Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-22

ington city almost, and invited bis attack, yet he
did not venture to engage them He was dis
cipl ming and periecting bis grand army OF IN
vasion. AT length this work was accomplished
to his own entire satisfaction. as we know by
his grandiloquent addresses, and he gave the
cheering note Of the onward movement" and
went with his 90 splendid troops 70 Old Point.
As soon as be reached this position, be discov-
cred that be had Gen. Johnston " in a rot trap, -
and sent word to Lincoln that he should soon
make ths whole rebel army prisoners But the
mastery retreat Of our forces from Yorktown,
and the severe check subsequently given to the
pursuing column at Fort Magruder. near VIII
liausburg, materially modified bis views lie
vas none the less confident, however, Of push
ing tie enemy to tho wall" Perhaps no did
this and finding il a "ston8 wall" against
which behsd Tun his bead, thought it best to
"eiesr of" Certainly on Saturday, and again
on Sunday Esst. Geu Johnston offered him bat
tie in a fair lcd, which ho pEudeHtly declined
What the }TjsuHs and other passionate admirers
of George 3 viii think OF Ma Peninsula cam
paign remains % be- sen.
McClellsn's Tlsn nov Is, since sno evacuation
Of Norfolk and he destruction Of the Merimac,
TO land an immense force on the south side Of
the Elizabeth Iv-s, and, having effected = iunc-
ton with Burnside, 20 attack tho railroads 20
Weldon sud DaDviis, and thus cut OF the sup
plies upon which Redmond in a great measure
depends. Indeed, it Is said, that no has boosted
Richmond shall now fall iuto bis bands without
the 6r.ug Of a qua. Slch a conquest would no
doubt be very much to the taste Of a general
who seems SC greatly to dislike & waste of
powder But to reach the railroads, he must
leave his gun5OatS and as he will be confronted
by q Confederate army " least three ffhs as
large as his own we need entertain no gerious
GppreheDs50us as 20 the result
Not so with regard to the approach of the Jun
boats mp James river Night before last the
government hero had the excessive folly 20 re-
lease $50 Yankee prisoners AMI 10 send them by
steamer aud 6ag Of truce through tho river OBJ.
structiOas, 10 Fortress Monroe. OF course these
discharged prisoners lost 80 limo in making Gen.
Wool acquainted with tho exact condition of
affairs in the river, the nature aud location of the
Instructions, and SO forth. As a natural conse-
quence of such intelligence and Of tho dastruc-
tloa Of the @erIimac, The lower James today is
swaTming with Yankee guuboats. The veuera-
bic Edmund Rufiu, whose home is in the coun-
ty of Prince Georgs, on tho southern bank of
the river, sent 8 courier to town this morning.
to tell US that as many as eight gunbosts had
passed HsrriSon's bar, about go miles below the
city, on their way up stream. Doubtless ere
this, they have reached the point at which the
river is impeCa and tbs strength aud efficiency
Of the 5sTriers taeTe laid down, will be put 10
the test Immediately Should they be found in
sufficient, we may be threatened with a bonn
barlment in fOrty-sight hours from the present
writing. -
| have EZaL-=a--rrur U5TTBTing that under
no Circumstance whatever will Richmond be
surrendered by the Confederate. State or Mini
2iazLE--+--u-gis. Eltn0u bl6odsred- Should
Jefferson Davis abaui0nit, (Which he viii never
do until the stern H~eeeEsity Of conquest eOmpels
HIM, Governor Leieher would defy tho invader,
and should tho Governor give us up, (Which Is
mighty improbabie), The mayor would yet heed
the 0utcEies OF his irii0H-citzcls and brave with
them " the wOIsttdat could bsi9t" Ihave special
reference to the threat of saslHug the capital By
a Yankee feet, should it succeed 10 ascending
the riyeI to our wharves Time would ne de-
handed Tor the remGTal Of the women and chill
dreD, aud then the enemy might shell. as soon
SIS be pleased. Should .aEc- b. landed, thew
would be met, sEd 4 possible, rePelled.
There Is much in Richmond to be demolished
which neither time uOG money could repair.
Works Of art, priceless and peerless autiquated
buildings, fragrant with the memories Of the
olden time churches ia which the same ritual
has been chauted nom generation 20 generation
VIZ A'AASo "a Wv ApLE DALtE Bao1E4 away
whom the world yet delights to honor all these
hallowed objects may be laid il ruin IN an hour
by the Yandals who seek our subiugstion. bat
the civilized world will hold them accountable
for toe sscrilege. Upon them and not upon us
would rest the responsibility Apart from tbis,
should not suffer to any greater extent thsu
would Nashville have suffered, perhaps not SO
as Memphis would suffer from a lombard
ment. When it was over the gUubosts would
have to return without having taken the Con-
federate capital
We have no later news to-day from Jackson,
except that his pursuit Of Aillroy has probably
been assisted by tho blockade Of the roals along
which the Yankee general was retreating. a
local guerrilla force, known IS the Dixie
which has been operating IN the counties
of Highland and Pendleton, has risen up to
embarrsss the enemy, taken Cheat mountain,
cut off the hope of Federal reinfoTcements.
This is symptoma;ic of a great change in West
ern Virginia. DIXIE.