Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-21
VOLUME XII, NO. I72.
LINCOLN'a VISIT To THE ARMY or
THE JAMES RIVEB.
Special CorresFoadenee Of the New YorS Timeal
uARBIsox's EAR. JANIS RIVER.

/ Special Corresroadenee Of the New YorS Timeal
uARRIsOx's EAR, JANIS RIVER,
Wednesday. July 9, l552.
The event OF yesterday was ths-tO most Of
/. the army-uneLpeeted visit Of President Lin
coln who arrived at the landing in the afternoon,
in the Ariel, steam transport, having left Fort
ress Monroe at nine O'Clock in the morning He
was soon discovered by the crowd Of quarter
masters, surgeons and soldiers near the landing
be sitting and smiling serenely on the after deck
| of the vessel, and was greeted with repeated
| cheers, and it was speedily told through the
| camps that Mr.. Lincoln had come to have 8 look
I At the army, who knowing but that something
/ significant was in the visit. Gen. Mcclellan.
with a portion OF bis staff, met the President AZ
the landing, the party riding soon after TO lead
/ quarters, from which directly theIe issued 81
/ order for On immediate review Of the troops
| After a short conversation with Gen. McCiella1s
| Of an entirely unofficial character, the party
started out to review the army, the cool Of the
early evening favOring such a ceremony
The President drove in q carnage to The head
quarters Of corps, and there mounted IA turn
riding along the lines Of each division. He
seemed in excellent spirits and in his converse
ton with the different generals, expressed his
pride at the gallant conduct OF the army and os
its leaders. The soldiers, IS he rCde before
them We'd in their cheers with TIE roar OF tl5
UauuUn, ~ hseh 9eiolaad fnrtn their stately na-
tiOnal salutes he spproac ed each seYslai o.
vision living the head Of the nation such wei
coue as TO assure him that he was among friends,
/ and men not so exhausted BY the tatigues Of tia
recent awful days as to be unable to give full 70
tundity and volume to the tone OF the VOclierous
greeting Mr. Lincoln rode a. The right OF Gen
/ Mcclellan holding with one hand the Teins that
checked g spirited horse, and with the other a
| large sized stOve-pipe hat, which latter was re-
gardsd with unusual interest By the army, as
Il 8 : L.. T. a-r r-r-
months The President rode rapidly along ih5
| lines, bowing and smiling as he went, General
/ Mcclellan, in the meantime, waving his fatigue
| cap, and evidently not a. al ashamed Of tie vet
! eIan army he was exhibiting.
Stopping only to shake hands AMI to pay a
| single coDgrstulstOTy word 70 the generals BIZ
| Lincoln passed from division 20 division, sicng
! the whole line, cheers meeting and tolowlng
him, and cannon telling their Sslute5. Il was
past sundown, and as late as 9 O'Clock IN the
evening before the last salute and the last cheer
! heard in the distance told that the ceremony Of
| the review was ever. The whole thing was ad-
miraby conducted, and tended visibly to elevate
the spirits of the army. Mr.. Lincoln after q
little lively conversation with Gen. Mcclellan
and his staff, returned 10 the steamer, consider
sbly iatigued after bis long horseback ride, but
! yet undoubtedly able to devote some hours to
| conference with the commanding general. the
| burden Of which talk, not having been present,
] am unable to report, but / fancy It did not re-
late entirely to the debiitsting heat Of the day,
/ nor 70 the picturesque EeaUty Of the place. To-
day the President makes the voyage back 10
Fortress Monroe, familiar with the condition and
position Of the army of the Potomac, having
doubtless left behind something valuable in the
way of advice, and may be promises.
This visit certainly has great significance in
connection with the recent great movement and
that other rapid journey 10 West Point. Your
readers can fathCm its meaning, perhaps, az
well as l, with this advantage, that f0T them 20
guess and to think viii not be cOnhabsnd, while
the correspondent under parole would be likely
to regret even the shrewdness Of his published
sUgmises.
With the army everything proceeds quietly
and were it not for the continuance Of hot wealth
eF with its debilitstiug effects, the men would
enjoy the short season Of rest they seem likely
70 have. The hot sun is hard on fatigue parties,
detailed for intrenching or chopping. causing
few. cases of sunstrOke. The daily drills are 50
arranged as to come OF in the cool Of the day.
and every effort is made to save the men as
much as possible from unhealthy exposure.
They surely have earned the Tigat to some con-
sideration. 4 get blessing 10 the army IS the
near vicinity of the James river, IN whose va
ters il may freely bathe.
| It would not be s bad idea TO follow cut the
! suggestion recently made by prominent ON
cor, that the troops be marched by regiments OF
companies TO the river, be marched in FOR wash
or a bath, having the thing 50 systematized tha5
every regiment should get its weekly or semi
weekly cleansing, as regularly as it Is obliged %
90 through drill s. used, the James would
be the best physician and physic that haTe yet
administered to the health Of the army