Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-17
PROM THE SEAT or WAR IN WIZ

! OTk hhG~TpCfS-bHtlNCt OF tt Account VI JubVf " |
the South-Tds Var Dspartmeat-POSition Of the
ConieadiHg forces in U'estern Tirgiaid-Ra'ds by the
Yankee Steamer - Federal officers Removed 10
Charleston etc., etc,
RICHMOND, September p, 1861.
The SequsstratioB act has "iuttered the dove
Of Corioli . in o her words, it has stirred
up the bulls and bears Of Wall street to I'M
wonted rage and despair. til a measure fully
justified BY the course Of the Lincoln admins
~tration, which has gone on from one folly to
another, with fatal rapidly and certaintJ-in
every instance. doing just that particular
thing which would most surely iDJurc itself in
the struggle with the South. 10 confscate
southern property in the northern cities is a
very pretty game, and doubtless when suns Of
money in bank lyiag there to the credit OF
rebels against the Federal government and
conlemners Of "thst holy hag,' were declared
contrabapd Of war, it was thought quite a
master ttrose Of policy. The New York pa
peFs, the other day, manifested great delight
in publishing : long list Of barques and schoon-
srs, chiefly owned 10 this city, which bad been
seized there at the wbaTves, and previously
trey had shown an equal degree Of satisfaction
in recountiug bow Mr.. Geo. Fl Miles, of Rich
moD&, was relieved Of upward o. one hundred
thousand dollars belonging to parties here, and
sent 20 Fort Lafayette, there to muse on TIE
mutations Of empire and the dscsit'ulness Of
riches.
But there comes an antis'roPhs to their song
of rejoicing, q sequel to the new chapter IN the
History Ct American Finance. This Is the
SeoueslrAtion Act OF the Congress Of The Con-
federate States, by virtue Of w5ieh = convent
emf fund is to be raised from northera consTi-
butors, ont of which he sufereTsfrom Yankee
spoilstiors shall be fully reimbursed. The
amount Of property which is thus tuned over
to our government, will 20 very fer tsward
defraying the expenses of the war, afer de-
Quoting .he sum total Of confscations in the
nor bern cities. It is said tast A. 7. Stewart,
the great drv goods " merchant princs," Duk'
Of Disper, and Marquis Of Mousseline, has
good debts in Yrginis alone, to the figure Of
six hundred thousand dollsFS and Auguste
Belmont, some time since American Ainist'r
to the Hague, aud celebrated pslron Of the hse
arts, has at thls moment 5000 hoeshssds Of
tobacco, lying in the warehouses in this city.
Throughout the South, immense amounts are
owing to the mercantile community of New
YORK, Boston and Philadelphia, sl Of which
would have been paid to the lass cent but fol
The war which Lincoln inaugurated- And YET
we have been told that the South was Of ne
Importance whatever to the North, that tht
Yankees could get along better without US, anc
the like nonsense. We shall sse how this is
for let the war be long or short, we intend tina
they shall have ultimately, a tsir oPPortunit!
Of =" going 1t alone"
There has been a good deal Ct discussion il
the press and elsewhere, Of late, with TegereDc
to a change in the War Department. Com
/, plants against Mr.. Walker have long made
murmur through our sheets. Indeed, they ga.
, this murmur is but an echo Of grumbling whicI
D began at Montgomery. Yesterday there wa
1 a tumor that De hau resigned, and the belief
widely entertained thathe intsbdst to do so yer
: speedily IhaYs even heard sFeculations hs2
arded as to Lis successor, and Gov. Harris, c
your state, has been mentioned in my hesrin
as a possible choice, Tennessee being falri
entitled 20 the h-st vacancy n the Csbine
Z Without reference to the claims and ability
=. Gov. Harris, I think, in the event Of NJ
walkers resignation, tie appointment Of Ger
3 Lee would, in the present sxigency, be II
1 wisest thing the President could do. III
d Davis, ! learn, has written to Gen. Lee, ursir
: his return to Richmond at tue very earle
e moment that the interests Of the command
Valley mountain will admit Of it. But o.
brave commander has a decided aversion Z
the closet, and 4 great liking for The ssddi
a and be would probably with difficulty be j
it duosd to accept the Secretaryship Of VS.
b even should ID. post be offered him in Prefe
-s ence to all others. He went awsy gladly
y his command in The mountains, beset as b
course was with difficulties, aud We shallhard
/, see him again until he has done somethil
effective against the invaders Of our soil.
Our last sdvices from Valley mountain We
. that the troops under Gen. Lee we're sncamP
only ore mile distant from the Federal for
under RossncraDz, the two sncampusnts Q
cupying adjoining farms It is difficult to g
how they cen long retain their position wit
N out a fight. We are therefore in hourly sxPe
We tation Of hearing that a general eDgagems
j. has taken place in that quarter.
81 Lieut.. Gov. Montague was in town yest'
=, dsy aud represented the counties lying Ne
on the mouth Of the Rsrpshannock as hsvi
been seriously annoyed OF late by the Ysnk
=, steamers. The brave commanders OF TIT
vessels. wbohsve been sent to protect Virgin
carry out their instructions by throwing she
=, AZ unprotected farm-housss, piuDdsring gent
mems mansions and stealing their negro
he They fire at anything they can see, at inDoc'
fishing parties, at men riding on horseback
shore, at old ladies' going out FOR an event
US visit. Mr. Montague had FIVE negroes sto
be from bin last week by the officers Of
ny Monticello. From one Of these, whohad CO
hack for his wife and children and wsscsug
'ts the neighbors learned that the Yankees !
offered a reward Of three thousand dollars
20 the Lieut.. Governors head, and caused
~ offer 10 be widely circulated among the negr
of Of the surrounding plantations. This is
l. compliment to the second officer Of our st
On government, but bis bead is ssfe on his she
ders and a much larger bid for it would
avail. All the lying and intrigue Of
scoundrels in the Yankee fleet cannot get
OF negroes to act ofensively-their highest $
an cess does not 90 beyond getting cufee on DO
De their ships Of war.
Among the prisoners OF war, OF VII
are transfer to the South I mentioned / my
ted letter, we're Co.'s. Coreorsn, II the New Y
lls. 69h regiment, AMI Wilcox, OF Michig
~. They went of day before yesterday to ca
Pinckney, in Charleston haFbor, where it il
be hoped they may be Kept til the end of
has war. Their eonduc',,has been exceedingly
solsnt in Jail here, though their treatment
on kind and considerate. Wilcox was among
wounded at Manassas, and while be renal
tn in the hospital be received every attention !
,rv s~nrgiesl skill and womanly tenderness &C
snnplv. Corcorsn was detected in a plot
s)frsngle his iai!ors. Lei " hope they
have a tood time ia Castle Pinckney
nN' DIXIE
ion s.northerD dispatch says that SEM
the wilson, Of Massachusetts, is raising "
regiments 3" Of volunteers for the war.
will guarantee that be will never lead one
It'll an fba field.