Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-02

Eae Assisiaut Secreinrv ~ War Ta 1bs
|esi-EEHH1Or Of a G+reHE raogeuacut.
Assistant Secretary Of War, Thsmas A. Scott.
S d business man, and his presence iu the West
at this time means business. He IS. In behalf OF
the War parfmeut- gseertaluiug the exact
condition and force of the tr0cps i'm the State
camps OF the Northwest, ami is getting -h-ri IN
motion Troops are pouring into Kentucky
from OHIO, I~u1I-Ha, and Illinois, ar an UEeXam-
pied gzta. Humor connects the western tour Of
Tie Assistant secretary with a purpose of trans
lerlnE some divisions Of the army of the P0to-
mac 10 tho West. The number 10 be sent is
stated at nifty thousand. It is ntimatej tbas the
railroads have been notified to hold themselves
ia readiness, ia military phrase, 70 Be wholly
occupied by the government, for a time, Ia the
transportation Of troops.
We should not be surprised it there were
something IN it. The recent act OF Congress
authorizing the government TO take possession
OF roads pointed 90 this movement. aud shows
that it has al less been under consideration az
headquarters. "A moments reflection will show
that t1e only case in which d might become
necessary tou the power conferred On govern
meit 20 possess the roads, would De in moving
al army rapidly tr1m east 60 west. There is
Obviously no purpose entertained of moving
troops the other way, and there would be no
occasion TO lake possession Of a railroad 10
move sing g regiments from point 10 point.
IT'S also noticeable that the army which has
been at Caro- aud vicinity has gone up TIE Tsn-
ues5ee river, instead Of down the Mississ pbi, al
g tine when the dotlla which must cooperate
N1Ln a land force, Is nearly ready. Al tba same
time Che army 10 Missouri is moving to the
southwest corner Of that State.
These things combine to show the purpose of
throwing the troops that can be SHARED from the
Fo5omse lne 10 the Mississippi The possibu-
ity of such a movement is obvious and If the
rebels should get 70 thinking on the suaiec.,
they would be incapable of helping themselves.
Our army could be hurled across the country
from Washington 20 Cairo, and be well on the
way to Ne" Orleans before theirs could be
transferred from Manassas to AemDhis-Cin-
clHaah Commercial
a FACET0Us sEcaErARY-Tbe New York
Tribune says that Stanton, the new Federal Sec
rotary Of War, traasac.s the business Of his de-
parlment in a most f~acetous way, and gives the
following as an instance:
A colonel Of a regiment called aud made
complaint that his command bad not b-sn
mounted as cavalry, ashley expected. The See
Rotary remarked that they had more cavalry now
than they knew what TO do wlth-eizhtv rszi-
ueass, when fifty were ample. Bus, said the
colonel, another regiment has got the horses we
were TO have. "Oh, this is a horse case, then.
You want me 90 uuh0rse one set and mount
another responded the Secretary. Q" a one
horse case is generally long enough, but Tins
wsUid be too much / cans undertake IT, BY
aUa-5y came an iuEeusou patriot with a yatsns
bTeast-p.a-e, sure TO turn a rife ball. Tho See
reusTy could La-3iv see the use OF It, as there
had been very little shooting done SO far ia the
war and the fact was, they wanted hereafter
shat men saOJdd go in and shoot and be mot.
But was the invention of any value On, yes,
says the inventor ij has been tested. The Sec
rotary thought, however, that the sursst test
would be afforded by the patriotic inventor don
ming the vest and allowing "a trial By maTksm5l