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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-30
/ SUGGESTION TO SOUTHERN
PEANTE

It's now too evident that the enemy's control
of the Mississippi river, which we had as well
anticipate in due time, will cut off our supplies
from Texas, Arkansas and Northwestern Louisi-
ana. This startling fact devolves a new and i'm
portant duty upon the planters of Mississippi,
East Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and the Car
Olnas. We may well calculate that these States,
including small portions of Tennessee and Vir-
ginia, will be compelled to feed our armies
To do this the country relies upon the patriot
ism and good sense of the planters. They must
put every available acre Of ground in corn. :
as not too late get to PiO0 up rqt cotton they hapo
sOS1H and plant more corn. The salvation of our
cause may rest on the question of supplies In
the name of Heaven, let not the avarice or
cupidity Of our people, in their thirst for filthy
lucre, give US a blow in this respect that will
paralyze our energies, aud crush US more teni-
bly, shan the armies Of the foe. We repeat that
possibly the issue may be reduced to one of
food
VIII our patriotic planters respond to the CALI
VIII they plow up their cotton, and put every
foot of their lands in corn7 Otherwise, without
the favor of Providence to our crops, General
Want and Starvation may possibly inAict upon
US greater damage than Geuerals BUELL. and
MCCLELLAN Let Us guard against this i'm
pending calamity in time.
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Among the bravest and noblest of the patriots
that iell upon the bloody field Of Shiloh, was
Captain ALFRED HUDSON, of Pamela. county,
Mississippi His private virtues, lis Christian
character, his heroic courage and his uusulliad
integrity, caused him to be idolized by his
friends, and to be respected by bis foes.
Earliest in his ardent devotion to the Southern
cause, be was foremost among those that
gave his life a willing sacrifice for ITS dsiense.
Captain HUDSON commanded a company Of
artillery, in the army at COrnth, which he had
raised and equipped nearly twelve months ago
at his own personal expense. II is said Of him
that since he first entered service he never drew
dollar Of his salary for his own use 80 he gave
every cent Of it TO the more INDECENT volunteers
connected with bis corps for the support Of their
families. Brave, generous soul, worthy of the
State he illustrated With the lamented JOHN
SION it may be said of him, '' The last sound he
heard was the shout Of victory. His last thought
was his country, and long and deeply viii his
country mourn his loss"
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Attiotma of this writing we heag nothing
from the Peninsula, save the tidings which have
greeted u daily for two weeks past, that the
,wo armies are confronting each other, and that
there is constant diminishing. A soldier. wLo
ieiE sta, vicinity night before last, says that in
sons parts Of ths Peninsula tho enemy and our
forces cannot he 6oO yards apart. If this be
correct, tho picksts Of the two armies must b
in such close proximity as TO enable them to
converse freely
j. has been seen from extracts which we pub
Hshed yesterday from late northern journals,
that c. Il. Mcclellan is certainly IN the neigh
bOThood> Of Yorktown, at the head of an i'm
Wense army This. VIC presume, viii remove
ihe doubts Of tbuse who have heretofore been
dispos 3 TO question the statement whether the
ouuG Nap'leun was really there OF not. Ne
CIcl'aus being there does not, however insure
hosHiiEaE at an early day. He is about the last
general in either army, probably, who Will make
un attack. Our policy, Of course, is d defensive
0Ee.-PCtsrS5urg Express, I7h.
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4 Thrilling INCIDENT.

\ few evenings ago, at a ruGss meeting ia
behalf Of army colportage, held at the Grace
street Baptist church, Hon Thos II. Watts,
attouey-geueral Of the Southern Coucderacy,
related the following beautiful incident:
A short time since, the regiment then under
his command was oH its way from Mobile to
Corin.h All along the route the women chaered
them uu. As Lhe train passed through d village
iu Alabama, there appeared in the porch of a
house, very near the railroad, young and beau
riiul mother, who held ont towards the soldiers
her tender infant, and at the same time raised
beg eyes, swimming IN tears. TO heaven, as
though in silent prayer 10 God
The effect was thrilling and many brave men
0E That tram Were affected To tears. The mother
seemed 10 say: l am weak-you are strong
Save me and my babe from the fierce cruelty Of
Cur enemies She Efemed also to say: "Aud
yr. assisted by Divine power, you cannot sue
coed: and therefore, I viii call upon the God of
battles 10 go with you, and give you success "
" tna5 picture said the speaker, /" l shall never
forget u was photographed in the hearts of
thoso soldiers and loomed up before them as they
shared lr prr.is and gl0rcs of tho memorable
Struggle az SniiOh."
Na pen can lcu the effect produced by the
above oa the hearers. The falling tear told that
thc healts of not few were stirred to their pro-
l1Undest deptt5-RjchmOnd Dispatch
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NAVAL WARFARE-IRON CLAD YES


