Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-19
ruE WAR IN Amznrc4.
ggerfete Of the Situation Ly sEs Eoaafo,
HfAses.

i rom the London iuses MEy
The war in AmGie& il sweep over the lai
with the vel'c.ty and destruc, veness cl a hu
rica7e, and all tie oTdin Wy eelii rs d ours vi
OF IN n are absorbed in IFS vortex B illctir
ir IN The a.mieS succeed each other with rali6i;
enough to satisfy even the appetite # tLe Ne
| lO.k public, sharpen 4 as it was with twel,
months Of famn The scale Of operations
Absolutely tremendous The Feje-a's hay
| 10O,COJ men in arms, and tho army ,s;iua'e
ectually voted for the present year exceed { l2J
| COO,O steIlirg. These forces ars no l1ngt
stationary. In the East, as we'll as In the WrSl
th y are 50 actively engaged lhas Cv ~ na
| bag blirgs us the intelhga CO Of a bat le, a
/ attack, an advance, or a cJI q !est. PieSilrl
| Lincoln wss right enough when, in his hnmal
lAnguag", he d. scribed this war ~ . a big Job
Is is about the biggest b OF the Kind eve
sethi no more " 10 days business or tempe
| rary disturbance. The "insurrscliou whicl
Nj. Seward believed to be "wanif ?" at Ia
close of last Year now covers half coutinen
with desOlatiOn and havO', and we are wsrne,
that the battles known to be imminent will ex
coed IN severity any hitherto fought
There is ono point, however, on which, amit
all his brz5 Of ri cling and triumph, W ar,
still left Ia the dark. We can see no signs O
the end, ncr any Indications Of what that tnG
may be. That the FederEls have established al
ascsndency in the field is beyond all QUESTION
aud II is equally Gear tast they eve this asc d
doncy not only to Ihoir superior numbers and
Resources, but to the military efficiency which a
year's discipline has giyeu them. Even the
naughty S uLherncrs now allow that Yankees
can 6ght, aud ths sharp b. Ito Of Williamsburg
showed that the men of The northeast had nrd1
themselves soldiers as well US the mon Of tie
northwest But tie result 5, ems no nearer than
before
Though Yo, ,ktowr, and perhaps Richmond,
has b, ou occupied, aud the Merrimac is blown
mp, neither one 0v, NJ nor the other will briug
the Frdera3s nearer their cn' un!ySs the SJuth
should choose to submit, sni Of this submission
we see ss little prospec. as ever. The very vie.
tories, indeed, Of the NOrth,rncrs have but
brought to Eight the ,peessn0ss If the case, by
revealing, III is true character aud proportions,
the spirit Of the S u;h One great hope Of tn,
Unioniss has absolutely "a j ih,m Tn,y
Lave fouLd no Union scntiment' at Suy point
Of their coLqu'1tst to aid III, m nIeplscing ,i gs
Oh their ola footing. II the Southern pe.,rle
wee not OIigina y all soceders, III y &C. de:s
now. War has dOns lis work ia this as well
Us 0.hrT matters, nj Yankee is to u.lerner
what M Austrian is to q Lombard or u Russian
to & Pole Poland, in fact is qautod as e wing
the best image of " hat the South would be,
come if sui jeated to the NTH, but even that
Su' ION Is not ytt prUDaDe.
AL Lis While the temper Of the North is, uu-
happily, though not uuraturally, growing less
and less fitted Tor any practical work Of paclf
cation. The poOp.e are intoxicated Win the
successes # their troops, and delrio, is
ions OF military glory. The South is 10 bs
crushed Outright. and he'd US conquer cd terri
tory, or paIt.lioEed among military cJlons's.
The most extreme polt cal views have a, qui.cl
predominancc and ar adopted even in the S l..
a'e. COnGsca.i and Hb ,l.iion axe tvcly day
propO. a 5, and il is thought that armies which
nave conquered at home can conquer every
where else. We are expressly sppriscd Of IN
certain COILS queneo Of the strife, ON which Eu-
rope may sat'ly calculate" and that il, that
Americans q W Il never again be the peacca5lt
people they wero." That is unfortunate, Tor We
10 not tiiuk their origi.sl pUgnscity required
any kind Of StimulInt; but unle: the aspect
of their own civil war should be very suddenly
and very IN lterial'y changed, th, will fad
en, ugh at home to crafty their rial proper
sites for some lime to come. II the Southern
ers refused terms WL,n alt Washington was in
jheir favor, and the Federal President himself
disposed 10 temporiz5 and bea:, they can hard
y b. expected 20 caEi;u!a'e as testen traitors
while they lave bound e,s territ ~ behind
them.
