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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-20

THE VAN HOUToS GUN-This breach-load-
ing cannon as tested by the Ordnance Depart
ment, Friday last, at Causton's Bluff We
learn the trial proved perfect success. Several
shots were fred at various degrees of elevation
and were thrown to an astonishing distance
with perfect precision. AS stated to US, there is
no gun yet invented that can excel the range Of
this Georgia gun. 1t was manufactured in
Rome, Georgia, about year ago, and was the
first patent granted by the Confederacy. Had
it been tested soon after it was cast there is no
doubt we would have had many batteries of this
really valuable gun ere this.
We prefer that the Yankees viii find out to
their amazement the range, and therefore omit
details in that particular
Mr.. Van Houton is a worthy mechanic Of Sa-
vannah. and 80 convinced was he Of the success
of his invention, that he expended al his means
in getting it up. We trust thst, now that it has
been tested, he viii reap the reward of his per
seversuce--Sa5aaHah Republican
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OWNER OF BUaGY WANTEDl

A \ oPEN-TOP BUGGY. bsdly brossa. was iss.
"A mont Of my boase ABOUT two months AZ. II,
owner is requested to cal aud AXE it away sud "a
sor ibis notice j TOVTV
ulhl8 De-ofo sfrr-E
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RE-ORGAEIZATI0N OF OUR FORMER LINE
OF DEFESSEs on THE PoToMAC.-We are
aware that considerable unessiness is manifested
on the part Of the public, on account of reports
of the falling back Of our forces from Manassas
and the upper Potomac. We may compose this
anxiety, at least to some extent, by the positive
assurances that these movements have not been
on account of any pressure of the enemy, but are
purely strategic Gen Johnston is understood
to have the confidence Of the administration to
such an extent that, as a singular exception, he
has the control and direction of military move
ments in his department entirely in his own dis
cretion. It is certain shat a new line of defense
is to be organized in Northern Virginia, aud that
the points have beon selected with view to the
best sUetegic advantage These points are not
yet indicated but it is thought probable that a
line of defense will be organized extending from
Gordonsvile to Staunton. a depot OF provisions
is now being established at the former place
Richmond Examiner
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EXEMPTIONS FROM MILITARY SERYICE-It
is proposed in Congress to enlarge the class Of
eXempts from military duty, at least considerably
beyond the restrictions Of our State Legislature
4 bill was reported yesterday to exempt all Of
hcers of the Confederate government, including
body custom house ofhSers and their necessary
clerks !; postmasters Of cities and towns, the
population Of which is not less than three thou
sand; persons actually employed in conveyance
of the mails; licensed pilots marinrs actually
employed in the sea service Of any citizen OF
merchant within the Confederate States and
all persons, of course, exempted by the laws Of
their respective States. The bill was made the
special order for Saturday, Richmond ELaBsiHeT.
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The great irregularity of the mails, for some
time past, has been a greatsouree of annoyance to
the public generally, butte be deprived Of postal
facilities altogether, as has been the case the last
two days, is unbearable It is to be hoped that
the difficulty viii be remedied soon, and in the
mean time our readers must be patient
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A BARGAHN

I OFFER for sale ny place Of residence az ~
a $500 situated aooot three gusFt=rs of fzissst
Station, the Memphis ard Ohio kaiiroad -
containing 10 100 acres. The ground lies vel su5
ia very rich for gaIdeuirg purpo-es al enclosed i'm
-ruV-Enents G oa pal e5 garden, double frassH
house kifebs good sislern stables etc Far fsrthsr
partetsrs eail on ne St hs Register o "a southeast
eorpsr Of Court and Third streets
u1h20 ~ JAS W KING
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WANTER.

