Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-29

! hundred and twenty miles from Richmond, we wer
i allowed 70 20 up in a sO'diers' train. All along the I'm
s we found flags waving from the mousse q M iSose M,
were leaving home, family, and profession for the rousI
3 realities Of active warfare, ,r-a.t,
Gen. Johnston, the chief - Of the army OF Virginia
Is a man who appear to be about the age OF iofty-hve o.
\ fifty In stature he is of middle size and possesses = pVs,
erful Gprigbt form, a quicy iatelhgeht 80, , en- gr
mannefis indicative Of that resoiuie de'eullnaagl l~
which he has always been distinguished Genera. poau
regard. the second in command, locks tWo1 r mIee yeaIl
younger, and bears in face strong mafNs p, ny yliei
while his features are those which generally chuiaeterlze
the gentlemen of Louisiana, his native State Sma
active and wiry he struck us Is a man capable OF uihg
nncb bard vrorS and enduring great fatigue. Gen. Gus
tavus Smith, late street commissioner OF NeM aoIh, he
schoolfellow and intimate friend o. Ger. MeCtenaa1 i
third in rank. He is taller than the other two broad.
shouldered. slightly inclined to flesh, with as honest and
Straightforward a eountenance as is possible 70 see All
shree were distinguished at West Point acaoemy' and
served afterwards with credit in the Mexican war, Nn'
doubted bravery, scientific atiaininenis mtmpedehed ~
tegity, kind disposition, and ioity patIlolsm, ae qeal-
ties which the army believe their three great eohmah-
ders to be endowed with. This conviction, added to the
surprising success that has hitherto crowned the southern
cause inspires II the ranks a confidence seldom TO be
found in newiy-raised battalions.
The first thing which struck US in riding through the
country was the respect which Is every where shown for
the rights Of property. Gentlenen's villas lie along the
roads over which many Thousand soldiers daily pass, and
we never Sav a piece of paliug burnt or a garden intru-
ded upOn and in the Villages the poultry aud pigs are
running about as in ines OF profound peace.
The appearance whcha regiment presents on parade,
is remarkable to the eye Of a European. Many are com
posed Of companies who have uniforms Of different col
ors; but in these ca es there is always some distinctive
badge by viii h their particular corps can be easily told
This defect, consequent upon the companies being raised
in different neighborho0ds, is being quickly remedied,
and we saws numerous regiments which had lately ar
rived, whose dress was all that the Horse Guards could
des re.
The personnel Of the army is very varied. For in
stance, In the Louisiata regiments are seea the bronzed
and hery-eyed French Creoies mingled with many Irish
and native Americans from New Orleans. The Ala
bainianS proud Of their gallant fth- their flying aftilery,
and ciher regiments, may be known by their strong
Hauss gay manners a4a synInay-ear air The South
reed the Palmetto to tell The stranger no So frol
which they come but IN al regiments It 4. easy Z pef
oeive differences in manner and bearing, indicative Of
the various classes Of which the amy is composed
Numbers Of wealthy planters serve as privates, side
by side, with the professional man, the shopkceper the
CLERK, the lsborer and all go through the ordinary
fatigue duties incident to camp life. We saw a poor
negro servant actually shedding tears because his master
on being told of 10 dig a rench around a battery, would
not allow him 10 q" end a hand"
Twill neber do, massa, he said; II go ternal mad
dem DID Yankees
One day we heard a lad Boosting to one Of a different
regiment Of the number Of gentlemen in his company
latter replied, on, Of course they night but we have
some in ours who have not got q cent?" The Washing
ton Artillery, composing many batteries, is composed Of
the best blood in New Orleans. The gunners, dressed in
Ugh blue uniforms, are all men of Independent means
Gen. Beauregardis son. for instance, left his fathers staff,
and entered as a private The drivers are regularly
enlisted into the army, and paid by the regiments 50
here is a force that does not cost the country a single
farthing. Their efficiency is undoubted, and the exucu-
ton which they did at Bul Run has led to their material
augmentation, and the formation Of others on similar
principles. From the same city comes a very different
regimen, called the New Orleans " zouaves, dressed in
red caps, blue braided Jtcket, and trousers striped with
light gray and red These men look like p~;rates-beard-
ed, Gsrcelooking fellows
Theirs to believe no prey, no plan amlsS7
Apparently, at least for, as they marched past he gen
eral with a long, swinging step. singing a wild martial
air. we thought they We're as Formidable a haiv Of men
"a we should ca TO see.
