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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-02
FROM Florida.

The editor of tue Tallahassee EOridiaH has
had an interview with the editor of the ST. Au-
gustine Examiner. The ForidiqH says:
He informs US shat the Confederate troops
stationed there, consisting of two companies,
the Marion artillery, Capt Bsya, and the hide
pendent Blues, Capt Phillips, left there on Mon
day night, 10th inst, for smyrna On Tues
day, about two O'Clock, the Yankees sent up q
small boat with a Gag Of truce, and called upon
the mayor of the city, and told him they would
not modest private citizens nor property. The
mayor turned over the public property (Confed-
erate) under his charge, which had been left in.
his possession when the troops left. They then
hoisted the United States Tag at the fort. Mr..
Andren states that the Wabash and one gun
boat were outside when the small boat came up
to 81. Augustine. On Wednesday another gun
boat arrived outside, and on the same day one
of the g~un6Oats proceeded south, supposed for
Smyrna. Mr.. Andren thinks the Confederate
troops there are sufficient to protect the place un-
til eur arms and ammunition can be taken of.
We wait anxio0sly to learn from there concern
ing cur arms and ammunition. Although all
the men, except a few old ones, have left the
city, the Yankees find very little encourage
meRt, as the women who could not be got of,
wear secession emblems on their breast
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80 R%evoIasion IN GermaBy.

L
From tie Albany Evening Journal, I4thl
Germany is threatened with another reyolu-
tor. The bonds of the confederation have been
for some time little better than a rope of sand.
Violations Of some one or other Of the articles
have been Of frequent occurrence; while clash
ing interests and political r~ivalries have made
the sessions Of the diet anything but love fessts-
The GOODNESS which has long existed between
Prussia and Austria, has given place to bitter
enmity. The quarrel yet confined within the
limits OF diplomacy, WAKES hotter day by day,
until il threatens to eliminate in open war.
The list of grievances on both sides is formidable.
Prussia is accused of secretly abetting the pro-
grassive parry in Italy Austria is accused of
tampering with the loyalty of smaller States, of
having bought over SaxOny, aud OF Organising
a resctiOnaTy league, which shall comprise anti
Germanic elements, and secure a -prepOndeTance
of despotic influence
The controversy, In the meantime, extends
among the people. Religious animosities are
aroused; geographical hatreds are resuseitated
family and class feuds are revived. The univer-
sites are, as usual, in fermentation the beer
houses are rampant even the pUlpits are getting
militant. The storm may blow over before it;
but the skies just now look anything but sunny.
Germany, in its present condition, is a melan-
chOly illustration Of the evils Of disuniOn. The
people are one. but the governments are many.
The sentiment Of comHon nationality is strong (;
but it is demorsiized by local ~rivalies and per-
verted traditional feuds. The desire for unity is
universal; but the jeslOusies of the petty princes
and the wrangiing of hostile factions, render all
efforts at unity impotent And while the smaller
fry of municipalities are wasting their strength in
childish chickering's, the two pnncipals-PrussiA
and Austria-sre Juggling at cross purposes
Tho rsaa cfrfvao1 "a oa forvvara ina ofhaV 7nEfafa
upon going backward. The one wishes to put
itself in sympathy with the present; the other
derives al its inspiration from the past. Wheth-
er this antsgOnism viii seek expression in hostile
acts, or whether it wiz expend its fury in pro-
tests and protocols, the future viii reveal
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TRXAa YTEms.
Enb

