Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-02

From -ha Cha5'.s-5l C5ua--rl
! Tho war. SO t.r, las not authorized vory favor
-G-5 opinions concerning the v&lus and u7gs @
ilris lf -cr-5 are importGu. and valuable, lL
inference Is Lls. our generals ksv0 not CtJg!a.
ami -a-l-ce. --a ln.i modes Of naming and DE-
Eul.ug .lc-g, ar lsFo uOs been iulicieus ia go
.6r5-r galrsu-g and CCTuandGGts.
The Ud Palmetto log fort, Sullivan, was con
s.lc--d aE a sl.u El.or pen by Gen. Charles Lee
the best military authority GEd rlasto, of his tg
john 8utlgdge, who had never received @ mil
I.-rF education or bias ventured 70 thi X other
( WISE and Le charged with the defelseOf tho fcrt
| "a Eupe, a.gU-le7rtgd man named WI ian
/ Moutro, and some worthy volunteers Of LEa
spirit. These men, not knowing or appraclatiug
| tuo m i.arY folly Of the fort, or the etiquette OF
/ hllg away their powder in tho shortcs. possible
/ time aud then guueudeT.ng, undertook the de
t.uoa Of Che fort in earnest The results known,
and @ living t7C. IN history. Would idG5 is
we've repeated Cr even surpassed in later history
j. 81 not possible, with all the science with
which Olr military movements ard operations
have been Opue sel and retarded, to decide ir
advance whether @ FOX. Is da.cusi5le or not7 Il
tho decision Of responsible military authority
Is aGI- ,Ga possibility Of pr0Taltod lT sU--
CessfUl defense, is E lot better in all respects 10
eyacuate and abandon before resistance, than TO
surrender, and waste and lose ammunition
ii hlunIer has been made in the bad I1ca-
ton or bad construction Of fort. i5 is necessary
10 add tna more expensive bluuler Of q bad de-
fan-e7
A correspondent Of tho Richmond Dispa.rF,
writing from EGYsn. and referring 90 the isU
Os Pulaski, says:
The wild report Of ssoeLpolu.od lbos IS the
ucrezt nouo5-ase and Parrot guns that pierced Ia
solid wa.I-const,Ucted and fra wall Of near
sixteen feet in thicBne55--2s one shot, Is o Nun
-4- ,r-fuu %
I viii not causura them, not being informed any
more man 5l3 people generally. The report %
be given hereafter by Col Omstead may pre-
sent salts factory reasons for the painfl a-s which
lr has aGu5Umm1tc1-
"a large amount Of stores fell with the fort
provisions for nc least three months, ammunition,
shot aud shell, Of 100 rounds foe each gun on
the post, not 500 of which had been expended. /
We hope however, If Sav8n al does Buccunb I
her citizens generally will not become Federal |
vaz8ll5, and we viii meet them yet with the |
hsyoHca- whero no walls sball impede cur i'm /
pe.uosi'T. Our great Napoleon 10 saLl asleep" |
The Richmond rHlg, referring TO the Same To- |
pic, says:
" BlIcLIaud mortar f0gta are p0werloss TO pra- /
vent the IA. agas of irOu-clad vasssls-tbat our /
true defense consists in obstructiug tho nsviga-
bic channels which lead TO our Cjties-and that .
our most efficient resource consists in meeting
the enemy on land aEdodering him the sane res
5.uta resistance TEicE has thus flr foil "a and d.
feated hEn
"I- igG striking fact, that alm05taIl the prison
ar5 we haze lost nave been enclosed IN pens Of
stone. buck Or dirt; sometimes out aj sea- as Has-
.5ras aud Pulaski sometimes on the Islands,
l5r E1m reiGlogconents, and with no means of
retreat, as on Roanoke; sometimes in the bends
Of naygabl8 rivers, WLe.e the enemy brought
troops aud ordnance by wafer, and VIC could not
escape by land. Oug prisoners have been taken
By llr1, open field fighting, chiefly without do
l-nse sGJ Grsinss superior force"