Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-14

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LETTERS FR0ar RnCMHeND.
Correspondence Of ne Memphis Appeal
RIcHNoEp. February 4. 1863
ne have boar a~nsioasly expecting atd ay the intel
Beenss shat the enemy's feet havs commenced the BON.
bardment OF charsston. The family Of tbs British
esusal We know. vent on board a British man.of war
IN tae ia Dor yesterday. d fact which warrants he be
lief that The attack IS to be made without tur'her loss
ane. A Telegram from Gsa HeauTegardt TO The Sec.
rotary Of war auoounces that Il Is not quite clear 70
Its mind as yoi whether the Yankees VIII attempt
or Savannah, but one or tho other Of these
two cities is undoubtedly 10 be attacked simultaneously
ylsna and water. -Four r. five Of their iudestrue'ibie
ron elsa vessels were oft Charleston bar yesterday, one
Of them. The Ironsdes a most formidable steamer which
sits h gh oct Of water with sloping sides on 6 plan slap
Iario the Msuimac, and two Others, tho c9unisFparts
Of tho Monitor with revolving terreis and guns Of ihs
heaviest eal6sr II Is exciting to know that the 'vaters
Of the bay where, two years aga, the earliest t~huniers
Of the war were heard in the taking Of Fort Sumter are
again 70 rasound with q louder and perhaps more de
s~tructivo cannonade. What our own batteries can do
In Gripping or sinking the lron-elads Is, Of course
an unfrled experiment There VIII be a heroic
defsnos Of Charieston- CT this the name Of
Bsauregard gives us The ivsliest pledge, and if The en-
envy, so in oiently reliant upon the perfection of their
mechanical eontrivsness for mischief, can be driven out
to ssa or sent to the bottom Of the hsFbeT, it viii be, in
deed, a glorlons achisgemsnt Oar brave troops via de
ri e an Inspiration from the spot where Sir P~eterParker
was aefested in The war Of the revolution, and the
mingled memories OF Jasper and Mouitris VIII ineile
them 10 deeds Ct hsroism. But we ought to prepare
ourselves Tor the loss Of Charleston. 1t may perhaps,
fan into the enemy's hands. THIS disaster has been
looked for any time these twelve months. But we feel
--f H. tata a fhavufI- End if a mqes
OF smoldsring ruins, the possession Of which viii ad-
vance them nothing at sllin the subiu cation of the Con
seierate States If every point Of the coast should
pass into their occupancy, they would be just as far as
ever from ultimate success in the hopeless work in
which they are engaged
Last night was the coolest night we have known in
Richmond for FIVE years. The lowest point Of depres-
sion reachedb by the mercury, / cannst states as this was
probably Just before day, bat at eight o'clock this
morning the -hemometsr indicated only twenty degrees
below freezing, and a. three P. NJ. eday it marked
tvenfy-three degrees Ths wind is still at It's coolest
poipt. and should itremain there ill ts-msrrow, VIC may
consider the navigation Of the Potomac IS closed by the
ice. Hooker win have to rely, in that event wholly ON
the worst road in America for mis- supplies, and bis sd-
vanes viii become a matter Of sbsolute necessity TIE
~stHheniuE OF the turnpikes under the intense frost viii "a
/ cilitate the movement Of his was on trains and artillery
but he viii put them in molten at the hazard of a thsw,
which. in thecourze OF six hours, will fssten him hope
les,lv in the mud, where our cavalry may cut bis com
mand 10 pieces.
Mr.. Lawlsy's letter to the Tendon TINES, descriptive
Of the battle Of Fredericksburg, Is published at length
io the Eaquirsr Of this morning. It gives the Yankees,
but especially the Irish Yankees credit for braver7 in
the attack upon our lines. but sets forth very strongly
the completeness Of the victory ard the crushing blow
that was inflicted upon he grand " Army Of The Poio-
mae
In Congress te-day nothing Of moment was accom-.
ulished. In the senate Nj, Hill, Of Georgia, made an
elaborate speech in favor Of the Supreme court bin as
reported by the committee, sustaining Mr. Henry, Of
Tennessee, and il opposition to Messrs- Clay, Yaaeey,
semmes and gfan. There was a passage in the de-
bate Of some personal acrimony between nessrs Hll
/ aud Ysnoey, which Is TO bs regretted. IN the house OF
representatives, the APPROPRIATED bin was discussed in
committee OF the whoIe-Mr. Russell, Of Virginia in the
chair-snd rsportsdto the house. Opposition was made
to the clauses in the bill apprOpriating certain sums fol
the salaries Of eonsuls and commissioners in foreign
countries, Mr. Foote, Of Tennessee, speaking against the
retention OF oar representative in Europe, but the con,
mittse refused ia begh instances TO strike out. At the
moment Of writing, 9 P. n, the senate is still in session
with closed doors.
Very heavy robberies Of genuine and counterfeit
treasury notes have been discovered within The last twS
days The p rpetrafors were negroes employed in ih'
treasury building and the Office of the district attorney
Twelve thousend dollars were abstraeted, by means q
false keys. rem the desk Of a clerk by tie "%cullsre'
gemmanr that made the free and swept out the room
The money has been recovered and tho negro arrested
Several hundred dollars of false notes, genuine plat'
but counterfeit signatures, were stolen from the desk o
Mr. Aylet, the district attorney, where they had beer
retained as evidence against Elem, The oounterfeiter
aud aecompice Of Napoleon, who was hangedhere SOM
moaths ago. Mr.. Aylstts servant, the guilty party
also Ia jail
General Sterling Price was On the foor Of the hous'
Of Representatives It's morning.
The gubernatoriaI contest in Virginia begins to exeit
talk and attention. Candidates are tn OK as biackber
nes. Among them are ex-Governors Henry A. Wiz
and We. Smith. Thos. S. F,ournoy Of Prince Edward
James c. Bsuce Of Halifax, ex,seeret4ry George y
Randolph, Lieut-Gov. Montague and Col George "
Munford, tic present secretary Of the Commonwealth
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