Our dates are to the Doth instant. We sub
ioin the most important items:
THE BLoCKApu OF 1HE CoAsT-The bark
Midnight, mounting six 32-pCuuj guns, and a
Parrot 20-pound nhed. is blcckadiug Pass CavaI-
10, keeping at a respectful distance from these
yawning batteries standing on and of the Pass,
absent from post nearly halt the time. Only one
vessel, the schooner Equity, from Velssco, has
run into this Pass since the middle Of January.
The bark Arthur, Capt Kitidge, well known
in this region as the importer OF csmsis and
dromedaries), blOckades and commands AraDsas
Pass armed in ike manner except that her
Parrot gun is q 3~2-pounder, Her tonnage Is
heavier, but she carries about The same compile
ment Of Elen, some seventy.hve.
Each bark has four launches, or surf boats,
and can man them with about seventy-hYe men
each. They frequently visit each other ana
manifestly cooperate in their movements.
The Arthur's boats cruise at pleasure around
Arkansas and the ~neighboTing islands coming Tar
within the bay, landing wherever they desTe'
and helping themselves to whatever the ueelhg
citizens could not take away.
Blush as we may, this handful OF Linconltes
daily, and unmolested, pollUts the soil OF Texas.
We have now un ristakable evidences OF
spring all around US. The grass IS beginning TO
cover the p~rairies with its green carpet, the trees
are putting out their leaves and the de"beTry
and other early blossoms are seen all around.
The Goliad Messenger says $500 have been
realized from the gift enterprise in that place,
and that the sum will soon reach $4,000. This
enterprise IS for the benefit Of the soldiers.
The same paper Of the 4th inst says Ed
| O'Mears and Ambrose Floyd met each other thai
morning, each armed with double-barreled guns
which they fred at each other, when both fell
MORALLY wounded. Their wives and children
gathered around the fallen victims, and present
ed a most heart-rendering scene with their cries
and shTieks. The cause Of the difficulty is moi
stated.
The Seguin Coafedsraey says that two more
companies are now being raised IN GladaluDt
county, although the editor thinks hat county
has already as many Of not mOTe) men IN the
7ervice than suy other county in the State, &C
cording to population.
The Palestine Ad0ocats says Col Clark was II
that place the other day, and that his regimen
is nearly made up. Col. Clark made a speech
in Palestine, asking for one company from
that county, and measures were promptly takeI
to raise it.
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An EIonnent AnnenI.

Gen. S. r. Anderson, on assuming command
Of his new brigade in Virginia, issued tho fol
lowing spirited order:
HEADQUARTERS, CAMP NEAR FREDERICKSBURG,
March l6, 1852
SOLDIERS In assuming the command Of the
third brigade, Acquia district, L congratulate my
self that 1 have control Of men. who, by their
good conduct and soldierly bearing, will Illus
trste the virtues and patriotism Of the noble
State they represent.
Our recent reyerses viii not cause this com
mand to despOud. We viii not despair of the
Coniederacy. Our camp is near the tomb Of
81 Mary, the mother Of Washington and you
will baptize in heroic blood the ssii consecrated
by so many historical traditions, before you viii
consent to see it defled by the step of the Van
dals. Your own homes have been invaded.
The Hermitage, with The tomb Of Jackson, is
beld by the enemy. They mustard shall be
driven back. This is a part Of your holy mis-
sion. De not be discouraged. Oar cause is
Just, and God will smile upon It. Hereafter, in
the honorable old age OF those of you who sur
viye, you viii be saluted as Of the hberating
army of Tennessee.
Heaven, with justice, your mothers, wives,
children, and sisters, call upon you to be firm
and loyal. / ask no higher honor than to be
your leader, and only ask it because | know
you viii follow where honor and duty call.
S. r ANDERSON, BTig-Gen.
Bye. P. SMITH, Aid-de-Camp.
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From the Little Rock Democratl
after several endeavoTs, we have been unable
TO procure any further details of the battle in
the West. We wrote for q list Of the killed and
wounded, but have been unable to get il for this
Issue. To relieve the suspense of many of our
readers we wiz state that our loss was greatly
exaggerated at first. One gentleman who was
on the ground, and remained with the army for
several days after, is positive that not more than
eighty five Of our men were killed and wounded.
Another, confidently asserts that it was between
one hundred aud OHe-hun3red and fifty. The
enemy admit that theirs exceeded a thousand
Up TO the time when McCulloch aud Mcintosh
fell, our forces were driving the enemy before
them ike huddled sheep. Their prisoners say
that their officers had consulted as to a surTen-
der, but upon hearing that these officers had
been killed, took heart and managed TO escape.
The soldiers are dissatisfied at being called of,
and say they could rave whipped the enemy in
two hours more time. They are sadly disap-
pointed at the escape of the invaders and feel as
II a Prize had escaped them.
The enemy came down full of confidence in
their superior arms and numbers, but thaE con
hdence Is now broken. They have found they
are no match for men fighting for freedom. We
fear they viii be chary of giving us another
chance at them. There are rumors and evil
dences Of certain movements Of the army which
viii be known in good time.
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BURNING CoTTON-Peyton Atkinson, ESQ,
Of Pitt county, N. c., has already burned eight
hundred bales Of cotton on one Of his planta-
lions, rather than that it should remain liable to
the plundering raids Of the enemy. When a man
thus voluntarily sacrifices over thirty thousand
dollars worth Of his own property, from a sense
of patriotic duty, he gives the most convincing
evidence that he belongs indeed to a people who
are " terribly in earnest, y and will shrink from
no sacrifice Of private interest that the cause may
demaad. Mr.. Atkinson IS not alone. The pat
riotic planters Of Pitt, Edgecombe, aud other ex-
posed counties, are determined that none of their
cotton shall fall into the hands Of the invaders.
The planters ia Florida are hauling their cot
ton into the open fields, away from their houses,
to burn it. If the Yankees come, they will find
no cotton in Florida.
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The Metal Of which Cnnuon are Made.

