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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-05
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TIE sEEEEMEsH ON DHEh O
We haze BEEN furnished with some psricn'
lars of the lafa sEirmisa onDssr cEeak, between
a force of Fe5ersls and some Confederate cav
slr sna artil ery uadsT Colonel FERGUSON.
Col T. bad moved his command 10 he plants
ton of SMITH & HooD, seven miles rom
Greenvils, en- deer creek Here the enemy I'd
vanced upon him with about three hundred cav
airy, four pieces Of srtllery, ard six regiments
Of infantry, under Gen. BURBRfDGE Oar IN
formant states that our cavalry about eighty in
number, stsmpeied on the aPproach Of The en-
envy. leaving the artillery unsupported, and, as
il was passing arouad the bend Of Deer creek, at
Mrs. BUcKNER's place, the enemy's cavalry
went through the hsd and got in The front Of
our forces. eaptuiug the baggage wagons and
caissons and shout thirty or forty men, aud took
up e good position St judge DHoE's place.
The artillery thus let. under Lieut.. WOODS,
Of the Missouri battery, charged upon the enc
my, Tetook the c~aissons, wegons and the PTis-
onsrs that had besn captured with them, drove
The enemy into the swamp, and made Their wsy
safely to Bayou Eoish. Th.t night and next
morning Col FsRsUsoN bad placed all the 81
rliey eaissoas and wagons on fasboats, and
upon The arrival eff The enemy ct Col FAlL's
Tuesday neon, lie began The descent Of the
bayou and neEt morning arrived as Gel Ia.
THAN's, a San6ower, ard i,hcut tbs less Of
maa.
The MissruH section bed ona man badly
wounded, and Lent C~orroEHAMs commend
also bzd one wounded Up 10 Thursday even
ing nothing was heard q cur cavalry. Col F.,
with Eve e~avslymen, who stood by him,
charged 3 party Of Yankees, killing one, wound
ing sso and capturing two others, besides re-
taking four Of bus own men.
The enemy came down as faT Col FAILS,
and then returned, taking Major HARRY LEE
with them No other arrests were heard Of
They were under command Of Gesersl BUR
BRIDGE, who. vixen on Deer creek, = week pre-
vious, refused to let negroes 60 Of with him
They took freely Of all they wanted for pro-
visions, but did not take cotton, Of which there
ere crest quantities on Deer creek
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VAN DORM IN NJsDDLE TENNESSEE,
Three Ts.os.sa..d FeaeraIs caps.srea.

CHATTANOOGA, March 4-Van Dorm attacked the en-
envy at Franklin, eighteen miles south of Nashville, on
Sunday last, with his cavalry and light artillery, esp.
turing three thousand Yankees, with their stores and
equipments.
The enemy captured several foraging wagons belong
Ing to Wheeler's brigade, near War Trace, on 1st. inst.
The Yankees continue to commit great depredatOns
around Murfressboro'. a citizen Of Rutherford county
was recently taken out and whipped by order Of Fed
eral officers.
Later from Fort 1EcAHisger-NO Damage
Dene.
SAyANSAH, March 1.-THE enemy shelled Fort Nc
Alister all last night, until near day this morn
ing. A dispatch from the fort, dated g O'clock a NJ,
says tbs enemy have not resumed the attack this morn
ing. Three vessels are sim in the river. The fort is in
good condition, the coIumbiad having been rsmounted
No further c~asuaIties have occurred at the fort.
Confederate states Congress.
RIcHMosD, March Ain the senate today, ME. Old.
ham, from the COMMITTEES on postal affairs reported bills
conascstibg the interest Of alien enemies in telegraph
lines, and putting said lines under she control of the
Postmaster General
The impress meRt bill was then discussed until the sd-
J-ournmsnA
The house was in secret session On the tax bin.
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point, so that he win not ba sble to find any
weak spots. And this. I ana satisfied to know is
being done, and our defensss placed in a con
iison that viii defy al his efforts.
It is well known that The enemy has At pres
ent but two alternatives in operating against
sbis point. 0ne is to make an assault directly
upon the city and in tho face Of our river bat
teres sslempt to land bis troops At whatever
hezeFdi and he other is to get the army below
ia oSaer to approaeh on this side of the river
from that quarter. This latter movement is, in
my opinion, about to be decided a failure for
this purpose he bad a large force employed more
thsn a month and half in widening and deep
enins the canal also the running down Of sew
sral gunboats. Tho latter having been cap.
tured, aud the former proving a failure, will
compel him to operate elsewhere.
