Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-10
VOLUME XIII, NO. 233.
Lnae yEashinEsen Gse..in.
eelal to the Cincinnati COmmereiall

Late VFashington Gossip.
Special to the Cincinnati L0mmereis
WASHINGTON, October From a private
letter received from a friend on the Western
World, attached to the blockading squadron of
Port Royal, 1 extract the following under date
Of September %: " Last Sunday the BrsztUo
captured schooner laden with salt, gin and
medcine, late from Nassau; she was commanded
By Captain Gladding, formerly Of the United
States Navy, and who, within the last month
was caught while trying to run the blockade
with losd Of cotton.
The father Of Captain G!sddBgis is prominent
citizen Of 3 istOl r I Psp-Ts Of high i'm
! Portance were found upon the pTIzs the nature
/ Of which WAS not made pubhc F"
! gentleman who reached here Lass evening
/ trom Richmond, and also lef. there candes -inely
to avoid she rigid cOnscriptiOn acsy now being
/ everywhere TigIdy forced States as follow.
e" Ine determination OF the s u b is ~ ghs th-
[ North as long as q ey have a man fbl- t. pull
( tTlggeT. Ihe actual effect Of the Presidents
| proclamation has bteH % make the people more
determined They claim that they " h now be
aOio TO RAISE ten men voluntarily Wher they
! cuuld not raise three befere Uuder the procls-
NATION the war is to be carried on BY the 8 ,uih
with ten fold bitterness ard If President Lincoln
persists IN eIfjrcing his proclamation, the time
VIII shortly arrive when ths prisons of the
Syuth will be permanently clos q, and death
Will be the portion Of every Yaukee prisoner
taken. When reminded that the Norrh might
rets'iste, they acknOW edge the fact, but replied
that the South had long since come to the con
clusiOn that tbs tims Is close at hand when tbe
war will be changed 70 one of extremes ANY
disposition Of the slaves OF the Southern sia-es
70 avail themseiver of the '.ene6t Of the prOcls-
nation, nj / be the signal for the commencement
OF general massacre The matter Of Droclsms-
tion they claim has long been well understood
and ,IPtetrd by them, and the policy Of the
South, IN case it should Do issued, long since de-
cided upon.
Ofyers Of experience have lately urged upon
the governm- Mt the vital necessity Of At once
filling up old regiments, as beng the one thing
neediui to secure speedy snd decisive victory
for the estOTahOn Of the Union: there has been
no exception 20 this general rule.
In response, the government here has taken
measures to thst end. The rebel authorities
keep their experienced regiments full, by con
scrip log at the point Of ths bsyonet, knowing
well thaE green soldier becom-s serviceabis ia
q month, when serving in a regiment OF expe-
Henced men, whereas no regiment ever got to-
gether has become as reliable as il should be
under SIX month or g twelve months actual
service IN the field, and in the face Of the sl-
envy
" While the components Of our new regiments
are almost universally Of the very best descrip-
non to make capital soldiers, aud are perhaps |
better material than those old regiments we're /
originally, without as long preliminary training |
as the latter had they cannot possibly become |
as reliable and seTviceable IS they should be /
when opposed to experienced troops 90 st-rnl !
aud shscuVeiy disciplined as is in the army OF /
the reorl Lee There is not a single army oficeT /
civil functionsry having connection, direct or
indirect, with the army prosecution Of the war /
who does not know this to be positively aud /
undenis6ly true Measures should be taken /
Instantly 20 remedy this defect in our army or |
ganisstion, By at once taking a slep to fill up
old regiments.
From gentleman Just from the vicinity Of |
ShrpherdsJo.n, I learn that Il G rebels are max 1
ing extensive preparations to hold the country /
between Winchester aud Wiil.amspjrt He also |
states that large number Of bodies Of dead /
rebels are laying on the YiTgiuis side OF the /
Potomac, At the point nf the late skrmishes /
near ShePheTdstOWn- They are so much de-
composed that none care TO touch them, while |
Ihe rebel Commanders assert that they have not i
time to trouble themselves about dead men,
Ihe exact number Of prisoners taken by |
Colonel Mclean in his late reconnaissance to |
WSrrentou, is l l,O32 and they were al psrUled !
on the spot
A large number Of State prisoners leave to-
day, for Richmond, to be exchanged, under |
charge of M-jor Schenck.
General Hooker has so far recovered as to be /
able 70 ride bout the streets His appearance /
excitss good deal OF attention
Il is now known that some nine hours before
Sigel's advance entered Warrentcn, Stuart with /
two thousand cavalry, left that place, where /
they had been engaged in enforcing the con /
seriptiOn act, and gathering the material cap
tured from our men in Augusta
Afdrs sre quiet with the srmy Of Mcclellan. |
The guubOaE M InitOr arrived here to-day, and |
Is undergoing some sIght repairs at the navy |
yard.
lust previous to our late reconnaissance to !
WsHsBton, over three thousand rebal wounded I
were sent through that plsc- ID Culpeppar Court /
House, from the battle ia Mary l4ad Il is no = !
established beyond doubt that Lees report Of |
loss Of Ouly tive thousand, Is grossly false, aud |
that it smJunts to at least FIVE times that nun
Der. W
HOOKER'S REPORT 0F THE WILLIAMSBURG |
EiGHT
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gszette.I
WASHINGTON. Oetober 2-Wiks's Spirit Of |
the Tunes tor next Saturday contsins Gene, al
HoOkeGs UficIa rep 1T Of the battle Of Wlliiams-
burg there published for the frst time. This
report makes some startling complaints sbOut /
Jhe failure to furnish the needed reiuf HcemenTs /
in tina; battes and adds that "histOry will NOS
believed when it is told that the Robls on -sTs
snd men OFmy division we're permiusa to cary
on this unequal struggle from morning until
night unaided, in the presence # more than 30
600 troops with arms in their hands HeVerthe-
less it is true"
AFFAIRS ON The ROTOMAC
Il is reported that ths rebels are sill in force
in and about Winchester, and whatever move
ments thsy nay have been making there IS yet
no reason for doubling that if We move they will
give Us battle there.
CABINET OFFICERs AID FMAECIPATION.
Occasional, in Forney's Press Of to-day, says
Seward gave his cordial assent 90 the prOelama-
ton smAncipatiag the slaves Of rebels On the first
of January 1868.
The statement is evidently designed 70 relieve
Seward Of the Odium # opposition to the Presi
dent; bat as the proclamation emsucipates more
than the slaves Of rebels, "OccasiOnal's' version
does not seem much in conflict with the popular
impression. He says, also, that Smith has not
opposed the proclamation-Which is clearly
mistake. / have 1ndOubted authority for saying
he opposed 1t as long opposition was Of any
avail. The National Iateliigcucsr, which has
been regarded as Sc wards organ, copied to-day
the statement made in these dispatches Of the
position Of each Of the Cabinet officers on the
proclamation, and edtorially eob6rms il.
The sIsol Uanard.
As We had supposed, the story about General
SigeI having requested to be relieved of bis com
mSnd, is falsehOod gotten up By soms unIcru-
puoua seamo, who ought TO be IL Fort Laiay !