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The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24
An Enxllshman Talks sens..

On the question whether the late check be-
fore Richmond will embolden England to re-
cognize the Confsderacy, passage from DR..
Mackay's letter to the London Tfnaes is worth
citing.
Whether it be either of these. or something
else, the people of Europe may be certain that
the defeat of MeCaellan--which IS possible but
not probabls--would be of no real advantage
to the Confederates. It would but prolongthe
agony of the contest, and cause such an upris-
ing of the excited Northern people as would
place st the disposal of the Federal govern.
ment any number of men it chose to ask for.
The South, unless it enrol and arm its slaves
an ultimatum Of hard necessity on which it
looks with alarm and repugnance is not in a
position to raise an extra zoo 900 men for any
emergency whatever; while the North-yast
as its armies already are-can double or treble
them in case of need, and viii do so at word
from the President rather than stop short ia
the work it has commenced A Confederate
victory ut Richmond might give the powers of
Europe welcome opportunity of recommend
ing the South to lay down It's arms and the
North to grant general amnesty; but it
would be of no real help to the cause of South
ern independence, unless upon the untenable
supposition that the great powers of Europe
were prepared at the eleventh hour to make
thst cause their own and brave the certain
consequence of war with the United States
Recognition of the South was once as possible
as it would have been wise and humane; but
that day has long since passed, and can scarce
" be said TO have outlasted the evacuation of
Manassas. At the present time, with whole
harvest of laurels upon its brow, the North
might listen to the pleadings of Ehrope for
mercy to the vanguished; bus any attempt at
racOuDition- pyen shau Il victory smile unon
the Confederate arms ut Richmond, would
awaken such spirit of vengeance as would be
ominous of more dreadful war than France
or England would care to engage in for in
terests so remote advantages so problem
atical
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24
The E1ohange OF prisoners, Etc.

Col. Madison Miller, of Missouri, and Maj.
Stone, Union prisoners captured at Shiloh,
have returned to Washington from Peters
burgh, Va. They came to Washington on
parole some weeks ago, by consent of the
rebel Government, to negotiate general ex-
change of prisoners. They failed, and went
back to the Confederstes to give themselves
up. The protest of the Times brought the
matter forciblv to the attention of the War
Department, and Gen. Dix waa directed to
accept the Confederate proposition, which only
required thst Gen. Buckner should be included
by the National Government in its list of
prisoners TO be surrendered. When this news
reached Petersburg, Col. Miller and Major
Stone, at the instance of the rebel Secretary of
War, returned to Washington to facilitate q
matter SO desirable to suffering prisoners on
both sides. Miller says there are twenty
thousand Union prisoners in the South, and
that their food is deficient and their sufferings
great. He says further, that the rebels are
jabilant over their late fight; that conscription
is rigidly enforced, and their army at Rich
mond very large, though none of Beaure-
CARDS army is there. He says a Confederate
newspaper has lately urged the Government to
strike now, because they haze all the men they
can eper get IN the field, and from this time
their number must decrease, while the Union
armies viii increase. The Petersburgh Er-
press of Monday is disguised that Miller and
Stone should have been allowed to pass about
that town so freely.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24
The French Version of the Battle OF
Pue6Ia.

The explanation given by the French papers
on the battle of Puebla, in which the Zouaves
were repulsId, is that it was merely van
guard fight in which the main ARM did not
participate. The Zouaves had been sent to
reconnoitre, and when they came in sight of
the nights which defend the city of Puebla
they imagined they could take the city them
selves, and the Colonel in command, yielding
to the wishes Of his men, gave orders to charge.
They were repulsed, rallied twice, came back
upon the fortifcations, were again repulsed,
and we're finally compelled to fall back upon
the main army under the order of Lorencez.
This version of ths fl yht is approved and sane
toned by the Mexican correspondent of the
London Times in his letters to that paper.
The French government having received
dispatches stating that the French army was
safely encamped in the province of Puebla,
upon one of the keslthiest spots in the world,
is said to have postponed sending reinforce
ments till the middle of September, at which
time the black vomito has disappeared from
Vera Cruz. This explains the paragraph late.
ly published in the Pat7ie, in which it is said
that the feet of transports ready to start for
Mexico had received orders to postpone its
departure.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24

The Patterson Guardian has this reminis-
cence
1t is fact not generally known that during
the Revolutionary War, when citizen was
drafted in Virginia, he was allowed to find an
able bodied man as a substitute, and no distinc-
ton was made on account of celor. Very
many of the slave owners sent their able hands
to fight in the place of themselves or their
sons, and history says these sons of Africa
fought bravely and well, spilling their blood
freely for our independence.
After the war, these black soldier patriots
desired to be free men, but their owners put
forth their claims in every instance, and the
blacks who survived the war, after having
served till our freedom was achieved, found
out that there was to be no freedom for them
without their owners consent-for the owner
of a slave seldom relaxes his grasp.
The Legislature of Virginia, at the instance
of Thomas jefferson, in order to render justice
to these blacks, found it necessary to pass law
declaring that having served through the war,
and imperiled their lives for their country,
they were entitled to their freedom, and q law
was accordingly passed to carry into effect
this just and patriotic determination.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24
The War a scandal 10 Humanity.

