Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-02

for The men who were engaged in establishing
the Southern COnfederacy. The attempt may
fail, but assuTedly, have heard it expressed
too ofGen to doubt that there is a determination
on the part Of the leaders in the movement to
take away the suifcage from the men whom
they DO not scrupIe tC-employ in fighting theiT
battles. IL they cut the throsts Of the enemy
they will stifle their own sweet voices at the
same tine, or soon afterward-a capital re-
compense to their emigrant soldiers!
At Union city there were about 5000 men
there, it was saij-rude, bic, rough fellows,
With sprinkings Of odd companies, composed
Of gentlemen Of fortune exclusively. The SOL
dIers who were only entitled TO the name in
virtue OF their carrying arms, tbeir duty, and
possibly their fighting qualities, lay under tue
trees playing cards, cooking, smoking, or read
ing the papers; but the camp was guarded by
Sc tries, some If whom carried their frelocks
under their arms like umbrellas, others by the
muzzle with the butt over The shoulder; one,
for ease, had stuck his, with the bsyOnat in the
ground, upright before him; others laid their
arms against the trees, and preferred a sit ing
to an upright posture. In front of enc camp
there were two brass field pieces, seemingly in
good order. Many Of the men had sporting
rifles or plain muskets. There were several
boys of &c cen and sixteen years OF age among
the men, who could scarcely carry then arms
for long days march; but the Tennessee and
Mississippi infantry Were generally the ma E.
rials of good soldiers. The camps were not
regularly pitched, with one exceptions; tbs
tents-were too close together; the water is bad,
and toe result was that a good deal of measles,
fever, diaIrbea and dysenterY prevailed.
We learned incidentally that the district
wherein these troops are quartered, was dis
tiaguished by its attachment 10 the Union. By
its last vote Tennessee proved that there are az
least 40,O 600 voters in the State who are at
tached to the United States government. At
Columbus the passengers were transferred TO
a steamer, which in an hour and half made
its way against the stream OF the Mississippi
tn Cairo. There. in the clear light Of a sum
mer's eve, were floating the stars and stripes
the first time l had seen the flag, with
the exception Of glimpse OF it at Fort
Piekens, for two months. Cairo is in
Illinois, on the spur Of land which is
formed by The junction OF the Ohio
river wi the Mississippi, and its name
is prob bly well known to certain spec
uators in England who believed in the for
tunes OF a place SO appropriately named and
situated. Here is the ca rp of Illinois troops
under Gen. Prentiss, which watches the shores
Of Missouri on the one hand, and Of Kentucky
on the other. OF them, and If wnat may be
interesting to readers in England ! shall
speak in nv next letter. fad there is gem
crai expression Of satisfaction at the senti-
ments expressed by Lord John Russell in the
speech which nas been made known here, and
that the animosity excited by what q portion
Of the American press called the hostility of
the foreign minister to the United States has
b en- considerably abated, although much has
been done to fan the anger Of the people into
a fame, because England has Acknowledged
The Confederate. States have limited beliiger-
ents rights.