Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-28
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The late CIT. s.. George Cr0ghan, Of KertDchg-
The Question Of LaierHauoaal LgO-E0T1eS Gs
CocETarc in the Court Of Mugs Bcnoh-1hc
Tirginiq Courentioa and H. STATE CoHstita-
top-Ners from For PicheaS.
RICHMOND, November %, 1861.
Letters have been received IN this city which
place it beyond doubt that Col. st. George
.Croghan was killed in a recent skirmish with the
Yankees in Western Ycrginia. The deceased
was a son Of the late George Croghan, Colonel
in the United States service, who commanded a
brigade in the battle Of Iippecanoe and was so
conspicuous for his g~alautry ia the defense OF
Fort Stephenson in the war Of 1879. Our Con
federate hero was an intrepid soldier, there
fore, by direct hereditary right. Indeed his all
.~cestral claims 20 back further yet, TO has grand
sire, Major William Croghsn, Of the Revolution
ary struggle, who married Is sister Of the distln-
guished George Rogers ClaTk-the same that
conquered the Great West, while yet a wilder
ness, from the savage and made it a part OF the
imperial domain of Virginia. st. George Gro
CHAN entered the Confederate army very soon at
ter the commencement of LincOin's war OF sub
~iugaion, as q cavalry officer, and has been ever
since actively engaged with the forces opposed to
Cox and Rosencranz. lie was the very model
of a bold dragoon. There was probably not a
better rider on the continent, whether Texas
| Ranger or Comanche Indian. With all his
| dashing traits as an officer, he combined q native
goodness Of heart and a general J0nhomm. OF
disposition which made him a most delightful
companion. Only two weeks ago he was IN
Richmond, gay, buoyant, full Of hope recount
ing ia his rapid, admirable manner the tatigues
and hardships of his summer campaign in the
mountains, and deyising several ingenious meth
DDS Of army transportation to overcome the i'm.
mense difficulties offered by the roads in tina.
wild region. Ills loss to the Confederate army
IS ike that Of a regiment what it must be t,
his immediate relations ! dare not think, bU
such Is the fortune Of war-tortuae de Ia gHern
cruel words, which cover up how much of hu
man ambitions, hopes, sorrows, tears Ligh
lie the sods Of Kentucky upon the ashes OF tn
brave! Soon may his resting-place be rescue.
from the p~rofane foot of the invader!
The lawyers and politicians are still huntin
up decisions in the Reporters bearing upon tn
arrest of Messrs. Mason and SideIl, and til
Enquirer of this morning contains a capital art
Gle, a sort Of rsducfio at absurdum Of the right
arrest, which is supposed to be from the pen
, the Secretary of War. The discussion Of tn
question is only a matter of amusement III
, til we can hear from the English cabinet an
meanwhile, the best thing We can do is to pr
h. coed without reference to the course they may
o pleased to take in the premises. But for such
i. are interested in the examination of the point
r international lsw raised by the capture, l woU
n mention a decision which, so far as I have see
n has not yet been ad3uced by the legal gentl
. men. It was given in the case Of FORBES rs Coo
raae. and Is to be found in the English Comm,
Law Reports, Vol TX. In tina. case it vas he
y bv the Kings Bench That an English ship W
70 the full extent as much a part of the Bnu
realm as would have been an English island, q
n indeed, the " fastauchored isle" Of Albion itse
y lVih this dicium in hand, and recalling the ia
that the Trent, sailing under English colors fro
"a ths neutral port of Havana to the neutral port
D Liverpool, was in the legitimate prosecution
% her ordinary business on her return voyage, it
difficult to see how the Euglish government c.
i. fail 10 consider the act Of Commodore Wilkes
a gross and wanton outrage calling for
4 promp.est and most decided reperatiou.
The Virginia Convention have been occupi
fox several days past in considering certa
amendments ~ the State Constitution.
a strong effort il making with indifferent succe'
q to depopularize somewhat our organic law, al
:, restore It to what it used to be before uuiver:
4 suffrage was instituted. One Of the most q
~nozious features Of oar present Constitution
~ the rgL: Of elecdAi Of all sorts Of officers, Go
# Iernor, judges, magistrates, c,c., etc. secured
n the people themselves, and to-day q vote W
k taken upon restoring the election Ex-Governor
the two houses of the Legislature, which "
!, lost by d majority of twenty. The question
an elective Judiciary has not yet come up, bu.
a, Is to be hoped that when it is voted upon tie
r. formers may prevail, and thus remove a serio
evil, which was borrowed by US from
Yankees.
A. I write, we have heard nothing iurtl
from Pensacola than the result Of yrstsrda
5r Commandment and Gen. Bragg's s]atistacti
" Herewith, which inspires US with a hope that
Mt may be able to hold the place against the pc
-rful batteries Of Fort Pickens and the Line,
T. vessels Of war. Everybody has been prepar
m however, to hear at any moment that Pensac
had been abandoned. Such a thing would
III monstrate nothing more than the plain mat
ne natical proposition that four thousand pouI
es are Just twice as heavy az two thousand poun
10 Bring the question Of the result Of the war nj
the South to a mere matter Of physics, and
IN Yankees might for a time overcome us, but
a. morale must and will come into the c~alculat.
and when the conflict occurs between man a
a man we need not fear the issue while we
". member Bethel, Manassas, Springfield, Coli
= bus.
Congress did not sit to-day.
Iu The weather. charming again. DIME