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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-29
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From the Mobile Advertiser and Register.

From the Mobile Advertiser and Registerl
Many persons have fallen into the way of
imagining, or Of talking as if they did, chat
the fate Of the Republic hangs upon the issue of a
great expected battle in Tennessee. Persons who
really think so are either marvelously ignorant
and timid, or are unsound, for they lack the IN
~stinctive faith of patriotism which whispers to
every true heart in the moments of darkest ad-
ver5ity that the good and holy cause Of country
and Of right is sustained by a power which viii
not suffer it to fail under the efforts of tyrannic
wrong.
The ignorant and timid should understand
that though great battles may decide the war in
favor Of the South, they cannot decide it against
the South. Defeats in great battles may make
the North give up the war, bu- defeats will not
make the South give it up. The object Of the
North is to add the South to its possessions. and
it will give up if it finds the price too costly and
defeat disheartens it of the prospect of success.
The object of the South is TO save all it nos
sesses-life, property, liberty aud independence.
and 1t must win, or have nothing therefore it
must triumph or be annihilated. Its millions
cannot be aunihilated, and, consequently. II
must triumph sooner or later.
A great battle in Tennessee is imminent. To
this conflict the men of the South are rslIying
in strength. They rash to the field from everv
quarter of the cotton States. At the call of
BaaGregsr6 the sons Of the South {" come IA tina
winds come when forests are blasted" Leaving
all behind but their weapons, and with hearts as
stern and true as their steel, they pour on ia a
raging torrent to the anticipated revel of death
to the invader. The South is gathering its ener-
gies for q mighty struggle on the soil of Ten
nessee. Whist if we aTs defeated il that dreadful
conflict Why, we lose the dsy-a day of the
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C-onfedernte Rond..

Planters and others in the interior who have
surplus fuEds on hand cannot do better than
invest them ia the bonds OF the COnfsderacy.
In this way substantial sid viii be given TO
a cause in which is involved everything that can
make existence desirable. Would it not be re
garded marvellous for any to hesitate If this
security be not ample, whatelse can be regarded
s07
The Produce Loan, as it was so called, was
organized upon the basis of admitting the
planters TO the privilege of subscribing to the
bonds out Of the proceeds of crops when they
should be brought 10 market, and the plan must
of course be partially imperative during the ex-
istence Of tho blockade. 4 large number of
planters, however, hsve disposed CT q part OF the
whole of their crops, and have not, we learn
come forward 70 make the promised investment.
This is in the highest degree unpatriotic, and
VII not be initiated. Others there are who,
having their produce still on hand, find them
selves in possession Of funds from other sources,
ample to satisfy their subscription to the govern
ment, or a large part Of it. To withhold such
is equally unpatriOtic. Another class declines
to pay, unless the bonds are delivered, thus
throwing embarrassment in the way of the
government by refusing its regularly author
ized certificates, which are in every respect as
binding upon it as the bonds themselves.
Let US all, whether at home or in the field, be
found with heart and hand united. and with all
our resources, ready and eager to strengthen and
sustain the government, which requires that
every man should 90 his duty.
A general agent for the produce bonds is To-
lated at New Orleans, and ~sub-agencies are
located at Jackson, Nstchez, Vicksburg, Greua-
da, Holly Springs, aud Columbus, Mississippi
Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. These
are prepared to issue certificates for sums of $50
and over, convertible into bonds as soon as they
can be prepared. The certificates draw interest
from their date at : per cent, per snnum.-Neu
Orleans Delta.
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years we can afford to fight for the priceless
stake of the war.
five are defeated, only that battle is lost
not the Confsderacy. Our standard Is only
planted on another field, and to 1t rally again
the undaunted defenders of their country, ready
again to meet the hirelings and maiignants
whom the North may succeed in raising to do
its hellish work of murder by wholesale in the
aggressive warfare Of greed and hate.
1t may be said that the strength of the South
is only impaired by a defeat to the extent of the
number Of men actually lost in the battle. All
who escape are with us, to fight again, and the
uudylng determination OF our people is testified
by the fact that, instead Of disheartening the
popular resolution, every defeat but nerves it
aud stimulates the volunteer sniit to larger
deeds OF sacrifice. Every triumph Of the enemy
but adds to the debt of vengeance we owe aud
to our means Of dischargiDg it. The more W
are bea.en, the more men they have to beat, and
the fable task OF looping off hydra heads was q
tribe to the undertaking of LincoIn's million Of
soldiers. The blood of its martyrs are the
seeds 0" liberty, and FOR every Southron whom
the sword Of the invader consigns to the earth,
ten spring up to avenge his fall.
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May it not be tbatthe excessive rains of the
present season are due to the heavy csnnOnading
attending the operations of the contending ar
mics This supposition is very nearly in ac-
cordance with the theory of Professor Espy, the
1" storm king" who held that by the disturbance
of the atmospheric currents, OccasiOned by large
fires rolling up columns of air, rains might be
produced.
We r~ecoIlect that during the campaign in the
Crimes, eastern Europe was visited with extra
ordinary rains, and the operations of the armies
were greatly impeded by the storms and floods
that occurred.
The battle of Bulls Run was immediately fol-
lowed by remarkable rains for midsummer,
which commenced in Virginia and extended
throughout the whole country.
1t is moreover a noteworthy fact that our rains
during this year have been attended by a degree
of thunder and lightning very unusual in the
Understanding the suppOsition that the clouds
have been suddenly concentrated, like the storms
of summer, and not by the more gradual pro-
cesses of the winter months.
1t IS hardly necessary to adduce facts to show
the great and widespread agitation of the atmos-
phere produced by discharges Of cannon or
other loud reports. Every one has experienced
it in the breaking of window panes by the dis
charge of a single six or t~welve-pounder, and
the rafting Of windows caused by a clap OF
thunder. We remember a report Of the ascent
of an eronaut from New York, a number OF
years ago, on a 4th of July or other joyous occa-
sion on which cannon were fred.
He reported that while he was at an altitude
Of q mile or mora, each discharge SO violently
affected the air as almost to o~verturn his bal
loon, and that the agitation Of the atmosphere
was so great as to hurry his return 70 land.
Even on the water such discharges have s very
great effect-witness the frequent raising of dead
bodies by firing cannon, and the killing Of fsl
about Pensacola during the late heavy lombard
ment there.
Such facts and eoincidonts, we think, render
quite plausible the theory that the unusual and
extraordinary rains with which we have been
visited during the existing war have some con-
nection with the waflike operations. Both IA
iional deductions from known facts and the OBJ
servation Of concurrent phenomena favor tbo
idea.-COlEEnbuS Enquirer.
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Fxrrnrnrnnr Rrpeo,n,ion..

