Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-19

he time Of rs maturity. Nj Lincoln viii
perhaps fnd il easier 20 take kiehAend 81 SONS
iadssal.e period, than within ninety days ana
be viii surely have less trouble 10 establishing
hss authority over the city ,sAsH IL falls lhsa
hjare it falls
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phieA tha flsaah napslsgi Ia lhs recess q bis
eapAoeua miad hss d]sHsiisly resolved uFsH
Having ashad tho so a]psfaiien Of Eeslsaa Ia
proposing 10 medlsls. ~ ~ ses q courtesy
egsn q duty, taWaei his powerful ally, and fs
ea,vsd aa pniageFabla aaswsf, be viii Basl
efaf mediation On bis oWB responsibility. snd
la tbs event OF iha refusal % the uailsa statss
he va a. onos recognise the Independence Of
no Confederate slAiea aud proceed 10 form
treaties Of commerce aud nmlty with The gov
eminent Of Jefferson Dayis. and declare that
ths1fade between the two Countries shall not DO
interrupted The immense advantages that
| France will derive rem such q course cannot
have failed to impress strongly so sagscieus a
man as Louis Napoleon, and this view Of the
ma,ser lends probability to the statement Of HE
new plans. an not disposed to pursue The
phantom # fog,ign Intervention into further
embArrsssmenss but give the substance ct these
private letters as the very latest direct news
rem Europe that we have upon the subject
There was a very bold plan Of escape con
csIyed and carried cut in the peDitentisry Of
Virginia last night by which three c%onvicts
gained their liberty. The consPirstors, eight or
I ten in number, contrived to cut their way
through half q dozen brick walls, and thus
reached the main yard Of the building, from
which they assembled to the top Of the female
prison overlooking the outer enclosure, and
thence proceeded to make their descent extern
ally by means Of a long rope attached to The
lightning rod. TIE fnst three succeeded IL
reaching the ground and quickly made of. The
fourth sdventurer, by the breaking Of the rops
kst 3 very short distance from the top Of the
building, was precipitated some twenty-five Of
thirty feet to The pavement below, and Wa.
found by the sentry, upon relieving guard, I'M
helpless and hopeless condition. The rest o
the prisoners, engaged in the desperate enter
prise, finding their rope broken, snoaked bsci
to their cells.
The plan, bold As it was, would have fslet
had the Waterman Of the Psnipsntary been vigi
liant, but these worthless bobh within and with
cut a0sre asleep at the time Of the enlargement
relying, it would seem, on the superior fdelt,
Of a small ice dog O. to give the alarm, al
animal that the convic!s of course killed befor
ANYTHING else was done. The rngleaders il
this escape belonged atom time to the Tige
Rifles in Wheats louisiana battalion. a corp
which has let loose upon Richmond the mos
desperate cutthroats and scoundrels that ever
city was cursed with. They have managed, i
! the majority Of cases, to elu3e the e~orseriE
officers upon the expiration e their terms
enlistment, and scarcely q week passes thai y,
= do not hear of some new enornity committe
r BY q nember Of the gang.
awe hear from the Times that Burnside is q
, ready now to attempt the passage Of the Rsr
$ ~pahannock, bat that as yet no signs of such
movement are visible. Our army . reported
n in the most excellent condition, and eager to II
e.oel,s;ors 9th The Yankees. Ice, l.ongslrel
and jackson, the two Hills, and Stusr, are a
within the roll Of the drum which shall beat
= arms. and tbs ambulance corps here holds itse
! Fin readiness to proceed to the scene Of action
! a moments warning. The weather to-day
4 sin ing with frost, ard the wind at It's eolde
= point. Five days continuance Of this temper
ture viii blockade the Potomsc and fix the gu
q boats in the les pack, anywhere within thir'
: miles Of fredericksburg. bat then the suHetir
3 o. our brave troops win be 50 intense that
can hardly dare to wish for it.
Counterfeiting has become q mania. l So
+ to-day a Richmond corporation note for sevent
n FIVE cente, executed e~htirely toih a pen, priutin
- numbering and all, and SO sdmirably done ii
it bad passed probably through hundred haR
q without detection, the paper being worn doV
to ragged edges. Il must have cost the ecu
t~erfeiter two days hard work to execute t
m note. Think of the patient labor required {
this dishoHsst trick, with the hope Of only Sc
- enty-fve cents reward, snd sly if counterfeitr
if has not some u~nseoountabls fascination for
m mind DIXIE.
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