Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-08
OUR GULF-COAsT CORRESPOND
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OUR GULF-COAsT CORRESPOND
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Bragg Leaves Pensacola ana. so does BYolon-
Gen. Bragg and he Army Of M~obt.-Forees
on ds Gulf Shore-A Bloody Beach SairWts6.
MOBILE, February 4, 1852.
EDITORS APPEAL: The best Of friends must
part, and Bragg bids adieu to Brown, sud Brown
bids adieu 70 Bragg. mean no ordinary Brown,
but old Harvey Brown, the iraseible sensschsl
Of Abrsham's stronghold Of Fort Pickons. Ele-
waited to the rank OF brigader-general for his dis
tinguished success in doing nothing but destroy
his grub, a church or tive and a number Of pr
vate dwellings in Warrington, old Harvey Brown
goes home 10 Lincolndom, invalided by the
damps Of Santa Rosa Island, to be succeeded by
a newly manufactured brigadier, late Major Ar
mold, Of the % United States artillery. Cen.
Bragg also leaves Pensacola bay to his second in
command, Gen. Sam. Jones, and establishes tho
headquarters Of his department at Mobile. So
the two B's-one a Bragg in name only, and the
other a braggart every way-will no longer bite
their thumbs at each other acress the channel in
impotent hostility
1t is not unlikely that Cen Arnold, the new
commandaut At Pickens, Will distinguish him-
self in the same manner that Harvey did, by
wasting LineOln's ammunition across tht char
| nel-harnless but expensive recreation-Whieh
makes a feto for the people of Pensacola by a
display Of fireworks, and an influx Of hotel Gus
TONERS to see the exhibition In truth, a bonn
bardment is q brave show for the deniz8ns OF
that ancient city Of Spanish and Jaeksonian
memory. They are Just far enough from Pick
/ a,a IN ha rufe from tho iorlr.af ann u~oFantTIag
| and the view Of the works on both sides is over
water, clear and unobstructed. Tho grand pan
Drama Of the view down the beautiful bay is
closed in by a magnificent back scene of sui
phurOus smoke clouds and flashing guns, and
by night with bursts Of frs and the illuminated
trail Of Kissing shells. Probably, to slow that
he is not unworthy to DO the successor of his
predecessor in the matter OF pubic spirit, Gen
eral Arnold viii get up another bOmbard-
ing display. ANEW broom sweeps clean, but
you may bet your last Confederate note that
neither Gen. Arnold, nor any other broom in
Lineoln's army, can sweep tho southern forces
off the point of land Opposite Pickens.
Gen. Bragg establishes his quarters in Mobie
10 put into shape q numerous but not very well
managed army here aud hereabouts We
already had plenty Of generals here of tho brigar
der sort, but they needed the presence Of q
enlargement h. look after them quite as much
as their commands needed brigadiers. There
are too many officers running about loose witt
seemingly nothing 70 do two many skeleton
companies with plenty OF officers and few mer
to be Of any preft 70 the'sevice Or the Confsd
crate treasury. These are abuses that no ievor
itism should inteTpose to project from prompt
and radical correction. Let two companies bs
rolled into one, and let the official sword decspi
tate the surplus officers, allowing them before
hand a specified aud sufficient time to fiji uT
their companies. There is a powerful force q
well organized and efficient men, but there are
several companies that have not flesh enough or
thier bones to the wagesO of their officers Let
them I'll up or fau 20 pieces aRdtry again. IIew.
ever, tho comprehensive vision aud strict disci
pline and management OF Con. Bragg win dis
Germ and correct these things. Gen. Bragg a
right at home here in Mobile, where bis brother
Judge Bragg, a jurist OF very creditable motto
riety, has been long a resident
We hear 90 the North that Con. Butler hal
for the present abandoned his small enteTpris,
Of capturing New Orleans and Mobile. For this
forbearsnoe on tho part OF the Yankee paladiT
We are sufficiently grateful, but lest ne shoulc
reconsider his mercitul determination and agaiI
eonsign us to condign ~subjugation We think j
prudent 70 continue in readiness tnr anything II
the shape OF q Yankee army that may tuIn up
But / happen TO have e good itan Of blood K
enliven this letter withal-red Yankee blood
| rightly she'd from their VandaI veins by defend
ers Of our sell Tbs Sea uessians have long
blookaded the east pass into Pensacola Bay Sil
Santa Rosa Sound, notwithstanding which Wig
lance the schooner Leon slipped By them, as !
wrote you in my last. Sfnee that ezaspersting
event the blocksders have testified their sggra
walton by a P~estilent degree Of activity, which
prompted our outlying scouting forces in tina
wilderness locality TO teach them o lesson 0
p%ropriety which may possibly Induce them {,
stick closely to their decks IN future, Captain
Mcpherson, of Walton county, Florida, who hat
a squad Of twenty-one mon on duty at tina
point last Friday, sont ont q little deo9y vesse
as if attempting 70 run the blockade. She KEEP
out Of range Of the steamers, and when th'
Hessians eagerly snapped al the bait, aud SEN
their launches to seize her, was run ashore just
where Capt MCPHERSON had placed his men i
ambush. When the boats had approached
within close range the Confederates poured in q
deliberate fire, which apparently killed or dis
Ablcd fifteen or twenty of the enemy. The boat;
were put about in haste, but dd not get out Of
range in time 10 escape two more scathiug vol
leys. This, and their dreadful experience in the
similar case Of the schooner Wilder, near No
bile, viii be apt to teach them to keep at d TO
speetful distance from our guarded coast.
ANON.