We have copy of the New York Herald of
18th, with numerous extracts from foreign jour-
nails. It is evident that the revolution in the
mode Of waging war at sea, produced by the
engagement between the AlerTimac and Mon
itor, is acknowledged as fully complete by
England. The questions of the necessity Of
an immediate construction of an iron-arIzored
feet, of the inutility of wooden war ships; and
the danger of depending on land Notifications
for the defense of coast line, were debated in
the British House of Commons during two
nights Although the whole matter was treated
very cautiously and with spirit by the Cabinet
Ministers, it is quite evident that the Palmerston
government is excited at the position in which
the country is placed, It's wooden Hne-otbsttle
ships being valueless-snd huge additional ex,
pense being rendered absolutely necessary for
the alteration and sheathing OF old frigates Of
oak. 1t is claimed that Captain Cowper Coles,
of the British navy, originated the plan after
which the Monitor had been built.
The Russian government, it seems too, is de-
termined to save every roube possible in order
" apply L4lpil'l tAN At-iLlb NNs Vi
plated feet
The French papers very generally comment
on the recent naval conflict at Hampton Roads,
between the Monitor and MerTimac and on the
complete revolution which has thus been caused
in naval warfare They make particular refer
ence to the excitement caused in England BY
this change, and TO the assertions of the English
press that new navy must be built. The OpiR-
ion Rationale hopes that these new inventions
and Improvements will make naval warfare so
terrible as in the end to prevent it altogether,
The Courier dH HaUro thinks that if England,
France and the United States were 10 spend
large sums Of money, and each were to be pcs
seSsed of an invuluersble steelc navy, the
position Of affairs would scarcely be altered, as
neither power would be able to make any iul-
preston upon the navy OF the other. 1t also
argues that the cost is too enormous ever to allow
iron vessels to come into such general use as
wooden ships. Allthe papers, however, coincide
in the opinion that iron vessels will henceforth
displace all others for harbor and coast deEenses
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small Arms Agnins, ssuubonts.

The official report of Capt D B Bird, com
| manding the post near Smyrna, Florida. con
/ cerning the gallant and successful engagement
with gunb0atss has been published, and Is OF
amazing signitcauca Il shows that even with.
/ out artillery, bud against odds, cool, brave and
/ determined men can make a stand against gun
/ boats. We give the main portion OF the report.
/ as lesson 20 other commanders and soldiers:
! About P. NJ, on the 22d of March. the boat
were seen coming, aud Capt. Strain, and Lieut.
Chambers, Of Cspt Ovens cavalry company,
JudIclously scattered their men, about sixty ia
number, for a half q mile along the banks Of the
river, with instructions to reserve their fire until
all the boats should come within range The
| foremost boat attempted to land, but a well di
rectad ire Immediately killed or wounded all on
board the boat drited off, bat a few volunteers
soon succeeded in bringing her ashore
Three Of the men sunk 70 riss no more. four
were found pierced by half dozen balls apiece.
and four more were severely wounded. Among
the killed were Capt. Mather, of the Henry An
drew, and Lieut.. Budd, commanding the Per-
gum. runaway negro man was among the
wounded, who had pil0tsd them up the river
he is TO be hanged this afternoon. Meanwhile
the other boats, which had at FIRST Tetreated uB
der the calling FIRE, advanced in order, firing on
our men with their guns and muskets; but they
soon beat a hasty retreat to the opposite shore
and abandoned their boats The Henry Andrew
now poured a shower of shells upon our men.
but, L am happy 70 say, without any injury to
us, and night put an end to tho contest
Early this morning ordered a party of men to
cross the river and secure the abandoned boats.
The dead and wounded have been carried oppo-
site TO their vessels during the night and taken
on board. but we secured the boats, and in them
a number of mUskets, pistols and cutlasses One
OF the hcwItzers was found IN tho water, and our
men not having force enough TO remove it, hid it
III the mud. The boats were completely riddled |
with Enfield balls and the large quantity of |
blood in them indicated a heavy loss to the enc
my The two most injured had destroyed, the |
other three have been sent up the river for secu
uty.
The troops engaged were detachments from
E and f. 81 Florida, from CAPT
Owens company, and Capt Cones volunteers
l cannot close without heartily commanding
their co0lness and resolute determination, and
the accuracy Of their aim At a distance OF
three or four hundred yards, they killed or
wounded at least thirty Of the enemy, making
total loss Of about forty.
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ARREST OF CONFEDERATE SOL


