Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-02
LETTER rE0yI aECw7soyD.
spa-I-. C0-1a7poraaaco Of tho AqpoaLI
RICHMOND, April q, 1862.

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/ RICHMOND, April q, 1862.
Memphis has almost become non.extart tr
! Richmond knowledge and perception Tbovsry
, latest paper received from thero bor3 date the
/ s:h of this mon.h-anl have the ET-r-H Of
/ no-y recent publication. The occupation o.
Huntsville and Dscatu- by The TauEeor r-c5u,s
for .he interruption OF the mails, bu. there ougL.
to be some way Of sending letters aal papers be-
tween our two cities, and it seons TO your cor
respondent that by tho Longest possible route The
aarvlce ought 70 be performed in-tbrtaen days.
! But where is the APPEAL Of the 9h7 The only
vehicle Of intelligence to Us Of what has been 90
| ing on in Memphis and It's vicinity has been the
New York press. through which we learned the
unve'como tiding5 Of tho fall Of Island No. 10,
with an the dis7rrceahIe particulars Of tho sur
render
Tho Yankca account was, doubtless, oztrava-
CANT prepared, as it was, for European effect, bu6
it aaams uuaccouutabla that The government,
which must have been fully informed Of the fall
Of the island sboU dnOt have made the public &C
uuaiuted with tire facts It's p miserable Dol .cv
which coEcOal5 the real truth from tho people,
who are far better able % bear bad news tla0
Presidents and cabinets suppose, and who
placed at once JIM jho possession Cf the unto
ward information can better prepare for roir.ov-
ing their misfortuucs. Per contra, if habi.ualIv
Eeps in ignorance of unfortunate events, they
are over apt 90 supply tho lack Of Trustworthy
iltelhgcrCe with all m1urer of illOmelcd con
lectures and reports, and TO believe the very
worst IN circulation, thus creating n pan i'm the
public mind IN tho highest degree d6gg-rB.e
ana mischiaVCuS. Not hearing f.on Memphis, I
know u95 what chances and changes hgya be-
fallen you since Island No 10 struck tho Com
federate C0loIs whether il las been shcllcd by
Yankee gunboa!s or evacuated by its aouthern
defenders, ia matte. Of psrpeZiug and painful
uncertainty.
Nor are inc citizens CG Il ahu9ul much better
Informed as 10 matters Of daily occurrence in
their own immedjgte uo.-hb1Iho1l Tho "sftu.-
tiyn" ia regarded as criucal at best bus vague
tarr1r- ana moody discomfort have been CngeU-
dered by the stuclCys Hlo successful Csro with
which the departments have lalIaTiy kept every
thing from the newspapers and the public We
know shat ETodGricksDurg has been given up TO
the enemy, that tI7 very ueagrr force we had
thero, burned, before refining, the hna railroad
bridge aud tho two toll bridges aero The Rap
pahsnuocb, together with a large quantity II
stores ana three steamboats,, Zone On aaa,n tic
St Nicholas, which yUG may Iogcllalt was tn
ken last summer by Col Richard Thomas, Zu-
vcua, "tEe French lady,') and tha5 tL8 s.ack
on the town was made not from the river. gut
from the Stafford shore. ] cay attack I mean
approach tor / grieva 20 wriLa that no gun was
fr,d on UuT side, and tile quiet, ancient ligl1
burg, famous through sll our history t1r ITS pat
retsm home OF tae mother of Washington;
fragrant of revolutionary memories, was au1u.
douet upon the lhoIo appearance of Size foe au
fpp .uU#asfg gr..a O tIn rrr.r o.. -.a.. q