Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-24

others on the river. They are located on the high
chalk bluffs above that part of the city called
kentucky City, which have been lately used as
a fair ground, and are at an elevation Of at least
eighty feet above the water.
STRENGTH or THE REBEL ARMY.
Ny estimate OF the strength of the rebel army,
gathered from observation and from the data
within my reach gives them not less than $4,000
men, who are distributed as follows
Virginia
Tennessee and Kentucky 100000
Along the $1,000
Total.
cannot doubt that the rebels have more men
in the field than the national government has,
and l think that the numerous disasters we have
met with are attributable to our undertaking the
strength b. Of four enemy. While there is no mani
festation Of military ardoT at the North, the South
is, as ! have said, one universal camp. War is
on every tongue and the subject of every thought.
Day and night you hear nothing but war shouts,
Civilizations over victories and imprecations
against the damned Yankees" No business,
except what is common with war. is attended to
or thought Of The seltsacrihces which these
people impose upon themselves are most extra
ordinary. They take the blankets and quilts
from their beds, the horse from their stables, the
cattle from their sheds, the prOvender from their
barns, the sons from their hearths, and give all
to the cause which they deem sacred.
Universal madness seems to have gained pos
session of young and old; and the women, who
should be conservative, are more rabid than their
husbands, fathers OF brothers. Nothing but a
series Of successive ~triumphs on all points, on
the part Of the national forces, can restore them
to reason. II we 90 not make mp our minds to
crush out the rebellion by r~esistlcss forces, we
might as well cease this effort of re-establishing
the Union, and leave these southern fools TO the
consequences Of their own madness. It is q
common thing 20 find old gray haired men OF
wealth in the ranks with beardless boys. l do
not believe that there has been any drafting for
the army. The force Of public opinion is strong
er than that. Denunciaton as towards and pol
troons, and as white hvered n0rtherners, exclu-
sion from all society, and c0ntcmptuous and
brutal treatment, are the spurs that are applied
b force men to enlist.
F~oUSDERIEs, ARMS n EQUIPMENTS.
The arms in general use among he rebel
troops are old United States muskets, altered
from flint locks into percussion, and Tiled
There is q factory of small firearms az Richmond,
and one at Fayettc, North Carolina. In the for
mef they rifle the smooth bores, and also rife
cannon. The Tredegar ron works, 81 Richmond,
are said 10 turn Outeigft small and four large
rifed caunO daily--IheIa are also cannon
founderies at Atlanta, Georgia, the iron being pro-
cured at Dalton. near by; two ou the Cumber-
land river, right in the midst Of the iron coUa-
try two at AempLisou4 one at New Orleans
Powder is manufactured aI Little Rock, ArSan-
sa5, where sulphur is found in large quantities
Gun carriages and iOEges are made at Nashville
and az Atlanta, Georgia.
Among the crack batteries in Virginia are the
Washington Artillery Of New Orleans WAL
ton's}. kemper's and Eschelman's.
Small arms are 10 great abundance, and bowie
knives are the iavorte weapons of the rebels
In point Of general equipment, the southern
army is far inferior &c the Union troops Ia fact,
outside of Virginia they look more Ike an armed
mob than a regular organized army.
The government wagons used throughout the
Confederate States are, FOR the most part, the
common freight wagons. which are such peculiar
features OF Virginia roads. They are boat-sbaped,
canvass covered, and are usually drawn By four
or six mules or oxen. Sometimes You find oxen,
mules and horses in the same team. The tents
are Of small size, but are generally in good con
dition.
DIFFERENCE or sENTTIENT-MuLITARY LEAD
Frs.
1t is a mistake to suppose that there is entire
unanimity among the people Of the South. Of
course, yOu hear no Union principles avOwed,
but still they exist. Lazarus is not dead, but
sleepeth.H The conduct Of the war is criticised,
though not openly or.b0ldly. One party favors
an offensive movement, including the capture
and destruction Of Washington, and the occu-
patton Of Cincinnati and Baltimore as winter
quarters. Another party thinks that the best
policy is TO act on the defensive, and meet the
Yankees wherever they appear. In Richmond l
found the rival factions Of Floyd and Wise, the
adherents Of Wise making the most of FlOyd's
thefts and general dishonesty. In Nashville
l found the rival factions Of Pillow and Polk.
The State authorities lean toward Pillow the
Confederate toward the bishop Paladin.
There is a feeling in Tennessee also to keep
their troops at home, and not let them 90 cruis-
ing either IN Virginia, Kentucky or Missouri.
The military representative OF this feeling is
Gen. Cheatham, ex-Blayor Of Nashville. Pillow
is a clustering, laundering, red-faced, selEcon-
eeited, good natured sort Of a fellow. lie is quite
popular among his soldiers, anda laughing stock
among educated military men. Polk is treated
everywhere with the greatest respect and c0nsid-
Grafton. i saw McCull0ch in Memphis last sum
mer. He is a tall, tin, bilious, determined look
ing man, of retiring habits, and with that humiL
ity of manners that bespeaks great pride. To
me he looked more Ike a thoughtful country
merchant than a military Adventures.
SOUTHERN ARGUMENTS ron II WAR
There is undoubtedly at this moment an over
whelming preponderance Of public opinion in
favor of the war. At first it was a movement
precipitated by ambitious, restless demagogues;
but now the Pride and sel-conceit aud other
weak points of the people have been brought
into play, aud the whole community seemed
determined TO fight Il out. The poorer classes
must sigh in their ilmost hearts for deliyerancc
from the grinding oppression and hard times
that they now experience, but no voice is heard
in denuuciation of the authors Of al this national
woe. The delusion among the weather. glasses
is, that if the rebellion were crushed, their plan
iations would besequestrated. their negroes man
united, and their families reduced to poverty
while, as the result Of separation, they look for
ward to a career Of individual ana national
prosperity Of which their past experience under
the Union was utsad, iusipid f~oretaste.
In Virginia the lazy thriftless chiyalry, who
are held in contempt By even their southern
allies, puff themselves up with the insane idea
that in the new Confederacy protective duties
arc to be established for their benefit, aud their
State will become the New England for the cot
ton Coniederacy, Just as II they could by any
become industrious, or as II South Car
would give up her free trade notions for the
sake OF encouraging domestic manufactures.
people Of the seaboard cities aatter them
that every little miserable port on the
coast will become a great mart OF commerce, be-
side which New York and Boston will dwindle
into insigni6cauce, and tho unrestrained deyel
opment % free trade principles will enrich their
importers and jobbeTs aud mercantile men, and
the planters with cheap commodities.
Tie Importance Of a middle class, dependent
mon home manufactures, these sapient Solons
ignore.
So much for tho benefits to be gained under
tle new tangled notion of secession. Then for
the injury to be inflicted ou their peridious j
neiqhbors of the North. oh, sir, that counts FOR t
4 great deal In southern calculations. The 7
expressed to northern men is something g
They are denounced as miserable :
cheats. liars, swindlers, Abolitionists, 9
s]tealers. aud the incarnation Of all Vile
%iniquity. This I take as one Of the most y
inansweIable evidences Of southern insanity J
or certainly all this rage and fuzzy are entirely
lncaued for, II