The drill Of the enemy is the same as the French, the
step even quicker. than the Zouaves, and a goofFdea
longer than that Of the English infantry. Movements
are executed with considerable precision, and Is rapidly
as in English light infantry batta' ions.
From the reports we lad heard ia the North. we ex-
pected 10 find ragged and haif-clad regiments; instead Of
which We failed, during many rides through the various
camps, to see one man who was not clad in serviceable
served out before the LIST of November, and that the dress
would then become uniform.
But the point 10 which chief attention Of officers and
men is directed is the arms. Besides the Enfield rifle,
most Of the privates in the army carry at least one To-
votyer and a bowieknue-these are invariably kept
bright and in good conotuon-and the early training
which all soatherners undergo in shooting squirrels, as
soon as they are able to handle a gun gives them q facil-
ity Of using their weapons and a correctness Of aim that
renders their fire unusually formidable
The eonlmissariat seemed 10 be most efficiently admin
isterpd
positions, wheIsce the different corps arc supplied in
wagons drawn by four horses, one Of which q negro gen
orally rides The resources Of the country produce the
fresh meat necessary for the enormous daily c0nsump
tion and We frequently saw scores Of cattle and sheep
drhen aiongthe roads from the condition Of whiehit was
evident that their journey had not been long. Iniecd, a
country gentleman Informed us that there were animals
enough in two counties Of Virginia, adjacent TO the seat
OF war to lasi the army for two years.
The time which we had allowed ourselves for our
American tour being nea1x speut-zsa- returned u &Svg
T0dS wlers we rUund most persons altogether in ignor
anee Of the feelings and intention Of the South and so
strong in the confidence generally rrposed in the numeri
cal strength Of fheiE vast army, the alleged efficiency Of
tie navy. and the grea. wealth Of The New England
States, that few persons are 10 be met with who think
gDomily Of the iu ure. The hundred Of contractors.
who ar making large fortunes blythe war, form no neon
siderable part OF tie public. The taxation consequent
upon the State spending nearly s3J0.030 a day, has not
yet fallen upon the people, while their worst passions are
excited by an interruptions and one-sided press. Better
men, and farmore true o the Constitution, than The gov
eminent, would then be heard Genius, virtue, integrity,
now languishing in Fort Lafayette. if too late 20 save the
Union. viii then at least be exerted to bind together what
remains. But, alasi a raging democracy now supports
a ministry which bears no reproof and will endure 10
criticism; and signs pregnant with those consequences
e~lOqGentiy predicted by Sir Bullver Lytton are rising in
the political horizon.
Gen. Fremont has been removed from the command Of
an army over which he possessed undOubted influence
and although no success has hitheitO attended its efforts
the supporters Of the Union in the West are ardent ad
mirefs Of its late chief Whether he is destined to be
conc the head Of an Abolition Cabinet at Washington
or the dictator Of a Northwestern republic, we cannot at
tempt 70 foretel; but we mistake the character Of the
man if he be cOnteBted long 10 remain in q subordinate
/ position Ohe tulhgi however Il certain us fenoNa
win n2t ehec; southern politics. By this measure, O
course, Dir. Lincoln wishes 20 impress upon the seeded
States that III bis intention now 10 preserve the insti
tuition in all its integrity; bat such q policy is too late
The South cannot believe in mFn who, merely catching
az a straw, repudiaie in the hour Of peril the doctrines
which they have hitherto held, and to which alone the1
| oYe their Advancement
In these islands, Of course we all pray for universe
emancipation. We have made enormous sacrifices IN tn
cause ourselves bt we cannot help synpathizug wit
ten millions Of people struggling for Independence no
can we think that the condition Of thenegro in the 5 nth
ern States will remain long what 1t now Is, but that,
European intercourse be established with the Conieis
raey. and she be admitted into the family Of nati1nl
commerce, always favorable 70 freedom, will then grad
uaIly, bat surely, effect far more humane results tha
those WHICH the most sincere aboliionist can ever a
tain.