Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-22
Northern Intelligence from Warrington

| Special to TIE Cincinnati Enquirer
W~AsHINGTON (via B~altmOre), hay I0-Cap-
tain Parrish aud Lieutenant Demsey, who arrived
yesterday from Richmond, state that they left
that place on Thursday morning. They report
that on last Saturday uight L large meeting was
held to decide what should be done with tho city
on the arrival Of the FedeTals. Tbs properly
holders and most substantial men of the city
favored a surrender, while those who had less
interest there We're for burning It.
Captain Parrish thinks there is some Union
feeling in Richmond. Every corner is nightly
posted thick with Union sentiments aud mystic.
rious writing. On last Saturday, and all day
Sunday, there was much excitement IN the city,
and troops were being rapidly sent of, while all
the artillery that had been sent south of Rich
mOnd sometime previous, was huTTiedly brought
back and shipped north.
From all that could be learned, the COpfed.
crates evidently intended attacking Gen. Nc
Dowell on Thursday night, and a large force
was hurried off from Richmond for that purpose.
The Confederates at Richmond have every vebi-
Gle and cart engaged in busily hauling stones
and placing them ia the canal and other boats,
for the purpose of sinking them in the James
river on the approach Of the Federal feet.
1t is not believed 10 high military circles hero
that auy considerable portion Of the rebel army
on tho peninsula has succeeded in escaping
across James river. This opinion, is, of course,
founded on a knowledge by telegraph Of facts of
recent occurrence is that quarter not yet made
public.
There Is Il special war intelligence to-dey-
An evening paper states that the government
has late information from each army corps in
reach By telegraph, which there is reason TO be
lCve embraces very satisfactory news.
/ hear it confidently asserted that q pToclana.
ton announcing that the port of New Orleans is
open to the OF all nations viii be is
sued az soon as the President returns from Fer
tress Monroe to Washington, and tba. viii GER
tainly be before Monday.
The Federal goYornment has seized, ia Alex
sndria, twenty thousand bags Of shelled corn,
and five hundred bags ofmeal, marked COnfed-
crate State"
The Union merchants have held a meeting
and expressed & desire to take the oath of 81
legiance to the Pierp0nt government, and pay
the usual license, provided they could be pro
tected from persecution by the Secsssionists.
The special committee of i've, of tho Senate,
on the Pacific railroad, have agreed to report the
House bill without amendment, and Of the same
time to speedily urge its passage on the Senate.
The assistant Secretary Of War, Watson, con
tTadicts point blank several statements in Or,
Russ rs account, published in the London
Times, of his intercourse with our War Depart
ment.
1t is mmoIed that a portion OF the extra ap
preparation OF S3O,OGO,UOO, passed by the Senate
the other day, is designed to defray tbs expen-
ses of unifOrming aud arming negroes to fight
on the Union side during the fever season down
South.
Professor Henry states that an annuity of
three thousand pounds sterling principal has
fallen to the Smithsonian Institute.
A New York politician Is urged as collector at
New Orleans, in place of Mr. Lsthrop, of Penn
The Democratic committee here intend to
print one hundred thousand copies Ct the address
stely published for distribution.
The bravery displayed by the Excelsior brig
de will insure the continuation of Col, Siekles
IS brigsdier-generaL
GONE INTO SERVICE. &C. M. Alexander,
Esq, the able Encouragement for the third jU-
iicisl circuit has resigned his Office and entered
he Confederate service as q private in Captain
ylark's company. Il