Mcclellan has ventured out from Washington,
as will be seen by the following dispatch to the
associated press, North, dated March Doth:
WASHINGTON, Morch 12.-The Department
having formally announced that Gen. Mcclellan
has taken the field in person, it is not improper
to say that he left Washington last Monday, and
is leading the great Potomac army upon the hy-
ing rebels of Virginia. His reception among the
troops, as he passed to their head, was one Of the
grandeSt ever witnessed in this country. The
largest body of men ever put in motion st once
since the battle of SOlferino, moved from the
banks of the Potomac on that day. For many
miles, on divers roads, tie embattled ranks
pressed forward, and the cheers that hailed the
general at one point of the lines was taken up
by regiment after regiment, and division after
division, until the whole vast army rent the
heavens with shouts of welcome.
Gen. Mcclellan rode through the ranks in mo-
ton, his cap ever in his hand, returning the sa-
lutes of the enthusiastic soldiers. 1t is only
hoped by his friends that the country will pa
tientIy give him half the time that was accorded
to the western general who pursued his foe from
Lexington, Missouri, TO Arkansas.
The relief of Gen. Mcclellan from the West
ern Department, is only just to him. 1t would
be wrong to keep him responsible for campaigns
which, while he is in the field, he cannot per-
sonelly supervise. While his enemies see in this
change his humiliation, his friends see his justi-
fcation and safety.
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L.. - of
WAR DEPARTMENJ@ORDNaACE o. FiCE, ,
ICHMUND Msruh I'd, 1852
dds VIII be received al tins cfiee untt tie 18th o.
id Apri next, Tor the following ORDNANCE and
ORDNANCE MATERIAL for The COafederste States
Amy
10000 tUns Charcoal Geld Blast Pig Ircn,
5000 tuus Il Blooms, (cbarcosl)
1000 tung Wrought Iron Ears, Of various sizes
10 Ten inch COluub ads.
100 Eight inch Coiumbiads,
100 Ter iLch Siege and Garrison MortBrs,
100 Tbirtesninoh sea coast 3orrsrs,
SO Twelve FOUNDER Iron Howitzerz,
500 ElE-po.nter Iron Field GunE.
Bids MAJ be msae for any qusntity Of Iron over one
bundled fu1s, and fer any nunbei Of Guns over Son.
Drawings Of tie gems viii DO fuInshed only TO par
ties whose BIDS hfe accepted
bidders viii state re points Of delivery, snd the dat,
n which not less than ore hundred tuns Of IRON Dsy b'
expected g. be furnished
Thev must also state he time required 70 furnish th'
whole of their bid.
Biode.s for zuus xiii state the date Of the first delv
CIV. and the ims required to supply the whole lumber
payments win be Hgds on delivery Of not less thai
Hfty tuDs q Iron, and the righI 10 pay one half in Cor
fs5srsie bo1ds is reserved
Bids must be scaled ana enclosed, and indorsed on tn
envelope Proposals. Tor Lon or Proposals 70
Guns, a. the case msy be.
J. GURGAS, Leutensnt-Colonel,
mhlSfl0thsB Chief Ordnance.
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df(tnpBis 3qPtaI.
FROM OUR EVENING EDITION OF YESTERDAY.
-COWWODORF TATTNALL.