I ASD ny fairly az refugees IRON Coiumbrs E7.
l viii TO rent or lUsss Ho re, with lew o.
ground. In ths vicinity Of The city Col Scott took
ssion Of my residence lhe 27ih December las
by 0rdsr Of Gen Polk, sni eczd the quarters Of The
18th Louis ment immediately around the house.
In the destruction Of the quareIs oy Ere al NY prop
erty destroyed Any iu orraa let this Office
will Be thankfully received.
mh2o-3ts IT. MCCLURE
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( 4 IL Stores for The Ord-suee Department =
n future be received az 6irsu ada Nj q. fhs 81
u,eaf pay ns the uanspo teton Of the came srrs,
phi@ W. RICHARDSON HFNs
mnloS Ordnance OHea. a. s.
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There is reason to believe that few favored
parties are allowed unfair privileges over others
in the shipment of cotton from our seapOrts,
and that it is not done for the benefit of the gov
eminent, in procuring arms, ammunition and
army supplies The cotton thus shipped, in
many instances, no doubt, reaches northern
ports for the use of northern factories, and that
too, it is suspected, BY full understanding and
concert with the southernshippers. It's alleged,
in an anonymous pamphlet recently published
that there are licenses granted by the Lincoln
government, and secretly held there by parties
in the South to ship cotton from southern ports
and that the vessels going out with cotton are
permitted to pass through the blockading fleets
Whether this he true or not-whetheT any of
these suspicious haze any just foundation or not
it is a noticeable fact that we very seldom hear
Of the capture of vessel going out of a south
ern port with cotton.
1t is notorious that many vessels loaded with
cotton have run the blockade, and the fact in
each case has been blazOned in the newspapers.
Doubtless, many more vessels, less conspicuous,
have quietly done the same, and nothing was
said about ii.
The reason for this may be that the former
set were known to have brought in a gaid pro
guO-they brought arms and army supplies
But the others came from, the public knows not
where, and brought nothing to help the southern
cause They may have brought Yankee cheese,
onions, Goldfish and potatoes, direct from the
North. Who knowsl
This whole matter requires close scrutiny.
Our government should exact and enforce rigid
embargo ON cotton, with single class Of excep-
tions Vessels bringing in articles and supplies
needed for the army and for the public defense
should be allowed to invest the value Of the same
in cotton. If they run the blockade going out
as successfully as coming in, the parties earn
double profit. If captured, we, at least have
got, In advance, an equivalent for the cotton,
even though it fall into the hands of the enemy.
augusta Constituencies
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E a story is told of a da' ing, reckless Sc
cession st, named Shields, who, when Kossuth
Nashville, attending the hoisting Of the polluted
stars aud stripes, rode up to him and asked if he
intended to afford protection to the women and
children Nelson replied that he should not an
swer the question. If you do not" said
Shields, drawing pistol, shall blow your
brains out on the spot - Certainly" replied
Nelson, quaking with fear, Z" intend to afford
protection to the women, of course"
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY,

The Circulation OG the DAILY
APPEAL Is larger sham tiaHt OE
the DAILY CIGy Press Combined.
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News OF THE STEAMER NASHVILLE AT THE
NORTH-The New York Herald considers the
safe arrival Of the Nashville in Confederate
port as piece Of good news for the United
States. 1t says:
The reported arrival of the rebel steamer Nash
vile at Wilmington, North Carolina, is cOnsid
cred rather good news than otherwise, as it is
taken for granted that the Navy Department
viii see to it that she does not again slip out to
sea Ever since she left Liverpool, and was
known 20 be aAOat on the high seas, there was
not a shipowuer ths. looked at the marine lists
without an apprehension that he would read
there, some tine morning, of the capture or de-
strUction Of some vessel pursuing her voyage 70
or from Europe. The underwriters lists show
that there are, to-day, between seventy and
eighty New York vessels, belonging to this port
alone, ON the track which the Nashville must
have taken, and, under the circumstances, it Is
marvel that all of them have escaped.
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Ey>It is question deserving and demanding
attention and answer whether crayens who have
guns, pis ,Ols OF swords, which they will not use
in defense of their wives and homes, should be
permitted to charge more than three times the
original cost, when good citizens and true men
offer to purchase. No good merchant or trades
men viii become broker or agent for such cow
ardly extOrtioners
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SDecial Ordera.

HEADQ JARTERs fsr GRAND DIVISION
Afl3Ey OF TUE MISSISSIPPI
HUHBOL0T. TEN. March -. 1854
IL ofieers aud soldiers Of this Division absent Fr8l
"a their cofu1aauds Eye ordered 20 Join their ressse-
svs corps immediately Any ofsobedisuca OF ttis or
der viii be visited In summary aad severe puni b
By order ef EaIor-General POLK
GEO. WILLIAMSON,
mhR0IE Assisfa1t A7 7i-tan--taeuarsI
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FOR SALE f!

