Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-01

Special Corsespordenfs Of the Memphis llppeaLI
prnuNnrn ncc.nhnr % 1862

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Special Correspondents OF the Memphis Appeal
R~IcHNosD, Decenber %, 1862.
The YAnsee government has collapsed. Seward psre
rsihes 10 she shades Of sweet Auburn, and Seward 6s
gives up his sinecure with It's fat stiary. Bates, Blair
& Co., Il ia raid, WIN also withdraw to private life ard
Stanton viii be lse alone 70 assist Old Abe In rSeoa-
ssrueting his Cabinet Burnside has thrown up his CON
Fl siop in desaair. An This 81 highly s~iguiAeani Il
would seem that bs 55alcosrscAenti Is due to the trinaph
or exnens Black Rspubilcaa principles ia the councils
Of she ADMINISTRATION, for sewasd was held to represent
conservatism, such as II was, IA the Presidents board
Of advisors, and with his disappearance from tie
scene. al restraint viii be removed from the Washing
ton tyranny. # Indeed, any, has beea exercised over it
since the madness Of abolition and eonaseation seized
upon the fool that holds the supreme authority. Sum
neT, Lovejoy & Co. may now come into power and rGn
rioti1 the prosecution Of their schemes. OF course the
defeat "a, fredericksburg was ths immediate cause Of
the displacement Of Seward, as Of the ~resigna;i u Of
Burnsi e. Its a perplexing fact, If indeed At be afact
In this view Of the subject, that Mcclellan has been sent
fort give his advise in the military dilemma, and that
he viii probably be again called 70 the chief
command and it admits only Of ono explanation,
that the F>derAl troops ara 50 thoroughly mudnoas and
d -contenied that the appointment Of any other cont
msnder would be attended by the d~essrtion Of half the
AMY. Il IL a sad necessity. doubtless. for Lincoln to
| call back to his service tbs man whom q month ago he
80 sunmarI!y dismissed, aad whose stna officers lie
caused to be arrested for d~isloyslty. snd Mcclellan him
self, il he had proper spirit, would trsst his proposed
reinstatstneut with eoDsempt but powsr is sweet, and
his vanity would be greatly fattered by the suggestion
that shcre was not another man worthy Of tho leader
slip. Lincoln would greatly prefer tho elevation oS
Fremont, an appointment that would be haiiei with
satisfaction by the extreme wing Of the Abelitiqnlsts, but
Fremont has been 40 knocked about by stoneTail Jack
son that the army would rebel ea mdsse at his coming.
= Cur aivie.s from the RappahannOck are that the
great diseomGted army Of Burnside, like ahuge wounded
elephant retres ing to his forest, Is slowly making .
way back to Washington overland. Whether pursuit
is intended by our generals, 1 am unable t5say, though
General Lee sent yesterday for ammunition, which
locks Just 3 little Ea. picious. We hear sOme ruUOrs Of
a force having been sent to intercept their r~etrograds
movement somewhere in the county Of Prince William,
and It s not Impossible that another battle viii be forced
upon them before they get safely behind their entrench-
ments around the Federal capita perhaps, who
knoTsl on the ever memorable field Of Manassas where
we have beaten them twice before.
The proclamation Of the President, published In the
city papers OF this morning, with regard to Butler ard
the officers and men serving under his command, has ez-
cited the Hveliest satisfaction here, and win be received
gladly throughout the Confederaey. The ~reeitaio of But
lers ousrages and crimes is made with admirable sim
plichy and condensation, and will constitute a leaf in
the historic narrative of the war. The paper is said to
have been written by Mr.. Benjamin The President
himself, as we aH know, writes with equal elegance and
force, and tho compaotDess and severity Of the dOeu-
ment would argue nothing against IT'S having come from
his own pen, but there are Ger in characteristics Of style
which betrsy the hand Of III ecretary Of War in the
composition, and Mr.. Davis has probably entrusted
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would Pre- pare an indictment, against Butler con anore.
But whoever may be the author Of the proclamation, it
does great credit to the President and will be received
abroad as another evidence Of his calm resolution and
dIgnlaed hrmnsss Of character.
The enrolling officers of the CONSUMPTION have been
engaged for some time past in vigorous r-eexamination
OF exempts under the law, which has caused some hut
tring among hundreds Of SCAM s in Richmond, who upon
+ numberless pretexts, such as foreign citizenship, sttested
By illegal papers from consuls. physical disability,
special service for government and what not, have
claimed to be free from the obligation to perform mil
tary daty. The days Of grace have passed for the &c
ceptancs Of excuses, and hereafter all persons liable to
the &C. vii be srreEed and sent to the army. This
measure must be highly ssutary in Kidding our streets
CT 8 pes;lent population Of thieves, g%arrOttsrs and ex-
torioners..
We bear me pleasant anecdotes of General Lee, in
connection with the recent battle. Ths morning sitter
ngnsias's disaptesra- sc, he rode up 10 a group OF his
mai gen raj ana b~risadisr', and add easing the gal
lant AleLeus. said, "Ah, gentlemen. you Lit EN- too
hwd " shaa never set another Eight cut # them this
winter John Esten Cooke, the Virginia nsgeli t.
who is tersing on the staff Of General Stuart. in a very
1spb'e letter to the R chmend mig, descriptive Of the
engagement tells u, that while the furious bombari
meut Of Fredercksbnrs was going on from the OpPO
site hills of Stafford Ger Lee quietly remarked ct il
delightful to them to destroy Innocent people without
being hurt themselves. Il just suits them" By the
way, it almost makes us shudder to think how narrow
an escape was made by Generals Lee, Bongstreet and
McLaws, during the fight IF Sunday. The three Off
GERS were standing just behind a Parrot gun belonging
to the Washington artillery when it exploded, strewing
the air with its fragments. Fortunately not one ef
them was struck. Here ID a good story of old Stonewall,
for tho accuracy Of which lido Lot vouch, though it
cams to me directly from the camp. The night after
the battle, a council Of war was held by General
Lee, to Which all OF his generals Of division were
invited General jackson slept throughout the
proceedings. aud upon being walked aud asked for b 5
opinion, CURLY sid, Drive EN- in TIE river, drive
EN- in the riverp'
It is said en- ii street, and has bsen stated in one Of
cur city papers ih4t the Exchange Hotel has been
taken FIR the ppna.hipg session Of the Cozfederete
Congress, on account Of a waut Of prap-r
ton in the capitol.
The wsatle' has sofsened into 8 sprisg temperature
sgAin. X
CoFFEE- The Charleston Courier of the sd says
We eau inform our friends who can afford TO pay about
three dollars per pound, that some five hundred bags of
coffee have reached u Southern port.
~ The Beehaaies Magazine says that " excellent
paper Is now made in Europe from the leaves of Indian
corn. There is enc paper mill in operat on in Switzer
land, and one IN Austria, in which paper is made from
such leaves exclusively. The husks which snyelop the
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