rom the Times, June Z3}
Whatever may be the result, it is plain that
this war has now reached point at which it
is scandal to humanity. 1t has become
war of determination. Utter destruction may
be possible, or even imminent, but submission
is as far off as ever. The planters are still re-
treating, and taking their negroes with them.
Memphis was found with all its cotton in
flames and all its sugar destroyed. The Con-
federates are gathered for another fight for
Richmond; and even after another defeat a
retreat into Texas seems 20 be still on the cards.
Persons who listen to the excited Iailers on
either side that there is no alternative but to
let this food of bloodshed pass over the land (;
but at this calm distance we may perhaps more
wisely calculate that such voices do not repre-
sent the mind of the American people. Both
parties must by this time be in their hearts
tired of this strife. There has been blood
enough shed, fortunes enough made, losses
enough suffered, and wrongs enough inflicted
and endured. The opportunity must be either
at present or at hand when some potent Anne
rican voice, prudently calling Peace" may
awaken an universal echo.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24
4FArnrnls oH1MSrr.-A few days since

nFATHER's CHIMNEY''-A few days since
a number of prisoners Of war, who had been.
released on parole, passed over the z. 5. and
P. railroad (Maine) on their way to their
BONES Among the number was blue-eyed,
pale-faced boy, not more than seventeen,
whose shoulders seemed scarcely equal to car
rying forty pound knapsack. For some time
he had been looking intently out of the car
window, and suddenly, when the train was ap-
preaching Biddeford, he jumped up, and with
face all aglow and eyes sparkling with delight,
exclaimed, Boys, there's my fathers chin
ney' AS if by simultaneous inspiration,
the soldiers all arose and sung "Sweet Home
with the effect that is sometimes produced by
these simple notes and simple lines. More
than enc bearded man looked out of the win
dow as an excuse ts conceal his tears.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24
Gen. MeCalI.

her husband which conveys the gratifying in
telligence that he is uninjured, although
prisoner in Richmond. He was struck during
the action by spent ball, the effects OF which
was only temporary. The letter states that
his capture took place in this wise He had
posted one of the regiments of his division in
particular locality, and during his absence it
was moved without his orders or knowledge.
When he returned from another part of the
field the place was occupied by a rebel regi-
ment, and it being dark he rode into the
midst of the enemy, was surrounded and car
ried to Gen. Lees headquarters as prisoner
of war"
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24

CIscrSNATI, July, ls.-Riyer fallen nine
inches-Is4 feet in the channel; weather
clear and sultrv.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24

The prize steamer Cumbria, which was taken
into Philadelphia some days ago, has been sold
to Messrs. Sender & Co., of that city, for
SAG, 500. She is actually ten years old, but
year ago was lengthened-in fact, almost re-
built, and furnished with new boilers and ma
chinery. She cost $4Oo00 in England, with
Sl7 1000 for repairs. ao
The prize schooner Caroline Virginia, which
was captured at Newbern by the United States
Squadron, when an advance was made en- that
city, arrived at Philadelphia on Tuesdsy, as
the telegraph has already stated, in charge of
Lieut.. E. L. Haines. When captured, the
schooner was loaded with Quarter asteris and
Commissary's stores for the Confederate army.
These were removed, and she was loaded with
cotton, which had been used as battery at
Union Point. At the time the schooner left
Newbern, one week ago, everything was quiet,
and the health of the troops and Of the crews
of the gunboats was good, though the thermo-
meter stood at 1899 in the shade. The follow
ing gunboats were at Newbern Flagship
Philadelphia, the Hetzell, Hunchback, General
Putnam, and Seymore The Commodore Perry
was at Plymouth, and the Ellis also; and at
Elizabeth City, the gunboat 81. L. Blinker
The Caroline Virginia is about 100 tons bur-
| den. She has thirty bales of cotton on board
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The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24

SECRET SERVICE MoNEY.-The proposed
appropriation of $3.50, 900 for secret service has
been increased in the Senate to $5Oo,oo0.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24

FREEDoM of speech is good thing, but a
man has no right to talk in such manner as
to encourage his neighbors to the commission
Of theft, rape, arson, murder, or treason.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24
FARMERS AND
PICKET GUARDS

