Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-27

gethcr. The importance Of relieving the stIaih-
upon Richmond will be seen in The fact that
every day adds to the number Of prisoners. On
Saturday ak were brought down from Nun
sons Hin, amorg whom was a lieutenant on
Ithe staff Of McCIsilsB, and We are in daily ex
Dectation Of the arrival Of fifty more, taken by
C,l. Davis in a recent skTmish with the enemy
in Fsyette county, within toe range of Wise's
operations in Western Virginia.
Gen. Lee, it is understood, has ia len back
to MS Valley Mountain camp. This move
ment, according to come accounts, was render
ed imPsratIv by the misadven;uTe of the tax
ing Of important papers by the enemy from
the dead bodg of Col. John A. Washington
which betrayed the poliey be Intended to Pur-
sue. His plans thus thwaTtej, there was no
alternative but 70 return to his old intr'nc0-
ments to prevent being cut of by RosencTanz'
D;ssgresable Tnmors reach rs Of a want OF
harmony between Generals Wise and Floyd,
which threatens seriously 10 perPlex the con-
duet of officers 10 our advantage in tue region
Of the Kanawba Should they be confirmed,
it viii BE- Necessary to correct the mischief at
once and forever, and the most convenient way
would seem TO be the immediate assumptionb by
Gen. Lee Of bis chief command Of the forces
in the West. lie outraDks beth Wise and
Floyd, and With tie supreme authority be
might speedily bring a5oUt unity Of action and
reconcile their Disagreement.
Some Il.He excitement has been created here
BY toe arrest Of two citizens Of New York,
formerly residents Of Richmond, who own con-
siderable property in IBIS Gig in danger Of Sc
Qucs-ra..on, which they came hitler with the
hope Of saving. One Of BEN is 4 partner in 4
large n iorg-- abIishsd dry goods bouse,'hat
Of Wadswor b, Turner & Co, his interest in
which, as also much real esta,e, will be coaGs-
Gated to the government. His name is David
3 Turner, and be lives in zp'eDdcr on The Eff b
Avenue The option las been given to him,
and to his companion in dgEezE, John Gaynor,
to take the cath Of allegiance and remain here
as citizens OF tbs Confederate States, or TO 60
a. once back to New York. The quarantine Of
forty days allowed in The proclams ion Of
President Davis concerning alien enemies eX-
Tir5s to-day, and hereafter all subjects OF
Abraham .incoln found within The limits of
the Confederate States viii be apprebended
and held in close custody until The end Of The
war.
The news from Ksntucby has created the
HveIiest satisfaction here, rs you may imagine.
The conviction is now general that kentucky
can no longer maintain tie absurd and Gov ardiy
position OF neu.raiity which beF Executive aau
.-..g,tr,, t~-, c.uzod b-- s,-sGzr-rp but
that she WILDE compelled to cleo between
-ahe North and South and 10 unite her des.iEies
with one OF the other or else to incur the dire
results Of civil "a: atbome, not q war OF sec
tons but Of nsighboTaoo5s, a strife between
brethren, and the occupants Of adjoining farms
and tenements. The Imagination shTinks with
horror from the bare contemplation CT tie
calamilies which must flow from such an in
testiue commo;ion, ruined cities, blackened
hamlets, snol5ering graDaries, and the gar
den spot Of America made dtsolate as the
wilderness. There is yet a hope that the land
which Boone wrested from the savage and
Virginia peopied with her beat and brayest
men, may &c spared this dreadful doom, this
pouring out CT the seven Apocaiyptic phisls,
and we catch at it gladly in the stirring APP
peais Of Gen. Backuer aud the answering
shouts CT his gallant followers; bat assarediy
If Kentucky is TO know and feel the direst ills
% this unhappy war, she will have herself and
heEself alone 70 blame for The extremity of Der
distress One immediate benefit Of the braye
stand made BY Gen. BackueT will be thu weak
e0ing OF the Federal strength in The Virginia
mountains. The Translation Of tue seat Of
war from The Kanawbs Valley 70 the rolling
plains Of Kentucky will render it a much
and more certain work TO drive the
Yankees wholly from the soil Of The Old Do
uinion.
can give no intelligence whatever con-
corning the operations On toe Potomac, as to
whether Johnston and Beaugegard are to re-
main forever on the I usive, or to cross the
Potomac and carry the war to the very thresh-
hold Of tie enemy. The cry Of Macedonia to
Paul come over and help rs "-reaches US,
Ike 8 pitcous wall, with every breeze from
Maryland, and still our tine army continues
inactive. There is a widespread ard out
sentiment Ct disqualification Lere, but
such Is the confidence OF your correspondent
in he wisdom Of the administration that be
help believing there Is some deep-laid
policy in the delay, something behind Of which
we know not, a reason and a purpose, which,
revealed, viii indicate the conduct Of
the President and DIS generals. This faith ia
shared, know, by the majority even Of
intelligent lcokeFs-On at the seat Of govern
ment, while with Tie pass, the expression of
inpatience is obligatory in the extreme.
Time win chow what Is The right course: let
US hope it viii prove We have pursued it.
DIXIE.