Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-07
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HEADQUARTERS csLUalsls, TESS.,
oor7as1sud- nee oeths Mobile News
Tha eu.ige c0mmspa has AZ last arrived e
this piacs. aad iaiaad by tus fore 0i sen. tif
rest Is eagags5 in crossing Dagk rIveI l4is
gcint--ao5e loa aauc3 wollsn oy recent heaTy
rains to 30 eTaa els--by tho SLOW process q
teFrisga. Tae last three days Of tie laarch Fss
through dfanehiae rains, and e9oEy solliss upon
skin, and no placa Of shelter 10 r. sige aim aud
shie3d him rom he torrents winch SIN con
tirusd p8ur 5oeu As3Iouut Pleasant Ten
miles south Of his plac3 we struck one Of t5e
u0bis Old Felnesaee turnui1ss, aad were favored
wiki the fIs5 good road W. had stfuek sihcs
leaving Olzaloaa.. Nearly ihe eutire lnsrch was
made through rains ard over roads the moss
muddy, exeerable and well nigh impaasia.e
Tho country along cur route was cue Of .lo
most berrs1, sterile aud uninvifing inasssa g,
unsil oa. approach 70 MoRas P-easan vac g
very welcome sissration was a. oRce percspable
and sus sasp6bla. FEom Mount Pleasant % i5is
point w0 found eonHDaaus succession ot 5ea
aa5 fertile falnss oInanqeni5d ~ rsAfssee
e5iet 20 on syes. il6e1aes p4lg7iai, ais5r emery
ing from Ehe novels of N0E.h Mississippi and
Alabama. Ia passing throngh La7reacsoures
tbirty-fve miles south ol this points We tonpd
the place even rrTe perfectly dssolsts aad rally
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gone to rack, and was evident q l2t even iu the
easiest tines Of peace the place had MOI Vaan
very entcing a stone monumenss towering
thirty fssr III the air and eT5c-ed 70 the memory
I of Cant Allaa and his c0mpatTi0ts, wao PSF
I ished at CerT0 Gogdo aad other batta-heios Of
Mexico, proved TO BE- the Only relic Of intsIaat5
and the Buildings and Surroundings spP3aTec
IS desolate and dsath-hks as the stone pillar
attesting 30 the fame Of these Wh0 perlslsd
r. 81. -- aH - g.
Columbia, the place at which we now ere, Is
/ the county seat Of MsuIy, one of the richest
/ and most preducfiye Of tie STATE. Large and
owners have settled here, aud formed On aris
I teeTsey, which has for It's head the Polk aud
I Pillow famEiiss, who have secluded them elves
in elegant mansions on tseir farms, not iaE dis
! fant fFonl this town The town itself is t2stly
/ laid out and the buildings display considerable
artistic merit and are Inhabited by sensible
aud generous people, who 10 times Of peae3,
numbered about four thousand souls. ~ is
/ situated on the Duck river, a stream not sum
GENTLY large for navigation. which empfles into
/ tbs Tennessee. The Central Southern rair0ad,
! running from Nashville 20 Decatur, passes
i tbrouqh the place but has not been iH use since
/ Che Commencement of war. I5 IS f0rty miles
/ distant sfrom Nashville. which is nearly "a 8
/ direct line; and Is about the same dlsLanes fcom
4 Sheibyvi.le, where the right wing OF Bfags g
1 army now lies, which is q little south of east.
When BueH marched from Nashville, year
I ago, TO rsinforce Grant at Pittgburg landing,
priar ta the battle Of Shiloh, he came this route,
! aad was engaged by forces on the other side eli
\ tbe river. who Ia their TsEIest, destroyed the
! bridge crossing Daek river st this point. and
/ ~ serially retarded his progress. Two weeks
were consumed by him ia rec0nssructing the
/ bridge, and then the watar had fallen So much
/ .hat tine main portion Of his army f0rda0 the
/ stream. All this country was occ0pied Oy ne
/ enemv prior to Bragg's advance into Kentucky,
I which compsllediss evso1atorl sad gave 90 ear
army one Of the richest and most productive
regiops ia the soath. However much others may
/ eeRgure Gen. Bragg for his Kentucky campaigns
1 the people Of North Alsbama end aiddl9 ten-
nsssee reeZzd bim ss taeit dsityareli ior had 9.
! NOT baep for his compelling tha enemy 20 WI b.