A GOOD FAMILY RESIDENCE. three -
"A miles ssst Of Court So 1ars. With twenty i5Tsf
ore scres On il is choics variety of Euits III
ana shrubbsry. For further Fartic.fLars ap -1--.s
ply ~ 6AWL.JOBE,
T'h20 80 A. Rcrrimans TevTeirF Store.
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ARMs.-Sixteen hundred muskets, in boxes
marked British pat ern of 1851" passed
through this city yesterday, en- route for Gen.
Van Dorm, Arkansas These boxes are an in
stalment Of ten thousand similar guns which ar
rived at a certain port in Florida not long since
on board Of a steamer There is reason to be-
lieve that the steamer which bore Mr. Yancey
also brought arms, and others are on the way
Mobile Register, 18th
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CHEAP, FOR CASH.

I HAVE in chsrgs several piecsssf RIsAr. ES-
L perfect tt ss-5h ch ere offered dJg f5r ~
y. 9HAHa
mhIs1w 80 49,
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FOR SALE.

Ak Is ACRES OF LAND. two miles =.
-teJ cry. on the German Own o. sfats II
rrice-ave hundrea dllars per sc-e. cash
the Bank Of Memphis 70 " q Nrs,.-e ~
or Ina elwl W CPO
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4 RESPEOTABLH WOMAN OF GiRr,. osa
"A 20 do the gen raj houss wolk ef s srsn Il
stsly on O. M0TIFR 0-t7-i
mills iw taI 49, -
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rae E.ate Naval victory In the Ronds.

Our late victory, achieved by the Merrimac,
was rendered more complete and conspicuous by
an official dispatch received yesterday By the
Secretary OF War, stating that the large Yankee
lrigate, the Minnesota, which was known 10 have
been much injured in the recent fight, had been
blown up about three o'clock in the morning by
the enemy themselves. This report was, how
ever, confirmed by no further dispatches received
at the department yesterday and late in the
evening it was considered to be diseredited BY
the positive assurances Of passengers from Nor
folk that the Minnesota had not been destroyed,
but had been tcwed off by the enemy
The accounts of our victory received by the
government state that all the crew of the Cum
berland were lost at the time Of her being sunk,
with the exception Of some sixteen OF seventeen,
who were taken prisoners The Cumberland
was not sunk by the guns of the Merrimsc, but
was run into by her. The formidable iron cieav-
er OF the " Norfolk Turtle parting her sides
aud sending her to the bOtt0m.-RiehHIOad EI-
aHlJHer.
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ARREST OF ANOTHER COUNTERFETER-
1t has for some days been known TO Mr.. Good
rick, employed as a detective to track and arrest
the parties who recently robbed the Gthograph
establishment of Hoyer & Ludwig of a large
amount Of Confederate notes, that William II.
Crawford, alias Elem Razor, was some where
secreted in this city. EncOunteTing last Sun
day a member of the McCulloch Rangers, and
feeling certain he knew the whereabouts of Ra-
Zor, he told the ranger to tell Razor he might as
well deliver himself up, as sooner or later he
(GOodnck) would catch him. During the eve
ming Of Sunday Razor sent Goodrich word that
he would deliver himself up to him, but to no
one else, and accordingly, On yesterday morn
ing, an designation having been agreed upon,
Razor did give himself up. lie was immediate
y carried before Commissioner William Z.
Watson, by whom he was committed for trial.
Razor protests thar he had nothing to do with
the counteTieiting, but Acknowledges having
given the hundred dollar (eounterteit) note to
Pndgeon, which PridgeOn gave to James TyTer.
Razor gave the officer information which viii
most probably lead 70 the recovery Of the main
bulk of the stolen notes. The girl Annie,
C. what the audience throwed the eggs at at
Metropolitan Hall viii be brought over from
Petersburg as a witness With Razor it Is be
lieved, the last Of the men engaged in the trans
action Of the printing, eoUnterfeiting, and show
ing the treasury notes, has been arrested
Richmond Examiner.
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NEW ROUTE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO Texas
The Franklin (St Mary parish) Planters Ban
Her says;
Mr. j. B. Price has lately concluded an ar
rangement with the Postmaster General of the
Confederate States to change the present mail
route from New Iberia 70 Texas, by way Of Lake
Charles and Niblett's Bluff to a route nearer the
coast. The new route will be run by stage fifty
miles, from New Iberia 10 Lopez Ferry on the
Mermenton river, thence by steamer Cricket
down the river through Lakes Arthur and MeF-
mention to Callahau's Bluff, near the mouth Of
said river; thence along the beach ridge to the
mouth OF Calcasieu aad Fort Davis; thence
along on the beach to Sabine City, and by steam
boat and railroad to Beaumont and Houston.
The coast country along the route is said to be
beautiful. 1t is settled by small planters OF
farmers, who raise Sea Island cotton, Iiee, to-
bacco and cattle The country abOunds in game
Of various kinds
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Es-A joint resolution declaring that public in
tsrests demand that the planters Of the Confed-
erate States do away, as much AS possible, with
the raising.of cotton, and devote their energies
to the raising Of provisions, such as cattle, hogs,
and sheep, has been adopted by the Confederate
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PRRSnElI.

