Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-19
REEE RECsHOED CORRESPONDING
or TEEE LONDON TE8ERS.

THE RICE WORD CGRRE RESPONDNGEl
Or TIKI LONTbOH TIMES.
From the London Times Jg tuary, 1851
know 20. whether tie honest truth which
has SO long been becoming more and more evi-
dent to lockers on il the Southern Confsderacy,
hes yet dswned upon the European public but
it is incontsstible that the Federals hesitate to
attack The Southern hosts, whose gsllantry they
have witnessed in every great battle upon tie
soil of Virginia, aud whose prowess in one Of
the most unequal Of the great encounters of
mstory-the battle Of SdsrpsbuTg or Antietsln
crsek-has been so burnt into Federal memories
thai Thousands of men, and chief Of al, Gen.
Mcclellan, will not forget it to their dying
hour. Ten weeks have this day flown since
3, coo Of Confederates, weary and trgvel-worn,
by long and toilsome marches, and fighting
upon e soil which was st least neutral if not
hostile. tried conclusions with at least three
times their number of Federals, led by the most
popular of the Federal generals, and backed by
all shat great and lavish nation, unfetteTed by
blockades, could throw into the field to support
them.
Ia answer to the question, VIII General
Burnside fight :" I cannot but believe that he
has no other alternative. If at the end of
years fighting, Of which it is impossible for
even Mr. Seward TO assert that the main results
have been otherwise than uniaV0Tsble to the
Northeraers, q great Northern host dsres not
risk az engagement with It's so-eailed exhausted
foe, bat goes into winter quarters, what is TO be
expected viii be the price of gold at the end Of
the winter when the close Of autumn registers
depreciation Of paper currency to the extent Of
not less than thirty per cent That General
Burnside has wonderful litsle stomach for the
fight l have no manner of doubt. In addition
to all the motives for caution which vera so
actively in operation fo; General Mcclellan. Gen.
Burnside has to lead into action an army dis.
gusted with the removal ofits recent and favorite
leader and disposed to make fhis disgust an
excuse for faint-hesrtedUess and pusilanimiiy
The evidences tbs5 the disaff sctioa in the Fed
eyal army is deep-seated and fsr-reaching, are
patent every day. Wherever scouting parties
# Confederate csvslry penetrate into the coun-
try between the R4ppshsnnoek and Potomac
rivers, Federal soldiers, sometimes exceeding in
numbers ths whole force of Confs6erstas, agerly
offer themselves as prisoners of war, begging to
be pag0led so as to get to ther homes, aad trust
ing that the largo number of prisoners taken by
the Coafederates ia excess of those taken By the
Federals, viii sbsolve those psToled from the
chance Of being exchanged. and thus again
being sent into the field Civilians by dozens
who have been freely admitted to the Federal
camps, while they were in the neighborh0od of
Wgrenton, come open-mouthed TO the yGonfed-
crate generals to report murmuys indicsting the
greatest dissatisfaction, amounting almost to
open mutiny, and emsnsting not only from pri-
Yates, but in some csse4sfrom officers Of rank.
There is abundant reason to think that if a coli
lision between the tao armies had taken place
within week of Gen. McClellaa's removal,
hundreds and perhaps thousands of Federals
would have thrown down their arms aud re-
fused 10 fire. Aud even now, if there is exten
siVe maneuVeTing and shifting position in the
face of The enemy demanded from the Northern
troops it is believed that some manifestations OF
dissatisfaction IS By no means improbable
Each general has his warm admirers, gained
By such opportunities of intercourse es have
brought individuals within the said generals oy-
bits but it is safe TO say that in tie race of pop
ulauty the foremost places are held by General
Ssoucwalt Jackson and J. E B. Stuart. Each
has attached 60 him the prestige of entire Rb-
sence Of failure. u a'y riea qus reassit aaaaat
le success But while in the Shenandoah Valley
the achievements of General Jackson have
aroused toward him O generous feeling Of grati-
tude for danger sverted and prosperity preserved
it is doubtful whether east Of the Blue Ridge the
twenty-nine years of Geeeral Stuart, added to
that indefatigable energy which teaches him,
after he has ridden 6ay miles during the day,
to regard it as ais highest happiness to ride a
dcz n more miles at night, to tread but one
measure Ia a Virginian country house, do not
incline the scale, especially If the bslapee be
| adjusted by fair hands, in favor cf the younger
/ general There have been many English Off
GERS particularly in the East India service.
whose endurance in thesaddle has been regarded
/ as unequsllel but doubt whether any English
man ever exhibited such superiority to bodily
fatigue as IS almost nightly evinced by the gay
cavalier who knows every hospitsble root with
/ in a dozen miles of his headquarters, land what
roof is not hospitable land accompanied by
his baDjs-payer, visits them By tDrns nigh
aftar night, returning usually to bis hsrd-earned
rest long after the midnight hour has flown.
/ With the earliest dawn Of msrning, the first
4 voice, calling gaily for hreakfsst is that of the
midnight merry maker, who rises the picture o.
| health, good humor and strength. It my bs
noticed ea passari that to the ciraunstanee that
be has never touched tobacco il any form, oi
any vino or other liquor, General Stuart sttri
butss much Of his health and yigor Certainly
SO jovial and merry company as IS assembled
It General StuaTt's headquarters It has nave
been my fortune TO see pafalleled il either tn
Federal or the Confederate camps
Hist to the credit Of the So sern troops tia
never, whatever their destituSeh IA boots an'
shoes may have been, have they stripped of th'
boots Of their Federal prisoners. Considering
what the feelings are with which the Virgin
ians regard the invaders Of their soil, the block
ade which has SO long strsngled fheu, aud th
wiifal destruction Of property wAich has Re
dueed many thriving yoeman or tTsder e ab
ect poverty. it is eTeditable to them that 1nfail
ling courtesy has5neveT ceased 10 be exhibited E
tie hosts Of Federals who have been take
prisoners. Some Of these prisoners, torn iTc1
the lavish luxury OF tue Federal camps, the ez
tent Of which has reVer been realized in Eq
rope, complain because they are tempsrall
s1hiscse to the ord mary fare of the ConfsdeTseJ
ii IS nothng ts them thas this fare is cnntented
shared by al, from President Davis to tho hum
ihiast eperative. Printed letters, describing th
niseriss Of prisoners IN Richmond, appear j