AhC NAbA1A SA 14AAS IL 1890
The appeal of Gen. Beauregard to the people
of Tennessee to furnish metal to be ~castinto can
non, for the Confsderacy, having elected the
voluntary contributions of the patriotic men and
women of the South, the following letter from
A5jutant-General Wayne, of Georgia, contains
valuable information on the subject of the com
position Of gun-metal, and viii be read with
profit and interest
BARNEsvLLE, Ga, March %, 1862.
Mrs. Dr.. Blackburn;
Ny DEAR MADAM received, this morning,
your note of the oath iEst., assuring me that you
/ had commenced collecting the old brass and cop
per in the hands Of your citizens, and asking me
to stale whether such articles are needed and
where they should be sent.
/ fear that some of our patriotic citizens, with
more zeal than knowledge, are about to lnconve-
nience sadly our good housewives in Georgia,
without any corresponding advantage to our
cause. Brass is a composition OF copper and
zinc, and of no use in making guns, which, ike
bells, are made of copper and tin
If Gen. Beauregard, in his appeal to the plant
ers of Mississippi, meant anything more than TO
arouse their slumbering patriotism to active exer-
ton, he wanted the tin Of which theiT bells were
partly composed. We have the copper, but for
the fabrication of bronze, Commonly, but erro-
~neously called brass we want tin. That you
may understand this, / will tell you that science
has determined for guns, as best, the proportions
Of nine parts of copper to enc pert Of TIM aud
for bells seven OF eight parts Of copper to three
parts Of tin.
By having a large number Of bells, therefore,
we can add two or three times the weight Of
copper, as analysis may determine their cOmpo-
sition, and bring them to the standard Of gun
metal. The lightest field piece IN our batteries,
a six-pounder, weighs, On an average, eight hun
bred and eighty four pounds. For the casting
Of a six-pounder, therefore, at least one thousand
pounds OF metal would be necessary. Bronze
guns are used ia field batteries, only for their
lighter weight, BY which the battery is more
readily moved. They are not SO durable as iron
guns. Science, within the past five years, has
opened the way for casting iron guns Of sufi-
Gent Gghtness for field uses, and there is NOT q
foundey in the Ctnfaderacy that is not now
working TO its utmost ability. If there is l
should ike to know it, and it should not be idle
long.
The tin referred to is block in, not sheet tin,
which is only sheet iron, washed with a solution
Of tin. 1 mention this, that We may not have
our wives stripped to no purpose.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
HENRY WAYNE,
A7iufapt and Tnsneoior General
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TIE FRANKS OF C-omMoDoRE DUPONT.

TIE PRANKs Of COMMODORE DUPONT.
The Tallahassee ForidiaH says:
Col Holland, who was some time since taken
prisoner with eight men, by one of the Yankee
blockading vessels off FeTnsndina, arrived in
Tallahassee on Tuesday last, and left on Friday
morning. 1t seems that after he had been de-
coyed on board the enemy's vessel BY their
raising a French flag of distress, he was treated
kindly BY the commander, though his men were
put Ia irons for a time. On the arrival OF Com
modore Dupont, Col Holland, with his men,
were sent on board his vessel, where they were
well treated. Col. Holland was conducted into
the eommodOre's stateroom, who received him
with courtesy, and after spreading a snack, with
wine aud cigars, be told Col. Holland he re-
gretled his unavoidable detention; that he did
not wish to have any question about flags, and
that he would send him ashore in a boat, which
was done. 1t may be well to remark that the
Yankee vessel did not pull down the French flag
and hoist the American, until after Col Holland
and his men were On board, though they had
made themselves known as americans, and
upon Col Holland requesting to be permitted to
return, they told him that they thought be had
better come on board.
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no COTTON.