II EFT my stabe, and probably the city, on Sunday
i 4 morning June e. a SORREL MARE, seven or
eight years old about fourteen hands high ponYbuilt,
round rump, heavy neck, in very good order, left
hind foot white with collar marks three inches long
on both shoulders black saddle with blue bridls,
broken bit with long branches and steel curb chain,
webb reins. l hired her out ct o'clock A. M, to
young about twenty two years old, five feet nine
inches tall sparly built smooth face, yellowish
pexion black hair and wearing grey cashmere pants
and black coat Any one who win return the Mare
give such information that find her, will be lber-
ally rewarded
PAUL SCHUSTER,
Arabian Stable, Union street, between Second and
Third streets. Wilt
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24
The three millions are more than accounted

The three millions are more than Accounted
for by the money invested by the poorer
classes in the 730 Government loan. A large
percentage of that security is in the hands Of
persons who ordinarily invest their spare
means in the savings institutions. The proof
adduced by the World is good but not conclu-
sive.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24

THE steamship Ann of London, testimo-
NAL of British neutrality, was cleverly caught
by our blockaders of Mobile on the 2eth ult.,
ard arrived at New York last week, in charge
of prize crew. She got in at night, with
crew tried to sink her, and made off for their
lives; our men saved her, and she is now in
New York, with cargo of gunpowder, arms,
coffee, tea, paper, etc.
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24
FOR S.aLE.

UyHE STOCK and FIXTURES Of . retail Drug Store,
on one Of the beat locations in the city. Apply as
this once. ke
The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-24
Tha Poor and the WAR.

The New York World maintains that the
mass of the people in the North do not suffer
on account Of the existing war, and it fortifes
its statement by the following table, which
shows the deposits in the savings banks of
New York State for the last five years
deposits Jan l. Amount
1855 ..... .S4I, ,222, 900
1870 - 4s, ,l94,COO
1sss ... 6S z7s 600
1851 - ..... 49,. g. ,45g, 600
1852 g. 0s3, 900
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I'LL j ] j IL

Z 500 OO 5 O0I 8 O0l O0fi0 O0ll2 60Il5 O0I 900
= so eO 5oI 9 OOII8 Ool15 o0Tl8 75z2 sol 81 so
3 eo OOIO O0i2 OOIi6 O9I2O O0I25 OOEso OoI 500
a 5OIO O9I2 50Ii4 90 20 OO25 O0Is1 Is 81 50 e. 50
9O0l2 O0I5 COILS OOl24 O0laO OOIs7 6O45 OIL 500
10 5ol4 O0 5Ol2I ool2s OOs6 OOI43 1888 F5l 81 50
7l4OOI0 Ooi2o Oo2I Oels2 OOt0 O0I5O OO6s 5oIiOOOO
sl2 5Ols OO22 60I27 00s6 Oo46 O0l6s 2567 60il2 50
l5 oO2o 0095 OOlS0 OOI4O 0050 0O62 0O75 l25 90
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81. !. u. II
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-02-07

WHAT DEMOCRAT SAYs.-The Hon
E. X. Smart has proposed in the Senate Of
Maine, series of resolutions, of which tbs
first is as follows:
Resotred, That it is the duty of Congress
by such means as will not leopard the rights
and safety of the loyal peop'e of tho South
TO provide for the confiscalion and liberia.
ton OF every slave belonging to any person
who shall continue in arms against the au,
Ihority Of the United States, or who shall
in any manner, aid and abet in the present
wicked and unjustifable rebellion.
The remaining resolutions contemplate
the employment of slaves as soldiers, ",chea
tie military necessities Of the country shall
require t."
Now this Mr.. Smart has been demo-
cratic member of Congress, and only two
years ago was the democratic candidate for
governor. The Rutland Courier had bet
ter send him box of bis conservative
balm.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-02-07

North On equal terms. Says the writer
alluded to:
We cannot conquer the North except by
exhausting il, or by stirring up dissension
between the Northeast, East, AMI NORTH
west
This is confession of the aggressive
policy of the rebels. Their purpose is to
break the republic into fragments of which
theirs shall be the largest and dominant
segment. II we make peace with them to-
day, they would tomorrow commence the
wolk OF stirring up dissension between the
East aud Northwest" trusting hy these
domestic brois to gain supremacy over us.
Our only safety is the entire crushing out
Of the rebel element.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-02-07

