Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-22
FRCM THE SEAT OF WAR an WIZ

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". Bropn-Ross Wi~uans-PTobabIe COE6scGion
Of the lafter's Fortnne-Fdoai Battle beftcesn the
Patrick Henry G4d the SarannGh-Morenenf OF
Troops 10 Yorktoson- Shooting Of Federal FRS
oneTS-Warm Weaihcr.
RICHMOND, September II, lSol'
There is no confirmation as yet of any en-
fought Y Gen. Lee with the forces
lnder Gen. Reynolds. All day Sunday there
vas a restless desire to hear something from
hat quarter, manifested by the crowds afoU"'
he offices of the telegraph and the daiiy new
papers. and in the vicinity of the War Depart
,snt. and 10 to a late hour yesterday 1t was
.hougbt not improbable that the story might
be tue, but the reports must now be d~lscred-
tied. Al that we positively know IS that a
forward movement had been commenced oY
Gen. Lee as long ago as the Oh inst, the day
on which tie battle atHuttonsville vas saidto
have been fought. That the enemy Will retreat
before bin to the borders Of the State, is net
considered probable, and we are therefore pre-
TO bear at any moment that a fight has
place. We are waiting with great i'm
patience also to learn something further from
Gen. Floyd, in continuation Of events of which
the recent conflict with Rosencranz was a
part. This Impotence has been heightened by
the fears entertained in Washington lest the
forces of Floyd and Wise united should fall
upon Cox at Gauley Bridge and cut bis com
msad to pieces.
Much speculation has been INDUCED in here
as to the Successor of the late Secretary
Walker in the War Department. When his
resignation was first made kaown it was cug-
rently reported and believed that Gen. Brax-
ton Bragg would be named for TIE Office. Since
then, it has been confidently stated that Gen.
Leonidas pix, whose headquarters are now
at your city, is to be the new Secretary. wish
all these rumors the feeling is very generally
expressed that the appointment Belongs of
right to the State Of Tennessee, If she can but
name a man in all respects fully qualified to
enter upon the administration Of the military
affairs OF the Confederate States at this i'm
poytsBt crisis. The Mississippi border of the
Coufederacy and the glorious commonwealth
which keeps sacred the dust of Andrew jack
son ought to be represented in the administra-
ton, every one thinks and feels. But have
reason to believe with some confidence that the
place has actually been offered to Gen. Robert
e Lee, and awaits bis acceptance or rejection.
That this is the very bss. choice the President
could possibly make, I have already given as
my own opinion in this correspondence, and l
have also intimsted my doubts as to his con-
senting to exchange active service at the head
Of a division to the conhning and laboriOus
duties of the Cabinet.
The Baltimore arrests continue to excite tbe
smazemsnt Of cur %citizsns. Fort McHsnry is
now rich in all the qualities which go to make
a State great and distinguished, and it can be
said with perfect truth that within its walls
may be found Dore learning, more virtue, more
lofty courage, more true statesmanship, more
legal ability, than can be met With at the seat
Of the Federal government. To compare any
one of a half dozen gentlemen recently con-
fined there with Abraham Lincoln would be an
insult to the moral worth and intellectual cul-
ture Of the prisoner. It was, perhaps, TO bad
stroke ef policy to incaTcerate S. Teackle
Wallis, Esq, who, for several months Past,
has written the leaders oe the Baltimore En-
change, of which it is not too much to say that
they will go into the political history OF this
contest between despotism and constitutions
liber'y and be hereafter regarded as models Of
style and reasoning. Jnnius never cut the
Duke Of Grafton to the quick more severely
than the Exchange has castigated Seward,
/ rha-. al p,F,o .rr,, All rro.lo ,oEton-o
for Lincoln, Blair, Cameron, Welles & Co.,
they have neither the education nc- the seBsi-
bility to appreciate fully the ASSURANCE
of infamy which eliBgs to them in the
flies OF the Exchange. Mr.. Wallis
has never been in public life beyond
representing some of the wards Of Baltimore
in the Maryland Legislature. Having devoted
bis time pretty equally hitherto to law and
literature at the bar Of bis city, no one enjoys
a higher repute, and some OF his literary ef-
forts, such as bis work on Spain, have met
with a large popularity. We shall miss his
stirring appeal to the people of Maryland and
bis ecathing criticisms OF the government in
the columns Of his paper, but bis imPrison-
ment will not be without its effect il keeping
alive in Baltimore, and throughout the CON-
monwealth of the Cslverts and the CAROLS, a
fierce though concealed fire Of Indignation,
The Mayor of The city, MIR. Brown, is a man
Of less marked ability than Mr.. Wallis, but
the honesty Of bis purpose and the purity of
bis private life make him conspicuous among
the eminent victims Of Lincoln's tyranny.
The arrest of Mr.. Winans ia probably but
the necessary step to the con6scation Of bis
princely fortune, Of which good use may be
made by the Federal Secretary Of the Treas.
ury. The sum total, immense 90 it is, for a
private citizen, will, indeed, be only a trife to
the wants OF Chase, yet as it will defray the
entire expense Of the wsr for the space Of
eight or ten days, it is not to be d~espised. How
long it will be before the yoke shall be lifted
from the neck o. unhappy marylaHa, seems
sadly uncertain. Heaven speed the day.
The Patrick Henry, our fle little vessel Of
war, had q spirited engagement last week about
four miles from Newport News with the SapaB-
nah. Above forty shots were fired " the latter
vessel wholly without effect. The PatricS
Henry succeeded in throwing at least two
shells into the hull Of the SlrannGh, the dam
age resulting from which is unknown. From
the fact that the Federal steamer "claw.
ed of" from the fight, sowever, we have rea
son to suppose that she 8 stained some injury
and feared more.
A considerable number of troops has beer
sent to the Peninsula within a few days
There was a rumor night before last of a col
ltsion between the advanced guard of Magru
der's army and the Yankees, but it PROVED
without foundation and is probably about ter
DAYS in an icipation of the fact.
The prisoners still continue turbulent, and
make frequent attempts at escape. On Sslur
day night last four Of hem succeeded In get
ting clear of the Jail, and ran, pursued by th'
s~entTies, about a quarter of a mile before they
were overtsken. At that point they made So
spirited a resistance to a TecaPturs that it be.
came absolutely necessary FOX the guard to fire
One of the number was killed upon the spot
and another MORALLY wounded, when the re.
naming two Surrendered at discretion, anC
were taken back to the warehouse.
We have bad a recurrence of the summer
weather of late, with The aggrava,iOn Of horde.
OF mo qnitoes. With blazing sun throu chou
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