Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-01

RICHMOND, July "a, 1862.
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Special Correspondence of the Memphis Appeal
We are very etagain-absoIute no sound
Of war in any quarter, and only the wagons and
the wounded TO recall US to the fact that we are
engaged in deadly conflict with a powerful and
malignant foe. The crowds of'soldieIs and Q
GERS in the streets suggest nothing, for we have
become SO much accustomed to homespun and
gold lace that it seems difficult to remember a
time when none but civilians were to be met On
the promenade. The hearse, too, has alas be-
come an object so familiar as to excite little feel
ing. What may be the meaning of the unusual
stiffness we know not. 1t is now said that Nc
Clellan has received no reinforcements at all
since he established himself at Berkeley and that
he cannot advance upon Richmond until some
of the newly called for volunteers are raised.
These recruits will not be sent to Mcclellan, oh
no, but will replace the disciplined troops now
kept at other points who will come on with all
dispatch to take part in the capture of Rich
mond. Whether il be true or not that the young
Napoleon" must postpone the taking of the
Confederate capital for some weeks, 1 rejoice
to believe that Gen. Lee has relaxed in no de-
gree his untiring vigilance, and that he has even
infused something of his OWN energy into other
departments ofthe service. The Drewry's Bluff
distractions and batteries have been greatly
strengthened and may now laugh to scorn an
attack of the gunboats. The officers in command
could desire nothing more srdently than that the
Monitor and Galena and as many more as posi-,
bic Of such vessels should come within the range
Of their guns. The probabilities now are that the
river distractions and batteries viii be attacked
by a combined movement in the stream and on
shore, though how soon this attack viii be made
is uncertain.
Some of our journals are deluding themselves
with the idea that because of the difficulties in
the way Of enlistment, Lincoln's three hundred
thousand fresh troops viii not be furnished by
the Northern States. They say that calling out
the militia won't do, and even if this measure
would supply the required number, it would
take a year to drill the militia into anything like
efficiency. Never was there a more mistaken
notion than that the new contingent will not be
forthcoming. If the call for the militia will not
answer, g draft will be resorted to. or q eOnscrip-
ton act viii pass the Federal Congress at a
leap. The North is thoroughly in earnest about
the matter of s~ubjugation. We must pass
through the Caudiue Forks. Ddsade est Car
thago. The decree has gone forth. They de-
sign to make a solitude and call it peace. Let
US consider shat the troops have been raised,
that Intervention is an impossibility, and go to
work with all our energies to compel the enemy
to acknowledge our independence.
There has been another descent upon the Cen
trail railroad, at a point ten miles nearer Rich
mond than the last, by the Yankee cavaiay
which is becoming insolent TO the verge Of lu-
macy. They wrought no mischief to the road
this time, and contented themselves with some
tifing l~arcenies. Dragons so audacious must
have carefully planned beforehand their means
Of escape, but 1 hazard little in the prediction
that they will be brought into town prisoners
before the end of the week.
I saw an elderly gentleman yesterday, who
was taken prisoner on his farm in the county Of
Heprico several weeks ago and marched TO
Newport News, with one hundred and sixtyother
non-combatants, y no other cfense than refus
ing to take the oath of allegiance TO the Lincoln
government. He describes the outrages inflicted
upon them as barbarous in the extreme. One
most estimable citizen was pinioued SO tightly
that the cords brought the blood from his arms.
Another aged man, who, by very feobleness Of
age, could not keep up with the column in lis
march, was beaten four several times over the
head with a musket to quicken bis pace. Upon
the Rip Raps, where they were imprisoned, they
were most scantily fed, and more than one
death ensued from the savage treatment they re-
ceived.
The recent prOclamations of Gen. Pope in the
Valley assure Us that the ferociiy Of the Yam
KEGS is increasing in exact ratio with the desps-
ration Of their cause. All the ameniti of civil
lied life, which temper even the cruel nature of
war, are to be discarded, and q conflict without
quarter is to be inaugurated. This is in exact
keeping with the spirit evinced st the recent
meetings at New York and elsewhere, with the
speech of Charles King of Columbia college,
and the temper ef the Lincoln Congress. Well,
if il must be, let US understand it and act accord
ipgly. We shall not be responsible before the
court Of the worlds opinion for the fearful con-
sequences.
The ~court-maTtial, in the case of Commodore
Tatnall, tried for the destruction of the Merri-
mac, has found a verdict of honorable acquittal,
and the names of the gentlemen constituting the
court will give to the country an assurance Of
its justice.
You will have observed tho changes made in
the army by which Gen. Holmes takes command
beyond the Mississippi, Uiee Magruder recalled,
and Gen. Huger becomes the head Ct the Ord
nance Department, Gen. Anderson, of South
Carolina, lately a brigadier, having been pro-
noted and assigned to the division he lately
commanded. You will note, also, that Gen
Johnston, in his official report of tbs battle Of
Seven Pines, holds Gen. Huger accountable for
the failure to make that victory complete and
overwhelming. As an ordnance officer, Gem
Huger has no superior, and his transfer to that
service will be promotive of the public good.
Gen. JOS. R. Anderson, of Virginia, has re-
signed, and will return to the chief management
of the immense Tredegar Iron Works in this
city, where he can do more for the cause than
he ever could accomplish in the field, though
he is a brave, intelligent and energetic man.
DIXIE.
RICHMOND, July %, 1862.
Orders have been issued by Gen. Lee for ar
resting all stragglsrs, and absentees from the
army without leave, and officials upon the rail
WAYS are commanded to examine very strictly