Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-11
THE SEAT OF WAR IN vIR-

y II EAHE SEA- OE ~ AN hN
GiNIAs
Special Core sp5ndsnse OF the AFp-al1
Evacuation Of YelgpOrf Ners BY the YaHkees-Ru-
mOred Intention Of General Magruder to make an
attempt on Fortress M0nroe-Od ScOtfs order
concerning Mount Vernon-WfH Southern Pr1Ua-
teers be Hanged ?-DoingS Of Congress
RICHMOND, August I, 1861.
The evacuation of Newport News by the
federal troops is believed to be a fact, though
the difficulty Of obtaining any definite intelli-
gsnce is SO great that it is with some distrust
that Ireport what | see and hear With my own
organs of sense. The correspondents Of our
daily papers from Norfolk state it to be SO. |
have met with nobody Who witnessed the de-
parture of the Yankees, Ihave been favored
with the sight Of 10 official documen which
sets it forth. Nevertheless l believe, with
the other forty or fifty thousand inhabitants Of
Richmond, that the place has been given up,
and that the federals who have been swelter-
ing in the sand there for ten or twelve weeks
past, are now within the walls Of Fortress
Monroe. What reasons they had for the
abandonment are not given. Whether the
fever induced by the burning sun of the eli
mate, against which their tents afforded but
an insufficient protection, was thinning off the
force too rapidly, OF whether it was thought
that Magruder, having made up his mind to
drive them cut, it would be just as well to 90
Oike the well bred dog, who, when he saw
preparations on foot for kicking him down
%stairs, walked quietly down Of his own accOrd)
we cannot be certain. This fact, however, is
unquestionable, that the possession OF the
point with the ability to retain it is Of very
great Importance to Us at the present moment.
It renders the matter of pushing a federal col
umn to Richmond, by way Of tie peninsula an
impossibility, and it will efectually prevent
the passage of the James river for destructive
: operations on the line Of the Norfolk and Pc
tersburg railroad. In addition 20 this, it will
enable US to harrass the blockading squadron
in Hsmptou Roads. Thus the occupancy Of
Fortress Monroe as a point d'aPpui for future
movements on the part of the federalists is
made of no moment whatever. The rumOr is
rife to-day that Gen. Magruder will soon
attempt to seize the Fortress itself by an esca-
lade. But this is not credited by j]udici1us
people. The fertilization is the strongest on
oar whole coast, and it has been furnished
lately with the best description of ordnance,
50 that to carry it by assault would be hazard
ing human life recklessly, without a certainty
that the sacrifice would be a~vsilirg. Disaffec-
ton on the part Of the garrison could alone
make it possible for us to take the Fortress,
and Of this we have no sort Of suspicion
here.
Has Gan. Scott been superseded by McClel-
Ian in the command of Washington ? The
statement has been made, and as if to confirm
it, various orders have been issued by McClsl-
Ian concerning the future discipline Of the
United States army. In consequence Of these
orders and to prevent the public from giving
credit 10 the humilidting story Of bis removal,
Old Fuss and Feathers has recently issued an
order himself which musthaye created as much
amusement in Memphis as it did here. The
rebels, he says, have committed many outrages
in Mount Vernon since the beginning of the
war, and be eDjoins Ell the soldiers Of the Uni
ted States to behave themselves vixen they
enter the hallowed precincts Of that Enclosure.
That the soldiers Of the United States have
need to be warned against violence and pillage,
against acting, indeed, as the rulians and
brutes that they are, at all times and places,
is, indeed, true, and the conclusion at which
old Scott has arrived in his order is Just and
his cautiontimely. But the premise is absurd
Iy false, as has been shown in a card pub
lishsd in the National hieiligeacer, for not a
single southern soldier has visited Mount Yer
non since the war commenced, and the only
dissertation Of the spot of late has been that
committed BY New York regiment in command
Of their colonel, as the ladies Of the Mount
Vernon association testify. This ought to cut
old Fuss and Feathers considerably, but it
may be doubted whether be has not lost all
sensibility. As for that part Of his card in
which be speaks OF the rebels as having GRAN
pied on the constitution Of the United States,'
it is very much like the cry Of stop thief, ut
teTedSy a pick-pocket in a crowd.
The northern papers, it seems, are begin,
ming to change their tone Just a little with re-
gard to The hanging Of the privateers who are
confined in New York on the charge Of piracy.
~ IL ~ NAC1E uAioAAEGlN5 L bE CAEIuLEA
without benefit of clergy. Greeley said 30, the
m~srciless Greeley. Raymond, "the little vii
lain," would hear of nothing else than the
gibbet. They were to be made an example Of
for all time. But since Manassas has placed
several thousand prisoners in orr hands, Of all
classes Of northern society, from members of
congress and friends Of the secretary Of war
down to the "pet lambs0 of Ellsworth's corps,
the crime OF pTivateeTing does not wear so
dark a dye as it did. Lincoln has not deigned
as yet to make a reply to the message seat
through Col. Taylor with a flag of truce, but
they have learned the purport of it in New
York and they know perfectly that jefferson
Davis is a man to keep bis word, and that for
every one Of our priyateers they hang, a fsde-
raj prisoner the less will cucumber our military
prisons.
This is the way to bring the government at
Washington and the people of the North to
their senses. Let them understand at once
that their are blows to receive as well as blows
to give in this war. If they determine to dis
card the practice Of civilized nations in con-
Quoting hostilIties, and our citizens who fall
into their hands are to be treated as felons,
undeserVing any consideration, SO be it; only
let this be understood, as The desire Of the North,
and we shall know exactly how to deal with
such of their prisoners as we take. If they
can stand it, perhaps we can.
The weather continues frightfulIy hot, and
will soon drive the Confederate Congress out
Of Richmond, unless there is scme abatement
in the intensity Of the solar ray. This body
has been in executive session, az usual, yester-
day and to-day, ana nothing Of their proceed
ings has tIanspired. DIXIE.
official Vote Of shelby County.
Through the kindness OF Depuiy Sheriff
SMITH, we are in possession of The official
vote Of Shelby. The aggregate received by the
respective candidates is as follows
Gousrror-Harris 1879; Polk 81S.
Congress-Currin 1852; Harrington ga;
Avery TIC; MOsby 4S7; Majors 3; Bond 1856;
Payne 800; Sharp 236.
SesatOr-Dunlap 2,679; Williams 1,7G2.
Floa,er-Algee 439; Saunders LIB; Coward
100