Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-29
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We eondnae cur extracts from late Northern
papers;
NEGRO COLoEIzATION OF ROANOKE. ISLAND.
Ths following oT3sIs have been issued con
eeTnis g he celiaiz.tion Of Roanoke Island with
negnoee:
HEABoUAHrERs Army AND DIST or N or
NeEb=ra n G., Sept. TO- 1853.
General Orders, No p
In secordsnee with the views Of the major
general commanding The de9a7tanaat OF V-rQi,iia
and North Csr0hua, CrsDlsin II ,raea james
superintendent Of blacks for the district Of
Nor Carol'ra, sill assume Charge Of the col
On ton If K auoke island vita negroes The
pOssers ee7trTre6- upon Brig Gen Wild by gen
eyal orders No I02 headqnsrters Department Of
\ nth Carolina 18Th ermy cFps Sys hereby
Transferred 10 Chaplain James Ha wil take
possession Of al unOeeRpiet lands upon the
Island, and lay them ont and assign them &C
coTding to his own discretion, 70 TIE amfies Of
coloTed s0itiers, to invslids, and Cthes acks iu
! h9 employ Of the Cover u mt, giving then
iua possession OF ths same until aunu'lad b,
the Govsrnmsnt or By due process Of United
States law The authority OF Chap ain james
will be respected in all matters relating 10 lhe
welfare OF the colony.
By command of Major Gen. PECK.
Bspj B Foster, A. a. G.
The lssdipg article in the New York Lads-
pendent Of Fr day says:
"A journey to Washington Fas quickenod
our faith in the Government. Uul,ks year
sg0, the atmosphere OF that city nov braces
hope snd courage. Men now going there can
come away bringing with them an augmented
confidence in the great resources Of The Govern
menI, aud in the fdslity with which these are ap-
Piled to the Of the war. All the bluuders, all
The taIdiness, sI the red tape, cannot queneh the
great fact that the Government has set its heart
and soul upon putting down the rebelli0ui aud
that the rebellion will be put down. One can
aot talk al hour With the President without
feeling that whoever olse may doubt tbs issue
Of the war, Abraham lincoln doubts not At sll
| Not naturally 4 sauguine man, be yet believes
| hat be is nov shutting hls hand upon tbs prize
If victory. Wseu sober minded men feel en-
thnsissm and show-going men fe=l thst the end
Is near, and oveT.esUtious men Ike hr lincoln
! feel confident not only Of today bat Of tenor
rOa, let The country a. large b. dOuby colfienf
hat the crown Of triumph is within reach, and
! 5het The Presidents hand will pluck IT,"
/ Scarcity OF HOMES II wAsHIE6T0N, ETC.
There is quite a m 1vsuont in Washington
among the clerks and Governmrnt employees
| in favor of establishing their families in BEld
more. The sesrcity OF houses, higb rsuts and
Z =
causes, and netting Of the hOuseless aud
HON less" was hold 81 the Uui0n Lesgue IoCm-
on Friday evening 20 take the MISTER into cor
sjisra'iou a correspondent Of she National
Republican thus carrsc;s some erroneous Inpres-
81 OBS OF the Chronicle in relation to the mater:
Ii estimates the annuGl Gost Of q ticks' be
IVY cen B4tmOre and Washington at $3.50
Ehsress an arrangement can be made, it Is De-
iieved hy wh'ch the pTics viii be reduced to
from S75 to 500 per snHum. A slight mistake
Of $3.50 in he ChyOaicles . calculations.
Mt less incorrect is The statement as to the
time required for the trip L is designed to have
> tram leave Baltimore every morning at seven
O'Clock. precisely, and arrive st the depot here at
$50 S:45 r turning, ieavs Wash aRtOn, At
say, 4:30-srnving IN Baltimore at 6 to 6:l5
Pm.
As is excectad that not less thar FIVE hun
dred persons viii svsl themselves o. ihIs facility
70 i've well aud econ 'micslly IN q clean, health
city, there will be train devoted 20 them exclu-
,ively, which viii run through without stop
pages
G mfoTtsble houses, now, with ali the modern
imprsvehents. can be rented in Baltimore for
from $3.50 to $3.50 2sr snnum aid N tbs the
cost %, uckas, say (msXinUm p-ioe) 500 and
We hHve 80 average reui OF S3O0-hos $500, IS
ID Chronicle figures IL uD.
n ~, as 70 board, etc. For those who 90 not
require uses, coed board cs1 be had IH B 1T
IN re- IN respectable families living 10 desirable
parts of the ci for from S4 20 S6 eg week
average. ssy, S5-edi TO uus r. par week
fiT cs-t. a dge have 40 average fass OF seven
dollars per week for board ard l5ding l0r single
Darg0ur