1t isnowannouncs d thaban Efforts to be maae
te eosx the Mississippi into Lake Providenee.
aud from there into Bayou Mason, and through
Tensss bayou to Red river, hoping to make this
q nav route for the navigation of their trans
ports to point below Yicksburg. Port Hud-
son IS to be taken FIRST, and then all the Federal
forces united are to reduce YIcksburg, without
any opposition. If an army Of one hundred
thousand men, and navy of twenty gunboats
dare not venture to attack Yicksburg, it would
be an interesting problem for some one versed
IN mathematics, to calculate now large g force it
viii require to take it.
The enemy is net by any means idle, but
apparently very active in his preparations,
though It must be principally confined to the
organization Of the army, as nothing he does
ia hi present locality can affect as here. But
one great cause Of delay may be traced to the
large amount Of sickness which prevails in his
army. Instead Of using the spades to dig the
canal, these useful implements have to 0e
employed in digging graves for the defures
soldiers. Taese reports are fully confirmed from
all quarters, and reported SO 10 the Northern
journals. It is plain that the longer he waits
for endorsements, the more reduced his army
viii become, aud be is weaker now by ten thou
and than on the day he arrived here.
Below the city, on the Opposite shore, there is
but very little seen Of the Yankees. The Gordon
ofsbatteries which the Northern papers boast
about, exists only in the Imagination Of sensa
ton correspondents. One gun composes this
formidable array Of artillery, and that Of a small
caIiber, as noheavy guns could be carried across
the swamp These reports may cheer and COM
fort the people in the North, but they do not
discourage US here, because We know they are
false. And even if these reports were true,
they admit that such batteries would be Of no
benefit TO them. EESToR
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In the Federal senate, on the 10Th, tee sub
ject of illegal arrests being up, Wilson, Of Mas
sachusetts, said
Jobn Van Buren, is a capital barometer to
show which way the popular current runs.
At the commencement Of the war he made
speeches against il; now be ia beginning TO
show which way the current runs, and show
ing that the people do not sympathizs with
traitors in or out Of Congress John Van
Buren, made a speech the other day that has
the ring Of patriotism about il, not that the Ter
ring sisters might depart in peace but that be
never would consent 20 recognize this traitor
Confederacy; and this Mshoney has taken e5-
pecial pains to have it understood that he re-
Dukes John Van Buren,, and he is writing to
the New York press to prove Of himself what
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Benst RutIer al naItimore.

Butler was received at the hall of the Mary
land Institute on the evening Of the 18th nit,
where he made g speech. Thirty-four young Ia
dies, handsomely decorated, were on the stand,
and patriotic airs were sung, and a band Of mu-
sic was in attendance. He spoke of the TIL
umphs Of the Yankees, told them the govern
ment was detsrmined.to succeed, euiogized the
CONSUMPTION act, and alluded 70 the night when
be formally occupied Federal hill, IN May, 1855
were drawn, tYrsnts aud traitors N beware
and stand back. He was to have had a dinner,
but this did not come off, owing to the fact that
8 salute fred at Fort Marshall killed Com
msnder Maxwell oodhull, u S. navy,s rela-
tive of Gen. Scheneks.
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LATEST BIZ %TELEGRAPH.
Last Nights Dispatches.
LATE NORTHERN ENgRLEHGERCE,
HfgAB Esssorfeas frozs H~esstuekg!
REPORTS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI
.x.aTE Fgo.W .sAz QU.4RzRRs.
Nighfs Dispatches.


Special to the afemphls Appeal
GRENADA NaFeh4 1s63.-The Chicago Tines, o. the
25sh nit, has bsen received
The New York World has been suppressed in the
army Of the Pofomae, BY order Of Booker
Gov. Robinson, Of Kentucky, indorsss Col. GHberts
dispersal Of the Democratic convention Of that State
It is reported the rebels have again invaded Kentucky.
but what they are doing, or their strength, is unknown.
Some say large forces occupy Eieholssvfie, Winchester
and Richmond and threaten Lexington and Frankfort;
Others say a force Of a thousand strong occupied Win
chester, and after a skirmish disappeared
Lee and Jackson are sim at Fredericksburg, and it
is believed at Washington that the Confederate forces
there have beea but little diminished.
A bill has passed this Federal senate, dischsrging the
State prisoners now In custody.
Confederate p~rivateers are reported in the Calcutta
papers to be cruising in Bengal Bay.