We clip the following interesting announce
ment from the Savannah Republican, Of the 25th
inst:
Commodore Tattnal received orders on Satur-
day last to repair forthwith to Norfolk and take
command Of the hattering rsna Virginia The
whole country viii be rejoiced TO hear If, and
iook with confidence to The future operations OF
the wonderful machine. We regret to lose his
services st this post, but for his and the coun-
,Iy's sake, we are pleased to see him in a posi-
uon where he can be available to the latter, and
sustain his well earned fame as a naval com
mander.
Commodore Tattnal leaves here this morning
for the theateT Of his future labors. He was
accompanied by J. Pembroke Jones, late COM
mander Of the ResoIute, who will act as his flag
lieutenant, and his son Paulding Tattnal, as
Secretary.
The call Of Commodore TATTNALLt to the com
nand Of the Virginia is the best thing the gov
eminent could have done. TATTNALL is known
As "the lion hearted commodore" and very
properly. Cool, self-possessed, and clear-headedi
he is yet fearless as the lion and terrible as the
thunderbolt. He is known the world over as the
very impersonaion of courage, daring and resO-
luton. No Huer maR ever entered a parlor no
Drawer officer ever tTod a deck. He has the
heart to dare, and the viii to do all that any
living man can do; and where he strikes, he
leaves his lightning blast behind.
Commodore TAlTNALL must be nearly fifty
five years old, yet he is as hard and tough as a
piece of live oak. He entered the navy while
yet a lad, and has had his home on the rolling
deep" ever since. He was born near Savan-
nah, Georgia, whore his family still resides.
Since the blockade Of Savannah by the Fed
erals, he has managed with his little mosquito
feet to give them no little trouble. All he
wanted was q good man-of-war to scatter their
ships to the winds Put him in command of
the Virginia, and it were bet ter for the enemy to
encounter a hurricane than this Old lion of the
seq
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I'm R0UFE FOR THE WARS.

A member Of the LIST Alabama regiment writes
to the Mobile TrBHHe something of his expert
ences and observations on his way to the wars.
He says:
We started from Corinth for Memphis without
change of ears, but with a stronger war horse,
and over a splendid road, and reached there in
schedule tIne.
The whole country from Corinth is cultivated
ike q garden, and the villages and country
residences are neat and show u~nmistakable evi-
.denees of prosperity.
Of course tue whole country Of Mississippi
and Alabama turned out aud cheered US on our
way but it was reserved for the ladies between
COrinth and Memphis, no men apparently being
left, to raise our spirits 70 boiling point-and
the girl in red, the girl in blue, and Miss Betsy,
the doctors daughter, are among the standard
toasts in our company.
OF Memphis, as a city, he seems to have
formed a favorable opinion, but not SO as to the
patriotism Of her citizens. We believe his i'm
pressions as to the latter are incorrect. In
abiding to our city he says:
Memphis is O besu.ifal city, and so situated as
to show It to its best advantage. The buildings
on Main and ether principal streets are all mod
ern build-iron, marble and brown stone fronts,
four to five stories high-but, alas, it is like a
whitened sepulchre, beautiful without, but rotten
to the core. The inhabitants Il mean those
lett are not hearty in the cause, and look on the
present struggle with sullen apathy, and all
they think Of Is TO sell to the soldiers passing
through the common necesssTies Of life at fabu-
lODs rates. declining all Alabama and, 10 some
instances, Confederate money in payment
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Non-Residenf Nntfce