ENOR SALE, on cay terms, = PLASTA-
IL TION, situated in Carroll Pzi a, LOusi- s35s3
ara, forty miles from VicSsburE ard two miles f7i.t
from tbs railroad, Containing i've bundled sndl&aAL
hfty acres, part upland aud part cane b~0ttoal-s1
abundanee Of cypress aud olher vaila5ie timber, and
an unsurpassed stock range.
The improvements are ssveuty acres Ii cultivation,
two hundred acres tkorOughiy deaaened and can b
taken in At once-s dwelling. cabins. stables. etc.
A moderate cash payment Is required. and long iim@
viii be given on the balances. FIR particulars apph7@
A. J. WALKS.
spl 3te0ds Delhi Carroll Psrirf, Ia.
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FOR SALE AND FOE RENT

10 81 ACRES well tubsred LAND. near ths
IL city, fronting the Germantown Piankrosd, for sfIs
at a bargain.
A beautiful six se-e LOT.w well improved, on the New
State Line road, IN sight Of the city. for rent.
Also, for rent, 3 four story BRICK DWELLING,
c~ontsinrng twelve rooms, on Adams srser
spI-iw " b WAIDRAN
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CONFEDERATE sToREs-If the statement

CoNPEDERArE SToREs.-If the statements
made in the following paragraph, which we find
in the Yicksburg Whig, are correct, the rem
edy proposed cannot be applied too soon:
We are informed by a gentleman who has been
familiar with the packing and curing of meat
all his life, that be has been examining some of
the beef put up for the government, and thinks
the blood in the brine will make it all spoil if it
is not overhauled and repacked. lie was in
Tennessee during the-winter and saw much Of
the beef packed there, and says it was all put
up in the same way-and that, if 1t is not re-
packed and feeh brine put on it within thirty
days, it viii be ruined. We hope the commits
saies and mathematics viii look 10 it inme-
diately. Do not let it be lost for the want of a
little labor and trihing expense. We cannot re-
place it-so look to the matter at once.
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STOP THE HNPgEg

DAN out Of or stable Sunday night.
Ii ct dArk, = DARK SORREL EORSE, H.
very heavy built and very ia Xix years H@4H
other marks remembered A liberal reward viii BE-
pad for the horse II brought 20 orr stable, on JeHsrson
street, or FOR inform alton 30 that we can { him.
apl 3ts LIMIT W1NDTE 4 20
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PRICE.

General Sterling Price, in August, 1916, en-
tered the service of the United States during the
Mexican war, as colonel OF the second regiment
Of Missouri volunteers, a cavalry regiment, en-
listed for twelve months. He vas commissioned
a brigadier-general, United States volunteers, on
the 20tb Of July, 1647. He was wounded in
the engagement at Canada, New Mexico, Janu
airy oath, 1917, in which he commanded. He
commanded also in the battle of Santa Cruz de
Bosalec, March 10th, 1913. in which year his d.
vision was disbanded. He has since been gov
ernor of Missouri, and for bis military speciali-
ties while initiating with Governor Jackson, the
rebellion at B0onville, had become the victim of
several pasquinades from the press. In the bat
tie OF Boonville success was against him, but at
Springfield and Lexington he was more foTtu-
naAa
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.


NEW ORLEANS, AprlL-We have Houston dates 10
the as.h nit, and Brownsville to the 18th.
The British f1gats Eia-to, carrying 90 guns had Just
arrived at The mouth of The Rio Grande. Capt. Iadu-
all informed the authorities of Natamoras that he viii
not interfere further with Mexican commerce.
Spanish and French menotwsr were expected to ar
rive in a fsw days, when trade, being once re established
would not be az lin interrupted.
The British vice-cousul at MatamOras has also given IA
sura1ees that the English men-of-war viii allow no
further Interference with the trade OF Matsmorat
The Hghtering is all in Mexican hands and there are
twenty-five merchant vessels waiting to be d discharged
skirmishInx in Virginia
R1cHMoyD, March 3l.-Twenty-nine Federal prison
srs were brought in tonight, from the RappahannOck-
who were captured during a skirmish on Tuesday last
Wheafs battalion engaged the advanced guard of the
enemy, and drove them back, after they bad crossed the
river.
The enemy are reported to be advancing in that diree
ton,
FROM the sOuth Atlantic Coast.
AUGUSTA, April special dispatches to the August7
papers, dated Savannah, to-day, say three companies Of
Georgians on yesterday attacked The enemy on Whining
ton Island, below Savannah, killed one, and captured
barge with a six FOUNDER. Our loss one, it is feared
MORALLY wounded.
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MULE LOsT!