Hamlin has gone to Maine. It is said his main object
is 70 get white officers for negro regiments.
On the 25th, gold was quoted in New York at 72ls.
Col. shanks and most Of the officers Of the sth Ken
tueky cavalry have resigned.
A Cincinnati dispatch dated the 24th, says. Two di
visions left Memphis to-day for Weksburg
The Times has Intelligence from Yazos pass to tie
l9th ult, via Cairo. A large number Of transports
passed up for the purpose Of bringing rei~nforcements
4ue moftaHy IL the tederM army on the river
e~9atiaHss large. They are buried two feet deep, with
out collins.
A~gunbOat had succeeded in passing into Lake Provi
dsnes.
Another oinelnnsa dispatch, dated the Path, says:
The trains from Central Kentucky bring several hun.
dTed refugees, including the leading Union men from
Montgomery, Madison. CLARK Bourbon and Fayette ceun.
ties. The clerks Of the eOurts have also brought their
papers and the brokers their money. The Federal
troops have fallen back to Lexington, burning the pub
lie property they were unable to bring away It is be-
ieved that C~ynthiaDa win be attacked FIRST
The invading forcs is estimated at $4,000. Tits be-
lieved that Bragg is moving a portion of his force into
tie State via 8Ec8Iinnvfle. Roseeranz VIII not fall
back, but trust the defense Of the state to Granger,
Cox and Wright. There are only eight thousand troops
in the State, and they are meoneentrated
A Depot and two cars were burned al South Union,
Oh the Clsrksvlle and Bowling Green railroad.
The Louisville Democrat learns that Longssrest ia
leading ten thousand men into Kentucky. B
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Do'a hoases Of the Yankee Congress have
passed the bin 70 provide for q nAtioaal c
Teney' secured BY . pledge Of Uassd sss
stocks. Some idea Of its provision may be ia
ieHed rom reports Of speeches made before r.
passage. Mr.. Baker said:
ms bhl, if carried into effect DroBosas
L-oauee an inc lnverdble and irrsd4s~9bfs
currency shame upon ITS aathors b. RS
7 our bankinE system win b 5tsFv
Ialsd ana driven out By taxation. Ts
- sitss unlimited power to one nan Il
paIsS Ia tie hands Of the secretary M b.s-
u ts Wnoie banking Institutions ef IN eos--
~. d breath might make and 4 brsstb
mlsnt unmake rs ALL Suppose this system az
2PSl-uon vas in ihs hands Of the confr5Har ar5
e2Pyss taat a rQmor should 20 forth .ast 49,
! Ogsn 8 deiaicat!on, what would be- ~ ~
,Sct None can measure It. It IS inealeniabis
ne vas not willing to place The whole b1zigsse
interests OF cur country at such bazsr7s H4F
as syaiem been augurated 81 MI. B1ehar..g
glmlnis5Tation, what to-day would have bes1
cur condition Q
NJ Noel said This bin gives tie GOVERN
msns ne power 70 60 into all tie States aa5 Ia
sugursie q system Of opening banks iods1sT-
osL. Oi esea other, and having no national char
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Vscksburz Tsems.

FToN no wig MaTc1 -
The egew Of the Iudianols, some ninety-tuo
IN number arrived here yesterday afternoon,
Sna were given quarters IN The county jail
Oar lover batteries sent q number Of iron
Messengers over 70 the Yankees e. P5wne's
house. eraag, bat witE what eject We did
not ascertain.
Al Has gust sn the p~eninsala yesterday.
fhe Lexington and Brsgx have lefs he fleet and
9 reconnaissance Yesterday down the Mississippi
shore sone distance below Willow bayou, aud
resurHed egsin g lie ices
Among the azriyalsaf TIC fest 5estsrdav We
noticed tue ifansporss Empress, Fiofencs and
Sunny Side, and aasone the depallur5s the Ms1
rogolitan, Omaha and Arkyle-the latter l1Sded
with troops.
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From tho New York Times FEB. 2Ll
Dispatches from Ger. Gorman state that he is
eaargshcally clearing ont Yazos pass, So IS to
make il navigabls TO Coidwassr. There IS water
enough, but stumps, trees and vegetation choke
ap tie passage Admission thzoaeh shis pass
IS rained to ColdwataIs thence to Iailahatchis,
whence boats can reach Ylcksbufg over tie
Yazoa river Tie 1ankee picsel force, s half
mile ahsea Of the working parry, has had sew
er4s skirmisbss with Cenfs9egates, ID which
several we're kIHod On both sides Cantele-atas
are planting cannon snd gathering g force
where tbs pass enters the CoidiFateE. al last
ACCOUNTS tho clearing was Withiu two miles 81
the Junction with ooldwsier.