We learn that several Confederate soldiers,
who left the army and returned to their homes
in the northwestern counties of Tennessee, have
been arrested by order of Gen. HALLECK, with
the view of holding them, as be has declared,
prisoners during the war. Fathers are conse-
quently advising their sons, and wives their
husbands, not to return home i will be wei
for all soldiers, who are either on fUrlough, or
have retired from service, to take special notice
ot the aho,a
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Yankee Vanity a Yankees Opinion Of
Himself.


Bennett, the buffoon of the New York Herald.
has q G2ost exalted opinion of himself and his
delecabe sheet He swears by the Herald, as
the old knights swore by their swords. He
thinks 1t the lever that moves the world and
controls everything, from an earthquake to an
election. He has recently taken to blowing
his trumpet" and we give our readers the bene-
fit of one Of his blasts:
" By general consent, alike TO its friends and
its enemies, the New York Herald is decided to
be tho greatest intellectual institution and the
electric moving power of the age. Every de-
ceased politician viii tell you that the Herald
killed HIM aud, if we were an Indian, we could
adorn an immense wigwam with the scalps of
political sachems and warriors of our own
s'aughtariug Our enemies shoot down each
other with these cross fires, and leave us un-
harmed. Geographically speaking, ell the world
is constantly attacking or praising the Herald.
Tho Importance attached to the Herald is
ascrlbcd, also, 90 every one who is, or who is
supposed t1b' connected with it. If we change
one Of our Washington reporters it creates a
greater furor Of excitement than the dismissal of
a member Of the Cabinet and all the other Jour
mails announce the event in large type, write
editorial essays upon it, snd publish the biogra-
phy of cur presumed attachs. 4 man can live
year after year Unnoiced and unknown until
some one starts the TumOr that he is connected
with tue Herald, and forthwith he is afflicted
with norouety, and all his sayings and doings
are duly chroniced.
The Herald goes ahead in its own way. Il
has the largest circulation, the greatest adverti-
sing, the fullest and earliest news and the most
GENIAL spirit OF any newspaper in the world. Il
understands its duties and its responsibilities
and is equal to them. It supports the govern
mFnl, and intends 20 aid it, as it has always DONE
in restoring the Union to its integrity and de-
feating the iusrigues Of European politicians.
By this time next year we shall have the Union
as good as new and shall then drive the Euro
pas.u a1miss from Mexico"
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FROM NORTH ALABAMA.

The intelligence that we have reoccupied Tus-
cumbia receives confirmation. We hear that we
have also retaken Decatur, aud that our forces
are moving on Huntsville The chief part Of
Gen. MrTCHEIL's army seem to be gradually
making their hegira from North Alabama, with
the view of reinforcing GRANT aud BUELL. at
PIttsburg
The bridge at Decatur, ever the Tennessee
river, had not been burned up 10 last Saturday
evening. Large numbers Of negroes have been
stolen and run of by the enemy. It's also stated
that they have been using the negroes to a great
extent as fOragers, being themselves ignorant OF
the topography of the country.
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TIE DEFENsEs OF SAVANNAH --Alludiug to
the fall of For. Pulaski, the Columbus (Ga) Sun
says:
Weare happy to learn hOm private dispatch
That the citizens do not regard the safety of the
city affected by the taking of the fort, and are
OF tho opinion that it cannot be taken. The dis
patch is from an intelligent and reliable source,
aud we hope expresses the feelings of the mill
tGry authorities. From our knowledge of the de-
touscs of the river in and around the city, and
from the opinions of those an fat in military mat
tels, we are confident the Yankees will find the
reduction Of Pulaski and the capture Of Savannah
entirely different undertakings.
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
La,e.r from the Ear West.