OST ovesboard froa sleame- Yitkzburg n
IL st this Ian Ting on Saturday evening, 2dfe~
March, a GRAY LAKE MULE maze and
tail shaved A liberal reward will be psid for &n&s
Its return 70 LARRY HsRMSTAD,
mh3p3s Corner Msdisoa street and Front Row.
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VALUABLE
EIR RREeEy

IF do not make sale Of ny RESIDENCE -
i and GROUNDS To Day, applicauon can -.
be made thereafter to r. p BaBcs. Esq, with E1ut
Speed, Douoho x Strange, 3l4 Main street AA
who will show the prenises and make terms Ihis
property is probably TOO well known to give a deseriD-
ton. II embraces the ground east side Of Shelby $50
feet front TO corner Of huiiDg, thence % sAd wiki $50
feet front on Main, with al he hn9rUysneuts.
r. -SHoEMAKE,
mh2El0te Shelby street,
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A COUNTRY RESIDENCE FOR RENE

DIFFER for rent for 'weiys months, E 80
A most deE rsbis COUNTRY SEAT, embrs- s5.1
cling AbOu t1s;ve ceres Of ground. under eul kn
~tivatiOn, with excellent OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
containing eight rooms, with AL Necessary coDVenien-
ees, fine fruit trees, S~hrubbsry, etc The property is
situated within a few miles Of the city and Immediately
A5joinif 2 a ralros d station. and viii be leased as a OvS
to q good tenant, OF favorable terms, If early sppicz-
aUg $50 4. I4fOk
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~ At q recent draft in Forsyth county,
North Carolina, 8 man of feeble health, with a
large family dependent upon bis labor for a sup
port, was drafted, when a youth stepped forward
and nObly volunteered to take his place.
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u The British steam sloop Racer returned to
this bar yesterday. We are Informed that she
visited Port Royal She will leave Immediately
for Fortress Monroe with the neutrality-suspicious.
She was visited by her majesty's consul yester-
day afternoon.-ChadsSiOR MsreWry, 2Sth.
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LADY SUBSTITUTES The following sdver-
tisement appears in the Petersburg Express
a uumbsr ofladies in this city desire to offer
themselves as substitutes to serve during the
war, foT any Of those gentlemen who lately
visited Richmond to obtain such substitutes.
and may have failed to do so. Apply at this
office"
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FOR RENW.

A NEW, three story BRICK house, on -
"A Adams street, eat Of TIE Bayou. and a @f
neat two story HOUSE, IN For5 Pickering. rsm1
containing eight rooms, with TWO and a half E4.A-
acres Of ground attached. with all necessary Outhous-s
and enc Of the best e'terns in the count y. Also, one
Of the bet double offices on Front Row, No. 60. All
Of which will be rented 70 good tenants at the most
reasonable terms. Apply 70
WIZ Z WALDRAN,
spl-iws " and O. Railroad Depot.
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IN nguIelahB Is aA III M
merchant vessels waiting to be diseharg
sHirmishIns in Virginia.
The Battle in Arkansas-sketch of Our
H,PudCra.

The New York Herald accompanies its account
Of the great battle in Arkansas with sketches Of
the ''rebel generals Price, Van Dorm, and
McCulloch. The sketches are too long for US to
copy in full, but we make from them some inter
resting extracts, which viii show the military
experience and character of our leaders in that
! haHIe.
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OUR Naval DEFENsEs-The Richmond En-.
aminsr says: w learn that the government
has at last given directions which viii insure
the proper vigor in the construction of a navy.
Commodore Ingrsham has received full power
from the Navy Department to begin immedi-
stsiy to build as many war steamers, and of as
formidable a character as the exigeneies of the
war and the resources at our command win
warrant"
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FOR SALE

VII sell three very Likely N-EGROES-ons 3
4 good Cook. Washer and IrJnsr; a Boy, Is years n
age, and q Girl IA years Q d They eaa be seen at the
Negro Mart OF Butler & williamson, on Adams street
Apply a. ROOM 303.
apt - Gavoso House.
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FOR SALE!

WISH to sell for Confsdsrate money a part -
Il Of my REAL ESTATE in Memphis. con m
sistng Of some fine business property on Main dng
street, or the me resident lot, on AdamsZL1A
street, upon which ! now reside.
apl1w J. ?. WORSHAM.