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KENTUCKY AND rEaNEssEE.

If the reports Of the Northera journals, as
given in cur special dispatch from GTsnads are
correct movements Of great importance are
going on 10 Kentucky. From Southern sources
We have 10 informsfoa Of an advance Of any
considerable body Of troops, but we presume
such a general stampede Of FEDERAL soldiary,
officials and citizens would not have occurred
without csuss. TITS to be hoped so, st least,
and that tha frightened fngitivss have not over
estimated The advancing force. We have no
idea that any considerable portion Of cur army
in Tennessee has been detached to participate in
this movement. but suppose or 6rst report that
LON6sTREET snd MARSHALL were advancing
toward Lexington IS tae tae one. The Cincin-
nsH @9arnss say thai RosEOEASz wil not DE-
vide us srny. Of 5al back. bus leave Kentucky
to Be Otherwise defended. Il he pufsues this
poHey tbo o9ises Of be diversion wia Ploba5iy
have been partially aeeeted-lhat Of gotdag
his army lgtdsd BE Is Willy, and knoWs the
antagonist Be has to deal With.
On tie ohar hand, if soathara reports be
true, ceaa- move has been hlaugurated by
RosEoRASz, eHlensly fr TIE purpose IF IN
daciug General J5HEsIos % ehsnga he plans.
The INTEL grace vea b tie Winchester Ten-
nssse) Baaain. cf 6 formidable movement up
the Ieaaesss So jar as Florence, Alabama, if
eorTaot. indic-ses thst bosh paaies ae engaged
in q iale side game. Thst either sid disturb
the main plans 81 the g1sAt masters Of the game,
we Do nos believe. The future Of operations on
the boa-d-Ksntuck and Tennessee-so closely
watched by JOHNSTON and RosEcRAEz, viii be
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u Our friend Capt. George Dashiell, Of
Memphis, psymaster IN Gen. Folks corps Of
Bragg's army, has been in our city some days.
swaiting an opportunity of visiting his family
in DeSoto county. We are pleased to find him
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I CORN above tbs reg1ireusns Of "a,
Ike planters within tls department beng u7srtv
needed Tor the Army Maio- j. Eus C4s Q1s-ts-
aastsf OF MS Department VII msks iausd & 7r-
rsnRemsns 20 collect such sur1u. frt rs-ss--e -
most CONVENIENT Tor aEipue-t 70 F~aeksblrg aad P~e
Hudson 20 that it nay be pr1maty sen fcr7s-f q
thoss points To shs aad that ths large qunHTe Of
corn so impersIvsiT reqlrsd be c0ls-tsd T. t5e -b1---
esq possible tine, the Chief Q-usrtermaster VIII appoint
da,re1t omeeTs as ageu's 20 canvass the neizlaar1oods
party whateFer corr t1eF may have -rovs rsr ueess-
Sites ray ns for the same -he uuf IN price Of s g
fhis sum being the high Is prcs lerstafls PAID fp-
ne same) IT, however th5 sams cannot be- purchased.
then e7ta7rty IS hre1y given Tori impussms =
the piices HEed By the Ssc-szary o. Wsr he aa-sorv
j. he sby gwen flr is iuprsssnsuL Eaior Mus Che-
QuartsrGssteri viii see that rairo a rl-sp1raHon IS
furnished 50 tha this corn be sat f7swzrl Is last
delivered AZ tbs De o..
BY order LiezieusurGsuer FETHERroE.
P rs. aaNMEGEE.
mu1--t A- e General
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La.e.l 80 Ea,eII.genea.

Inc New 4grA I&WCS OF the list says MeT-
ciar openly predicts at Washington that Napo-
leon viii break the blockade before the end of
March-just, it says, as he announced interyen-
ton from France weeks before it actually took
place.
