Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-18
BY WCLANAEfAN & DILL.
- APPARIrloN oF - swosp


1 Dut one DAY 8 u16Tch IN advances OF the grOun
on which they fought The rebels, who it j
now sscsrtained had at the most 50, ,000 men, q
opposed TO cur 10000, remain deienlly in from
ana stubbornly hold Harper's Ferry; while the,
cifset their Losses in Ghe battles of Sunday
Tuesday snd WedEesdsy, BY en equal numse
OF Our dead and WOGnds3 By all fair rules o
esiculatiOn, thsEsfoTe, Ltsie Mac has got th'
1 VERT Of this sHbreos Of strength for admitting
results 80 have bsos sQaAl Ia the field, we ar
leeors Of TIE grsst pest Of Hsrper's Ferry; loser
also Of the IA SOC EaeR who we're struck dead
1 thefein from q Our army rsllsi and losers slso
ef ali the vast supplies of fo0d and arms by
which the esPtors are now enabled to remain
within our neighborhcod. Il would seem, there
! fore thst Little Mac, with bis 10000 men, hi.
/ 10000 IN HsrPcTs Ferry, ard bis 3 600 aivBn
/ ciug from PeunsylvBnis, hss lot been so success
I ful as be thought, when he dictated his recenl
\ dazzling telegrsms, ard that his Cict0ries On
! these last occasions, are very much oE The same
character e. those which he Aunouacsa at York
iowa, where he did BOT lake 8 wagon, and pro
claimed rem tas mud al Turkey Bend, when
tie esemy leisurely fell beck siter having penned
! him in that pig-siy Of TIRE James.
/ All military authorities say, that the frst rule
Of victory, is to follow up yonr adversary; and
/ that however distressed and exhausted may be
/ your own condition, you must pour your cav
airy upon bis retiring columns, and dszOTsiizs
\ hin 20 ths Utmost II yea cannot dc that, the
mOsi you can claim is 9 drawn battle; bat if tbs
enemy walks of Gs his leisure, unaistug5ed and
gTasps, at the same dDs, your best fortress as
be gOos-OUtEumb beriBg yoa in csptives, also,
ten 70 Cne, it requires bat very little frankness
10 admit, that you havegot the worst fit. We
fear, however, that Little Asc in this last brii-
liant effor of his genius, was terribly hanpsTei
as he has slUsys beer, by those rsscallY sbOi-
z f-z--
doubtless, even at thstvery moment, conducting
FIRE in his rear. Il may be, too, that that
sUpeT-brillisHt fslios-, Fiiz John Porter, wh0
/ looked or and refused to fight al CentorvIlle,
/ really disappointed our Young Napoleon, on this
/ occasion, by MS7furnishiss reinlorcements, in
/ the crisis cf the fKkt, 81 the several calls o.
/ PlsasAntoB agd BQTnside but whatever the
cause Was Mcclellan sgs5D, tbosgh in superior
/ force, bTOEght a no spoil and reapsd no We
/ teTF, but ons which ike al bls previous tn
umDhs, left him stiIl loser both IN troops and
arms. We dwell somewhat on this general re-
sult, because it is due not only to the eRiogists
who astsd Mac would row wind up the war,
! bUt due also 70 Mcclellan himself for it shows
l hsE dsspiy he is sks victim Of misfortune. In
deed Is is further due 50 biE il should be known.
Z that on setting cut frsm " AshiBgion, IN
pursuit Of Lee, he stated il was his con
yictiOn lie Was too late. though he
would do the best he could - but then how
could bis ingenious nature suspect Lee after be
Was found and fought With Of such sn un-
worthy aTtihce, as change Of base, during
truce for the mere burisi Of the dead? Thus
trescheTy and deception involve tle fortunes OF
our ittle gensTal Is every step be takes, and The
worst of Is Is. We are constantly aeigzted with
slarm that bis perssvering III luck may, ct a9y
moment, swamp the country Bis c=ution,
however is a great relisuCe. He took tea days
to I'd the enemy IN MsFylsnd, over road OF
hsreiy fifty miles Indeed, be might not have
found bim then, had net The enemy turned and
looked for him). and il is now two weeks since
ne met him and dtfsate9 HIM and he has not
followed him yet We are told that be is afraid
the P0tomsc may rise behind him and TINS en-
baFTass his retreat, bat we have heard q really
great general say, within day OF tWo, thai
such consideration q unEo oEtby the mssleT Of .hs
situation O,beTs, more iuYidioUs, have sus-
pecied Little Mac Of want OF courage and even
ihs Secretary Of War has said, within lle week,
" ConfCuad him, be will never put himself under
fire, nor permit Figz John PortsT 30 90 so
ciaher - bUt probably Such criticisms do Eors
harm thsa good, and Little Mac b8d better psss
for g hero 50 long - he continues in The
-fisld. His Tuis as q master of the situation
Is bat brief, aud ne should not be too much
worried while i lesls Moreover, il is not sb-
sOiUtely necessary c0mmGnosT-in-chief should
be man Of courage, though it would be better
he possessed that quality. He can get along
HithOut i, and if utter eXlgeucy reg ulre MIN to
dash along the lines, be may sssk those lOea-
tons for display which do not inPeIil bis in
pOrtsnt person This vas his rule throughout
the battles Of tha PeRinaEla, where be never was
oRcs tTitsin TIE whistle et ball; aud the same
prudence must have beeR the law with him a.
