Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-03
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Ter quarters yOr t5 t0Hhc'S-4hach EIBeoted
ep the EcausgorA Ba~lerls-Piqas Of the Hin
ter Cqapaiga-Falure Of he drmada at
PcHSueoia-H epS from The South Caroiina
Coast-Lond Lyons Demands his Passports,
Perhaps so-Mgrati0a Of Prisoaers-Nisrsp-
reservations Of oar Treatment Of Them.
RICWIoND, November %, 1861.
There was a sharp covering of ice this morn
ing on all the little pools Of water in the streets,
a significant indication Of the coming winter.
Indeed Jack Frost sent out his scouts, as | in
formed you, in the form Of a few suow-hakes
several days ago, and his heavy forces viii soon
come down from the North upon the Virginia
frontier, homwhich they viii not be driven back
SO easily as the Yankees. and yet we are told
the Lincoln army is not to 90 into winter quar-
tiers, but that the warlike operations they have
set on foot against US are to be carried on,
just as if there were no such thing as jan
uary in our almanac, and as if Virginia were
a land OF perpetual flowers. This is all non
sense. Unless the meteorological sigus are
wholly at fault, the Potomac viii be blockaded
by ice before Christmas, and the Virginia roads
viii be absolutely impossible for wagons
or artillery. Nay, al this moment, McClel-
Ian could not advance through Fairfax, if he
were disposed to DO so, and every day renders
the turnpike, OF rather the mudpike travel, worse
and worse. We are expecting to hear, however,
a. any moment, of an engagement on the Poto-
mac at the Evansport batteries. For several
days past the Yankees have been engaged in
constructing a poutoon bridge over the Guam
tico creek, with a view to a land attack, and to-
day we hear that tue bridge is completed.
Doubtless, the design Of the Yankees is to make
a combined assault by land and water, opening
their own batteries which they have erected on
the Maryland shore, and bringing upa strong
feet from the Chesapeake to throw shells into
the Evansport works This viii be the last eE
fort of the Lincoln government to open the Pc
tomac until next spring Whether it viii be
successful remains to be seen. As for their at
tempting any demonstration elsewhere IN this
State, unless the armada on its return from
the South, should try their guns upon the de-
lenses Of Norfolk, it Is simply absurd.
The gallant stand made by Gen. Bragg, in de-
fending Pensacola, and the sailing away Of the
armada, could not fail to give great satisfaction
here, As doubtless the intelligence has given Sc
Tious discontinue to Lincoln though the New
York papers VIII pTobahly report that the bonn
%bardment was a magnificent success. Letters
from South Carolina represent that the planters
on the coast are everywhere burning their cotton
and Withdrawing their negroes to the upper
country, so that the upshot of the grand naval
armament, which was to put an end to the rebel
lion in a fortnight, Will be Much Ado about
Nothing, - unless it shah turn out a q Comedy Of
ETors.' The great point OF solieilude still re-
mains -Memphis-which they threaten by the
descent OF the Mississippi. II, as We hope and
bslieye, jon can sink the dotilla which has been
fitted up for the devastation Of the whole Missis-
sippi coast, and scatter the hireliugs that have
been gathered together for the reduction. Of your
beautiful and prosperous city, then tLe FIRST years
operations Of the Yankee government towards
conqueripg the South viii have ended in naught
Rumors have prevailed here for two days past
to the effect that Lord Lyons had demanded Of
Seward Ie liberation of Msssr7. Mason and
Slideil, and a disclaimer of the conduct of Com
modore Wilkes in a%rresting them, and that Sew
ard had replied, ayowing the responsibility OF
the act and refIsing to oder any reparation for
It, To-day the rumor is that Lord Lyons las
demanded his passports. We have no means as !
yet Of verifying these reports. But the opinion
grows hourly stronger that the Palmerston min
istTy viii not overlook this outrage on the flag
of England, and, if it does, that the ministry
viii find itself instantly in the minority and thus 1
be compelled to resign. / hear no Endorsement
81 the views Of the Charleston Mercury on this
matter. On the contrary all our ableSt c~onstitu-
and international lawyers agree in consid-
ering the question as clear as light. William c. ,
Rives, Mr.. Yeuable, Of North Corlina Judge
Monroe, Of kentucky William Ballard Preston, .
Northumberland Reynolds, Of Missouri;
II. Hill, the newly elected Senator
from Georgia, all Of whom have been dligent in .
investigating the law on the subject, concur in
the belief that the arrest was a palpsblo inirac- z
Of the comfy of nations. &
A large number OF prisoners have been sent to !
he South within a few days past, to the figure :
lf three hundred, since Saturday. and yet there I
: no perceptible diHinution la the aggregate at
he prisons, by reason Of the daily arrival of =
,thers to take their places. Il is remarLabls q
while we are sending our Yankee prisoners
o a milder winter climate, Lincoln is sending
is Confederate prisoners 10 a more rigorous one, =
md yet the northern presses have the audscity :
o talk Of our inhumanity Il has recently been u
discovered that a lady, the wife Of a wounded t
captain, to whom many courtesies have Z
shOwn since her arrival in Richmond, has
,een abusing the privileges which was extended g
Of sending letters to the North unread, by :
the mos, wholesale Misrepresentation l
VI us. Such is the character Of the people who g
to subjugate us into love and affection. I
- DINE. I