The same journal thinks the ouly thing the
Connecticut resolutions do not d~snounce is
the rebellion of the Southern traitors, and the
usurpations Of the Richmond despotism," and it
adds: JEFF Davis has triumphed in State con-
vsnfon where the platform of South Carolina
prevailed, and that Seymour stands squarely up
TO il, and the issue now is rebellion and loyalty
The aboltionists may continue to fret
It was arranged at Washington that the at
tack on Charleston should be made On the 2Oth
ult. No reason is given for the postponement
It was announced in New York on the 2lst,
that three swift sailing, heavily armed steamers
would start from New York in pursuit Of the
Florida and Alabama as soon as the Yankee
Congress passed the bill before It granting let
ters Of mafque and ~reprisal
Charles Carroll Hicks, formerly a detective
IN Richmond. was arrested in New York on the
Doth ult.
1t is stated that some half dozen rebels which
run the blockade from Southern ports had ar.
rived At Nassau, and At least fifteen vessels had
cleared fEom Nassau thai were no doubt block
ads runners.
Hooker has been appointed a brigadier-gen-
s-al in The regular army Of the United States.
Holl, Of Kensucky, has been appointed judge
advocate general, with lie rank Of colonel.
Northern representa- ons state that both
H7os eF s and Resecrsnz armies are in excellent
p.igt Way don't iheg show 6ght then
The new c9mmepd 70 which Burnside was
M gned bss not YET iTaHspiged
The philadelphia laQaTer is % be excluded
Ir5a circulation "a tie Yankee army fr pub
lishine eopllsbsnd news Hooker is about t.
establish regulations, ard to pat reporters on
STAFF
Eight passenger tFsias a1e noV running daily
eTecn Washington and BaiamQEe.
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miss from Jarsson o. The Gala ID goal via auv
qdsnti y Of land that nay be desfrsd Gou lsa Asa
and he-lthy. TIE bose is vel auI, win eish -qcms-
four abovs zld f0ur blew, tEiis sad b7ak Nsr1a
FlsTs is on ire place aTeens orchard 81 1920 $50
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sPEREra AND 8

The Augusta Sentinel, in speaking of the
ssgeruess of Congress to make cotton pay the
whole expenses Of the war, as if there were no
other sources of revenue, says that an i'm
mense revenue might be levied from tobacco
and distilled spirits, both of which articles
ought l~egisimstely to bear the greatest burden
Of taxation, as not being articles Of prime
necessity. Spirits will be distilled and viii be
consumed, despite the most stringent prohib-
tory laws, aud the policy of forbidding their
manufacture is a very questionable one. We
have only to look at our prices current to
learn what an immense revenue could have
basn derived from a tax en- spirits. Liquor
which could have been bought for thirty
cents per gallon before the war, now readi-
iy brings nearly as many dollars. A great part
Of this incrsase Of price might have been placed
in tie treasury Of the government by j~udicious
exercise Of duty, instead of going, as it does
Now, into the pockets Of spectators and grog-
shop keepers. II is simply old ~grannyism TO
talk about the immortality Of permitting the dis
illaton Of liquors; It is not half so immoral as
seziog peoples goods without paying a Just
compensation for them, aud as men viii drink
liquor at whatever prices, it is better to levy 3
revenue out Of their foIies than cut of their ne
&c ssites.
France derives immense revenues from her
monopoly Of the tobaee5 trade, and nearly if
not quite as large an amount from her internal
duties on wines end spirits. The excise duties on
piTits in Great Britain amount to not less then
S., 600 900 annually, end, though our popula-
ton is not as large, We are at least as liberal
consumers as the people of those counteries,
where wine and malt liquors partly supply
the place Of spirits, Both of these articles
Of luxury should be taxed, and taxed in
such 9 manner as not to be destruc-
i've of production, but productive of revenu
should be made to bear even more
tasn cotton proportionslly, and the manufacture
Of distilled spirits ought not to be prohibited,
lnlsss there s danger that articles useful for
food may be greatly enhanced in price
distillation. If the Manufacture is objection
.ble in a moral point Of view, embafrsss the
consumption, not by prohibition, which is 8
questionable exercise Of authority, and leads TO
dieit Oscillation and a consequent d~isrespeet of
al law, bat in another manner-by taxation,
which, if it does not prevent the consumption,
win make it profitable to the State.
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= The United States senate passsI g
Organizing the territory Of Arizona. OF course
It Is intensely Abolition. Wade, in discussing
tie bil, said The North hsd not yet seriously I'D
the val, and be did not want he rebels 10 -
foothold even in Ohio.
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a wonderful egg was exposed fr sale in
me ~Lynehbnrg market house the other dsv
winch bears the inscription, ingrainsd INTO tfs
smell Peace IN thirty days The times srs
truly degenerate when even g hen wiz bs.eh
2 lie Ike that