Autetam or We shoUld never have heard the
above remark from Secretary Stanton.
When Young Napolson vii move Egain, 40
prescieBce can tell. Is should be satisfactory
to poor civilians that though tAe army was nos
sent to ShsrpsbaTg to be safe, that It IS safe,
neVertheless; and on that basis, let uI all fiEd
margin for the pFsyer, that God, in his goodness
viii soon get febtiDg joe Hooker well again.
In looking over this queer cs1psiEn Of Mary
land, we are foTcibly reminded Of some Of the
leading features Of McClellan's operations in
the Peninsula, and in tie recent complications
Of the late movements at Manassas. TIE re-
port Of General Hooker, iA another column
viii shsw thst when gc might have crushed
the enemy At Williamsburg BY reiBforcomeuts
and pursuit, those reiht0Tcsmsnls were re
fused L WAS SUMNER who had charge Of
the reserves on which Hooker made his rsquisi-
ton, bat that comnandsr justifss himself by
saying that Under his orders he could not let
Hooker have them. At the late battles OF Cen
tefviIe, where Pope and his Grmy were tseri-
feed to the Jealousiss Of West Point, the same
scene was re-enacted,, On the Sunday previous
Hooker and Franklin landed with their divisions
at Annapolis. The former actussea BY 4 6ght-
ing impulse found fsuT days Of battle previous
to the next Sunday, extriesting Pope by beating
EWell on the frst, while Franklin, one Of the
pei generals of NcClslsn, did not fnd 3 single
one. On the Wednesday during which AicClel
L. = H.
ceive5 en- order from General Halle3k e. place
himself within easy supporting distance OF Gen
PcPe; and q copyof this CTdar was sent 10 Pope
al the same dms by HaIsek, IN order that be
might know what were his TeiaHcss Pope. on
the strength Of this order requested Franklin
aud Sumner to come Up, aud be asked from
Mcclellan ratioRs and forage for bis horses
They bad been nearly two days without food
snd the road to Mcclellan was al the wsy with
in our lines. The answer Of the general who
Tscsivsd tAis appeal, and knew its vitsI ch.Tac-
ter, was, that ii General Pope would send q
eqCatTg sEcort (ths distance nearly tkirty mies)
he should have the desired supplies. When /
received this answer" says P0pe in his report
i gsvs up ell hope, for l could not withdrew
any portion Of ny force from the front. and if
shouid gain any advantage of the enemy bad
no means, withoVt cavalry, Of following It uB.
The reiDiorcsmshts under Generals Sumner and
Franklin were likewise withheld dll Sat
urday, and on the final day Of strife F.iz John
Porter, with his diyisisE, Rnd Griffin, with his
troops stood silt in presence Of the enemy. and
refused 70 light EvSn tie very soldiers who
bad been tampsred With By some OF the gen.
erals Of the Peninsula, and taught to desgiss
Pope for that opening proclamation which re-
heeted upon their strategic idol, se.ed badly,
and with such expressions as damn Pope p
80 bel with Pope!" foUgat maoday, disgustsd-
y, and almost threw down their srmse
While this shuddoring spectacle was in.couse
at CenteryIle, Little Mac, who refused the
forBge and the rations to the soldiers Of the
Union, is reported by the Washington Chroniele,
ore Of his organs, edited by J5hn W. Forney,
as having sat upon the hill-side, in the midst Of
/ his beloved staff, +suietiy smoking his seger,
while the booming Of the guns bore 90 his car
I the note Of battle" "AeCleilan, eOBtinBss the
/ ChT0niels, twas cool and quiet. Ha Stated shat
/ Pops vas ettacked-ihat he would be defested
that his own neble men whom hs loved As