Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-30

| al ready 10 exdnguish any e Lhat they nigh
| cause, sHd the alarm bells summoned sRery On'
% arms. no one knowing what might b,
expected next. At this tine thera were no
more than three or four hundred noG-c0mbstsnt
/ in the city, and these have since taken their de
parture for q safer locality, leaving tho city
entirely to the care Of those who would rathel
| fight than run sway. He says that the citizens
Of Charleston hsvs fully determined to destroy
the city rather than surrender IT, The Latter
! they viii not do, and have every thing ready tc
| apply the torch in manner 70 render its de-
/ struction complete when II IL found they eau nc
/ longer keep possession Of IT, They have NJ
| hopes ef being able mach longer 10 hold #;
| they are striving mznly TO delay as Untl
| everything valuable sad movable can be
/ carried irto the interior. Thsy swesr that
/ Charleston shsgl nsveT be ruled by Butler
or smother Ike him; and it sDpears certain, II
the sentiuaants Of tho5gin auth irity may be be-
| heved, that destruction viii be the rule rather
/ than permit as 10 obtain control of another OF
their largo seeboard cities. They say that the
| fate Of New OlleRns, its people and property,
has bsenR warning to them; and rather than
submit 10 snythiHg Ike it they viii destroy ev-
sTything and live in he woods If necessary
Our Informant thinks this resolve viii be kept
it is universal with ell poor as well as rich
and they look forward to it now Is = settled
thiag-s plan not to be departed from uader any
circumstances.
BeaUregard's force he essimItss At about nine
thousand mon before the reinforcement was
ssnl him from Virginia Of The division Of Gen.
jenkins. This may bring is Up to fourteen
Thousand which includes the gsrTsons ia ali
he fortiGcstions around Charleston, force at
P0eatAligo, kdsmas ruR, and point between
Charleston ard Blaaehvills, on the South Caro-
liua raiireai. These troops are sll Of the best
Il
guards sra ss well drilled az regulars. Bean
regard will delay our approach as mach as be
possibly can for the reasons shove stated he
wiz dispute every inch, sad strive in every
way to recover the prestige ne lcst when he per
mittsd Gen. Gilmore to obtain the footheid on
Morris isiRad that NEST eventually cost them
he less of thsiT beloved city, the hot-bad OF
secession, and ths point from whence sprung
this cruel snd unnecessary war. BesuTegaTd
lost much Of his reputation ss a soldier and az
ginesr officer when he lost Norris island. His
popularity has FALLEN If wonderfully, especially
with the people Of Charleston, who id0lizsi him
before SIS the man wire compelled ssvent7-ivs
men to surrender TO = forcs of zen thousand,
aided by Batteries Of the heaviest description,
and gave tAsm possession Of their Sumter the
fort that now Possesses IS much vslus 20 them
for work of defense as any pile Of old bricks
Tire Caroinians will never forget OF forgive
Bazuregasd when MoaltTie, Sumter and the
ground upon which Carsston stood Passes
rom their possession to that Of the damned
Yankees"
THE FEELINGS OF THE PEOPLE AND SOLDIERS
The middle and poorer classes and the major.
ity Of tho soldiers in the rebel amy do net hest
tste to say, in sae most public manner, that II
they felt assured Of their property being re5pest
ed, they would wish for peace tomorrow. They
- ] H. Il IL r.
stitution of the United States sBd that of their
State governments, they soRld cease to cry war
snd 3smsnd peace. TIE fafcs of the indessnd
enee Of the Southern Confsdsrscy is given ur
by them-shey are not fghti5g for it, but fol
their property. The latter secured to them, they
cease to become eaeH1iss, and would. bv their
sad experience of tie last three yesrs, be more
united than s-er. Tls emancipation pToclsna-
ten recruited more men for the rebel army
than it freed negroes. 1t exzsDerated the very
class Of the Southern people that we are
speaking OF, and brought them forward as
volunteers without waiting h be c0nserIptsd
It was better than draft tor the rebel Govern
nent; for in three days after its publication IN
Richmond, three thousand men uRdsr eighteen
and over fOTtY-fVe years Of aga, came forward
and enlisted, whsa before thsy had 90 idsa G.
taking An active part in hOstilitiss, and ever
opposed the war. These people, however, are
I controlled by ths political leaders, the wealthy
and those who are becoming rich by the war
lis held eug 70 ttIsH shst the Yanhoos viii mo-
be satisfied until every iReb of Southern terri
tory is oyerrun and the people rendered beg
gaEs, ao6 the majority, believing it 20 be true
Eght for their preservation.
THE SOUTHERN OPUyION OF The FRENCH IN
MEXICO.
Singular IS It may appear, the f5eliog OF the
S0stksrn p8cpis is decidedly against tha Oe Gu
patton Of Mexico by tbe French. Public meu
at public meetings 20 rot hesitate to dsuounce
in the stEon gest tarms, the prospect Of an en-
pire being established on this continent They
also say that if the United States would consent
TO cessation of hCstilities the srmy Of the
South would combine with that of the North
and drive the Frsuchnsn into either the Pacific
or Atlantic OCEAN. They do not desire aRd vii
not submit to Frenchmsn being upon American
soii, or the French Emperor having anything tC
say in the affairs OF he continent and fears tia
bis designs are not upon Mexico only, but slsC
upon Texas and Loaisfaus.
RECONSTRUCTION.
From long residence in the South, snd tom
| knowledge Of the people, and having been mucl
/ with and among them sines the lsts disasters t,
( the rebel arms in the Southwest, our informBn
/ says that peace aud reconstruction could taxi
plsee in 8 weak after an Armisties was declared
\ upon no other basis than the Constitution Of th,
/ Uaited States aud the RIGHTS Of the people un
/ der it. TIE masses of the Southern people ar
more than anxious for q termination Of hostlli
4 ties; they desire peace, aud Woald havs it. /
T! the above terms and only those were ofsret
/ them. Their leaders would be able to exercis,
/ no influence over them # tbey knew that the]
could eoIas back IS they were before the wa
| began On the contrary, they would DO th
NEST clamoroas for the punishment Of thosr
| who had misled them and caused war that hs
! devastated cur ones powerful and happy
county. On the other hand, carry on the wa
for the purpose for which the Southern ps0pl
now believe it is being Rsged--tde abolition o
slavery-and they are ss one man for = contin
ustion of hostilisies until they are complately
conquered OF extsTrninsted. There will be n,
desiTs fer Pescs-nOns whatever; and they vii
allow none 70 be had SO long As al erm is left 4
strike blow Or fnger to pull trigger. The
/ thiak, from what tdey now see and can learn
that ths war is as they we're told II would b
when it frss began, to take from them thei
slave property. Uatl their minds are diaabuse'
aud they are led to think differently, thsro wi
be but little change in the present aspect 0
affairs, and but little hops for speedy termins
ton of hOstilities
CAPT. mAFF1TT,s agOusNr oF HI
CAEE&ss AND ADVENTURES.
Correspondence of the London Times
SIR Arriving in Brsss the day before yestsI
day by way of Quimper and Chstssulin, th
first thing l heard on getting on board th
steamer which asvigstss the picturesque littl
river EloTn, from tae latter place to Bress, wa
the arrival Of the Confsderstes States cruise