LITTLE Rock, April % - Tho Federals,
umrRring eighteen regiments, are now at Bates
vile
A courier who arrived from thTe to-day says
that Yellville was taken possession of by the
Federals few days ago.
The whole force at work at the salBeter cave
has been driven away.
The Jayhawkers are committing depredatiOns
along the border.
The Federals are said to be slowly advancing
southwark. J. 7. G..
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THE EVACUATION" or MEMPHIS Com
MENCED. - Our clever and talented friends,
Messrs. P. W Alexander, F. G. DeFontaine,
and H. II. Perry, army correspondents Tespec-
lively, Of the Savannah Republican, Charleston
Courier and New Orleans Pieayune, have within
the last day or two taken their leave for Corinth
Whether their sudden hsgira is attributable to
desire to meet the foe at the latter place. or avoid
thentieslly advised At any rate, when newspaper
correspondents evacuate post of danger, it is
ample time for all o hers to leave who have the
slightest intention Of doing so at all
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Mr.. j. 0. GRIFFITH We were pleased te
have a call yesterday from this gentleman, who
Is well known throughout the State as late one
OF the Proprietors of that sterling Southern jour
nal, the Nashville Union and Auoicau MIR
Griffith was falsely reported a few days since by
one Of the Nashville papers as having been
killed in personal rencounter at Decatur. The
whole statement, with the circumstance from
which the difficulty was alleged to have origina-
ted, is a sheer fabrication. We are glao TO find
him in excellent health.
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The sKIRNIsH NEAR TUsCUMBIA Tie skir-
mish reported by telegraph in our columns a few
days since, at Tuscumbia, occurred eight miles
the other side Of that place. The force of the
enemy, two thousand infantry, were vigorously
attacked by one hundred and five Of our cavalry,
who killed and wounded about twenty Federals
and took between fifty aud sixty prisoners The
Federals stampeded in hot haste towards the
Tennessee river.
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CASTOR OIL - The New Orleans Crescent
furnishes the following directions for the prepare
ton OF this delicious beverage;
Strip the seeds of their husks or pods; then
hruiss them in mortsrs. Afterwards thev are to
be tied in linen bags, and boiled in wafer until
the oil which they contain rises TO the surface.
This IS carefully SKINNED off, strained, to free it
from any accidental impurities, and bottled for
use. Pressed castor oil is obtained ike almond
oil, by ornising the seeds into paste with water,
and dstlllng the mixture, when the oil passes
over
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DEMISE or NgwsPAPERs-rh Red Land

DENISE OF NEWSPAPERS The Red Land
Express thus sums mp the demise of our old
Texas ezcbaug5si
The days of the Chronicles " are past the
shrill notes of tho Clarion 10 more are heard /;
the stawasJ strokes 9th Pioneer have ceased
20 greet our earsi the So Banners " Carriage and
BsaumoDt) no longer uniurl iheir bright f7Ids To
the sun; the " Times gave place to revolution;
the EnQUiyer' long since ceased his question
ingi the &" Printer % has yielded up the ghost.
and there As not even an Echo" to tell us
where they are gone. We can but " Express /"
our deep grief at the early loss of our boon COM
panions, and pray that our fate be not soon like
theirs
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Gen. Sherman not 70 EInme for nos TAX.
ing Savannah,

The Washington correspondent of the New
York Post writes.
Gen. Sherman, late of South Carolina, has
been iu town i0r a number of days, and has
been w~5ted upon by many of his old friends
The general iB naturally somewhat sensitive
respecting the criticisms made in certain quar-
teIs upon his conduct in South Carolina
lie has had an inte view with the congress
sioual delegation from Rhode Island, and satis-
fed them perfectly that he is not responsible for
the uou-TeiUction Of Savannah. he states pos
iiVely, I understand, that he was explicitly
ordered by Gen. Mcclellan to desist from all
operations against Savannah; and this was after
a regular siege-train had been sent to him for
that specific purpose. Gen Sherman's friends
feel somewhat sore upon the subject OF this
transfer, and especially because it gives color 10
the idea that he wa not so efficient as he might
have been
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FROM CORINTH.

