Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-13

HItEdAff ~ AZ " tIp DOat Up Ne etNcaAli capturing
q aatboat, twenty eight cattle, fifty hegs, snd ether
stores Subsequently the hoat was run sshore. the
stores removed, and The vessel burned The crew
was paroled. D
COnfederare states Congress.
RIcEMoED, January l2-congrsss assembled to-day.
Nine senator's aud f~fty.thTee representatives were pres
ent Ne quorum in either branch. Adjourned until to-
morrow.
AHoSher Success in Virginia.
PErEasBUBe, January p-Gen Pryor encountered
Dodgers mounted rifles, Eve miles from Suffolk, with
two companies Of cavalry. and routed them, inaicting
considerable loss. Learning that there were $500 Yam
KEGS at CarrkyfIe, Pryor pushed acros to intercept
them. They fed on his spproseh, and escaped.
FROM EHrope-The m~ediatiOn Quessisn,
eRtc. Etc.
RICHMoED. January I2-The Anglo Saxon brings
London dates to the 24th.
Mr.. Laysrd, under-secretay of state for Foreign sf'
fairs, made q speech recently in London, in which he
said the principle upon which his country acted for non
Intervention, was that England sympathized with all
nations s~trvggling for freedom. he also said that ths
government was rghtin the opinion that the proposal
Of France for mediation was inopportune, snd that Il
the English government had accepted the Offers st an
fnopportune moment. then wa u the opportunity ar
rived it would belost.
The Paris correspondent Of the London Post, under
/ dsts Of the 22d nit ssysi ct Is reported that he
Emperor has assured the Cabinet at Washngionf
through Mr. Dayton, that France came forward cot TO
favor Nor.h OF sou.h, but IA the name Of hums3ity and
for tie good Of both parties. BE says the geyernT eal
Of France and Englscd continue to be united in their
| policy toward Aperies, and theT rOicy now as Of ola
IS strict neutrality
The Liverpool Journal # Commerce contains an
order to the British agents st the various West india
islands, that if ID, Alabama enters then ports they shall
prohibit her from coaling or taking in provisions, s0d ai
reetlue that sse be ordered tc depart At once. TIE
order further states thai Captain ssmues viii be IN
formed that alter notice should he destroy any mer-
cbandize consigned to British merchants in neutral
ships. her majssty's government viii take steps to de-
stroy his vessel.
The Paris correspondent q the London Herald says
il IS rumorsd in official circles that another attempt viii
be made By tie great powers to put an end to the strife
in America
The London Times advises the american government
not 10 60 through the rodieulous farce Of claiming in
demnity from England, for losses sustained By the oPe-
raaops Of the AlaBsna
Laser from Europe.
FREDERICKSBURG January l2-The Africa brings
Liverpool dates Of the 2sth ult. The news Of the battle
Of Fredericksburg created the greatest interest in Eng
land, and the impression at Liverpool was unfayoraoie
to hopes Of an sarly peace.
Tbs working meme Of Manchester adopted a e%oDgratu
latofy address to Lincoln OF lis proclamation.
The Enelsh revenue accounts show an increase dur
Ing The year, of two million three hundred and ninety
two thousand pounds. The Times ttinks this shows
that cotton is notking, and thatit would be better Tor
England to keep all The cotton operatives on public
pensions, until they are absorbed in other tTedes, than
vary cue point Of national policy
French Consul al New Orleans Dismissed,
The Philadelphia Inquirer Of the 9Th has sspeeial dis
patch stating that 81 Mereier, the French minister at
washington, has dismissed the French consul at New
Orleans for alleged completely, with the rebels against
the United States
Another Report frosn the River.
The Inqnirefs latest dispatch from Vicksburg an
noupees the arrival Of Porser's aeet. Banks and Nc
cierbs6d were expected every moment. when the com
bined fleets win make smother attempt TO overthrow the
Gibraltar Of the West.
The Federals lost 5000 at Yleksburg on the 29th. Gen
Morgan was killed, aud GEN. smith, Of the Federal
srsy, mortaly wounded.
latest Nerthern TnteIIisence.
vaHandigham b 5 been serensded in New York. De
made q bold speech. aud de~nounced Lincoln, his Cabinet
and Congress He said if the Constitution was tram
pied under foot much longer, the %guillo;ine viii be used
agalnst trsitors.
The New York world Of the 9th essarts that Burn.
side has resigned. and that Hooker takes command
1t is rumored tha1 Butler returns TO New oriesns.
Gold elosedin New York, on the 9Th, atl3S.
Thads US stevens, IN a speech in the house Of repre-
s~entatves, declared hatthe States in rebellion were not
only out Of the Union. but had no constitutional obligs.
toms and all relations between them and the federal
government, arose solely out Of the Wal measures on
lie part. ami their positions as belHgerents
Tbe New York World admits a severe Union defeat st
Vcksburg. with q loss Of five. thousand and many val
asbie officers
The Richmond Enquirer has Northern dates Of the
loth.
pfspatshes from St. Louis Indicate the probable cap
tare Of Springfield, No, by the eonfedsrates, with a
very large amount Of srmy stores
poseeranz hiss Issued an orderthat al captured rebel
| officers be conhned and subsist On Tations, until JEFF
Davis, recent proclamation s revoked
Roseeranss headquarters are ten miles bsyond Mur,
t~-essboros
Cold in New York on the eth Ias STOCK market s1-
cited
r. The c0nHsbsnd elepbantisa great source
Of trouble to our Abolition friends. The Wash
iaoten correspondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette,
4 . late letter, says: The proposition to send
contrabands Nerihward does not meet with
much favor, though admitted on al hands chat
something must be done with them, The con-
traband camp Is very full here andit condition
pronounced BY leading Republican papers to.
day 10 be disgracefal to barb&sisra."
= Attorney General Bates, in bis opinion
on the possibility of negro citizenship, says Of
the bearings Of the bred Scott decision
Whatever was said in- the long course of the
case. Is reported, (2do Pases) respecting the L.
gal merits Of the case, AID respecting any sup
posed legal disability resulting fEom the mere
fact Of color though entitled to Ell the respect
which is due 20 The learned and upright source.
rom which the opinions come, was tdsAors the.
rseSrds,3 and Of no authority asa Judicial de-
hoss;on .