Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-16


EgTrRR RROn vICKsBUaG.
Special CorrsFasBdenes OF fbs Memphis APpeaLl
VIcKsBURG, April Is, 1868.
The movements of the enemy seem to be nc
i longer concealed by themselves. nor doubted BY
the most dubious in our own lines. At the first
indications Of their probable withdrawal from
here there were many who regarded it as q
strssegie move to induce the Confsderates to
Withdrew part Of the forces away from here io
va5d off the invaders at other points, and when
the army hsFe was suficiontly reduced and
weakened 70 be helP,ess, 8 fair prospect would
open for toe enemy to come and capture the
place without much trouble Bat al signs Of
treachery have vanished, and it is plainly evi-
dent that the efforts against this place have
been abandoned for the present.
The late TeconnOissancss, no doubt, hsd the
effect of convincing them that it was all folly
to lay siege to the place, with S reduced and
divided force, and the longer the aiege was con
tinued the weaker would his attacking force
/ become, and the stronger would grow tho de-
/ lenses at all vulnerable points. It may not
have occurred to many persons that General
/ Grants army has suffered as much IS II il had
4 fought hard battle; bat it is my opinion If be
had made an attack on the 25sb Of January, got
whipped and quit, he would not have lost as
many men as be has since lost by mortality.
The work OF reducing Vicksburg has become
count of its impregnabls defensss, bat also for
the reason that every army which they send here
is dacimated by natural causes; and the i'm
preston must prevail among many Of their
soldiers that to march against VicksbuTg, means
either to get killed By eur cannon or to die from
swamp fsvsr In order to loss an army, it is
not necessary to storm the batteries, nor to
make any effort at all to reduce the town to
their subsection, but all that is required ia to
keep up the camp in the swamp opposite, and
death viii come and quietly and silently do bis
work
Such has been the experiences of all the expe-
ditious that have visited the precincts of this
place aud row, as the summer season is ap-
proaebiog, ard when the waters subside from
the overiown bottom lands, leaving the mslari-
Gus exhslations exposed to find food anOag the
unacelimsted Yankees, harvest Of death will
be reaped on their next visit, such as would
laugh to scorn all the fatal casualties Of any
battle fsld that has yet groaned under The san
culinary tread Of contending hosts since the
opening of hossilitiss was first proclaimed
sgsinst Fort Sumter two years ago
The River Of Death, name which the Yam
KEGS have SO Significantly bestowed npon the |
waters of the Yazoo, has indeed proved that the
sppellaiiOn was appropriate to their case. The /
shattered and broken down remnants Of human /
ity who escape to their homes aud drag out
miserable and melancholy existence, will be
indubitable evidences of the folly of attempt
ing 10 subjugsss q people that is fortified by ns-
tuYe, both IN 8 physical and military point, IS
a. VickshuTg, continually about them. Their
physical constitutions will be broken and wreck
cd, and as worthless as She Constitution which
Old Abe has violated thousand times, and
which . fanaticsl government has entirely abne-
gated
I have information, said to be authoritative,
hat the Federais have evacuased the Deer creek
sountry-tbat all the boats have bsen with
Drawn, and not Yankee soldier is 20 be found
IN that region, except such as have taken their
iarms and located permanently there Some
twenty prisoners have been brought in and
placed in Jail, showing that our troops have not
been idle, if they didn't get the whole party
two Federal 0eserters were also
brought down They left the service ia disgust,
lad came over to ofFer their services to Dixie.
Yesterday morning there were only five trans.
ports st the lsnding above, snd not gunbost
Ess to be seen. Daring the day another trans
port came down. 1 did not observe that any of
hem bad departed up to this morning. In the
afternoon appearances Indicated tremendous
I ct abovs, AID tie mouth Of the Yazoo seemed
o be covered with she smoke Of steamers
they wers apparently IN motion, moving both
lp and down, but none coming down as far as
hs point. This activity gave rise to the suspi
ion chat an attack might be made after all, and
hot tie withdraw was only feint
The late camping ground is row 81 one vast
heat Of water, and if it should be the design to
.onfront Yicksburg again they viii have to op-
rate entirely by the navy, so al prospectu Of
auding troops on either side Of the river are now
,utirsly destroyed, and nothing more can be ef
ected until the water subsidies. think this vi
Unity is clear of al Yankees for the present,
md that it is probable shat no further effort can
,e made until next fall, as they llhardly send
lown an army in the hot summer season.
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