MR.. MATT. GRACE viii greatly obige bis friend
VI " he viii convey Information through the Pcsk
Once where he can Be found
r1hR0 IL CHRFgTTAE FRFgH
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NOTICE.

fNHE oTn rs Of Cotton, suzsr snd N5fsssss stor
4 in our Warshouse. are here , notified 10 clear
'a9 9siss. sI9s inn'd a''ly' Bavk ypor,s,
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Notice

4 IL claims sgainss lhe MEMPHIS u0d
"A REBELS, must be present d 10 psrrls7f
Salk sf Menphis, bs'crs SATURDAY. ~ IA H.
mhi3 81 81 j nfCEN o.
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WANTED, IMMEDI4TEt.V.
NOTIGRt

4 GpLoRED WOMAN. 70 cook. aud be- 20
a rs nj Apply a. LOaAE & FAYSN
un-.l- = D -l-------
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YALUABLE REAL 80
FOR SIZE i!

THE undersigned offsrs for sale ihs follow -
4 in3 properly Six three story BRICK Ef5ssi
RESIDENCES, IN ene block. on Poplar street. iiH
between Aain and s. eond e8ssA
One unmprovsd LOT, on Poplar street below sarIl
street One Lot on Ma n sirest, opposite Ogerton
tel. aud many oth-r small Houses Also Lots III -.
neghborhood Of the city Aiso. i.ards in Arkansas
The above viii be srli good terms for Couf5de
rae States notes Apply 70
nh2o Nv STREET
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HRRE,S YnUR CnWi

T HAVE for sale a No ] HILGH COW. FS-s1<s,g
1 cheap for cash, ard stin c1saper on 2 80
sredt she Is COW a 0usht 20 b.. a,-s1
Call At my Office corner Beal and Hernanio srTe .
mhanA% p DR0EGOoTE
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~ The New Orleans vigilance and safety
committee have passed a resolution, denouncing
all that trade in money to the injury Of the Con
federate notes as traitors, and such course is
urged on the Mobile safety committee to adopt
also- Since the Mobile safety committee adopted
this course, coin is in no demand and the last
sale was az % per cent less than week ago.
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NOTICE.

DARTIES having claims Linst The State Of Ten
II nessss or Coufed-rase States, contracted by me-
AID the hodrs of cerh for the issue o. Coulsde
rate Bonds vii pTeseot them inmediasy a. ny o6es
10 DeSOto Block for payment
THoS. PETERS
uh20 w Avalancha copy ~ ard p. O a.
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YANKEE KANSAS STILL BLEED
EG.-The Governor, Auditor, and Secretary Of
State Of Kansas were some months since en-
trusted with the sale Of certain State bonds,
which they disposed of in New York at eighty
five and ninety-five cents on the dollar, and re-
turned them as sold at forty and fifty cents on
the dollar. quauel between Gov. Robinson
and the notorious Jim Lane caused the exposure
of this heavy s"inding transaction. The par
ties have been unanimously impasohed D. Jle
Legislature nt ttSalss.s now in session. It seems
as if all Ysnkeedom had turned its attention to
stealing.
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on YES! Oh YES (!

