Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-02
EEFTzR FaOa AEUHsEON9.
Special Correspondence Ct the Memphis Appeal
RIcHNnNn- OrHnher - 1853.

RICHMOND, Ocsober %, 1868.
Yosssriny was q win,Ty day-mercuTy, at
a N, at q degrees, and little patches CT ice IL
me roads cut Of t)wn-psdestriszs bU.soains
hair ovcrcosts tightly around thsfa; people
Tbo ID ccal II their cellars, ordering cheerful
aIes to be nsde in the diringroomi and peoPls
who hadn't coal, alas, a large majority, SILVER
ing within doors, and his in October, before the
Leaves have al fallen to the ground, before Tie
Indian summer has begun It's swees reign, and,
mousn;ul to thiEk Of, before cur brave troops
have been provided with shoes, oyetccats or
Blankets. Tc-5sy The Temperature is someWbsi
/ mildeT, but tie poor fellows who are ss2zeinE
! out on picket With their bare fest to the ground.
are suffering fsom ihe exposure. Whas ought 10
he doue-Hhst caa be done? No doubt tha War
Department las en5osvored to get IS lsEgs a
quantity ef quzyteTmaEtsg's stores IS possible,
but its efsrs have not been successful, and It
remains foT the pepls or Che States to supply Tie
melancholy efficiency. North Carolina has
Taught Us Whist can DO sccompli he'd By State
action in buying tie steamer Lord Clyde, the
name # which Las been changed 70 the Vance,
and sending out Gotten in exchange for clothing
o be brought in through the blockade. The
Vance has made three trips to Bermuda, and
apon tho last sic cam laden with eli needful
articles for the North Carolina troops in the field,
who viii their happy exemption from the.
general suffering Of he army to the fraterEal
care Of ,h-ir own Commonwealth. A bill Is be-
fore the Virginia Legislature providing for the.
adoption Of 8 similar course On the part Of onT
State, End if should be carried, we might even
now get Shoes and covering for our regiments
n tiao to send them to camp as a Christmas
ofsriag.
The loss ofthe Venus s week ago at the mouth
Of Cape Fear river was a severe blow TO ths
quarteruast general, and the casually ives a}
tue more lausulable because it was the resuls o.
teseheIy. Ih17sBeen ard conveTsed with ;,
gentleman who came q passenger on this Venuss
snd be tells me that the vessel bad nearly go;
through the bloeksding squadsoa without dis
coyery, and IN i've minutes more would have
been safely cut Of range Of the enemy's guns,
when some traitor smong The crew rang tha
steamers bell, thus giving the Yankees the
alarm, and indicating iE the darkness he exact
direction il which they shopld open FIRE This
they did with such fatal accuracy that three men
on tie deck Of tbs Venus vere killed By tie e 81
shot Two-other shots successfully stuck The
vessel. At the mosee2t Of firing, signals we've
made to all The other ships Of the fest, several O
which moved rapidly seross The mouth Of tht
rlves to intercept Ls Venus, and nothing was
loft to tie captain bat 10 run her upon tho beach
The vessel ad no sooner stuck then she was
surrounded by The launches Of the blocksdeTs,
snd The passengers and crew were descending
enc side Of the ship as the Yankees were SWAIN
ing over Tie other. twenty-five only msdo theI
escape. Taenty-eight were taken prisoners BY
the elO-y. The fate Of the Venus should be e
warning 80 he esp.sins Of GovsEnsa,ns vessels
20 be exceedingly careful is the selection Of then
crews, especially IL shipping meh st Bermads
Al Nass1u. The Yankees, well enough con
yiHced by tbis tins that they-cannot efectaGliy
close the port of Wilmingtoa by their blockade,
IesoTting to strategy to compass the cap.Bre
Of cur steamers Be muds snd Nassau are
ovarrun with the SCENTS Of Seward, snd these
men vii Lose 10 opportunity Of getting their
h.yeiings on board COufs1eTats vessels, agreeing
to pay them enormous Sums 10 bstray the slip
on which they take service inse The hands Of the
blocka5er5.
There is nothing important from the RspidaR
There is q rpmoT that Meade is about making
an advance in obediencs to an imperative order
from Wsshington, ard we hear that lsEge mum
bsTs Of troops are landing at Yorktown, which
may be in fulfIment Of poIlentous pIophecie
in Whieh tho Yankee pspsEs have INDUCED Of
with regard to an " overwhelming move
ment" to bo made in an unsusDsc,ed quarter,
General A. P Hill is said to be under srrest for
1-isobediencs Of orders, whereby the aray of
Meade was enabled to make its escape, two
ago, VIXEN its espluEo seemed a matter
Of reasonable certainty. john Eliaor Bstts les
en- released from his parole to appear n Rich
Itis sai5 that he denies having entsr-
aimed Meade and his staff al dinner and bagirg
1asn present At the ceremony Of General D K
Wanen's sword presentation. These stories
we're getten up, be says, by the Yankee letter