Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-07
OF ARMS.


arms, and in this connection says that Mr.. L.
b. WooDFoLK, of that city, who has just re-
turned from Richmond, has been commissioned
to set on foot measures that will bring the
largest amount of mechanical industry to
bear upon the manufacture of rifle muskets.
He proposes to resort to the principle Of d-
vision of labor, by which each portion Of the
gun will be manufactured in a different estab-
~lishment, and all the parts "assembled" in one
central shop.
This method, says the Patriot, presents great
advantages to those who may engage in the
manufacture in requiring a smaller outlay for
machinery, and in enabling those who will en-
gage in It to N operations within a
few weeks, thus a%fFording the quickest posi-
bic returns, and by the exclusive use of ma
chinery diminishing the cost ana increasing
the profits in proportion.
By this method every foundry In the State
may be made a branch Of one immense armo-
~, which operation may commence within six
weeks, and once begun may be extended SO as
to furnish promptly any quantity of arms
that the public interest may demand.
ThAre can be no doubt of the eminent pTac-
ticability of tits plan, and Mr.. WooDF7LK
will, within a few days, be ready to furnish
and arrange the best parts of the gun, and will
receive bids from founders, machinists, and
others prepared TO engage in the manufacture.
FRoM SOUTH WESTERN Missouri. - The
Fort Smith Times publishes the following dis
patch from Fayetteville, bearing date the 26th
instant; "Reliable information from Missouri
this morning, says the federalists have
moved to Mt. Vernon, thirty miles southwest
Of Springfield, and are fortifying that place.
The number Of federal troops is about 11,000.
It is reported that Gen. Hardee, with eastern
forces, is marching on Springfield. McCul-
loeb marches with his troops Sunday morning
into Missouri"
ES@ A correspondent of the Charleston
Courier, says; al learn that The following
changes have been made among the general
officers Major Whiting has been made a gen.
eTal, and has taken command eff the lamented
Bees brigade, and Col. John W. FOrney, Of
the 9th Alabamians, has been assigned COM
mand as a brigadier general of the Oh, 10th,
18th Alabama, 3sth Virginia and 11th Missis-
sippi. Ben AlIston, Of Charleston, has been
appointed major of the latter regiment, Col.
Mott commanding"
GIVE notice from the Augusta Ciron.
icIe that the congressional delegation of
Georgia have elected H.a. Thomas NJ.
Foreman as delegate from the first district of
Georgia, in place Of the late Col. Francis S.
Barlow. The convention Of that State had
empowered its delegation to fill any vacancies
that might occur in their representation.
n The Knoxville Register says that Gen.
Zollicofsr who has the command Of the mill
tary department Of East Tennessee and Wes-
tern Virginia, arrived there from Bristol On the
ID inst, and with bis aids, Lee and Fogg, is
now at the Lamar house. Knoxville for the
present will be Gen. Zollicofer's headquarters.
Gr DeBow's mortality statistics, compiled
from the last census, show that The people Of
the United States and Confederate States are
the healthiest of the globe. The deaths are
C-NsOVV pei TEdAs thC ~ a IotA INA NSLss VI
the population. Virginia and North Carolina
are the heaIihiest States, and have 63s inhabi-
tants oveT::10O years of age.
GP The steamer Europa sailed from Bos-
ton on Wednesday morning, 24th ult., with
twelve passengers for HaVre and foTty-thTee
for Liverpool. She took no specie. It is be-
lieved that Mr.. RusseIPs account of the bat
tie at Manassas, FOR the London Times, goes
cut in her.
A VOICE FROM ENGLAHD.-The London
Telegraph, in an article on American affairs,
concludes thus: eve have never feared that
our transatlantic brethren would pc nit Lin
coin and Seward to cancel the work of Wash
ington and Jefferson"
EY The Nashville Gazette of the 4sh inst.
says: "The Kentucky brigade will soon be
fully organized. Volunteers are daily arriving
at camp Boone, composed of the best material
in our sister State.D
eg The Charleston Courier says that MAJ.
Ripley has been appointed a brigadier general
in the provisional confederate army-au APP
! p~olntment we'll deserved.
GV The Fredericksburg (ya.) Recorder Of
the % says
Heavy firing was heard all day yesterday in
the. direction Of Alexandra; we are told by
persons in from the country to-day, that the
reports were louder and more rapid than those
OF Sunday week. Some supposed it to have
been at or near Transport, but a gentleman re-
siding near there who came in this morn
ing says it was above that point. All that we
can now do is to mention the fact and wait for
development.
MISSISSIPPI 18TH REGIMEST.-Ths Missis-
~sipptau, of the ID instant, has the following
list Of killed and wounded in the 18Th regi-
ment, on Sunday, July 21st:
KilIed-Cspt. Neville, Camden rifles; 1t.
York, Mississippi College rifles; Sergeant Le-
vey, Brown rebels.
Priyatss-Anderson, Hill, Taylor, MarDtze,
Cavttt, Mans.
Nounded-Lieutenent McLaurin.
Privatss-A. McLsurin, arm off; Bridges,
Brady, Baldwin, Bate, since dead; Bishop,
Thornton, Allen, Hollingsworth, Tucker, Cas-
sidy, Parsons, Dr.. Gordon, Mcneil, Cspshaw,
Lost a leg; Martin, Carraway, Logan, G. P.
Allen.
From the New Orleans Detail
GEN. BEAUREGARD.-We have been kindly