ONE more chance for choice SUGAR and HOLAs-
Rub 70 the Arcsds
We keep 10 the trade
mh2nIt N q CAFgE A. SON. Aucrz
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u There has been much talk about leather
and the want thereof, for harness uses for the
government A substitute has been found. so
far as traces and chains are wanted. Simple oak
or hickory splits can be used for heavy OF light
loads We are assured that every part Of a
harness, even to bride and collar, can be made
from hickory or oak splits. 1t has been proved
that wooden hoops can be successfully used in
baling cotton, in place of hempen rope IN fact
an entire wagon harness, which costs in leather,
at this time, from fifteen to twenty five dollars,
can be furnished, Oh almost any plantation, for
a few dimes.-N o. Crescent.
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WANTED.

TO hire, BY the month, or yea-. e Ercrrf
Il NAN. for Snrss-Jns thai i a GOOD Ts-55
lfonef Apply a. BoOESrOE'
mhloAW zfl Nan 81
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ocruPArEoN OF PARIs.

Scouts'who arrived at Humboldt on Friday, re-
port the occupation of Paris by Federal force
ten thousand strong, on Monday evening last.
No resistance was offered by our troops in the
vicinity, as the force Of the enemy was known
4, ha n,-arrr helninc
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PROBABLE CONFERENCE.-The Ricbmol

PROBABLE COAIMANDER.-Ihe Richmond
correspondent of the Charleston Mercury says ;
Mr. Davis tavors General Lee as Com mand-
ing General This much can be- said for Lee :
If hs campaigns have not been brilliant, the
enemy have been checked wherever he has gone.
If be takes no advances, neither does the enemy.
If be is not rapid and daring, he is energetic,
and has forecast. His character is lofty and
spotless.
We all recollect what Scott was reported to
have said when Lee seeded from the United
States army: that be would rather have lost a
dozen of any of his prominent officers.
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= we'll Laid PLAN Defeated.

We find the following in a letter from Hunts
vile, published in the New Orleans Pieayane
I must relate to you scheme, which for the
time was kept a secret, by which the daring and
dashng Capt Morgan, Of the Kentucky caval-
~, came very near bagging Gems. Buell.,
Mitchell, and Kossuth Bull Nelson. 1t seems
that on Thursday week last, Squire Ensley, a
very rich man who lives on the Noiensville pike b,
five miles rom Nashville, in order to cOuciate
the Fsderals, invited these three worthless to dine
with him. Morgan found it out, and anxious to
get hostage for Buckner, concealed number
of his men in a canebrake, not far of and sta
toned three sets of pickets to watch the road,
which was also guarded by the enemy, intend
ing to seize the three Yankee generals on their
return from dinner. Unfortunately for the plot
two negro women of Ensley's passed up the
road, and discovering Morgan's pickets, whom
they knew, gave the information to the Federal
generals, who, mounting their steeds, dashed
back at quarter race pace, and thus saved their
bacon.
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WANTED.

7 VAIMEDIA ATELY, fine pair young MULEs-n0t
/ p.Itisular about thsir matching a. TO color Apply
Al Gar Hou.s.
mhy0 % ID. COCkRHLLL
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FOR SALE!

A LOT OF HOUSEHOLD FURNI rURE cousiss-
"A irg o. Psrior BED ioom. Diniaz room and Kitchen
furniture. Also. a ease Bick House. Viii p has
three yesrs 20 VIII be -oli chssp for cash APP
ply a. No. firi01 st eet uh20 1t
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100 RRLA. FLOUR.

THE owners or shippers u lot Of Flour. PIT of
A the steamer H, AID now lying At the YER. below
Monroe street. Will please ea The on Ice Of the Pro-
Eost Marshal. Also, the ov1srs Of a los of WhiskY
and vsrious o,har articles put of TIE HILL
L. D NCEIsICK
rh2o It Provo-t Narshal