DEHDNG in the County Court Of haywood county
4 Tennessee.
James Il. Homer Annie M'ria Hnnter, B. A. Hend,.
sen and wife. Martha B. Henderson,
vs.
John Ssngsssr ard vile. Margaret sanzsssr. Assrsv
Ward and wife, hRry J. Ward, AID Westward A
Hunter.
In this cause, upou afSdavjt q ed, It appearing that
Andrew J. Ward snd bis wife. Mary J. Ward. dsfand-
ants, are u0n-lssideHts Of the Stats q Tenn esss.- bus
reside IN or rear tia city Of Littls 2ock, Arkansas, Il i
therefore 0r5eEed that publication be made Tor four sue
esssiye weeks in tee Memphis Appes a nevsp mar
publ bed IN he city Of Memphis. Tunucss ea rsoui1uV
said non resident Z PENDANTS % make -h5ir appearsno@
be . the said county court o. said county a. Re sourf
hOus-. IN the town Il BoOwrsvills, Tennessea. On ~
frat Monday in April 1872 then and there 70 plead. a8-
sYer or demnr 70 tie petition herein. OF ths sans vii
be taken Tor ~eonfess-d and set for hearing sH psrts A
20 them
Copy test @. P T~ALIAFERRO.
t26 iaw4w% clerk ard Master
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River New. and sseuuSoa. au,,.....

TOR DEPARTURES To-D2T AKA sIEAhs0AF coEgaE.
The nver Is still rising slowly. No business
va ooins on The landing Yesterday The REraJa
arrived nom White river. she goa . New Orleans
'his eVening---The Golden Age went up the river.
The AeHrl leaves to-day for V~leksburg. The san Hais.
is the regular boat this evening for White river
Cotton Hmomentadly expected. and Is to leave for New
Orleans to-day. The New Orleans Dslta o. Thursday
says the boats that left bad light frsightL The Grand
Duke was reesiviug for Red river. TIE Gen Outman
ien Tor Memphs..-We received a dispatch last uigbt
from hr.HaTper, clerk Of the Ferd KsDnett, dated ViSks.
bnrs' March q, which says. "Tbe Fsrd Ksnnett arrived
here on time. She viii leave henph.A on her retura.
on Tuesday evening" We need scarcely add a word
for The travelling public havs learned he s~u2su0rty Of
the Kennett Her 2assengsn always End themselves well
treated, and supplied with 3 good table and sxesusat
accommodations; Ca1t. Bdsrir fn eonnand
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no TIE PUBLIC.