The whole story is q mystery as well as a
mary 1t is almost lard TO believe " hat
has occurred as tO imag ine " hat viii ultimately
happen. Twelve months hSYs changed an uu-
taxed Republic into Two military Jnicderaciss,
engaged ia desperate war wish each other aud
burdened slreR " with debts exc, edlng in
charge the national dob: of Gseat Bri.sin The
number Of Hrn actually maintained in arms fJr
upwards Of year is something incTel liOls
T. om q population slna!bT than IhaS of these
islands, the NOIthera, rs have not only sent
100000 volunteers to The field, but have kept
them there since last summer No wonder that
- trade is parSly Gsd " and industry neglected
La fact, thel is nOW but Que trade in AneTica
ard that is the trade o. war. We know that is
a tratfi; which can nIveT end in gain, but the
A AueTic4ns are embracing it, with al its costs
aud cOnstqnenceS, as The mes. enraPtuIing puT
suit in the world No difficulties dauEt one psi-
ty, no defeats sppall the other, aud, whI's all
Europe is perple1ed 1T the spectacle set before
i, n w YoIk is enchanted with the position and
pros poets Of the ra'i1n. Il is at Il asst however,
5 satisfaction to I,1rct that no European power
IAN be blamed fvr any incident Of this dreadful
war.
BRITISH EPITAFH Ok THE MtROIAC STEAMER.
Fro the London Times May 26
Norfolk is now added to the Federal captures
diyi-ion Of Evs thousand men sLtficcd " ith
Jut fgh', and by mere demonstration, TO
lrive tho COrf drratcs from their only arsenal
Smf1lk, upon which, Ut the commencement OF
his war so much IciilrcO was placed, is now
ike little Sebastopal after Sebastopol had
-sen It's raYy yard, with all the stores and
N. ctinery has been destroyed. aud the vessrls
$ hich it sheltered have been suuk or burnt
Nvrf liz has fallen, however, not like Sebastopol
After Il gluritui r. sisttnte, but without a shot
1 ed aud ihn ruils showing nothing but tie DE-
termination of tie S1RiicrErS to destroy lshaf
hen raHnOi dsfcnd Here is an end Of the Con-
IedIate navy Here is all end, also, to all our
hopes of learning 80 Onething more from the
,Wess OF Il Q Morriinac Tina. cslebra ed iron
cad ship, which was tit frs: to tstihresi battle
the v ia. Oi Ia new invention, has ptr:shed ia
rlJ.iously III I destruction is announced with
nm apology She was 80 bl0ckaded by enemies
that she dared not yrntured out she Was so
large AID so deep that she could not pursue arT
smaller ant. g1niStS into ShallOW waters. Sks
had sirm L enc greai hOio; she had frightened
tie NoHh; made Nel0 York SHriJas and Boston
afraid and Ind occupied g'est Hdrat force i
she was capable OF doing had been done; a
frcs she could not hope 10 resist was ceming
down upon her she was blown up. Such hns
been the fate Of the Merrimac. Perhaps We
shall be now allowed to know something moro
abou. her Europe is still curious as to how
she came 10 accomplish her great achievement
aud how il was sho failed to repeat Il; Whstl Q
strength was, aud wi at her W, akness snd Why
il WAS her mastars could not IN AXE prof! even Oi
her dastruc ion. l, is impossible yet to believe
that all was got ont Of her VIII ch might have
been OBJ aimed Ia the carly days OF this val
much was expected from the Superior knOwl-
e lge and experience Uf the naval commanders
who adhere d TO the South but hitherto il " Ould
app al that the science OF their naval m n has
only taught th,m to lor'see diff ultes. Il'
iguorGuc, Of the adsen uTous captains whe
forced their wooden vessels past stone forts, and
through chains and beams, and irOn-clad ships
and batteries, Is All ignorance which fortune IA;
vors aud victory does not disown. Even the
advantage I, iron against wood sccns TO be loss
in the G moderate hands, il it be tru', as Capt
ID avis reports from the Mississippi, that eighi
Confederate iron-clll gulilboats have been beaten
oil lay SIX FederalJ. Il is nor, however, from
such reports as these that We can take trust
worthy data for our own guidance. All we eai
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