Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-12

about to be ordered away, because 7 would be
impossible to feed them. sueh fortunate pea-
Die a. were the owners of COWS have been ia.
daily fear that ehey would be seized By the gov
ernmont 70 be slaughtered for beef Many en-
cauastanCes c~onspiTed 10 give eredeace to these
reports. Several butchers stalls in the city
markets have been closed by their propTiesors,
because Of their Inability to keep them supplied
win their usual assortment Of fresh meat Mary
bosrdingsht uses have dismissed their boardsrs for
the reason that they could no longer serve them
with their mssli. The proprietor o. the Spots
wood hotel has,snnouDeed bis intention Of dis
continuing his table dbOte, and the proprietor
Of the Ballard house had advanced bis rates 10
seven dollars day. Much Of this was dua to
the wholesale ippressments heretofore made
By the Confederate authorities, sut more than
all to the eminsntly unwise and unjust
measure of the Secretary of War in taking
every barrel Of Hour on sale in Richmond for
the use If the commissary department. The
amount Of hardship involved in this harsh and
most ipjudieious erder is not to be estimated.
Many familes-indeed 3 large majority Of the
householders of this city-keep but q small
stock Of -four on hand. Not small number
have barely enough in their stOFehouses to main
tain the ddren and servants for a week Much
Of the -four that was seized had been purchased,
in lots of two three and four barrels, and paid
for at psiess varying from twenty-five to thirty
dollars the barrel, and had been NFed 10
remain in the store or warehouse because Of tbe
extreme difficulty Of getting a dray or wagon 10
hsul it to the purchasers dwelling, now that
the government has al the teams Of the city IN
its service. The private citizen was not only
deprived of his four, but, in every instance, was
subjected to pecuniary loss BY beng forced 70
accept nineteen dollars and fifty cents a barrel
for It Thus the measure was harsh. Bu. Il
was injudieious in the highest degree, beeavse
it viii efsctually stop the further transmits
sion of produce from the country districts Il
Richmond Country millsrs, farmers and other
holders of meat ard grain will not send an
ounce nor q quart Of It to the capital, knowing
that when It reaches here It win be liable to
seizure By the government at arbitrary prices
Richmond viii thus be quite as efactaally cut
of from further supplies as If an actual pTohi
bitfon had been established with regard 10 theil
introduction. hold M. Seddoa in very ggeat
respect know him TO be 3 pure, high-mindet
and Christian man. and his patriotism is unqaes
tionable, but he bad much better have gone int
tie market and bought -four for the army q
$40 a barrel than to have resortedto this means
Of procuring a temporary supply, and if til;
people Of Richmond and tbs army in It's neigh
borhood, should be hereafter utterly destitute c
the staff Of life, tho fact viii DO attributable g
the action of the Secretary OF War.
There has been quite a str created here b.
the proposition introduced into Congress
BY Er. Bsrksdsle. Of Mississippi, empow.
e6ng the President to suspend the operation OF
the writ Of hsbeas corpus. The Fhig sounds
the alarm FOR PERSONAL liberty, while the Ea7yi
rer thinks the measure necessary for Y~eacaing
disioyaI and mischiegous persons in carbaiu dis.
triets who cannot be touched il any other man.
ner. It Is to be regretted thst SIR Batk5
could not accomplish his object By difaroGi
means, as the suspension Of the writ Of habeas
corpus resembles closely the syranDy Of lte
washington government. Whsa the mates
agan ONE up in Congress, there wiz be e
spirited debate upon It.
General TOombs has resigned his commission
in tie army, sud it IS said, VIII BE- candidate
for the ofice Of governor Of Georgia ct the next
election.
Another AID most formidabs candidate sas
appeared for ths governors chair in Vfrgiaia, in
the person of Col George WyGae ManfoTd, the
present secretary Of tie CommonweaItb, a most
able, worthy aud accomplished gentleman.
TIE weather is clear and very cool.
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