Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-24
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From the New York Express
We learn BY the steamer George Washington,
which srrived to-day from New Orleans, that
much excitement existed there among the rebel
svraps.hiz rs and thsir friends, in reference to
the great military and naval expeditions about
70 depart from that point Il is understood tbst
the flower Of Gen Grants army, recently oper-
sting al ViekgbuTg. is or would be embarked On
this important expedition, the destination Of
which, il has boon given out, Is Mobile, Ala
The Tsbsl sympathizers, however. who are usu-
silly wise shows what is written, are unwilling
to accept this Mobile theory. They sre quite
sure that the expedition is going in just the con
tTsTy direetioO, and that Sc Mobile" IS only used
By The FedsTsls as blind, to put the rebels ch
their gaaFd. In short. they are quite ceTtaiR
that the expedition viii turn up ne' in Als5snla,
at the mouth of the Tombigbes, bus in IeXss,
st the mouth Of the Rio GlaRds They are
likewise certain that the movement was to be
marked BY great eslerity; they say some Of the
t,oops had already gone forward, ard would DO
on Texas soil as lhs nucleus Of great ''sTmy Of
occupation" !" there, before sha George Washing
ton could reach New York. The farther talk
among these wonderfully wise rebel symps-
th;zsrs, Was that this concentration of Federal
trosps al the mouth Of tEs RIO Grsu1e, was in
consequence Of an anticipated rupture Of fisnd-
" Tes,ion8 between FIsnce and The Usited
Safes thst certain demands have been made OF
tke French Emperor in respect to bis recent
operations ia Mexico, which, if not satisfactorily
complied vita, viii be immedistsly followed by
the invasion Of that eOuBtrF by the army Of
Gen. Grant; that q secret understanding con
tsmplasDg some such invasion exists between
President lincoln and the fugitive Mexican
President JagTtz; thai, finally, war between
France and the United States, growing ous Of
these complications, Is row inevitable, etc, etc
We give tbese reports for wkat they are worth,
and w8 leave il 10 the intelligence OF the reader
20 apT rise them at their actual value IF thore
IS really any foundation for the statement that
the destination Of tAe New Orleans expedition
Is the mouth Of the RiO GFande, however, we
cannot forbear rsHasrking that the rebsls, with
their accustomed penetration, hsvo CiScov-
cred the fact, notwithstanding the pains taken
20 put them on the Mobile scent The proof of
this knowledge we hsve IN the latest adviess
nom Brownsville, Texas, published in the En-
press few days ago, which stated that General
B %. the rebel commander On the Rio Grands,
had ordered the removal Of the cBgt0m house st
Brownsville 70 Z ;InO, = place about Onehuudrsi
and fifty miles above. We are not aware that
the Confederatss hRvs any military force in that
quarter to opposs cur tc0oPs, bat, even if they
had, 5hs real importance of the movement lies
rs sthsr ia It's immediate TsiatiO8 to France than
nation that the French, ha7iaE already takea
possession Of the seaport Of TampieO, are ab01t
to dispatea--f they have not already dispatched
"a military force 10 take possession Of Nets
m0rss a step which vii bring them face to face
with the Federal army Of occupation under
Gen Grant. Ea.EmOfas, IS our readers sTe
aware, is a Mexican town on the Rio Grande.
isw miles sb1vs The junction with the Cult Of
Mexico. Immediately across the river Is the (
State Of Texas, the town Of Br0TnsViIis baing /
IN that State, and occupying the relation 70 Nat
amora5 that Jersey City does 20 New York /
This town hss al along been held by the shove |
men .i9ned rebel Gen. Bee; and since the war be-
gan lsrSs c0nuabsnd trade has been carried /
on between ths two towns, European mercds1s- /
msn using the Mexican port IS a nominal port |
of entry. It has been almost impossible for as |
TO prevent the trade, as tee Eie GTan5e is neu-
trsl river aud csnnOb be bloekaded while Mats /
noras Is under friendly Sag, ad!eana0s Ire &C |
cupiei. Uader the Mexican hsg, iRdesd, Hata-
Ha8rzs has 05sn Eourcs Of annoyance to the
United Sta .es, and it may be uog that the army
Of Gen. Grant has been or is 70 ba sent 70
Brownsville 30 stop nat annoyance, aud pat an
end to the coutsbaad trade. How far this pro-
csodlag IS likely TO compromise our friendly re
ati0ns with the French Emperor, or how soon
It msy resUls IN 8 collision with his soldiers On
the opposite cf the river, are problems we do
not cara ~ present to discuss. The time for
their summary solution, however, IS clearly not
isr distant,