itself as
becomes the leading city of your noble State,
and that evea the fall of it into the encmy's
hands will not bring the revolution to a close.
The Yankees have landed 5000 men in the
county of Accomac, for the purpose of piIlaging
its inhabitants as well as those of the adjoining
county of Northampton, at the lower extremity
of which is Cape Charles. The loyal and gal
liant people of those counties, without artillery
and with no other small arms than their duck
guns and dOublo-barreled fowling pieces, are ALSO
lutely pOwerless for defense, and the Yankees
will be able to plumber and rayage at their own
pleasure. This is the whole end Of the exPedi-
ton. As far as their occupation of Accomac
and Northampton can assist them in making a
demonstration on the main land, Lincoln might
Just as well have sent a strong column to the
island Of Juan Fernando.
From good authority l learn that l was in
error in stating that there was no foundation for
the rumor concerning the removal of the capital
to Nashville. A resolution to that effect has
been introduced in Congress, but it is generally
regarded as premature, and will probably be laid
upon the table for an indefinite period. 1t is not
a question between Nashville and Richmond
upon their comparative claims to the permanent
seat of government, nor between Virginia and
Tennessee as to centrality of position, but it is a
question of instability in the Confederate execu-
tive, and as such should be decided at once
against the proposed migration. Had the
archives been removed to Nashville from Mont
gomery and Congress begun to hold its sessions
in that city, it would have been folly to talk
now Of coming east to Richmond
There is some whispering of appointments in
place of Mcssrs. Mason and Slidol. Whether
new commissioner viii be sent to France and
England at this time, is, perhaps, doubtful, but
your correspondent has u nomination to make
for the post Of commissioner to England. lie
names Gen. LeOnidaS Polk as the iittest man in
the Confederate States in all respects, in charac-
ter, in talcts, in position, in social qualities in
personal appearance, to represent Us properly
before the English government and people. Air.
Yaneey was an unfortunate selection as our first
commissioner 10 Great Britain. His w~ell-lnown
advocacy of the reopening Of the slave trade
was well calculated to offend British preiudices.
His manners are not altogether conciliating. |
Accordingly we hear that the impression he has
made in English circles is not entirely favorable
to our cause. Gen. Polk wOuld commend HIM
self at once TO the sympathies and affection Of
all classes in England. As a Bishop of the
Episcopal Church, he would be received as the
equal in rank of the peerage, and as a gentle
man, with the patent of nobility from his Maker,
hu would be welcomed wherever he might 90
gladly and cordially. "DlXIE' has no per
sOnal acquaintance with Gen. Polk, and writes
this in no mean spirit of personal adulation.
His only doubt concerning the proprietyo of send
ing him to England arises out of the fact that
thereby we should lose one of the best generals
we have in the field.
Ex-Gov. Bragg, of North Carolina, has been
appointed Attorney General, to fill the place
made vacant by Mr.. Benjamin's acceptance Of
tho G.ur.t.rVlIf, ,.F W. NJ D.--..-.. =. l
said, will not long remain in this office, his tastes
incliuing him to a seat in the Confederate SEN |
ate, which he will probably receive from the
Legislature of Louisiana.
Some surprise was manifested in the city yes
terday at al attack made in the Examiner upon
Capt. Matthew +. Maury, of the Confederate
States navy, charging him with interested mo-
uves in recommending a system Of river and
harboT defense for the coast Of Virginia, and with
place and preferment Tor his family.
sacrifices made by Lieut.. Maury in relin-
gushing his proud position at the national OBJ
servatory and uniting his fortunes, like a true
son of the South, with his native State in the
hour of her calamity, place him far above the
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were necessary, it was abundantly afforded
in the correspondence, published by a singular /
coincidence, on the same morning with the
between himself and the Grand Duke
Constantine, of Russia, in which an asylum is
offered him in that country with the imperial
hospitalities of the Gar, and declined by him
because of his preference to do all in his p
toward the establishment Of souther~ open
This is not like a SELF mercerary
man.
We hear TODD ii engagement between
Picke- - the batteries near Pensacola,
but -nicular9 nave reached us as / write.
DIXIE.
OLD Fuss AND FEATHERs.''-The Rich
nond Hing very pertinently observes with refer
,nce to the exodus OF this old traitor from Lin
coins dominions
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