Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-25
LETTER FROM THE CONFEDEfs'
ATE CAPITAL.
Special correspondence of the Memphis Appeal

Special correspondence Of the memphis appeal
RICHMOND, February II, 1862.
gE, T,o,bsr " on a Just' again-Last Hours Of
the Provisional C0ngress-Fu Funeral Of Captain
O. Jennings HIss-The NsIes from TeHHessss-
Latest adrices from the Burnside Expedition
4pDointments IN the Corps Of EagiHeers-
another Fatal Accident from Decorating Pol0-
9er-Diseharrs Of Political Prisoners By Abs
J;ueola-He considers the Rebellion al an end
GEN .Jaekson's Resignation H7thdTaa1H - GEN
Loripo q Major General Large ArTiUai Of
Strangers in the City
Since the date of my last letter we have had
"aIl sorts of weather All day Saturday while
the fierce bombardment was going on at Fort
Donelson driving hail, mingled with snow,
was whirled and dashed here upon the earth
which It covered to the depth Of three inches.
Sunday there was brief burst Of sunshine
and again the sky was overcast, and last night
commenced a pitiless sleet, which has continued
to fall NJ to the present moment. The trees are
,,orared "a itb ice. which bends their branches to
the ground. The commanding figure of Wash
inpton in Crawford's equestrian statue that
commands the public grounds Of the Capitol
square. is clothed with a coat of mail, and the
Potsr Patrie lifts his gauntleted aud in the
storm. as we may imagine it was lifted when he
Looked across the freezing Delaware and pointed
the way for his troops to the opposite shore
Rut the bronze and the windows viii bear the
exDosure better than flesh and blood, and the
lev mantle, which renders the statue fantastic
and the trees glittering, win sit uncomiortabIy
on the poor soldier in his biyouac. There Is
eompensanon. however, in the fact that the
sleet will not improve the roads for the onward
movement Of McClellan's army.
The Provisional Congress expired very de-
Gently to-day al half past twelve O'Clock
When the last act of public business had been
nerformed. the doors were opened to the multi
tude without. and the President Hon Howell
Cobb. addressed bis closing speech TO crowded
au5ience among whom were q few aides For
twenty minutes be discoursed feelingly aud elo-
o77srtiv ui,ou the condition of the Conteder2cy
and tn, AUGUST importance which belonged to
tbe deliberations of the first Rev0 utiOnary Con
rrsss. and then declared the body adjourned
sine die.
The funeral obsequies Of tho late Capt Wise
were solemnizsd yesterday at 81. James Epl5-
r5pal churlh-the house OF worship which the
Iamepted hero attended in time OF peace-and
the sermon was preached by the pastor, the
Rev. Mr.. Peterbin. In spite Of the horrible con
dftion of the 81 eets the procession was the most
imposing that has been seen IN Richmond Tor
wears. A military escort of four hundrrd men
infantry and cavalry-aJteuded the remains TO
fIa cenctery besides a large number Of the
Masonic Fraternity, wearing the insignia of their
order. and a line OF carriages half a mile IN
length The hearse was decorated with Dlack
plumes and the coffin was eEwrapped IN tns nag
of Virginia Upon the arrival OF the funeral
cortege at the cemetery, the remalns were de-
posited in a vault; there to lie until AccOmac
Shall have been rescued from the enemy, when it
is the intention of his family TO bury him in the
ancestral grave yard, by the waves OF the At
lautic
Great excitement has prevailed since Saturday
ia consequence of the news of the heroic de-
Tense of Fort DOuels0n, and ti!e intensest ankle
tv 20 hear the iinal result of the prolonged and
persistent attack upon that stronghold Ia de-
fault of receiving intelligence by telegraph last
night rumur set to work 70 manufacture news
and so successfully that to-day the widest re
ports were in circulation, and, notwithstanding
the bitter tempest cut Of doors, the Offices Of the
telegraph and the newspapers have been crowd
I'd with excited seusationists seeking to hear
.ssometbipg additional There was a report
that the fort had fallen. Another ran to the eff
fe that Nashville was in the hands Of the
Yankees So perfectly frantic had he people
become in consequences Of these baseless rumors
that the Secretary Of War caused it to be posted
on the bulletin boards that 10 dispatches had
been received by the government nom Fort
Doneson up to a later hour than Saturday night,
to which the chief operator at the telegraph Office
appended line, as an effectual extinguisher Of
the senseless psEic, affirming that nothing what
ever had been heard from that quarter by the
wires today Since this official announcement
was made, comparative quiet has been restored,
but there is still a very natural sohcltude among
all classes to hear from Tennessee. The opera
tons Of the telegraph have probably been inter
ruuted by the weather aud not by the enemy
at least we shall believe 50 untii-we receive
further tidings.
Nothing further of moment from Burnside.
After committing considerable depredations, his
force had abandoned Elizabeth City which-or
rather what Is left Of its again IN our posses
sion.
The following appointments (arrayed accord
ing to the alphabetical order OF the States and
not with reference to grade or merit) have just
been made In the
CORPS OF ENGINEERS.