: draw from this region, tho people would sat
/ have heasi IL thraldcul, end she co1nTy #Giea
our army nov depends upon Tor support, be siiil
( En- thalr possession None but thJs3 Wns nave
visited this country cen jadse Of the service
( shst Bcaeg has rendered 10 the cause. The only
sar of the people now appears 30 p7, llA. ne
sl1nv is not equal to tho supply instead ai' 90
in o1aer regioas that the supply Is iaaq-q1 q1a'1
for the army. Corn, Of the very 6 qualify,
sells at from fifty to sixty cents per 9lsls', ana
d5ar is purchased ia any quantity @. from twelve
to tgen.y dellars per bsIIei, Waila tens oi E8al
uosk c.a ba procured 1T tvesty sad We 5y-tW0
GEMS per pound. Glance at tha3e pnes, ye
starving 1i0bilians, whO heap lmpIeeat.on5 on
81 Pembsrt0n and dIetEt0rial ordal5, G2a Eaii Us
what you now think Of hlm Whom 80 In@ng o'
v5u have sbased, for prCcurlng theae 5upples
f,r the benefit of the army, which your country
would otherwise have been c3mpeAed TO supply
Ii Pat bIu phy were here now be oeed hf7a
I no fear of 'ssDoiing f9r aens EnOWlag tle
/ man Chat struck Bily Patterson or fret % naya
some one strsad on tho tail Of his coa5, as there
may be g ight on hand amy Day batofe dinner.
Ths enemy are tn tofes Uadef Con ossalsy si
FrauEin, twenty-eight miles uor ID on sli5 Point
ans nearly equl-dlslaBt iTon1 Na5hYll5 4ins
NAV be termed R0seeganz' extreme r5glt wong
+borsb. in fscs, soma distance ia ths rear Of ni.
main body. and probably more Tor sac puIpos.
oi protecting Nashviile and furnishing rem.
foresmepts 70 his army than advancing with Ii
Hie has recently besn reinforced Wltn hit3eI
thousand men from Louisville and mas now as
iarge an army a. was under bis control Pho
Al tis battle of Murreesooro' i is reported
r and pstially credited, TOO, ia eilelal citcles
thst Gen Franz Sigel is en- route witA ms corp
from Hookers Virginia atmy 10 IeiniaIc
Rasecranz. If this be The case lt VII prov
, q hard struggle for Brsgg 70 hold bus Owl, an
less n uoFtiSg of Lees army swell bis numb lEs
If Hooker can spare Sigei for any such pu'
nose. our own generals are fully aware of d
ana can furnish sufficient nRnpers 70 I9h ltl
i desiSn Of OgerpOWerBg oGr army ln MldJl
Tennessee. imagine shat il viii oe but fe'
: dqys before Van Dom and hi5 cavalry ers saAu
on the march and cause B3secEaDz some Astt
annoy aneos. Ibo recent rams having ces-la5 z
: nearly all the ammunition 70 5~s comma aQ q
! and many horses bsiag useless tlf aeITles Tilh
Z ont shoeinr is IS found necessary 60 await
time ard overcome thess Barriers 70 flrtaer pro
= pfoss ct present, and thea g. it with rush
Fhe points ct which we axe most habi3 TO stuE
ar5 Rosecrsnz's bases Of euppiies and these q
Clsrzsvilie and Nashville on lhs Cumberland
! and Bowling Green OF the Green riYef. 10 ga
st the former place We VIII be Obliged % sWil
onr horses across the Cumberland, or erect
pontoon bridge, whiea W9uis ceiisq--5 loo l-'lc
! lime. To get 60 Nashville We will have 70 ed
! counter q very heavy force, guard ag iins5 tl'e
: / bufniur the bridge Whieh spans the river
NashviIle. and attack them in an lnsTencao
and fortified position To come ct boWhu
Green is about as difiieult as Nashville, 90 th
reader nay plainly ses the difficulties IN tH
,Vay Of each and all Of these attempts and nC
e expect too much. None but those VINO hay
e Witnessed the passags ao1oss river o. streai
y OF any size are aware OF the ulIlcnl-1es as-a-
oi dant upon the task to an army.
RoseeTsaz has published en- order saat an
D person. soldier ranger, whether acting under &
:; Confederate regulations OF aot caught wi
l- Federal cyerc0ats, viii be treated as spies 81
2 shot. Gen. Forrest has already hae the big
z coats of his command dyed Con Van Don
= when he gets in RosecEanz neighoornooo, eo
templates sending hun an inquiry as 20 Faete
o. it is his intention to cary out and execute z
q order aforesaid, claiming that 1t ls tns paYiis'
= Of our soldiers to wear sueh sftic55 u hels
ie ssry comfort as may have been taken ifon q
20 enemy by their Yalor, and that IN ta8 eyeat
such action as proclaimed By RoseeIauz' ne J"
r. at oacs adopt fotadatorY measures faa L1lit
ie affection for RosseraDz especially s.nce ne q
y tie of Corinth, IS not generally believed %
s, very ardent, and e warm time may ee expee
20 betweea these embi.tsrsd enemies. He s-.id z
to.I othsr day shat Rosecraaz had beeR Engaged
2 the eSap trade ST Cincinnati prior 70 ias "-
"a and he had evidently besn successful, -s
ae cleaasa hin ous as oolinth 5us aEoWe1
'n termination to peIsscute old Rossy 10 the ms
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