Ny advertisement il tie newspapers OF q patent pro
@ ,sss far Taru. ng Lesther, has called forth 30 much cor
frespondsnee and SO many- Inquiries concern ng Us ope
FatiouR. that I have thought fit 70 igsue a circular an.
sywsring The much sou git after information.
IAN the inventor aid psfsltee. aud the patent hAs
been allowed by tie an horttes at Richmond Ny puo
sae-s l. a domestic chemical one, such a. can be obtained
-frou the herbs OF tie woods 10 the county and / Use
Sunac Is 8 base in tanning. All the ingredients are
p eutful throughout The Southern couDtTy Yets OF
4rGrehs used 10 the old process, VIII answer every pur
ooss FL tie new. only It Goes not require half SO many
The leather looks a. well and IL as gDod IN quahty, OF
better, thnu thai tanned by the old bark process J
have had the process thoroughly tested snd TiTnsssed
by worthy and h~oHera1ls gentlemen in THIS city, whC
VII v0uca Tor Is enescg do Let sen rights 70 any
ons OF Eua. Al ucney SEM g. my risk BY taxing the
postEEsiers rece pt without rrgisteTicg.
Address ne al Little Rock, Ark, e. closing ten cent
to pay postage. 3. o. HArTOX,
nh s621- little pock. Arknnsas.
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FOREsTALESG-It has always been deemed
an ofense for persons 70 buy articles as the market 70
sell again. Ata time like the present it Is a double
crime, and the Msrket-Masters should diligently report TO
the Recorder for his action, any eases Of forestaIing that
comes under their notice. This morning a cOuntryman
put down a package Of eggs in the North Market for
which he asked thirty cents a dozen Quite a number Of
persons were waiting the opening Of the package to Pur-
chase, when a dealer came up, and after ascsrtsining
that there were a hundred dozen, said he would take
them all. We learn that he was selling eggs at forty
cents a dozen. A city officer was among those waiting
to make the purchase. He called the attention Of Mar
ket-Master SmOOt 10 the matter. and that 0fhcsr took the
forestaller before the Recorder, who fnsdhim ten dolsrA
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HARD To MOVE-The cotton, sugar and
mofasses in the city appears to be hard to move. Yes
terday, Assistant Provost Marshal Morgan had to take
a guard asd compel a person in Pinch, who had some
cotton in his back yard, to remove Il to the spot desig-
mated by the Provost Marshal. Il b probable that per
emptory orders viii be issued requiring owners Of cotton,
sugar and molasses to move their stock by a given day,
after which such az has not been taken away win be
moved by the Provost Marshal, and the owners viii be
compelled to pay the expensek We learn that there is
space enough for each owner TO deposlte his merchandise
TO Itself Those who send their property early viii have
the choice Of a place 70 deposit IT.
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n The Louisville Journal of the 18th says:
/" We are informed that the contractor is now in
Kentucky who viii pr ceed Immediately to con-
struct the military railroad from Nicholssville to
Danviile, and from thence to Knoxville; that be
expects to complete the road TO Danville in sixty
days. and the balance Of the route in " double
quick" It will be recollected that the lower
House Of the Federal Congress repealed the law
authorizing the President to construct the road,
but the Senats refused to concur.
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In Mobile the Provost Marshal Ia charged with enfOrc-
ing the orders prohibiting large sales Of provisions Of
any description 70 any one person or company, and the
attainment Of provisions from the city except in small
quantities and for domestic use.
The press Of the two above cities generally aPprove
If the regulation Of prices by authority the New Or
ls.ns 7yte Dsha disapproves Of the proceeding. It
says:
Ar-aadv. the immediate effect Of such an impractica-
ia attennt il to cause an advance In the price of bread
stras % at least ten per cent, every one Who IL able,
L.-ryino off to lay IN a stock Of -four and meal, thus ag-
-regating the momentary deficiency by the boarding
which this dangerous t~ampering will the natural laws OF
trade is sure to produce
Ansr irving credit to the high character and excellent
,r..r,ions Of those who have exercised their authority
in INF, matter, the True Della continues:
su av they are no more qualified than any Other four
f..aH-e,t man In this community 20 determine what
,Loni5 or abouId not be the price Of a barrel of -four, =
- ~ lard a bushel Of corn, or a sack Of potatoes.
T7eS,b toa Drnvisions in the hands Of dealers, who are real,
,l+bor,yn not disiaterested, benetactOrs Of the public, they
a.. JeaI "a arbitrarily as they please, because their will
= = isS. hut when they have disposed Of them, what
g,arantee can they give the public against absolute
e+orvafion. If their tariff Of rates Is not deemed s~atisfae-
80 - nv the holders Of the food At those points whence
oIf supplies are deTivedt Suppose they proclaim that
sigb,sen dollars per barrel may re charged for superdne
aSrr and that the bOIders Of the article in Tennessee
M Texas will not ship at that price, pFeferring the home
market; in such case how do they propose to punish the
obduracy Of the Texan and Tenuesseean, and supply
the inexorable demand for bread heret
The paper we quote from finally expresses the opinion
that Il the authorizes act upon the advice OF Yankee
s~sibblers, it will not be very long until we have an en-
amy in our streets a thousand times more to be feared
than the invading hosts Of Lincoln The name Of this
invincibls foe is Famine"
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Such speeches need no comment

"a A correspondent Of the Petersburg En-
press says that the Virginia makes two knots
per hour more than she ever did as the MerTimac.
Notwithstanding her heavy coat of armor, the
vessel was found to be 50 buoysnt that the vast
quantity Of extra ballast necessary to sink her
great hulk thirty inches, was put aboard to
bring her down to her bearings, submerge the
edge Of her armor and give her something ike
the contemplated draught Of water. These being
facts, the Virginia must be thoroughly seaworthy
and capable of any sort of ocean work and Of
resisting any sort Of wear and tear Of ocean
elements. Let her make a cruise down our
coast
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% Ladies, merchants and Others, who have
collected or sub cribed money or stores in aid Of the
University Hospital at Oxford. Miss., are requested by
Kew. Mr.. Campbell to ssnd them in this day TO the guar
office. Mr. Campbell desires to make 6 re-
port worthy OF Memphis, and worthy of the cause he
Having to leave on Monday morning he
finds Ii impossible to call on all our merchants and cld-
zensr and therefore requests that all who can, will send
In their contributions with their names and the value Of
each donation BY 4 O'clock.