Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-11
Daily Appeal.
+ FeoM o15a syENTSG EDITION OF YESTERDAY-
LETTER FROM RECHmOND.
Special Correspondence Of the Memphis AppsaLI
RICHMOND. Aprn 20 1876

Special Correspondence Of The Memphis Appeal
RICHMOND, April 30 1861
We have no news of any kind today beyond
rumor which nobody believes that the Louisiana has
sunk tbs gunboss lying Of New Orleans whereby that
great city redeemed from the fate Of Yankee oeoupa
ton. If this be go Cen. Lowell made most unnsces
sary retreat TO Camp Moore sni tbs cotton burned
preairay and ne have lost the great ship Mississippi
without sufcieut reason, and the worthy Mayor. Mr.
Monroe has wasted Bis rhetoric in bis correspondence
with tins Yankee coma andsr By tbs way was there
ever an instance in which such lofty sentiments
expressed in such bad English We admire the spirit
which We stagger over in the Of the Mayor
aad Fa7rsgut must have been nightly psrplexsd 10
know what his honor wss driving Possibly while be
wss cudgeliug his brains understand the document
the Louisiana came up that the cloudy style and
Questionable grammar of his honor saved the city All
praise and merit him, any event for his gallant
defiance Of the YANKEES and s spirited devotion 70 the
Confederate nag
The Eaguirer says good word for Gen. Lowell, re-
counts bis highly honorable anteeedsnts and bsEs
pension Of public opinion until he have oppor
tuDity TO give his sccount Of bis evacuation Of New
Orleans This bat fair play, but certainly Il Is reason,
able to depreese public in aevsnee oT General
Lovsl has been very roughly handled for two Oh
three days past People dc not hesitate 10 charge him
with all manner OF bad motives for his Conduct but thso
this s slways the case with unfortunate general
Affairs IN the Peninsula IS usual tive armies look
in into each ott eyes good deal of severe skrmsh
ing going from day day and no immsdists prospect
Of great battle Another irons clad ship with turTst,
cheese box top, has arrived at Fortress Monroe,
called the "GalenA" She Will be joined by several
others IN short time nndif tia thought they viii attempt
the ascent CT James ysr nyulnerabe az they are TO
The batteries on shore IN this stsie Of things the OBJ
sruenn Of the channel becomes matter Of the deepest
interest and every preparation has been made esctusl
ly to accomplish it IN several places upon moments
ssnksr column had reached and occupied HsrrisonBarE
10 The valley az last accounts and his pickets were with
q D. .s-afNrH
Jsekson vss not far on and ready engage the yam
KEGS At sny time and the chances that before this let
ter reaches you serious conflict will have been fought
webster the SPY wss hanged yesterday few min
utes before l2 O'Clock, Camp Lee this city. BE
was evidently incredulous that the sentence would be
carried ont q She last and talked somewhat ppsntIy
mend be Z ssd that although II was well known that
this execution would take place yesterday and the
scaold which had been erected al Camp Lee very
persons went to witness Il and Of those abhOf
rent scenes common 70 public bangi1gs were pre-
We are In great eartb of iron for war purposes An
at the smelling furnaces Of the Virginia mountain
on can supply does not keep the forges here blast and
driven 70 strange exPsdents TO furnish much
ss 4 desired for the work hHnd- mills Of the
eitv railroad, which had besn laid sl0ng Ninth ana
Broad streets had been used in consequence Of
the curves for the track the never hav
nR delivered and has been taken up within the last
two tres days and sent TO the Tredegsr works TO be
cast over into plates foT the Ladies gunbost Several
prvste gentlemen hsvs given the iron raings that
rounded their private residences for cannon eating Il
said that this suggestion Of easy method ef procur
nr an abundant supply viii bsfoowsd imnediately
by the governments eOndemnng all the iron fences and
ornamental vsrsnd hs In the city The iron enclosure Of
The capitol square embraces nile Of psings ak feet
high and would yield many hundred perhaps thousands
tons Of the now precious metal Our will present
singular sppe.rsnce stripped Of the beautiful fences
which saorn almost al The private dwellings in tbs city
but the sacrifice VIII be JOINTLY made even the gas
Tampa be taken down and the pipes excsvated the
necessity should sriss.
Under the recent law OF the Legislature Of Virginia
making The Offices 10 companies and regiments cleo
tive elections have been held during the last dsYs IN
the various sneamPmsnts, with resultl Just sueh as
predicted would flow from Ubiquitous measure
Very few indeed sf the old oeers hsvs besn rselset
ed Between aYe six hundred far have been de-
prved Of their commissions, and new and Incompetent
men put IA their places Coicnsl hsuTena1t-colones
majors End captains SCARED with the honorEbis
wounds OF Bulls Run and MansssSs and LsssburE
have been thrust asds for fellows who have resorsd to
al the Of slectichesring What the consequences
will be- when the regiments SO into action again we
cannot foreaee but must depreeste. I have heard II
suggested that the discarded officers should form reg
msnt Of their own for the wsr snd Il is likely enough
that something Of this kind viii Be done
General Winders market tn1lE was taken OF this
morning Eggs respPesTed At y cents dozsn and
butter 81 Sl IS peuDd.
John ii Bolts Is 10 sc TO the Soath the piscs Be
dssigBstsd BY The government he viii Be on his pa
role.
Tbe morality among the sick soldiers increases
There were 6yssvep iHermsuts BY the chaplain Of the
post day before ysstardsy and fourteen bodies that
rived al ths cemetery too lsss FOR burial.