Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-06
LETT ER FRO1T CORINTH.
Special Corresp ondence of the Memphis Appeal
CDRINTH. Saturday. Nav 8. IS6.


C'oRNTH, Saturday, May 8, 1862
send you by telegraph to-day the address OF
General Beanregard to our combined army. II
should meet an ardent response from every patri,
otic heart Its bold soldier-like declaration tells
us that on the event of the coming battle hangs
the fate OF the valley Of the Mississippi Al
ready have our people evinced heroism and
devotion Of country, unparalleled in the history
of revolutionary struggles since the world began.
Nothing in the history Of Greece or Rome can
compare with our struggles on the battlefield,
the sacrifices and offerings Of our people with
their lite-blood and property, nor with the high
souled patriotism, toll and devotion of our women,
who have shown themselves more than Spartan
mothers, and Who from the commencement of
this war by the abolition barbariaus Of the North,
have exhibited an unceasing endurance without
a murmur, while they have strained to make
evory exertion in aid of our glorious cause.
History will not fail TO record their noble deeds
OF humanity, nor their selt-sacTIhcing martyr
dom.
There can be neither retreat, defeat, or suTTen-
der IN the coming great battle TO our arms, and
!
shall exhibit on the battlefield Of Corinth, will
live for all ages. Let every man therefore 90
forth to battle as If on MS single arm depended
the achievement of our liberty and independence
Let them think what we are TO achieve by VIC
tory and what we are TO lose by -- but I will
not write the word. as I feel confident no other
fate than glorious success can attend our
arms.
As you are told by our noble general, we shall
IS
greater equality than we have ever met the in
fidels before. Let our people then be strong of
heart, tull Of hope, and not lacking in that high
and moral courage which a sincere and abiding
faith in the viii of the OmnipOtont Deity cannot
fail to inspire, however he may shape and direct
our destiny. With the names Of Price BeaUre-
gard, Bragg, Polk, Hardee, BCeckinridge, Rug
gles VadeH, Cheath8m, Clark, Chalmers, Man
ney, Jordan, Preston and host OF heroic
hraves,w cannot tai. of success, and II there be
any truth in the Oracles of old the God of battles
will surely not desert US But whatever be our
fate, let our people hope on, hope ever, fOr there
can be no despair in the hearts of our patriotic
braves who have determined to be free. It's there
fore but question Of time. The northern ab0-
lition infdels cannot hold out thirty days longer
if victory crown our arms at Yorktown and
COrnth. Their case IS a thousand times more
desperate than our own, with trightful debt
engulphing and sapping the very marrow of
their resources for support, and still increasing
at the rate OF over four millions day. il is utter
ly impossible for them to hold out and defeat TO
them, gives us back New Orleans. the MlssIsSp-
pi, Tennessee Kentucky, Missouri, and all our
conquered territory. Let us look forward, then
to the bTightand cheering prospects of the future
for this summer shall see our troops IN Kentucky.
if not across the Ono, and our gallant boys rev
cling in the halls of PorkoPolis,
The weather continues fine The enemy is re-
pairing the reads as he advances, in order to in-
sure a speedy and safe " back track, which he
will undoubtedly have the pleasure of making.
They are making every preparation, with hoSpI-
tai boats al Savannah and PittsbuTg, for their
wounded, AID everything denotes the extent and
anticipated slaughter of the great struggle
A freight train has just come in an reports
having run into a train coming up befo-c them,
last night, at Pocahontas killing two men and
wounding two Others.
No movements Of the enemy to-day whatever