A dispatch received by US late last evening
from Corinth, states that heavy skirmishing had
been going on all day long between our own
and the enemy's forces, and that the latter were
advancing in strength upon US The great fight
that is expected may transpire to-day or to-
morroV
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NRW ORLEANS.

We can hear nothing definite from New Or
leans later than whatwe have already published.
1t is alleged that the Federal gunbOats, which
run the gauntlet at Fort jackson, are out of both
fuel and ammunition. If so, they can easily be
captured by proper exhibition of energy and
enterprise.
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PRAYER FOR THE " yiRsNIA The follow
ing form Of prayer has been issued by Rt Rev.
Stephen Elliott Episcopal bishop of Georgia, to
be used in all the churches of his diocese:
o, Eternal Lord God, who alone spreadest out tie
heav and rues the raging of the sea; who hast com
passed the water with bOunds until day and night come
% an end Be pleased 70 receive into thy almighty and
most gracious protection the persons Of thy servans the
officers and crew Of feet and especially of the Vr
gna1 now engaged in active service. Preserve them
ON The dangers OF the sea- and from the violence Of the
enemy give them victory IA their various conflicts
they may 1e safeguard unto the Confederate States of
erica and security for such as ass in the seas upon
lawful Ocsa5 ous; may they return in safety to enjoy
the blessings Of the land with the their labor and
with thai ktul remembrance Of thy mercies praise
aud gloriy thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our
LOri--Ameu
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A SUBSTITUTE FOR COFFEE The

A SUBSTITUTE FOR COFFEE The ground
sassafras is an excellent substitute fr ff-c. It
IS not only nutritious but a more eficacieus cor
rector Of the habit, in cases Of the eruptions of
the skin and scroiula. than the gassafras wood or
the compound decoction Of ssrsapaTilla. 1t is a
powerful preventive of eutaneOus affections, and
particularly valuable as su article Of diet for
cOnsumptive, rheumatic, gouty and asthmstic
invaljds
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Brutal OuGFagcs and Unparalleled Af-
rOciIies.
The Wilmington q. c. Journal, of the 18th,
contains fha foIInyViDo..
contsins the tonnwing

tOulhlllb tllt loIoNlI ny
We are enabled 90 Jay the following facts
before the public They ought tJ b. suil-gt 20 open
the eyes Of all ths nature of the enemy - hom We
are opposed and the character OF the contest in which
we are engaged II these facts DO not show the value Of
the professions contained ia the hypoGrriC proclaua
ton Of Burnside and GOidsb0r0uEa if they do not cuU-
vince all that there but alternatives victory Or
absolute ruin if they do not make the blood Of every
In the State tUge through his veins and every heart
swell with the da-i for revenge, then nothing can
These the mduauusred Saints the pet lambs that
came 70 revive the Union feeling I'm North Carolina, and
make prOselytes to the sway of Abe Lincoln.
The enemy, iu their late visit TO Ousluw county
brought regiment. piece Of arl cry, and
baggage agOusuch ut least seems 70 be The most
correct account. In the neighbOrhoOd through which
they passed they committed tho most unheard OF depre-
dat0ns-caTed of all the prominent citizens in irons
and ropes and went so fv 20 paddle SIR Heud rson.
to him Mr.. Psll5ues stey cowhdsd, also Mr.. Buck
They took OF ever hing of value they could get hOli
Of; they broke open trunks. took iewery blankets,
carpets towels, everything I'm fact they rausackea
every house they Co using the most abusive Ian
Fuaga to all, ana the most insulting 20 the women. They
inCed tine negroes fight gaus their masters, telling
them rhat IN few days they would have line Of pick
cts from Newberu and SwausDorO-that they would De
back in seven or eight days with renl0rcemeuts.
The robbers committed Bt the house Of Ers Sanders
fully confirmed They even stole all her gold Bnd
silver gold and silver plate. ievelry gold watch, notes
title deeds Iu fact tho half Of these Ourages las
not been told They took everything they could carry
OF Their only excuse We hear Of was that Ars. SAN
der had given entertainment body of Confederate
cavalry some time before
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" The New York Herald asserts that the
Republican party of New York is undergoing a
crystalization into two hostile factions - the one
looking to Mr.. Secretary Seward for the next
Presidency, and the other tn Mr. Secretary