Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-07
A FedernI PInn for summer Opernlions

A Federal Plan for summer Operations
From the ST. Louis Republican.
The summer months are fast approaching, du
ring which active and extensive military opera
tions in the gulf States will be almost lmpossI-
Bile. Ere the end of May Gen. Mcclellan viii
have nearly freed Virginia and, following the
retreatng foe he, with Gen. BuTnside and, VIII
soon leave North Carolina bare OF any extensive
force.
As Gen Beamegard's amy now lies, II has
but two ways of retreat If deteated-e!lher 10
| Memphis or southwark, over eastern MiSslssppl'
If badly worsted in the expected fight, retreat
| to Neuphis bv Gen BeauTegard would only be
a iuske-shift But should he retreat southwark
he will not only keep open his communication
with his reserve at Charleston, Augusta. Mobile
| and New Orleans, but subject our pursuing army
| 70 all the disadvantages of malarious climate
! Besides. expenses of transportation viii become
| enormous 70 oUr army. Such retreat ought to
! be prevented if possible
With a view 20 the approaching warm wealth
CT we doubt not the idea Of q military Gordon be-
| tween tn" LalEconquered and the gulf States has
suggested itself TO Cen HaIeck. And nature
has more opportuneIy offered such "a inc in the
right place and art has even lent her hand in
improving it.
Upon q, Hse from Beaufort North Carolina. TO
Memphis, a long stretch of the Appalachian chain
can br made most available In forming such
Inc. Striking the mountains IN the western
part Of North Carolina, the line. without iuron-
venicnt detection, may be carried either through
the mountains of upper Georgia or along the
Cumberland mountains to Chattanooga-thercc
70 Huntsville. Florence and Memphis.
A. Ccrinth, the surface is about SIX hundred
foot above thp Mississippi; Florence is about
iitccu hundred feet; Huntsville over two thou
sN.
Mountains IN s"utha cslern IenneSs"r AMI upprr
jcorga, arc five Thousand ie.7 above thu invalo
he sea. However warm th" t1# may b.. ir,
ughts are always cool and delicious. l.yr# 500
Az down rs Athens. Georgia. one Euds "a quilt O.
ouvenipucr IN -n Augusr night An alligator |
ut into the STATE University botanical gardens. !
id mot survive the ffuSts of October. HUNS
lille, Tailuiah Falls Georgia.. and several orh-r
points. are summer resorts for planters from !
he coast region and "a northern army would !
enjoy the .' hUgest" health IN the regions spck DO
If Aud heoitH-siuce more die I'm hospitals thar
N the battle tield-sbould be the prime cousid !
sration of general in all his movements
The mountainous regions Of North Carolina. |
Georgia and Tennessee are repie'e with the |
coolest springs; but II IS in Alabama that are TO
be found some of the largest natural springs in |
the world. Al Bsleionlaine, DWELL Uame5) in !
Jackson county, is the first of these remarkable !
springs. It's cool waves break from q limestone
cleft, and run off a stream large enough TO carry
a dozen saw mills. Between BsilefOntaue and |
Huntsville, by the roadside another wells Jp |
NON among some limestone bouldprs, and forms |
a rivuet two or three treet deep At Huntsville |
is another, and still another at Tuscumba |
neither giving out less than five thousand gal |
Ions a minute. From all these we have drank |
the drink Of gods and men" We presume |
there are many others.
The occupation Of this line IS of vast impor-
tance, in railroad point of view. It cuts the
between Charleston and Richmond |
at Raleigh it sewers Virginia from the South
west by breaking the road at Chattanooga, and |
it cuts Memphis from Charleston Besides it |
renders the Cumberland and Tennessee useless
to secession and with the Mississippi wholly
ours, the rebels will have bat a small share left
Of the magnificent slice carved from the Union
by secession ordinances.
By occupying this line during the hot months,
We shall possess, through the media of the Mis-
3issippi, the Tennessee and the Cumberland, the
cheapest possible means of subsistiur the army.
Should the foe in the gulf States make head for
4 fight, he would have 10 do on the ground we
chose for him or should the fragments of forces
eft in the hat-conquered rebel States be trouble
iome, our army would always be in striking
distance
Another advantage Of such q military line
would bo this While We should keep the more
yTulent secession hoTdes upon their own dung
leaps we should give North Carolina Tenncs-
ice, etc, time 10 chew the Cui OF rehect,ou-to
axe the sober second thought and these
Iided by the advantages OF gradually re0pening
rsde, may 10 more than bayone.s IrwiL la
that several towns la upper Alabama
,ept the Union flag flying even after the Sta e.
eceded; the mountainous regions Of North
yarolina and Georgia have few slaves and
ence ike East Tennessee, aIe strongly i'm
ibed with Union sentiments.