The National Intelligencer publishes a
communication from Gen. Cass, treating
upon the question of public law involved
in the arrest of Mason and Slidell, and full.
ly sustaining The solution subsequently given
TO it by our government. in responding to
the application made by the government Of
Great Britain. 1t is curious how wisdom
comes TO some men after the event. All
our statesmen took the other side or were
silent, till the surrender was made.
The health of General Anderson. O.
Sumter renown, is still precarious. His
physicians say ne must avoid all business
aud all thought, as far as is possible.
Gen. Pnce has adopted new Dodge to
recruit the army in Missouri. He sends
what he calls eommissary companies u
around the country to seize peaceful Union
citizens, and then offers them in exchange
for the prisoners taken by Gen. Halleck.
A little girl aged Il years was fatally
& burned in public school, in New York.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-02-07

because the papers we're not delivered TO
Sir Ilcnft Clinton Mr.. johnson then
referred to the speech Of the Senator from
Delaware (Sahl,bhrt), and coniended ut
some length that the South was entirely re-
sponsible for the war. and that the North
gave all the compromise that was necessary,
but that the Southern traitors would not
accept IT, II the Senate bad not moral,
physical, and political cohage enough to
expel those who are unsafe repositories Of
the public trust and power, then they were
not it to remain here themselves. lie
(Johnson) did not say these things IN any
spirit OF unkindness, but for the sake OF con-
stitutional liberty. and for the sake OF his wife
and children. By the failure of the Gov
eminent 10 enforce the laws, his wife and
children had been turned into the street,
and his house turned into barrack. He
had two sons-in-law-one was in prison,
and the other was in the mountains, TO
evade the tyranny of the hell born and hell
bound spirit of disunion. Yet when cries
come up that the Laws may be enforced,
the Senator says, II am opposed TO the
whole coercive policy of the Government.
The only way TO settle the question now
before the Government is not compromise,
but to crush out the leaders of the Rebel
lion. We have got to show pluck, and have
got to fight. He desired peace, but the
only way TO get it was to sacrifice blood and
ircasur... Then let us crush out the rebel
lion, and look forward to the time when we
shall raise the glorious old flag beneath the
dross, and gather around with the cry OF
The Union, one and inseperable, now and
forever" Christ first, our country next.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-02-07

Mr.. SEWARD AND THE PRESIDENCY
1t is currently reported that Mr.. Seward
has sometime since written letter positive
ly declining TO premit the use of his name
as candidate for the Presidency. He is
understood to have emphatically disclamed
all ambition to fill any position mare exalt-
ed than which he now occupies, and to ex-
press desire tc continue in public life as
long only as the country may be engaged
in the struggle for the existence of the
Government. The distinguished writer al
so takes occasion TO severely reprimand the
gentleman who had presumed to use his
name in connection with the Presidency,
for expressing wish to enter upon the can
vass of the merits of any individual at a
time when the country needs the united and
uusefsh labors of all her sons.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-02-07

nj least so far as the rebels were concerned
When We saw the brilliant charge made
upon the Hutchinson Family, and how they
were totally routed and driven out OF camp,
we thought the hand of the Courier and
Banner was plainly visible. A fortnight
since, Lane was loose, and it was though
by some that he was going on an expedi-
ton down the Mississippi, where it was pre-
sumed he would hurt some Of the traitors,
but he has suddenly been jerked in, and
here again we see the hidden hand OF
our sanctfed friends of the Courier and
Banner, The only radiealism " We have
had, was The late battle in Kentucky, where
our troops were attacked and won splen-
did victory. Gen. Phelps, it is true, issued
Z" an injudicious proclamation though what
he said about slavery and free labor was
all true enough, and in many respects like
the Presidents message, yet it is presumed
he has been refined in, and probably has ere
this received bottle of the balm of con-
servatism, and captured Mississippi and
Louisiana, aud the other rebel States in
that qualter-we say this has probably been
done, and for augh we know, such is the
powerful effect Of this balsam, that the reb-
els may have been driven from the Poto-
mac, and everywhere else,-only we don't
hear of any such thing and herein lies The
reason that the great discovery of the Con-
rier and Banner is after all " ghoak.'
But to be more serious, why not devote
our energies against the traitors, wholly
and exclusively, and not seek so much to
create division at home. Why constantly
pitching into those who are thoroughly and
unquestionably loyal, and who, in fact, have
never been in sympathy with those now in
arms to destroy the Government. And
above all, where is there policy which is
more likely 10 conserve this Government
than that of such men as Dickinson, Coch-
rane, and host of others who go for hit
ting the rebels where and when they can
hit them the hardest In the choice Ian
guage Of the Courier, why be afflicted with
=" the Niger on the brain 2? Why SO
much anxiety lest some traitor STAKEHOLDER
shall lose his slaves? A few, at least, in
our midst, who pretend to be loyal, have
expressed far more sadness and anxiety
lest some slave should get away, than they
have in the loss of some of the noblest and
most patriotic blood of our country. The
death Of Lyon, Of Baker, and Ellsworth,
and thousands of others, does not bring
from them half the sadness and anxiety
they manifest in preserving the institution
Of slavery. Ii is not a war against loyal
Shareholders, If there are any such, but
against traitors, be they the owners of
slaves or otherwise.
And now, in conclusion we have to say,
if there are those still left in the loyal
States, who are anxious to act as wet nurse
to the institution of negro slavery, they
can have the privilege. We shall not be
Of that number.